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/ 14 October 1997
TUESDAY, 8.30AM: RUGBY’s most senior black official, Mluleki George, has pulled out of the race against Louis Luyt for presidency, following a last-minute announcement by Natal president Keith Parkinson that he will stand. Geroge said he had no desire to become president of the SA Rugby Football Union, but believes that Luyt had to go. […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 1.30PM: FREE State Cheetahs beat Gauteng Lions 53-24 in a point-scoring Currie Cup match at Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday. Cheetahs led 22-14 at half time. After 14 minutes, Gauteng Lions led 14-3 after two tries by Chris Rosouw and Thinus Delport. But Free State took control of the game and Lions were unable […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Ernie Els tried unsuccesfully to retain the Toyota Matchplay title at Wentworth on Sunday. Els, who won the tounament on his debut in 1994, lost to Vijay Singh by two shots in the 36-hole final of the tournament. After the match, Els admitted that he was not at his best for […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN national coach Clive Barker has warned other continents not to underestimate African sides in next year’s World Cup finals in France. He said Africa will be a continent to be reckoned with. Barker said this after Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 loss to World Cup hosts France in Lens on Saturday night. “There […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN junior heaveyweight champion and International Boxing Federation intercontinental champion Jacob Mofokeng succesfully defended his title when he stopped challenger Isaac Mahlangu in the fourth round of their scheduled 12-round fight at Morula Sun on Sunday. Mofokeng made his intentions known early in the first round when he caught his opponent with […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 5.00PM KENYAN teachers on Monday ended their 12-day strike after government agreed to pay the 150% to 200% increases being demanded by the teachers. The stalemate ended after President Daniel arap Moi on Friday set a 48-hour deadline for negotiators to end Kenya’s first teachers’ strike in 28 years. The government agreed late on […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH AFRICA hammered a 367/4 declared on the opening day of their three-day clash against the Allied Bank XI at the Arbob Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Sunday. The home side were at 60/2 at close with captain Aamir Sohail hammering nine boundaries in his unbeaten 40. Perfect batting by the visitors helped […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 5.30PM ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe said on Monday his government will not pay compensation for land it intends seizing from white commercial farmers. Mugabe, who did not indicate when the seizures will start, said if the British government wants farmers to be companesated, it should come up with the money. “We are going to […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 5.00PM The four-month-old civil war in the Congo took a turn for the worse at the weekend, with the fighting spilling over from the capital Brazzaville to the nearby oil port of Pointe Noire and reports that Angolan trrops have entered the fray. On Monday morning troops loyal to President Pascal Lissouba began helicopter […]
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/ 13 October 1997
MONDAY, 11.30AM The town council of Mpumalanga’s capital Nelspruit has formally selected the Metsi a Sechaba consortium, backed by British multinational Biwater, as its preferred bidder for a 30-year concession to provide water and sanitation services to the town. Nelspruit council CEO Roelf Kotze said the yet-to-be-finalised concession agreement provides for total investment of R254-million […]