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/ 12 February 2004
French public prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a money-laundering inquiry into suspect transfers totalling about €9-million (about R78-million) into Paris bank accounts held by the wife of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The Bank of France and an anti-laundering agency noticed payments of about €1-million a month entering Suha Arafat’s accounts.
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/ 12 February 2004
The manne clicked last week. The pres chose Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for his Cabinet because of her millinery sense, amply on display at last year’s opening of Parliament. After all, she hasn’t remained in office for her deft handling of the HIV/Aids pandemic or ability to sweet-talk our doctors, nê?
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/ 12 February 2004
The odds are heavily stacked against the South African national under-23 soccer team, AmaGlug-Glug, who will face Zambia in the Athens Olympics second-leg qualifier in Zambia on February 21. They failed to take advantage of the cash-strapped Zambians and instead were beaten 1-0 in front of their vociferous fans last month.
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/ 12 February 2004
Australia drew first blood in the Spar Challenge hockey series when they beat South Africa 2-1 in an exciting first Test played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Wednesday night. The win exacted a measure of revenge for the visitors, who were beaten 4-3 in the four-Nation tournament in Athens at the weekend.
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/ 12 February 2004
George Orwell listed four writers’ motives: sheer egotism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse (the desire to record things as they are, for posterity) and political purpose (the desire to push the world in a certain direction). I have a much simpler reason for writing: to be in control.
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/ 12 February 2004
It is a tale of two weddings and a billionaire. In one of India’s poorest states, Uttar Pradesh, a six-day celebration estimated to cost more than £50-million (about R626-million), started this week for the nuptials of two sons of one of India’s wealthiest men. The venue is a huge site dominated by a floodlit lake and complete with a London orchestra and a replica of the White House.
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/ 12 February 2004
Required to score 237 runs for victory, Border defeated Griquas by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining in their Standard Bank Cup fixture played at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, on Wednesday.
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/ 12 February 2004
Wits University had to work hard for their 1-0 win over a new-look Sundowns in a Castle Premiership clash played at Milpark on Wednesday night. Wits led 1-0 at halftime. The action flowed from end to end in a fast paced opening period where the students enjoyed a territorial advantage.
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/ 12 February 2004
Orlando Pirates’ good form continued at Johannesburg Stadium on Wednesday where they scored a comfortable 2-0 win over top-of-the-log Santos in a Castle Premiership fixture marred by wet conditions. Pirates held the initiative throughout the 90 minutes from a Santos side that lacked urgency.
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/ 12 February 2004
Banyana Banyana are confident of beating Angola again — this time around in their own backyard in Luanda in the team’s second Athens Olympic Games qualifier on Saturday. ”We are ready for anything that the Angolans will throw at us,” said Banyana Banyana coach Gregory Mashilo.