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/ 18 October 1996
Once quite long ago, in a land not so far away, there lived a young woman called Gcina Mhlophe.
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/ 18 October 1996
YOUSSOU N’DOUR, possibly the most famous African musician in the West due to his appearance in the Amnesty International Human Rights Now world tour in 1988 and a smash hit with Neneh Cherry in 1995, says he has no real problems with fame. The only difficulty, as far as he’s concerned, was that it took […]
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/ 18 October 1996
`Oceans of cash’ invested in retirement funds are underpinning the US stock market’s seemingly inexorable rise, writes Susan Harrigan in New York IN the end, it looked like the grandparent of all stock averages finally went through the 6 000-point barrier and stayed there because a number of companies reported unexpectedly strong profits earlier this […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Gaye Davis THE row over a woman’s allegations that the Catholic church paid for an abortion when she fell pregnant during a love affair with a priest escalated this week when it emerged no sanction has yet been taken against the priest. Bishop Mansuet dela Biyase, head of the Eshowe diocese, confirmed he was telephoned […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Andy Duffy A funding crisis has virtually paralysed the South African Human Rights Commission just six months after it was launched. The commission, set up to police the Bill of Rights, began swinging the axe earlier this week after failing to secure an increase in its R6,4-million budget, which is a third of what it […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Mark Gleeson looks at the mythical potential of Zaire, who play Bafana Bafana in a World Cup qualifying match next month ZAIRE’S soccer team is as elusive, enigmatic and potentially dangerous as the animal they claim as their mascot. The Leopards will be in town on November 9 to play South Africa at Soccer City […]
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/ 18 October 1996
IN its ongoing search for innovative solutions to the housing crisis, the Ministry of Housing’s special task team this week proposed new approaches to break the deadlock between financial institutions and developers, which is holding up housing delivery. In a report released this week, it also urged the various arms of the government involved in […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Mark Tran in New York TED TURNER, the CNN mogul turned Number Two at Time Warner, is bringing his skinflint approach to a company notorious for lavishing perks – from corporate jets to holiday hideaways – on its Hollywood stars. Time Warner’s habit of coddling its artists was assiduously cultivated by Steve Ross, the company’s […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Stefaans Brmmer THAT former bastion of Afrikaner nationalist education, the University of the Free State, declared 1996 “MK year”. But the change of heart is not quite as radical as the name – usually short for the African National Congress army, Umkhonto weSizwe -suggests. The university fathers (for it remains a university where most top […]
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/ 18 October 1996
Enole Ditsheko and Anthony Kunda ORGANISERS of the first post-apartheid census have spent the opening days of the exercise defending themselves against a nationwide outcry among the unemployed. Managers in all nine provinces say that threats and intimidation by those not employed for the census have rendered many areas off-limits. Some workers have been beaten […]