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South Africa needed just 65 minutes and 14 overs as they demolished Pakistan by 10 wickets in the fourth MTN one-day international at Newlands on Sunday. After winning the toss and sending Pakistan in to bat, the Proteas put on a superb bowling display to bowl Pakistan out for the paltry total of 107 in the 46th over of the innings.
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/ 11 February 2007
Leading 1-0 in the 85th minute with their opponents seemingly dead and buried under the strain of a 40-degree-Celsius Premier Soccer League scorcher, Black Leopards still went down 2-1 to Jomo Cosmos at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday afternoon. It was a familiar story of costly lapses in the Leopards defence.
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/ 11 February 2007
Lamontville Golden Arrows beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in a fast, entertaining Premier Soccer League game played at the Oppenheimer Stadium in Orkney on Saturday afternoon. There was no score at half-time. It was sweet revenge for Arrows, who lost 2-1 in their own backyard earlier in the season.
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/ 11 February 2007
A two-minute blitz in which they scored twice within two minutes shortly after half-time helped Wits University beat AmaZulu 2-1 and end a three-game losing Premier Soccer League sequence at Johannesburg’s Bidvest Stadium on Saturday night. Also, Silver Stars beat Maritzburg United 1-0 in their own backyard.
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/ 11 February 2007
A second-line drug treating extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is having toxic side-effects on patients in KwaZulu-Natal, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday. XDR-TB is a deadly strain of the infectious disease that emerged in the Tugela Ferry region of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005.
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/ 11 February 2007
The Free State High Court has granted an interim interdict suspending the resolutions, decisions and elections at the regional general council of the African National Congress (ANC) in the northern Free State, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.
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/ 11 February 2007
Medical scheme Discovery Health is investigating claims made by fraud convict Schabir Shaik for his 76-day stay at a Durban hospital, media reports said at the weekend. Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour has also ordered a medical specialist to ascertain whether Shaik’s hospital stay is absolutely necessary.
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/ 11 February 2007
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi lives with violent crime on his doorstep in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria, but he is spared due to protection by armed guards, the Sunday Times reported — and at least seven armed robberies were reported in President Thabo Mbeki’s Pretoria neighbourhood in one month.
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/ 10 February 2007
Sunday’s MTN one-day international between South Africa and Pakistan is of extreme importance to both teams after Friday’s match in Port Elizabeth was abandoned because of rain. With the World Cup just weeks away, South Africa are eager to show that their defeat was just a blip in their run-up to the World Cup.
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/ 10 February 2007
Jon Kent, drafted back into the Dolphins side in place of the injured Lance Klusener, made the most of his chances in their Supersport Series cricket match at the Oval in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. The match between the Warriors and the Lions was evenly poised, and Goolam Bodi helped the Titans declare with their score on 508/7.
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/ 10 February 2007
”What’s all the fuss about?” said South African Football Association CEO Raymond Hack on Friday while commenting on reports that the work-permit application for new Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira had still to be ratified by the Department of Home Affairs.
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/ 10 February 2007
The Stormers slumped to a humiliating 22-3 defeat to the Western Force in their Super 14 match at Newlands on Saturday night. Kobus van der Merwe and his side had spoken all week about improving on last week’s crushing loss to the Cheetahs, but this was an even worse setback on their home field.
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/ 10 February 2007
A goal in each half gave Santos three valuble points when they beat Benoni United in a match played at the Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, on Friday. Rain throughout the match resulted in both sides slipping and sliding on the field. Santos were by far the leaders and easily stayed in the visitors’ half.
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/ 10 February 2007
The Sharks register a second successive home victory in the Super 14 rugby championship at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Friday night as they beat the Waratahs 22-9. They landed four penalty goals and a drop goal to three penalty goals before scoring a try three minutes from the end.
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/ 10 February 2007
Rain was the winner in the third MTN one-day international between South Africa and Pakistan at St George’s Park on Friday, when no play was possible in South Africa’s innings. Pakistan made 245 for eight in their rain-interrupted innings, but the sell-out crowd did not get to see whether South Africa would be able to chase down the runs.
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/ 10 February 2007
Close family and friends of late African National Congress stalwart Adelaide Tambo started gathering at her home in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday for a private valedictory service, media reports said. A procession was to leave her home later for Wattville Stadium on the East Rand, where thousands were expected to attend her funeral.
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/ 10 February 2007
President Thabo Mbeki failed to announce a development strategy to address the economy’s inherited structural deficiencies in his State of the Nation address on Friday, said the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). This affects the country’s ability to address unemployment, poverty, inequalities and the social ills related to these.
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/ 10 February 2007
The National Youth Commission (NYC) has welcomed the acceleration of the skills-development process announced by President Thabo Mbeki in his State of the Nation address on Friday. Particularly welcome was the expansion of the National Youth Service, it said in a statement.
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/ 10 February 2007
One person died and two were missing after a helicopter crash outside Durban on Friday night, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ”I saw it circle and then go down into the trees … There was a loud bang,” said witness Erinn Demsey. She had run out to her veranda when she heard the loud hum of the helicopter’s propellers.
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/ 10 February 2007
An unstabled yearling has died of rabies in the Western Cape, the provincial agriculture department disclosed on Friday. It was the first rabies case in the area in 17 years, said provincial agriculture minister Cobus Dowry. Cautioning against alarm, he said it was probably an isolated case.
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/ 9 February 2007
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The state’s attempts to use the Durban High Court to obtain documentation from Mauritius amount to an abuse of process, the court learned on Friday. Any attempt to obtain documentation from Mauritius would have to be determined by a criminal court, Thint’s chief executive said in papers before the court.
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/ 9 February 2007
Former LeisureNet joint chief executives Peter Gardener and Rod Mitchell were not responsible for the collapse of the LeisureNet empire, the Cape High Court ruled on Friday. LeisureNet operated the health and racquet clubs in the country, but was liquidated in 2000 with R1,2-billion in liabilities and assets worth only R302-million.
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/ 9 February 2007
Durban school pupils who became nauseous and developed a pimple-like rash after playing on their sports field are to be tested for exposure to a toxic chemical, it was announced on Friday. The 36 affected pupils of the Alipore Road Primary School will undergo voluntary blood tests at the suggestion of the chemical company next door to their school.
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/ 9 February 2007
Carlos Parreira, Bafana Bafana’s new coach, and his assistant do not have legal working status in South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed on Friday. Spokesperson Mantshele wa ga Tau said Parreira and Jairo Lopes Cesar Leal had arrived in the country on visitors’ permits.
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/ 9 February 2007
The world’s top diamond producer, De Beers, and the South African government will form a new black-controlled diamond mining company, they said on Friday. The new company, which might later be listed on the JSE, will combine the assets of state mining group Alexkor and the Namaqualand mine unit owned by the South African unit of De Beers.
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/ 9 February 2007
A man who may be connected to the recent robbery of popular Afrikaans musician Anton Goosen virtually landed himself behind bars on Friday. A Gauteng police spokesperson said this happened after police conducted anti-crime searches in Diepsloot, north-west of Johannesburg.
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/ 9 February 2007
While President Thabo Mbeki recognised the crime problem in his State of the Nation address on Friday, it contained nothing to ”make the criminals quake in their boots”. This is according to Janine Myburgh, president of the Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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/ 9 February 2007
More than 5 000 illegal immigrants have been arrested in a bid by police to curb crime along the South African/Zimbabwean border line, Limpopo police said on Friday. ”A total of 5 438 illegal foreigners were arrested at the border line in January,” said Superintendent Ronel Otto. A further 94 people were arrested and fined for aiding and transporting illegal immigrants.
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/ 9 February 2007
Tens of thousands of Mozambicans face displacement as waters in a key dam on the Zambezi River reach critical levels, an aid agency warned on Friday. Cahora Bassa Dam on the upper Zambezi is almost full, leading to expectations that the discharge of water will have to be stepped up in the coming days, Oxfam said.
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/ 9 February 2007
The second accused in the murder of KwaZulu-Natal historian David Rattray appeared briefly in the Dundee Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Simphiwe Ndlovu (25) was remanded in custody until February 20 for a pending bail application. The small courtroom was packed with curious locals and media representatives waiting to see the face of the accused for the first time.
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/ 9 February 2007
Would-be robbers blew up an automated teller machine (ATM) in Welkom on Friday morning, but left empty-handed, Free State police said. Residents of Thabong told police of a white Toyota Cressida that had been driving up and down Nkoane Road, where a Standard Bank ATM was located, at about 1.40am.
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/ 9 February 2007
The man found guilty of killing and raping the mother-in-law of celebrity Soli Philander was sentenced to two life terms by the Free State High Court on Friday. The judge told Simon Matshwane that were he to call him (Matshwane) a pig, he would be insulting pigs. ”Even pigs don’t do such things,” he said.