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/ 26 September 2003
Old transatlantic wounds within the UN’s Security Council were reopened this week, as France condemned American unilateralism and demanded a rapid transition to democracy, and the US defended the war and insisted the move to Iraqi sovereignty would not be rushed.
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/ 26 September 2003
Mark Stein, the South African-born former Chelsea striker who has demanded a transfer from Dagenham & Redbridge because of the manager’s alleged racism, claims that other black players may follow his example. ”Black players have more confidence in their ability and they will not tolerate racism,” he says.
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/ 26 September 2003
According to some hacks who go out and get the news when and where it happens (as opposed to those who merely sit in the Dorsbult and wait to hear about it), following Bill and Melinda Gates around on their PR funding exercise last week was an enormously frustrating experience. As regular readers of this column will know, Oom Krisjan holds deep and dark suspicions about the Microsofted one.
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/ 26 September 2003
The United Nations’s food agency has warned that despite an urgent appeal made in the summer, it faces a ”significant” funding shortfall that could leave millions in Southern Africa facing food shortages. The agency asked for -million to feed people in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Malawi.
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/ 26 September 2003
Travel agents are claiming that high costs and ticket chaos are stopping thousands of rugby fans going to Australia for next month’s Rugby World Cup. The 12 licensed travel agents in Britain estimate that business is down 20% while figures from South Africa are 50% down.
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/ 26 September 2003
New Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq has insisted there was nothing sinister behind the sudden resignation of previous incumbent Rashid Latif ahead of the crucial series against South Africa. ”I assure everyone there was no controversy behind Latif’s resignation,” Inzamam said.
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/ 26 September 2003
Around west London, Chelsea fans are talking up the Blues’ chances of winning the Premier League. Fresh from pounding Wolverhampton 5-0 last week in a league match, the Blues are home to Aston Villa on Saturday and challenging Arsenal and Manchester United at the top of the standings.
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/ 26 September 2003
For better or worse, South Africa fly off to Pakistan this weekend, a week behind schedule, but with perhaps a slightly less taxing itinerary ahead of them. The United Cricket Board has taken some stick this week for initially calling off the tour. In some respects the criticism was misguided.
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/ 26 September 2003
A massive earthquake measuring 8,0 on the Richter scale rocked northern Japan on Friday, injuring 236 and causing 40 000 people to evacuate, officials and news reports said. The quake, the strongest to hit Japan in almost nine years, occurred 750 kilometres north of Tokyo.
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/ 26 September 2003
Vodafone has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board that its £3-million (about R35-million) a year sponsorship of the game could be jeopardised if England tour Zimbabwe next autumn.