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/ 16 October 2003
South Africa have made four changes, including a rookie prop, for their crucial World Cup match against England on Saturday. Christo Bezuidenhout, who has never started a Test and has just one appearance as a reserve, replaces Lawrence Sephaka at loosehead prop.
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/ 16 October 2003
It’s hard to admit this, but every single South African player could have the game of his life on Saturday and still be on the losing side. That’s how good this England side is. Those who perceive Woodward’s team to be paper tigers may care to remind themselves of the day in June when 13 Englishmen repelled 15 All Blacks with something close to impunity.
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/ 16 October 2003
Former European champions Liverpool, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Steaua Bucharest put aside their embarrassment of missing out on the lucrative Champions League this season by easing into the third round of the Uefa Cup. French teenager Anthony le Tallec marked his first Anfield start with a goal.
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/ 16 October 2003
Springboks coach Rudolf Straeuli has added his voice to the criticism of England’s rolling maul in Perth after making four changes to South Africa’s side for their next World Cup crunch. Straeuli said he agreed with Wallaby legend John Eales that England’s successful forward ploy sometimes strayed into the realms of illegality.
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/ 16 October 2003
Nigeria’s Mary Onyali bid farewell to international athletics on Wednesday with a gold medal in the 200m in front of an adoring home crowd at the All-Africa Games. Highlighting a day of Nigerian domination, the 35-year-old team captain collected her third gold after earlier winning the 100m.
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/ 16 October 2003
Ajax Cape Town reached the quarterfinals of the lucrative Coca Cola Cup competition when they beat Dynamos 1-0 at Newlands on Wednesday night, and Jomo Cosmos also advanced to the quarterfinals when they beat Hellenic 4-2 on penalties after the teams were level 1-1 after extra time.
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/ 15 October 2003
A former African archbishop has described the potential exclusion of gays in the Anglican Communion as a ”heresy” comparable to apartheid, as a summit of Anglican leaders got under way. The Most Reverend Walter Makhulu, the South African-born former archbishop of Central Africa, preached at a service in London.
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/ 15 October 2003
The Deputy Director General of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mike Tshishonga, has been suspended from his position. Tshishonga has alleged that Minister of Justice Penuell Maduna abused his powers to land a friend lucrative liquidation appointments.
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/ 15 October 2003
At least 350 traditional circumcisers in northern Ethiopia’s Gonder region have agreed to abandon the harmful practice as well as other forms of genital mutilation. Preparations are being made to provide loans to those who abandon the trade to help them make a living in a different way.