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/ 2 September 2005
Even the most ardent believer in Stuart Baxter should know that the coach with a penchant for smart blazers and silk ties is fulfilling his contractual obligations by playing the last matches of what started out as 2006 World Cup qualifiers. Baxter’s days as coach are coming to an end.
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/ 2 September 2005
Corpses are piling up at town hospitals in Zimbabwe because families do not have the fuel available to collect the bodies for burial, a newspaper reported on Friday. The privately-run Daily Mirror said scores of bodies had not been collected from provincial hospitals in Bindura, Marondera and Masvingo.
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/ 2 September 2005
New Zealand go into Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby decider against Australia as overwhelming favourites despite lingering injury concerns to flyhalf and goalkicker Leon MacDonald. The All Blacks are on a high after putting away defending champions South Africa last weekend.
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/ 2 September 2005
English Premiership rugby union’s new season gets under way this weekend against a familiar backdrop of a row between the leading clubs and the Rugby Football Union over player availability. The governing body are demanding that all elite England players have an 11-week rest break between the end of the last season and the start of this one.
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/ 2 September 2005
Nineteen people, including two toddlers, died when a minibus taxi plunged down a cliff next to the N1 highway between Makhado and Musina on Friday, Limpopo police said. Spokesperson Captain Mashudu Malelo said the 16-passenger taxi was overloaded, carrying 26 people, all Zimbabwean nationals. The taxi was on its way to Musina.
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/ 2 September 2005
Telkom has pulled the plug on Zimbabwe’s telecoms utility Tel*One for failing to honour a -million debt (about R501-million), media reports said on Friday. The move has apparently thrown Zimbabwe’s telecommunications into chaos. Tel*One incurred the Telkom debt after the South African utility helped to upgrade Zimbabwe’s fixed network between Musina and Harare a few years ago.
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/ 2 September 2005
Mining giant De Beers has issued notice that it is considering retrenchments in the exploration division of its group services operation. A notice to this effect was issued on Thursday to the National Union of Mineworkers and staff in terms of Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, said company spokesperson Nicola Wilson.
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/ 2 September 2005
In a decision that might anger many who want Stuart Baxter out, South African Football Association (Safa) president Molefi Oliphant refused to accept a verbal offer of resignation from the national team coach three weeks ago. By declining to accept Baxter’s resignation Oliphant averted what could have been another protracted and costly lawsuit.
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/ 2 September 2005
The JSE ticked higher in early trade on Friday, again shrugging off a stronger rand. The gains came on light volumes. The JSE said however that a number of the closing index values for Thursday were incorrect. The problem was being addressed.
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/ 2 September 2005
The African National Congress feels the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has jumped the gun by rejecting President Thabo Mbeki’s call for an inquiry into claims that there is a plot against Jacob Zuma. ”We feel it is unfortunate that Cosatu has rejected the proposal before engaging,” said ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama.