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/ 22 October 2006
Ajax Cape Town came from behind to share the spoils with Santos in their Cape Town Premier Soccer League derby at the Greenpoint Stadium on Saturday. The game ended 1-1. Santos blew their chances of collecting full points when Byron Hendricks was sent off in the first half.
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/ 22 October 2006
Premier Soccer League leaders Silver Stars’ magic carriage ride came to an abrupt end in a comprehensive 2-0 defeat against Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon. A rampant and uninhibited Pirates outplayed their dogged and determined opponents and were in the driver’s seat as early as the fourth minute when deceptive Ethiopian striker Tefera Fiku opened the score.
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/ 22 October 2006
Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack both scored for Chelsea on Saturday, helping the defending champions beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the English Premier League. Also on Saturday, it was: Charlton 0, Watford 0; Everton 2, Sheffield United 0; Wigan 4, Manchester City 0; and Aston Villa 1, Fulham 1.
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/ 22 October 2006
More adventurous, more inventive and more enterprising, Kaizer Chiefs deservedly added the South African Airways Supa8 Cup to their crowded trophy cabinet after beating Supersport United 1-0 at King’s Park in Durban on Saturday night. A near-capacity crowd of 40Â 000 saw the Amakhosi take control of the game in the second half.
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/ 22 October 2006
Michael Schumacher’s chances of retiring from Formula One with one final championship took a hit on Saturday. Schumacher’s Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa, racing in front of his home crowd, won the pole position in one minute, 10,680 seconds at the 4,3km Interlagos circuit.
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/ 22 October 2006
More land is to be made available for housing developments targeting low-income earners, the City of Cape Town said on Saturday. The homes will be made available to people who earn too much to qualify for government housing subsidies and too little to take part in the competitive property market, a statement said.
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/ 22 October 2006
Voters headed to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on a ,25-billion plan to widen the Panama Canal, a strategic waterway whose main users are the United States, China and Japan. Proponents say the canal, through which roughly 4% of world trade flows, badly needs an overhaul to remain competitive against other maritime routes.
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/ 22 October 2006
In a warehouse on the outskirts of Nairobi, the ”Lord of the Ringtones” holds sway over a growing cellphone service empire amid an African explosion in mobile technology. Ken Njoroge’s two-year-old Cellulant firm has seized on the phenomenal surge in cellphone use.
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/ 22 October 2006
An Islamic scholar from South Africa has been denied entry into the United States, prompting questions from Muslims in the San Francisco Bay area who had invited him to participate in activities marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Azmi was questioned for hours before being denied entry.
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/ 22 October 2006
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is expected this week to enlarge the 2010 Soccer World Cup budget pie and apportion slices to government departments and host cities when he presents his mid-year ”mini-budget” on Wednesday. Businesses and individuals will also be looking for an indication of tax cuts further down the line.