The $1,09-billion takeover bid of Ashanti Goldfields, Ghana’s premier company, by AngloGold, SA’s largest and the world’s second-largest gold producer, has shown that Africa can transform itself without giving up an inch of its mineral wealth.

Blair has often taken it upon himself to placate criticism of US military aggression abroad by pointing to its social achievements at home. And there can be few greater American accomplishments, in his mind, than race.

Beaten, bruised and raped, Zimbabwean women will not keep silent about the atrocities and horrors they are subjected to any longer. Brave survivors are telling their stories home and abroad to force the government to put an end to the violence.

An annual three-test series to decide the Bledisloe Cup has the approval of senior All Blacks, provided it doesn’t drag out the international rugby calendar.

Controversial Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne needs to clear the air with his teammates about his latest off-field drama, in which a South African woman has accused him of harassment, his state coach David Hookes said on Tuesday.

Will Liverpool’s capture of Australian international midfielder Harry Kewell be enough to carry the team to their first league title in 13 years? That is the question at Anfield, where former Leeds star Kewell will link up with Michael Owen in an attacking partnership that should give Manchester United’s Ruud van Nistelrooy or Arsenal’s Thierry Henry a run for their money.

The late, great Jethro Shasha used to complain that, when people were describing the make-up of a band, they would say things like: ”Oh, there are four musicians and a drummer.” He had reason to be pissed off.