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/ 27 October 2004
South Africa’s apartheid died in 1994, but the word is alive: Israel is accused of being ”the new apartheid” while its founding ideology, Zionism, is attacked as ”racism”. How true are these accusations? If the apartheid label is appropriate, it provides a potent political weapon. If, however, the usage is wrong it reduces the system of racism perpetrated in South Africa to just another swear word.
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/ 27 October 2004
Blue Bulls hooker Gary Botha on Wednesday withdrew from the South African ”A” squad’s tour to Argentina. Botha, who many rugby pundits thought was unlucky not to be selected for the Springbok squad, said he still wants to play for his country.
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/ 27 October 2004
The South African Football Association will host the annual Cosafa Under-20 Cup in Gauteng from November 27 to December 5. Tournament coordinator Sipho Nkumane said 13 Southern Africa countries will take part in this tournament, won by Zambia in Johannesburg last year.
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/ 27 October 2004
There were no major surprises when the South African cricket squad to tour India was announced on Wednesday. As had been widely predicted, vice-captain and wicketkeeper, Mark Boucher, was not in the squad. Thami Tsolekile of Western Province/Boland will take up the wicketkeeping duties, while Eagles captain Nicky Boje was named vice-captain of the team.
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/ 27 October 2004
Arsene Wenger has extended his contract at English champions Arsenal for another three years to the end of the 2007/08 season. That includes the first two years at the £350-million, 60 000-seat Emirates Stadium, which is due to open in August 2006.
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/ 26 October 2004
Grocers Shoprite Checkers have launched a chain of discount pharmacies called MediRite, joining the growing number of retailers adding pharmacies to their portfolio, the group confirmed on Tuesday. The group successfully applied to the Department of Health for a pharmacy licence.
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/ 26 October 2004
The United Nations Security Council voted on Tuesday to hold a rare meeting in Africa next month to try to focus international attention on the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region. It will be the first time the Security Council has held a formal meeting outside UN headquarters in New York since a gathering in Panama in 1973.
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/ 26 October 2004
Sudan’s health minister has announced an Aids-free policy will be applied to African Union troops, tasked with monitoring a ceasefire deal in crisis-hit Darfur, who have earned a steamy reputation for assiduous off-duty mingling. He said the measure is purely precautionary and aimed at ”safeguarding the health of the people of Darfur”.
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/ 26 October 2004
A marathon public inquiry into Kenya’s biggest financial scandal was suspended on Tuesday amid a legal row over the ejection of two lawyers representing the state. The suspension was announced on the 282nd day of hearings by Peter le Pelley, one of three judges presiding over the Goldenberg inquiry.