Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends
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/ 11 October 2011
Police have discovered an arms cache containing firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and police and army uniforms in a house in Centurion.
Heavy summer rains across South Africa have caused severe damage to agricultural areas and destroyed scores of households.
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/ 22 November 2009
Paul Collingwood marked his record 171st one-day appearance with an unbeaten century to lead England to a commanding seven-wicket victory over SA.
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/ 29 September 2009
Pakistan qualified for the Champions Trophy semifinals after the India-Australia match was abandoned due to rain on Monday night.
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/ 28 September 2009
England beat hosts South Africa by 22 runs to knock the world’s number one ranked side and tournament hosts out of the Champions Trophy on Sunday.
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/ 23 September 2009
South Africa’s campaign to win their first world trophy since they won the first ICC Champions Trophy in 1998 got off to the worst possible start.
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/ 11 February 2009
Three children died and four were seriously injured when the bakkie taking them to school plummeted off the R55 in Centurion on Wednesday morning.
A R600-million aerospace village was opened in Centurion south of Pretoria by the Minister of Trade and Industry on Tuesday.
A gang of armed men shot a security guard in the face and kidnapped another guard and his dog after blowing up two ATMs in Tshwane on Wednesday.
Despite a valiant 70 not out by Roelof van der Merwe, a record haul of five for 13 by Elton Chigumbura gave Zimbabwe a thrilling, 12-run victory over the Titans in their Standard Bank Pro20 match at Supersport Park on Friday night. It was the Titans’ third successive loss.
Excellent batting and bowling took the Titans to a well-deserved 38-run victory over the Warriors in the final of the MTN domestic championship at SuperSport Park on Wednesday. Put in to bat by the Warriors, the Titans scored an impressive 269-6 — the highest total in any match in the championship this season.
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/ 21 February 2008
A career-best 68 by Jaco Booysen helped the Titans to maintain their unbeaten record as they stuttered to a one wicket victory over the Warriors in their MTN domestic championship match at Supersport Park on Wednesday. It was an unconvincing performance by the log leaders, but Booysen had the kind of match schoolboys dream of.
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/ 13 February 2008
A second wicket partnership of 117 off 122 balls between Gulam Bodi and Francois ”Faf” du Plessis guided the Titans to a comfortable seven wicket victory over Zimbabwe in their MTN domestic championship match at Supersport Park on Tuesday.
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/ 21 January 2008
JP Duminy scored a career-best 79 not out to guide South Africa to a six-wicket victory over West Indies on Sunday in the first game of their five-match one-day series. South Africa won with 12 balls to spare after scoring 176 for four in reply to West Indies’ total of 175. Rain reduced the match to 36 overs a side.
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/ 19 November 2007
”We’re a Test team on the up” was the way Proteas captain Graeme Smith described South Africa’s innings and 59 run victory over New Zealand in the second Castle Lager Test on Sunday. South Africa bowled New Zealand out for 136 after tea on the third day, to clinch the match and the series with two days to spare.
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/ 18 November 2007
Dale Steyn bowled South Africa to a resounding series win over New Zealand in the second Test on Sunday. SA won by an innings and 59 runs in the seventh over after tea on the third day. The hosts won the first Test in Johannesburg by 358 runs, SA’s biggest win and New Zealand’s heaviest defeat in terms of runs.
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/ 18 November 2007
Mark Gillespie became the fifth New Zealand to take five wickets on debut as South Africa were bowled out for 383 in their first innings ten minutes before lunch on the third day of the second Castle Lager Test. South Africa resumed play on their overnight score of 272 for three, but Ashwell Prince was caught by substitute Jeetan Petel in the third over of the morning.
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/ 17 November 2007
New Zealand endured another bad day on the second day of the second Castle Lager Test against South Africa at Supersport Park on Saturday as Jacques Kallis notched up his fifth century in four Tests. When play was called off for bad light, South Africa were 272 for three, giving them a first innings lead of 89, with seven wickets in hand.
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/ 17 November 2007
Jacques Kallis scored his fifth century in four consecutive Tests after lunch on the second day of the second Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand at Supersport Park on Saturday as the dominant South Africans took total control of the match. At tea, South Africa had 251 for two for a first innings lead of 64.
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/ 17 November 2007
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis anchored South Africa’s steady reply after the hosts had lost a pair of early wickets in the second test against New Zealand on Saturday. South Africa reached lunch on 103 for two on the second day in reply to New Zealand’s first innings total of 188 with both Amla and Kallis on 36 not out at the interval.
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/ 16 November 2007
Craig Cumming and Lou Vincent gave New Zealand a solid start in the second Test against South Africa on Friday. New Zealand, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 84-1 at lunch on the first day. Opener Cumming was 38 not out with Vincent on 33 in an unbroken stand of 58 for the second wicket.
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/ 15 November 2007
South Africa will be ruthless in the second Test against New Zealand after securing their biggest win in the first match, cricket coach Mickey Arthur said on Thursday. he hosts won the first Test by 358 runs in Johannesburg on Sunday, which also marked New Zealand’s heaviest loss. The second Test starts on Friday.
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/ 14 November 2007
”We have to find a way of dealing with the aggressive way they play,” was the suggestion made by New Zealand cricket vice-captain Brendon McCullum on Wednesday, two days before the second Castle Lager Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at Supersport Park.
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/ 27 September 2007
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has criticised the South African soccer authorities for not showing more concern in his quest to shape up his team for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. ”We are hosting the World Cup in two-and-a-half years and people don’t seem to understand the urgency in preparing the team for it,” said Parreira.
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/ 4 February 2007
South Africa cruised to a massive 164 run victory over Pakistan in the first MTN one-day international at a packed Supersport Park on Sunday. Pakistan won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat. The Proteas made the most of an ideal batting strip and notched up a huge total of 392 for six in their 50 overs.
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/ 15 January 2007
South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs was due to appear before match referee Chris Broad after the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and Pakistan at SuperSport Park, it was announced on Monday. Gibbs’s appearance before the match referee is a result of a complaint laid against him by Pakistan team management after abusive remarks he made on Sunday.
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/ 15 January 2007
Match referee Chris Broad revealed on Monday that Proteas batsman Herschelle Gibbs has been banned for two Test matches in connection with remarks he made on Sunday. Broad said Gibbs had been found guilty under International Cricket Council regulations.
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/ 15 January 2007
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis steered South Africa to a comfortable win in the first Test against Pakistan on Monday. South Africa, who were chasing 199 to win, reached 199-3 with 40 minutes to go before the scheduled tea interval on the fifth day. Pakistan were dismissed for 313 in their first innings, to which South Africa replied with 417.
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/ 15 January 2007
South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has been called to appear before a Cricket South Africa disciplinary committee following remarks he made about a section of the crowd, which were transmitted to television viewers by a stump microphone during the fourth day of the first Test between South Africa and Pakistan on Sunday.
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/ 14 January 2007
South Africa were in a good position at the end of the fourth day of the first Castle Lager Test against Pakistan at Supersport Park on Sunday. Chasing 199 to win, South Africa had 69 for two. ”It’s going to be tough,” said Proteas coach Mickey Arthur. ”We’ll definitely have a restless night tonight.”
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/ 13 January 2007
The first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and Pakistan was evenly poised at close of play on the third day, with Pakistan on 103 for two in their second innings, trailing South Africa by just one run. Ashwell Prince and Herschelle Gibbs resumed South Africa’s first innings on the overnight total of 254 for four.