Former president Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela (54), has died of Aids. Makgatho had been in a critical condition in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg since late November, and Mandela had been spending time at his son’s bedside. ”It is a very sad day for the Mandela family,” said the Inkatha Freedom Party’s Musa Zondi.
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/ 14 December 2004
One person out of every eight on Earth is now connected to the internet, and this phenomenal growth has occurred in less than 10 years. By 2010, this internet usage growth could narrow to one in five people. This is according to the latest statistics released this week by <i>ResearchWorldwide.com</i>.
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/ 12 November 2004
The African National Congress Youth League on Friday issued a statement in reaction to a Mail & Guardian report on Friday that listed ANCYL president Fikile Mbalula among African National Congress members with business interests. The league challenged the M&G to disclose Mbalula’s business interests.
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/ 23 September 2004
”It is unfortunate, though, that the media coverage of Pride in its focus on drag queens and scantily clad buff guys fails to reflect the diversity of our community.” The M&G Online puts 10 tough questions to Evert Knoesen, director of South Africa’s Equality Project, as the country’s annual Gay Pride celebrations kick off in Johannesburg.
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/ 17 September 2004
Drag queens are most welcome at Johannesburg’s 15th Gay Pride march next weekend, despite media rumours to the contrary, the organisers said on Friday. Metro police had earlier in the week said that drag queens would be prevented from marching, because it is illegal to disguise one’s appearance at a public gathering.
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/ 7 September 2004
Cape Town and Nelspruit do not have much in common, one would think, but internet junkies can rest assured that both cities offer them excellent means to access the net. Nelspruit’s Alpha Internet Café and Cape Town’s Café Erte have been shortlisted among the world’s best places to surf the internet.
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/ 6 September 2004
South Africa’s online publishing industry is attracting millions of highly educated, high-earning users, mostly from Johannesburg and under 34 years old, the Online Publishers’ Association announced on Monday. More than 3,5-million users supported the industry in August, clocking up 106-million page impressions.
Saturday August 28 has been declared Software Freedom Day and the Go Open Source campaign and Linux user groups are hosting "install-fests" across South Africa. Members of the public will be able to take their computers to one of these national install-fests to have open-source software installed.
South Africa’s Roland Schoeman qualified at the top of the table in the men’s 50m freestyle semifinals on Thursday evening in Athens. He won the first semifinal in a time of 21,99 seconds. The eight fastest swimmers from the two semifinals go through to the finals on Friday evening.