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/ 8 December 1995

The Prussian of Pritchard St

Klaus von Lieres, ex-Wits attorney general and now KwaMakhutha trial defence counsel, in THE MARK GEVISSER PROFILE OI’M glad,” said one particularly laconic senior counsel after the opening of the Trial of the Generals in Durban last week, “to see that Klaus is feeling a little better.” The comment was a reference to the fact […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Another Adams in the limelight

BADMINTON: Julian Drew HE might not have had quite the same impact on his chosen sport as Paul Adams did when wreaking havoc on the English batsmen in Kimberley, but Michael Adams (no relation) is certainly making plenty of waves of his own in the badminton world. Adams is also 18-years- old and hails from […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Buthelezi Onearly arrested

HOME Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi came close to being arrested and charged with the KwaMakhutha murders, according to sources involved in the investigation. Buthelezi’s name appears several times in the documents that describe events leading to the formation of the Caprivi 200, the hit-squad unit whose members allegedly massacred 13 civilians in 1987. Most important […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Lobola polygamy and the law

Will religious and traditional law take precedence over equality in the new Constitution? Etienne Mureinik looks at The Gender Question IS the Constitution good for women? Both the interim Constitution and the final one now being written are constitutions to undo apartheid and its legacy. The ideal of equality is therefore a central constitutional value, […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Tension in ANC over traditional leaders

Marion Edmunds FREE State Premier Patrick Lekota is concerned that the African National Congress-aligned Congress of Traditional Leaders (Contralesa) is spreading its tentacles into the Free State. He has raised the matter with Eastern Cape Premier Raymond Mhlaba. Lekota’s concern adds to growing anxiety among ANC leaders about the role of traditional leaders in the […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Smoke surrounds new tobacco deal

Lynda Loxton SOME analysts were somewhat sceptical this week about the much-publicised decision by the Rupert family empire to merge their tobacco interests in Rembrandt Group Limited (Remgro) and Swiss-based Richemont Securities AG. The merger will create a new, unlisted global tobacco giant, to be known as R&R Tobacco Holdings, which will incorporate Remgro’s tobacco […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Atlantis D no more a lost city

Atlantis, an apartheid dumping ground for coloured people, has risen from a state of despondency with the creation of its own community radio station, writes Ruben ONE comes across Atlantis suddenly when driving through scrub and sand dunes on the west coast road about 45km north of Cape Town. The absence of distinguishing landscape features […]

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/ 8 December 1995

Sappi Owill heed ecological report

Eddie Koch SOUTH AFRICAN forestry giant Sappi says it will cut back the size of a controversial eucalyptus plantation planned for southern Mozambique in line with suggestions from an independent environmental study. Natal University’s Institute of Natural Resources, commissioned to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed forestry, presented its findings to the […]