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/ 2 November 2001

India need an all-rounder

After a comprehensive win in the one-day series, South Africa are favoured to beat India in the Tests Peter Robinson After a week during which the Indian tour found itself bogged down in the slush at Chatsworth stadium, slightly better service should be resumed in Bloemfontein on Saturday with the start of the first Test […]

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/ 2 November 2001

How Modise wangled jet deal

The award of a R10-billion contract for fighter trainers may be contested in court Paul Kirk One of the largest contracts awarded in South Africa’s R60-billion arms deal may be challenged in court by an Italian aeronautics company that lost out to a British contender after then-defence minister Joe Modise intervened to change the tender […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Highs and lows of the game

More than R150-million worth of yacht has arrived in Cape Town in the past week John Young The Formula One of ocean racing decamped in Cape Town this week, but so far Capetonians have responded less with a buzz than with a purr. The arrival of the Illbruck, winner of the first leg of the […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Heading towards Operation Blunder?

Hazel Friedman “Can I pour you a SADC special ? Or one of our alcohol-free independence day cocktails perfect for a sobering day?” I am sitting in a shebeen on the outskirts of Maseru. Three years ago, this was the watering hole of choice for journalists bored with sipping sundowners at the Lesotho Sun hotel. […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Black foam and babble

Journalism,much like advertising and politics, is full of people who try to appear important while doing stupid things. Life, on the other hand, is full of people who appear stupid while doing important things. Your newspaper has built up a solid reputation as a first class award-winning pedlar of conceit. Mention a topic and the […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Donkeys flying high

Chievo Verona have enjoyed a fairy tale ride to the top of the Italian league Paddy Agnew in Rome A couple of seasons ago, when Hellas Verona clashed in a second division derby with little Chievo Verona, the fans of the better-known team taunted their upstart rivals with a derisive banner: ”When donkeys can fly, […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Legal snags may sink Marthinus

The Constitution could be the killer, write Marianne Merten and Barry Streek Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s ingenious plan to save the New National Party may founder on the rocks of complex legal technicalities that will prevent NNP councillors pulling out of the Democratic Alliance without losing their seats. African National Congress and NNP legal teams are […]