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/ 12 September 2005
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has quietly signed into law constitutional amendments restricting property and citizenship rights and creating a Senate. Mugabe signed the amendments into law on Friday, the same day the International Monetary Fund deferred a decision for six months on whether to expel Zimbabwe.
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/ 12 September 2005
George du Rand saved the best for last on the final day of the Telkom South African Short-Course Championships on Sunday. The 22-year-old from Bloemfontein bettered his own national and continental record on his way to winning the 100m backstroke. Terence Parkin and Suzaan van Biljon proved their status as top breaststrokers.
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/ 12 September 2005
Arthur Zwane burst into the limelight at Giyani Stadium on Sunday by scoring both goals in Kaizer Chiefs’ 2-0 Premier Soccer League win over Dynamos. In other matches, Lamontville Golden Arrows played to a two-all draw against Santos, Orlando Pirates beat Bush Bucks 3-1 and Free State Stars and Tembisa Classic ended 0-0.
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/ 12 September 2005
South African soccer is not in need of another ugly controversy right now, but with the South African Football Association (Safa) appeal board on Sunday postponing for a week Kaizer Chiefs’ appeal to reverse a decision by the Premier Soccer League forcing them to play two homes games in front of empty stadiums, all hell is likely to break loose.
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/ 12 September 2005
Ajax Cape Town finished bottom of group A in the CAF Championship League when they were beaten 3-0 by Raja Casablanca in a game played at the Athlone Stadium on Sunday night. Raja led 2-0 at the interval after opening the score in the sixth minute when Fofana Abooulkari easily netted.
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/ 12 September 2005
Kimi Raikkonen prolonged his battle for the world title when his McLaren teammate Juan Pablo Montoya handed him an easy victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. Finn Raikkonen had Montoya to thank after he closed the gap on title race leader Fernando Alonso, but the Colombian suffered a disaster when he crashed out in the closing laps.
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/ 12 September 2005
Singapore on Monday marked the 60th anniversary of the formal Japanese surrender in the island during World War II which ended what many regard as the darkest chapter in its history. ”For those who lived through the war, the wounds have taken a long time to heal and the memories will not be forgotten,” said Information Minister Lee Boon Yang.
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/ 12 September 2005
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went back to work on Monday with a powerful mandate to transform the nation’s economic and political landscape after racking up a historic election victory. Fresh from the triumph which even many of his supporters had doubted was possible, a confident-looking Koizumi, clad in an open-neck striped shirt, waved to reporters as he entered his official residence.
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/ 12 September 2005
In a bid to obtain specific comment and input on the structure of the .za internet domain as well as engaging a wide range of stakeholders, the .za Domain Name Authority has started a public consultative process around the country-code top-level domain name, the statutory authority said on Monday.
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/ 12 September 2005
Listed media group Primedia on Monday announced the first step in a new black economic empowerment (BEE) deal whereby the economic value of the stake held by BEE shareholder the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) will increase from approximately 6,7% to about 20%.