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/ 17 January 2004
Democratic Alliance leaders expressed regret on Friday at communications authorities for granting the SABC more time to respond to complaints of the live coverage of an African National Congress rally last weekend — citing the fact that the Inkatha Freedom Party’s election campaign launch and rally takes place this Sunday.
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/ 17 January 2004
There is a strong suspicion that a decomposed body police found on the Tradouw Pass, near Barrydale in the Western Cape, is that of missing Dutch exchange student Marleen Konings, police said on Friday. A 46-year-old man has been taken into custody, but not formally charged with Konings’ murder.
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/ 17 January 2004
It was recently ranked one of the top places to see before you die, but Cape Town now risks acquiring a new label as the capital of rip-off. Restaurants were accused on Friday of inflating prices by more than 1Â 000% in a frenzy of greed damaging South Africa’s tourism industry.
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/ 17 January 2004
The United States signalled on Friday night that it was ready to revise its plans for gradually handing self-rule back to Iraqis, following strong criticism of the process by the country’s most influential Shia cleric. US President George Bush summoned his top official in Iraq, Paul Bremer, for urgent talks on salvaging the US plans.
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/ 17 January 2004
Colonel Moammar Gadaffi of Libya has been buying complete sets of uranium enrichment centrifuges on the international black market as the central element in his secret nuclear bomb programme, according to stunned United Nations nuclear inspectors.
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/ 17 January 2004
Eighty thousand people from 130 countries at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, want to prove that they are not just noisy anarchists but can offer alternatives to create a fairer planet. Everybody is sure of what they are against. but nobody can say what precisely they are all for.
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/ 17 January 2004
In a barely audible voice, Michael Jackson on Friday pleaded not guilty to seven charges of lewd behaviour with a minor and two charges of supplying a minor with an intoxicating agent, in a densely packed courtroom in Santa Maria. Jackson was bailed until a hearing next month, but not before he had irritated the judge with his tardiness.
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/ 17 January 2004
Elephants and humans have long found themselves at loggerheads in Africa, and Malawi is no exception to this trend. Now, villagers are also exploring a more innovative way of keeping the elephants at bay: the planting of chilli pepper plants. Once harvested and graded, the chillis are sold to European countries.
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/ 17 January 2004
Japan’s two-time defending champion Hiroshi Masuoka won the 15th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday, a 579km marathon drive from Tidjikja. The Mitusbishi driver now holds a nine minutes and 11 seconds margin over French teammate Stephane Peterhansel, who still has a 55 minutes and 53 seconds lead with two days to go.
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/ 17 January 2004
Inter Milan’s teenage striker Obafemi Martins on Friday claimed he is not mature enough to represent Nigeria at the African Nations Cup and that was why he opted out of the tournament. His refusal to be part of the team to Tunisia has angered many back home.