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/ 26 September 2003
Newly revealed confidential arms contracts have confirmed a massive increase in the cost of the SA government’s weapons package, initially estimated at R30-billion. The documents show that finance charges will add at least another 50% to the arms package and that key components are significantly more expensive.
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/ 26 September 2003
The current model of black economic empowerment (BEE), focused on transferring equity rather than encouraging entrepreneurship, has created a culture of entitlement and dependency in the black middle class, says outspoken businessman Moeletsi Mbeki.
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/ 26 September 2003
I know I’m going to lose friends over this one. But then again, that’s only because some of my friends have lost me. I am at a loss, for example, to understand what is going on at Johannesburg’s elaborately over-named African Bank Moyo Restaurant Market Theatre.
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/ 26 September 2003
The challenge to the creation of new national institutions is the strength of the grip that some elements of society have on them. What must be placed on record is that our country is about to take a turn for the worse and the claim of "a better life for all" will prove itself to be another empty election promise in 25 years time.
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/ 26 September 2003
"We are here to bury the honourable Robert Mugabe." These words, uttered by a speaker at the funeral of a deceased senior Zanu-PF figure, were to be published Zimbabwe’s <i>Daily News</i> last Saturday, but never saw the light of day.
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/ 26 September 2003
The shutdown of <i>The Daily News</i> is an assault on the values the people of this region believe in. Such acts are a cancer that must be fought by all who believe in democracy and freedom of expression. The <i>Mail & GuardianM</i> commits to providing a platform for the voices Robert Mugabe does not want to hear
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/ 26 September 2003
South African soccer lovers — and the 16 Premier Soccer League club owners — are rubbing their hands in anticipation of some fine football and enormous rewards when the Coca-Cola Cup kicks off again this season. The winners walk away with a cool R2-million.
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/ 26 September 2003
A former Tranmere Rovers stalwart who spent 15 years in the lower reaches of no-nonsense professional football, Football Association chief executive Mark Palios has seen it all. But I suspect even he was startled when Arsenal lost it on Sunday. He acted like a stern father, furious with a family member.
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/ 26 September 2003
When the opposition’s down, kick them, says Graeme Smith, the 22-year-old captain of the Proteas. That’s why South Africa’s youngest captain is so disappointed his team could not finish off England. But the skipper’s enthusiasm and passion rubbed off on a side still down from a disappointing World Cup.
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/ 26 September 2003
Iraq’s finance minister unveiled sweeping investment laws last week to give foreign companies unprecedented access to the Iraqi firms that are to be sold off in a privatisation windfall. Under the new rules, foreign firms will have the right to wholly own Iraqi companies, except those in the oil, gas and mineral industries.