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<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> At a time when most horror movies seem to be gorefests, clichéfests or send-ups, a movie such as <i>Dark Water</i> shows that they can still be original and fresh, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 9 September 2005
Two exhibitions of South Africa’s greatest documentary photographer, David Goldblatt’s photographs show his different sides, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 9 September 2005
Telkom has dropped a R5-million damages action against Gregg Stirton’s website hellkom.co.za, which he launched in response to the telecomms giant’s "incredibly high prices". The website features, amongst other things, the "Hellkom Vent", where users can publish their frustrations with the fixed-line operator.
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/ 9 September 2005
Prince Tutu Buthelezi, son of Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi, spoke to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> about his relationship with his father, the state of the IFP and his new party, Ziba Jiyane’s National Democratic Convention.
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/ 9 September 2005
Total assets under the management of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) — formerly the Public Investment Commission — amounted to R488-billion at the end of June this year, says PIC CEO Brian Molefe. This was up from R461-billion at the end of the 2004/05 financial year.
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/ 9 September 2005
Bonobos, the great apes threatened with extinction which resolve disputes by having sex, have been given a sanctuary near Kinshasa where they wait to return to their home in the forests of the vast Democratic Republic of Congo. "Lola ya bonobos" is a 30ha forest run by the association Friends of the Bonobos, which over the last ten years has taken care of animals which have escaped being killed.
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/ 9 September 2005
The Vatican condemned on Friday plans by a team of British scientists to create a human embryo using genetic material from two women, on the grouds the experiment violated "three prohibitions". "This is a real experiment whose success remains to be proved, but which, from the moral point of view, violates at least three prohibitions" said Bishop Elio Sgreccia.
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Search-and-seizure raids by the Scorpions at the offices of Jacob Zuma’s former attorney Julekha Mahomed were ruled illegal by the Johannesburg High Court on Friday. Judge Ismail Hussein found that the search warrants were obtained and executed unlawfully. They were set aside.
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/ 9 September 2005
Everyone wants a piece of Kenya’s national parks. The Somali herdsman in search of pasture for his cattle. The villager hunting antelope. The Tanzanian entrepreneur seeking a rare plant. And, of course, ivory poachers. Park managers say they can’t deal effectively with these problems because of insufficient funding, staff and equipment.
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/ 9 September 2005
Hosni Mubarak swept more than 80% of the vote in an unprecedented pluralist presidential election hailed as an historic step but marred by violations, according to an early count published on Friday. The incumbent’s landslide victory left his nine rivals fighting over crumbs, with most estimates giving Ghad party leader Ayman Nur over Wafd chairperson Numan Gumaa.