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/ 20 September 2004
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has ratified an Act bringing the country’s truth and reconciliation commission into being. The Act comes within weeks of hostilities that culminated in the seizure and pillage of Bukavu by renegade forces. Post-conflict transformation isn’t possible in the DRC, a country still at war with itself.
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/ 20 September 2004
As Transnet CEO Maria Ramos fills in the details of her turnaround plan, it is becoming clear that extensive private sector involvement and a more creative approach to financing will be central to restructuring the parastatal. Wholesale privatisation may be out of the question for Transnet’s core rail and port operations, but the concessioning of specialised services seems likely to expand.
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/ 20 September 2004
Growing evidence suggests that United States President George W Bush abruptly left his Texas Air National Guard unit in 1972 for substantive reasons pertaining to his inability to continue piloting a fighter jet. And these revelations, suggesting the United States President abused alcohol and cocaine, could undermine his appeal as a military steward and guardian of values.
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/ 20 September 2004
United States President George Bush has decided to lift sanctions against Libya, which he expects to trigger release of more than -billion to families of the Lockerbie victims, a senior administration official said. Bush could announce the step as early as Monday, the official said on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because Bush prefers to publicise such moves himself.
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/ 20 September 2004
Scott Field, South Africa’s visually impaired swimmer, won his second silver medal of the Athens Paralympics when he finished a strong second in the men’s 400m freestyle at the Aquatic Centre on Monday evening. Field swam four minutes and 30,19 seconds against the 4:28,84 that earned Walter Wu of Canada the gold medal.
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/ 20 September 2004
There is no ”I” in Ryder Cup. It’s a lesson the United States players and captains on the past 10 teams have stubbornly refused to learn. Europe won seven of those matches, including four of the last five, and the only US win in that latest run — at Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1999 — required the greatest final-day comeback in the history of the tournament.
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/ 20 September 2004
Sexual violence affects all women in conflicts, from rape victims to those who live in fear of being raped. Yet rape in times of war has historically been the least reported and condemned of war crimes. Lori Waselchuk, winner of the Southern African Gender and Media photojournalism award, hopes to give a voice to victims of rape in war-torn countries.
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/ 20 September 2004
Big Fanie Lombaard was the sensation at the opening of Paralympic athletics action this weekend when he threw a golden world record in the shot put in Athens on Sunday night to mark his sixth Paralympic gold medal. Natalie du Toit swam a world-record gold in the 100m butterfly.
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/ 20 September 2004
The International Cricket Council (ICC) insisted on Sunday it had no plans to delay the hearing into racism allegations that have torn apart Zimbabwe cricket after reports from the troubled African state suggested proceedings could be delayed by up to two weeks.
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/ 20 September 2004
Capital city clubs Real Madrid, Roma and Paris Saint Germain all suffered shattering defeats at the weekend, which put the jobs at least two high-profile coaches on the line. Real, humbled 3-0 at Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in midweek, lost 1-0 at Espanyol despite dropping David Beckham and Raul to the bench.