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/ 2 November 2001

Why should men have all the fun?

How keeping fit is different for girls BODY LANGUAGE Rachel Cugnoni Men are weird in so many ways but they are at their weirdest when they play football. I’m not talking about the freaks who make a living out of it but the kind who spend their Sunday mornings shouting things like “man on” and […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Understanding Winnie

Who is Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: an ambitious rabble-rouser, or a champion of the poor? An ungovernable spendthrift, or a misunderstood woman persecuted for her criticism of government? Madikizela-Mandela spoke to Sipho Seepe, RehanaRossouw andDrew Forrest about the economy, Aids, the arms package, the tripartite alliance, women, her debts and her fraud case Rehana Rossouw: What do […]

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/ 2 November 2001

‘e.tv is worse that Afghanistan’

GLENDA DANIELS AND DAVID MACFARLANE, Johannesburg | Friday A “cowboy style” management dictates the running of e.tv, causing a massive staff turnover that threatens the survival of the free-to-air broadcaster, staff members say. The controversial three-year-old TV station is racked by infighting. This, the shenanigans of top management and an ongoing financial crisis, say e.tv […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Walker goes walkabout

Martin Gillingham At least two of Australia’s top rugby league clubs are trying to tempt troubled Wallaby winger Andrew Walker into making a return to the 13-man game. It’s barely five months since Walker was the toast of Canberra when he kicked 21 points for the Brumbies in their 36-6 triumph over the Sharks in […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Theatre of the kitchen on show

Mail & Guardian reporter Food becomes theatre this month when Gauteng launches its annual Gourmet Festival in an attempt to steal some of the limelight from the Cape as the fine dining province of the country. Indeed, the festival aims to promote itself as a positive part of what its press release refers to as […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Radebe still injured

Neal Collins Lucas Radebe faces an uncertain future in the game that has been his life. According to sources at Leeds United, the Soweto-reared centre-half might never be able to train properly again, such is the state of his creaking 32-year-old knees. The Chief, Rhoo, Lucas, call him what you will, but life has been […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Our silence reflects commitment to a larger cause

The truncated version of my letter, published under the provocative title: “Pious Seepe hasn’t read the literature on political parties” (October 26) contributed little to an important debate. My point was that Sipho Seepe’s sweeping claim that the “silence” of members of the African National Congress on important issues “is a reflection on either their […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Top road fund official quits

The troubled Road Accident Fund cannot seem to steer clear of controversy Nawaal Deane The deputy chairperson of the cash-strapped Road Accident Fund this week announced his resignation amid internal clashes and allegations that his own firm’s work for the fund constituted a conflict of interest. The controversial selection of an assessor who has a […]