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/ 25 August 2007

The same old testament

In the beginning the Party created the Freedom Charter. The country was without reform and whiteness was upon the face of the mining deeps. And the spirit of the Party moved across foreign waters, waiting. And in 1994 the Party said let there be light, and there was light. And the Party saw the light, and that it was good.

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/ 25 August 2007

Succession and subversion

For some time now there has been a sustained discourse on ”succession”. Because Thabo Mbeki is constitutionally prohibited from another term as president of the country, the person likely to succeed him must be ”identified” in advance in order to facilitate a smooth transition. Or so we are told, writes Monde Nkasawe.

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/ 25 August 2007

Google’s news upsets media boffins

It was an employee at the WPP advertising business who so succinctly categorised Google, the search engine, as a "frenemy". Nowhere is this ambiguous status more obvious than in the search engine’s relationship with newspapers. Google’s draining of the online ad market through the organisation of other people’s content infuriates the media, yet the power of the search engine to refer traffic to your website is undeniable.

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/ 25 August 2007

Lampard sends Chelsea to the top

Frank Lampard capped his week to remember by sending Chelsea to the top of the Premier League as former leaders Manchester City were beaten at Arsenal on Saturday. Elsewhere, Birmingham won 2-1 at Derby, West Ham drew 1-1 with visitors Wigan, Everton drew 1-1 with Blackburn and Aston Villa beat Fulham 2-1.

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/ 25 August 2007

Griquas overrun Griffons in Welkom

Griquas recovered from a lethargic first half where they were trailing 22-24 against the Griffons to win their compulsory Currie Cup friendly rugby match in Welkom on Saturday 64-34. Spearheaded by Tobie Botes who first shined at flyhalf and then at scrumhalf, the Kimberley side simply overran their opponents.

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/ 25 August 2007

Pumas no match for the Cheetahs

Four tries by wing Giscard Pieters helped the Free State Cheetahs to a 52-19 win over the hapless Pumas in a compulsory friendly rugby match played at Nelspruit on Saturday. After leading only 19-7 at half-time, the Cheetahs opened the flood gates in the second with Pieters the obvious hero of the day.

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/ 25 August 2007

Free State Stars outshine Arrows

Free State Stars’ Dio Sibisi scored a brace to help his team beat Lamontville Golden Arrows 2-0 in front of a sizeable crowd in their first Premier Soccer League game played at home at the Gobel Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Stars led 1-0 at the break. Striker Sibisi received a back pass in the 35th minute and struck a lightning shot.