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/ 25 July 1997

Training vital to keeping up in the IT

race Lynda Loxton SOUTH AFRICA risks falling behind in the information technology (IT) race if it fails to step up the training and education of IT users and practitioners, according to a new study. University of Cape Townacademics James Hodge and Jonathan Miller say in the latest issue of the university’s Trade and Industry Monitor […]

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/ 25 July 1997

Miner wins House of Lords case

FRIDAY, 3.00PM: A FORMER engineer at Namibia’s Rossing mine has won a breakthrough compensation case in the House of Lords after a three-year legal battle. Edward Connelly lost his ability to speak to throat cancer, which he blames on working on ore crushers that spewed radioactive uranium and quartz dust. The dispute before the House […]

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/ 25 July 1997

Basson link to Helderberg crash?

FRIDAY, 8.30AM INVESTIGATORS into the case of army chemical warfare director Brigadier Wouter Basson have reopened investigations into the mysterious 1987 crash of the SAA Boeing 747 jet Helderberg, in which all 159 people aboard perished. An inquiry into the crash ruled out a bomb or explosive device as the cause, but strange aspects of […]

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/ 25 July 1997

Kinshasa police beat demos

NATAL SERIAL KILLER POLICE have discovered 18 bodies buried in shallow graves in Phoenix, north of Durban. Five bodies were discovered yesterday, one of which appeared to be a young black women probably murdered this week. Another three bodies were discovered at a nearby cemetery on Monday. Police have warned that the killer, who preys […]

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/ 25 July 1997

Nike vs `Nam

MARIA McCLOY reports on an ongoing dispute between sportswear manufacturer Nike and the popular cartoon Doonesbury THE impact of cartoons seems to be stronger than most thought, judging by the reaction of sportswear billion-dollar giant Nike to Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoon strip that runs in newpapers round the world, including the Mail & Guardian. The […]

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/ 25 July 1997

Jungle bunnies’ new hip-hop

Jungle music is finally gaining the recognition it deserves in South Africa. GREG BOWES looks at some of the places and faces it’s touched JO’BURG’S hippest live music venue, 206, jumps to the voodoo beats every Tuesday night. The city’s trendiest nightclub, Krypton, has also been doing its bit for new dance culture on Wednesdays. […]

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/ 25 July 1997

How deep will Moi’s reforms run?

Judging by his failure to deliver on past promises, Kenya’s president will no longer find many willing believers, writes Stephen Buckley from Nairobi A SERIES of dramatic moves last week by Kenya’s government gave the appearance that President Daniel arap Moi is backing down in the face of protests for constitutional and other legal reforms. […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Westerns do without skipper for Border clash

THURSDAY, 1.00PM: WESTERN Province will play their Bankfin Currie Cup match against Border at Newlands on Sunday without their captain Dick Muir, because of injuries. Muir, who is expected to return next week for the game against Boland, will be replaced by Robbie Fleck. WESTERN PROVINCE: Justin Swart, Andy Marinos, Christain Stewart, Robbie Fleck, Simon […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Court rejects Chiluba DNA test

THURSDAY, 4.00PM THE Zambian supreme court has dismissed an application by opposition parties to have President Frederick Chiluba undergo a DNA test to prove his parentage. Four of the five judges ruled that there is no law in Zambia to compel an individual to undergo a DNA test. But Justice Earnest Sakala, in a minority […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Bonds make a comeback

THURSDAY, 10.30AM The bond market leapt ahead again on Wednesday after taking a two-week breather, and analysts are predicting the benchmark R150 government long bond will push the 14% level this week. The R150 yield fell to a 17-month low on Wednesday, trading down to 14,04%, a sharp comeback from Friday’s 14,45% weak point. Part […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Canned lion hunt probe plagued by threats

THURSDAY, 3.00PM The investigation into the “canned” lion hunting industry has been set back by death threats and intimidation of witnesses and investigators. The practice of hunting tame or drugged lions, often in small enclosures, was first exposed by the Mail & Guardian prior to the screening of a British documentary on the subject, in […]

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/ 24 July 1997

De Beers loses Congo diamonds

THURSDAY, 11.00AM INTERNATIONAL diamond cartel De Beers on Wednesday failed to secure the purchase of diamonds from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Miba mine, after being outbid at an auction by Belgian company Susskind. De Beers has been the sole purchaser of Miba’s diamonds for more than a decade. According to Maurice Nabahola, adviser to […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Mugabe reshuffles cabinet

THURSDAY, 4.00PM ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, merging eight ministries into four, creating a new one and appointing three ministers of state and two deputies. The ministry of local government, rural and urban development has been merged with public construction and national housing to become the ministry of local government and […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Taylor sweeps into commanding lead

COPS BURGLED THIEVES broke into Cape Town’s new eastern metropolitan police headquaters in Bellville on Wednesday night, and stole a TV set, a computer, portable radios and personal items of staff members. The front door was apparently left open on Wednesday night by building contractors who were finishing renovations to the building. HUGE PUBLIC SERVICE […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Sasol forges gas conversion ties

THURSDAY, 11.00AM SASOL Technology said on Wednesday it has established an alliance with four international oil companies to develop new processes for the conversion of natural gas into synthesis gas. The alliance will develop Sasol’s new gas conversion technology which, the company claims, reduces the capital and energy costs of synthesis gas production. The other […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Sundowns worry as Chukwu stays home

THURSDAY, 1.00PM: MAMELODI Sundowns and Nigerian striker Raphael Chukwu has not arrived for pre-season training. Sundowns coach Stanley “Screamer” Tshabalala said he knows that Chukwu is still in Nigeria and, contrary to the club’s code of conduct, has extended his leave. “This is unacceptable and I am going to have strong words with him when […]

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/ 24 July 1997

Post Office told to clear debt

THURSDAY, 10.30AM AS government prepares for the release on Thursday of its Green Paper on restructuring of the Post Office, the parastatal, which was funded by government to the tune of R572-million last financial year, has been told to clear all debt and get into the black within five years. This year’s Budget allowed for […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Two changes to Free State side

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: THERE are two changes to the Free State side to play North-West in a Currie Cup match in Potchefstroom on Friday. Naka Drotske and Werner Swanepoel are in the South African squad to tour Australia and New Zealand and will be replaced by Charl Marais and Kat Myburgh respectively. Free State :Christo Potgieter, […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Comorian army deploys against separatists

WEDNESDAY, 4.00PM THE Comorian army moved in to restore calm on the island of Anjouan after violent clashes between security forces and separatist militants there, residents said on Wednesday. In unrest sparked by the arrest on Monday of separatist leader Abdallah Ibrahim, two police officers were seriously wounded in Domoni, where protesters torched the residence […]

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/ 23 July 1997

‘Phones for all’ gets a boost

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM TELECOMS parastatal Telkom’s plan to provide millions of new telephone lines before the end of the millennium was set in motion on Tuesday with the award of a R2-billion contract to Alcatel Altech Telecoms and Lucent Technologies for radio systems involved in the provision of 400 000 new lines over the next two […]

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/ 23 July 1997

U20 pair get big break

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: TWO South African under-20 soccer stars left for Holland on Sunday — Orlando Pirates’ Steve Lekoelea and School of Excellence’s Lucky Maselesele joined PSV Eindhoven for three months. They stand a chance of clinching contracts with the club if they impress during their stay. This move comes after their performances in the World […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Country comes before club for Mugeyi

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: UMTATA Bush Bucks striker Wilfred Mugeyi, who signed up with German soccer club Werder Bremen last week, will play for Zimbabwe on Sunday in the African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Angola, before joining his new club. He was expected to leave for Germany on Wednesday but received a notice from the […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Joubert ‘should start planning retirement’

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: SPRINGBOK rugby coach Carel du Plessis said on Wednesday that fullback Andre Joubert should “have a rethink” about his rugby career, and should “maybe start planning” his retirement”. Joubert was not named in the squad that will tour Australia and New Zealand later this season, though Du Plessis said he had been considered. […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Ex-prisoner tells of ANC camp torture

WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM A FORMER senior MK commander told the Truth Comission yesterday that he spent four-and-a- half years in detention in ANC camps, where he was tortured with electric probes, beaten and humiliated. Dilizu Mthembu said he fell from grace with the ANC after his father, an MK founder, was executed for “selling the movement […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Namibia and one Asian nation get Four Nations invite

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: THE South African Football Association (Safa) will invite Namibia, Nigeria and one unnamed Asian country to take part in this year’s Four Nations Cup. Safa has decided to invite Namibia because it is the only neighbouring country that has not played against Bafana Bafana. “We have played against all our neighbours except Namibia […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Dishonest broker guilty – gets slap on wrist

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM DAVID RICHTER, a former director of defunct stockbroking firm Ed Hern, Rudolf, was on Monday found guilty by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange committee of improper conduct involving R100 000 in investors’ funds. Rudolf was suspended from the JSE broking community for 10 years, which would fall away if he paid a R150 000 […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Namibia denies refugee massacres

WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM NAMIBIAN authorities on Wednesday denied claims made a fornight ago that security forces have killed 1 768 people, mostly Angolan refugees, in the north-east of the country, but confirmed that seven deaths are being investigated. The Windhoek-based National Society of Human Rights in June 1994 said that 376 people had either been shot […]

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/ 23 July 1997

15 die in mine rockburst

WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM RESCUE workers found the bodies of five more miners at Hartebeesfontein mine overnight, taking the death toll to 15. Three more miners are missing, presumed dead. Two teams of rescue workers are tunneling through debris to reach the area where the miners are believed to have been trapped. The rockburst that killed the […]

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/ 23 July 1997

Zim bans protests after veterans disrupt summit

RULING PARTY WINS IN MALI The ruling Alliance for Democracy in Mali (Adema), according to returns from 50 of the 55 electoral districts, has won 110 of the 147 legislative seats in the national elections held on Sunday. The elections were boycotted by most opposition parties. Adema won all the districts in the capital Bamako. […]