A statue of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore was unveiled by his widow at the new Wembley Stadium on Friday. Moore, who died of cancer in 1993 aged 51, is fondly remembered for lifting the trophy when England beat West Germany at the former stadium, which was demolished to make way for the new 90Â 000-seater arena that opened this year.
South Africa’s judiciary has started to fast-track women for judges’ jobs, which are still dominated by white males, the nation’s top judge told Parliament on Friday. Constitutional Court Chief Judge Pius Langa said the programme was aimed at making South Africa’s courtrooms more reflective of the country’s overall population.
India paid homage with full pomp and honour on Friday to the ”martyrs” who battled British rule 150 years ago in the country’s ”first war of independence”. Thousands of flag-waving marchers shouting ”Jai Hind”, or ”Long live India”, converged on the Mughal-built Red Fort in Old Delhi after retracing the route of rebellious soldiers.
Leading South Africa from identity-based to issue-driven politics is the only way to turn freedom into reality, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said on Friday. In her first weekly newsletter as DA leader, Zille dismissed suggestions that her party is not interested in compensating for past discrimination.
Representatives of learners in Khutsong on Friday urged pupils to go back to school. ”We will try by all means to make sure that learners are at school on Monday and that teaching is taking place,” Khutsong Representative Council of Learners member Sibusiso Kula told reporters.
It is imperative that anyone who poses a danger to the public not be freed from prison under the latest large-scale release aimed at tackling prison overcrowding, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Friday. While the DA welcomes the move to free 11Â 000 prisoners unable to pay fines of R1Â 000 or less, it said it will closely monitor the situation.
United States President George Bush was readying his veto pen again after US lawmakers voted to fund the Iraq combat in phases of just a few months, the latest twist in the political feud over control of the unpopular war. The legislation now moves to the more closely divided Senate.
In an unprecedented poll by show of hands, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) voted overwhelming on Friday to send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. A member of the South African delegation to the PAP proposed a motion asking for a debate on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and that the PAP send a fact-finding mission to that country.
With online social networking portals becoming ever more popular, it was inevitable that niche communities would begin to map out their own territory on the web, writes Lloyd Gedye
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