Krisjan Lemmer
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/ 1 January 2002

Candidate or conman?

Two Mancunian pranksters have been entertaining the English sporting public over the past few months with their escapades which have turned them into minor celebrities. What they do is sneak themselves into sports events, circumvent the security systems and then pretend to be players.

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/ 1 January 2002

Massaging the wrong egos

THE Government Communication and Information Service is trying to live up to its name. It launched its first Communicator’s Handbook recently, and a quick perusal over a few dops showed the manne from the Dorsbult Bar why our leaders and our leader writers are so often at odds…

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/ 1 January 2002

Uniform medicine for all

Here in the Groot Marico life goes on at quite a leisurely pace – and that’s how we like it. Oom Krisjan thus feels great sympathy for Minister of Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who has been rushing from pillar to post to prevent Aids activists implementing court decisions on the antiretroviral, nevirapine…

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/ 1 January 2002

Cosatu strikes out

Not that long ago, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was the mass movement arm of the tripartite alliance, striking fear into the hearts of capitalist pigs with its threats of, well, striking…

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/ 1 January 2002

A league of their own

THE African National Congress Youth League certainly has wide-ranging interests. When not getting involved in the serious matters of schooling, politics and economics – just a couple of weeks ago they were hosting Cubans to discuss closer ties with Fidel Castro’s government – the boys in the league like their light relief…