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/ 19 December 2003
At first I thought this was going to be a profoundly irritating book. I thought it was going to be another ‘my role in the struggle’ book by a foreigner. I was happily surprised to find this was not the case, writes Anthony Egan of Lucie Pagé’s <i>Conflict of the Heart</i>.
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/ 19 December 2003
In its eighth year the Spier Summer Arts Festival takes some unexpected turns, writes Matthew Krouse. Patrons can look forward to a star-studded lineup including Pieter-Dirk Uys and Vusi Mahlasela.
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/ 19 December 2003
<i>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i>, the much-loved fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis, will be made into a film in New Zealand, a newspaper reported recently. New Zealander Andrew Adamson, best known for his work on the Oscar-winning animated feature <i>Shrek</i> will direct.
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/ 19 December 2003
Pope John Paul II was given an advance viewing of what is set to be one of the most controversial films of 2004, Mel Gibson’s story about the last hours of Jesus, and declared: "It is as it was," a British newspaper reported recently, quoting Vatican insiders.
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/ 19 December 2003
Mpumalanga public works, road and transport MEC Steve Mabona has been cleared of allegations that he benefited from a fraudulent transaction, premier Ndaweni Mahlangu said on Thursday.
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/ 19 December 2003
The fortunes of asbestos have declined in recent years, after the realisation that inhaling asbestos fibres could lead to cancer. However, debate about the safety of this mineral hasn’t ended yet — at least not in Zimbabwe. This country is the world’s fifth largest producer of chrysotile fibre, or white asbestos — after Russia, Canada, China and Brazil.
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/ 19 December 2003
<b>Brigitte Mabandla, Minister of Housing — Grade: D</b>
Brigitte Mabandla took office in February and her 10 months in the position have not, perhaps not unreasonably, borne any fruit. Observers say she is hamstrung by her lack of knowledge about housing — she was formerly the deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology — and that her Director General, Mpumi Nxumalo, now runs the show from the wings.
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/ 19 December 2003
On Thursday the curtain fell on the spectacle that played itself out in the Justitia Building theatre, bringing to a close a production that has been running since October. The drama, precipitated by the allegations that Bulelani Ngcuka was an apartheid spy and abused his office, had all the hallmarks of an award-winning production.
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/ 19 December 2003
Welcome to the dark side. Around 73% of the universe is made not of matter or radiation but of a mysterious force called dark energy, a kind of gravity in reverse. Dark energy is listed as the breakthrough of the year in the US journal Science today.
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/ 19 December 2003
Michael Moore’s root-and-branch onslaught against George Bush and the globalised economy yesterday brought off a coup in publishing, if not politics. It topped David Beckham’s biography among bestselling non-fiction titles for 2003.