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/ 25 November 2005
Beach volleyball, like the life of the medieval peasant, is extremely boring but, mercifully, is over fairly quickly. Both volleyballers and serfs spend their useful lives serving, digging, setting and spiking. Both spend a lot of time barefoot with sand in their mouths.
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/ 25 November 2005
Since readmission the true litmus test of the health, or otherwise, of Springbok rugby has tended to come against France. In 1992 Naas Botha’s team won their first overseas Test in more than a decade 20-15. It was a result owing everything to passion, and a week later when something more was required to win in Paris, South Africa went down 29-16.
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/ 25 November 2005
France is denial about the dangers of alcoholism and alcohol abuse, linked to one in 10 deaths in the country, according to a government-commissioned report issued on Thursday. Two million French people are dependent on alcohol, and women and young adults are taking an increased share of the population of alcohol abusers, the report ”Alcoholism: Straight Talk, Simple Talk” said.
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/ 25 November 2005
There’s only one place in Wong Yiu-keung’s heart — and that’s for late martial arts legend Bruce Lee. He dedicates most of his time to running the Bruce Lee Club, Lee’s only fan club in Hong Kong, while he has put his family, friends and career on the sidelines to organise the city’s first festival dedicated to the kung fu hero.
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/ 25 November 2005
A confidential British Foreign Office document accuses Israel of rushing to annex the Arab area of Jerusalem, using illegal Jewish settlement construction and the vast West Bank barrier, in a move to prevent it becoming a Palestinian capital. In an unusually frank insight into British assessments of Israeli intentions, the document says that Ariel Sharon’s government is jeopardising the prospect of a peace agreement.
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/ 25 November 2005
In a consumer era that allows you to do almost everything by telephone except find a human being to help you, at least one brave man has decided he is not going to take it any more. Paul English’s moment of clarity came in March when he was being bounced around the automated ”customer service” system of a cellphone company.
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/ 25 November 2005
The Bush administration decided not to charge Jose Padilla with planning to detonate a radioactive ”dirty bomb” in a United States city because the evidence against him was extracted using torture on members of al-Qaeda, it was claimed on Thursday. The administration had used his case as evidence of the continued threat posed by al-Qaeda inside the United States.
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/ 25 November 2005
Listed South African media group Primedia on Friday reported that it achieved turnover growth of 27% for the four months to 31 October 2005. Providing a business update on Friday, CEO William Kirsch said this was a combination of excellent organic and innovative growth, as well as the benefits of acquisitions concluded this year.
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/ 25 November 2005
The Congress of South African Trade Union has qualified its support for African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma pending the outcome of the rape allegations against him. Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said that they would review their support for Zuma if the rape matter went to court.
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/ 25 November 2005
About 85% of the companies licensed to longline fish for tuna in local waters have question marks against their fishing rights. They include nine Korean ships operating in South Africa with local joint-venture partners, despite apparent evidence that they were granted quotas by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism’s Marine and Coastal Management.