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/ 25 October 2001
Cape Town | Thursday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki would meet Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi this week over his ongoing battle with his director-general Billy Masetlha, according to the presidency. ”The president is dealing with the matter. He plans to meet Chief Buthelezi this week,” presidential representative Bheki Khumalo said. He declined to elaborate. On Tuesday, […]
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/ 24 October 2001
In her keynote address at last week’s Arts & Culture Trust Awards, Marilyn Martin examined what contribution South Africans can make to culture, here and abroad, and what the obstacles are in the way of such an achievement.
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/ 24 October 2001
After its pre-opening teasers, the Joubert Park Public Art Project 2001 (JPP) is finally open, writes Robyn Sassen.
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/ 24 October 2001
VS Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature this month. But how good is his latest book? And why is he denouncing other writers? Paul Theroux has some insights.
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/ 24 October 2001
Pretoria | Wednesday WHILE a situation of total chaos prevailed at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on the night 43 people were killed in a stampede, security co-ordinators struggled for almost half an hour to get hold of the public order police (POP), the inquiry into the disaster heard on Wednesday. At 7.30pm on […]
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/ 24 October 2001
Lagos | Wednesday More than 100 people have been shot dead by rampaging soldiers in central Nigeria in the latest bout of unrest in this crisis-torn African country. The reprisal attacks late on Monday and Tuesday came after 19 soldiers were killed by ethnic militiamen two weeks ago near the border of the south central […]
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/ 24 October 2001
Harare | Wednesday ZIMBABWE’S government has rejected an ultimatum issued by the European Union to decide whether to allow EU observers in the country during next year’s presidential elections, Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge said on Tuesday. Mudenge said Zimbabwe would have considered an offer for observers, but will not accept “demands” from other countries because […]
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/ 24 October 2001
MOZAMBICAN President Joaquim Chissano will make a six-day official visit to Cuba next week, at the invitation of his counterpart Fidel Castro, the president’s office announced on Wednesday. The two men will hold talks on boosting bilateral relations between their two friendly states, a statement from Chissano’s office said. Several protocols are expected to be […]
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/ 24 October 2001
ALTOGETHER 10 535 people were languishing in prisons around the country because they could not afford to pay bail of R1 000 or less, according to Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana. In written reply to a question in the National Assembly by Hennie Smit (DA), Skosana said of these, 132 could not pay bail of […]
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/ 24 October 2001
The international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has warned that human rights abuses in Zimbabwe have increased dramatically over the past year, the independent Radio 702 reported on Wednesday. The organisation said that over 500 people have suffered politically motivated torture, murder and displacement at the hands of the Zimbabwean war veterans since they began […]