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/ 16 January 2004
"A strangely merry adventure" is how Graham Robb describes the experience of writing this book, and a cheerful mixture of optimism and scepticism colours almost every aspect of it. The effect is enjoyably disconcerting, writes Alan Hollinghurst, reviewing <i>Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century</i>
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/ 16 January 2004
Mmanaledi Mataboge pays tribute to the host of Yfm’s breakfast show Fana "Khabzela" Khaba who passed away from an Aids-related illness on January 14 2004.
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/ 16 January 2004
The bulk of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress’ supporters are unemployed while 94% of them are black, according to the results of a Markinor poll. Similarly, nearly 80% of Inkatha Freedom Party supporters are jobless. The poll was conducted among 3 500 respondents nationwide late last year and was commissioned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
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/ 16 January 2004
The problem of illegal border crossings between Ethiopia and Eritrea is adding to the woes of United Nations staff who are monitoring peace efforts between the two countries. Earlier this week that three Eritrean staffers of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea had driven to Addis Ababa from the Eritrean capital Asmara, using a stolen UN vehicle.
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/ 16 January 2004
President Thabo Mbeki on Friday tried to address the negativity expressed by South Africans about South Africa. Writing in his weekly online letter Mbeki said South Africa’s democracy was less than ten years old and confronted by serious poverty that would take a great deal of time and effort to eradicate.
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/ 16 January 2004
A senior official at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has been suspended on charges of fraud and wasteful expenditure of taxpayers’ money. The CAA is responsible for air safety and reports to Minister of Transport Abdullah Omar. It has had ongoing problems with lapses in corporate governance over the past few years.
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/ 16 January 2004
Mpumalanga minister for public works Steve Mabona’s department is facing another investigation — this time by the provincial auditor general. The auditor general’s probe follows closely another investigation by a task team appointed by Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu.
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/ 16 January 2004
The Inkatha Freedom Party and its leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, enter the coming election fighting to keep control of KwaZulu-Natal, and their future as a national political force.
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/ 16 January 2004
The African National Congress’s choice of KwaZulu-Natal to sell its message of peace, hope for the future and a society that truly cares could not have been delivered to a more understanding audience.
A race too close to call
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/ 16 January 2004
When ruling party militants chased Batty’s owners from their farm in Zimbabwe, they gouged out the puppy’s eyes. Bloodied and wounded, he wandered the bush for days before he was rescued by animal rights activists and airlifted to safety in neighbouring South Africa.