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/ 25 November 2005
Approximately two-thirds (68,97%) of top South African companies believe the internet is an effective recruitment channel and almost half (46,81%) are using online recruitment as part of their overall recruitment strategy, a CareerJunction survey has revealed. This is an increase of 22,81% since 2003.
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/ 25 November 2005
Give Phumzile respect Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s trip, which was duly approved and authorised, is one of the prices we must pay to ensure that she is safe, and can continue to contribute significantly to South Africa’s development. She is the country’s second citizen — let’s accord her the respect she deserves. It is mischievous […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Don’t let it happen! The 16 days focus on gender violence and World Aids Day prompted me to submit this prayer, formulated at an HIV/Aids workshop. — Reverend Renate Cochrane, Hout Bay Thembisa’s Prayer O God I am kneeling before you and scream without a voice You are the only one who can see my […]
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/ 25 November 2005
JZ abusing culture I am proud to be a Zulu woman, and think Zulu culture, like other South African cultures, should be celebrated. But I am sick and tired of Jacob Zuma hiding behind Zulu culture whenever he shoots himself in the foot. During his rape trial he claimed the victim had seduced him and […]
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/ 25 November 2005
In defence of butterfly eggs Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisulu’s comments about housing delivery being “held hostage by butterfly eggs” (“Ministries aim to trash green laws”, March 17) demonstrates her tenuous grasp of the basic laws of the universe. She faces two insurmountable problems: The “growth” she and others seek is a long-term physical impossibility. […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Libel? It happened! The South African Zionist Federation angrily slates as “libellous” Khadija Magardie’s reference to Israeli soldiers roughing up Palestinian workers at checkpoints and shooting little schoolgirls in the head, then coming down [from] the guard tower to “confirm the kill” (“How low can you go?” May 26). The latter incident happened, and was […]
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/ 25 November 2005
b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is a film, incessantly displaying a preoccupation with its own storytelling structure and cheekily blowing the lid off other movies’ tropes and wiles, writes Peter Bradshaw.
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/ 25 November 2005
Nowadays, being on a board — particularly of a publicly funded cultural institution — appears to be just another means for some to keep up, or catch up, with the Khumalos, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 25 November 2005
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was charged on Friday with committing "obscene acts with children" in Vietnam and could face more serious charges that carry the death penalty, prosecutors said. Nguyen Van Xung, deputy director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial prosecutor’s office, said that Glitter, who stands accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl, could later be charged with child rape.
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/ 25 November 2005
Burundi’s last active rebel group launched mortars at the capital Bujumbura in an attack hours after the country’s army claimed to have killed 41 insurgents in recent weeks, the military said on Friday. The National Liberation Forces fired three 60mm shells on Bujumbura’s eastern Mutanga and Mutanga south districts late on Thursday, without causing casualties.