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/ 10 November 2001
ANGELA QUINTAL, Cape Town | Saturday WESTERN Cape Premier Gerald Morkel has quit. He made the announcement at Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town on Saturday morning. Morkel said he would resign as premier and also as provincial leader of the New National Party with effect from close of business Monday. “Because I believe with all […]
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/ 9 November 2001
The importance of sex in the movies would be impossible to overstate. So many plots have turned on it; it has supplied so much motivation to so many characters, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 9 November 2001
Johnny Clegg’s concert run has been extended — a show of maskanda for beginners, Savuka classics and personal reflections, writes Darryl Accone.
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/ 9 November 2001
Like the face of Greta Garbo, the Marquis de Sade increasingly appears to be a screen on to which we can project our own fears and desires. Whatever the historical facts of the misdemeanours of the "Divine Marquis" who gave his name to the vice of sadism, he has become a figure who accommodates a variety of readings.
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/ 9 November 2001
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/ 9 November 2001
Mail & Guardian reporter Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are the things television people make when they have a bit of spare time on their hands and a good feeling in their hearts. The annual Vuka Awards are promoted by MultiChoice Africa and this year they celebrated the achievements of newcomers in the field of video […]
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/ 9 November 2001
Paul Kirk The long-awaited report on South Africa’s R60-billion arms package, due out next week, is expected to blast officials for conflicts of interest, recommend a shake-up of tender procedures and criticise several of the weapons deals. Compiled by the Scorpions, the public protector and the auditor general, the report will update Parliament on the […]
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/ 9 November 2001
The Cape summer season gathers momentum with the R125 000 grade 2 Odessa Stud Fillies Championship for three-year-olds over 1 400m at Kenilworth on Saturday, and the scene could be set for settling a couple of old scores. Mike Azzie has engaged Jeff Lloyd to ride his promising filly Bridal Paths and the Highveld-based trainer […]
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/ 9 November 2001
Barry Streek The government sees the free movement of people and workers among the 14 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a medium-term goal, top government representative Joel Netshitenzhe confirmed this week. This is in marked contrast with current policy, and follows a xenophobic riot in Zandspruit, near Johannes-burg, two weeks […]
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/ 9 November 2001
The chairman of CNN, Walter Isaacson, said that when reporting on the civilian casualties of the United States bombing in Afghanistan, his correspondents should mention that it should be viewed “in the context of a terrorist attack that caused enormous suffering in the United States.” I wonder what the American people would think if they […]