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/ 24 November 2005

‘The paper with the guts to tell the truth’

”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

It’s a family affair: Elton John to marry

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

Tiger Brands boasts earnings increase

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.