The world forms its vision of South Africa through the reports of over 200 foreign correspondents working in the region. Geoff Hill asks some of them how they try to make global audiences care.
It may thud in at a colossal 957 pages, but Bill Clinton’s autobiography still feels incomplete. One closes this fattest of tomes with a sneaking suspicion that the saga is far from over. Its final words should read: To be continued. Nothing more embodies the divisions in the United States than its leading dynasties, the Bushes and the Clintons.
Oom Krisjan knows how unpalatable an unpalatable task can be. Such as when a recalcitrant mare needs to be inseminated. But never do the manne of the Marico shirk their duties. So it was with sympathy that the Oom saw the task a Parliamentary ad hoc committee had been given: to judge right and wrong in the battle between the Protector and the Prosecutor
If a nation’s character can be deduced from its music then fado, Portugal’s lilting Latinate blues, says much about the natural disposition of the people. Literally translated as ”fate”, fado captures perfectly the melancholic world view shared by many of the country’s 10,3-million citizens.
The Zimbabwean cricket crisis and past controversies over the use of player commercial rights will be high on the agenda of next week’s meeting in London of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (Fica). Fica is the international body consisting of player associations from most of the test playing countries.
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter on Thursday named 28 players for next Saturday’s 2006 World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso at Olen Park, Potchefstroom. The squad will be trimmed to 18 players next Tuesday.
France vs Greece looks like the biggest mismatch of the Euro 2004 quarterfinals. Defending champion France has won three major international trophies; the Greeks just a single match. ”Every team has its possibilities, and so do we,” said midfielder Vassilis Tsiartas, whose Greek side is the revelation of Euro 2004.
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Congolese President Joseph Kabila pledged on Wednesday to use troops massing in eastern Congo to disarm and send home former Rwandan soldiers blamed for that country’s 1994 genocide. Rwanda has accused the Congo of beefing up forces in its east in recent weeks as a prelude an invasion of Rwanda, Congo’s chief foreign enemy during a 1998-2002 central African war in the Congo
Daniel Molewa, who raped eight women in Soshanguve two years ago knew his actions were wrong, but claimed on Wednesday his fear of the ”tokoloshe” had driven him to it. Earlier this year Molewa admitted guilt on 12 charges of rape and three of indecent assault. He was out on bail for a double rape when he embarked on a further spree of rapes in 2001 and 2002.