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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
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
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
Bobby Rodwell bids farewell to Duma Khumalo — author, actor and one of the Sharpeville Six.
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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.
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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
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
The Donen commission, appointed by President Thabo Mbeki to probe abuse of the Iraq oil-for-food programme, will not investigate political bribery first reported by the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>. The Presidency announced the commission, led by senior counsel Michael Donen, last Friday.
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/ 17 February 2006
Not too hot, not too cold, but just right — that’s the Goldilocks formula, and Trevor Manuel’s 10th anniversary Budget has it down to a nicety. Manuel is no longer a stranger in the house of high finance, testing out the furniture, burning his tongue and irritating the bears.
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/ 17 February 2006
‘Good morning and welcome to today’s virtual bus outing in our six-day nostalgia tour package. Today we are going to be taking a look at a few of Johannesburg’s colonially inspired architectural treasures, all of them filled with pre-democratic memories.