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/ 23 September 2004
I guess the only thing that can be said is what Bra Hugh said: that there is nothing more to be said except that Dolly Rathebe was about laughter, joy and music. Sis Dolly Rathebe passed on when nobody expected her to on Thursday last week. The question is: Why did nobody expect her to? She was born, after all, in 1928, which is quite a long time ago. John Matshikiza plays tribute to this lady of jazz.
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/ 23 September 2004
Moroka Swallows collected maximum points away from home when they beat Manning Rangers 2-1 in a Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Wednesday night. The visitors were the first to find the back of the net when Mark McVeigh scored straight from a corner kick in the 27th minute.
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/ 23 September 2004
Mark Hughes’s honeymoon as Blackburn manager came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when the Premiership side were dumped out of the League Cup by League One strugglers Bournemouth. Everton were also forced to penalties but managed to squeeze through to the next round after a 2-2 draw at Bristol City.
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/ 23 September 2004
Although the title has already been decided, China’s first formula-one race still has second and third place in the standings to decide, along with the much-anticipated return of former champion Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher. Michael Schumacher has already clinched the driving title this season — his seventh overall and fifth in a row.
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/ 23 September 2004
It’s nice to know that Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has a faithful bunch of people working for her at the ministry — folk who put the interests of the nation above such petty instincts as doing a day’s work. Lemmer’s musings were prompted by a call made recently to the Ministry of Health by a staffer at an Aids NGO, who was trying to trace an official to answer an important query …
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/ 23 September 2004
Nicholas Newman won South Africa’s eighth gold medal in the morning session of Athens Paralympic action at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, while Natalie du Toit swam her second world record in the 200m individual medley at the Aquatic Centre. Newman threw the javelin 38,09m for gold with his first throw.
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/ 23 September 2004
Fuelled by a burgeoning Aids problem, tuberculosis (TB) is experiencing a resurgence in Southern Africa where health officials are beginning to talk of integrating programmes to fight the two diseases. In the past decade, there has been a four-fold increase in the number of TB cases in the sub-region, the present global epicentre of HIV/Aids. Southern Africa has 70% of the continent’s TB cases.
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/ 23 September 2004
Wits University wore their red badge of courage when they drew 0-0 against Jomo Cosmos in an uninspiring Castle Premiership fixture at Milpark’s Bidvest stadium on Wednesday night. But all credit went to the Students, who played with a man short for 70 minutes. They fully deserved their point.
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/ 23 September 2004
Five sports — golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports — are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it has notified the governing bodies of the five sports that they will be ”studied further” as part of a review of the Games’ competition schedule.
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/ 23 September 2004
Silver Stars and Black Leopards played to a one-all draw in their Limpopo Castle Premiership derby on Wednesday night. It was the third draw for both sides after they also played to a one-all draw in the first round at the same venue last season and battled to a three-all stalemate in the second round played at Thohoyandou.