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/ 30 November 1999

VIRGIN’S R60m GAMBLE

VIRGIN Atlantic said it stands to loose around R60-million in the first year of operating once-a-week flights from London to Cape Town. Richard Branson told a media conference in Cape Town that although the flights are 65% booked, Virgin will lose money because of the once-a-week restriction. He said four flights a week are necessary […]

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/ 30 November 1999

ZIM RIGHTS ORGANISATION GOES TO COURT

ZIMBABWE human rights organisations have launched a Supreme court application to force President Robert Mugabe to make public the findings of a commission of inquiry into the deaths of about 8000 civilians in the western provinces of Matebeleland in the 1980s. “The government has not apologised for the actions of the Korean-trained 5th Brigade that […]

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/ 30 November 1999

FROM THE PAVILION

THE BOB WOOLMER COLUMN: AS South Africa and England face up to each other I bet there are some people who are asking the question, what is it really like to play Test cricket and why is there such a big difference between Test matches and the game at other levels?, writes the former national […]

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/ 30 November 1999

FIGHTING RESUMES IN NORTHWEST DR CONGO

HEAVY fighting resumed in the northwestern Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel spokesman said by telephone on Tuesday. “Since Monday morning there has been very heavy and bloody fighting at Bokungu where we were attacked” by the men of President Laurent Kabila and allied soldiers from Namibia, Zimbabwe and the Interahamwe […]

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/ 30 November 1999

Loop the loop in Swaziland

Although local is lekker (and cheaper), almost local can be just as lekker. Swaziland might be just a trip across the border, but it’s a whole new world. There is something in the clear mountain air of Swaziland that makes you forget South Africa is only a heartbeat away.