The great race debate continues this week with a contribution from Murphy Morobe who writes that the inculcation of a non-racial ethos in South Africa needs to be more than just a phrase in the Constitution.
The Israeli government confiscated hundreds of hectares of Palestinian land on the West Bank this week for the purpose, Palestinians allege, of building settlements — in flagrant breach of commitments under the United States-led road map to peace.
Human rights organisation Amnesty International took the Sudanese authorities to task this week for seizing newspapers and demanded they end their curbs on press freedom.
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jack Straw this week claimed that the political and security situation in Iraq was improving, in spite of attacks on United States soldiers and sabotage of electricity and oil supplies.
Europe’s ban on biotech foods is to be lifted and replaced by rules for clear labelling of all genetically modified (GM) products.
Adolf Hitler’s long, part-autobiographical book, Mein Kampf, is one of the most notorious books of the 20th century. Yet it was not his only book.
In two weeks’ time scientists in Geneva will throw the switch on the biggest development in global communication since Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Internet, scrawled ”www” on a blackboard in 1989.
South African national team coach Ephraim ”Shakes” Mashaba leads his side to Burundi knowing that a single point will be enough to secure a berth in the African Cup of Nations finals in Tunisia next year.
The British government is to seek the swift introduction of a self-regulatory regime in football to ensure that only ”fit and proper persons” are able to take control of English clubs.
The Pacific islands are developing into a nursery for Super 12 talent. Manu Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have all produced exciting prospects such as Fiji’s Rupeni Caucanibuca, this year’s Super 12 star and Manu Samoa winger Lome Fa’atau, who plays for the Hurricanes.