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/ 14 December 2004
When is a stone not just a stone? When it is a weapon, an historical relic – or an ornament for sale. Creative ways of seeing things is one of the learning objectives of the Business Ventures (BV) programme. Taking business theory off the pages of dusty books and into life experience is doing it for teachers and learners alike.
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/ 14 December 2004
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was left seething at his side’s inability to cash in on the draw between English Premiership favourites Arsenal and Chelsea. Ferguson had demanded United take the opportunity to cut the gap on leaders Chelsea to seven points and move within two of the third-placed Gunners after Sunday’s 2-2 stalemate between the two sides.
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/ 14 December 2004
The South African women’s water polo team won both their games on Monday at the women’s international tournament being held at the Joan Harrison swimming pool in East London, and have now secured a place in the semifinals. The team registered an adequate but frustrating 9-7 win over Australia in their first game of the day, but it was a 5-3 victory over Sweden in the evening that ensured a spot in the final four.
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/ 14 December 2004
Spanish authorities won praise on Monday for clearing Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in just minutes after receiving a bomb threat — but Real Madrid’s president said it set a bad precedent to suspend the match. Sunday’s threat, allegedly from Basque separatists, proved a hoax.
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/ 14 December 2004
Over the past year this column has concentrated on an evaluation of the law as it has been developed by our courts during the first decade of constitutional democracy. It is perhaps appropriate that two of the most important judgements of the past decade have been delivered in the past month — the Metrorail judgement and the so-called gay marriage case.
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/ 14 December 2004
The 2005 Telefonica Dakar rally, due to start in Barcelona on December 31, will be a shorter version of previous year’s events, but no less demanding. The organisers have made a number of changes to the rules of the rally to bring more variety into the event.
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/ 14 December 2004
Lord’s, the traditional home of cricket, appears set to lose one of its long-standing tenants for tax reasons, with the International Cricket Council considering a new permanent base. A failure by the British government to meet its apparent promise of tax concessions on annual income is almost certain to lead to a relocation.
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/ 14 December 2004
South Africa’s dismal netball tour of the United Kingdom came to an end on Monday night with both the seniors and under-21s losing their last Tests in Birmingham. England left their best for last and gave South Africa a hiding to nothing. They won 61-37 — the biggest margin yet in the series.
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/ 14 December 2004
How do you remove a stray cockroach jammed in the ear? Get the roach drunk. A doctor in the southeastern Chinese port city of Xiamen plucked a 1,5cm roach from a 12-year-old boy’s ear with tweezers four minutes after dousing it with alcohol, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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