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Dozens of 2010 construction workers converged on Durban’s Moses Mabhida stadium on Friday to continue industrial action. Talks with their building contractor failed to result in a resolution on Thursday. Talks between the National Union of Mineworkers and the Group Five/WBHO consortium are expected to resume on Friday.
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/ 16 November 2007
Percy Zvomuya assesses Yvette Christiansë’s ‘slave novel’ <i>Unconfessed</i> and speaks to the author about it.
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<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>Party intellectual Pallo Jordan has made his most public call yet on both President Thabo Mbeki and the party’s deputy president Jacob Zuma not to contest the top job. He says the party needs fresh minds to lead it in the 21st century. Jordan argued that Mbeki has effectively been leader of the movement and the government for 15 years.
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/ 16 November 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress (ANC) leaders will not agree to a compromise candidate in the party’s presidential race because this could spark a rebellion among members, ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota said this week. Lekota also accused Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi of knowing nothing about the workings of the ANC.
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/ 16 November 2007
The transformation of diesel’s reputation — from a sooty stain on the environment to the saviour of the planet — has taken place remarkably fast. This 180-degree turnabout was completed last month, when BMW distributed half a million copies of a four-page, glossy brochure touting its new diesel X5 SUV as a solution to the greenhouse effect, writes.
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/ 16 November 2007
Namibia’s ruling Swapo Party plans to amend the country’s Constitution at its end-November congress to do away with the position of prime minister and create the position of deputy president instead, sources said this week. This would ensure Swapo’s leadership, still dominated by former president Sam Nujoma, tightens its grip over a government accused of ineptitude, graft and corruption.
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/ 16 November 2007
A couple weeks ago, the United States delegation circulated a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for the elimination of rape by governments and armed groups. This draft Âconcentrates on rape used for political and military purposes, and remains pending action before the third committee of the General Assembly, writes Dumisani Kumalo.
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/ 16 November 2007
An art lover who kissed a -million painting, leaving red lipstick smears on the canvas, was fined by a French court on Friday and ordered to carry out 100 hours of community work. Rindy Sam told the court that she was ”overcome with passion” when she saw the painting by United States artist Cy Twombly.
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/ 16 November 2007
Defenders of the Koni Media bid for Johncom are trying to discredit the detractors. Former government spokesperson Onkgopotse JJ Tabane believes the critics are racially opposed to black empowerment. Others argue that the concerns are groundless. The Mail & Guardian asked a range of analysts and editors to give their views.