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/ 2 December 1999

KENYAN CHAMPS BANNED FOR MATCH FIXING

KENYAN football premier league champions, Mumias Sugar, have been stripped of their title and banned from all football activities for one year for match-fixing. The disqualification, announced on Thursday by the Kenya Football Federation’s National League and Competitions Committee, means that Mumias will not play in the African Club champions’ Cup or the African Cup […]

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/ 2 December 1999

CONSTRUCTION HOIST FALLS, 15 DEAD

FIFTEEN workmen were killed in Harare on Thursday when a construction hoist dropped 17 floors to the ground. Government inspectors have launched an investigation into what is being described as one of Zimbabwe’s worst construction accidents. The hoist carrying the men and construction materials fell more than 67 meters to ground level shortly after 7.30 […]

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/ 2 December 1999

COMPUTER CRASH AT AIRPORTS

FLIGHTS from three of South Africa’s international airports were delayed on Wednesday following a major computer crash. The Star reports the breakdown of the checking in and boarding computer system delayed flights to Swaziland, Dubai, Harare and Luanda from Johannesburg International Airport. South African Airways said the crash also affected Cape Town and Durban international […]

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/ 2 December 1999

Strong reserves rise to R45bn

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Thursday 10.45am COMBINED gold and foreign exchange reserves beat economists’ forecast continuing their upwards rise in November to $7,4-billion — a $500-million rise from October’s reserves, Reserve Bank figures released on Thursday show. In rand terms this translates into a rise of R2,6-billion to R45,2-billion from October’s R42,6-billion. […]

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/ 1 December 1999

WENDY LUHABE JOINS VODACOM

VODACOM announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Wendy Luhabe non-Executive chairperson of the Vodacom Group with effect from 1 January 2000. Luhabe is the founding of human rescources group Bridging the Gap. In 1997, the World Economic Forum named her one of the “Global Leaders for Tomorrow”. She was one of the founders of […]

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/ 1 December 1999

LATE FLASHES

ELS, PRICE FAVOURITES FOR MILLION DOLLAR HOMEBOY Ernie Els and defending champion Nick Price are the hot favourites to win this year’s Million Dollar Challenge. Price is going for an unprecedented Million Dollar hat-trick in a field that includes 19-year-old Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia.The field includes 19-year-old Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia. Els tipped Price, who […]

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/ 1 December 1999

TOP COP IN COURT ON SEX CHARGES

A SENIOR Northern Province detective appeared briefly in court on Wednesday for allegedly raping three young girls and indecently assaulting four others. Senior Superintendent Shimanyana Frans Lebese, 49, of Lebowakgomo near Pietersburg, was not asked to plead in the Zebediela Periodical Court and will remain in custody until December 15 for further psychiatric observation. On […]

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/ 1 December 1999

IMPOVERISHED AIDS PATIENTS NEED INFO TOO

THE Freedom of Expression Institute warned on Wednesday, World Aids Day, that patients exposed to the virus had the right to be told about medicines even if they could not afford them. “Prevention is not limited to informing South Africans about the ways they can get the disease,” the FXI said in a statement. “In […]

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/ 1 December 1999

Soccer boss Ndhlela suspended

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.15pm. PROFESSIONAL Soccer League chief executive officer Joe Ndhlela has been suspended on full pay by the PSL following his arrest on Tuesday on charges of corruption and fraud. The charges relate to when Ndhlela was a senior official at Transnet. He has been suspended from the PSL with immediate […]