It would have been rather disingenuous of All Blacks coach Graham Henry to criticise the Springboks for leaving 20 of their best players at home for the away leg of the Tri-Nations. After all, it was his decision to rest his top 22 from the first seven weeks of this year’s Super 14. But, without going over the top, Henry has made his point.
Australia will discuss the possibility of compensation with South African officials over the selection of a second-string side for next week’s Tri-Nations Test in Sydney, reports said on Friday. The Australian Rugby Union will quantify the financial damage caused by South Africa’s decision to rest its top players.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, with his 50th straight win on grass, eased into the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, but there was no such satisfaction for Tim Henman, who bowed out, possibly for the last time. There were comfortable wins for defending champion Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.
The future of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was thrown into confusion on Thursday after the shock resignation of its MD, Rodrigo de Rato, which could lead to a shake-up of the selection process for his successor. De Rato’s decision reawakens the controversy over how the heads of the IMF and World Bank are appointed.
Delegates at the African National Congress’s (ANC) policy conference this week seemed on course to ensure that President Thabo Mbeki’s legacy of centralising power in the Union Buildings would be eradicated through a series of policy changes set to return power to the ruling party’s mass base.
Mining houses in North West have been accused of whitewashing their community involvement and "plundering" the environment. A new study on the corporate social responsibility programmes of mining corporations in North West, released recenty, questions whether the houses are doing enough for the environment and its surrounding communities, and if mine safety standards are up to scratch.
The latest research from the United States suggests that consumers are falling out of love with online shopping. The frantic growth of the one-click habit that has transformed the way Americans obtain their daily bread — not to mention their books, clothes and entertainment too — has stalled and may soon start to decline.
Grahamstown’s arts festival is the most varied in the country, but still lacks diversity, writes Brent Meersman.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi is an impatient man, with the attention span of a four-year-old. No wonder he was sidelined by the Arabs and became an overnight Pan-African in 2002. Gadaffi now wants to be king of a United States of Africa and is doling out fistfuls of oil-dollars to persuade the continent’s leaders that his big-bang approach is the way to go.
A national pension system should be managed by a competitive private sector subject to Âmarket-friendly regulation by government, says Jose Pinera, the architect of the world-renowned Chilean pension fund system and founder and president of the International Centre for Pension Reform.