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/ 20 January 2009
An East London bouncer accused of killing a 35-year-old man at a nightclub was on Monday released on R500 bail
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/ 10 January 2009
The ANC vowed on Saturday to create jobs, improve education and health and fight crime in a shift to the left at the launch of its manifesto.
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/ 10 January 2009
The ANC plans to ensure that the practice of “jobs for pals” is something of the past and said it would review the government tendering system.
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/ 10 January 2009
The African National Congress launched its manifesto for an election on Saturday in which it could finally face a serious political challenge.
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/ 5 December 2008
The results of further tests done to determine if the Limpopo River is contaminated with cholera are expected by Saturday.
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/ 12 November 2008
The third and final one-day international between SA and Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball bowled in East London on Wednesday.
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/ 28 October 2008
The new cab-and-a-half is stiffer and it is built here, writes Sukasha Singh.
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/ 4 September 2008
Tuberculosis patients at two Eastern Cape hospitals started eating again on Thursday after going on a hunger strike.
Boxer Samorha Msophi has died in hospital after he collapsed during a junior flyweight title clash in East London on the weekend.
One of South Africa’s favourite pastimes is debating race — driven by controversies such as the schools pledge and the University of Free State debacle. But the weird thing about these debates is that they do not reach a consensus on the contentious issues that divide the rainbow nation. There is simply an ongoing din.
The Warriors will contest the final of the MTN Domestic Championship after a comprehensive 42-run victory over the Eagles in the first of the two semifinals at Buffalo Park in East London on Friday. They now need to wait until Sunday to see whether they will play the Titans or the Cape Cobras on Wednesday in the final.
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/ 27 February 2008
Fasten your seatbelts, Super 14 rugby is coming to the East and Southern Cape. It may only be in 2010 or 2011 but the regions will be represented by a team in the Super 14. This was confirmed by project manager Godfrey Afrika on Wednesday, the man tasked by the South African Rugby Union and SA Rugby to oversee the procedure.
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/ 14 February 2008
Fifth seed Rik de Voest won the battle of the South Africans and set up a quarterfinal clash with top seed Ivan Ljubicic at the South African Airways Tennis Open on Wednesday. De Voest lifted the level of his game from his first-round encounter to beat up-and-coming 21-year-old Kevin Anderson 7-6 (7-1) 6-4.
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/ 13 February 2008
Top seed Ivan Ljubicic had to survive a second-set scare before putting away qualifier Lamine Ouahab of Algeria in the first round of the SAA Tennis Open at Selborne Park on Tuesday. After one hour and 40 minutes, the Croatian finally won through 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and set up a second round encounter against Laurent Recourderc of France.
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/ 22 December 2007
Members of the South Africa A team that inflicted a humiliating 10-wicket defeat on the West Indies at Buffalo Park on Friday are putting certain Proteas players under pressure, and that is good for South African cricket, says South Africa A coach Kepler Wessels.
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/ 15 December 2007
Veteran South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock sent the West Indians crashing to a narrow defeat against a Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI in a rain-affected opening match of their tour at Buffalo Park on Friday. Pollock top-scored 54 off 40 balls and took one for five in three overs as the Ntini XI won by five runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method.
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/ 13 December 2007
Friday will be a big day for Proteas fast-bowler Makhaya Ntini, recently voted the most popular sports hero in South Africa. His invitation team, consisting mainly international cricketers, take on the might of the West Indies touring team at Buffalo Park on Friday in a 25-overs benefit clash.
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/ 12 December 2007
Chris Gayle’s West Indies touring team will attempt to succeed where their predecessors have failed when they take on South Africa over the next seven-and-a-half weeks. The odds appear to be stacked against the West Indies, but Gayle has the consolation of knowing that he can hardly do worse than previous sides from the Caribbean that have visited South Africa.
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/ 9 September 2007
The Border Bulldogs broke their winless drought when they upset the Griffons 34-26 in their Absa Currie Cup first division match at East London’s Absa Stadium on Saturday. It was the best Bulldogs display of guts and passion the entire season and although they faced a massive onslaught from the Griffons pack after leading 27-13 at the break, their will to win saw them through.
Proteas coach Mickey Arthur’s first reaction to the news of Jacques Kallis’s resignation as vice-captain of the Proteas national squad, prompted by his non-inclusion in the South African Twenty20 squad for the upcoming World Cup, was to implore Kallis not to do anything hasty, which could have a negative impact on his career.
South Africa’s central bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday that above-target inflation meant that interest rates were more likely to rise than fall. South Africa’s inflation has stayed above the Reserve Bank’s target band for three months since breaching it in April, when it rose to 6,3% year-on-year.
A penalty by centre Oliver Fowles five minutes into referee’s optional time earned the Border Bulldogs a dramatic 19-19 draw against the Pumas at a wet East London’s Absa Stadium on Friday night. It was a game of two halves with the visitors doing the bulk of their scoring in the first and the Bulldogs in the second.
In a real thriller, the Border Bulldogs gave the Golden Lions a scare in their compulsory friendly rugby match at the Absa Stadium on Saturday before going down 35-31. By half-time, the Lions had built a handy 21-11 lead, scoring three converted tries to one, and after the break scored another two goals to extend the gap to 35-14.
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/ 26 November 2006
Bad light brought play to an early end on the third day of the Supersport match between the Warriors and the Cape Cobras at Buffalo Park in East London on Saturday. At that stage the Cobras were 41 runs in arrears at 37 for one wicket in their second innings, with Benji Hector on 19 and Andrew Puttick on four not out.
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/ 19 October 2006
Some tight bowling and magnificent fielding by the Titans prevented the Warriors from winning their first limited-overs match of the MTN domestic championship at Buffalo Park on Wednesday. Set 214 to win, the Warriors finished on a disappointing 188 for five wickets, a tantalising 26 runs short of victory.
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/ 17 October 2006
Some economic analysts say the passion for land is dying out in modern South Africa as more rural residents move to urban areas to escape the crushing poverty that contrasts sharply with much of the country’s prosperous cities. But some SA women, who met on the weekend, showed land hunger was still strong at a conference with hundreds of activists, officials, traditional leaders and farmers.
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/ 19 September 2006
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis set up an impressive record in the second limited-overs international played against Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park on Monday. When he opened his account by pushing Piet Rinke to mid-on for a single he scored his 8 000th run in limited-overs cricket,
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/ 18 September 2006
The second one day international between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday following persistent overnight rain and drizzle and has been rescheduled to be played as a day-night match on Monday.
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/ 15 September 2006
The Department of Labour will continue probing the 1Â 296 companies it maintains have not submitted equity reports for past year, Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana said on Friday. He was dismayed at the controversy the ”naming and shaming” of the companies has caused.
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/ 8 September 2006
Blasting at a building site near Mdantsane, East London, has been stopped after a hospital patient was killed by a flying rock, the Department of Labour said on Friday. The woman was fatally wounded on Wednesday when a stone fell through the roof of the Nkqubela Tuberculosis hospital ward and hit her on the head.
The Border Bulldogs could not match the power of the Leopards, going down 30-19 in their Currie Cup first division match played at East London’s Absa Stadium on Friday night. The visitors scored four tries to three to earn a bonus point, while the Bulldogs, who trailed 27-0 at the break playing against a strong wind, left their best for last.
Sundowns’ striker Manqoba Ngwenya became the hero for Mamelodi Sundowns when he scored a brace against a depleted Bush Bucks in a Premier Soccer league in East London on Wednesday night. The visitors led 1-0 at halftime. The victory sees Sundowns move to the top of the log, one point clear of Kaizer Chiefs, and they still have a game in hand.