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/ 8 December 2006
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviewer William Pretorius singles out the best titles 2006 had to offer.
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/ 8 December 2006
Latin America’s female literary giants have come to the rescue of two women who have been reviled as collaborators in Spanish conquests of the new world that verged on genocide, writes Rory Carroll.
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/ 8 December 2006
James Bond films, however enjoyable, are rubbish writes Nicholas Lezard.
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/ 8 December 2006
Now in its 13th year, the MCQP is an annual queer art party projec, writes Hila Bouzaglou.
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/ 8 December 2006
Twenty-one billboards around the country speak of hope for children’s rights , writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 8 December 2006
Yoko Ono has called for the anniversary of John Lennon’s death to become a worldwide day of forgiveness but said she could not yet absolve her husband’s killer. ”Every year, let’s make December 8 the day to ask for forgiveness from those who suffered the insufferable,” she said in full-page newspaper advertisements.
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/ 8 December 2006
Bangladesh moved to within one win of a series sweep over Zimbabwe after they eased to an eight-wicket victory over the tourists in the fourth match at Mirpur Stadium on Friday. An unbeaten half century (58) by man-of-the-match Aftab Ahmed helped Bangladesh reach 147-2 in 32.2 overs, with Saqibul Hasan hitting the winning run for the hosts to end the contest not out on 31.
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/ 8 December 2006
Former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) director general Billy Masetlha has accused the Inspector General of Intelligence, Zolile Ngcakani, of effectively conspiring with Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils to drive him out of his job. Masetlha pleaded not guilty to the charge that he had refused to provide information to Ngcakani during the investigation into whether the NIA’s surveillance of businessman Saki Macozoma was unlawful.
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/ 8 December 2006
A fortnight ago an obituary in The Economist examined the life and death of one Markus Wolf. An accompanying photograph revealed an elderly man peering somewhat disconsolately through a hole in the Berlin Wall, with eyes possessing all the warmth of sleet gusting through a disused barbed-wire factory.
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/ 8 December 2006
Western Cape Premier Ibrahim Rasool appeared to be fighting for his political life, as both the opposition and senior members of his own party savaged him over a series of scandals. Interviewed by the Mail & Guardian, the ANC’s Western Cape secretary, Mcebisi Skwatsha, voiced concern about how the provincial government spent taxpayers’ money