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/ 6 September 2004
Israel is pressing foreign donors to finance the construction of a web of roads through the occupied territories — made necessary by the building of the vast ”security” barrier and Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The Israeli government seeks foreign funding to upgrade the back roads that Palestinians are forced to use — after being banned from routes used by Jewish settlers.
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/ 6 September 2004
Hundreds of families were searching on Sunday night for their children and relatives among the wreckage of Middle School Number One, in hospitals and in the region’s morgue. Three days after the bloody end to the Beslan siege, 180 were still listed as missing.
Putin’s warning
When hell came calling
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/ 6 September 2004
Market talk is that Jabu Moleketi, the recently appointed Deputy Minister of Finance, will step into Trevor Manuel’s shoes. The <i>M&G</i> asked him about the BIG, Africa and the rumours about his future.
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/ 6 September 2004
A campaign to set up a women’s land movement has kicked off in Kenya, at a time when the East African country has embarked on a controversial land-reform debate. Campaigners argue that such a movement would ensure women speak with a unified voice. It would also incorporate their concerns in the on-going land debate.
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/ 6 September 2004
China’s leaders have raised the alarm about their country’s ability to feed itself as rapid development sucks land, water and people from the food-producing countryside into increasingly large and hungry cities. After a steady fall in grain harvests, the world’s most populous nation recently became a net importer of food for the first time in its history, driving up international prices of wheat, rice and soya.
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/ 6 September 2004
The logo of the Pretoria University-based Centre for Human Rights shows a butterfly in full flight with a colourful map of Africa as its wings. The logo could not have been more apt for the centre which leads the campaign to train young lawyers in human rights jurisprudence. This year it hosts a moot court competition. More than just a good training ground — it gives Africa a chance to reflect on itself.
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/ 6 September 2004
Zinedine Zidane inspired Spain to win the Danone Cup Nations Championship as the young Spaniards beat Switzerland 3-1 in the final in front of about 15 000 thrilled fans at Parc de Princes Stadium in Paris on Sunday. South Africa, last year’s winners, came third.
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/ 6 September 2004
Former anti-apartheid cleric Dr Beyers Naude was in a critical condition in the frail-care unit of a retirement village in Johannesburg on Monday. ”My father is very ill due to his age. We don’t know what to expect,” said Naude’s eldest son Johann on Monday.
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/ 6 September 2004
Sanzar said on Monday it wants the Super 12 rugby union competition expanded to 14 teams and an extra round of Tri-Nations Tests under a new broadcast deal being negotiated with media giant News Corporation. A Sanzar statement released by the Australian Rugby Union said South Africa and Australia would each have an extra team in an expanded Super 14 competition.
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/ 6 September 2004
Serena Williams left her opponent swinging at shadows, then Andy Roddick finished off his work with a 217kph fastball. Roddick and Williams easily aced their latest tests in the US Open on Sunday, serving notice that they are just warming up. Roddick overpowered Guillermo Canas 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.