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/ 7 September 2004
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne crashed out of the ,8-million US Open in New York on Monday, losing 6-3, 6-2 in a stunning fourth-round upset to unheralded Russian Nadia Petrova. Henin-Hardenne is the first top seed to lose before the quarterfinals since Billy Jean King was ousted in the third round in 1973.
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/ 7 September 2004
Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the US Open, just like Roger Federer. Agassi made short work of marathon man Sargis Sargsian on Labour Day, sweeping out his longtime friend and occasional practice partner 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The win came after Federer set up an incredibly attractive match-up in the quarterfinals.
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/ 7 September 2004
Fiji’s Vijay Singh won a head-to-head match-up with Tiger Woods to end the American’s record reign atop golf’s ultimate leaderboard. Singh shot a 69 to beat Woods and Adam Scott by three strokes in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday, clinching the number-one ranking in the world with his sixth victory of the year.
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/ 7 September 2004
Formula-one driver Jenson Button has revealed his decision to leave BAR and join Williams next season was because of unhappiness over contract differences, including bonus payments. The Englishman is in the middle of a tug of war between BAR and Williams over his future.
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/ 7 September 2004
Two years ago the international community gathered in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and drew up a plan to protect resources for the benefit of the planet. Last week the government and various civil society organisations gathered at the Johannesburg +2 Sustainable Development Conference to assess progress. We spoke to Environmental Affairs Director General Chippy Olver.
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/ 6 September 2004
Public-sector unions decided on Monday to embark on strike action following their rejection of the government’s 6% wage increase offer, said labour caucus chairperson Fikile Majola. All members of the eight unions will strike, except essential services. The unions represent 700 000 public-service employees.
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/ 6 September 2004
Pharmacists across the country are introducing a range of new charges now that they are limited in the prices they can ask for drugs, players in the industry said on Monday. ”We can charge for any service. Everything that you do for the patient, the patient must pay for,” said a pharmacist in Pretoria North. ”This is very sad.”
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/ 6 September 2004
The Democratic Alliance on Monday welcomed another six municipal councillors to its ranks, bring its total countrywide to 1 022. In a speech prepared for delivery to a meeting of the DA’s Cape Town Unicity caucus, Leon said 40 councillors have now crossed over to the DA in the two-week floor-crossing period.
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/ 6 September 2004
South Africa’s Justice and Constitutional Development Ministry has given permission to Equatorial Guinea’s authorities to question Mark Thatcher on his alleged role in a coup plot in that country, a ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The spokesperson added that there has been no discussion of extradition.