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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
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
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
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>.
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/ 10 February 2005
Two South African-based trade unionists were deported from Zimbabwe on Wednesday, the Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said. ”The two … were deported soon after arriving at the Harare International Airport at 12.30pm,” said ZCTU secretary general Wellington Chibebe.