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/ 19 September 2004
Thousands of mourners, of all races and creeds, packed the Aasvoëlkop Dutch Reformed Church in Northcliff on Saturday to pay their final respects to Afrikaans anti-apartheid activist Beyers Naude in a moving ceremony. ”Oom Bey” — once rejected by his own people for rejecting his church’s justification of apartheid — died on September 7 at the age of 89. President Thabo Mbeki said it was because of Naude that black and white South Africans could walk together.
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/ 19 September 2004
The former African National Congress Youth League secretary in Mpumalanga who linked three prominent ANC members to a plot to topple President Thabo Mbeki, has admitted to lying, the Sunday Times reported on Saturday evening. James Nkambule sparked a top-level police investigation in 2001 with his claims.
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/ 19 September 2004
Giorgio Angelozzi once kept bright-eyed Roman teenagers entranced, telling them tales of Ulysses. But retirement finally came, his daughter moved abroad and his wife died. ”Il Professore” found himself alone and disturbed the conscience of a nation with an advert offering money to any family willing to adopt him as a grandfather.
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/ 19 September 2004
Bloated, blue-collar Americans — gorged on diets of fries and burgers — are bringing the nation’s steady rise in life expectancy to a grinding halt. Twenty years ago, the US, the richest nation on the planet, led the world’s longevity league. Today, American women rank only 19th, while males can manage only 28th place.
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/ 19 September 2004
Democratic hopes of winning the White House have suffered a blow after a court ruled that independent candidate Ralph Nader will appear on ballot papers in Florida. Nader has been blamed by analysts for costing the Democrats victory four years ago after his campaign attracted voters who would otherwise have backed Al Gore.
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/ 19 September 2004
The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer newspaper has learnt. The news came amid another day of mayhem in Iraq, which saw a suicide bomber kill at least 23 people and injure 53 in the northern city of Kirkuk.
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/ 19 September 2004
Supersport United came back from the brink of defeat to eliminate Wits University from the lucrative SAA Supa 8 Cup competition by a narrow 6-5 win on penalties at the Olympia Stadium on Saturday. Their suburban derby was a dull affair played before an almost-capacity crowd.
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/ 19 September 2004
American Bernard Hopkins knocked out compatriot Oscar de la Hoya with a left hook to the body in the ninth round in Las Vegas on Saturday to retain the undisputed world middleweight title. Hopkins, already owner of the WBC, WBA and IBF titles, added De la Hoya’s lightly regarded WBO title to his list.
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/ 19 September 2004
David Beckham was dropped by Real Madrid on Saturday but the Spanish giants still saw their season spiral into crisis as Espanyol handed them a 1-0 defeat just three days after they were destroyed by Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. Coach Jose Antonio Camacho also dropped skipper Raul.
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/ 19 September 2004
West Indies will require another 227 runs from 44 overs to beat South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy Pool B game in London at the Oval on Sunday and go through to the semifinals of the competition. Saturday’s play was suspended because of rain after South Africa had scored 246-6 from 50 overs.