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/ 29 January 2004
The leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai, who is facing charges of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday wound up his evidence before a Harare High Court hearing his trial.
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/ 29 January 2004
The parliament of Zimbabwe on Wednesday passed a controversial land law that will allow the government to take land more easily from white farmers. The new law allows the government to compulsorily acquire white-owned farms after publishing a notice of intention in the Government Gazette.
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/ 29 January 2004
The man who gave the world All Shook Up may now be all cut up, according to a company selling what it claims are two-inch pieces of one of Elvis’s famous songs. The sale has provoked a row within the music world over what some critics call sacrilege.
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/ 29 January 2004
In Spain, it’s a much venerated literary prize and showcase for the country’s finest erotic writing. But judges of the Vertical Smile have concluded that authors who specialise in this lauded oeuvre have lost some of their oomph.
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/ 29 January 2004
Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper is to be restored, 38 years after it was severely damaged by floods which killed 30 people in Florence. Experts at the city’s Opificio restoration institute will begin a preliminary inspection of the work on Friday.
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/ 29 January 2004
Disturbingly — but not surprisingly, given the polarisation in South African politics — the start of party electoral campaigns has been marred by the acrimonious debate over the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) live coverage of President Thabo Mbeki’s address at an African National Congress rally in January.
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/ 29 January 2004
That there is a massive switch-off from politics by young people is now undeniable. The latest voter registration figures released by the Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday reveal that just less than half the eligible young voting population have turned out to register.
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/ 29 January 2004
"I tend to get massively irked at those simple types, many of whom are employed in local media, who know little or nothing about political science, intelligence or counter-intelligence history. But the truth is hidden in plain sight and the real conspiracy theories are right in front of us." Conspiracy nut Ian Fraser unveils the truth.
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/ 29 January 2004
Oom Krisjan wasn’t invited, but he hears that down in piesangland last weekend there were festivities to mark the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the Zulus gave the rooinekke one of the heaviest pakslae they’d ever experienced on the battlefield.
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/ 29 January 2004
Shaun Pollock spearheaded a spirited South African pace attack in defending a moderate tally to beat the West Indies by 16 runs in the second one day international cricket match at St George’s Park on Wednesday.