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/ 2 September 2004
Motorists are advised to avoid the Johannesburg city centre on Thursday due to a march by an expected 20 000 South African Democratic Teacher’s Union members, metro police said. Metro police spokesperson Superintendent Edna Mamonyane said the marchers will make their way from Braamfontein’s Civic Centre, along De Korte, Harrison and Eloff streets to 111 Commissioner street.
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/ 2 September 2004
The Border Bulldogs will want to make amends for last weekend’s drubbing when they meet the Mighty Elephants in East London on Friday evening in their Currie Cup first-division match at the Absa Stadium. The Bulldogs were unbeaten in four matches until coming badly unstuck against the Boland Cavaliers in Wellington.
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/ 2 September 2004
Things are slowly falling into place for Tri-Nations-winning coach Jake White two months ahead of the Grand Slam tour of the United Kingdom. White, still basking in the glory of the Springboks’ Tri-Nations triumph, met with journalists on Thursday in Sandton to set out plans for the upcoming tour of Britain and Argentina.
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/ 2 September 2004
There are good tours and there are bad tours, and this was one of the bad ones. That was the opinion of United Cricket Board CEO Gerald Majola, after the South African cricket team returned home on Wednesday from a disastrous tour of Sri Lanka, in which they drew one Test, lost the other and then were defeated in all five one-day internationals.
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/ 2 September 2004
The war has lasted for most of 10 years and, with each year that passes, Islamist separatists have had to sink to ever greater depths of brutality to get their cause noticed. Chechnya — a war the Kremlin reignited to boost the political career of an unknown former KGB officer, Vladimir Putin — today returns to haunt the Russian president. Moscow has allowed an enemy with a definable objective to morph into extremists who are ready to die — and kill.
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/ 2 September 2004
Alex Wharf had a debut to savour as England beat India by seven wickets in the first one-day international at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Glamorgan quick, only in the squad because Kabir Ali was out injured, took three for 30 as India were bowled out for a meagre 170.
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/ 2 September 2004
South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira played the final US Open match of his 15-year career on Wednesday, losing in the first round to former world number one Lleyton Hewitt.
The 32-year-old Ferreira plans to retire after representing South Africa for the last time in a Davis Cup tie at the end of September.
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/ 2 September 2004
Ernie Els is setting new goals to get over his near misses at this year’s major golf championships. ”I just want to try and be happy again,” he said on Wednesday. ”I want to get myself in better shape physically.” Els is in Switzerland to defend his European Masters title, starting on Thursday.
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/ 2 September 2004
Alex Ferguson has moved quickly to put a protective shield around teenage striker Wayne Rooney — and Manchester United’s new record signing insists he is mature enough to evade the pitfalls that could derail his emerging career. Ferguson, who has a formidable reputation as a disciplinarian, has no fears for his new acquisition.
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/ 2 September 2004
South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira played the final United States Open match of his 15-year career on Wednesday, losing in the first-round to former world number one Lleyton Hewitt. The 32-year-old Ferreira plans to retire after representing South Africa for the last time in a Davis Cup tie at the end of September.