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/ 18 October 2003
So near and yet so far. Written off by all but the most one-eyed before the game, South Africa should have beaten the best rugby team in the world at the Subiaco Oval. Instead England won 25-6 and as anticipated long ago, the Boks will almost certainly have to beat the All Blacks in the quarterfinal to stay in the World Cup.
Wilkinson steers England to victory
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/ 18 October 2003
England star Jonny Wilkinson scored 20 points as the World Cup co-favourites overcame a ferocious performance from South Africa to win 25-6 at Subiaco Oval here on Saturday. Fly-half Wilkinson put on a flawless display with the boot to put England in pole position in Pool C — effectively condemning South Africa to a daunting quarter-final against New Zealand.
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/ 18 October 2003
It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t fun. But England leave Perth for Melbourne this morning with a win over South Africa’s battering Boks proudly notched on their World Cup belts. The watching Prince Harry may be third in line for his mum’s throne. After this ugly triumph, England are at least one step up the ladder from there when it comes to the pecking order for the global crown in Sydney on November 22.
Faraway, so close
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/ 17 October 2003
Defence authorities have denied allegations that Western Cape-based personnel incinerated, without authorisation, classified documents said to contain information on apartheid spies. ”It was all waste paper,” said Western Cape SANDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Piet Paxton.
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/ 17 October 2003
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna is receiving little sympathy from — and has even become the butt of jokes in — the African National Congress after publicly announcing that he would not be available for a Cabinet post next year.
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/ 17 October 2003
Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana has cleared Deputy President Jacob Zuma of allegations he breached the executive ethics code by not properly declaring his interests and liabilities in the register of financial interests. However, Mushwana did not investigate Zuma’s relationship with his financial adviser, Durban businessman Schabir Shaik.
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/ 17 October 2003
The United Nations has appealed to journalists to stop trying to incite war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. It said it is concerned about the increase in media hate comments on the impasse in the peace process between the two Horn of Africa states, which it termed as "currently in stasis".
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/ 17 October 2003
Eighty percent of the poorest people in South Africa should have effective access to financial services by 2008, according to the Financial Sector Charter, which was released on Friday. These include savings and transaction services, says the charter, which was handed to Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel.
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/ 17 October 2003
At least three people were killed and 26 injured when an earthquake measuring 6,1 on the Richter scale struck southwestern China’s Yunnan province on Thursday — an area that was struck by an earthquake measuring 6,2 on the Richter scale in July. More than 12 000 homes collapsed following Thursday’s quake.
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/ 17 October 2003
Both the Guinness Book of Records and Interpol say South Africa is the country with the highest rate of rapes, many of them against children, a conference in Cape Town heard on Friday, the final day of the 25th anniversary conference of the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa.