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/ 9 December 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Wednesday 6.30pm. AN explosive half-century by Lance Klusener enabled South Africa to fight back after a poor start on the first day of the second Test at St Georges Park Thursday. Klusener hit an unbeaten 63 off 71 balls as South Africa reached 253 for six before bad light brought […]
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/ 9 December 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.30am. STEFFI Graf was in blistering form as she blasted South Africa’s Amanda Coetzer 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the opening match of the Spar Challenge tennis tournament at Westridge Park on Tuesday evening. Graf was given a standing ovation as she walked out onto the court, and the spectators […]
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/ 9 December 1999
ZAMBIA were merciless in their Cosafa Cup match against Namibia at Vosloorus Stadium on Tuesday, beating their hapless opponents 5-0. The Chipolopolo scored four goals in the first half to put the match out of the reach of the Namibians. Striker Solomon Banda drew first blood when he scored in the sixth minute beating goalkeeper […]
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/ 9 December 1999
THE South African Women’s Cricket Association (SAWCA) announced on Tuesday that they will wearing the Protea national emblem when representing the country in the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand next year. The squad previously competed under the banner of the United Cricket Board. Three training camps will be held in preparation for the tournament […]
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/ 9 December 1999
ZIMBABWE were beaten 1-0 by Zambia in their Cosafa Cup under-20 match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. The Zambians scored through Gift Kambamba in the 77th minute when he struck home off a corner taken by Njofwa Chaswe.
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/ 9 December 1999
EGYPTIAN brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan have become the first African members of the Century Club, FIFA said on Monday. The club comprises players who have represented their countries in at least 100 competitive or friendly internationals and is headed by Lothar Matthaus of Germany and Thomas Ravelli of Sweden with 143 caps each. Retired […]
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/ 9 December 1999
BORDER and former national strike bowler Makhaya Ntini created history when he became the first black South African to achieve a hat-trick in first-class cricket. Ntini captured the wickets of Gerard Brophy, Dewald Pretorius and Matthew Hoggard during the third day of the Super Eight cricket match against Free State at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein […]
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/ 9 December 1999
SWAZILAND has declared December 31 and January 3 special Year 2000 (Y2K) bank holidays to help a smooth transition into the new millenium. The two days will not be general public holidays but all banks in the small kingdom of roughly one million people will be closed. Finance minister John Carmichael said on Wednesday people […]
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/ 9 December 1999
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Thursday 8.00am. KAIZER Chiefs and Orlando Pirates triumphed again in the Castle Premiership on Wednesday to keep the pressure on pacesetters Sundowns at the top of the standings. The Amakhosi squeezed past stubborn Wits University 1-0 at Johannesburg Stadium and the Buccaneers defeated Jomo Cosmos 3-1 at Vosloorus Stadium as the […]
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/ 9 December 1999
ABOUT 13000 people have been employed by small, medium and micro enterprises working on the construction of the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road since last year. A survey last month by Silulu Investment Services to gauge the success of the programme, found that 70% of the some 300 SMMEs on the N4 were based in […]