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/ 5 November 2004
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has given the Department of Correctional Services 14 days to reinstate 127 prison workers dismissed for striking illegally. The 127 Modderbee prison officials were dismissed during an illegal strike in July, after ”defiantly” ignoring ultimatums to disengage.
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/ 5 November 2004
Darfur rebels killed a mayor, abducted 10 children and injured four police officers in fresh unrest in the troubled western region of Sudan, news reports and police said on Friday. Local authorities have reported the incident to the African Union ceasefire commission charged with monitoring a fragile truce in Darfur.
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/ 5 November 2004
Fancy a bit of bhaji? You’ll need a big bite to put away the biggest fried onion ball in the world, which set a record on Friday weighing in at an astounding 84kg, event organisers said. The big bhaji — a fried and breaded South Asian snack — swells to a diametre of 86cm, the organisers said.
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/ 5 November 2004
”You can’t deny death, you can’t fear it. I’m sure God has a better place for us, if you’re a believer.” Lebo Mathosa tells Nadia Neophytou what she learnt from Brenda Fassie’s demise.
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/ 5 November 2004
NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Village is an absurd and badly plotted thriller that has sent Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan’s reputation south like dotcom stock, writes Peter Bradshaw.
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/ 5 November 2004
If Internet piracy is hurting Hollywood so much, why is the US box office healthier than ever? Far from destroying the film industry, movie downloading has made it raise its game, exploit its visual advantages, and lower its prices. John Sutherland reports.
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/ 5 November 2004
Rustum Kozain reviews Making the Changes: Jazz in South African Literature and Reportage, which investigates the role and manifestations of jazz in South African literary culture, and South Africa in the Global Imaginary
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/ 5 November 2004
Militia fighters have clashed with former rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) volatile east, forcing at least 2 000 people to flee, officials said on Friday. The fighting erupted on Monday and continued until Wednesday in Bweremana, about 25km from the eastern city of Goma.
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/ 5 November 2004
Malawi police arrested eight ruling-party youth militants on Friday in connection with the murder of a prominent, anti-government Muslic cleric two years ago. ”These people are suspects in the murder of Sheikh Bugudad el-Bannh,” police spokesperson Willie Chingalu said.
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/ 5 November 2004
Angola’s national oil company, Sonangol, has refused to renew an oil-production licence to France’s Total oil group for offshore fields located in the north of the country, a company spokesperson said on Friday. Total produces 160 000 barrels per day in Angola.