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/ 10 November 2003
Clearly New Zealand and France are headed for the World Cup final on November 22. It is written in the stars, for the stars, by the stars. Australia and England, whose stars are falling fast, will have to scrabble about in one of those awful third/fourth play-off games on the Thursday before the final.
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/ 10 November 2003
The Irish, armed only with Guiness and hope, turned up in their thousands (unlike the Aussies and French, there were 15 000 unsold tickets) to see what was supposed to be the closest of the four quarter-finals yesterday. But, alas, the Irish looked much like South Africa during their defeat against the All Blacks the night before.
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/ 10 November 2003
They came here with a record as bad as Puff the Magic Dragon. They leave with a reputation for breathing fire. If tries are what people come to see, Wales were the winners last night. But will that thought console them on the flight home? The final score was Englaand 28, Wales 17.
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/ 10 November 2003
Springbok captain Corne Krige found himself back in the midst of the World Cup action in Sydney last night — as a guest on the legendary Australian show <i>The Cream</i>. Stirring things up a bit he said "Rugby is a unique sport where you can do that. Smash the bloke on the field but shake hands afterwards and have a beer with him."
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/ 10 November 2003
The Democratic Alliance sees broad-based economic empowerment as imperative and desirable. After decades of apartheid unemployment is at 42% and three out of five South Africans live below the poverty line. About 40% of the population have completed only primary school, while 18% have no schooling at all.
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/ 10 November 2003
Serious doubts have been cast on the ability of the year-old Kimberley process to rid the global market of conflict diamonds, which have prolonged the worst of the modern conflicts in Africa. Researchers estimate that one in five diamonds traded can be classified as conflict diamonds. The global industry is worth an annual $7-billion.
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/ 10 November 2003
The head of the South African Diamond Board, Abbey Chikane, said he has found no evidence to back a United Nations report citing South African companies, including De Beers, as linked to the illegal exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) natural resources.
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/ 10 November 2003
It was time for a couple of home truths from England this weekend after another below-par performance against Wales in a desperately tight quarterfinal. Coach Clive Woodward said: ”I’ve got to be brutally honest. We’re winning these games through sheer bloody-mindedness.”
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/ 10 November 2003
South Africa’s newspapers and former coach Nick Mallet on Monday called for a mass resignation of the country’s rugby administrators after the national side’s ”humiliating” defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup. ”If there was honour in any of them they would resign on their return,” said the editor of Business Day.
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/ 10 November 2003
Western Province wrapped up their SuperSport Series cricket match against Border in a highly professional manner at Mercedes-Benz Park on Monday, winning by 176 runs. It was a dismal batting performance from Border coming a day after they dropped a number of catches that could have changed the course of the match.