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/ 7 November 2003
A treacherous minister of education, duplicitous and interfering government officials, a shoddy and compromised assessor, infantile members of the governing council, incompetent and self-serving senior managers, “Indian histrionics”, short-sighted academics, hostile students who might not even be students, sensationalist and trashy KwaZulu-Natal newspapers … All this – and a dash of “Hindu nationalism” to contend with too.
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/ 7 November 2003
Sam Sole, 2003 Vodacom Journalist of the Year, describes the scoop that led to the prize.
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/ 7 November 2003
Here in the Dorsbult, where regular employment is something enjoyed by the lucky few, there’s always a bit of an argument over who gets first look at the job ads in the local newspaper. Oom Krisjan, of course, merely glances through to check on the latest euphemisms for secretarial work. But every now and again, an advert catches his eye because of its singular inappropriate phrasing.
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/ 7 November 2003
Shutting down the independently owned Daily News and arresting trade union leaders sent ”the wrong signal” amid ongoing efforts to bring Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to the negotiation table, said British Minister for Africa Chris Mullin.
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/ 7 November 2003
It has not been a good week for press freedom in Africa: three journalists in Morocco have been given jail sentences; an Algerian court has handed down sentences to a journalist and an editor, and an Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporter in Equatorial Guinea has been detained.
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/ 7 November 2003
France decamped from Sydney to Melbourne on Friday for their World Cup quarter-final against Ireland with a call from coach Bernard Laporte for the missing French fans to make themselves heard. The French fear that Melbourne’s 56 000-capacity Docklands Stadium will be vastly more green than red, white and blue for their clash on Sunday.
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/ 7 November 2003
They will be the smallest men in a battle of giants on Saturday but the clash of Joost van der Westhuizen and Justin Marshall will have a huge impact on their World Cup quarterfinal. The rival scrumhalves of South Africa and New Zealand share an intense competitive fire and a resilience which has seen them survive in a highly pressured and crucial area.
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/ 7 November 2003
Appointing Robert McBride as chief of the Ekurhuleni municipality’s Metro Police was inspired. The many who disagree strongly with the decision have been very vocal, but then free expression of views in dispute of political and bureaucratic decisions are of the quintessence of the democratic process. McBride is the perfect choice for several reasons.
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/ 7 November 2003
The SA Sports Commission has prepared a malaria warning to all its team-members who competed in the recent All Africa Games in Nigeria after the death of assistant national handball team manager Mthandazo Miya on Thursday.
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/ 7 November 2003
South Africa appears poised to forge bigger and closer trade ties with Brazil, a country with an economy ranked among the world’s top 10, and the second largest in the Americas.