Staff Reporter
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/ 23 February 1999

LIONS FIGHT OFF FALCONS

THE Gauteng Lions wiped the floor with the MTN Falcons 40-18 in their Vodacom Cup match at Ellis Park on Sunday. The match saw a sea of yellow as off-the-ball offenders on both sides were booked rather than sent off. Falcons flank Jaco Booysen threw several punches although judgments that he had been provoked mitigated […]

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/ 23 February 1999

NILE BASIN ACCORD

MEMBER countries of the River Nile Basin signed a joint management agreement on Monday for its sustainable development. Member countries of the basin are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The basin covers 3-million km. The Council of Ministers, who met in Dar es Salaam, […]

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/ 23 February 1999

NEW ZIM-MOZ PIPELINE

ZIMBABWE is planning to build a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline from the Mozambican port of Beira to its National Oil Company depot, a distance of about 800km. The existing Beira-Feruka-Msasa pipeline has a capacity of 1,2-million tons a year, 300000 short of the current national demand, Transport and Energy Minister Enos Chikowore said. According to Chikowore, […]

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/ 23 February 1999

ZAMBIA BEATS MALAWI

ZAMBIA beat Malawi 1-0 in the opening group B match of the 11th Africa Under-20 football championship played at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Monday. The Zambians owe their victory to midfielder Stephen Kabwe, who tied the defence into a knot, and crossed from the right for substitute Lundu Ezzie to head the […]

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/ 23 February 1999

FREAK STORM IN ALICE

A FREAK storm, which swept through Alice in the Eastern Cape on Sunday afternoon, left at least one person dead and three others injured, television news reported on Monday. Over 188 households were destroyed and uprooted trees were strewn in the streets. Villagers said roofs from their houses were lifted by a violent wind and […]

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/ 23 February 1999

ETHIOPIA CLAIMS DAMAGE TO ERITREA

ETHIOPIA claims that its air force and artillery have inflicted heavy losses on Eritrea during the last two days. The country’s state-run television reported on Monday night that Ethiopian heavy artillery units had shelled Eritrean positions on the Bademe front earlier in the day. The Ethiopian air force attacked Eritrean positions on Sunday both on […]

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/ 23 February 1999

PAGAD MAN AN NIA AGENT

ONE of the five People Against Gangsterism And Drugs vigilante group members arrested at Prince Albert in the Western Cape two weeks ago is an agent for the National Intelligence Agency, it was revealed on Tuesday. SABC TV news reported that Ayub Mangalee claims he was given explosives by the NIA to use in framing […]

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/ 23 February 1999

NIGEL BRUCE RESIGNS

NIGEL BRUCE, former editor of the Financial Mail, appointed by the Nasionale Pers group to edit Finance Week and Finansies & Tegniek, has resigned from both positions. F&T and FW publisher Gert Marais on Monday morning informed staffers at the two publications of Bruce’s move. Marais, who will take over as editor.

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/ 23 February 1999

POACHERS NABBED IN MOZ

THREE as yet unnamed South Africans have had their helicopter, two large trucks and a bulldozer impounded by Mozambican police and have been charged with illegal poaching. Police detained the men during a raid on a Chimoio bush camp on February 12 after they allegedly tried to herd and capture rare sable antelope and other […]

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/ 23 February 1999

SPURS INJURED

TWO team members of Cape Town Spurs were seriously injured in a car accident near Harrismith in the Free State on Sunday evening. David Kannemeyer and Breslyn Hempe sustained fractures and bruising. Team chairman John Comites said three other unidentified people were killed in the accident, which happened as the team was driving back to […]