In a world-beating move by the Department of Education, fraud and corruption study is to be added to secondary school curricula. It is an attempt to further prepare learners for a sucessful life in the New South Africa.
The Department of Health has announced what it describes as thrilling new research undertaken by the original inventors of the controversial anti-Aids drug, Virodene.
Four institutions only will make up South Africa’s higher education system within a year. There will be one vast mega-university, plus the Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science (WSU), the University of the Western Cape and Mangosuthu Technikon (MT).
Capetonians expressed dismay and disappointment this week after a man they watched fall from a 14-floor window struck the pavement — and died. Alfred Swan had been trying to water the flower boxes outside his office, when he slipped and fell.
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/ 17 December 2004
For Kaizer Chiefs, the Coca-Cola Cup final on Saturday night is not just about R2-million, keeping the trophy after (hopefully) winning it for the third time, nor about putting to rest the ghosts of their nemesis, Supersport United. It is about restoring their status as cup kings.
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/ 10 December 2004
In their 67 years in football Pirates have produced some of the best players in South Africa (Jomo Sono and Kaizer Motaung, for example) and won the league title more than any other team. They’ve annexed the Premier Soccer League twice since its inception just over a decade ago and seem on course to equal Sundowns’ record of three PSL crowns.
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/ 26 November 2004
A month that began with a promise of log domination and a semifinal place in the Coca-Cola Cup for Sundowns ends with neither. A loss to Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League and defeat by Wits in the quarterfinal of the Coke Cup has left Sundowns’s pride battered. Coach Paul Dolezar has had to get police protection and owner Patrice Motsepe is throwing his hands in the air in disgust.
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/ 19 November 2004
Another weekend of Coca-Cola Cup clashes is expected to provide soccer supporters with top action. The 16 premier league clubs that began the tournament a few weeks ago have been reduced to eight, fighting it out for the R2-million at stake and a chance to take part in one of the continental cup competitions.
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/ 5 November 2004
Danny Jordaan is back at the helm of the South African Football Association (Safa) as the chief executive officer tasked with improving both the image of the association and the performance of the national teams. He spoke to Ntuthuko Maphumulo about the challenge ahead.
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/ 4 November 2004
After Sundowns’ goalless draw against Wits University last week Friday and Pirates’ emphatic 2-1 victory against their arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs, the supporters of both these teams are in for a pulsating encounter on Sunday in the Coca-Cola Cup. Pirates have never managed to go beyond the last 16 stages of the tournament.