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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
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
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.
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/ 26 September 2003
Europe’s trading relationship with the United States deteriorated further this week when the European Commission said it had no option but to impose tit-for-tat sanctions in a rumbling row over an illegal US trade law.
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/ 26 September 2003
The European Commission this week announced long-awaited proposals to reform some of the most criticised aspects of the its subsidy-laden common agricultural policy (CAP).
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/ 26 September 2003
Rival companies have accused Microsoft of cynical commercialism for pulling the plug on its Internet chatrooms. MSN — the Internet arm of Bill Gates’s Microsoft empire — said it took the decision after a series of high-profile cases involving children being abused by adults they had met in chatrooms.