Spain’s new Prime Minister, the Socialist José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero, on Monday followed his dramatic election triumph with a pledge to bring troops home from Iraq and accusations that Tony Blair and George Bush lied about the war.
Power balance blown apart
World number five gold miner Harmony is increasing the number of women at its local mines and, while progress is relatively slow, the process of integrating women into the mining operations has been quite smooth, Harmony mining executives said on Monday.
Ralf Hotchkiss was paralysed in a motorcycle crash in 1966 when he was a college student in the United States. Within minutes of leaving hospital he was sowing the seeds of his future career, designing cheap, custom-made wheelchairs for people ranging from disabled Zambian footballers to women in rural Kenyan villages.
Judging by the publicity of Telkom’s sale of shares to the general public, its ”retail offering” was a tremendous black empowerment success. If you were looking at the continuing privatisation of Telkom from the point of view of ”broad-based” black economic empowerment, however, you would be justified in asking, ”What is the big deal?” writes Reg Rumney.
The question is as simple as this: do you want a few corporations to monopolise the global food supply? If the answer is yes, you should welcome the British government’s announcement, expected this week, that the commercial planting of a genetically modified (GM) crop in Britain can go ahead. If the answer is no, you should regret it, writes George Monbiot.
Gary Kirsten, South Africa’s highest ever Test run-scorer, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of the current tour of New Zealand. Kirsten, who will play his 100th Test this week after scoring his 21st century in the first Test against New Zealand, said it was ”a sad and emotional moment”.
Amaglug-glug’s Nasief Morris has been temporarily banned from playing soccer by Fifa, it was announced on Monday. It is reported, the Panathinaikos defender is not allowed to play in any Greek league, friendly or official international matches.
With just over a month to go, interest is mounting for the first round of the 2004 MotoGP, which will take place at the Phakisa Freeway in Welkom between April 16-18.
Muttiah Muralitharan became the youngest bowler to reach 500 Test wickets and helped dismiss Australia for its record low total against Sri Lanka with a four-wicket haul on the first day of the second cricket Test on Tuesday.
Sir Alex Ferguson has won a vote of confidence from the Manchester United board but his former captain, Bryan Robson, says he got it wrong this season and the club, which crashed out of the European Champions League, will finish without a trophy.