Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last weekend. Can it win the US presidential election? The film examines the relationship between the Bush and Saudi dynasties, and offers a critical view of the experiences of soldiers and their families in the Iraq war.
The United States men suffered their worst Grand Slam showing on Wednesday when outsider Olivier Mutis dumped second seed Andy Roddick out of the French Open in their second-round tie. Roddick’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 defeat to world 125th-ranked Mutis follows that of former champion Andre Agassi.
”Once you start to find the balance between what you are actually disturbing and the benefits that you are going to bring in, the disturbance is minimal.” The planned N2 toll road through Pondoland in the Eastern Cape is a hotly debated subject. Earthyear quizzes Nazir Alli, CEO of the South African National Roads Agency, about the impact, consequences and potential benefits of the road.
”One of the major factors that motivated me and my husband to move to South Africa was the private ownership of wildlife. In Kenya, you have no control over wildlife, for either conservation efforts or as an asset for ecotourism ventures.” Milimani Game Sanctuary in KwaZulu-Natal has offered hundreds of orphaned wild animals a second chance. Co-owner Lois Kuhle describes what it’s all about.
After a pretty hard-hitting election campaign, Lemmer is pleased to see that Democratic Whatever leader Tony Leon is trying to bury the hatchet with the African National Congress — and not in Oom Thabo’s back, either. But mending fences is never easy, as the princess discovered this week during parliamentary debate on the prez’s State of the Nation speech.
The State of the Nation address is the government’s first major policy statement following the election. The address did not, however, spell out what kind of structural changes are needed in the formal sector. The government needs a strategy for restructuring the formal sector to create jobs, writes Cosatu’s Bheki Ntshalintshali.
Manning Rangers escaped relegation by beating Wits University 2-1 to collect three valuable points in a Castle Premiership encounter at Chatsworth Stadium on Wednesday night. Rangers led 2-1 at the interval. The Durban outfit showed from the start that they meant business by going forward in numbers.
South African Rugby Football Union president Brian van Rooyen says he was shocked to discover the lack of proper organisation surrounding the Springboks, and that he had been forced to take over the running of the national team, SABC radio news reported on Wednesday.
Champions League winners Porto coach Jose Mourinho took a firm step towards Chelsea on Thursday when he mentioned the English Premiership side for the first time. ”I would really like to accept Chelsea’s invitation,” he told cable television channel Sport TV.
Jose Mourinho told his FC Porto players before the Champions League final that it would be a night they would never forget. So they’d better make it a good memory. The players delivered on Wednesday, beating Monaco 3-0 to give Porto their second triumph in the most prestigious club competition since 1987.
Porto coach considers Chelsea