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/ 19 February 2003
The Department of Correctional Services has reached an out-of-court settlement after a seven-year legal battle with a former inmate who sued the department after becoming infected with HIV while in jail
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/ 19 February 2003
Angry Indian cricket fans were finding it difficult on Tuesday to forgive their team for its poor showing at the World Cup tournament as under-fire Saurav Ganguly’s squad prepared for its next clash with Zimbabwe.
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/ 19 February 2003
South African top order batsman Gary Kirsten came to the defence of his captain Shaun Pollock on Tuesday as his side’s World Cup cricket campaign threatened to unravel completely.
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/ 19 February 2003
She’s been described as the most dangerous woman in the world. Scientist Rihab Taha is credited with filling Iraq’s secret bunkers with ‘enough lethal germs to kill everyone on Earth – twice’. Weapons inspectors call her “Dr Germ” or “Toxic Taha”, and some of them have been on the receiving end of her fiery temper
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/ 19 February 2003
The lure of rich natural resources proves too good to resist on the subcontinent. A dramatic improvement has taken place in the investment climate in Southern Africa in the past two years, according to a recent report by the BusinessMap Foundation on investment in the South African Development Community
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/ 19 February 2003
A second Shane Warne sample had tested positive for banned substances, dashing the master legspinner’s slim hopes of having drugs charges against him dropped, it was reported here on Tuesday.
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/ 19 February 2003
South Africa’s four Vodacom Rugby Super 12 contenders are gearing up for what promises to be an explosive start to the 2003 competition on Friday, 21 February.
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/ 19 February 2003
At the Wanderers on Sunday night after defeat against New Zealand, Shaun Pollock all but pleaded for a lifeline to be thrown SA’s way. In Benoni on Tuesday, the lifeline duly made its appearance as the West Indies match against Bangladesh was washed out before a result could be achieved.
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/ 18 February 2003
In a strategic move to assert its independence, the South African Communist Party is to launch a Young Communist League and its own policy institute this year. The institute will be designed along the lines of workers’ colleges in Brazil and in Europe.
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