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/ 5 December 2003
Culture as a weapon of struggle is back. It’s more sophisticated. It’s a bit more grown up. And its practitioners probably will not like the label. But it’s here. And not a moment too soon, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 5 December 2003
Martin Kettle looks at two new biographies of American Presidents JFK and Bill Clinton.
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/ 5 December 2003
The Divas Unite Against Hunger concert took Gauteng by storm last Sunday, when six talented and gorgeous sistahs raised their voices in support of poverty stricken communities. Tebogo Motsuku was there.
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/ 5 December 2003
One would think that wearing an HIV-positive T-shirt to the 46664 Aids concert last Saturday would be considered normal — a political statement to show support for all those who live with the stigma of Aids. But the calculating glances and embarrassed stares reflects otherwise, writes Nawaal Dean.
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/ 5 December 2003
How does obtaining a degree in medicine without attending class sound? More than 4Â 000 sites can be found on the internet that offer everything from "legal fake degrees" to verifying a degree or warning against the perils of a fake degree. Fake qualifications are becoming a real problem in South Africa.
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/ 5 December 2003
Tony Blair pledged on Thursday to stand firm against Zimbabwe at the Commonwealth summit which starts on Friday in the Nigerian city of Abuja. The opening session was expected be dominated by a dispute about the suspension of Robert Mugabe’s regime from the organisation.
IMF to expel Zimbabwe
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/ 5 December 2003
United States President George Bush on Thursday lifted the tariffs imposed last year by the US government on steel imports, to head off a potentially damaging trade war with Europe and Asia. The decision to scrap the tariffs came days before the European Union planned to hit back with ,2-billion of tariffs on American imports.
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/ 5 December 2003
Giorgio Armani already has the white hair and the legions of devoted followers. Now that he has his very own 10 commandments, he surely is — to put it in fashion parlance — the ”new God”. Armani’s keynote address to a conference in Paris on Thursday laid bare the secrets of his success.
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/ 5 December 2003
Two interesting empowerment conundrums are likely to emerge in the years ahead as empowerment takes root and matures. The first is whether a company name or its brands should necessarily reflect underlying ownership, together with its empowerment component. The other is whether members of empowerment consortiums are guided by aligned interests.
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/ 5 December 2003
One of the most shameful events in modern African politics occurred on a weekend in March 2002 when President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe cheated his people of their most basic right — the right to choose who they want to be ruled by. Zimbabweans must stop moaning and take responsibility for their own liberation, says Mondli Makhanya.