Staff Reporter
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/ 10 May 1999

DALTON COMEBACK FADES

HOOKER James Dalton, only recently recovered from a groin injury, has re-injured his groin on the same side while kicking in a training session. Dalton has played a couple of club games for Rand Afrikaans, but has not suited up for a Super 12 match yet, and will miss tests against Italy and Wales. James […]

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/ 10 May 1999

ANGLO CALM ON GOLD SALES

ANGLOGOLD, the world’s largest gold producer, said on Friday that it was unperturbed by the proposed sale of more than half of the British Treasury’s gold reserves. AngloGold marketing director Kelvin Williams said that the quantities of its gold reserves Britain is planning to sell would not impact severely on the market. The British Treasury […]

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/ 10 May 1999

S LEONE REBELS PRESENT PLAN

SIERRA Leone’s rebel movement will deliver its peace proposals to the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman in Lome said. “We will be delivering our document to Togo’s President Gnassingbe Eyadema tomorrow, who will then likely hand it over to the Sierra Leone government,” said Omrie […]

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/ 10 May 1999

DIDATA RESULTS DAZZLE

DIMENSION DATA, South Africa’s largest communication systems integration company, completed an excellent six months to end March 1999, with turnover increasing 54% to a record R2,7 billion. Headline earnings rose 90% to R176,9-million and headline earnings per share increasing 61% to 27,1 cents. The group ended the six months with a 178% increase in its […]

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/ 10 May 1999

MUGABE MEETS IRANIAN PRESIDENT

VISITING Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe held talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami on Saturday on ways to promote political and economic ties, state radio said. Mugabe, who arrived here on Friday, said Zimbabwe was willing to expand cooperation in various sectors, including agriculture, mining and refining. During his three-day visit, Mugabe is also due […]

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/ 10 May 1999

DUTY ON EGYPT SUGAR IMPORTS

EGYPT announced on Thursday it is to impose a 30% duty on sugar imports to protect the local industry against dumping and declining world prices. Public Enterprise Minister Atef Ebeid said the price of one ton of imported sugar plunged from $434 in 1997 to $160. Importers took advantage of the low prices to hoard […]

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/ 10 May 1999

PAGAD IN GRACELAND?

A CALLER who made a telephonic bomb threat to the Graceland Casino in Secunda, Mpumalanga, on Friday claimed he represents People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) Global Resorts MD Ernie Joubert confirmed on Saturday. The casino received four telephonic bomb threats on Friday. The threats were allegedly made by four different people and one of […]

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/ 10 May 1999

SIX DIE IN KZN FACTION FIGHTING

SIX people, including an elderly blind man, were shot dead in Tugela Ferry in volatile KwaZulu-Natal province on Thursday, police said on Friday morning. The murders seemed to be the work of gunmen going from hut to hut in the village, firing into the victims’ homes early Thursday, police spokesman Captain Vishnu Naidoo said. Police […]

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/ 10 May 1999

GOLD KILLS DRC TROOPS

FIGHTING between Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers over gold in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 213 lives, the Congolese Press Agency said on Thursday. Quoting army headquarters, the official news agency said 200 Rwandan soldiers and 13 Ugandans were killed “recently” in Orientale and Maniema provinces, areas under the control of the rebels […]

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/ 10 May 1999

Bissau calm after coup

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bissau | Monday 6.00pm. GUINEA-Bissau’s small port capital calmed down on Sunday after post-coup clashes between military junta forces and backers of the toppled head of state killed at least six people. Troops patrolled the city where the main Bandim market and stores were open, while the radio of victorious forces headed by […]