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/ 6 December 2004
Wine and spirits producer KWV said on Monday that it has dismissed two winemakers who were found to be adding flavourants to Sauvignon Blanc. KWV said the winemaker for its 2004 Laborie Sauvignon Blanc, Gideon Theron, and Ian Nieuwoudt, the winemaker for the 2004 KWV Reserve Sauvignon Blanc, were dismissed after it was established that they were guilty of manipulating two lots of wines.
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/ 6 December 2004
”My legs have been the making of my life. That the evil of some should force others to live without them is a tragedy which should make us all angry.” The United States and Somalia are among the last remaining countries to ratify an international treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines. Kenyan long-distance runner Paul Tergat came face to face with the tyranny of landmines in south Sudan. Here is an extracts from his diary.
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/ 6 December 2004
Governments in Western Europe inclined to criticise Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interference in neighbours such as Ukraine or abuses in Chechnya may have second thoughts in future as their energy dependency grows. American qualms about the Kremlin’s authoritarianism or its support for Iran may be more readily suppressed when Russia’s position as the world’s second-largest oil exporter is factored in.
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/ 6 December 2004
With the news that his three-week old daughter Ella was in hospital with bronchitis, Retief Goosen wanted to pack his bags and fly home to England on Wednesday night. But his wife, Tracy, encouraged him to play the tournament and the South African finished with a seven-under-par total of 281 to end up six shots clear of compatriot Ernie Els and Australian Stuart Appleby.
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/ 6 December 2004
A ship as unsteady as Arsenal have been in recent weeks can scarcely afford to do without a skipper. But that is exactly what the English champions will have to do on Tuesday night when they seek to navigate their way past Norwegian champions Rosenborg at Highbury and into the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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/ 6 December 2004
The documentary Not Cricket — The Basil D’Oliveira Conspiracy will be broadcast in South Africa on December 14, shortly before the start of the Test series between South Africa and England. SuperSport has acquired the rights to screen the 80-minute programme that has been described in Britain as ”an indictment of shameful behaviour” and a ”fascinating and shaming story”.
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/ 6 December 2004
An Indian security delegation was to arrive in Dhaka on Monday after India’s cricket tour of Bangladesh was put on hold over an Islamic threat to kill the cricketers, officials said. The threat was made in a hand-written fax purportedly sent by a little-known radical Islamic group calling itself Harkat-ul-Zihad.
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/ 6 December 2004
President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday arrived to a rousing welcome in the central Ivorian rebel stronghold of Bouake, where a rebel spokesperson said the South African statesman was regarded as a ”guarantee” to the peace process in the divided West African nation.
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/ 6 December 2004
Lleyton Hewitt will handle the scrutiny of his private life as he tries finally to land the Australian Open in Melbourne next month, his younger sister, Jaslyn, said on Monday. Hewitt’s private life is expected to be a media focus at the year’s first grand slam tournament from January 17.
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/ 6 December 2004
South Africa’s rugby coach Jake White said on his return from Argentina on Monday morning that a committee of conditioning experts will be appointed to look into the overall capacity of the Springbok rugby team. White and his weary squad arrived in Cape Town after their annual end-of-season tour was concluded on Saturday when the South Africans defeated an under-strength Pumas side 39-7 in Buenos Aires.
Argentina complains of ‘lack of respect’