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/ 4 August 2006

White works on wounded Boks

Coach Jake White is working overtime to get his wounded Springboks in the right frame of mind to pull off a spectacular turnaround in Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby Test with Australia at Sydney’s Olympic stadium. ”The most important area to address with the players is the mental aspect,” White said on Friday.

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/ 4 August 2006

Show some soccer charity

With the advent of the Vodacom Challenge, the Telkom Charity Cup, which takes place at FNB Stadium this weekend, has lost its status as opening salvo of the season. It is probably time for the South African Football Association to step in and demand a review of both tournaments.

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/ 4 August 2006

Kebble: Testimony given in secret

South Africans may never get to hear what happened to the millions in misappropriated shares and stolen money redistributed by slain magnate Brett Kebble to a wide network of high-profile beneficiaries. Recently a senior civil court magistrate in Cape Town ordered that the Section 152 inquiry under the Insolvency Act be held in camera.

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/ 4 August 2006

Soft sell on stem cells

A R10 000-plus, 21-year insurance policy, with odds of 100 000 to one against a payout, may not seem a good bet — yet 3 000 South African parents have taken the gamble. That’s the number of people who have chosen to store stem cells from their child’s umbilical cord in case he or she needs them for medical treatment over the next two decades.