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/ 15 December 2004
Walter Brooke’s career advice in <i>The Graduate</i>, "Ben, I have just one word for you — plastics", was spot on. In the years after the film’s 1967 release, plastic manufacturing boomed. But if Brooke had to counsel a confused university graduate today, the word would be "emissions". South African business is preparing to cash in on the world’s fastest-growing industry — carbon management.
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/ 15 December 2004
"In keeping with the holiday mood, the "oh, who cares about the horrific state of the world and all the suffering" theme more or less continues this week, with a selection of odd sites with which to kill time. (To help cover all the bases as the year winds to a close — if you’re curious about what you didn’t hear about in 2004, take a look at The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2004.)" Ian Fraser reveals these and much more.
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/ 15 December 2004
”…The thing is, I am tired. I am tired because every day women’s bodies are broken: thrown down stairs, set on fire, burnt with chemicals. I am tired because women’s vaginas are considered dirty and those who like sex are treated with suspicion.” In an open letter to President Thabo Mbeki, gender activist Sisonke Msimang pleads for an end to the denial of women’s fundamental rights.
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/ 15 December 2004
A group of intellectuals has called on colleagues in international academia to ”comprehensively and consistently boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions”, as exemplified in the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa. The call, from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, was made at an international conference last weekend.
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/ 15 December 2004
We are now informed that there are four types of women who seek to get to the top in a working world that is still, overall, dominated by men. These are, according to a new book written by a former BBC executive: the bitch; the geisha; the guy; and the invisible woman. However much working women are categorised as ”bitches”, the truth is we are all these and more.
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/ 15 December 2004
Ten years ago, Aboriginal Australian Michael Long was a champion in Australia’s most popular winter sport — Australian Rules football. In his country, Long was a universally popular hero because of his exploits on the football field. Last week, Long was back in the limelight, trekking 400km to meet with newly re-elected Australian Prime Minister John Howard about the deplorable state of Aboriginal affairs in his country.
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/ 15 December 2004
The South African cricket team were buoyant on Tuesday after their three-day training camp at the High Performance Centre at the Tuks sports ground, and ahead of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test against England in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Team captain Graeme Smith said the team were really focused ahead of the Test, and he expected a hard battle against England.
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/ 15 December 2004
Struggling Manning Rangers have roped former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker into their technical staff department. The Mighty Maulers are lying at the bottom of the Castle Premiership log and play against Wits University during their Castle Premiership match at Bidvest Stadium on Wednesday night.
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/ 15 December 2004
South Africa have secured a place in Wednesday night’s final of the women’s international water-polo tournament taking place at the Joan Harrison complex in East London. Pipping Australia by five goals to four in the tense semifinal, after at one stage being 0-3 down, the South Africans now come up against favourites Russia.
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/ 15 December 2004
Russia continued their winning streak on Tuesday night at the women’s international water-polo tournament in East London when they trounced South Africa A 22-4 in the last of the first-round matches. The well-drilled and super-fit Russian team have dominated the tournament so far, convincingly winning all their matches.