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/ 7 December 2005
Think of it as the Sinatra test. On Sunday, assorted liberal, democratic and opposition groups will take on the might of Vladimir Putin in elections for the Moscow city parliament. This should be fertile terrain: the capital city is packed with well-educated, enlightened folk and was once seen as the citadel of Russia’s pro-democracy movement.
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/ 6 December 2005
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela blasted California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday for refusing to meet her to discuss clemency for convicted US murderer Stanley ”Tookie” Williams. Williams, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is due to be executed on December 13.
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/ 6 December 2005
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People should spare a thought for Jacob Zuma’s alleged victim, President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday night in his first public comment on the rape charge against his former deputy. Mbeki said he felt ”somewhat of a burden” over what had happened to Zuma in the sense of the sadness and grief it caused.
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/ 6 December 2005
South African coach Mickey Arthur denied there was any cause for panic amongst his ranks after the tourists were forced to follow-on during the second day of their three-day tour match against Western Australia at the Western Australian Cricket Association Ground here on Tuesday.
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/ 6 December 2005
Zimbabwe Cricket chairperson Peter Chingoka and managing director Osias Bvute were arrested and placed in custody, police said on Tuesday. News of the arrests followed a meeting earlier of about 40 people on Tuesday at Harare Sports Club aimed at solving the crisis which has engulfed cricket in Zimbabwe.
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/ 6 December 2005
Media organisations have condemned police for barring journalists from entering the courtroom where former deputy president Jacob Zuma was charged with rape. Their actions were absurd and smacked of collusion to shield Zuma from further public embarrassment, said the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI).
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/ 6 December 2005
At least 36 Iraqi police officers and cadets were killed on Tuesday in a double suicide bombing in Baghdad. The massive blast — on the same day that eight other Iraqi security personnel were killed in violence across the country — raised concerns about security just nine days before the country goes to the polls.
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/ 6 December 2005
Driven by an infernal spiral of shrinking markets and falling prices at home and abroad, Bordeaux’s wine producers are searching, sometimes desperately, for new ways to bring their fabled product to market. For many — including more than a few venerable chateaux — there is no margin of error: they must adapt or die.
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/ 6 December 2005
The African National Congress in the Western Cape says it has not decided whether to investigate rumours that two senior newspaper journalists were secretly being paid to boost provincial premier Ebrahim Rasool’s image. ”Maybe we can consider that, but we have not taken such a decision,” provincial secretary Mcebisi Skwatsha said in response to questions at a media briefing on Tuesday.