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/ 10 November 2006
The Namibian government sparked fears among white farmers on Friday that their land could be expropriated after sending teams of inspectors to carry out surveys of their property. Lands Minister Jerry Ekandjo informed 45 landowners in letters that the assessments were necessary ”to create a land-use model”.
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/ 10 November 2006
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Writer-director Rian Johnson’s latest feature, <i>Brick</i> looks good in an understated, unfussy way, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 10 November 2006
Kwanele Sosibo talks to the makers of <i>Bunny Chow</i> about their low-budget road movie and what drives the audience.
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/ 10 November 2006
Michael Raeburn’s unusual and mainly credible novel, <i>Night of the Fireflies</i>, shows life as far more than everyday humdrum reality and politics, writes Jane Rosenthal.
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/ 10 November 2006
Jocelyn Hellig reviews Dr Warren Goldstein’s <i>Defending the human spirit: Jewish law’s vision for a moral society</i>.
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/ 10 November 2006
Monako Dibetle speaks to Kgebetli Moele, a new voice whose book started out as mere introspection.
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/ 10 November 2006
Zukiswa Wanner’s <i>The Madams</i> flips the notion of white madam, black maid on its head. This is an extract from the fourth chapter.
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/ 10 November 2006
Trade conditions improved from September to October but expectations for the next six months are moderate, the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) said on Friday. The Trade Expectations Index — which gauges business’s expectations for trade conditions six months ahead — declined to 62 in October.
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/ 10 November 2006
Confusion reigned on Friday over the ”appointment” of outgoing prisons chief Linda Mti as security head of the 2010 Soccer World Cup local organising committee (LOC). Mti spoke as if the appointment was a given fact, while LOC spokesperson Tumi Makgabo could not confirm that the job was his.
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/ 10 November 2006
Democrats completed their sweep to power in the United States Congress on Thursday, winning the last Senate seat and moving quickly from bitter campaign rhetoric to pledges to try to find common ground with President George Bush. Faced with a new political landscape, Bush signalled a more conciliatory approach on Iraq.