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/ 18 November 2004
Os du Randt could have been on his farm this Saturday, looking after the cattle herd.
Instead, the man who ”retired” from rugby four years ago is set to win his 50th cap for South Africa when they face world champions England at Twickenham. ”He’s probably the greatest loosehead prop we’ve ever produced,” said coach Jake White.
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/ 18 November 2004
Nigeria’s domination over South Africa came to an end on Wednesday night when Bafana Bafana beat the Super Eagles 2-1 in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup at Ellis Park Stadium. The Super Eagles brought their third string squad after the late withdrawal of nine of their first team players.
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/ 18 November 2004
Namibia’s South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) is set for another landslide election victory in what has been a dour election, with low-key campaigning. With only a sprinkling of barely legible posters on lamp posts, election paraphernalia has been in short supply in the sparsely populated country where the ruling party’s liberation credentials still hold sway.
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/ 18 November 2004
Gesine Schwan heads a university dedicated to Europe, ran for German president and learned French and Polish as a child to help heal the wounds inflicted on her family by Nazism. A native of Berlin, Schwan’s parents were members of the resistance who hid a Jewish girl during World War II. But because Poland ”suffered even more at the hands of Germany than France” — over six million Poles were killed — she has dedicated her prodigious energies to reconciliation.
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/ 18 November 2004
Condoleezza Rice’s 500m move from the White House to the State Department is a supreme act of vindication by a president who believes he has the popular will behind him. ”She’s fun to be with,” Bush said at the time. ”I like lighthearted people, not people who take themselves so seriously. Besides, she’s really smart!” The new state secretary has become the first black woman to fill a post that first belonged to Thomas Jefferson.
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/ 18 November 2004
South Africa team manager Arthob Petersen has insisted there was no external pressure to pick Breyton Paulse for Saturday’s Twickenham Test against world champions England after coach Jake White admitted he was thinking of dropping the experienced wing.
Squad upsets ANC Youth League
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/ 18 November 2004
Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that Russia was developing a nuclear missile system that he claimed was unrivalled in the world. The president said Russia was ”testing the most up-to-date nuclear missile systems” which would be put into service ”in the next few years”.
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/ 18 November 2004
World number one Roger Federer won his 20th consecutive match over a top-10 opponent, downing Lleyton Hewitt for the fifth time in a row to book a semifinal spot at the ATP Masters Cup. The 23-year-old Swiss defending champion beat Hewitt 6-3, 6-4 in Houston on Wednesday.
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/ 18 November 2004
Mark Boucher, who has been threatening to deliver a substantial innings all season, exploded into action at Sahara Oval St George’s on Wednesday night, smashing 77 off 54 balls to help the Warriors secure their first victory of the season in their Standard Bank Cup limited-overs cricket match against Western Province-Boland.
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/ 18 November 2004
Cycling fever is reaching an all-time high in Johannesburg with the world’s second-biggest timed cycle race, the Pick ‘n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge, taking place in Johannesburg on Sunday. The race, often referred to as ”Jo’burg’s Toughest”, has experienced phenomenal growth, with 25 000 entries in its eighth year.