Ariel Sharon was heckled and booed by members of his own party on Monday as he pledged to stick with his plan for a partial withdrawal from the occupied territories and the dismantling of some Jewish settlements. The Israeli prime minister’s speech was interrupted as scuffling broke out in the Tel Aviv hall where thousands of Likud members were gathered.
Working as a journalist in Zimbabwe today is something of a challenge, it might euphemistically be said. Zimbabwean editors have to tip-toe their way through a legislative minefield designed to cause them and their publications as much harm as possible.
The South African rand was steady against major currencies in early trade on Tuesday after rallying over 20 cents against the dollar on Monday when the market was caught long dollars. Currency traders expect the rand to stabilise somewhat on Tuesday, but add that the rand’s firming trend remained intact.
Rights groups in Kenya are faced with the daunting task of persuading the government of President Mwai Kibaki to adopt a truth, justice and reconciliation commission (TJRC). A task force found that 90% of Kenyans backed the formation of such a commission.
There was a time in the ’70s when no one expected Keith Richards to reach 40, let alone 60, when he was (by his own description) ”a human chemical laboratory”. But as the Rolling Stone guitarist approaches his seventh decade, fans are still throwing their knickers at him.
Despite losing almost an entire session to rain on Monday, South Africa remained in the hunt for a series whitewash over the West Indies at Newlands. At stumps on day four of the third cricket Test match, South Africa had powered to 335 for three, a lead of 440 after Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis had savaged the Windies attack to both move to their centuries.
The knot of morning commuters in Bulawayo’s working class suburb of Pumula North scattered as a frail-looking woman in ragged clothes, wielding a grass broom in one hand and a stick in the other, bore down on them shouting obscenities at the top of her voice.
About 400 of the Zimbabwean farms recovered so far from senior government officials who ignored a presidential directive and held multiple properties will be given to farmers who are ”serious and committed” to agricultural production, authorities said on Monday.
Steve Waugh was at the crease in his final Test innings trying to save Australia from a heavy defeat to India in the fourth cricket Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. India have been in control of the Sydney Test since scoring a record 705 for seven declared in the first innings.
PSV chairperson Harry van Raaij has blasted Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson over his bid to sign the Dutch club’s 19-year-old Arjen Robben, whom United see as the new Ryan Giggs. Van Raaij is angry United invited the player to Old Trafford without informing him.