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/ 21 October 2007
There’s a kind of madness abroad in the country when a newspaper editor faces arrest for the possession of documents. The police have now denied they intend to arrest anybody from the Sunday Times, but it is clear they are tackling the disappearance of the medical files of the health minister with a seriousness that is out of all proportion to the crime.
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/ 21 October 2007
Bidvest Wits were held to a 1-1 draw by Santos in an Absa Premier League played at the Bidvest Stadium on Saturday. Former Santos midfielder Marawaan Bantam netted in the third minute with a close-range header and Erwin Isaacs scored with a low shot which surprised the Wits captain and goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs.
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/ 21 October 2007
Five men were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube, East Rand police said. Police arrested the five, aged between 31 and 35, in Spruitview on the East Rand on Sunday morning. Police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman said police seized two stolen handguns and a VW Polo.
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/ 21 October 2007
Arsene Wenger saluted Arsenal’s spirit after his Premier League table-toppers maintained their dream start to the season with a 2-0 win over Bolton. Second-half goals from Kolo Toure and Tomas Rosicky were enough to consolidate the London club’s two-point lead and provided a timely lift before encounters with Liverpool and Manchester United.
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/ 21 October 2007
Around 50 people have been killed in three days of tribal clashes in the western Sudanese region of Kordofan, government officials were quoted as saying on Sunday. Dozens were wounded in the fighting sparked by the killing of one person in a land dispute.
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/ 21 October 2007
Shoaib Malik and the Pakistan team have been fined for slow play, the International Cricket Council said on Saturday, following their 25-run victory over South Africa in their second day-night international at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday.
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/ 21 October 2007
A study by an Israeli psychologist into the violent behaviour of the country’s soldiers is provoking bitter controversy and has awakened urgent questions about the way the army conducts itself in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Nufar Yishai-Karin, a clinical psychologist at the Hebrew University, interviewed 21 Israeli soldiers and heard confessions of frequent brutal assaults against Palestinians.
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/ 21 October 2007
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy’s first looming Cabinet crisis has been triggered neither by the announcement of his own divorce nor by the transport paralysis caused by the past week’s public servants’ strikes. It comes down to rugby.
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/ 21 October 2007
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Britain’s newspapers on Sunday hailed the bravery and spirit of England’s defeated World Cup side, praising South Africa for their win but mulling over a controversial refereeing decision. For those who managed to squeeze match reports into their first editions, newspapers said South Africa were worthy winners in the game’s showpiece.
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/ 21 October 2007
A Kagiso man died when he was attacked by a rhinoceros at a Krugersdorp game reserve at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. ”I heard a man cry on the side where rhinos were. When I went to look, I just saw it throwing him in the air and mauling him,” said eyewitness Teboho Phalafala.