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/ 14 November 2007
”We have to find a way of dealing with the aggressive way they play,” was the suggestion made by New Zealand cricket vice-captain Brendon McCullum on Wednesday, two days before the second Castle Lager Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at Supersport Park.
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/ 14 November 2007
The Jo’burg Open will again be hosted at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club from January 9 to 13 after a successful inaugural tournament held at the same venue last year. A total of 204 international and local players are expected to tee up in the tournament worth an overall cash prize of €1,1-million.
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/ 14 November 2007
Former South African and current New Zealand netball shooting superstar Irene van Dyk is showing her former team some respect ahead of their World Championship quarterfinal clash set for Thursday, so she refuses to talk up the Silver Ferns’ chances.
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/ 14 November 2007
An internet-based collective of soccer fans from more than 70 countries agreed in principle on Tuesday to buy a controlling interest in an English soccer club. The deal will give them a vote on everything from team line-up selections to which players should be transferred.
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/ 14 November 2007
The protracted guessing game is over with the much-anticipated announcement by the Premier Soccer League on Tuesday that the Telkom Knockout final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday December 1 will be staged at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
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/ 14 November 2007
A powerful, 7,7-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey reported. It said the quake, 60km deep, was centred 106km west of the town of Calama and struck at 3.40pm GMT. The National Emergency Office in Chile said it had no information on any casualties but it was evaluating the impact of the quake.
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/ 14 November 2007
The Equality Court on Wednesday ordered a Durban landlord with a ”whites only” policy to pay a woman R10 000 in compensation and scrap his discriminatory policy. The court declared the offending clause in the lease agreement unconstitutional and invalid.
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/ 14 November 2007
Far away in West Africa, adventurer Kingsley Holgate and his expedition have been muddling through the mud and humidity of West Africa fighting a battle against malaria, handing out mosquito nets to pregnant mothers and young children. At the same time, schoolchildren in South Africa have been drawing pictures to illustrate his expedition.
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/ 14 November 2007
Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has undertaken to repay his department R1 020 on Thursday for flowers he sent to his wife. When the issue arose and was brought to his attention in the middle of this year, he had immediately stated his intention to pay back the money, he said on Wednesday.
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/ 14 November 2007
Load shedding was stopped temporarily on Wednesday afternoon but was likely to restart towards evening, said Eskom. A number of Eskom’s power station units were still on unplanned outages and were having equipment repaired. An Eskom spokesperson said load shedding could continue for the next five to seven years. ”Demand and supply are very tight.”