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/ 1 September 1999
SOUTH Africa’s Amanda Coetzer was unceremoniously ejected from the US Open on Monday. Coetzer had been seeded sixth. Irina Spirlea of Romania, best known for bumping Venus Williams on a changeover in the 1997 U.S. semifinals, upset Coetzer in straight sets 6-1, 7-5. Spirlea made 31 unforced errors to 28 for Coetzer, but had 10 […]
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/ 1 September 1999
ITALIAN airports operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) said on Friday it will consider increasing its stake in Airports Company South Africa once the group is listed. ADR’s managing director Gaetano Galia said ADR is helping ACSA develop aviation infrastructure before taking a decision on whether to buy further shares in ACSA. ”We’ll take the decision […]
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/ 1 September 1999
FORMER President Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel has declined an invitation by the cash-strapped University of Fort Hare to take up its chancellorship, forcing the postponement by more than a month of a special graduation ceremony that had been planned for next week. Machel was the only candidate selected by Fort Hare to succeed liberation […]
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THE International Federation of PGA Tours has named the trophy for the World Golf Championships – NEC Invitational in honour of Gary Player. The “Gary Player Cup”, which will be presented to the champion of the NEC Invitational, was designed and produced by Wedgwood, England, a sister company of Waterford Crystal. The 72-hole, stroke-play NEC […]
PETER HUWELE of LibLife AC won R10 000 on Sunday in a finely-judged victory in the 50km City to City race — his first major run in nine months. Huwele’s teammates also took top honours in the race –from Johannesburg to Centurion, south of Pretoria — including Helene Joubert, who retained the women’s title she […]
HUNDREDS of ‘ghost’ graduates at the University of the North may get away with buying their degrees because no-one has bothered conducting a proper investigation into the scam since it was first identified in 1994. University officials insisted last week that the matter has been investigated and resolved by both the Mojapelo Commission and Judge […]
THE draw for the final round of African qualifiers for the Olympic soccer tournament,as released by the Confederation of African Football on Saturday is as follows: Group A: October 16 – Uganda v Zimbabwe, Kampala October 16 – Nigeria v Angola, Lagos October 31 – Angola v Uganda, Luanda October 31 – Zimbabwe v Nigeria, […]
FORMER world champion Frankie Fredericks pulled out of Friday’s 200m final because of injury. Fredericks has been complaining all week of running injured and after a meeting with his doctor on Friday the Namibian decided not to run. He is suffering from an infected nerve in his left hamstring. “Frankie has been in extreme pain […]
THE Heath special investigation unit is investigating evidence linking South African Rugby Football Union president and acting judge Silas Nkanunu to fraud related to compensation paid to road accident victims. The Heath unit is considering at least 15 cases, involving millions of rands, where Nkanunu and his Port Elizabeth legal firm are alleged to have […]