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/ 28 September 2005
On the day Benedict Vilakazi’s rape accuser laid a charge against him, his wife SMSed the girl pretending to be the soccer star, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday. The girl earlier in the week told the court that if Vilakazi’s wife had not found out about the rape, the secret would have died with her.
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/ 28 September 2005
The community of Acornhoek has evicted the family of Simon Mathebula, who was found guilty in April of killing farm worker Nelson Chisale, the Phalaborwa Circuit Court heard on Wednesday. Mathebula was convicted in April of acting in concert with Mark Scott-Crossley in committing the premeditated murder of Chisale, who was thrown to lions.
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/ 28 September 2005
The Samsung group was in hot water on Wednesday after its patriarch was told to appear before South Korea’s Parliament. The parliamentary move coincided with an attack by President Roh Moo-Hyun, who charged the group is seeking to sidestep a government drive for corporate governance reform.
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/ 28 September 2005
Oil prices weakened further on Wednesday as traders awaited the weekly snapshot of crude inventories data in the United States, dealers said. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, lost 14 cents to ,93 per barrel in electronic trading.
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/ 28 September 2005
The claimed discovery of a -billion 18th century treasure trove on Chile’s Robinson Crusoe island has touched off an epidemic of gold fever among treasure hunters. The modern-day gold rush began on Monday when Chilean security firm Wagner announced that its ground-scanning robot had located a legendary pirate hideaway containing a lost bounty of jewels and gold coins.
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/ 28 September 2005
The obvious question after Enyinna Nkem-Abonta denounced the Democratic Alliance as racist after crossing to the African National Congress was: What’s new?Nigerian-born Nkem-Abonta and three other black DA MPs who defected recently justified their move by branding the DA anti-black.
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/ 28 September 2005
The JSE was firmer in noon trade on Wednesday, having touched a record high in early trade when the rand was weaker. Due to anticipation ahead of consumer inflation data — which was released at 11.30am — and lack of news to drive the market, it was a quiet morning’s trade, dealers said.
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/ 28 September 2005
Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick to confirm Barcelona as one of the favourites to win this year’s Champions League, beating Italy’s Udinese 4-1 on Tuesday. Other former European champions Juventus, Bayern Munich and Manchester United also won in the second round of Europe’s top club competition.
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/ 28 September 2005
Alex Ferguson refused to be drawn into a debate about Manchester United’s tactics following their important 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Champions League group game at Old Trafford last night. The long-serving United manager saw his team go top of Group D with goals from Ryan Giggs and, five minutes from time, a scrambled winner from Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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/ 28 September 2005
Glamour girl Maria Sharapova’s meteoric rise to world number one is inspiring a new generation of Russian teenage girls to head for the courts hoping to emulate her sporting and financial success.