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TERRY BELL | Friday VALUABLE fragments of the apartheid past unearthed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have been reburied – apparently by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). After three years of confusing and contradictory responses received by archivists and researchers in search of certain TRC documents, it now seems clear that at least […]
As the storm clouds gather around South African cricket ? if you believe the Easter weekend papers both Shaun Pollock and Graham Ford are on the verge of being sacked
The ring of tedium Shaun de Waal Howard Shore has been responsible for some innovative movie scores, scores that moreover play very well when detached from their cinematic context. The prime example, and a marvellous piece of work, is his soundtrack for Naked Lunch, which featured free-jazzer Ornette Coleman improvising against the backdrop of Shore’s […]
Ngwako Modjadji When senior police officer Inspector X attached to Thohoyandou police station came home from work one day his two daughters expected him to give them an affectionate hug and the kisses he used to pamper them with. But police say their evening with their father turned out to be a nightmare for them […]
CHRISTINE BOGGIS, Vienna | Thursday A COMIC strip book of the life of Jesus that shows him surfing rather than walking on water and getting high on incense fumes has sparked a storm of protest in Catholic Austria. Widespread outrage greeted the publication of popular caricature artist Gerhard Haderer’s book The Life of Jesus just […]
PETER WALKER, Beijing | Thursday CHINA has released its longest-serving political prisoner, a 76-year-old former elementary school teacher imprisoned since 1983 for campaigning against Chinese rule in Tibet. Tanak Jigme Sangpo (76) was freed on Sunday on medical parole from Lhasa’s notorious Drapchi prison, where he has been held continuously since 1983, the London-based Tibet […]
Jerusalem | Friday US ENVOY Anthony Zinni is to meet besieged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Friday, a day after US President George Bush called for an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories. It will be the first meeting between Zinni and Arafat since the launch of an Israeli […]
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