Staff Reporter
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/ 15 February 2000

SENIOR PARLY MANAGER ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT

TWO women have lodged complaints of sexual harassment against one of Parliament’s senior managers. Frene Ginwala, the Speaker of Parliament, said on Tuesday that the women had been assured that they would be protected, and the case was under investigation. Media reports that several women had been abused by the manager, but were afraid to […]

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/ 14 February 2000

STOCKS IN TALKS WITH RMB

CONSTRUCTION group Stocks and Stocks said on Monday that it was in talks to sell its building business to an unnamed consortium led by RMB Ventures Ltd. The building and construction group gave no further details, but said in a statement that various other prosposals were still being considered for its further restructuring.

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/ 14 February 2000

RAIN CLAIMS FIVE MORE

FIVE men are believed to have drowned while trying to cross swollen rivers in on Sunday, police said, bringing to 48 the number of lives lost in floods in the country in the past week. Two of the victims were swept off a bridge over the Nkondlo River in Eastern Cape. The other three are […]

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/ 14 February 2000

EDITORS CALLED TO ANSWER RACISM CHARGES

THE editors of the Mail & Guardian and the Sunday Times have been subpoenaed to appear before the Human Rights Commission to respond to allegations of racism. The editors could face fines or six months in prison if they ignored the summons to appear before the body next month. The commission is holding a set […]

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/ 14 February 2000

Pollock the hero in winning recovery

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. SUPERB fast bowling by Shaun Pollock enabled South Africa to turn potential defeat into a stunning 38-run victory over England in the triangular series final on Sunday. Pollock, named man-of-the series and man-of-the-match, took five for 20 as England fell for 111; after South Africa, deep in trouble at […]

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/ 14 February 2000

Duran jets into SA

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Monday 11.35am. IRICHELLE Duran, daughter of boxing legend Roberto Duran arrived in South Africa on Sunday afternoon ahead of professional boxing debut in South Africa in May. Having signed with South African promoters Golden Gloves, she will be fighting on May 13, in what promises to be the first professional fight […]

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/ 14 February 2000

PLACER DOME MAY BUY OUT WESTERN AREAS

CANADIAN gold miner Placer Dome Inc said on Monday it would likely buy out joint venture partner Western Areas Ltd if the South African company sold its 50 percent stake in their gold mine. “If the Western Areas stake becomes available the likelihood is very good that Placer will buy it,” Patrick Evans, the joint […]

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/ 14 February 2000

BACHER TO CAPTAIN GAUTENG

ADAM Bacher will captain Gauteng in their Standard Bank Cup clashes against Northerns and Free State on February 16 and 17 respectively. Opener Bacher takes over from regular skipper Clive Eksteen, who is on the two Test tour to India. Gauteng: Adam Bacher (capt), Andrew Hall, Sven Koenig, Ken Rutherford, Derek Crookes, Geoffrey Toyana, Zander […]

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/ 14 February 2000

ORPHANED ELEPHANTS HAVE KILLED 36 RHINO

AGGRESSIVE young orphaned elephants have killed 36 rhinoceroses, including rare black ones, in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park in eastern South Africa. The elephants were orphaned when their parents were culled in South Africa’s Kruger National Park in the early 1990s in a bid to control the elephant population there. According to conservationists, the young elephants have been […]