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/ 20 October 2003
South Africa paddled to a landslide victory at the third African Canoeing Championships at Lake Tunis, winning 19 of the 24 gold medals on offer at the event. The nine-strong South African team bagged 19 golds, five silvers and three bronze medals.
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/ 20 October 2003
Ernie Els had a million reasons to smile when he crushed Thomas Bjorn 4 and 3 in the final of the World Match Play final in the United Kingdom on Sunday. But he stressed he had no intentions of splashing out after his record-busting win. ”Bank it,” he announced. ”I’ve spent enough money. I’ve kids to feed.”
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/ 20 October 2003
Orlando Pirates fled Chatsworth Stadium in Durban in police vans after losing 1-2 to Manning Rangers in a Coca-Cola Cup last 16 encounter on Sunday afternoon. This was necessary after Bucs supporters showed their dissatisfaction over their team’s poor performance.
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/ 20 October 2003
Simon Danielli scored two tries on Monday as Scotland again struggled against a relative minnow before beating the United States 39-15 in a World Cup Pool B encounter. The Scottish secured a bonus competition point in the 71st minute when flyhalf Gregor Townsend scooted in for the fourth try.
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/ 20 October 2003
Danish Kaneria and Shoaib Akhtar rattled South Africa with spin and pace on Monday, bringing Pakistan close to a big victory on the fourth day of the first cricket Test. Akhtar (4-36) polished off the top order, while Kaneria (5-46) mopped up the tail to dismiss the Proteas for 241 in the second innings and set up a victory target of 161 runs.
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/ 19 October 2003
Limpopo tomato giant ZZ2 will this week begin the process of reinstating hundreds of workers it fired in April after they went on strike. This comes after the company’s CEO, Tommy van Zyl, reached a settlement with the dismissed workers in Polokwane last Monday.
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/ 19 October 2003
Critical questions about the state of education in South Africa have emerged following the release of the country’s education statistics this week. One prominent educationist has called on the national Department of Education to explain "what the hell is going on".
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/ 19 October 2003
The police have disputed the Guinness Book of Records and Interpol allegations that South Africa is the country with the highest rate of rapes, many of them against children. Assistant Commissioner Joseph Ngobane took issue with remarks made on Friday by Carol Bower of Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Rapcan) who told a conference in Cape Town:
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/ 19 October 2003
Randgold is expected to table a counter-bid this week for Ashanti, the Ghanaian gold mining company, valuing it at up to -billion. There were unconfirmed reports in South Africa, where Randgold’s holding company is based, that chief executive Mark Bristow may seek a merger partner from among Canadian mining groups such as Placer Dome or Barrick Resources.