Ever wanted to learn how to build your own landmine? Or rate your American intellectual capacity by putting yourself to the test called Not all Americans are stupid? Or for some light reading ,try Noam Chomsky’s views on why the US invaded Iraq. And garden gnome lovers best tread carefully when reading Ian Fraser’s column this week …
Conventional wisdom tells us that South Africa, like Russia, is a "transitional" society. What is meant by this? What government policies, and forms of action by the non-government sector, does this imply? At what point can we safely deem the "transition" completed — and what happens then?
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be taking delivery of a brand-new, giant Airbus 380 airliner in October next year. The acquisition of this three-deck, 600-ton ”super jumbo” will essentially be for military-support strategies and will form part of the ongoing arms deal.
Far from the rigours and intense pressures that is Test cricket, the touring West Indies have been presented with an ideal opportunity in Benoni to improve dramatically on two crucial aspects of their game. Their undisciplined bowling and staggeringly poor fielding have been highlighted by skipper Brian Lara as needing attention.
Kaizer Chiefs reclaimed the leadership of the Castle Premiership when they scored a hard fought 1-0 win over bottom-of-the log Hellenic at the FNB stadium on Wednesday night. There was no score at halftime.
The South African Football Association ‘s executive committee on Wednesday suspended Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba — on the eve of the squad’s departure for Mauritius where they play a Cosafa Cup match on Saturday as part of their build up for the African Nations Cup finals.
Japanese driver Hiroshi Masuoka stretched his overall lead in the Dakar Rally after winning the seventh stage on Wednesday. Masuoka completed the marathon 701km stage between Tan-Tan in Morocco and Atar in Mauritania in a time of 5:58,35, more than five minutes ahead of French driver Stephane Peterhansel.
Tiger Woods is ready for a new year — only this time he has company. Brilliant sunshine along Maui’s rugged coastline only adds to the optimism at the Mercedes Championships, which kicks off the 2004 season on Thursday. ”Things have changed a little bit,” Ernie Els said. ”The ‘Tiger effect’ is not as strong as it used to be.”
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More than a third of Zimbabwe’s commercial banks are unable to honour all their customers’ cheques, threatening to cause gridlock in the Southern African nation’s already troubled financial sector, economists said on Wednesday. Six of the 16 institutions have been suspended from the daily clearing of interbank debt.