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/ 26 September 2003
See the world’s most famous philosopher get his hair done! So it is refreshing, especially for those who have struggled through his dense tomes, to see a documentary that demystifies –Â indeed domesticates — the man. Shaun de Waal watches a documentary about Jacques Derrida.
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/ 26 September 2003
Controversy is alive and well in the local fine art industry. In one incident artists have taken issue with a major new art award. And in another, a curator of a digital arts exhibition at Unisa protested against what is considered to be an act of censorship by the university administration. Matthew Krouse and Makgwathane Mothapo investigate.
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/ 26 September 2003
The idea of the Siyagruva series first came to me at a conference in mid-1999 when I listened to the head of the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, Elisabeth Anderson, talk about the need to get young people — teenagers — to read. Robin Malan, editor of the new Siyagruva series of novels for teens, tells how the successful project came about and developed.
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/ 26 September 2003
Opposition political parties have lambasted President Thabo Mbeki for his statement in the United States that he personally does not know anyone who has died of Aids, and called for him to apologise immediately. Democratic Alliance spokesperson Mike Waters said Mbeki’s comments were highly insensitive.
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/ 26 September 2003
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell has called on Israel to dismantle illegal outposts in the West Bank during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom. Powell insisted the Israeli government ”continues dismantling” wildcat settlements in line with the US-backed road map to peace.
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/ 26 September 2003
British rock singer Robert Palmer, best known for his Eighties hits Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, died on Friday in Paris of a heart attack. He was 54. Born Alan Palmer, the singer was a member of several British rock bands before he achieved solo fame.
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/ 26 September 2003
Media 24, publisher of the Sunday newspaper City Press, has hired an independent legal investigator to look into claims made in The Star on Friday that City Press editor Vusi Mona was linked to a company being paid millions to manage Mpumalanga’s scandal-clad image.
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/ 26 September 2003
Two powerful earthquakes, one of them measuring 8,0 on the Richter scale, rocked northern Japan on Friday, injuring about 480 people and forcing thousands more to evacuate their homes. The bigger quake was the strongest to hit Japan in almost nine years.
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/ 26 September 2003
Controversial legislation which provides the framework for next year’s general elections, but effectively disenfranchising ordinary South Africans temporarily abroad, was adopted by the National Assembly on Friday.
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/ 26 September 2003
Moroccan courts have sentenced two Islamic fundamentalists to death for murder and preparing terrorist acts, and passed heavy jail sentences on two fundamentalist preachers said to be the brains behind suicide attacks in May. Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid Slimani were sentenced in Rabat late on Thursday for preparing acts of terrorism.