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/ 22 January 2004
Remember those schoolyard crazes? When one kid would arrive with a yo-yo/dingbat/tamaguchi and everyone else would just have to have one? Oom Krisjan’s thoughts strayed back to his schooldays recently when he saw all the little ones lining up for their first day of grind.
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/ 22 January 2004
The Mail & Guardian has tended to dismiss the Hefer Commission of Inquiry into the spy allegations against National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka as a sideshow. For us the real issue was whether Deputy President Jacob Zuma, his financial adviser Schabir Shaik and former transport minister Mac Maharaj are guilty of corruption.
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/ 22 January 2004
Australian prosecutors filed manslaughter charges on Thursday against a pub bouncer, Zdravco Micevic (21), who allegedly landed the fatal punch that killed cricketing legend David Hookes. Micevic, a former champion amateur boxer, has been receiving death threats since Hookes’s death on Monday.
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/ 22 January 2004
Roger Federer says his breakthrough Wimbledon triumph last year has made him hungry for more Grand Slam titles and he wants to realise that at the Australian Open. The Swiss world number two had few concerns in reaching the third round in a straight sets victory over United States qualifier Jeff Morrison on Thursday.
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/ 22 January 2004
A goal in each half gave Santos three full points although they did not deserve it when they beat Dynamos 2-0 in a Castle Premiership match at Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night. This win puts Santos second on the log — a point behind Ajax Cape Town.
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/ 22 January 2004
Shaun Pollock became the most fiendish of bludgeoning bashers with bat in hand when he mercilessly destroyed the Eastern Province Jumbos attack at Kingsmead on Wednesday. He helped the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins to a formidable 45 overs total of 272 for four wickets in their Standard Bank cricket match.
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/ 22 January 2004
Australian cricket chiefs said on Thursday they would not consider moral issues when deciding whether to tour Zimbabwe later this year, unlike their English counterparts. Cricket Australia spokesperson Peter Young said his organisation’s expertise was limited to cricket and left moral questions to the government.
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/ 21 January 2004
Former transport minister Mac Maharaj and ex-African National Congress intelligence operative Mo Shaik have welcomed the release and content of the Hefer Commission of Inquiry’s report regarding allegations that national prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka might have been an apartheid spy.
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/ 21 January 2004
A first-ever summit of African defence ministers cleared the way in Addis Ababa on Wednesday for an African peacekeeping force to prevent conflicts and help deliver aid to war-ravaged countries. African leaders will give final approval for the force at an African Union summit in Libya next month.
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/ 21 January 2004
Black professionals are leaving the country to compete with the overseas qualifications of many returned exiles, a recruitment company said on Wednesday. There is a perception that ”employers give preference to people with international experience”, said Brian Khumalo, a recruitment executive.