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/ 26 September 2003
British rock singer Robert Palmer, best known for his Eighties hits Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, died on Friday in Paris of a heart attack. He was 54. Born Alan Palmer, the singer was a member of several British rock bands before he achieved solo fame.
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/ 19 September 2003
M&G journalist Wisani wa ka Ngobeni received another top award this week. He was the winner in the print news category of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2003 (northern/southern region). The story was ”Shadow falls on Lekota”, detailing Defence Minister Lekota’s hidden business dealings.
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/ 15 September 2003
At a meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) of the African National Congress in Johannesburg over the past weekend, it deliberated on a number of current issues, including the arms-deal controversy, the new Democratic Alliance/Inkatha Freedom Party coalition and racism in South African rugby.
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/ 15 September 2003
Students from the University of Pretoria packed a Pretoria Magistrate’s Court courtroom on Monday morning to attend the appearance on rape charges of four hostel mates — including two grandsons of apartheid-era minister of foreign affairs Pik Botha.
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/ 12 September 2003
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota has denied that a blazing row over the restructuring of the Department of Defence has erupted between South African National Defence Force chief General Siphiwe Nyanda, on the one side, and Lekota and his director general January Masilela, on the other.
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/ 2 September 2003
A ”top-secret, high-level” order has barred presenters at all public-service radio stations of the SABC from discussing politics beyond news and current affairs programmes. But the SABC says the order ensures free and fair reporting.
The Mail & Guardian walked away with two industry awards this week, proving once more that it’s Africa’s best read.
The African National Congress and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have responded to claims made by cleric Allan Boesak on Wednesday at a media conference at which he gave his reasons for not participating in this week’s 20th anniversary celebrations of the United Democratic Front.
Two American fugitives, on the FBI’s most wanted list for a spate of bank robberies across the American West in the Nineties, were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday after years on the run. They had been living and working in the Mother City for at least two years.
A huge explosion rocked the headquarters of the United Nations in Baghdad on Tuesday, leaving several people injured — including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN special representative in Iraq — and at least three dead.
Former Iraqi vice-president captured