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/ 23 January 2004
Southern Africa has consistently sent only two teams to the African Cup of Nations since 1996. Once again South Africa are there and, finally, after 23 years of independence, Zimbabwe. But neither of them has a hope of reaching the final. Once a nation on the rise in African soccer, South Africa are now going backwards.
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/ 23 January 2004
There is an old saying that if you do not know where you are going then any place you are at is the destination. Over the decades change management pundits have been unanimous, in demanding that any effort to change should have a well-defined plan for the future, an assessment of the current state and a clear idea of how to move from the present state to the future.
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/ 23 January 2004
President George W Bush struck out for the United States’s industrial heartland this week, seeking to drum up support for the economic measures unveiled in his state of the union address and his campaign for re-election in November. Most commentators said the switch in emphasis was clearly dictated by the Democratic primary contest, which had highlighted healthcare, education and jobs.
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/ 23 January 2004
Morocco has approved one of the most progressive laws on women’s and family rights in the Arab world, which will see polygamy almost completely eradicated from the north African country. Last-ditch attempts by Islamist deputies in the Rabat Parliament failed to derail a law that had the backing of King Mohammed VI.
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/ 23 January 2004
For months Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s bitterest opponents have gleefully speculated on the nature of his downfall. Would he be toppled by the ”Greek island affair” allegedly involving millions of dollars in bribes and plans to build an exotic casino on a tiny island in the Aegean Sea?
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/ 23 January 2004
Swaziland is currently in the midst of its sacred Incwala ceremony, which many believe is crucial for the welfare of the country. However, the celebrations have not been without controversy. The pageants have a strong supernatural element, relying on ancestral spirits, magic and ritual for success.
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/ 23 January 2004
Psychiatrist Robin Murray had never really planned on studying the effects of cannabis on mental health. Rather, he found himself falling into it after noticing that some of his patients, who had been gradually climbing out of the well of schizophrenia, were having relapses after smoking the occasional spliff.
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/ 23 January 2004
The reruns of the 1998 one-day series against the West Indies, broadcast as Centurion dripped, were a startling reminder of how South African cricketers used to look. Energetic and eager, the high-fives tinged with none of the blasé hipness of today’s squad, they seemed to be having fun.
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/ 23 January 2004
Nobody spreads panic quite like a man of his word. Louis Saha ensured that he would be departing as soon as he proposed to see out the full term of his agreement with his club. The sale of Saha to Manchester United for an estimated £10-million has now been agreed.
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/ 23 January 2004
One of the world’s best skysurfers has died after landing heavily during a freefall competition in Australia, the family of Queenslander Pauline Richards said on Friday. Richards (44) had made almost 4 000 jumps and was Australia’s top female skysurfer.