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/ 15 October 2003
Opening submissions by witnesses and an appeal for the protection of journalists’ sources will kick off on Wednesday’s public hearings of the Hefer commission in Bloemfontein. Commission assistant-secretary Solly Ngwenya said former Sunday Times political reporter Ranjeni Munusamy, ANC veteran Mac Maharaj and former ANC intelligence operative Mo Shaik were to be the main witnesses.
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/ 15 October 2003
All-Africa Games host Nigeria is coming under increasing pressure to return 11 gold medals won by its disabled athletes because it allegedly changed the eligibility rules to help its team. South African delegation chief Gogo Manqoyi also said she will ask the organisers to revoke some of Nigeria’s gold medals.
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/ 15 October 2003
Fiji came close to an embarrassing defeat by the United States in Brisbane on Wednesday as they scraped home 19-18, having trailed 13-3 at one point thanks largely to fly-half Nicky Little’s 14 points. The Eagles touched down twice through South African-born winger Riaan van Zyl and Kort Schubert.
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/ 15 October 2003
Brothers Dennis and Manuel Dallan scored three tries and Rima Wakarua marked his international debut with five penalties and two conversions on Wednesday as Italy rebounded from its All Blacks hammering with a 36-12 World Cup victory over Tonga.
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/ 15 October 2003
Samoa indicated they could prove awkward opposition for first-round opponents England and South Africa with an easy 60-13 victory over World Cup Pool C whipping boys Uruguay in Perth on Wednesday. Samoa had the match wrapped up by half-time after forging into a 29-5 lead.
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/ 14 October 2003
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a car outside the Turkish mission in Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding two Iraqi security guards. The attack comes just a week after Turkey decided to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq despite strong objections from Iraq’s interim leadership.
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/ 14 October 2003
Swedish foreign aid agency Sida has pledged to contribute 45-million kronor (about R42-million) to bolster the United Nations’s efforts to deliver food in Southern Africa. The agency said that the situation in Southern Africa has deteriorated because of a crucial need for money to pay for more food aid.
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/ 14 October 2003
South Africans are renowned carnivores, but is the meat they are eating safe? This is the conundrum consumers face, with the National Federation of Meat Traders saying that the inability of the government to promulgate regulations relating to meat safety is a serious concern to the meat industry.
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/ 14 October 2003
South Africa can afford a higher inflation target than the 3% to 6% range currently set, and 5% to 7% would be ideal, Standard Bank group economist Dr Iraj Abedian said on Tuesday. ”If the target range cannot be adjusted upwards, at the least it should not be lowered,” he said.