Wits University played to a goaless draw against Ajax Cape Town in a Castle Premiership match at the Bidvest Stadium on Wednesday night. Ajax CT missed an opportunity to advance to the fourth position of the premiership log table when they failed to beat the hosts.

A brace of goals in the space of two minutes by Sandile Ndlovu gave Dynamos their second win of the season when they beat Santos 3-1 at the Greenpoint stadium on Wednesday night. Dynamos, who controlled the first half, were outplayed in the second half, but poor passing and feeble shooting at goal cost Santos three points.

Driving through western Ukraine on a hot spring day in the mid-1990s, I passed an idyllic scene. Scores of Ukrainian army conscripts lay around a radar antenna, sound asleep in the rich long grass and flowers, soaking up the sun, expressions of pure serenity on their faces. Now, however, it is worth remembering how many times, and with how little fuss and blood, Ukraine has stepped back from the brink before.

President George W Bush’s foreign policy is simple: don’t mess with the United States. The same, it appears, applies to economic policy. Last Friday, the dollar fell sharply against the euro following comments by Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan, which — by his own cryptic standards — were unambiguous. ”It seems persuasive that, given the size of the US current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point,” Greenspan said.

Most of Johannesburg’s western suburbs were heading for another night of candles, cold baths and takeaways as only about 10% of the area’s power had been restored by late Wednesday afternoon. City Power spokesperson Sol Masolo said that while technicians had made progress in their round-the-clock repairs which began on Monday night after the Hurst Hill transformer burst into flames, nobody knew when all power would be restored.