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/ 18 January 2004
A statement issued by the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday claimed that the ANC had been informed by "reliable sources at Ulundi" that there will be a "stage-managed so-called defection of (bogus) ANC members to the IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party] tomorrow (Sunday) at its (IFP) manifesto launch at Lindelani in Durban".
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/ 18 January 2004
The 75-year-old water-sharing treaty that has kept Nile basin countries from warring over the region’s most precious resource is in jeopardy as East African signatories consider pulling out. The 1929 Nile Basin Treaty regulates Nile water usage by the 10 countries that share the river’s watershed.
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/ 18 January 2004
South African batsman Jacques Kallis’s extraordinary capacity to score a glut of runs against the West Indies continued unabated on Saturday as he reached his fourth consecutive Test century and moved within a breath of shattering a 93-year-old record.
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/ 18 January 2004
An unidentified person burned to death and 1 500 shacks were destroyed in a fire in the Was-‘n-bietjie and New Town informal settlements in Lwandle near the Strand, Western Cape police said on Sunday morning. Captain Eugene Sitzer said the fire broke out at about 3.40am on Sunday morning.
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/ 18 January 2004
While fans speculate whether defending champion Andre Agassi can win his ninth Grand Slam or Venus Williams can rebound from injury, another story has cast a shadow on the Australian Open. Greg Rusedski’s announcement two weeks ago that he tested positive for nandrolone last July has thrown a shock into the sport.
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/ 18 January 2004
Cricket chiefs on Saturday opened up a new front in the war on match-fixing — by teaming up with an online betting firm. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit signed a memorandum of understanding with betting exchange company Betfair.
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/ 18 January 2004
A Swiss double-amputee and 35 other ultra-distance cyclists started off from the Giza pyramids on Saturday on the second Cairo-to-Cape 10 000km cycling race. The 120-day race follows a route that zigzags through Egypt, Sudan and eight countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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/ 18 January 2004
Former champion Jutta Kleinschmidt of Germany won the car section as defending motorbike champion Richard Sainct was the first in his category to reach Dakar after the 191km 16th and penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally from Nouakchott, Mauritania, to Dakar on Saturday.
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/ 18 January 2004
South Africa delighted a good crowd by winning the first men’s hockey Test played at Hartleyvale in Cape Town in an otherwise undistinguished match on Saturday. Belgium elected to play with a strong south-easterly wind at their backs. Greg Nicol opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a low flick.
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/ 18 January 2004
The tables turned completely when Orlando Pirates narrowly escaped defeat by edging ahead of Zulu Royals 4-3 in an entertaining Castle Premiership game at Kings Park Soccer Stadium on Saturday. Earlier in the match Bucs, under veteran coach Augusto Palacious, led 2-0.