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/ 4 December 2003
A third-wicket partnership of 107 runs between Martin van Jaarsveld and Neil McKenzie set the foundation for the Northerns Titans’ six-wicket victory over Boland in their Standard Bank Cup day/night encounter at Boland Bank Park on Wednesday.
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/ 4 December 2003
to the top of the Castle Premiership soccer log, one point ahead of Kaizer Chiefs, when they easily beat Jomo Cosmos 2-0 at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night. Both goals were scored in the first half. Play was confined to the midfield as both teams tried to break the deadlock of the defenders.
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/ 3 December 2003
Botswana’s police chief has broken ranks with the government by blaming hordes of illegal border-crossers from Zimbabwe for a sharp increase in crime. The country is currently experiencing a huge influx of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe as a result of a political and economical meltdown in the neighbouring country.
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/ 3 December 2003
Australia on Wednesday urged African leaders attending a summit of Britain and its former colonies this week to pressure Robert Mugabe to resign as president of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth’s decision-making councils following alleged intimidation and vote-rigging in Mugabe’s 2002 re-election.
Mugabe’s castle in the air
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/ 3 December 2003
Deputy President Jacob Zuma is to get access to a document he sought from the National Prosecuting Authority that allegedly implicated him in bribery. A settlement agreement to this effect was reached between the two parties and made an order of the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday.
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/ 3 December 2003
Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, said Aids was a “weapon of mass destruction” for some countries.
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/ 3 December 2003
Police management has rejected as ”absolute nonsense” claims that national commissioner Jackie Selebi has a private jet that eats into the police budget. Selebi’s office said on Wednesday that 63% of all flights made by the Beechjet 400 were directly related to the fight against crime.
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/ 3 December 2003
In South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, a train wound its way through the undulating hills. On board, six young people with HIV or Aids, along with celebrities from local soap operas, television and radio were doing their bit to raise Aids awareness.
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/ 3 December 2003
About 80% of Zambian wives find it acceptable to be beaten by their husbands ”as a form of chastisement”, according to the latest Zambia Demographic Health Survey. Out of 5 029 women interviewed countrywide, 79% said they should be beaten if they went out without their husband’s permission.