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South Africa got the news they wanted on Monday, with Pakistan’s 3-0 Test series clean sweep over England duly completed to give the Proteas a surprisingly early opportunity to claim the No.1 spot on the ICC Test rankings. 


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Eli Manning leads Giants to victory against the Patriots

Eli Manning, whose name has become synonymous with football lead his New York Giants to their second NFL Super-Bowl victory in the last five years. The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 21 – 17 in Sunday Night’s final.


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The world’s best test cricket team has just suffered one of its most humiliating series defeats ever. The England test cricket team were comprehensively beaten by Pakistan today in the final test of the series.

South Africa’s favourite Varsity competition got off to a bang with several teams showing some true form and putting hours of pre-season training into practice. Three teams in particular are already standing out from the crowd.  



DA launches growth project
The DA has launched the first phase of its “eight percent growth project”.
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Kenya shilling at fresh 7-week high
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‘World needs euro, strong Africa’
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Pregnant woman’s death: neighbour testifies
A Pretoria businessman has been accused of planning his pregnant wife's murder.
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Driver in court after 15 killed in crash
A taxi driver has been charged with killing 15 passengers in an accident in Allandale, KZN.
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Parents’ murder trial delayed
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Fish in race against time for London
Mardy Fish is facing a race against time to be fit for the ATP World Tour finals after pulling out of the Paris Masters.
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Clarke rues ‘disgraceful’ batting
Australia captain Michael Clarke described his team's batting as “disgraceful and unacceptable” after they were bowled out for 47 in the first Test.
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Dramatic day at Newlands
It was carnage at Newlands as 23 wickets fell on the second day of the opening Test between South Africa and Australia.
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Czech’s sweating over Cech’s fitness
The Czech Republic is hoping goalkeeper Petr Cech will recover in time for Friday's first leg of the European Championship playoffs against Montenegro.
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PdV is on his way
Peter de Villiers has indicated that he will step down as the Springboks coach after a challenging four-year tenure. Peter de Villiers sê sy dae as Springbokafrigter is getel na...
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Boks bow before Australia
The Springboks are out of the world cup after they lost to Australia by 9-11in the quarter-final at Wellington. Die Springbokke se bod om wêreldkampioene te bly het Sondagoggend ten...
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257 die in police custody
Police say 797 people have died in their custody or as a result of their actions over the past year. Die polisie sê 797 mense het in aanhouding of as...
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500 000 needs to work more
Of the 13.1 million people employed, 544 000 were underemployed in 2010, a report by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows. Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê van die 13.1 miljoen mense wat...
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