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/ 18 November 2003
Situated close to the southern tip of Africa, where the mighty Indian and Atlantic oceans meet, Cape Town has, for more than 300 years, served as a launch pad to the continent of Africa.
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/ 18 November 2003
Singita is situated in the Sabi Sands reserve, north of Skukuza on the edge of the Kruger National Park. It runs two lodges here, Ebony and Boulders. Sharon van Wyk visits Singita private game reserve for three nights of unadulterated luxury.
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/ 18 November 2003
So much to do, and so little time. That’s how the Garden Route makes you feel. Like it’s all flashing before your eyes and you don’t have time to really soak it all up. It is kind of "to the left is Wilderness and to your right are the Outeniquas and up ahead is Knysna and there’s the Tsitsikama and here we are in Plettenberg Bay.
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/ 18 November 2003
Mano Hughes does not fit the stereotype of a call centre worker. She is highly educated, has considerable commercial experience and lives in Bryanston, one of the affluent suburbs of Johannesburg. The 43-year-old wife of an IT network engineer has been hired by an outsourcing company to push computer sales to the British market.
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/ 18 November 2003
South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in France on Monday for a three-day state visit — the latest phase of a robust foreign policy agenda that has earned him status on the world stage but jeers at home.
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/ 18 November 2003
The long-delayed trial of Namibian suspects accused of treason and secession was adjourned on Monday to 19 January next year. This had to be done because the state could not produce three witnesses from Botswana and Zambia in time due to logistical problems, the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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/ 18 November 2003
Hot on the heels of the revamped Ford Ranger series of bakkies comes the new Mazda Drifter, aimed at the lifestyle buyer rather than the owner who needs a workhorse.
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/ 18 November 2003
John Allen Muhammad, a Gulf War veteran and drifter, was found guilty on Monday of the ”Washington sniper” killing spree, during which 10 people died and three were wounded last year. A jury in Virginia Beach took less than seven hours to convict him on four counts: murder, terrorism, conspiracy and illegal use of a weapon.
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/ 18 November 2003
Since David Blaine left his box overlooking the river Thames the American media’s interest in Britain has rarely strayed beyond Tony Blair’s support for the war in Iraq, and the monarchy. So it is little surprise that the visit of United States President George Bush is the talk of the airwaves and a subject worthy of the front pages.
Security net draped over London
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/ 18 November 2003
The threat of a damaging split within the Commonwealth loomed on Monday after Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe insisted he was determined to secure an invitation to a summit of leaders next month. His remarks followed a flying visit to Harare by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.