"Personally, as an environmentalist (regarded by some even as an eco-fascist), I am highly dubious of the way in which the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is applied in practice and the likelihood of its ensuring sustainable development." Environmental lawyer Louis de Villiers expresses his opinion on EIAs.
The second soccer World Cup for the homeless got under way on Sunday in the west Swedish city of Gothenburg with teams from 28 countries competing for the prize. About 300 players are involved, including the homeless, recovering addicts, asylum-seekers and sellers of street newspapers.
The possibility of an early–season derby between South Africa’s biggest soccer club, Orlando Pirates, and rivals Kaizer Chiefs became a reality when the two teams were kept apart when the draw for the Telkom Charity Cup was made in Johannesburg on Monday.
Hailstones the size of tennis balls are knocking people out in Japan. Shortly afterwards it is snowing in India. But that is only the beginning. But The Day After Tomorrow, a climate change movie released in mid-May, has been winning praise from both the research establishment and the environment movement.
The United States Democrat challenger for the White House, John Kerry, has raised more money in the past six months than President George W Bush, with his Democratic Party embracing the internet to help it cancel out what is a traditional Republican advantage. Kerry raised more than -million in the first six months of this year.
I worry when politicians talk about the 1960s; I worry when they are pro-Sixties, because they’re trying to sound hip and young and any minute now they’ll tell you that they tried dope but it wasn’t for them. I worry more when they’re anti-Sixties, because they sound like the right-wing Margaret Thatcher. Carping about the 1960s liberal consensus serves only to distract from what is in fact an attack on human rights.
The diplomatic community in Kenya has coined a new phrase to describe the country’s new political leadership for its inability to fight corruption. The diplomats describe Kenya as ”a new boat sailing without a functional captain”. The captain, President Mwai Kibaki, promised electorates zero tolerance against corruption. Instead, a new culture of get-rich-quickly, embraced by his cohorts, is setting new records.
All people saw, on first pass, was a yellow flash tucked within the blur of blue that led the pack down the Champs-Elysees. But that was all it took. Paris yelled its heart out. Lance Armstrong, the 32-year-old Texan who fought past cancer to get back on his bike, was the first six-time victor in the 101-year history of Tour de France, surely the world’s most grueling athletic event.
African Champions League favourites Esperance of Tunisia and title holders Enyimba of Nigeria were in merciless moods this weekend. Esperance overwhelmed Jeanne d’Arc of Senegal 5-0 and Enyimba went one better with a 6-0 drubbing of Bakili Bullets of Malawi in home games to consolidate their leadership of the two four-club groups.
Third seed Lindsay Davenport won her fourth WTA Tour title of the year and second in as many weeks by defeating top seed Serena Williams 6-1, 6-3 to capture the 000 hardcourt event on Sunday. Davenport denied Williams on all six break-point chances she managed, half of them in the final game, to capture her fourth Los Angeles title.