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/ 14 November 2003
The existence of a new Zimbabwean underground movement prepared to adopt violent tactics to remove the president, Robert Mugabe, was claimed yesterday by the British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
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/ 14 November 2003
Soon after the dust had settled following the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Tony Blair made a pledge to the people of Afghanistan — a country that was about to be attacked by US-led forces.
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/ 14 November 2003
Winnie Mitullah was in no mood to take part in this year’s ”Africa University Day” celebration held in Nairobi on Wednesday. She has joined other striking university lecturers in a demand for better pay.
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/ 14 November 2003
Power, surfing and French knitting: South African sculpture is diverse in the extreme, writes Chris Roper after taking a look at four superb exhibitions in Cape Town that showcase the young guns of South African sculpture.
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/ 14 November 2003
Given that books have a certain furtive longevity, one is inclined to ask what these books will say to future generations? Local publishers need to strive for a synthesis between content and form, writes Sean O’Toole.
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/ 14 November 2003
The International Classical Music Festival, now in its third year, has been an effective and, at times, overpowering tool in the search for our cultural roots and identity. As many people living in this country know, it might still take a generation or two before a feeling of inclusivity is a solid part of our psyches, writes Paul Boekkooi.
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/ 14 November 2003
Friday marks the launch of Mafikizolo’s new album, <i>Kwela</i>, at a Durban club, ahead of the Metro FM Music Awards on Saturday November 15. The new album is twice as good as their previous album, <i>Sibongile</i>, writes Joe Makhafola.
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/ 14 November 2003
Several studies on human genetics over the past two decades have led us to one undeniable conclusion: the entire human race descends from individuals who lived in Africa. This complex story, an intricate journey through time and space, is explored in great breadth and depth by Stephen Oppenheimer. Maureen Brady reviews.
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/ 14 November 2003
Few people outside the United States understand the revolutionary nature of American conservatism and the profundity of its ambitions. Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz’s careful dissection of the follies of the "roaring Nineties" and the conservative thinking that produced them — penetrating the Clinton administration — is as good as it gets, writes Will Hutton.
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<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band: <i>A Special Album</i><br>
When Norwegians Röyksopp released <i>Melody AM</i> last year one wondered whether there could possibly be such a stab at life again. Well, in Norway they must be putting something in the snow, reckons Matthew Krouse, because this is a special album.