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/ 13 October 2003
Israeli tanks and bulldozers pulled out of southern Gaza on Sunday after one of the most destructive raids of the intifada, leaving hundreds of Palestinians without homes and eight dead, including two children.
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/ 13 October 2003
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna says he will not stand for re-election into the government next year. In an interview with the Sunday Independent newspaper, Maduna said he would serve in the African National Congress in any other capacity, ”even as a floor sweeper”.
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/ 13 October 2003
Fighting Aids was supposed to show George Bush’s softer side. ”Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many,” he said in his State of the Union address in January. He has since reconsidered, deciding instead to offer a few more opportunities to the few.
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/ 13 October 2003
The closure of <i>The Daily News</i> does not translate into good sense for the Zimbabwean people, whether measured against a democratic or an economic standard. Any regulatory regime that has had the effect, as this one has, of killing an industry cannot be said to be in the public interest.
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/ 13 October 2003
Its no surprise that the flood of fresh newspaper titles arent pouring in at the top end of the market. Quality journalism doesnt translate easily into profit.
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/ 13 October 2003
Thebe Mabanga is hot shit. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> confirmed as much two years ago, in print. Recently Vodacom caught on and gave him an award worth R300 000 for being the most outstanding young journalist in the country. Kevin Bloom finds out if Mabanga talks like he writes.
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/ 13 October 2003
David Shapshak, winner of the 2002 Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year award, translates techno talk into digestible English. Kevin Bloom speaks to him about his career.
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/ 13 October 2003
Taxis have got to be the toughest space a media owner could play in. Kevin Bloom speaks to the chiefs at ComutaNet and GMR about their game.
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/ 13 October 2003
The Broadcasting Amendment Bill has been the big item on the SABC’s corporate agenda over the last couple of months. The people in Auckland Park seem pleased with the final result, arguing that the broadcaster’s editorial independence is now guaranteed. It may not be so simple. Kevin Bloom writes that Peter Matlare’s balancing act is as delicate as ever.