Unpredictable as this world cup has been there’s always been one predictable factor, right from the start: Aussie are playing in the final, and are overwhelming favourites to win. The question the whole tournament has been: who will be there with them in Johannesburg this Sunday, and can that side topple them?
Part one of the Final Four revealed some interesting facts about the strengths and weaknesses of Australia and Sri Lanka, but the conclusion was always going to be very one-sided: if Australia don’t win it would be a very big upset indeed.
”My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war…
As South Africa learned in 1992, 1996 and 1999, the knockout stages of the World Cup allow for no mistakes, no second chances and no coming back.
The investigation into multimillion-rand kickbacks in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Housing is about to widen after the arrest in the second week of March of the province’s housing CEO. Police say it is likely that the asset forfeiture unit could get involved in the investigation.
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The party is taking every precaution to prevent further defections that may give the ANC control of KwaZulu-Natal. It has relocated to Parliament three KwaZulu-Natal legislature members — including feared former "warlord" Thomas Shabalala — in an apparent move to pre-empt their defection to other parties.
Former Central African Republic army chief Francois Bozize, whose backers seized control of the country at the weekend, has announced tough measures against looters, while reassuring his compatriots that the latest coup was only a temporary break with democracy.
Central African Republic under rebel president
South Africa has appointed Welile Nhlapo, the director general of the Presidential Support Unit, to represent the country and Jacob Zuma, the facilitator of the Burundi peace process, in the African Union’s mission in Burundi.
In what appears to be a critical step in the countdown to war, the US government has asked United Nations weapons inspectors to withdraw from Iraq, the UN’s chief nuclear inspector said on Monday.
Iraq: the final 24 hours