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/ 30 April 2000

CRUSADERS RIDE ROUGHSHOD OVER BULLS

SUPER 12 champions Canterbury Crusaders crushed the hapless Bulls 75-27 on Friday. The Crusaders scored 11 tries to three in their demolition job, a sorry reflection of a side that boasts seven Springboks. It took the Crusaders just 25 minutes to earn their four-try bonus point, after touchdowns by Caleb Ralph (2), debutant Chris Jack […]

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/ 30 April 2000

CHILD PROSTITUTION RIFE IN JO’BURG

NEARLY half of the prostitutes in South Africa’s key city of Johannesburg and a quarter of those in Cape Town are children. About 40% of the 10000 sex workers in Johannesburg are under 18 years old, The House Group — an independent organisation which works with prostitutes — told a weekend newspaper. The Sex Workers’ […]

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/ 30 April 2000

Cheetahs win Vodacom Cup for first time

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Bloemfontein | Saturday 7.00pm THE Free State Cheetahs won the Vodacom Cup with a display of verve and wit, beating neighbours Griqualand West 44-24 in Bloemfontein. Prompted by a fine flyhalf performance from Zimbabwean international Kennedy Tsimba, the Cheetahs established a 17-3 lead by the 17th minute and were never subsequently threatened. 20-10 […]

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/ 30 April 2000

Britain mulls plans to evacuate expats from Zim

SUSAN NJANJI, Harare | Sunday 1.00pm. BRITAIN and its EU partners have discussed plans to evacuate Europeans from Zimbabwe in the event of a deterioration in the farm occupation crisis. “We have discussed contingency plans [on evacuation] with other European countries,” a Foreign Office spokeswoman said, saying they covered “a number of various scenarios and […]

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/ 30 April 2000

LOMU SUSPENDED FOR TWO GAMES

RUGBY union’s biggest drawcard, New Zealand winger Jonah Lomu, was suspended on Sunday for two matches after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle which left his opponent dazed and groggy. The giant All Black winger was stood down until May 12 — forcing him out of the final two rounds of the Super 12 […]

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/ 29 April 2000

CHANA, CANADA HOST WAR CONDERENCE

A TWO-DAY conference of West African foreign and defence ministers and senior military officials has opened in Accra to examine the problems of children affected by war. The conference co-hosted by Ghana and Canada is also being attended by war-affected children from Liberia and Sierra Leone. In an address at the opening ceremony, Ghana’s President […]

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/ 29 April 2000

ARROWS PROMOTED TO PREMIER LEAGUE

LAMONTVILLE Golden Arrows have been promoted to the Castle Premier League after beating Premier United 2-1 to win the MTN First Division Coastal Stream league championships at the weekend. The team from KwaZulu-Natal ended the season on 61 points from 26 matches. Arrows were active in the old National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) during the […]