Germany’s Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla of Spain have both been withdrawn from the T-Mobile team contesting the Tour de France after they were named in an official inquiry into blood doping in Spain. Italy’s Ivan Basso and Spain’s Francisco Mancebo have also been withdrawn because of being named in the scandal.
Hype has brought us many of pop’s biggest names as well as some of its most notorious disasters, writes Dave Simpson.
"I think most people have a story to tell about bribery on the roads in South Africa. It’s almost offered as an option when you get stopped!" Rock singer Arno Carstens talks about cars and admits that he would prefer being driven around by a chauffeur.
The African Christian Democratic Party has called on Christians to boycott the Comrades Marathon after the announcement that the race is to be run on a Sunday. ”You undermine the importance of family and you undermine the sanctity of the Sunday as a special day to get in touch with the Lord of lords and the King of kings,” the party’s Western Cape leader Hansie Louw said on Friday.
Port Elizabeth-based poet Mzi Mahola, who runs a voluntary poetry project for young writers, reflects on the power of the word.
Little Louie Vega spoke to Niren Tolsi about being a master at work.
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>The White Countess</i> isn’t a staggeringly bad movie; it’s just not very good, writes .
In <i>Life and Soul</i>, Karina Turok maps the arduous journey 75 women have taken to reach who and what they are now, writes Margie Orford.
Springbok flyhalf Meyer Bosman was recalled to the South African Tri-Nations squad on Friday after Andre Pretorius failed to recover fully from a thigh injury. Bosman, who was initially called up for Springbok duty at the start of South Africa’s international season, was excluded from the South African under-21 side for the recent world championships in France.
A worker was crushed by a six-ton rubbish truck in Durban on Friday morning. A Netcare 911 spokesperson said it appeared that the 40-year old man had slipped off the side of the moving Durban Solid Waste truck. The truck, weighing nearly six tons when empty and 10 tons when fully laden, drove over him.