With a disturbing mix of potency and pathos, Ethiopia has again stuck out the begging bowl. The euphemistically labelled Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) said this week that about 12,5-million Ethiopians now need foreign food aid to survive.
Orlando Pirates moved closer to winning their Castle Premiership title when they defeated bottom club African Wanderers 2-1 in a drama filled clash played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
The British Open championship, already the most open of opens, is about to become more so after the Royal & Ancient (R&A) announced last week that it would initiate worldwide qualifying events next year.
A marketing guru seeking to promote the proposed African Peace and Security Council (PSC) could hardly have come up with a better example than the brief and bloodless coup in Sao Tome and Principe this month.
Lance Armstrong has never been one to over-race himself. Last year he rode competitively for only 21 days before winning his fourth Tour de France.
The largest Coca-Cola plant in India is being accused of putting thousands of farmers out of work by draining the water that feeds their wells, and poisoning the land with waste sludge that the company claims is fertiliser.
The American media has been too slow to attack stories such as intelligence failures over Iraq, says new editor of the New York Times. The newspaper has recently been rocked by scandals, apologies, leaks, rumours and revelations.
Stock market sell-offs and collapsing corporations have been the most visible signs of the United States economic downturn over the past two years. But as growth slowed the economic pain spread well beyond chastened dotcom millionaires, hitting disadvantaged groups that had only just begun to benefit from the long boom of the late 1990s.
About 10 000 young men have come forward to join an ”Islamic army” in the holy city of Najaf, according to Muqtada al-Sadr, the fiery cleric who is trying to become the unchallengeable leader of Iraq’s Shia opposition.
Ajax Cape Town eased their relegation problems when they beat Jomo Cosmos 1-0 in a Castle Premier Soccer League match played at Newlands on Wednesday evening.