The government’s ability to implement its new school curriculum effectively is again under interrogation. This follows Minister of Education Kader Asmal’s quiet announcement that implementation of the Further Education and Training Curriculum will be delayed until 2006
A puzzle for you: name a truly brave politician. One of my nominations would be Robert J Dole. In 1998 Pfizer Corp recruited the senator for the launch of their new wonder drug, Viagra
It would be petty to focus only on the shortcomings of Budget 2003. The key thing is that it is expansionary, continuing and accelerating a trend visible since 2001. The government’s approach in the 1996 to 1999 period was simply indefensible in a transitional economy like ours, with such glaring socio-economic backlogs
Flyhalf Louis Koen kicked nine goals from 10 attempts to lift the Northern Bulls to their first Super 12 win outside South Africa, 46-34 Saturday over the Wellington Hurricanes.
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/ 28 February 2003
Gerald Morkel, once Western Cape premier, Cape Town mayor and Democratic Alliance provincial leader, will be handed his political death certificate at the Democratic Alliance provincial congress in Stellenbosch
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/ 28 February 2003
After the arrests of members of the Anti-Eviction Campaign, the police have been accused of deliberate intimidation and property damage. AEC member Max Ntanyana, who has been active in setting up the school, was among five people arrested in Mandela Park
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/ 28 February 2003
The Transnet printing-division tender wrangle, in which an African National Congress fund-raiser has been accused of peddling influence for shares, heads back to court
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/ 28 February 2003
A Zimbabwean court has issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwean independent journalist Geoffrey Nyarota for failing to appear in court on charges of abusing journalistic privileges, his lawyer said on Friday.
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/ 28 February 2003
Derek Bond, the British tourist who spent nearly three weeks in a South African police cell after authorities mistook him for a fraud suspect, on Friday said the ordeal had made him fear for his life.
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/ 28 February 2003
Queues for the new credit-card licences are winding around the block at testing stations around South Africa as the clock ticks towards the final countdown at midnight on Friday.