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/ 3 September 2005
Floor-crossing, dubbed ”crosstitution”, will lead to the rapid consolidation of a one-party state in South Africa, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the party’s 30th annual conference on Saturday. ”Our democracy is crumbling because those in power do not care,” he said.
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/ 3 September 2005
Two police helicopters from Durban and police divers have been called in to search for a man who went missing after a Portnet helicopter crashed into the sea at the entrance to the Richards Bay harbour on Saturday morning. The two pilots who were in the helicopter were rescued and taken to hospital.
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/ 3 September 2005
China on Saturday raised the death toll from Typhoon Talim to at least 54, while 23 more people were listed as missing, state media reported. The death toll shot up after authorities in the eastern province of Anhui said 39 people, perhaps more, had lost their lives in the powerful typhoon and that nine were missing.
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/ 3 September 2005
World oil prices slumped on Friday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the United States government pledged to release 60-million barrels of crude after Hurricane Katrina severely disrupted supplies. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, fell ,82 to ,65 per barrel in early deals.
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/ 3 September 2005
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to ”kill” internet search leader Google in an obscenity-laced tirade, and Google chased a prized Microsoft executive ”like wolves”, according to documents filed in an increasingly bitter legal battle between the rivals. The allegations were filed on Friday in a Washington state court.
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/ 3 September 2005
Championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen said in Monza on Friday that he will ignore the performances of title race leader Fernando Alonso and concentrate on winning the remaining five races of the season. Raikkonen knows nothing less than victory will do if he wants to close down the 24-point gap to Spaniard Alonso quickly.
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/ 3 September 2005
Late on Friday afternoon, all the Bafana Bafana players apart from Benni McCarthy were ensconced in their camp in Ouagadougou, gearing themselves physically and mentally for Saturday’s vital World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso. McCarthy has presented Stuart Baxter with a headache he hardly needs at this critical juncture.
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/ 3 September 2005
The Eastern Province (EP) Mighty Elephants gained a hard-earned 17-9 win over the Border Bulldogs in their Absa Currie Cup first-division rugby match played at the EP Rugby Union headquarters on Friday night after leading 14-0 at half-time. The match never really got off the ground, with both sides making many basic mistakes.
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/ 3 September 2005
Australian Open champion Serena Williams scrambled to a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Francesca Schiavone in New York on Friday to set up a possible fourth-round clash with elder sister Venus at the US Open tennis championships. Maria Sharapova, Lleyton Hewitt and Asian number one Paradorn Srichaphan also advanced.
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/ 3 September 2005
The Blue Bulls scored nine tries and swamped the Leopards to take full points from their Currie Cup encounter at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night, easily winning the match 69-24. For the Bulls it was a morale-boosting win, and provided a big score line that they will need later on in the competition to try to make the semifinals.