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/ 20 October 2006
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza on Thursday called for a probe into the 1986 plane crash which killed the country’s founding leader Samora Machel, a mystery often blamed on apartheid agents. ”I want to reiterate the commitment of the government to find out the truth on the cause of the plane crash,” Guebuza said.
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/ 20 October 2006
Senior officials of the National Prosecuting Authority have expressed fears that it is engaged in a cover-up of the extent to which its staff looted at least R1-million from the C-fund, set up to pay off informers. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of a top-secret dossier, prepared in December 2004, containing information relating to the alleged misuse of funds by more than 20 officials.
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/ 20 October 2006
King Juan Carlos of Spain has become the latest world leader to show off his ”hunting” prowess by shooting a booze-addled tame bear, it was claimed on Thursday. The monarch allegedly gunned down the tipsy bear after it was released into his path by handlers.
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/ 20 October 2006
The arrest of controversial Dutch oil tycoon John Deuss has exposed a trail of questionable influence leading to South Africa’s second highest office. The fortunes of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s political adviser, Ayanda Nkuhlu, are intimately tied to those of Deuss, whose company has seconded him to Mlambo-Ngcuka’s part-time service.
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/ 20 October 2006
Former TV presenter Siphiwe Mtshali talks to Riaan Wolmarans about Latin-American dancing and his role in the new drama series <em>Tsha Tsha</em>.
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/ 20 October 2006
A new drag show from Cape Town makes mincemeat of reality, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 20 October 2006
<strong>CD of the week</strong>: The Constructus Corporation: The Ziggurat
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/ 20 October 2006
European dance schools have woken up to the talent of South African dancers, writes Maggie Foyer.
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/ 20 October 2006
John Cassy finds out how Norah Jones went from an unknown 21-year-old waitress to a singing sensation who has won multiple Grammys,
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/ 20 October 2006
"Today, the overriding importance of media and information has made the pen — or at least the computer — perhaps the most powerful weapon of all," writes Zwelinzima Vavi. South African journalists defend the current capitalist economic system as logical and good, and strive to ensure its survival.