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/ 2 September 2002
Emma Brockes examines the cult of the celebrity memoir — of which there seem to be more every day.
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/ 2 September 2002
Barbara Ludman takes a look at a range of new books on crime.
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/ 2 September 2002
The winner of the Book Data/SAPnet Booksellers’ Choice Award was announced last week.
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/ 2 September 2002
Riaan Wolmarans reviews the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, <i>By the Way</i>.
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/ 2 September 2002
Massive pressure from the political Left and behind-the-scenes intervention by, among others, trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) this week persuaded the government to reverse its hard-line stance on street protests at the World Summit.
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/ 2 September 2002
Since coming to office in 1994, the South African government claims to have provided seven million additional people with access to clean, running water and 3,5-million people with access to electricity. While impressive, these figures have been challenged on a number of fronts.
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/ 2 September 2002
Fear of environmental pollution in central Europe was growing this week as it became clear that the recent flooding had caused large amounts of chlorine gas to leak in the Czech Republic. The Spolana chemicals plant on the river Elbe was the site of what an official described as ”a mini Chernobyl”.
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/ 1 September 2002
Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe this week swore in a new team of ministers who he referred to as an "economic and political war Cabinet". Observers have been surprised by how few changes he made.