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South Africa: Beijing Shutdown Hits Country's Generics Supply

05.09.2008 23:09    allafrica.com
THE Beijing Olympics has had an unexpected side effect, which in SA is being felt in the form of serious shortages of generic medicines.


South Africa: Athletes Fear Speaking Out About Beijing

05.09.2008 23:09    allafrica.com
THERE used to be a code of honour attached to not speaking "out of school". There was a notion that what was discussed behind closed doors stayed behind doors, and those present behind th e doors were bound by honour

South Africa: Fiery Olympics Postmortem Expected

05.09.2008 23:09    allafrica.com
SWIMMERS will hold a Beijing Olympics postmortem in Germiston tomorrow with Swimming SA administrators, and Katheryn Meaklim, competing at the South African short-course championships in Germiston this weekend, promised yesterday the swimmers would not hold back.

Rwanda: London 2012 Olympic Plans in Pipeline

05.09.2008 01:13    allafrica.com
As the postmortem into Rwanda's poor show at the Beijing Olympic Games takes its toll on the local Olympics fraternity, the national Olympics committee has come up with a plan to help Rwanda stage a better show in the 2012

Nigeria: Talents Neglected and Potentials Dissipated

05.09.2008 01:13    allafrica.com
Normally, we would go to an Olympic Games sports fest and return with consolation prizes. We would have a medal or two in the relays, a fluke in some field event, a surprise medal in the wrestling or weightlifting events,

South Africa: Swimmers Withdrawn From Races

05.09.2008 01:13    allafrica.com
ANOTHER administrative bungle plunged Team SA in Beijing into crisis mode, when three swimmers had to be withdrawn from events in the Paralympics because their qualifying times were not received by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) by the six-week cut-off

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