Robbie Keane scored two goals and set up another on Sunday in Tottenham’s 3-3 draw at Wigan in the Premier League, and Chelsea advanced to the FA Cup final with a 2-1 win over Blackburn. Tottenham rallied three times against its relegation-threatened opponents.
Tagalo Hassan had no idea that the horrific violence of Darfur had spread like a stain across the border into Chad and had been creeping towards his village for months. Being three years old, he could not have understood what was happening when the shooting started before dawn, or when a bullet shattered his right leg and cut a groove in his left.
SA Airlink pilots have called off a planned strike on Monday over wages, their trade union, Solidarity, said on Sunday night. ”All Airlink flights will depart on schedule from tomorrow [Monday] morning. There will be no disruption of flights,” said union spokesperson Dirk Hermann.
Our freedom child is turning 13. We should be proud we’ve brought her to her teenage years. She’s spent a significant part of her life in school. As Finance Minister Trevor Manuel reminded us recently, schools of quality are crucial if “all people’s lives have equal worth”.
On April 21, up to 61-million Nigerians will go to the polls to choose a new president in what is touted as the country’s first democratic hand-over of power, from one civilian ruler to another. But despite this historic moment, the prevailing mood a week ahead of the polls is one of confusion, anger and disillusionment.
A year ago, 1LifeDirect came to the market offering consumers the opportunity to cut out the broker and buy life cover directly. The industry was sceptical because other attempts at this model, such as Old Mutual’s Greenline, had not been a success. The argument was that, because it is a grudge purchase, people do not buy life insurance, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Here’s a dream. It’s the 2009 G7 summit and the photo call of the seven world leaders. All eyes are trained on the trio of women at the centre of the group: the United States president, the French president and the German chancellor. To mark this moment of female achievement, these three world leaders have invited the Chilean and Liberian presidents to the summit as observers.
The English tabloid, <i>The Sun</i>, complained, supposedly without their consent, that the British sailors and marines captured by the Iranians on the high seas were sent home in cheap suits supplied by none other than the Iranian president himself. On TV at least, those suits looked pretty good to me.
The news that an arms race may be under way once more between Washington and Moscow has brought back some unpleasant memories, but it is also a pointer to a more complicated future. The Kremlin’s threat to counter United States missile defence installations in Eastern Europe is a sign that Russia will no longer acquiesce in a Pax Americana.
When you took out your life-insurance policy or signed up for disability or disease cover, did you opt for a premium that could change at any time, a premium that is guaranteed for a certain number of years or a premium that carries a compulsory increase? Gerhard Joubert, CEO of the Life Offices’ Association, has a warning to share.