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/ 27 February 2004
”South Africans choose to vote for political parties for many reasons — sometimes obvious, and sometimes subtle — but they are not simply trapped into casting their ballots along racial and ethnic lines. ”Casting a ballot is primarily not an instrumental calculation but an expression of who a citizen is,” said Steven Friedman, senior researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies.
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/ 27 February 2004
Pity the person with Aids who is trying to find out where to go for anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment or how long it will take for the drugs to be available. The Mail & Guardian‘s attempts for the past month to obtain concrete information from each province suggest that public access to the life-prolonging drugs will be akin to a lottery and will depend on where you live.
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/ 27 February 2004
Foreign ministers from more than 50 African states showed more skepticism than enthusiasm on Thursday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s idea of creating a single African army to defend the continent. Libyan officials touted the proposal as ”a progressive idea,” but delegates from other nations cautioned that it needed a lot of research.
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/ 27 February 2004
Mel Gibson has reneged on a promise to remove the infamous scriptural blood libel, in which the Jews allegedly accepted responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus, from his film The Passion of the Christ, according to one of the world’s foremost scholars, who saw a preview showing on Thursday.
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/ 27 February 2004
The Pentagon has ordered an urgent inquiry into reports that more than 100 American women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been raped or sexually assaulted by fellow soldiers, it emerged on Thursday.
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/ 27 February 2004
Scientists investigating a spate of illnesses among people living close to GM maize fields in the Philippines believe that the crop may have triggered fevers, respiratory illnesses and skin reactions. The scientists’ findings were immediately challenged by Monsanto, the world’s leading GM company, and by the Philippine government.
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/ 27 February 2004
So Honey Mateya, Metrorail CEO, will finally be subjected to scrutiny following his suspension last week. Transnet CEO Maria Ramos may find this a dignified way to facilitate his exit. Mateya was mired in a mess not of his own making. But he did not help himself by using spin to hide the rot.
Sandi Majali, whose oil deals with Saddam we exposed, is no stranger to controvery.
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/ 27 February 2004
The African National Congress’s decision not to release the names of its premier candidates suggests that all is not well within the provinces. The ANC has confirmed its decision and says it is not obliged to reveal the names because South Africa does not have a constituency-based system.
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/ 27 February 2004
When Gauteng minister of finance and economic affairs Jabu Moleketi tabled his final budget on Tuesday at the Gauteng legislature he received applause all round, even from his nemesis in the Democratic Alliance. Having been one of the few provincial ministers to serve two full terms in the provincial government, Moleketi is now headed for an unspecified national role.