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/ 15 March 2005

ANC criticism ‘rolls off Tutu’s back’

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacted wearily on Tuesday to the latest claims of a right-wing agenda levelled against him by the African National Congress. ”I am old now,” he sighed, asked for comment on the matter after delivering an address at the University of Pretoria. ”I let some of these things go off my back like water.”

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/ 15 March 2005

Another fatal accident at Sasol plant

A man died in an accident in an operation run by a contractor at Sasol’s Secunda plant in Mpumalanga on Tuesday morning. The employee of a company called Fluor was working in the pipe-fabrication shop, said Mark Flower, Fluor’s marketing director. The fabrication facility is operated by Fluor within the boundaries of Sasol’s Secunda plant.

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/ 15 March 2005

Weaker rand takes JSE to new high

The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) rallied to a new high on Tuesday morning, fuelled by the rand, which broke above the psychological R6 per dollar level. There was no other news to give the bourse direction, dealers said. By 12.06pm, the all-share index added 0,3% to 13 685,84. It touched a record high of 13 674,360 earlier in the session.

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/ 15 March 2005

Rathbone questions SA team in Super 14

Clyde Rathbone has questioned the viability of a fifth South African franchise in the expanded Super 14 competition, saying there are not enough quality players in the country to support it. A South African franchise will be selected in the coming months to join Perth as the two new teams in the 2006 Super 14 competition.

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/ 15 March 2005

Zuma to host North Korean vice-president

South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma will host the Vice-President of the Presidium of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, who is scheduled to pay an official visit to South Africa from Wednesday to Sunday. According to foreign affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa, Zuma will brief his counterpart on peacekeeping and conflict resolution efforts on the continent.

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/ 15 March 2005

Souness upbeat about Uefa Cup

Newcastle manager Graeme Souness was cautiously optimistic about Wednesday’s Uefa Cup match at home to Olympiakos, especially as his side have not lost a single match in Europe this season. Following the 3-1, last 16, first-leg win, Souness said: ”I have been in professional football 37 years and nothing is over until it is over.”

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/ 15 March 2005

From race queen to racing queen

Move over Michael. Here comes a former Japanese race queen raring to become a ”racing” queen in the man’s, man’s world of formula one. Keiko Ihara, who swapped the model’s leotard and make-up for a racing suit and helmet in 1999 at the age of 26, declares her goal to be Germany’s seven-time formula-one champion Michael Schumacher.