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/ 23 February 2000
SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00am POPULAR Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is sitting on a tight ship. His ministry has reached its stated objectives in building economic policy credibility, it has enforced strict fiscal discipline, reigned in government spending to under 27% of GDP from nearly 29%, brought the Budget deficit to 2,6% of […]
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/ 23 February 2000
THE truckers strike by the Transport and General Workers’ Union came to an end on Tuesday afternoon when union representives signed an agreement with officials of the Road Freight Employers’ Association. Management and the unions agreed on a 7,1% raise on the average, and one-and-a-half times normal pay for overtime — in line with the […]
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/ 22 February 2000
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hollywood epic has taken the Berlin film festival’s top award. Derek Malcolm reports.
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/ 22 February 2000
BAFANA BAFANA top the latest Fifa rankings for African football, after a good showing at the African Cup of Nations in Nigeria and Ghana. Ratings: 1 South Africa, 2 Morocco, 3 Tunisia, 4 Cameroon, 5 Egypt, 6 Zambia, 7 Cote d’Ivoire, 8 Nigeria, 9 Ghana, 10 Angola, 11 Democratic Republic of Congo, 12 Zimbabwe, 13 […]
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/ 22 February 2000
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.15am. THE controversial decision which saw Hawk Makepula crowned the World Boxing Organisation junior flyweight world champion on Saturday night is one that will be debated for many years to come. Most ringsiders felt the legendary Baby Jake Matlala had once again proved his class against a top opponent. The […]
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/ 22 February 2000
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Monday 1.10pm. HANSIE Cronje and his touring South African side will not know whether to be delighted or mortified after star Indian batsman Mohammad Azharuddin was dropped from the first Test line-up due to injury. Azharuddin’s unavailability will leave a huge gap in the Indian batting, but he will be replaced […]
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/ 22 February 2000
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 5.30pm ASHANTI Goldfields of Ghana said it has clinched a $100-million loan and extended an existing $270-million credit facility, resolving its cash crisis. Ashanti announced the signature of agreements covering a new $100-million debt facility to complete its Geita gold mining project in Tanzania, as well as extending a $270-million […]
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/ 22 February 2000
POLISH archeologists have found the ruins of a large Egyptian temple in Sudan dating from the New Kingdom era of 1580-1085 B.C. The ruins run for some 500 meters along the right bank of the Nile at Hudjeir Gubli, near El Arak, with walls 107 centimeters thick and fragments of columns measuring 200-250 centimeters in […]
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/ 22 February 2000
AJAX Cape Town showed their class at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday when they steamrollered Classic 3-0 in a Castle Premiership match. Ajax lead 1-0 at half-time. Classic did not play to their best abilities, and were fortunate not to have conceded more goals. David Kannemeyer scored Ajax’s first goal in the 30th […]