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/ 1 September 2005

‘A towering figure in the search for peace’

Joseph Rotblat, a physicist who campaigned against nuclear arms and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, has died, his spokesperson said Thursday. He was 96. Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the group he founded to help rid the world of atomic arms, received the prestigious prize in 1995.

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/ 1 September 2005

PSP: What’s all the fuss about?

Techno lust readings are likely to go off the scale as the most important gadget since the iPod launches in South Africa on September 3. Sony’s PlayStation Portable brings you games, movies and music, and will display photos. Yes, the ”C” word may have finally come of age: but convergence isn’t the first thing you think of when you see the PSP. That honour goes to the aesthetics.

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/ 1 September 2005

September 30 – October 06 2005

95 800 cheated voters We all remember the long queues during our first democratic elections in 1994. Queues in the rural areas wrapping themselves along winding footpaths, queues in cities snaking along sidewalks. People of all races, all ages, rich and poor mingled together; their voices about to be heard, a truly democratic country for […]

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/ 1 September 2005

September 09 – 15 2005

A society of moral dwarves I am amazed at the apparent weaknesses of the world’s only superpower. I always thought that, since the United States can deploy hundreds of thousands of troops in far-flung corners of the globe within days, it would at least be able to deal with a disaster at home. Through the […]