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/ 14 November 2005
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota, who was admitted to Cape Town’s Gatesville Medical Centre last week after a heart attack, was transferred to Two Military Hospital on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday, ANC Western Cape chairperson James Ngculu said Lekota was in high spirits when an ANC delegation visited him at the Gatesville Medical Centre.
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/ 14 November 2005
Great Britain’s Nigel Mansell edged out Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi by a fraction of a second to win the inaugural South African Grand Prix Masters at the Kyalami race track north of Johannesburg on Sunday. Mansell was pushed all the way by his fellow former Formula 1 World Champion and crossed the line in a time of 50 minutes 55,154 seconds.
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/ 14 November 2005
The French government was to meet on Monday on whether to extend a state of emergency in a number of places to tackle more than two weeks of urban unrest as the number of attacks was dropping nationwide. An overnight curfew was still in force in 40 municipalities and authorities in the southeastern city of Lyon banned public gatherings in order to head off a repeat of clashes in the historic centre.
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/ 14 November 2005
Old Mutual plc, South Africa’s largest insurer, has extended the final closing date for its R38-billion offer for Swedish insurer Skandia to December 16 this year, from the previous date of November 21, the company said on Monday. Old Mutual also said it will be issuing a supplementary prospectus shortly.
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/ 14 November 2005
Johannesburg- and New York-listed telecommunications group Telkom on Monday reported a 35% increase in interim headline earnings per share to 775,9 cents for the half-year ended September 2005, from 574,9 cents for the previous comparable period. Operating profit increased by 37,3% to R7,517-billion.
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/ 14 November 2005
The short-term insurance sector is making headway in meeting Financial Sector Charter obligations to allocate at least 50% of procurement spending to black suppliers by 2008 and 70% by 2014. Bruce Campbell, CEO of Mutual & Federal, says this will have a dramatic and positive effect on grass-roots empowerment.
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/ 14 November 2005
The Iraqi president predicted on Sunday that Iraqi troops could replace British soldiers in the country by the end of next year, in what is the most optimistic assessment yet of the ability of his own forces to take responsibility for the security of the country.
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/ 14 November 2005
The proposed Sasol-Engen fuels division merger should not be allowed to go ahead, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. ”If it does, it will have undeniably negative consequences for the economy as a whole as well as the ordinary consumer for many years ahead,” said the DA’s minerals and energy spokesperson, advocate Hendrik Schmidt.
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/ 14 November 2005
Judgement day has arrived for Australian rugby over the inadequacy of its scrummaging and something had to be done quickly to rectify it in time for the 2007 World Cup, Australian media said on Monday. Not only did the Wallabies crash to a record-equalling seventh successive defeat to world champions England at Twickenham last Saturday, but the scrum was humiliated.
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/ 14 November 2005
Sri Lanka’s presidential election this week has turned into a vote on the country’s distressed economy and the troubled peace process, with the two main contenders diverging sharply on the major issues. About 13,3-million eligible voters will effectively be choosing on Thursday between the current and former prime ministers, who have radically different views on how to save the nation from economic and ethnic implosion.