Winnie Gondo has to crouch to get in and out of her ”house”, a dome-like structure the height of an average primary school boy, as she and thousands of Zimbabweans still reel in the aftermath of the country’s infamous clean-up operation, one year on. The 43-year-old widow’s home was destroyed during Zimbabwe’s blitz in May 2005.
Protests erupted in Kenya’s Naivasha area as tensions sparked by the killing of a black trespasser on the land of Thomas Cholmondeley, scion of one of wealthiest white farming families in East Africa, burst into the open. The demonstrations followed allegations by the family of the dead man, Robert Njoya, that the two had been on first-name terms and that the victim was shot from behind.
The Australian government indicated on Sunday that it would consider taking back nuclear waste from countries that buy its uranium under a system known as "nuclear-fuel leasing". Prime Minister John Howard is expected to discuss the issue, which aims to limit the possibility of spent fuel being used in weapons, with United States President George Bush.
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Sixty-four percent of South Africans were against Jacob Zuma becoming president of the country, a survey commissioned by the Sunday Times has shown. ”This [Zuma’s rape trial] has had a negative impact on metropolitan-residing South Africans’ perceptions of both the African National Congress and the government,” the Sunday Times reported
A controversial try gave the Northern Bulls a 43-10 triumph over the Western Stormers in an all-South Africa Super 14 clash on Saturday and an unexpected place in the semifinals. Needing to win by at least 32 points and score a minimum of four tries, poor travellers the Bulls were given little hope of walloping the resurgent Stormers.
Jose Reina redeemed himself in the most extraordinary fashion with three penalty shoot-out saves to win Liverpool the FA Cup after a classic final encounter with West Ham on Saturday. Liverpool required a last-minute equaliser from man-of-the-match Steven Gerrard to take an exhilarating contest into extra-time with the sides tied at 3-3.
Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the Premier League title with a goalless draw against Orlando Pirates amid a carnival mood at the Odi Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Buccaneers, who finished as heart-breaking runners-up for the second successive year, needed a 6-0 victory to emerge champions in what was the final game of the season.
A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia’s tsunami-deva ed province of Aceh on Saturday causing residents to flee their homes, an official said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The undersea quake hit at 10.30am local time.
The head of Opus Dei claimed yesterday that Dan Brown’s portrayal of his fellowship as a murderous global conspiracy had done it more good than harm. In a pre-emptive strike at the film of Brown’s book, The Da Vinci Code, Monsignor Javier EchevarrÃa told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that since the publication of the novel interest in Opus Dei had soared.
He is beset by allegations of a political smear campaign, has been forced to deny the existence of a secret Japanese bank account, and is being described as the embodiment of the decline of France. But just when Jacques Chirac thought things could not get worse, he is about to make history as the first French president to be immortalised as a complete buffoon on the cinema screen.