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/ 21 September 2004
Fulham striker Andy Cole, manager Chris Coleman and West Bromwich Albion’s Neil Clement had disciplinary charges brought against them by the Football Association (FA) on Monday. Cole got involved in a late brawl sparked by Neil Clement’s wild tackle on Luis Boa Morte in their 1-1 Premiership draw against West Brom on Saturday.
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/ 21 September 2004
Prominent South African runner Hendrick Ramaala won the 2004 edition of the 16km Dam to Dam road race in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Sunday. A law graduate from the University of Witwatersrand, Ramaala (32) won the popular race in 45 minutes and 59 seconds. He beat a field of more than 7 000 people.
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/ 21 September 2004
Former soccer great Diego Maradona returned to Cuba on Monday to resume treatment for cocaine addiction after a relapse confined him to a psychiatric hospital in his native Argentine and sparked unsuccessful attempts by his family to keep him at home. Maradona was greeted by dozens of journalists after arriving in Havana.
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/ 20 September 2004
Face paintings, wigs and men wearing dresses will be allowed at Saturday’s 14th annual Gay Pride march in Johannesburg, as long as it is ”decent”, city police said on Monday. Spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said: ”People will be able to wear masks, but the mask must be of such a nature that the wearer is identifiable.”
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/ 20 September 2004
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to close its offices in Zimbabwe at the end of October because it no longer has a resident representative, a local official said on Monday. The IMF’s last representative to Harare left a year ago at the end of his term and no replacement has been appointed, the official said.
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/ 20 September 2004
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) president Mtutuzeli Tom has reproached members who, he said, use the media to discredit the union.
”It is our revolutionary duty to defend and protect the integrity of the union from reckless and careless negative media publicity,” he told Numsa’s congress in Midrand.
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/ 20 September 2004
The Israeli government said on Monday it expects an upsurge in militant attacks ahead of its Gaza withdrawal, as the United States insisted the pull-out should be consistent with the international road map for peace. ”Hamas will want to portray the Gaza withdrawal as escapism on our part,” said a senior Israeli government official.
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/ 20 September 2004
Botswana’s wildlife authorities have closed Chobe National Park to tourists after an anthrax outbreak that threatens buffalo and elephants in one of the country’s largest game reserves, a spokesperson said Monday. By Friday, game rangers had found the carcasses of 68 buffalo and one elephant in the park.
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/ 20 September 2004
Nine miners died at the Northam Platinum mine near Thabazimbi after a fire broke out underground early on Monday, the company said. A spokesperson said 46 workers, who were working on the 13th level of the mine about 2 100m underground, were safely evacuated after the blaze was detected.