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/ 1 November 2004
There is no doubt that the National Teaching Awards (NTA) are our teaching profession’s answer to the Oscars.
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/ 1 November 2004
Fixed-line monopoly Telkom was the subject of speculation recently about what would have been one of the biggest black economic empowerment deals ever. Reports were that 15,1% of Telkom, worth about R6-billion, was available to an empowerment grouping. Names mentioned were not only African National Congress big-hitters, but also people who had been in the government. Reg Rumney takes a closer look.
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/ 1 November 2004
Mozambique’s central province of Zambezia boasts rolling tea estates, vast coconut plantations, cashew farms and one of Africa’s few good river ports, yet it has one of the country’s worst social and economic indicators. In a province once dubbed the breadbasket of the country, most of the 3,4-million inhabitants live in abject poverty, eking out an existence through subsistence agriculture or working in informal markets.
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/ 1 November 2004
Ricky Ponting returns as Australia’s captain for the fourth and final Test against India in Bombay from Wednesday, determined not to show the beleaguered hosts any mercy. The tourists have already clinched their first series on Indian soil since 1969 after winning two of the three Tests, which Ponting missed due to a broken thumb.
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/ 1 November 2004
Saturday’s Soweto match between Orlando Pirates (who won 2-1) and Kaizer Chiefs was not only a derby on the field, but also in the stadium. You can bet your bottom dollar that supporters will be misbehaving at games like these. What happened on Saturday, and who will be punished?
Pirates beat Chiefs; fans out of control
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/ 1 November 2004
Australia, considered by some the world’s greatest sporting nation, is to have another go at setting up a soccer league and getting a team into the World Cup. The A-League, launched in Sydney on Monday, has eight teams — one of them the Auckland Kingz from New Zealand.
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/ 1 November 2004
When the Champions League swings into action again on Wednesday, the fans of Nottingham Forest and Leeds will be dreaming of what might have been. Forest were European champions in 1978/79 and 1979/80, and Leeds were semifinalists just three years ago and runners-up in 1974/75, the club’s glory years.
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/ 1 November 2004
Arsene Wenger has insisted his Arsenal side can shrug off their underachievers tag and win the Champions League this season. Despite being a dominant force in the English Premiership since Wenger took over at the north London club in 1996, the Gunners have never gone past the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League.
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/ 1 November 2004
Second-half goals from El-Hadji Diouf and Kevin Davies gave surprising Bolton to a 2-1 victory on Sunday over Newcastle. The win improved Bolton to 21 points, good for fourth place in England behind leaders Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton. Newcastle’s Darren Ambrose equalised for Newcastle early in the second half.
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/ 1 November 2004
A determined Bloemfontein Celtic scored an emphatic 2-1 win over Moroka Swallows in a tough Castle Premier League tie at Vodacom Park Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sunday. The hard-fought victory saw Phunya Sele Sele avenging their 3-2 elimination by the Birds in the Coca-Cola Cup a week ago.