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/ 20 January 2005
As infighting continued to plague the Independent Democrats, a renewed call for a postponement of the party’s Western Cape congress was made on Wednesday. Senior office bearers, including chairpersons of nine ID branches in Cape Town’s metropolis, have signed a statement calling for the postponement due to the ”chaotic planning and absence of a fair process”.
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/ 20 January 2005
Excited archaeologists are sifting through the contents of 150-year-old New Zealand toilets to get a better understanding of the everyday lives of early settlers. Although there is plenty of oral and written history, there are gaps that can only be answered by lifting the lid on the sanitary habits of pioneering families, they say.
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/ 20 January 2005
A group of Malaysian local government officials has cancelled an Egyptian cruise and a troupe of belly dancers amid outrage at their all-expenses paid trip, media reports said on Thursday. Dinner on board a cruise ship on the Nile and the belly dancing have been replaced on their itinerary by an extended visit to the Egypt Museum.
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/ 20 January 2005
Sony missed out on potential sales from MP3 players and other gadgets based on widespread formats because it was overly proprietary about music and entertainment content, the head of Sony’s video-game unit acknowledged on Thursday.
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/ 20 January 2005
After opening weaker on Thursday, the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was off its lows at midday, with some interest in gold miners, which were up more than 1%. By noon, the all-share index had shed 0,15%, while industrials were off 0,46%. Resources were flat, while the gold-mining index advanced 1,28% and the platinum-mining index was off 0,16%.
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/ 20 January 2005
Bush Bucks and Silver Stars shared the spoils when they drew 1-1 in a scrappy Premier Soccer League match played at Absa Stadium in East London on Wednesday night. Stars had been behind for much of the contest but a goal in the dying minutes from December Ngobeni levelled matters.
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/ 20 January 2005
Orlando Pirates midfield star Steve Lekoelea showed his genius when taking free-kicks as he helped Bucs to an easy 3-0 win over struggling Jomo Cosmos in their Castle Premiership showdown played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Wednesday night. The classy Lekoelea scored two goals — one in each half from free-kicks.
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/ 20 January 2005
Africa’s largest sugar group, Illovo, on Thursday announced that it expects its headline earnings and earnings per share for the year ending March 31 2005 to be between 50% and 60% lower than the previous year. The existing I-Net Bridge consensus of analysts has Illovo producing 2005 headline earnings per share of 46,4 cents.
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/ 20 January 2005
Roland Schoeman of South Africa won the 50m freestyle on Wednesday at a short-course swimming World Cup meet, one day after setting a world record in the 100m individual medley. Schoeman won the 50 freestyle in 21,53 seconds at Eriksdalsbadet’s fast pool, beating Jason Lezak of the United States by 0,07 seconds.
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/ 20 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs were lucky to get a point after their one-all draw with Dynamos in their otherwise ding-dong Castle Premiership match at FNB Stadium on Wednesday night. Amakhosi were a shadow of the mean club who whipped Bloemfontein Celtic 4-1 in a league match at the same venue over the weekend.