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/ 22 November 2005
Crusty, ring-wise Romanian-born former Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates coach Ted Dumitru was on Monday unanimously proclaimed by the local soccer media as the hottest favourite to take over from Stuart Baxter as a caretaker Bafana Bafana coach for the African Nations Cup in Egypt early next year.
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/ 22 November 2005
While the Muhammad Ali Centre that opened in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday pays tribute to the legendary boxer’s life, it is people such as Mexican physician Scott Shelton it seeks to inspire as a living legacy. An education and outreach portion of the centre is aimed at sparking people to achieve their dreams and reach their potential.
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/ 22 November 2005
South Africa have announced that winger Breyton Paulse has been recalled for Saturday’s Test against France having been absent from their past two matches because of club commitments. Meanwhile, France coach Bernard Laporte made nine changes to his side from the team who won 43-8 against Tonga at the weekend.
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/ 22 November 2005
Middle East-based news channel al-Jazeera International has opened offices in Johannesburg and has hired former South African Broadcasting Corporation senior reporter Kalay Maistry as its Southern Africa correspondent. Maistry, who has extensive broadcast journalism experience, described joining the channel as a ”fresh challenge”.
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/ 22 November 2005
Government inaction before 1994 is the main reason why HIV infection has not been curbed, the Department of Health said on Tuesday. A new report on HIV/Aids by the United Nations and the World Health Organisation noted this week that at least 85% of South Africans needing anti-retroviral drugs had not received them by mid-2005.
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/ 22 November 2005
Zimbabwe’s plans to process its uranium deposits into energy will slash the huge amounts the power-starved country pays to import electricity, Energy Minister Mike Nyambuya said on Monday. ”When we exploit it, we would like to use it for peaceful purposes and reduce our electricity importation bill,” the minister said.
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/ 22 November 2005
Rather than worry about how to get growth going, people should be worrying how to make the most of a South African economy that is "pumping", South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Monday. He was speaking at a media conference following a business round table with the government.
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/ 22 November 2005
The US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, on Monday rejected as ”corrupt and shameless” allegations that Americans were misled over the justification for the Iraq war, as the Bush administration defended itself against calls for a withdrawal. Those calls have become bolder as the death toll has risen.
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/ 22 November 2005
Margaret Thatcher forced François Mitterrand to give her the codes to disable Argentina’s deadly French-made missiles during the Falklands war by threatening to launch a nuclear warhead against Buenos Aires, according to a book. The book, to be published on Friday, is one of several on France’s first Socialist president to mark the 10th anniversary of his death on January 8 1996.
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/ 22 November 2005
Parktown Girls’ High School, north of Johannesburg, this month says goodbye to five out-of-the-ordinary Grade 12s. The school enrolled five deaf learners in 2001, but has been forced to decline any further applications from disabled learners because the cost of teaching them is prohibitive.