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/ 9 December 1999
SWAZILAND has declared December 31 and January 3 special Year 2000 (Y2K) bank holidays to help a smooth transition into the new millenium. The two days will not be general public holidays but all banks in the small kingdom of roughly one million people will be closed. Finance minister John Carmichael said on Wednesday people […]
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/ 9 December 1999
ABOUT 13000 people have been employed by small, medium and micro enterprises working on the construction of the R2-billion Maputo Corridor toll road since last year. A survey last month by Silulu Investment Services to gauge the success of the programme, found that 70% of the some 300 SMMEs on the N4 were based in […]
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/ 9 December 1999
THE World Bank has made a loan of $30-million to Sierra Leone under an emergency rehabilitation program. President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah announced the loan during a luncheon on Tuesday at the Freetown Chamber of Congress. UN agencies and the Sierra Leone government have listed 33 projects that need international financial aid in the west African […]
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/ 9 December 1999
SOUTH Africa were held to a 1-1 draw by Mozambique in their Cosafa Cup match at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The locals took the lead when Eric Sono scored in the 60th minute, but 12 minutes later the scores were level when the visitors’ captain Amid Tarmomade got the ball past SA keeper […]
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/ 9 December 1999
THE Virginia Regional Court on Wednesday imposed a R500000 fine on the management of Rovic diamond mine after 20 people were killed in a mudslide in November 1996, SABC radio news reported on Thursday. On December 1, the manager of the mine near Dealesville in the Free pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter. Pieter Smith […]
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/ 9 December 1999
BORDER and former national strike bowler Makhaya Ntini created history when he became the first black South African to achieve a hat-trick in first-class cricket. Ntini captured the wickets of Gerard Brophy, Dewald Pretorius and Matthew Hoggard during the third day of the Super Eight cricket match against Free State at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein […]
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/ 9 December 1999
MADAGASCAR beat Mozambique 2-0 in their Cosafa Cup match at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. Mozambique were unlucky to lose the match as four of their strikes hit the woodwork. Gaetan Brunnel, the Madagascan striker, made full use of his side’s two chances and scored the first goal in the 18th minute when he […]
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/ 9 December 1999
FIRST National Bank and Nedcor’s stable of Nedbank, Permanent Bank and Peoples Bank on Wednesday announced a 0,5% cut in the mortgage rates to 22,75% from 23,25%. The new mortgage rates come into effect on Tuesday, December 15. FNB Properties said the continuing easing of rates in the money market has allowed the cut. SHELL […]
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/ 9 December 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Wednesday 6.30pm. AN explosive half-century by Lance Klusener enabled South Africa to fight back after a poor start on the first day of the second Test at St Georges Park Thursday. Klusener hit an unbeaten 63 off 71 balls as South Africa reached 253 for six before bad light brought […]
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/ 9 December 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.30am. STEFFI Graf was in blistering form as she blasted South Africa’s Amanda Coetzer 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the opening match of the Spar Challenge tennis tournament at Westridge Park on Tuesday evening. Graf was given a standing ovation as she walked out onto the court, and the spectators […]