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/ 24 November 2005
”This is a newspaper that has been banned, has been closed down, has been sued. The Mail & Guardian bears the scars of a difficult childhood. The broad outlines of the history ought to be known to you. And if they are not known to you, you obviously have not been watching Hard Copy on SABC TV,” said Irwin Manoim, one of the M&G‘s founding editors, at the newspaper’s 20th anniversary celebrations on Thursday.
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/ 24 November 2005
British pop star Elton John will marry his long-time partner David Furnish in a small, private ceremony on December 21, the day civil partnerships between gay couples become legal in Britain. The couple’s parents will be the only witnesses at the ceremony, though it will be followed by a party later in the evening, John said in an interview with British gay lifestyle magazine Attitude.
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/ 24 November 2005
In going forward, the M&G must look backward, writes editor Ferial Haffajee.
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/ 24 November 2005
The M&G‘s ”green team” has taken on environmental issues with the same vigour as the paper tackles human-rights abuses, writes Fiona Macleod.
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/ 24 November 2005
Weekly Mail staff were charting new waters when they created the first electronically produced newspaper.
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/ 24 November 2005
Peter Preston, former editor of the Guardian, recalls the birth and growth of the Mail & Guardian.
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/ 24 November 2005
Investment holding group Remgro on Thursday reported a 17,9% increase in headline earnings per share from 491,4 cents to 579,4 cents for the six months ended September. It said the increase was favourably impacted by a share-repurchase programme.
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/ 24 November 2005
South African food and pharmaceutical group Tiger Brands on Thursday reported a 32% increase in its diluted headline earnings per share for the year to September 2005 to 975,4 cents from 737,3 cents previously. The group also declared a total dividend per share for the 2005 financial year of 500 cents.
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/ 24 November 2005
Kenya’s opposition on Thursday demanded that embattled President Mwai Kibaki dissolve Parliament and call snap elections after he fired his Cabinet in response to the embarrassing rejection this week of a new Constitution he backed. At the same time, debate raged over the firings, with some saying the step was illegal.
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/ 24 November 2005
Minerals and Energy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks has launched a R106-million scheme to help the gold manufacturing jewellery industry in South Africa. Aimed at reducing ”the current high cost of financing gold working capital” in South Africa, the scheme is part of the offsets of the Hawk and Gripen fighter aircraft component of South Africa’s controversial arms deal.