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/ 13 May 1999

Reserve Bank tightens repo rate

PAUL RICHARDSON, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm The Reserve Bank on Thursday signalled its discomfort with the current volatility on domestic financial markets by tightening its monetary policy stance for the first time in six months. But Bank deputy governor James Cross said it did not intend to steer the country’s interest rates — which have […]

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/ 12 May 1999

BLACKBURN TAKES SPRINT HONOURS

ANDREW Blackburn conquered atrocious weather conditions and a hugely talented field to take top honours at the SA Sprint Canoeing Championships at Roodeplaat Dam outside Pretoria at the weekend. The Pietermaritzburg athlete raced inside the Olympic qualifying standards in the 500 metre K1 final, and the K2 final with Dave Hamilton-Brown. He deservedly took the […]

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/ 12 May 1999

Mallett concerned over Bok injuries

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.30pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett is worried that ten players from the team who played in the last Test (against England last December) are injured. “Gary Teichmann, Henry Honiball, Mark Andrews, Christian Stewart, James Dalton, Adrian Garvey, Bobby Skinstad, Andre Snyman, Joost van der Westhuizen and Werner Swanepoel are all […]

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/ 12 May 1999

ARRESTS IN SCHOOL HEIST

POLICE on Monday arrested eleven men suspected of involvement in a cash heist which saw robbers shooting at security guards on the grounds of a primary school outside Pretoria earlier in the day. Pretoria police spokesman Captain Morne van Wyk said the search is continuing for another six suspects. Those arrested will face charges of […]

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/ 12 May 1999

WILLIAMS MEETS REFS

THE Australian Rugby Union (ARU) yesterday ignored a plea by their New Zealand counterparts to censure New South Wales coach Matt Williams for meeting with referees before Super 12 matches. ARU MD John O’Neill said there was no law in place preventing the meetings called by Williams before the Waratahs’ last two matches in New […]

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/ 12 May 1999

Bonds hit two-month low

TUESDAY, 7.00PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s buoyant start to the week ended swiftly on Tuesday, with only the all gold index closing in positive territory as all share, industrial and financial indices lost almost 2%. Much of the slump was ascribed to the disappointing figures released by South African Breweries’ annual results presentation. Again, the […]

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/ 12 May 1999

NIGERIAN ANAESTHETIST SHORTAGE

THERE is fewer than one anaesthetist operating in Nigeria for every 1,2-million citizens, a top official from the Society of Anaesthetists of West Africa said on Monday. Navy Surgeon Olaniyi Oladapo said there are fewer than 100 trained anaesthetists in the country whose population is put by the United Nations at 121,8-million. “We have more […]

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/ 12 May 1999

SWEDISH TOURIST KILLER GETS 50 YEARS

A PETTY thief who admitted to shooting dead two Swedish athletes holidaying in South Africa’s Umhlanga resort last year was on Tuesday sentenced to 50 years in jail. Justice Jan Combrink delivered the sentence in the Durban High Court saying self-confessed thief Francois Minaar, 27, was a cold and calculating murderer, public SABC radio reported. […]

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/ 12 May 1999

MOZ TO HOLD HUNTING TENDER

MOZAMBIQUE will allow hunting of wild elephants and buffalo should an international tender to be held later this month prove successful, a provincial governor said late last week. Governor Aires Aly of the northern Niassa province said the tender will aim to select a company or organisation that can successfully organise the safaris. A recent […]

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/ 12 May 1999

RESERVISTS DEMAND INCLUSION

A GROUP of police reservists will protest outside police headquarters in Pretoria on Tuesday demanding that they be incorporated into the police service. The protesters say they represent around 2000 reservists who were promised incorporation into the police service. Police human resources spokesman Senior Superintendent Johan Smal said no such promise was ever made but […]