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/ 20 October 2003
Under a clear sky tinged with the same purplish blue that runs in a band round the saris worn by the sisters of Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul on Sunday beatified the diminutive nun who he said chose to be ”not just the least, but to be the servant of the least”.
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/ 20 October 2003
President George Bush insisted on Sunday that he had no plans to invade North Korea, and offered security guarantees in an attempt to kick-start talks to solve the country’s nuclear weapons crisis. However, he ruled out offering Pyongyang one of its most often-stated demands, a non-aggression pact.
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/ 20 October 2003
Greg Stewart, general manager of sales at the Citizen, disputes the supremacy of circulation figures when comparing newspaper brands. What does AMPS hold over ABCs?
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/ 20 October 2003
Harry Herber’s hankering for the past is driving him mad. Where has quality, loyalty, professionalism and passion gone?
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/ 20 October 2003
The Jayson Blair saga has heaped untold ignominy on the New York Times, one of the world’s most venerated newspapers. Tim Spira argues that the fall has less to do with affirmative action than one man’s dishonesty.
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/ 20 October 2003
South Africa has less than five years to increase its capacity for electricity generation, Xolani Mkhwanazi, National Electricity Regulator (NER) CEO, warned last week. Mkhwanazi’s comments coincided with the release of the NER’s annual report. His call for greater urgency was echoed by a range of industry players.
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/ 20 October 2003
The international media rarely descend on Australia — the last occasion was the 2000 Sydney Olympics — and for some Aboriginal Australians the Rugby World Cup has presented a rare opportunity to highlight the shabby state of indigenous affairs in many parts of the sport-mad nation.
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/ 20 October 2003
The rising black middle class is a demographic that generates intense interest in media circles. But what is this group, and who gets to define it? Jyoti Mistry tackles the problem.
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/ 20 October 2003
Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya has appealed to the Speaker of the National Assembly to ensure that the South African Social Security Agency Bill and the Social Assistance Bill not be displaced from the programme of Parliament this year. The two Bills were to have been debated on October 21.
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/ 20 October 2003
There’s a view that David Bullard is an elitist who’s unsuited to the new South Africa. His comeback: hedonism sells.