Staff Reporter
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/ 9 June 1999

SA bag a bundle at African Champs

TUESDAY, 5.30PM: The seven-member South African Olympic Weightlifting team returned from the 12th African Weightlifting championships held in Algeria with a bag of 15 medals, including six silver and nine bronze. Henk Booysen won three of the six silver medals almost equalling the South African clean-and-jerk record in the 105kg weight class. Booysen clean-and-jerked 185kg, […]

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/ 9 June 1999

ALL OF KINSHASA WITHOUT POTABLE WATER

WATER supplies were early Wednesday cut off across Kinshasa, a city of five million people, because of a lack of treatment products, the national distribution company announced. Stocks of the products, such as chlorine, arrived at the southwestern port of Matadi several days ago and should reach the capital soon, the company said on national […]

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/ 9 June 1999

Fifa chief wants one African bid choice

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Tuesday 5.00pm. FIFA President Joseph Blatter urged Africa to pull behind one of its two national candidates to give the continent a good shot at hosting the World Cup in 2006. “To have a real chance… Africa should make sure that there will be only one candidate from Africa,” Blatter said […]

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/ 9 June 1999

Let’s win without Klusener for once: Cronje

JAMES BRYANT, Edgbaston | Tuesday 12.25pm WORLD Cup favourites South Africa will receive a simple message from Hansie Cronje before their second-round clash with New Zealand here on Thursday — let’s try and win without Lance Klusener’s help for a change. The South Africans, fresh from beating main tournament rivals Pakistan, can make sure of […]

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/ 9 June 1999

60 FEARED DOWNED IN GHANIAN DISASTER

MORE than 60 people are feared drowned after their overloaded boat sank on Ghana’s sprawling Volta Lake at the weekend, police in Accra said on Tuesday. The accident happened some 500km northeast of the capital. Some 25 passengers who survived and swam to safety told police that the boat, which sank in high winds on […]

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/ 9 June 1999

riquas slaughter Irish

TUESDAY, 6.30PM: VODACOM CUP winners Griqualand West continued their excellent run of form beating Ireland by 52-13 in a tour match played at Hoffe Park in Kimberley on Tuesday. The Irish, who have now lost three games on the trot, will no doubt be somewhat under-confident when they meet the Springboks for the first of […]

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/ 9 June 1999

MPUMALANGA OPPOSITION PARTY COALITION?

ALL four opposition parties in Mpumalanga’s legislature appear set to form a coalition against the ruling African National Congress. The Democratic Party, which won 4,5% of the provincial vote, met with New National Party representatives in Witbank on Tuesday to discuss the proposed alliance. Further meetings between the NNP, United Democratic Party and Freedom Front […]

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/ 9 June 1999

MATRIC SCAM PROBE RESULTS EXPECTED

THE Mpumalanga education department is expected to announce the results of its probe into last year’s matric results scandal later on Thursday. There has been no word yet on whether any officials will be dismissed. The claimed pass rate was 72%, but the SA Certification Council dropped it to 52%, and Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann found […]

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/ 9 June 1999

Donald, Pollock need better form

TUESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN cricket captain Hansie Cronje has acknowledged the fact that his two main strike bowlers Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock were a tad out of sorts during the first Test at Headingley against Englandwhich was called a draw on Monday due to intermittent rain. Cronje said that the South Africans are confident […]

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/ 9 June 1999

W CAPE RESOLUTION EXPECTED TUESDAY

THE New National Party, the Democratic Party and, in most likelihood, the African Christian Democratic Party are in discussions on Tuesday on the future leadership of the Western Cape. Marianne Merten reports that sources in the NNP told ZA*NOW that negotiations are at an “advanced stage” and an announcement is expected later in the day. […]