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/ 17 February 2006
Anthony Wakaba Mutheki is rapidly ascending the art ladder, writes Alex Sudheim.
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/ 17 February 2006
Matthew Krouse speaks to Preetesh Hirji, one half of the dub duo Mattafix.
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/ 17 February 2006
Darryl Accone attends a gathering for Latin American essayist, literary historian and author Carlos Fuentes.
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/ 17 February 2006
In an edited extract from his essay in <i>Granta’s The View from Africa</i>, photographer Santu Mofokeng recalls his first moments behind the lens.
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/ 17 February 2006
A high court judge on Thursday delivered a stinging attack on the United States, saying its idea of what constituted torture was out of step with that of ”most civilised nations”. The criticism, directed at the Bush administration’s approach to human rights, was made by Justice Collins during a hearing over the refusal by ministers to request the release of three British residents held at Guantánamo Bay.
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/ 17 February 2006
– the Mail & Guardian focuses on ‘cross-border’ communities in open rebellion against the ANC.
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/ 17 February 2006
Volkswagen warned recently that it could axe up to 20 000 jobs at its core VW brand and close several loss-making German plants in a restructuring designed to restore profits. CE Bernd Pischetsrieder told VW’s 103 000 German employees that their productivity was low, plants recorded high losses and some component operations were uneconomical.
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/ 17 February 2006
Number four: The Making of Constitution Hill written and edited by Lauren Segal, Karen Martin, Sharon Cort (Penguin Books) Researchers who were first enlisted by Johannesburg’s innovative Ochre Media to conceptualise Constitution Hill’s public spaces, and draft histories and programmes for them, have now put the whole saga under one cover. Number Four: The Making […]
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/ 17 February 2006
Granta’s new issue shows writers grappling with a personal Africanness on a continent of hope, writes Darryl Accone.
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/ 17 February 2006
Paul Botes speaks to Brett Morris about getting ‘society’s disposables’ to photograph their lives for his book.