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/ 19 November 2004
Something unexpected happened when a teetotal country bumpkin participated in a fun run organised by a Wits University residence 13 years ago. He won the race. Hendrick Ramaala was not much of a political firebrand while staying at Glyn Thomas, a bastion of resistance against apartheid and Wits liberal policies.
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/ 19 November 2004
A year-long investigation into state-sponsored torture in Chile has documented that about 35 000 people were abused during the 1973 to 1990 military regime. The three volume-long report includes hundreds of new claims about torture tactics, ranging from sexual abuse using dogs, to forcing suspects to watch as family members were sodomised or slowly electrocuted.
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/ 19 November 2004
This week, along came a moment to leave even the most cynical observer stunned by the sheer crassness of the behaviour of those entrusted with running football clubs. The directors and management of Blackburn Rovers ought to stand up to account for actions that fly in the face of all remaining standards of decency in the game.
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/ 19 November 2004
Former Malawian minister of sports and culture Philip Bwanali has been arrested on allegations that he swindled 11,5-million kwacha (about R640 000) meant for sports development in the country. Bwanali was arrested last Saturday. He is the fifth senior member of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) to be arrested on corruption charges.
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/ 19 November 2004
What is higher education worth? This is a question that the recent revelations about vice-chancellors’ remuneration inadvertently raises. It is a pertinent question. Not only does it pertain to the obvious question of whether top management within higher education deserve the amount it is paid, but it goes further to ask how the public feels about higher education. Do we as a society feel as if we are getting our tax money’s worth in light of the amount the state contributes to this sector?
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/ 19 November 2004
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Spanish prime minister on Thursday condemned the racist abuse of black England footballers by thousands of Spanish fans as the disgraceful scenes on Wednesday night prompted outrage in Britain and threatened to escalate into a diplomatic row.
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/ 19 November 2004
Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is confident his spin-bowling attack will see off the South African challenge when the first Test starts on Saturday on a turning Green Park pitch. Ganguly is banking on India’s traditional spin strength to deliver the home side their first Test victory over South Africa in eight years.
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/ 19 November 2004
Sheila Weinberg has died. She has been ”around” the liberation struggle for decades.
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/ 19 November 2004
One would have thought that any society au fait with the physics of suicide bombing would have figured it out long ago: what goes up must come down. Certainly, unshakeable faith in divine providence goes a long way, but prefacing every prediction with “God willing” tends to deny certain realities about the effects on cranial bone of rapidly falling AK-47 bullets. Being faithful is one thing. Being a blithering idiot is quite another.
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/ 19 November 2004
Modern international football throws up all kinds of rubbish outside of the major competitions. Friendlies were becoming a farce. Fifa had to step in to reverse the trend of 11-man substitutions and non-matches that robbed the public – in the stands and on TV – of decent entertainment.