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/ 2 September 2003

Manicured, pedicured, but still fighting

Zimbabwe’s upper and middle classes need to realise that cheque books and credit cards alone will not buy them their freedom, says Thandi Chiweshe, a gender activist based in Harare. We can get manicured and pedicured all we want, but as long as the rest of this country is not at peace, our nail varnish will never dry.

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/ 2 September 2003

Capriati victorious despite rain

In a rain-interrupted match that ended more than six hours after it began, sixth-seeded Jennifer Capriati reached the US Open quarterfinals for the third straight year Monday by beating number 11 Elena Dementieva 6-2, 7-5. All four scheduled men’s fourth-round matches were postponed because of downpours.

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/ 2 September 2003

Bok media liaison quits

Mark Keohane, the Springbok rugby media liaison, quit on Tuesday, saying he could not be part of a squad that tolerated prejudice. Keohane’s resignation comes just days after the World Cup squad was threatened by a race scandal.