The two parties are still sharp rivals, especially in Kwa-Zulu Natal province.

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By the time England arrive in Australia ahead of three warm-up matches in early November, Pietersen would have hoped to return to form in a stint with South African side Kwa-Zulu Natal Dolphins in October.

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"We hope that this training initiative will be the start of an ongoing partnership between the University of Pretoria and the community of Zithobeni, where information and communication technologies could be more and more used for sustainable development, " says Kirstin Krauss, a PhD student from the Department of Informatics, who has piloted the previous UNESCO-funded ICT training project in deep rural Kwa Zulu Natal.

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