Its economy is growing at a staggering rate and its people are beginning to enjoy a better diet. But the head of the UN’s environment programme has warned that China’s growth — and ambitious plans for the future — are unsustainable.
The sequence of events surrounding the leaking of David Kelly’s name prior to his suicide implicates the UK’s Ministry of Defence and Blair’s office. Now, fingers are being pointed left, right and centre. Whose head will roll?
US stock markets have rallied since the end of the war in Iraq, but with the country’s trade deficit running at more than -million an hour, analysts warn that an economic crisis is looming.
Last weekend South African teams were given a lesson on how to play the various sporting codes. First Bafana Bafana played their first match as Council of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) Cup champions and left the field as losers to Zimbabwe, then the Springboks were thrashed 16-52 by the All Blacks.
Rugby is a team game and its egalitarian spirit is never more obvious than at those oh-so-forced man-of-the-match ceremonies, when the player singled out by whoever has the short straw this week says: “If the team plays well then my job is easy.”
The launch of a Position Paper and Regulations on sports broadcasting rights by Icasa is the culmination of a lengthy and intensive process of negotiations and discussions between stakeholders in sport, members of the public and the Broadcasting Authority.
Persistent rain on Friday thwarted South Africa’s hopes of consolidating a huge first-day total in the first cricket test against England at Edgbaston.
England went into the start of the first Test on Thursday favoured to beat South Africa, at least in the view of Bet365. More significantly, perhaps, the odds on a draw outweighed those on a win for either team.
The person arrested in connection with the Absa internet fraud case on Thursday was only being held for questioning at this stage, Western Cape police said on Friday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith said England skipper Nasser Hussain’s comments that they were a side split by divisions had helped the Proteas dominate the first day of the first Test at Edgbaston here on Thursday.