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/ 12 January 2004
The ever-popular and lovable alter-ego of South Africa’s brilliant, savage and unremittingly talented leading satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, is to undergo a sex change operation.
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/ 12 January 2004
Sources close to <i>Not the Mail & Guardian</i> have revealed that a luxury wine estate near Stellenbosch, including its winery and classic Cape Dutch homestead, has been secretly acquired by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The estate and its buildings are being prepared and will be set aside as a retirement home for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
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/ 12 January 2004
Sundowns under new coach Paul Dolezar notched a deserved 2-0 win over hard running Jomo Cosmos in a Castle Premiership match played at the Odi stadium in Pretoria on Sunday. There was no score at half-time.
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/ 12 January 2004
President Thabo Mbeki and DA leader Tony Leon are derailing the country’s efforts to talk rationally about common challenges. The relationship between the two men often borders on hatred and their reaction to each other’s utterances and actions is laced with disdain, writes Mondli Makhanya.
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/ 12 January 2004
A huge fire in a Manila shantytown early on Monday hurt at least 23 people, destroyed thousands of homes and left about 25 000 residents homeless, disaster relief officials said. Twenty-seven firetrucks and a navy fire boat on a nearby river assisted in the operation.
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/ 12 January 2004
The West Indies cricket side finally recorded a first-class win on their South African tour after Easterns squandered a prime position at Willowmore Park in Benoni on Monday. Having not won a top-flight game in 1998/99, the win represented their maiden first-class win on South African soil.
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/ 12 January 2004
The West Indies suffered a calamitous lower-order collapse on Sunday to present Easterns with a genuine chance of winning their four-day tour match at Willowmoore Park. The Windies lost their final five wickets for the addition of just 27 runs to be all out for 263, a lead of 284.
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/ 12 January 2004
Officials are likely to recommend the creation of a state-run company to own and manage the Iraqi oil industry, shutting out foreign investment and countering, in part, allegations that the United States-led invasion of the country was merely an oil grab.
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/ 12 January 2004
The South African under-19 cricket team won the Commonwealth Tournament in India after beating Bangladesh by 250 runs in a one-sided final at Faridabad, New Delhi, on Sunday. The locals won the toss and opted to bat. They made a massive 369 for the loss of three wickets.
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/ 12 January 2004
Stuart Appleby survived a late charge from Vijay Singh in Hawaii on Sunday to win the United States PGA Tour’s season-opening Mercedes Championships. Appleby led throughout the final round but was made to sweat down the stretch before recording a one-stroke victory in strong winds.