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/ 9 November 2007
When I was a teenager — a long time ago — the chess bug bit me. I had the sort of disposable time that only a teenager can have and used it to play chess for hours each day. An extension of my obsession was playing correspondence chess. I thought I was very sophisticated and swish because I was playing chess with someone in another country. All of this seems ludicrous today, writes Bruce Clark.
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/ 9 November 2007
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille plans to sue the state for R300 000 following her arrest at an anti-drugs march earlier this year, she said on Friday. She has also lauded the ”upsurge in dissenting voices” within the African National Congress, saying it could lead to a realignment of politics.
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/ 8 November 2007
A British man on Thursday failed in his record-breaking attempt to pull a 7,5-tonne red London bus over a distance of 10m, using his ears. Manjit Singh (57), a former police officer who now owns a security services company in Leicester, central England, managed to pull the Routemaster Bus over half the distance, about 5m.
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/ 8 November 2007
Sharks coach Dick Muir, who made a belated attempt to be considered as Springbok coach after incumbent Jake White’s term expires, will not be in line for the position. This follows a resolution by the South African Rugby Union’s president’s council, which met in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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/ 8 November 2007
South African Airways (SAA) posted a net profit before tax and restructuring charges of R136-million for the six months ended September 2007, after a period of massive losses, acting chief financial officer Clive Else said on Thursday. Revenue rose to R11-billion from R9,6-billion, reflecting a 1,2% profit margin.
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/ 8 November 2007
The 37-year-old mayor of a KwaZulu-Natal South Coast municipality was killed in a car crash, police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Zandra Hechter said Mfundo Lushaba, the mayor of Umzumbe, was found dead in his Toyota Hilux double-cab about 10m from the Ifafa offramp on the N2 near the resort town of Hibberdene.
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/ 8 November 2007
A merger of the Federation of Unions of South Africa with the National Council of Trade Unions is a significant achievement that will unite workers in the country, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Thursday ahead of the launch on Friday of the new South African Confederation of Trade Unions.
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/ 8 November 2007
With just more than a month to the African National Congress presidential election, Jacob Zuma will be waiting to see whether the National Prosecuting Authority will recharge him for corruption. Court rulings on Thursday clarified the status of searches and documents related to the investigation against him concerning alleged corruption in the arms deal.
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/ 8 November 2007
Formula One’s spying scandal took a new twist on Thursday when Renault was accused by the sport’s governing body of possessing confidential information belonging to rival team McLaren. FIA summoned Renault officials to a hearing of the World Motor Sport Council in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on December 6.
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/ 8 November 2007
South Africa’s tuberculosis (TB) cure rate will reach 85% over the next five years, the Department of Health vowed on Thursday. Releasing the final version of its latest TB strategic plan, Director General of Health Thami Mseleku said the plan’s goals were guided by international targets.