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/ 2 February 2004
December’s 0,5% reduction in the base interest rate disappointed many South Africans. It now looks mean against the very low inflation figures published soon afterwards. The strong rand has dragged down exports and revenues and cost jobs. Import prices are down, putting pressure on the current account.
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/ 2 February 2004
The so-called "brain drain" of professional expertise from South Africa has been a source of concern for several years now. Discussions of the trend have tended to focus on white professionals –- but, it appears that black South Africans are also joining the exodus.
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/ 2 February 2004
The closest I came to coming face-to-face with Angelina Jolie (and those famous pouting lips that put Mick Jagger and the rest of us Negroes in the shade) was seeing the back of her head from a respectable distance as she waited for the camera crew to line up the next shot in the sweltering heat of the Namibian desert.
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/ 2 February 2004
Defending champion Rossouw Loubscher of the Services Club in North Gauteng has successfully defended his Vodacom KwaZulu Natal 72 holes strokeplay golf championship title at the San Lameer Estate course on Sunday.
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/ 2 February 2004
West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara labelled the practise of playing limited overs cricket at night as ”unfair”, claiming the toss played far too prominent a role in the outcome of matches. One of the main reasons why the Windies won the fourth limited overs encounter at Centurion on Sunday was that the match was played entirely during the day.
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/ 2 February 2004
In a recent contribution to this newspaper (”Change needs self-criticism”) Saki Macozoma spoke of the role of black intellectuals in fostering a deliberative climate in which the performance of our new society could be assessed. White intellectuals must listen to their black counterparts, writes Judge Dennis Davis.
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/ 2 February 2004
The disappointment could be seen in many soccer lovers’ faces after Bafana Bafana’s disastrous 4-0 loss to Nigeria in the African Nations Cup on Saturday, and the comments came in thick and fast. The nation did expect a loss against Nigeria during the build-up to the game — but not by such a wide margin.
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/ 2 February 2004
Paceman Mfuneko Ngam and left arm spinner Nicky Boje were on Monday recalled to the South African cricket side for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. Both lost their places due to severe injuries — Ngam to another stress fracture while Boje broke his ankle while fielding in England last winter.
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/ 2 February 2004
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan plundered an ordinary South African attack at Centurion on Sunday to win the fourth one day cricket international by seven wickets and keep the series alive. Chasing the hosts’ imposing 297 for four, the Windies surged to 300 for three with 30 balls to spare.
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/ 2 February 2004
For the first time, the United States is hearing sustained criticism of its president and, though the Democratic presidential primaries have been going less than two weeks, the effect has been immediate. The remaining Democratic hopefuls are all singing from the same hymn sheet to defeat George W Bush.