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/ 19 February 2004
The Catholic church in the United States was on Wednesday set to release church teachings on Jews and reconciliation in an attempt to cool religious passions before the release of Mel Gibson’s film about Jesus. Religious denominations are bracing for the next stage of the controversy over Gibson’s interpretations of scripture.
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/ 19 February 2004
Judith Ben-David’s plan was straightforward enough, and if it worked there would be no need for another showdown with the police. First, she and her friends would seek out the supermarket manager and make their plea. They were single mothers living off welfare, they said, and their children were hungry because Israel’s Finance Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, had slashed their benefits and told them to get jobs.
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/ 19 February 2004
"We have recovered R2-billion in the past two years from people in tax avoidance who raid the tax base to gain commercial advantage." In the week of the Budget Thebe Mabanga interviews Revenue Service chief Pravin Gordhan.
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/ 19 February 2004
With the third democratic election looming, campaigns are gaining momentum as parties position themselves to attract voters. An election presupposes choice — the right of citizens to choose their leaders. However, in South Africa, the result is a foregone conclusion: the African National Congress is going to win the election. The question is by what percentage?
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/ 19 February 2004
Listen to an MP3 recording of a a banned radio show discussing the possibility of the White House’s involvement in 911, take the 100 Acre Personality Test to see which Pooh character you would be, sign a petition to save the Hubble telescope and check out a teabag pyramid. Ian Fraser brings you the weird and the wonderful on the web.
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/ 19 February 2004
Our cover image this week should, of course, be taken with a pinch of salt. Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel is very far from being the fiery revolutionary of yesteryear. He is a minister in a largely responsible government who has swapped beard, jeans and struggle T-shirt for a suit and tie.
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/ 19 February 2004
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday it had reunited 146 Liberian children with their families since its tracing programme resumed in November. They had become separated during the country’s civil war.
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/ 19 February 2004
After all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans and political manoeuvrings of the past few months, rugby fans will be looking forward to getting down to the real business of playing the game when the Super 12 kicks off this weekend. South African rugby desperately needs the four Super 12 teams to restore faith in the game in South Africa.
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/ 19 February 2004
”Am I the only one perplexed by the DA’s election poster?” asks a friend of the Dorsbult. ”How does one explain the poster of Tony Leon’s smiling face next to the words ‘South Africa Deserves Better’? Is the official opposition registering a vote of no confidence in its own leader? Or is it that South Africa deserves better than the DA?” Both, the manne decided.
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/ 19 February 2004
A last-minute header by substitute Stanton Fredericks earned Kaizer Chiefs a hard fought 1-0 win over plucky Golden Arrows in their Castle Premiership match played at the FNB stadium on Wednesday night. There was no score at half-time.