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Makapan back after date with first love Clive Muller IT‘S been over two years since we last saw Rantebeng Makapan grace the screens of the popular SABC2 soapie, Generations. After taking a sabbatical from the soapie, Makapan is back in full force and is set to captivate audiences with a new, dramatic storyline into next year. Playing the role of the troubled, yet spoilt Thomas Mashaba – son of the villain, Kenneth (played by actor Seputla Sebogodi) – has come naturally for Makapan.... England decision merits respect Satellite TV with John Harvey IT is frequently bandied about in the cricket community that every Test match is important, whether or not a series has been won or lost. Salvaging pride can have a tremendous effect on a team, especially in cases where they are to tour relatively soon after the conclusion of the three- or four-match battle they are engaged in.... Don‘t miss Showtime Awards extension ARTS CORRESPONDENT AN important extension of the Opera House Showtime Awards and Revue next month is expected to be a technical stage training programme to be instituted prior to the show‘s season from January 22 to 31.... M-Net‘s Monday night slot ‘abysmal‘ Telefunk with Helen Crookes USUALLY M-Net is one of my favourite channels. Pretty much every night there‘s at least something to watch and their sitcoms, by and large, are at least vaguely amusing. Not so in the case of their latest Monday night offering The Bill Evangill Show which goes out at 7pm on a Monday.... |
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Out of touch as Zim bleeds THE statement by Zimbabwe‘s delusional leader Robert Mugabe that his country‘s cholera crisis was over was hardly unexpected, even though it is patently untrue. Mugabe has had a fleeting relationship with reality for the better part of a decade and by turning a blind eye to the humanitarian disaster befalling his people he has shown once again how deluded he truly is. Just a week ago his government declared an emergency and pleaded for outside aid to help fight the cholera epidemic sweeping through the country. At last count the official death toll was almost 800 people with many thousands more infected.... 
Cope wins right to name in first round battle with ANC Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za ROUND one in the increasingly heated run-up to next year‘s general election has gone to ANC breakaway party Congress of the People (Cope) which yesterday won the right to use their name after the Pretoria High Court dismissed the ANC‘s application to claim the name as its own.... 
Table settings a visual feast at Christmas time Sally Kernohan DAZZLE your Christmas party guests with these easy centrepiece ideas and a different spin on your dessert course. It has now become something of a South African tradition to dispense with the traditional hot Christmas dinner of turkey, roast potatoes and veggies, followed by Christmas pudding. Most folk settle for a cold meal, slap a few chops on the braai or go out to a restaurant.... 
De Villiers scores ton, as Smith fails Luke Alfred in PERTH SOUTH Africa made an impressive 320 for eight declared on the first day of their low-key, two-day practice match against a Western Australia second team here yesterday.... 
All agree National Credit Act has done the trick Sipho Masondo BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT
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