Every week Najwa al-Bayati makes the 30-minute drive across Baghdad to her former office at the veterinary directorate of the agriculture ministry to ask when they will let her return to work. Najwa — a 50-year-old widow, an ordinary middle-class Iraqi — is precisely the sort who had most to gain when America and Britain went to war a year ago. But this has not been the case.

Manchester City put a huge dent into Manchester United’s hopes of successfully defending their Premier League title with a crushing 4-1 win on Sunday. It was only their third win against their bitter rivals in United manager Alex Ferguson’s 17 year tenure.

Sundowns kept their hopes of qualifying for the top eight alive when they held on to defeat leaders Santos 2-1 in a Castle Premiership match at the Odi Stadium on Sunday. Downs led 2-0 at halftime.

The Supersport Super Six match between North West and Free State ended in a draw when bad light called an end to procedings at 5.30pm on the final day. North West were on the edge of defeat with only two wickets in hand and seven overs to face.

Western Province achieved a crucial 154 run victory over the KwaZulu Natal Dolphins in the top-of-the-table Supersport Super Six cricket match at Newlands on Sunday. As a result, the Capetonians moved eight points clear of their rivals in their bid to host the SuperSport Series final.

Zimbabwean international midfielder Blessing Makunike and two other players died early on Sunday when the car in which they were travelling was involved in an accident, their club chairperson confirmed.

HIV has led to an increase in new tuberculosis (TB) infections not only in individuals with HIV, but also in HIV-negative indi- viduals, according to a cohort study involving South African gold miners published in the March 5 edition of AIDS.

The South African National Navy will receive the third in a series of four corvettes purchased under the controversial arms deal from a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday. So far two of the corvettes have been received — the SAS Amatola and the SAS Isandhlwana. The SAS Mendi will be the last of the four to be delivered.