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/ 21 January 2005
Judging by recent key appointments to the South African Broadcasting Corporation, it is inevitable that Peter Matlare’s successor will be drawn from within the ranks of the African National Congress. Three people are said to be in the running: Nkenke Kekana, Mandla Langa and Snuki Zikalala.
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/ 21 January 2005
New hopes for 2005: "freedom of expression will be respected, that representative structures of artists will be viewed as expressions of democracy rather than as threats, and for consultation and transparency to be resurrected", writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 21 January 2005
<i>Souvenir</i> — Jane Rosenthal’s second novel for adults — is set in the Karoo in the late 21st-century, and contains striking descriptions of tidal waves that devour the coastline. Shirley Kossick reviews. <i>Souvenir</i>
By <b>Jane Rosenthal</b>
(Bromponie)
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/ 21 January 2005
Soweto’s hip-hop crew is taking its art to the streets! A growing number of Jozi’s hip-hoppers assemble in the Orlando West section of Soweto to be part of the Splash Jam, writes Mohlomi Maubane.
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/ 21 January 2005
Costco has a reputation for stacking ’em high and selling ’em cheap. From toilet rolls to bread rolls, the warehouse store has built its reputation on providing its customers with the basics of modern life at rock-bottom prices. But on Wednesday the United States company, which has branches in Britain, did something to shake off its utilitarian image: it sold an original Picasso drawing for 999.
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/ 21 January 2005
Legendary vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, South African Broadcasting Corporation television news reported on Thursday. The group was nominated in the categories of best traditional world-music album and best surround-sound album.
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/ 21 January 2005
The Guggenheim Museum has lost its chairperson and chief benefactor in a row over the direction of the world-famous institution. The stetson-wearing, yacht-owning billionaire Peter B Lewis has resigned after having donated a total of -million to the institution. He cited ”differences in direction” between him and the museum’s controversial director, Thomas Krens.
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/ 21 January 2005
George Bush began his second presidential term on Thursday with a call to American action abroad, committing the United States to the spread of global democracy and ”ending tyranny in our world”. He pledged: ”We will defend ourselves and our friends by force of arms when necessary.”
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/ 21 January 2005
Mozambique’s highest constitutional body this week rejected on technical grounds an opposition request to reconsider the results of the December general election, which the ruling Frelimo party won by a large majority. The decision follows mounting evidence of electoral malpractice, though not on a scale that could sway the overall result.
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/ 21 January 2005
In February 1994, the government decided to give Riemvasmaak back to its original residents. In the 10 years since then, Riemvasmaak residents have set up several ecotourism projects in their mountain desert wilderness that is providing jobs, income and purpose in a community still living with bitter memories of forced removal.