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/ 16 May 2000

Privatisation on track, but protests loom

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.30am. PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday that the restructuring of state assets is on track — but the country’s communist party warned it will protest against job losses stemming from the process. ”I am…more than confident that the business plan approach we are proposing will conclude the […]

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/ 15 May 2000

LOBI STARS COACH SACKED

THE coach of Nigeria’s Lobi Stars, who are representating the country in the African Champions League, has been dismissed, a top club official said on Monday. “Coach Godwin Uwua has been sacked,” club secretary Francis Ijiga said. Another top official was also sacked and Uwua was replaced by Andrew Agu, one of the junior officials […]

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/ 15 May 2000

FINAL SUPER 12 STANDINGS

FINAL Super 12 standings (collated as played, win, drew, lost, for, against, points). ACT Brumbies 11 9 0 2 393 196 45 Cant. Crusaders 11 8 0 3 369 293 39 Otago Highlanders 11 6 0 5 323 280 32 Cats 11 7 0 4 320 334 32 Stormers 11 6 1 4 298 276 […]

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/ 15 May 2000

DE BEER TO OPEN FED CUP CAMPAIGN

SURINA de Beer, playing in her first-ever Fed Cup match, will get South Africa’s campaign off the ground in La Manga on Tuesday. De Beer, ranked 170th, faces up to Greece’s Evagelia Roussi, ranked 557th in her first match as South Africa’s number two singles player. South Africa are seeded seventh for the tournament and […]

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/ 15 May 2000

Connolly may seek Sharks coaching job

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Sydney | Monday 11.00am. QUEENSLAND rugby coach John Connolly said on Sunday that there was a “strong possibility” he would take over Natal Sharks but added he still had to decide whether to reapply for his current job. Queensland ended this season’s Super 12 campaign in seventh place following Saturday night’s 33-26 win […]

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/ 15 May 2000

CAYEUX CLAIMS WIN IN PIETERSBURG

YOUTH finally gained the upper hand over experience during the final round of the R125000 Pietersburg Classic, as 22-year-old Zimbabwean Mark Cayeux powered to a bogey-free eight-under-par 64, including a blistering inward loop of 30, and a four-shot victory over 35-year-old Dean van Staden at the latest Vodacom Tour stop. Cayeux’s round gave him a […]

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/ 15 May 2000

‘CATS SQUAD OK’ — SARFU

THE South African Rugby Football Union said on Monday that Cats coach Laurie Mains will not be disciplined for excluding Lions centre Mac Masina from his squad for Saturday’s Vodacom Super 12 semi-final against the Brumbies in Canberra. Sarfu president Silas Nkanunu said in a statement that reports saying that Mains will be disciplined are […]

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/ 15 May 2000

Cats give Mains first Super 12 semi-final

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Bloemfontein | Saturday 7.00pm. THE Cats will face the Brumbies in their first Super 12 semi-final next weekend after finishing fourth with a seven tries to none, 53-3 thrashing over the Chiefs at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Cats had the game sown up ten minutes after the break, which […]

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/ 15 May 2000

BERNARDO’S TITLE HAS NO CREDIBILITY

MIKE Bernardo’s hopes of gaining local recognition as a boxer by winning the WBF heavyweight world title have backfired. Although Bernardo won the title on Friday night in Hungary, his opponent was not Wayne Llewellyn as earlier reported. Llewellyn, who is rated in the top ten in Britain, withdrew days before the bout due to […]