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/ 19 November 2007
In September 2006 I sought to prevent the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> from publishing a story detailing allegations of possible fraud, violations of tender rules and contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act that took place while I was head of the South African Post Office, writes Maanda Manyatshe.
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/ 19 November 2007
A breakdown in agricultural support structures appears to have sparked a crisis in the Land Bank. Allegations of mismanagement have dogged the institution in recent years, but the emerging farmers the bank is meant to help have been left worst off.
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/ 19 November 2007
”The first time I hit her was because she ignored me when I asked her where’s my dark green socks. I thought: ‘How can you not listen to me when you are my wife living here in this house that I built for you with my own hands. I’m the father of our children. I make the money and I am a man and if you don’t listen, I will make you listen.’ Sipho is 43 years old and lives in a shack in Nyanga. He has scars on the knuckles of his large hands.
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/ 19 November 2007
The last stretch of talks mediated by President Thabo Mbeki will be a key test of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) ability to press meaningful concessions from Zanu-PF. Already under pressure from supporters after agreeing to constitutional amendments in September, the MDC now finds itself four months away from crucial elections without having made any real gains in the talks.
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/ 19 November 2007
As the first serious female president on American television, Mackenzie Allen (played by Geena Davis) faced two tough choices in her first episode of the 2005 series Commander in Chief: what to wear and who to invade. As she drove to Congress to make her first address, her youngest daughter spilled grapejuice on her blouse. Using her assistant’s scarf to cover up the stain, she could then move on to the next challenge.
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/ 19 November 2007
Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda group was recently reported to be seeking a stake in the Mail &Guardian. Drew Forrest quizzed M&G proprietor Trevor Ncube about these reports, his media philosophy and the growing anti-media clamour in ruling circles.
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/ 19 November 2007
Three men, three extraordinary stories. One spent 18 years in prison in Uganda, convicted for murdering a neighbour later found to be alive. Another survived 34 years facing execution in Japan. The third became the 100th prisoner on death row to be found innocent and freed in the United States.
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/ 19 November 2007
As the United States increasingly looks to China for help over tackling problem issues such as Iran, Burma and Darfur, concern is growing in Taiwan that the island’s sole international protector may be dropping its guard. The de facto independence of Taiwan, viewed by Beijing as a renegade province, depends in the last resort on American defensive guarantees and arms supplies.
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/ 19 November 2007
The Mail & Guardian’s recent directors general scorecard was interesting, but my experience suggests that the optimism of the accompanying editorial might be misplaced. Certainly, the evaluation of my successor, Jabu Sindane, was somewhat unfair because a flawed process handed him a poisoned chalice, writes Mike Muller.
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/ 19 November 2007
Friends occasionally come to me for advice, which is odd, because one look at my shambling semi-existence should be enough to convince them I’m in no position to offer guidance on anything. I wouldn’t trust myself to tell someone which end of a cup to drink from. But still they come, writes Charlie Brooker.