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/ 7 November 2003
About a 10th of the population is gay or lesbian: three in a class of 30; 20 dancers at a disco of 200; 200 in a church congregation of 2 000 on Sunday mornings. But, because the rules are made by the great majority, who are not homosexual and do not understand their orientation, God help the homosexuals.
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/ 7 November 2003
At Café Solipsist on Hollywood Boulevard the climate-controlled atmosphere had turned sour, like scum on a forgotten halfcaf-decaf-mochaccino-frappe-latte. Bradley and Jennifer Pitt poked listlessly at their polyunsaturated salads and avoided eye contact, while over at the bar Nick Cage and Tom Cruise compared jaw clenches.
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/ 7 November 2003
Mere wealth transfer does not produce economic growth nor address poverty. We must accept that the meritorious goal of black empowerment may have a negative impact on economic growth and shrink our economic bases. Strategies must be developed to offset this, says Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party spell out their policies on BEE.
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/ 7 November 2003
The apartheid system bred many vile people. It bred killers, torturers and depraved ideologues. The system also gave succour to corrupt individuals for whom ethics were a distant concept. many disreputable former servants of apartheid survived into the democratic era, some continuing to hold high office. One of these was Steve Mabona, who cut his political teeth in the old KwaNdebele homeland.
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/ 7 November 2003
Here in the Dorsbult, where regular employment is something enjoyed by the lucky few, there’s always a bit of an argument over who gets first look at the job ads in the local newspaper. Oom Krisjan, of course, merely glances through to check on the latest euphemisms for secretarial work. But every now and again, an advert catches his eye because of its singular inappropriate phrasing.
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/ 7 November 2003
Shutting down the independently owned Daily News and arresting trade union leaders sent ”the wrong signal” amid ongoing efforts to bring Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to the negotiation table, said British Minister for Africa Chris Mullin.
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/ 7 November 2003
Sam Sole, 2003 Vodacom Journalist of the Year, describes the scoop that led to the prize.
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/ 7 November 2003
France decamped from Sydney to Melbourne on Friday for their World Cup quarter-final against Ireland with a call from coach Bernard Laporte for the missing French fans to make themselves heard. The French fear that Melbourne’s 56 000-capacity Docklands Stadium will be vastly more green than red, white and blue for their clash on Sunday.
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/ 7 November 2003
States run by despots are invariably highly efficient when it comes to presenting a picture of normality to visitors. This was witnessed by visitors to the former Soviet Union, a country apparently full of happy peasants hurling themselves with zeal at the arts of mathematics and tractor-assembling.
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/ 7 November 2003
It has not been a good week for press freedom in Africa: three journalists in Morocco have been given jail sentences; an Algerian court has handed down sentences to a journalist and an editor, and an Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporter in Equatorial Guinea has been detained.