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/ 21 November 2006
A majestic unbeaten 196 from captain Brian Lara put the West Indies in complete control of the second Test against Pakistan on Tuesday. The 37-year-old left hander stood on the brink of his ninth double century in Tests as the visitors piled up 509-5 by the close of play on the third day.
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/ 21 November 2006
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur has promised India’s batsmen a pace barrage in the second one-day international in Durban on Wednesday. ”We’re looking for pace and bounce, and it looks like that’s the type of pitch we will get,” Arthur told a news conference on Tuesday.
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/ 21 November 2006
”Rogue elements” within law enforcement are apparently spreading disinformation about the Brett Kebble murder probe, the Mercury reported on Tuesday. ”It’s a total nightmare,” National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi told the media.
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/ 21 November 2006
South Africa on Tuesday urged the loser of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) presidential election to accept defeat, while giving the country’s first democratic poll in more than 40 years a broad seal of approval. South Africa’s Deputy Defence Minister Mluleki George urged ”the people of [DRC] to accept the outcome of the elections”.
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/ 21 November 2006
Legislation on the Western Cape’s proposed fuel levy is expected to come into force in 2008, according to the provincial mini-budget tabled on Tuesday. Western Cape provincial minister of finance Lynne Brown first mooted the tax two years ago, saying then that the target date for implementation was this year, at 10c per litre.
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/ 21 November 2006
The Gauteng government will be considering a ”provincial tax” to ease pressure on resources from inter-provincial migration, provincial minister of finance and economic affairs Paul Mashatile announced on Tuesday. A feasibility study has already been completed and will soon go to the executive council for deliberations, he said in tabling his medium-term budget policy statement.
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/ 21 November 2006
One in six Gauteng adults, or over a million people, run small businesses and the growing diverse sector accounts for 35% of the province’s employment a survey has found, the FinMark Trust said on Tuesday. The survey, commissioned by the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller and the FinMark Trust, aimed at accurate information and better understanding about the small-business sector.
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/ 21 November 2006
The media walked out en bloc from a briefing due to be staged on Tuesday afternoon by the board of directors of the 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee. The walkout was agreed upon when none of the board members had arrived for the briefing a matter of 70 minutes after the stipulated ”1pm sharp” starting time at the plush Westcliff Hotel in Johannesburg.
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/ 21 November 2006
Both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank still need to exist, but with large-scale reforms, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday. Manuel was briefing reporters in Pretoria after returning from Australia where he attended the Group of 20 finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ meeting.
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/ 21 November 2006
An auction of South African art has broken local records and raked in over R22-million in Johannesburg, an auctioneer said on Tuesday. Four paintings brought in an average of nearly R3-million each on Monday and the sale still has a day to go, said auctioneer Stephan Welz.