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/ 2 November 2006
Could it be that the African National Congress’s scramble to reassert itself in Cape Town is because the spotlight is now trained on its tendering practices when it ran the council? The new Democratic Alliance-led coalition has been naming and shaming ANC appointed officials, including the former procurement chief, in dodgy deals.
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/ 2 November 2006
Cape Town is a contested city. Factions want to impose an identity on it. On the one hand, it is romanticised as the Mother City — a place enriched by its cultural history and racial diversity, a forum for international conventions and tourism, an international landmark of great natural beauty and stature. On the other, it is damned as a racist city.
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/ 2 November 2006
Another regime change and the Cape Town city administration will collapse: that is the judgement of many people who work there. Off the record, it’s no less dire and compelling. In the civic centre, a senior city-council official confides across his desk that the municipal administration cannot withstand another political transition.
A legal battle looms between the army and four South Africans who claim they have been shut out of the military because they tested HIV-positive. The South African National Defence Force has embarked on research with the United States Department of Defence on the effect of the pandemic on the South African military.
It’s bigger and uglier than its male counterpart. Sometimes it even makes a noise. But many South African women who have used it say they prefer it. Ten years after it was first introduced to South Africa, the female condom, or femidom, is gaining popularity in the country, but cost is limiting its use. The government buys it at about R7 a unit, which is at least 10 times the price of a male condom.
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/ 19 September 1997
The prospect of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as their deputy president has rattled some ANC leaders, writes Marion Edmunds.
Armscor and the defence industry want to tap the Mandela magic abroad, and are putting pressure on the government to teach politicians the arms trade.
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/ 24 November 1995
As acrimony over Mandela’s former prison warder’s controversial autobiography dies down, there is talk of a movie deal, reports Marion Edmunds