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/ 17 December 2004
It was first blood to England in the opening session of the first Castle Lager/MTN cricket Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Friday, with three wickets falling before lunch. The lunchtime score was 83 for three, with Jacques Rudolph on 41 and Boeta Dippenaar on six.
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/ 17 December 2004
Log leaders Orlando Pirates should easily pocket the three points against Santos during their Castle Premiership match at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday. Bucs are the only club in the league who have yet to lose and Supersport United coach Pitso Mosimane has already tipped them to walk away with the title this season.
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/ 17 December 2004
What are the transformational challenges facing the country and more specifically, the legal profession as we enter the second decade of democracy? You can argue that lawyers need to understand transformation so that they can draft, interpret, evaluate and adjudicate related issues for the benefit of others. But does this mean that there is a need for the legal profession to be subjected to a transformation charter?
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/ 17 December 2004
Representatives of the rebel New Forces arrived in Pretoria on Thursday convinced they hold the moral high ground in African-led efforts to end the two-year crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. They have seized the initiative in being first to come back to President Thabo Mbeki since his visit to the troubled West African state last week.
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/ 17 December 2004
The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic’s quest for self-determination received endorsement from President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday when he accepted the credentials of its ambassador, Bahia Sadafa, in Pretoria. ”The Saharawi people must enjoy the same rights as the people of Morocco and South Africa and the whole of Africa enjoy,” he said.
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/ 17 December 2004
There is no joviality to the Premiership panto season. Sir Alex Ferguson casts the grimmest of shadows over his rivals. Manchester United have won the Premier League title eight times under his direction and on six of those occasions the side have been lurking a few paces away from the leaders at Christmas.
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/ 17 December 2004
Everybody in the crowd at Stamford Bridge refers to John Terry by his nickname. JT is what his friends call him and that familiarity has extended to thousands of punters. Chelsea fans may these days develop relationships with a selection of new, glamorous heroes every season, but JT is the one they know and understand best.
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/ 17 December 2004
For Kaizer Chiefs, the Coca-Cola Cup final on Saturday night is not just about R2-million, keeping the trophy after (hopefully) winning it for the third time, nor about putting to rest the ghosts of their nemesis, Supersport United. It is about restoring their status as cup kings.
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/ 17 December 2004
The most important moment of Liverpool’s season so far remains a mysterious and controversial one. And one that could reverse itself any time next month. It came when Steven Gerrard, their most precious asset, decided to stay at Anfield rather than listen to the advice of England teammates John Terry and Frank Lampard at Euro 2004.
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/ 17 December 2004
The last time England beat South Africa in a Test series in South Africa was in 1965. None of the South African team had been born then. Nor, for that matter, had any of the England side. Forty years on, England have brought Ashley Giles along to bowl left-arm finger-spin over the wicket into the rough outside the right-hander’s leg stump.