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/ 28 November 2003
His hands outstretched in a gesture of victory, ”People’s Poet” Mzwakhe Mbuli was freed from Midrand’s Leeuwkop prison on Friday — into the arms of adoring fans, family and friends. ”God sustained. I am unsinkable,” he proclaimed as the prison gates swung open shortly after 9am.
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/ 28 November 2003
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. If Woody Allen is to be believed, those who can’t teach, teach gym. And those who can’t teach gym, write advertisements for radio. So when the reassuring drawl of Gary Player rose clear above the aural sludge, I sat up and listened. Gary was urging me to open an account with Nedbank.
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/ 28 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa inched firmer in listless trade on Friday, with market activity on the subdued side as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States on Thursday. Just after noon the all-share index was 0,27% higher and the all-share industrial index was 0,43% stronger.
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/ 28 November 2003
ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE WEEK:
Quality family entertainment is what the outstanding animation Finding Nemo delivers, writes Peter Bradshaw.
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/ 28 November 2003
The taxman has had enough of corrupt customs agents helping companies and individuals dodge the payment of import and export duties. SA Revenue Service Commissioner Pravin Gordhan will be calling a meeting with representatives of customs agents.
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/ 28 November 2003
A new twist in the Ngcuka-Zuma saga highlights the battle lines in a bitter information war that has drawn in spooks past and present.
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/ 28 November 2003
With many companies planning to cut costs by retrenching workers amid the strengthening rand, the Congress of South African Trade Unions has added its voice those condemning the looming job cuts, appealing to the South African government to intervene.
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/ 28 November 2003
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa stated on Friday that 120 retrenched workers of the Chinese-based Hisense electronics company would on Friday protest against the retrenchments. The union has accused the company of using South Africa as a dumping ground for cheap electronics products.
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/ 28 November 2003
Three decades on it’s apparent that the legacy left to the youth by the pioneering comic artists Jack Jackson, Fred Todd and Dave Moriarty is alive and well and living in Cape Town. This month sees the release of two well-produced books devoted to South African youth culture, writes Matthew Krouse.
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/ 28 November 2003
Readers feeling a little bamboozled by the recent fiction/faction forays of South African writers may be pleased to know that this novel is really fiction. And it is affectionately set in a Cape Town, as many will recognise, writes Jane Rosenthal, of Michiel Heyns’ <i>The Reluctant Passenger</i>.