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/ 22 November 2006
A two-month strike by Sun International employees belonging to the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (Saccawu) is over, the company said on Wednesday. Sun International’s chief executive, David Coutts-Trotter, said the company signed a three-year agreement with Saccawu on Tuesday night.
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/ 22 November 2006
The Jackie Selebi affair, as a sidebar to the Brett Kebble saga, has exposed South Africa’s ”dark underbelly” and complicated criminal networks, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Wednesday. Selebi, the police National Commissioner, should be suspended and a commission of inquiry appointed, Leon said.
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/ 22 November 2006
Hundreds of South African prisoners who have been in jail since the apartheid era are hoping to reclaim their freedom by convincing the government that their crimes were politically motivated. Some of the prisoners, ranging from die-hard defenders of the whites-only regime to members of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party, concede they were involved in serious crimes.
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/ 22 November 2006
DRDGold says it intends to proceed with its claim of more than R100-million against JCI after the former company of slain magnate Brett Kebble claimed it had settled the claim in a circular. "We can demonstrate that the conditions for a settlement agreement were never met and, as a result, no settlement was reached," said DRDGold chief executive Mark Wellesley-Wood.
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/ 22 November 2006
The waiting is almost over, with the much-hyped Ashes cricket series between Australia and England finally getting under way in Brisbane on Thursday after 14 months of mounting expectations. England’s magnificent series win over the Aussies last year has generated interest and ticket sales not witnessed down under since the halcyon days of Don Bradman and the 1932/33 ”Bodyline” series.
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/ 22 November 2006
It will be an unlikely scenario at Green Point stadium on Wednesday night when Moroka Swallows carry the torch for the dimmed fortunes of Soweto’s glamour clubs as they face Ajax Cape Town in the last of the Telkom Knockout quarterfinals. With Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs already eliminated from the tournament, Swallows will be out to swoop into the semifinals.
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/ 22 November 2006
A terrific free kick by Shunsuke Nakamura gave Celtic an historic place in the Champions League knock-out stages on Tuesday as they edged English giants Manchester United 1-0. After what was dubbed as the ”Battle of Britain”, United’s defeat means the two-time European Cup winners need a point in their final match at home to Benfica to avoid exiting the competition.
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/ 22 November 2006
England’s Barmy Army of travelling supporters drew first blood in their Ashes campaign down under on Wednesday, trouncing Australia’s Fanatics in a 20/20 match. In a result they will hope is an omen for the Test series starting on Thursday, the English supporters set their Australian rivals a target of 214 then skittled them for 151.
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/ 22 November 2006
Positive sentiment towards equities took the JSE onto higher ground on Wednesday, with a lot of the buying coming from offshore. Platinum shares were under pressure, however, after the platinum price spiralled down to earth with a thud after rocketing to a record high on Tuesday.
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/ 22 November 2006
Some things never change. At least not at the Merkels’s breakfast table. Despite becoming Chancellor of Europe’s most populous country a year ago, Angela Merkel still prepares breakfast for her scientist husband, Joachim Sauer, she told Germany’s mass-circulation Bild newspaper on Wednesday.