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/ 25 November 2005
A whole lot of bull I am struck by the moral dishonesty of those who attacked the SPCA’s response to the slaughtering ritual Tony Yengeni was responsible for (”The great bull debate”, January 26). If someone objects to ”cultural practices” like bride burning, dry sex or female genital excision, is she also guilty of ”selective […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Lob from cuckoo land And now we have a lob from the far right of fundamentalist cuckoo land — Philip Cole (Letters, October 6) telling us that if Fred marries Steve today then tomorrow Fred may marry Molly the Cow. And God knows if this sort of thing carries on, we could have Fred marrying […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Kebble’s M&G link In response to the article ”Kebble case under way when DA accepted cash”, (August 25). The Democratic Alliance did not have any reason to believe that Brett Kebble was under suspicion at the time that we received our last donation from him in February 2004. We have also never had any reason […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Iraqi officials have promised to deploy up to 10 000 extra men to boost security ahead of a December 15 general election after a rebel bombing campaign killed more than 180 people in the past week. Both United States and Iraqi officials have warned of the likelihood of increasing violence ahead of the elections.
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/ 25 November 2005
"If you love life, then it’s the field for you. It will lead you, as it led me, because I love people, and I care about the quality of what they do," said Elizabeth Sneddon, South Africa’s first speech and drama professor, who died on Thursday at the age of 98. Sneddon, who never married, died at her home in Durban, a local radio station reported.
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/ 25 November 2005
He may have the image of a dour, cloistered Oxford don with little knowledge of ordinary struggles. But CS Lewis, who wrote of epic struggles between good and evil in the imaginary land of Narnia, actually had a humorous side, his stepson says.
Douglas Gresham (60) is co-producer of the film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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/ 25 November 2005
The real growth rate of the South African economy is expected to moderate next year, but remain at or above 4% for four years in a row, Econometrix economist Azar Jammine told a media briefing on economic prospects hosted by Noah Financial Innovation on Friday.
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/ 25 November 2005
A massive hunt was under way on Friday for four men who shot dead a Johannesburg metro police officer and critically injured a South African Police Service officer and another metro police officer. Police spokesperson Sergeant Sanku Tsunke said the police officials were shot at with handguns and automatic rifles.
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/ 25 November 2005
The rand is forecast to remain stable against the dollar over the next three years, but depreciate on a trade-weighted basis, as the United States current-account deficit leads to dollar weakness, Econometrix economist Azar Jammine told a media briefing on economic prospects on Friday, hosted by Noah Financial Innovation.
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/ 25 November 2005
Best the DA has to offer? It is laughable that the DA’s Athol Trollip is putting himself forward to replace Tony Leon at national level (“Trollip in race for DA’s top job”, January 12). Claiming that he can fill Leon’s shoes, albeit with difficulty, Trollip boasted on TV: “I am white on the outside and […]