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/ 24 January 2002
<b>REVIEW: </b><i>My Eland’s Heart: A Collection of Stories and Art</i> by Marlene Sullivan Winberg (David Philip Publishers). When word got out that Marlene Winberg had written <i>My Eland’s Heart</i>, rumblings of discomfort were heard echoing from the traditional academics of San rock art, writes Kevin Scott.
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/ 24 January 2002
The minister of health was sruprised by KZN Premier Lionel Mtshali’s announcement that ARV nevirapine would be administered as an emergency measure.
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/ 24 January 2002
HEALTH education programmes and free condom distribution have not stopped South African commercial sex workers from having unprotected sex, a study has found. A study conducted by the London School of Economics found that 69% of local commercial sex workers (CSWs) in the South African gold mining community of Carletonville are HIV positive. The study […]
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/ 24 January 2002
Johannesburg | Thursday TWO men appeared in a South African court after they were unmasked as bogus lawyers, having called a magistrate “your majesty” and asked him to explain the term “previous convictions”. Goodman Mokoena and Moses Moloi fooled staff at the Katlehong Magistrate’s Court south of Johannesburg on Tuesday when, dressed in black robes, […]
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/ 24 January 2002
Johannesburg | Thursday THE Constitutional Court will hand down judgment on Friday in the case of whether Rastafarians should be allowed to use dagga legally. The challenge against the laws that criminalise the use of dagga was launched last year by candidate attorney Gareth Prince. This followed Prince being refused admission to the Cape Law […]
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/ 24 January 2002
Harare | Thursday ZIMBABWEAN authorities are searching for several foreign journalists who entered the country as tourists in defiance of a ban on most visiting correspondents, a senior government official said on Thursday. The state controlled daily Herald said that its ”investigations” established that reporters from Britain’s Guardian and Telegraph newspapers, the London-based Economist, South […]
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/ 24 January 2002
Sake, DRC | Thursday ABOUT 20 000 victims of the Nyiragongo volcano eruption have just received their first international food aid 15 days of rations handed out by the World Food Programme and a non-governmental organisation. Thirty tonnes of food were brought in aboard trucks from Goma and were handed out to heads of households, […]
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/ 24 January 2002
Brussels | Tuesday THE EU and South Africa have reached an agreement that will prevent South African wine and spirits producers from using traditional European terms such as Porto, Champagne or ouzo, sources said following a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels. The agreement covers geographic references on labels and would also protect such […]
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/ 23 January 2002
GRIFFIN SHEA, STAFF REPORTER, Harare | Wednesday THE Zimbabwe government has failed, for the second time in a week, to introduce in parliament a controversial bill that would clamp down on press freedom. Parliament had been expected to debate the bill on Tuesday, but when the house opened, Zanu-PF lawmakers immediately adjourned it until Wednesday […]