England would topple Australia as the world’s top Test team if they successfully defend the Ashes by the unlikely margin of three victories. England, who won the Ashes in 2005 for the first time in 18 years, moved to within 11 rating points of Australia after clinching second spot in the International Cricket Council rankings after the 3-0 series triumph against Pakistan.
The Lebanese port of Byblos has survived the Romans, the Crusades and the armies of Alexander the Great but now it faces a 21st-century menace, brought to its shores on a tide of war — oil pollution. A slick caused by Israel’s bombardment of a power plant last month during its conflict with Hezbolla guerrillas has spewed a black tide along a 140km stretch of the coastline.
South African listed retailer Woolworths Holdings on Wednesday reported headline earnings per share (HEPS) of 105 cents for the year ended June, up 17,4% from 89,4 cents a year ago. On a diluted basis, HEPS were up 18% to 103 cents from 87,3 cents before.
A senior United Nations envoy warned on Tuesday that it could take up to three months to deploy an international force in southern Lebanon and that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remained ”extremely fragile”. Italy said on Tuesday that it would send up to 3Â 000 troops but warned its soldiers would not be deployed unless Israel kept to the ceasefire commitment.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had been ”tried and convicted” together with convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik even though he had never appeared in the dock. Zuma on Tuesday filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in response to the state’s replying affidavits that seek a postponement of his corruption trial.
After months of defiant rhetoric over its nuclear programme, Iran formally rejected an international demand that it suspend uranium enrichment on Tuesday to allay Western fears that it wants to build an atomic bomb. The rejection of an incentive package has set Iran on a collision course with the United Nations Security Council.
‘Sometimes my mommy doesn’t have enough money to buy me food and I go to bed hungry, does that mean I won’t grow up to be strong and healthy?” These are words that no five-year-old child should ever have to say. One of my learners asked this question while were having a class discussion about the importance of eating all your fruits and vegetables even if you don’t want to, writes Yani Skhosana .
Kevin Bacon did it in <i>Wild Things</i> and again in <i>Invisible Man</i>; Ewan McGregor has done it repeatedly – in <i>The Pillow Book</i>, in <i>Velvet Goldmine</i>, and recently in <i>Young Adam</i>. And now Will Smith and Colin Farrell have done it – well, almost.
African textile producers and exporters are reeling from the impact of new World Trade Organisation rules that have opened up to free-market forces a sector previously protected for more than three decades. The result is that more than 250Â 000 jobs have been lost in Africa, affecting more than another million family members.
Plans to introduce teachers’ licensing by the Department of Education are doomed to failure, judging by the reaction of teachers’ unions. Minister of Education Naledi Pandor floated the idea during a meeting in Cape Town as “part of steps by the Department of Education to improve the quality of education in South Africa”.