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/ 29 February 2000

WARATAHS LOCK CITED FOR TRAMPLING

NEW South Wales Waratahs’ lock John Welborn will appear before a South African Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon. Welborn was cited for two incidents of alleged trampling during the second half of the Super 12 match the Waratahs lost 22-15 to the Stormers on Saturday. The hearing, to be […]

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/ 28 February 2000

POVERTY RELIEF FUNDS UNSPENT

THE welfare department spent only 0,7% of its 1998 budget on poverty relief, according to a report by the auditor general quoted in the Sunday Independent. Auditor General Shauket Fakie found that the national department spent about R1,4-million of the R204-million it was allocated for poverty relief in 1998/99. The report also found that a […]

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/ 28 February 2000

South Africa now threaten to ruin India’s 13-year unbeaten record in a home series — although even that landmark rests on a mere technicality. — AFP OFFICERS CLEARED OF DIALLO KILLING

FOUR New York City police officers accused of murdering an unarmed Guinean immigrant in a hail of gunfire last February were acquitted of all charges on Friday. Officers Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy were cleared of second-degree murder and other charges in the slaying of Amadou Diallo, a street vendor from […]

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/ 28 February 2000

New captain Ganguly offers no magic formula

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Monday 2.00pm INDIA’S new cricket captain Sourav Ganguly admitted on Monday he had no immediate cure for the nation’s dwindling fortunes, and urged fans to have patience. “I don’t have a magic wand,” the stylish left-hander told reporters. “A captain is, after all, as good as the team under him. “The […]

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/ 28 February 2000

MUGABE TO RUN ENERGY MINISTRY

ZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe said his office will run the transport and energy ministry after its minister resigned over an acute three-month-old fuel crisis, state media reported on Sunday. Transport and Energy Minister Enos Chikowore quit on Friday and the state media blamed his ministry for failing to ensure adequate fuel supplies. “I have accepted […]

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/ 28 February 2000

MALAWI PRESIDENT DISSOLVES CABINET

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi has dissolved his cabinet amid allegations of corruption levelled at some of his ministers, government officials said on Monday. In a statement issued from the presidential palace in the commercial city of Blantyre on Sunday, Muluzi gave no formal reason for his action. The current cabinet stands dissolved with immediate effect, […]

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/ 28 February 2000

Lucky Sundowns go through to next round

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Monday 9.00am. IF there has been a legitimate criticism of star-studded Sundowns in the past it centred around the ability of Roger Feutmba and his not-so-limited company to claw out of deep holes. The often sublime skills were never in question, just the mental and physical strength when confronted with opponents […]

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/ 28 February 2000

LAWRIE FRASER JUDGMENT POSTPONED

JUDGMENT in the trial of Lawrie Fraser has been postponed to March 23 in the Johannesburg Regional Magistrate’s Court. Fraser is charged with conspiring to kidnap his biological son, Timothy Funnell. The baby was kidnapped in Malawi on February 15, 1997, from his adoptive parents, Dr Barry Funnell and his wife Julie. Timothy, then a […]