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/ 8 February 1999
THE King and Queen of Spain, Juan Carlos I and Sofia, are to visit South Africa from February 15 to 18, according to foreign affairs. The king will participate in a Spanish/South African business conference planned for Johannesburg on February 17.
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/ 8 February 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.45am. AVENGING their earlier loss at the hands of Kaizer Chiefs, Bush Bucks stole the show in Umtata 1-0 on Sunday. The match provided a few close calls. Bucks’ William Mugeyi gave Brain Baloyi some work to do with a crisp free kick in the 12th minute. Then Chiefs’ Pollen […]
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/ 8 February 1999
FORMER Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has been forced to stop coaching Cape Town club Seven Stars after just two matches owing to work permit problems. Grobbelaar, one of the most colourful characters in English football during the 1980s, cannot work in the land of his birth because he is no longer a citizen. The star, […]
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/ 8 February 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 1.30pm. THE first of two five day matches between the Zimbabwe and England ‘A’ teams was called off in Harare on Saturday when further rain soaked the outfield and affected the bowlers’ run-up areas. Only 10 hours out of a scheduled 30 hours was played over the five days with […]
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/ 8 February 1999
TRAFFIC on the main road from Mozambique’s capital Maputo to neighbouring Swaziland could be cut by floods soon, Mozambican officials warned on Monday. Water management officials said a bridge over the Umbeluzi river, which burst its banks at the weekend, is already under several centimetres of water. The situation is likely to worsen as the […]
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/ 8 February 1999
TEENAGE striker Venance Zere scored twice when ASEC of Cote d’Ivoire confirmed their status as the leading African club by defeating Esperance of Tunisia 3-1 to lift the Super Cup at the weekend. A thrilling showdown between Champions League winners ASEC and Cup Winners Cup holders Esperance quickly developed into a struggle between the youthful […]
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/ 8 February 1999
THE Sage Group is expecting a high rating at the end of the month from US insurance rating agency AM Best. Sage is the only South African financial services firm to hold a life insurance subsidiary in the US, Sage Life of America. The rating will be a cue to open the American firm for […]
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/ 8 February 1999
THE Absa Group has won the bid to buy the majority shareholding of Tanzanian bank NBC Ltd. Reliable sources said at the weekend that the Tanzanian cabinet met in Dodoma on Friday and approved a presidential parastatal sector reform commission recommendation to accept the Absa Group tender. “This is not the go ahead for ABSA […]
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/ 8 February 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sun City | Monday 1.20pm. SCOTT DUNLAP’S errors were insignificant as he swept to a five-stroke victory and the first prize of R316_ 000 in the Dimension Data Pro-Am at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City on Sunday, which is more than can be said for his caddie. Dunlap was initially […]
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/ 8 February 1999
THE new chief of staff of the Indian navy, Admiral Sushil Kumar, will visit South Africa for a week from Monday. Hiss visit follows one to India last October by South African Navy chief Vice-Admiral Robert Simpson-Anderson. “The visit serves to strengthen the ties of friendship and good co- operation between the South African and […]