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/ 23 January 2004
It must have seemed all innocent — the kind of fun people get up to when they are at distant locations far from spouse and family, and free of collegial restraint.
There were the Saturday afternoon snacks, the nightclub, the post-midnight drinks. Then came the now infamous 3am SMS…
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/ 23 January 2004
"How far can one go in criticising a judge? Our law, while saying that ‘justice is not a cloistered virtue’ and that ‘it is right and proper that [judges] should be publicly accountable’, does place limits on the criticism of judicial officers and the administration of justice for which they are responsible."
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/ 23 January 2004
Arrivals at Cape Town International over the Christmas holiday season were up compared with the same time last year, heralding a bumper season for the Mother City. International and regional arrivals grew by more than 3 000 passengers in November last year, while domestic passenger numbers increased by a massive 11 500.
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/ 23 January 2004
"I knew I shouldn’t have had that last glass of champagne when the carriage moved one way and I moved the other, falling unceremoniously into a lavishly stuffed wing-back chair". Sharon van Wyk discovers the meaning of overindulgence on Rovos Rail.
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/ 23 January 2004
Rain over the past few days has helped to ease the drought, but government officials and farmers say much more is needed to break its destructive grip. "The rain was very helpful," said Mike Muller, Director General in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. "But it is not nearly enough to break the drought."
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/ 23 January 2004
With just under four months remaining before Malawi’s general elections, local activists and international observers have expressed concern at the lack-lustre response to voter registration efforts. The registration exercise has also prompted opposition parties to cry foul.
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/ 23 January 2004
A Test on the Highveld is normally a sure sign of a break in the weather, and drought-stricken farmers in the north were celebrating the rain that almost saved the West Indies in Centurion at the beginning of the week. Joy should be unconfined, then, at the return to Johannesburg of the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
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/ 23 January 2004
Three-time champions Cameroon hope to win the African Cup of Nations for a record fourth time – the third in a row. But are they up to the tasks they face in Tunisia? Tutored by German-born Wilfred Schaffer, the team known as the Indomitable Lions arguably remain favourites to retain the trophy.
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/ 23 January 2004
South Africa’s once-hopeful African Cup of Nations crusade is looking like a lost cause. A cause so lost even the most optimistic Bafana Bafana supporter couldn’t trace it. Think needle and haystack. Metal detector on the blink. Very big haystack. Most of the needle stuck in the coach’s back. That’s how bad things are.
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/ 23 January 2004
The African Cup of Nations has been dominated in the past by countries from North, West and Central Africa. Zambia were Southern Africa’s first representatives at the tournament, reaching the final on debut against Zaire in 1974. This year another sleeping giant of the south, Zimbabwe, will be making a first appearance.