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Markets take reserves data in stride

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MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm.GOOD gold and foreign exchange reserves data failed to make much of an impact on South African financial markets...

Erwin cautions on free trade deal

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Sunday 7.00pm.TRADE and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Sunday negotiations to create a regional free trade deal in Southern...

Lomu back in All Blacks

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dunedin | Sunday 8.00pm.JONAH LOMU will rejoin the All Black squad on Monday but is unlikely to make the starting 15 for...

El Picha wins July

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Saturday 6.00pm.ARGENTINE-BRED El Picha, under jockey Robbie Hill, swept up on the outside to win Saturday's Durban July.The 12-1 gelding...

Bangladesh considering SA cricket coach

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 3.15pm.BANGLADESH will choose a new national cricket coach from either South Africa or Australia following the controversial departure of...

ANOTHER HAPPY BUREAUCRAT

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THE South African Local Government Association on Tuesday suspended its financial manager Carol Mpapele following his arrest on Monday on corruption charges. Mpapele briefly...

Algeria pardons thousands of militants

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Algiers | Sunday 8.00pm.ALGERIAN President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has pardoned thousands of imprisoned Islamic militants as part of a campaign for national reconciliation...

Scotland come so close

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.45pm.SCOTLAND, in deep trouble at half time against Gauteng's Lions on Saturday, staged a courageous fightback in the second...

TELKOM EARNINGS DROP

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TELKOM reported a drop in attributable earnings and share prices, and an increase in operating costs, on Thursday. Its attributable income for the year...

DIAMOND RING DISAPPEARS

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AN antique ring, set with a thumbnail-sized diamond, has gone missing from a parliamentary library. The diamond ring, bequeathed to the nation in 1917...

NEW NIGER CONSTITUTION

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THE "National Reconciliation Council", Niger's ruling military body, on Wednesday adopted a draft constitution for the Fifth Republic. It states that Niger will in...

DE SWARDT AND HORN ADVANCE

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WHILE out of the singles competitions at Wimbledon, South Africa has two standard-bearers in the women's doubles draw quarterfinals. Mariaan de Swardt and Ukrainian...

Translations stall DR Congo talks

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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lusaka | Sunday 8.00pm.DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) peace negotiations are being hampered by disagreements over the wording of a ceasefire document...

LOMU DROPPED BY ALL BLACKS

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WINGER Jonah Lomu has been dropped by the All Blacks due to fitness concerns, and will take the field for New Zealand A against...

‘SA-MOZAMBIQUE RELATIONS CRUCIAL’

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SOUTH Africa will benefit from joint investments in Mozambique which are expected to ignite an economic boom in the impoverished country, Trade and Industry...

CHOCOLATE WARS

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GHANA, whose biggest export is cocoa, on Thursday denounced a proposed European Union directive that would allow chocolate makers to put less cocoa butter...

RIOT POLICE DEPLOYED IN HARARE

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HUNDREDS of riot police have been deployed in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare as a maize shortage continues to grip this southern African country,...

THIRD COUNTRY IN BOUNDARY DISPUTE

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Guinea has filed an application at the International Court of Justice for permission to intervene in the land and maritime boundary dispute between Nigeria...

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