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/ 10 September 2003

What media makes of the elections

Elections are still many months away, yet political jostling is well underway and media is already deeply implicated. Do you know if the coming poll will be about the politicians or the citizens, and what role media may play in this? And, a related issue, do you know that 11 million South Africans won’t vote unless media (and others) can change the status quo in voter registration?

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/ 10 September 2003

Zimbabweans throng visa lines

Thousands of Zimbabweans jostled in line outside the South African visa office in Harare on Tuesday to apply for travel permits in hopes of some relief from their homeland’s crushing political and economic crises. Many slept outside the building after South African authorities relaxed visa restrictions.

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/ 10 September 2003

Woolworths in tug of war

Cape-based direct wine marketer the Wine-of-the-Month Club is to proceed with an urgent court interdict to stop listed retailer Woolworths from launching its in-house lifestyle magazine, which it plans to call <i>Taste</i> after the failure of last-minute talks to resolve the conflict.