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/ 9 September 2004
The mother of all pay talks, involving eight public sector unions and 1,1-million civil servants, is headed for a strike — again. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, this difficult wage round has gone into dispute and almost to strike. With six nights to go to reach a settlement, a strike seems increasingly likely unless cool minds and heads prevail. Workers have been balloted already.
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/ 9 September 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was in positive territory in noon trade on Thursday, bucking the weaker trend on world markets. Dealers said that banking and gold stocks were driving the bourse higher. At 11h53, the all share index was up 0,24%. The financial and banks indices were 0,73% and 1,28% firmer respectively. The gold mining index gained 0,64%
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/ 9 September 2004
The omission of the world’s highest Test wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan from the International Cricket Council awards made it a ”farce and a joke,” Sri Lanka’s former world cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga said Thursday. Sri Lanka’s star spinner Muralitharan was not given a place in the Test Team of the Year announced at the inaugural awards of the ICC, but the man who is trailing him,
Australia’s Shane Warne, was included.
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/ 9 September 2004
Hendrik Buhrmann of South Africa shot a 4-under par 68 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Korean Open. World number three Ernie Els of South Africa finished three strokes behind the leader at the 6,342-metre Woo Jung Hills Country Club in Cheonan, south of Seoul.
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/ 9 September 2004
Oom Krisjan en die manne have been enthusiastically following the Olympics from their bar stools, but somehow managed to miss the events that caught the eye of some NBC commentators: Tennis: ”One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them … Oh my God, what have I just said?”
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/ 9 September 2004
In the Castle Premiership clash between Golden Arrows and Mamelodi Sundowns, it was the Durban club who went home with a point, knowing that they matched their more fancied opponents man for man. Chances were few and far between in what turned out to be a dull goalless draw.
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/ 9 September 2004
Although he is not allowed to wear a cap with seven stars — depicting seven world championships — quite yet, Michael Schumacher is planning to get back to his winning ways at Ferrari’s home Grand Prix on Sunday. Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone earlier this week told Schumacher that he could not wear a cap with seven stars as he had not yet been officially declared the world champion by the governing body.
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/ 9 September 2004
Manning Rangers shared points with Orlando Pirates when they drew 1-1 in a Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Wednesday night. The home side led 1-0 at interval thanks to a goal by Edson Minga in the 30th minute.
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/ 8 September 2004
A controversy over lice that has had zoologists scratching their heads for almost 250 years has been resolved at last, a report in next Saturday’s New Scientist says. The squabble dates back to 1758, when Carl Linnaeus declared there was one species of human louse, which he boldly baptised Pediculus humanus.