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/ 22 September 1997

Heavy fighting in Freetown

SECOND BLACK NAT LEADER THE National Party at the weekend elected Pieter Saaiman as its Northern Cape provincial leader, the second person of colour to lead a NP provincial branch. Saaiman, 46, will replace Dr Kraai van Niekerk, who is retiring. Mpumalanga NP leader David Malatsi was the party’s first black provincial leader. Saaiman was […]

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/ 22 September 1997

Cosmos out of Cup Winners’ Cup

MONDAY, 1.00PM: JOMO COSMOS — South Africa’s representative in the African Cup Winners’ Cup — were eliminated in the tournament by Al-Mansoura of Egypt. Cosmos drew the second leg 2-2 at PAM Brink Stadium on Sunday to give the Egyptians a 5-2 aggregate. Cosmos lost the first leg 3-0 in Egypt. Cosmos’ Mozambican striker Manuel […]

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/ 22 September 1997

Market nod to HL&H

MONDAY, 1.30PM The share price of Hunt Leuchars & Hepburn rose 20% on Friday to R6,50 when the market gave the thumbs-up to the proposed restructuring of the Rembrandt-owned food company. The restructuring will see the unbundling of Rainbow Chickens to shareholders. The decision has been prompted by the effect of loss-making Rainbow on HL&H’s […]

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/ 22 September 1997

Weekend Currie Cup games

MONDAY, 1.00PM: NATAL beat Eastern Province 57-26 in a Bankfin Currie Cup match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Natal, who are seeking their fifth title in seven years, ran in nine tries in a highly entertaining game. Natal’s Shaun Payne crossed the line four times with Andre Joubert and Joos Joubert each scoring a pair. […]

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/ 22 September 1997

Rivalry stymies fraud body

MONDAY, 1.30PM DELEGATES to a British conference on economic crime have been warned that rivalry between South African government departments has delayed the creation of a money-laundering watchdog for more than a year. Confusion over whether the proposed Financial Intelligence Centre will come under the authority of the Reserve Bank, the finance department, or the […]

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/ 22 September 1997

Worcester bomber won’t talk

MONDAY, 6.00PM TEENAGE rightwinger Stephanus Coetzee, sentenced to 40 years in jail a fortnight ago for his part in the Christmas Eve bomb blasts in Worcester, has refused to testify against his fellow accused. Johannes van der Westhuizen, Cliffie Barnard and Abraham Myburgh have pleaded not guilty to murder charges related to the bomb blasts, […]

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/ 19 September 1997

Decor for dining

Carmen Morris : Cape Town cafs Continental drift is a geographical term that is being redefined by Cape Towns latest influx of imported restaurants. Forget South African cuisine and decor. International and foreign flavours are the way to satisfy Cape Towns more sophisticated palates. The Atlantic Grill at the Table Bay Hotel, Joes Caf and […]

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/ 19 September 1997

Cocoon chic

Brenda Atkinson : Style Faith Popcorn may have a silly name, but this is the woman who coined the term cocooning way back in the 1980s to describe a lifestyle trend that would hit the upwardly mobile in the beleaguered 1990s. Popcorn predicted that in an increasingly confusing and often hostile urban environment, people would […]

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/ 19 September 1997

Amways hard sell

Amway has arrived in South Africa. Its products may work but the marketing is a minefield for the uninitiated, warns Andrew Worsdale On June 20, at 3.13pm, my household (or at least my PC) received unsolicited e-mail from Australia. Id never heard of the correspondent, nor sent unbidden cyber-mail to him. It said: I am […]

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/ 19 September 1997

‘Most wanted’ fugitive arrested

FRIDAY, 3.00PM ONE of the country’s most wanted men was arrested on Friday morning in connection with a series of murders and other acts of violence in the Richmond area of KwaZulu-Natal, police said. Spokesman Director Reg Crewe confirmed that Skumbuza Patrick Ndlovu, 30, known in the Richmond area as “Comrade Bob”, was arrested at […]