Staff Reporter
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/ 28 March 2000

Expansion of Super 12 unlikely, says Oberholzer

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.00pm. THE highly successful southern hemisphere Super 12 competition is unlikely to be expanded to include more teams, Rian Oberholzer, chief executive of the South African Rugby Football Union, said on Tuesday. The Sanzar unions (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) discussed the possibility in Dublin on Monday in […]

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/ 28 March 2000

FEDICS TO FEED TELKOM

BLACK-owned corporate catering firm Fedics has been awarded a five-year contract to run over 21 catering sites that collectively serve more than 11000 Telkom staff in Gauteng, Telkom announced on Tuesday. Telkom spokeswoman Amanda Singleton said the contract is expected to generate a turnover of about R20-million a year. The remaining 36 Telkom catering sites, […]

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/ 28 March 2000

KAPLAN AIMING TO RESTORE FLAGGING FORTUNE

RICHARD Kaplan will be looking to restore his position when he travels to the Gaborone Golf Club for this week’s R180000 FNB Botswana Open as a non-exempt player on the Vodacom Tour. Kaplan’s fall from golfing grace has been rapid since he last hit the headlines with his second place finish behind Ernie Els in […]

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/ 28 March 2000

Walsh breaks world record as Zim suffer

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kingston | Tuesday 11.30am. COURTNEY Walsh became the most successful bowler in Test cricket on Monday to leave West Indies poised for a runaway victory over Zimbabwe. The 37-year-old pace veteran took his career tally to a world record 435 wickets, one more than the previous best set by India’s Kapil Dev in […]

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/ 27 March 2000

Loughnane wins second Zambian Open

MARCUS PRIOR, Lusaka | Monday 3.30pm. JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth […]

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/ 27 March 2000

JOHNNIC SELLS SHARE IN SAB

THE black-controlled infotainment and media company, Johnnic, on Monday announced the much-awaited disposal of 27-million shares in South African Breweries. The sale to an unnamed buyer disposes Johnnic’s remaining interests in the brewery and will raise R1,35-billion. The move is in line with the empowerment company’s restructuring plan to become a focused “infotainment” and telecommunications […]