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/ 24 February 2005
International Olympic Committee (IOC) members received finance and security assurances for New York’s 2012 Olympic bid on Wednesday, as well as a videotaped pledge of support from United States President George Bush. A 13-person IOC evaluation committee heard Bush vow full backing for the ,6-billion bid in the third day of private meetings.
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/ 24 February 2005
Leading golfers, including world number three Ernie Els and sixth-ranked Sergio Garcia, have signed up for the ,3-million Johnnie Walker Classic in Beijing. The event, which counts towards the European, Asian and Australasian tours, will be held at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Pine Valley Golf Resort and Country Club from April 21 to 24.
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/ 24 February 2005
It’s been a week of typical mind games as the Stormers and Sharks gear up for Friday night’s Super 12 match between the sides at Newlands. Sharks coach Kevin Putt named a team without Springbok captain John Smit at hooker, while utility forward AJ Venter is not even in the 22-man squad.
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/ 24 February 2005
The president of Athletics South Africa (ASA), Leonard Chuene, on Thursday announced that the outgoing CEO, Banele Sindani, will be replaced by Linda Ferns, in her new capacity as general manager of ASA. Chuene said the ASA board had unanimously agreed that Ferns will be best suited to fill the role of general manager.
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/ 24 February 2005
The proposed relaxation of income tax provisions relating to company restructurings announced in the 2005/6 Budget on Wednesday by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will help simplify future Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) transactions, Marina Vayanos, Ernst & Young’s senior tax consultant said on Thursday.
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The Chamber of Mines has described this year’s Budget as a success in ”balancing the need for a higher social wage with a need to promote a supply-side investment environment for business”. Chief executive Mzolisi Diliza said the Budget has provided a framework for a higher and more sustained economic growth rate.
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/ 24 February 2005
There are several reasons why women’s rights activists might welcome Swaziland’s new Constitution, intended to replace the document that was suspended by King Sobhuza in 1973. Then again, there are also reasons why they might not. "The only way to see if the Constitution’s promise can be fulfilled is to test it once it is the law of the land," says a teacher from Manzini.
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/ 24 February 2005
A rapper who is in jail awaiting a murder trial has angered the sheriff by recording parts of his forthcoming music video behind bars. The rapper C-Murder, whose real name is Corey Miller, has been jailed for more than three years, facing a second-degree murder charge in the killing of a 16-year-old inside a nightclub.
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/ 24 February 2005
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) continues to enjoy the full support of the South African government, despite serious unhappiness with its president, Brian van Rooyen, within the ranks of Parliament’s sports portfolio committee. Saru seems to have sorted out its problems with Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile, but has not yet gained the unconditional support of the portfolio committee.
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/ 24 February 2005
A game ranger was attacked and killed by an elephant in the Kruger Park, a park spokesperson said on Wednesday. Lance Corporal Wilson Ndlovu was conducting a routine patrol on Tuesday morning through the Stolznek area in the south of the park, said Raymond Travers, spokesperson for the park.