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/ 17 September 2003
Question: Would you die for your country? If so, why? Question number two: Would you spy for your country? Knowing that the place was run by scumbags who contradict themselves at every turn and are not possessed of a moral scruple worth mentioning — and who wouldn’t defend you when it came to the crunch?
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/ 17 September 2003
On Friday night four women will be acknowledged in the country’s first Distinguished Woman Scientist Award. The winner will walk away with R50 000. Finalists are Professor Esté Vorster, Professor Zephne van der Spuy, Biotechnologist Professor Jennifer Thomson and Professor Vanessa Watson.
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/ 17 September 2003
Johannesburg Water’s (JW) full-page advertisement, carried by the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> on August 29, was intended to pacify people already angered by JW’s compulsory installation of pre-payment water meters in Soweto. But instead of this placatory effect, the advertisement warrants outrage.
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/ 17 September 2003
For years Caxton, Independent Newspapers and Media 24, who between them publish the vast majority of South Africa’s "knock and drops", have dominated the CPA. But it now looks certain that Caxton and Independent will pull out of the organisation, making way for marginalised members.
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/ 17 September 2003
Cluster weapons were on show last week at the opening of Europe’s largest arms fair in London Docklands despite an appeal from the organisers to hide them away. The controversial weapons were on offer at the stand of an Israeli arms company, Israel Military Industries (IMI).
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/ 17 September 2003
Ronaldo scored twice as nine-time winner Real Madrid beat Olympique Marseille 4-2 in the opening round of Champions League games on Tuesday. Chelsea, fuelled by the millions of oil tycoon Roman Abramovich, gained a 1-0 win at Sparta Prague thanks to a late goal by French defender William Gallas.
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/ 17 September 2003
I was chatting to Oom Krisjan Lemmer in the Dorstbult Bar the other day. ”Subsistence farming? Jy trek my been, man!” he exclaimed. ”It will take our farming backwards. ”Modern boerdery is about the market, including exports. It needs capital and skills. Only plaas-yuppies can win in this business.”
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/ 17 September 2003
Nevada boxing officials want promoter Bob Arum to back up his allegations about misconduct in the scoring in the Oscar de La Hoya/Shane Mosley fight, which Mosley won by unanimous decision last Saturday night.
Boxing judge defends decision
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/ 17 September 2003
New Zealand may be strongly fancied to win November’s Rugby World Cup, but former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones says the All Blacks will choke under the pressure. The scrumhalf legend has predicted Australia and England will meet in the 2003 final.
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/ 17 September 2003
Robert Hunter has announced he is not going to ride for South Africa at the world championships in Canada next month, explaining that he had only been able to get in minimal training recently since he broke his wrist in the Tour of Denmark last month.