Consumer groups and aid agencies have rounded angrily on the reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), warning that the compromise would leave taxpayers continuing to foot the bill for huge European farm surpluses that would harm producers in the developing world.
Roger Federer, who once beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon, has no illusions about catching him. Sampras was 21 when he won the first of his seven Wimbledon men’s titles, a modern record. Federer, 21, won his first Grand Slam championship Sunday at the All England Club.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said that George Bush and Tony Blair are ”liars” and should stand trial for genocide, state television reported Sunday, just days ahead of a crucial visit to Africa by the US president.
The world champion Wallabies are taking scant notice of the Springboks’ run of under-achieving performances in the lead-up to next Saturday’s Tri-Nations opening game in Cape Town.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is backing former skipper Shaun Pollock to come good in the remainder of the triangular one-day series.
A teacher marking a survey of empowerment and transformation in South Africa’s tourism industry released on Monday would have noted ”adequate, but could do better”.
The Sunshine Tour’s development drive swings into action this week when the overseers of professional golf in Southern Africa host their annual 36-hole Development Strokeplay tournament for aspiring black golfers.
Many try to arouse sympathies, while others promise quick riches. Whatever the ploy, the fact is that e-mail hoaxes can spread like wildfire using the power of the Internet. Many fabrications sent by e-mail sound believable, others completely
absurd, while others are even dangerous.
Russian President Vladimir Putin remained conspicuously quiet on Sunday on a deadly suicide attack at a Moscow rock concert which served as a clear sign that his moves towards peace in breakaway Chechnya were not going according to plan.
In Botswana, where a third of the population has Aids, one pioneering clinic has shown that it is not too late for a ravaged continent to fight back and survive the epidemic