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/ 23 September 2005
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> In the arena of experimentation and innovation, Goldfrapp glitter. Composed and arranged with the use of electronic equipment, the resulting sound is both fresh and original — and is equally appealing when played live by a five-piece outfit, writes Kelly Fletcher.
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/ 23 September 2005
Should new music be accessible? For American minimalist composer Philip Glass, the answer is clearly yes, Kirsty Dawes reports.
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/ 23 September 2005
About 30 animators and 250 crew worked for two years to complete <i>Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit</i>, now in the running for an Oscar.
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/ 23 September 2005
There is still very much to play for in the 2005 Absa Currie Cup premier division and with three rounds of action remaining, the tension is beginning to mount as the leading contenders battle it out for semifinal places. Six teams still have a realistic chance of making the last four.
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/ 23 September 2005
A mass exodus from the deadly threat of Hurricane Rita emptied towns along the Texas and Louisiana coastlines on Friday, amid frantic last-minute preparations for the second super-storm in a month. The port city of Galveston, scene of the worst United States natural disaster when a similar storm hit 105 years ago, was virtually empty on Friday.
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/ 23 September 2005
Although environmental lobby group Earthlife Africa is not part of a team probing health concerns at the Pelindaba nuclear facility, it will be allowed to make submissions, a spokesperson for the investigator said. ”We couldn’t have included the stakeholders because it would have taken away the independence,” the spokesperson said.
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/ 23 September 2005
It is clear many South Africans, including some in the African National Congress, appear to think their new democracy gives them the freedom to engage in corrupt practices, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. He said the party, government and people are deeply concerned about the incidence of corruption in South Africa.
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/ 23 September 2005
Thank goodness I’m too old to join the humiliating queue of black actors looking for work these days. I no longer have to fret about black Yankees being cast in roles that African actors can fulfil with ease, grace and, dare one say it, the whiff of authenticity. I’m at peace, way beyond the petty debate.
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/ 23 September 2005
The typhoid outbreak in the Mpumalanga town of Delmas is the result of the African National Congress’s failure to heed warnings the area was facing a major public health risk, says Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. ”What is happening in Delmas is also happening in ANC-controlled municipalities across the country,” he said in his weekly newsletter.
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/ 23 September 2005
Journalists and spectators were banned from soccer ace Benedict Vilakazi’s rape trial on Friday because his alleged victim, a 15-year-old girl, testified in camera. The girl, who is eight months pregnant, looked demure in a black and white dress and white cardigan before her cross-examination by Vilakazi’s new lawyer.