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/ 9 December 2004
Ernie Els says the decision to move the Dunhill Championship to a December date may lure more players of his calibre to the event. World number three Els is playing on the Sunshine Tour for the first time since the Dunhill Championship at Houghton in 2002, but suggests his presence at Leopard Creek might be a sign of things to come.
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/ 9 December 2004
Pakistan was reeling at lunch on the first day of their four-day match against Western Australia in Perth on Thursday after local pace-bowlers Brett Dorey and Ben Edmondson ripped through the top order to have the tourists at 120 for five. Opener Salman Butt and Yousuf Youhana were the only batsmen to offer serious resistance.
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/ 9 December 2004
The South African netball team on Wednesday lost the second Test against England in Manchester 64-48 and with that the series. England had won the first Test in Newcastle on Monday night 56-44. The third Test in Cape Town in 1997 had been South Africa’s last victory against England.
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/ 9 December 2004
Chatsworth-based Manning Rangers had a real baptism of fire when they were comprehensively beaten 4-1 by Santos in a Castle Premiership game in front of a poor crowd at Kings Park Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night. The visitors from Cape Town scored their first goal through Thembile Kanono 37 minutes into the game.
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/ 8 December 2004
Despite the 10th disclaimer in a row from the auditor general (AG), the City of Johannesburg is improving its financial reporting, the mayor’s office said on Wednesday. The auditor general’s draft opinion (which has not yet been signed) awarded nine of the 15 operating entities a clean audit report — four more than last year.
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/ 8 December 2004
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) made an urgent appeal on Wednesday for ,2-million in food aid for 118 000 refugees in Ethiopia over the next six months. An additional 8 500 tonnes of cereals, vegetable oil, pulses, salt and blended foods were urgently needed to feed the refugees.
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/ 8 December 2004
Ukraine’s Parliament passed a controversial plan to weaken the presidency on Wednesday, breaking a tense stand-off between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition. The vote was hailed in Ukraine and abroad as a breakthrough in the political crisis that has split this strategic nation in two polarised camps.
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/ 8 December 2004
Disciplinary action will be taken against school principals who withhold end-of-year reports, the Western Cape education minister vowed on Wednesday. He said his office has been receiving calls from anxious parents saying some principals are refusing to hand out reports because the parents have not paid some or all of their school fees.
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/ 8 December 2004
A Japanese firm said on Wednesday it has created a jellyfish-shaped robot that can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets — and, when not at work, lounge about and be ”beautiful”. Roborior, a transparent robot that can glow blue or red, is equipped with a camera, speaker and hi-tech sensor.