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/ 11 October 2002

NNP expects rewards

The ANC is in a tight spot over its pledge to give the NNP seats in ANC-controlled provincial cabinets. After delivering Cape Town to the ANC in the first week of floor crossing, the NNP clearly expects the provincial rewards pledged in last November’s pact between the parties.

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/ 11 October 2002

A street-wise judgement

On Tuesday, the game of musical chairs known as floor crossing began at last. Not a pretty sight; but nothing constitutionally offensive with it either, said the Constitutional Court a week ago. When the music stops, in 10 days’ time, what will be longer-term legacy of this judgement?

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/ 11 October 2002

Ill wind blows through the America’s Cup

There have been strong winds this month in the Hauraki Gulf, off Auckland’s Waitemata harbour, sufficiently biffing to postpone two days of the first stage of the interminable Louis Vuitton Cup which, by the end of January, will provide a challenger to Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup. But the Kiwis — or rather […]

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/ 11 October 2002

Phillips back to run PSL

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) board of governors caught fans by surprise on Wednesday when it announced that Trevor Phillips would return as chief executive officer. National sports council chief Mvuzo Mbebe and businessman Khehla Mthembu had been favourites to fill the post, which had been vacant for almost a year.

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/ 11 October 2002

Lions return with a roar

There have been times over the past three years when the future of Ellis Park as a rugby venue was seriously questioned. Urban decay and the threat of violence had suffused the stadium to such an extent that relocation to Midrand and a ground-sharing scheme were both mooted.

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/ 11 October 2002

Musharraf vows to keep power

General Pervez Musharraf gave his strongest hint on Wednesday night that he will continue to run Pakistan after the general election on Thursday, and will dismiss the new prime minister if necessary. In a TV address he declared that he was returning Pakistan to democracy.