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/ 26 February 2003

A second independence?

The situation in Kenya is fragile. The euphoria, and the consequent energy and hope that it has generated, is bound to dissipate as the enormity of the task of nation building begins to sink in — South Africans can relate to this

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/ 26 February 2003

SA’s child prisoners

A 12-year-old was sentenced to six months in prison for reckless and negligent driving, while a 13-year-old got five years for an ”economic offence”, Parliament’s justice and constitutional development portfolio committee heard on Tuesday.

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/ 26 February 2003

A people’s housing process

Even informal settlements should be carefully planned. Why is there no policy on informal settlements, though every town and city has areas that are not officially subdivided and lack formal municipal services where shacks are the primary form of shelter?