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At this year’s MTV awards, Macy Gray appeared in a dress bearing the message: "My album drops 18 September. Buy it." It may have been more than a stunt in keeping with Gray’s contrived image as soul’s kooky misfit. For <i>The Id</i> (Sony) to repeat the success of 1999’s <i>On How Life Is</i>, it will need all the promotional help it can get.
CHRISPIN INAMBAO, Windhoek | Monday THREE villagers had their limbs blown off in landmine explosions in the Kavango Region on Wednesday, human rights monitors said at the weekend. Two of the incidents took place at Ndonga Linena, 100km east of Rundu, and followed a night-time raid on the village by suspected bandits. The National Society […]
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Japan on Monday on a three-day state visit that includes talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Mbeki arrived at Tokyo’s Narita international airport on a government plane, accompanied by several ministers including those of foreign affairs and trade, a Japanese foreign ministry official said. The president is scheduled […]
Bloemfontein | Monday HIV-Aids was the biggest killer in the Free State, the provincial health department said in a statement released on Monday. Representative Elke Grobler was, however, unable to say if the incidence of the syndrome had increased in the province. According to statistics 32,2% of the 21 311 blood samples taken in five […]
A TRAIN carrying sulphuric acid derailed in the suburbs of the Senegalese capital Dakar in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people and sending 45 to hospital, firefighters said. Three cars derailed, spilling their corrosive cargo over Dakar’s Thiaroye suburb, the firefighters said, who had established a security perimeter around […]
The body of a homeless boy was found on a railway line near New Market Street in Cape Town on Sunday morning, police said. Captain Andre Traut said police suspected the boy, (13) was killed some place else and his body was dumped on the railway tracks. His identity and the motive for the murder […]
Johannesburg | Monday THE Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said the Commonwealth should urgently reconvene the special committee on Zimbabwe to discuss violations of the Abuja agreement and to insist that President Robert Mugabe sign the agreement, SABC radio news reported. In a letter to the secretary general of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, Leon said […]
AN off duty policeman was shot dead on Sunday afternoon in Osizweni in Newcastle in what appeared to be a road rage incident, KwaZulu-Natal police reported on Monday. Director Bala Naidoo said Inspector S.M. Mthembu was shot following an argument with another motorist about the way Mthembu was driving. Mthembu was shot in the chest […]
GORDON BELL, Cape Town | Monday SOUTH African taxpayers will have to spend a little more time planning their financial affairs from Monday when the controversial capital gains tax (CGT) finally comes into effect. The ”wicket-keeper” tax has been at the forefront of many taxpayers minds since Finance Minister Trevor Manuel mooted the measure in […]