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/ 12 April 2001

NSPCA to the rescue

By April 9, officials of the National Council of SPCAs in South Africa had not viewed the Mexican film <i>Love’s a Bitch</i> (Amores Perros) with its controversial dogfight that almost led to its banning and subsequent age restriction in the United Kingdom last year.

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/ 12 April 2001

Sanco’s missing investments

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Sanco Investment Holdings (SIH), the investment arm of the South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco), one of the pillars of the anti-apartheid struggle, has lost track of its assets and investments worth R80-million. The managing director of SIH, Moses Mayekiso, said this week that his company has lost investment records, financial […]

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/ 12 April 2001

Route change hurts Two Oceans entries

Martin Gillingham road running The Two Oceans marathon goes ahead in Cape Town on Saturday and features probably the strongest field yet gathered for the elite race. It contains Comrades champions, such as Vladimir Kotov, Nick Bester and Charl Mattheus, as well as former winners Zithulele Sinqe, Isaac Tshabalala and Vusi Nhlapo. The women’s entries […]

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/ 12 April 2001

Rose in demand

Deon Potgieter boxing What is the Rose of Soweto to do? Should Dingaan Thobela hold on in a bid to reclaim the World Boxing Council (WBC) title that by rights should still be his, or walk away from a sanctioning body that is losing credi- bility daily as a result of its shoddy treatment of […]

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/ 12 April 2001

Rites of passage for vhatoi

For the first time in 35 years Vhavenda maidens gathered at their king’s kraal to learn the rituals of womanhood, writes Evidence wa ka Ngobeni. Photographs by Nadine Hutton Dressed only in their shedo, a short Venda traditional outfit, they stand in a line, holding each other’s arms, and suddenly move forward and round the […]

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/ 12 April 2001

Quaking beats

Greg Bowes CD OFTHEWEEK Let’s hope one of the country’s big party promoters has the foresight to bring out Steve Lawler this year, because chunky and chugging prime-time dance-floor devastation doesn’t get much better than on the latest Nu Breed CD he’s mixed for the Global Underground label known for its quality dance releases. The […]

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/ 12 April 2001

Pirates on course for lucrative hat-trick

Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer Orlando Pirates might have three trophies in their cabinet and a large sum of money in their bank account at the end of this season. The BP Top 8 champions are front-runners in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and have a good chance of making it a hat-trick after drawing troubled Moroka […]

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/ 12 April 2001

‘Pay now, save later’

Belinda Beresford Economic, social and humanitarian considerations should be driving the government to introduce a national strategy to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, according to research presented at the Aids in Context conference last week. Opinion has been varied on why the government has shown such tardiness in introducing nationwide measures to cut the transmission […]