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/ 17 January 2004
A strong south-easterly wind rattled the leaderboard in the second round of the South African Airways Open at Erinvale on Friday, and the fallout was a championship thrown wide open. South Africans Nico van Rensburg and Craig Lile, and Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth made it into the clubhouse tied at seven under par.
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/ 17 January 2004
Inter Milan’s teenage striker Obafemi Martins on Friday claimed he is not mature enough to represent Nigeria at the African Nations Cup and that was why he opted out of the tournament. His refusal to be part of the team to Tunisia has angered many back home.
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/ 17 January 2004
Japan’s two-time defending champion Hiroshi Masuoka won the 15th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday, a 579km marathon drive from Tidjikja. The Mitusbishi driver now holds a nine minutes and 11 seconds margin over French teammate Stephane Peterhansel, who still has a 55 minutes and 53 seconds lead with two days to go.
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/ 16 January 2004
”One silly season has given way to another. Election campaigns have begun. I know it’s silly, but in case any party out there recognises that artists have interests too, that they vote and that they have influence among voters, perhaps they would like to consider promising (at least) the following …” Mike van Graan advises.
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/ 16 January 2004
One of the chief virtues of The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, is that it shows, in factual biographical terms, how utterly Wilde was shaped by his sexuality. Even Richard Ellmann’s great biography skates over Wilde’s sex life and rather downplays its driving force in Wilde’s often puzzling actions. Shaun de Waal reviews.
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/ 16 January 2004
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a bilateral agreement worth $10-billion dollars on Wednesday, covering the areas of defence and security, the economy and finance, agriculture and infrastructural development.
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/ 16 January 2004
The trade-weighted rand has lost 13% in a week to reach its worst level since June 2003. Its level on Friday, which was determined at 1030 local time, was 50,11, its weakest level since June 20 2003. The last time it was below 50 was on June 12 2003, when the index was at 49,98.
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/ 16 January 2004
Mmanaledi Mataboge pays tribute to the host of Yfm’s breakfast show Fana "Khabzela" Khaba who passed away from an Aids-related illness on January 14 2004.
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/ 16 January 2004
"A strangely merry adventure" is how Graham Robb describes the experience of writing this book, and a cheerful mixture of optimism and scepticism colours almost every aspect of it. The effect is enjoyably disconcerting, writes Alan Hollinghurst, reviewing <i>Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century</i>
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/ 16 January 2004
The bulk of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress’ supporters are unemployed while 94% of them are black, according to the results of a Markinor poll. Similarly, nearly 80% of Inkatha Freedom Party supporters are jobless. The poll was conducted among 3 500 respondents nationwide late last year and was commissioned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation.