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/ 10 February 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was slightly softer in noon trade on Thursday, with a firmer rand and weaker world markets taking the edge off the local bourse. Banks and gold miners led the market’s upside, continuing Wednesday’s recovery from an oversold position. At 11.58am, the all-share index was down 0,27%.
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/ 10 February 2005
African National Congress Youth League president Fikile Mbalula was stung into action this week after the Mail & Guardian raised concerns that politics and big business make uneasy bedfellows. Mbalula said that, according to the M&G, ”comrades are … not entitled to participate in the country’s economy”.
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/ 10 February 2005
Begging on street corners will soon be a thing of the past for Johannesburg street children and beggars in general, the Gauteng social services department said on Thursday. The department has begun a drive to register street children for birth certificates and identity documents.
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/ 10 February 2005
Top seed Andy Roddick launched his defence of the San Jose ATP title with a straight-set victory over United States qualifier Paul Goldstein on Wednesday. Making his first appearance since the Australian Open quarterfinals, Roddick beat Goldstein 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the 000 tournament.
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/ 10 February 2005
The Pebble Beach National Pro-Am will have a slightly different look when it gets under way on Thursday. Rain washed out a small section of the 18th fairway about 280 yards from the tee, making the landing area a little tighter. Plus, the two cypress trees replaced in the middle of the fairway were planted about 20 yards farther out than they were.
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/ 10 February 2005
North Korea publicly admitted on Thursday for the first time that the country has nuclear weapons, and said it wouldn’t return to six-nation talks aimed at getting it to abandon its nuclear ambitions. North Korea’s ”nuclear weapons will remain [a] nuclear deterrent for self-defence under any circumstances,” the country’s foreign ministry said.
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/ 10 February 2005
A superb Scott Chipperfield goal earned Australia a 1-1 draw with South Africa in a lively friendly in Durban on Wednesday. The second-half substitute for Danny Tiatto struck after 71 minutes, pouncing on a headed clearance from Quinton Fortune and slamming the ball over recalled goalkeeper Calvin Marlin into the roof of the net.
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/ 10 February 2005
Llewellyn Herbert and Morne Nagel, two of South Africa’s top athletes, both recorded good wins at the annual Botnia Indoor Games on a full 400m track on Wednesday night. In his first-ever race on a 400m indoor track, Herbert did well to start the year with a time of 49,90 seconds.
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/ 10 February 2005
Top seed Serena Williams smashed a racquet on her way to a quarterfinal berth at the 000 Paris Indoor Open on Wednesday. Playing in her first tournament since winning a second Australian Open title in Melbourne last month, the 23-year-old American claimed a 6-3, 6-2 victory over French wildcard entry Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.
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/ 10 February 2005
African National Congress Youth League president Fikile Mbalula was stung into action this week after the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> raised concerns that politics and big business make uneasy bedfellows. Here we bring you Mbalula’s full reply to the <i>M&G</i>.