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/ 14 November 2003
Deputy President Jacob Zuma has a serious difficulty in relation to the bribery investigation that still hangs over him. If the allegations are, as he says, ”defamatory” and ”utterly baseless”, why does National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka take them so seriously?
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/ 14 November 2003
Harmony Gold Mining, African Rainbow Minerals Investment (Armi) and Avmin have agreed on a deal that will make Avmin South Africa’s largest diversified and empowered mineral resources company.
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/ 14 November 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will use talks with United States President George W Bush during his visit to London next week to argue for a cautious shift of power within Iraq, concessions for the Britons held at Guantanamo Bay and reassurances for the Americans about Europe’s military intentions.
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/ 14 November 2003
Iran this week glossed over embarrassing revelations that it had lied to United Nations inspectors about its nuclear programme. The state media and government officials quoted the UN nuclear watchdog as saying that Tehran had recently displayed a more cooperative attitude.
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/ 14 November 2003
Three thousand volunteers were in Paris this week to attend the European Social Forum, the anti-globalisation movement’s combustion chamber for alternative political and social ideas.
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/ 14 November 2003
France’s mammoth Elf corruption case, probably the biggest political and corporate sleaze scandal to hit a Western democracy since World War II, drew to a close this week as three key former executives of the oil giant were jailed for up to five years.
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/ 14 November 2003
The purists want New Zealand versus France. The popularists are crying out for England versus Wales. I think it’ll be New Zealand versus England, but only if Clive Woodward’s men finally get their act together against France on Sunday. The semifinal between Australia and New Zealand is getting all the hype in Sydney.
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/ 14 November 2003
It’s that time of the year when some pretty strange things start happening in the world of golf. Nick Faldo buys an island for £2,5-million to develop a golf course there. And this weekend a British supermodel and a former Nascar champion will be among the field assembled for the Nelson Mandela Invitational in the Western Cape.
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/ 14 November 2003
Coach Clive Woodward promised fans they would see the ”real England” when the Six Nations champions faced France in their World Cup semifinal in Sydney at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. ”I keep saying to people it is just about winning,” said Woodward.
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/ 14 November 2003
With Australia and New Zealand weighed down by expectation heading into their semifinal on Saturday, Wallabies captain George Gregan predicts neither team will hold anything back for a possible World Cup final. ”We’re not going to die wondering tomorrow night,” Gregan said on Friday. ”It’s going to go the 80 minutes.”