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/ 13 January 2004
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is a truism obviously followed by Kawasaki in the evolution of their KLR650 on/off road motorcycle. The bike’s been with us since 1987 with very few significant changes. Gavin Foster climbs on board and takes us for a spin.
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/ 13 January 2004
Almost 10 years after the death of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his father — Pa Beesam Wiwa — remains angry and sad. A tribunal appointed by General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s military ruler at the time, sentenced Saro-Wiwa to death in 1995 after a controversial trial. Pa Wiwa says the execution left him embittered.
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/ 13 January 2004
Leave the children alone! That was the main import of the Department of Education’s emergency press conference last week about the matric results. But, once again, the truth was hidden behind statistics.
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/ 13 January 2004
Nina Rodrigues has little doubt that President Luiz Inacio ”Lula” da Silva will bring her a better life and that Zero Hunger is just the start. ”He came from the same background and he can understand what people want … He is a fighter and he will bring us all together.” But harsh economic realities have thwarted Da Silva’s radical programme.
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/ 13 January 2004
The sheer speed and scale of China’s economic expansion are so extraordinary that they have roused fears in certain quarters. For nearly two decades China has recorded an average annual growth of about 10% and 14% growth in merchandise trade, three times that of world trade in the same period.
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/ 13 January 2004
Often described as one of the most talented athletes in the South Africa, Josia Bembe, has been cut down in his prime. He died in the KwaMhlanga Hospital in Mpumalanga on Monday following a shooting accident in the early hours of Monday.
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/ 13 January 2004
Weekend speculation that the suspension of Bafana Bafana head coach Ephraim ”Shakes” Mashaba could pave way for the return of Benni McCarthy, Mark Fish and George Koumantarakis, has no foundation.
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/ 13 January 2004
Tour veteran Wayne Ferreira criticised the dire state of tennis in South Africa on Tuesday and offered his help to try and salvage the game in his home country. Ferreira said he was concerned about what would happen to South African tennis once he and compatriot Amanda Coetzer retired.
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/ 13 January 2004
Andre Agassi says tennis is a front-runner in the fight against drugs in sport and that he’d been tested 13 times in the past 12 months. The season-opening Australian Open in Melbourne has been overshadowed by a doping scandal involving Canadian-born Briton Greg Rusedski.
McEnroe gets tough on drugs
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/ 13 January 2004
A six-member team from Fifa ended an inspection tour on Monday to evaluate Libya’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup. Libya has allocated -billion for the construction of eight new stadiums in six towns, and for other infrastructure works of renovation.