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/ 19 January 2006
Multimillion-rand soccer takeovers are becoming something of a habit among Russians — and FC Moscow are not immune. The Russian club, fresh from a recent takeover that is designed to lift them into the top echelon of European clubs, arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a friendly fixture against Kaizer Chiefs.
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/ 19 January 2006
Titans fast-bowler Brendon Reddy put the skids on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins with two wickets in his second over in their Standard Bank Pro20 cricket match at Kingsmead on Wednesday night. Requiring nine runs to the over, the Dolphins, batting second after losing the toss, were always up against it.
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/ 19 January 2006
Zimbabwe was withdrawn from Test cricket for this year by its government-appointed interim committee on Wednesday. ”The decision to suspend its participation in Test matches was reached by ZC [Zimbabwe Cricket] after consideration of the recent performances by the national and A teams,” ZC said.
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/ 19 January 2006
Giuseppe Rossi scored twice while Louis Saha, Kieran Richardson and Ryan Giggs had a goal each to pace Manchester United over semi-pro Burton Albion 5-0 on Wednesday in their English FA Cup third-round replay. Everton also advanced to the fourth round with a 1-0 victory over League Championship side Millwall.
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/ 19 January 2006
South African business tycoon Anton Edward Rupert (89), who died in his sleep at his home in Stellenbosch on Wednesday night, was a pioneering billionaire, entrepreneur and conservationist. From humble beginnings as a chemistry lecturer, manufacturing cigarettes in his garage, Rupert built the tobacco and industrial conglomerate Rembrandt.
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/ 19 January 2006
South African business tycoon Anton Edward Rupert (89), who died in his sleep at his home in Stellenbosch on Wednesday night, was a pioneering billionaire, entrepreneur and conservationist. From humble beginnings as a chemistry lecturer, manufacturing cigarettes in his garage, Rupert built the tobacco and industrial conglomerate Rembrandt.
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/ 19 January 2006
Newspaper reports on Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s state-funded holiday trip to Abu Dhabi continued on Thursday despite official assurances that no laws were broken. Beeld said if Mlambo-Ngcuka were not so ”fussy” about an ordinary seat in business class, she could have saved the taxpayer R530 000.
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/ 19 January 2006
Spain’s most important modern-art museum on Wednesday admitted it has lost a 38-tonne sculpture by the prestigious American artist Richard Serra. The valuable sculpture was commissioned from the artist by Madrid’s Reina SofÃa modern-art museum in 1986, and was displayed there until 1990.
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/ 19 January 2006
The United States-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday, in its annual report, accused European countries, including the United Kingdom, of undermining human rights worldwide by courting countries such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia while ignoring evidence of their extensive abuses.
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/ 19 January 2006
The British government is to co-host an international summit in London at the end of the month to agree a five-year plan to speed up the reconstruction of Afghanistan and confront an upsurge in violence. The announcement came as a Taliban commander said his guerrillas are ready to launch suicide attacks across Afghanistan.