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/ 24 November 2005
The <i>Weekly Mail</i> was the first home of the country’s best cartoonists, writes Julia Beffon.
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/ 24 November 2005
Read more on the names at the helm of the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
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/ 24 November 2005
Johnnic Communications (Johncom) announced on Thursday that its interim headline earnings per share increased 156% to 179 cents for the six-month period ended September 30. The media and entertainment group said its profits increased by 24% to R160-million, while revenue jumped 14% to R2,2-billion.
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/ 24 November 2005
Youths in the Bosnian city of Mostar said on Thursday they were delighted they would beat Hong Kong to erect a statue honouring the late martial arts film legend Bruce Lee. The statue is to be unveiled at the weekend in the southern city more famous for its 16th-century Ottoman bridge, which reopened last year after being destroyed during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war.
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/ 24 November 2005
Sudan accused neighbouring Chad on Thursday of violating its airspace, sending troops across the border and supporting rebels in the war-torn western region of Darfur. The foreign ministry said a Chadian military plane overflew the Darfur town of Kubus near the border on November 5 and that several aircraft also violated Sudan’s airspace two days later.
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/ 24 November 2005
The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday he is concerned about the fate of more than 40 000 highland quake survivors expected to flee their mountain villages as the frigid Himalayan winter hits, while a Nato official said troops are racing against time to get aid to the most vulnerable.
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/ 24 November 2005
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Thursday unanimously reaffirmed its unequivocal support for embattled former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma, who has been charged by the National Prosecuting Authority with corruption. Allegations of rape have also been made against him.
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/ 24 November 2005
Jilted motor mechanic Alan Gietzmann was on Thursday jailed for life for the premeditated murder of his teenaged girlfriend, Caryn Lindesay. In addition, he was jailed for 22 years on five counts of inciting five different vagrant men to rape and murder Lindesay.
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/ 24 November 2005
Five National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) forensic experts are to be sent to Namibia next week to help with the investigation of mass graves recently discovered in the north of that country. The team will meet their Namibian counterparts, visit the area and inspect the human remains.
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/ 24 November 2005
Parliament’s chief finance officer Harry Charleton has been suspended with immediate effect pending an inquiry.Charleton was suspended by Secretary to Parliament Zingile Dingani last Friday ”due to serious allegations that have been levelled against him”, Parliament’s chief operating officer Tango Lamani confirmed on Thursday.