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A DAY IN PICTURES
a day in pictures afghanistan
A picture of slain Afghan national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud is set along the road in
Punisher province September 7, 2011. At the entrance to Afghanistan's magnifcent Punisher
Valley, an 84-year supporter of resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud said his village
was fully armed to fght a resurgent Taliban to the end. Picture taken September 7, 2011.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
a day in pictures libya
Anti-Gaddaf fghters from the Warfallah tribe pray at Wadi Dinar, 15 km (9 miles) from the
town of Bani Walid, currently held by pro-Gaddaf forces, in southeast Tripoli September 8,
2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
a day in pictures belarus
Belarussian hockey players from Dinamo Minsk attend a commemorative event at the
Minsk-Arena sports complex in Minsk September 8, 2011. A passenger plane carrying
Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to a season-opening match crashed after
takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and plunging the Russian
and international sports world into grief. The match would have taken place at the sports
complex in the Belarus capital on Thursday. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
a day in pictures spain/israel
A Spanish street performer is seen during a performance near Damascus Gate in
Jerusalem's Old City, September 8, 2011, as part of the "Festiclown Palestinia" clown
festival. According to the organisers, the festival includes street, circus and clown theatre
shows, performed by local and international artists and runs until September 15 in East
Jerusalem and the West Bank. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
briefs it happened overnight
thursdAY - 8 september 2011
John Edwards (Reuters)
politics
Usa
President Barack Obama
announced his $450 billion
jobs plan to a joint session
of Congress, which will ofer
tax cuts to small businesses
which hire, and invest in
infrastructure projects. Obama
said the expense of this will
be ofset by cuts which he will
only announce next week, and
implored Congress to pass
the plan as soon as possible.
$175 billion will go towards
tax relief for employers, $25
billion on 35,000 school
upgrades and $35 billion to
halt nearly 300,000 teachers
being retrenched. Republican
reactions were mixed with
house speaker John Boehner
admitting the presidents ideas
merited consideration, but
others calling it more of the
same. Luckily Obama wrapped
up before the opening match
of the NFL season, preventing
his immediate impeachment.
Authorities are chasing up
intelligence which alleges that
three people have entered
the USA and are planning a
terrorist attack by car in a
major east coast city on the
10-year anniversary of 9/11.
None of the reports we covered
could confrm this threat or
provide anything more than
unnamed law enforcement
sources, but a White House
spokesman did say the
warning has passed beneath
the eyes of the president, who
was in touch with the counter-
terrorism unit.
John Edwards (remember
that chap who cheated on
his cancerous wife and then
fddled with his campaign
fnances?) will have his trial
moved to January after his
legal team successfully delayed
again, claiming that they need
more time to examine the
400,000 pages of government
investigation paperwork.
Illinois governor Pat Quinn is
set to lay of 1,900 state workers
and close seven facilities to slash
over $300 million of the state
budget. This, ironically, comes
the same day as President
Barack Obama, also from
Illinois, announced his plans to
tackle the unemployment crisis
in the US.
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry
werent fnished at yesterdays
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Reuters)
Republican presidential
candidate debate and
continued into Thursday,
with Romneys team sending
out a release calling Perry a
career politician, reckless and
wrong regarding his Ponzi
scheme analogy towards social
security. Perry responded with
his own release, wittingly
(sarcasm, folks) entitled Mitt
Romneys Social Insecurity
and saying his current views
difered from what he claimed
before.
Pressure on the USs defence
budget may reduce its army
to below the planned 520,000
troops recommended by the
Pentagon, and could afect
its ability to fght two wars
simultaneously (which is the
in-army capability the US
would like to have). General
Ray Odiemo, the armys
new chief of staf, said the
forces could not be reduced
too quickly, and that senior
ofcers and sergeants must
be maintained to preserve
fexibility.
tUrkey
Israel really has brought out
a frm stance or two from
Turkey, one its moderate allies.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has already
cut military ties and chucked
out the Israeli ambassador, and
has now authorised Turkish
warships to escort aid to Gaza.
Israel and Turkey are also due
a fght over gas resources in
Cyprus.
afghanistan
Nato has admitted to killing
a BBC journalist during an
attack in southern Afghanistan
in July, after mistaking him
for a suicide bomber. Nato
representatives apologised to
the family of the slain Ahmed
Omed Khpulwak and, in a
summary of the incident,
explained that a soldier
expected him to detonate a
suicide vest, so he shot him
with an M4. According to the
report the soldier complied
with the laws of armed confict
and rules of engagement and
acted reasonably under the
circumstances.
Porsche and Volkswagen merger delayed (Reuters)
rUssia
David Cameron will meet
with Russian Prime Minister
Vladmir Putin in Moscow
next week which will be
the frst in-person contact
between the British and
Russian governments since
an acrimonious exchange
between Putin and Tony Blair
in 2007 (related primarily
to the murder of journalist
Alexander Litvinenko). In
fact, the last time anyone
spoke even on the telephone
was when Putin rang Gordon
Brown who ascended to the
British Prime Ministers job on
Blairs departure.
cUba
The Cuban government has
published photos of Fidel
Castro to quash concerns about
his health. While the photos
show a healthy man, Castros
age is rather prevalent in them,
so hopefully this wont cause a
spike in questions about how
old he is. Incidentally, the ex-
leader is 85.
soUth sUdan
Opposition politicians in
South Sudan warned against
the new countrys dependency
on oil trade (which makes
up about 95% of its income),
blaming it for infation rises,
food availability instability
and a failure to develop other
industries. The party wants
oil revenues invested in
agriculture and tourism.
venezUela
The USA has sanctioned four
Venezuelan ofcials, all of
whom are close to president
Hugo Chavez, for aiding the
Colombian drugs trade. The
Venezuelan government, never
really a fan of the US, has
called it an act of aggression
and abusive. In fact, one of the
four accused said on Twitter,
If they hope to frighten me
with their gringo list, now
more than ever I kneel down
for Chavez and the revolution.
According to the BBC,
Venezuela has arrested drug
peddlers in recent years.
bUsiness
Twitter now claims to have 100
million active users a month,
half of whom log on every day,
as well as an 82% increase in
the number of users since the
beginning of 2011. According to
the microblogging service, an
average of 230 million tweets are
published a day which is more
than double that of January
2011. The company is also due
to increase its advertising as a
revenue stream.
Porsche and Volkswagen
have admitted that a planned
merger will not be completed
in 2011, but will defnitely
happen. The delay is due to
legal action against Porsche
in Germany and the USA
for market manipulation.
Volkswagen also admitted
that its board would look
for ways of merging with
Porsche outside of the current
agreement of stock options.
Ousted Yahoo CEO, Carol
Bartz dropped the F-bomb in
her frst interview, claiming
she was fucked over and said
by sacking her, the board was
trying to show that they're
not the doofuses that they are.
She shouldnt be too bleak:
shes been given a $10 million
severance payout.
The United Kingdom and
China are to set up an of-
shore trading hub for the yuan,
Chinas currency, in London
(which is the largest foreign
exchange trading centre in
the world). This would be the
second place for deposits in
the yuan after Hong Kong.
The agreement was made
after a meeting with British
chancellor George Osborne
and Chinese vice premier
Wang Qishan; the pair also
agreed to increase trade
between the countries to $100
billion by 2015.
sport
Usa
Tennis: The US Open was
again delayed due to rain
which means the womens fnal
has been pushed to Sunday,
and the mens to Monday.
And thats if the weather is
compliant. In the fxtures
which were played yesterday,
Serena Williams beat
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
in straight sets, Caroline
Wozniacki did the same with
Andrea Petkovic and unseeded
Angelique Kerber beat 26th
seed Flavia Penetta. Australias
Sam Stosur knocked out Vera
Zvonereva in a steady 6-3, 6-3
win.
In the mens US Open draw
the all-Serbian clash between
Novak Djokovic and Janko
Tipsarevic ended in the fourth
set when both players were
treated for injury, but Tipsarevic
was unable to continue. Rafael
Nadal and Andy Murray
progressed with straight sets
wins against Gilles Muller and
Donald Young respectively,
while big servers John Isner
and Andy Roddick moved on
at the expense of Gilles Simon
and David Ferrer. Roger Federer
takes on Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga,
the man who knocked him out
of Wimbledon, in the evening
session.
new zealand
Rugby: The South African
team to play Wales in both
countries opening fxture on
Saturday is: 15 Frans Steyn, 14
JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie,
12 Jean de Villers, 11 Bryan
Habana, 10 Morn Steyn, 9
Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre
Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6
Heinrich Brssow, 5 Victor
Matfeld, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3
Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit,
1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements 16 Bismarck du
Plessis, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp,
18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Johan
Muller, 20 Willem Alberts, 21
Francois Hougaard, 22 Butch
James
life
Mexico
Troops in Mexico have made
a breakthrough in their
dealings with the drug cartels,
smashing their encrypted
communication radio system.
A navy spokesman said
the gangs could no longer
communicate efectively
which will naturally afect its
tactical operations. The army
also arrested 80 people related
to the Zetas cartel which
included four policemen.
Usa
As if the north east of America
isnt wet enough, Tropical
Storm Lee has caused some
of the worst fooding in years,
with 100,000 people told to
evacuate the Susquehanna
Valley in Pennsylvania and
New York state. Rivers are
threatening to food from
Maryland all the way up to
Massachusetts and numerous
highways are closed. Nine
deaths have been attributed to
Lee so far.
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FRIDAY - 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
it happened overnight US
obamaS challenge to congreSS:
work for people who elected US - or elSe
Republican speaker of the house John Boehner
and house majority leader Eric Cantor made
some conciliatory noises over the possibility
of supporting elements of Obamas proposals.
However, the candidates for the partys
nomination to run against Obama next year
gave a thumbs-down. At least initially, the
Republicans seem unclear on a unifed response
to a speech that was both policy and campaign
stump score one for the Democrats on this.
The key elements of Obamas plan were a
Despite being panned by some quick-off-the-mark Republicans as the worst pre-game show ever, -
the American football season started just after his speech - Barack Obama told a joint session of the
US Congress to pass his new plan to create jobs or hed take his case across the country directly to the
voters. He reminded them, by the way, about an election in 14 months. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.
Photo: President Obama addresses a joint session of the US Congress,
September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
commitment for spending on those shovel-
ready infrastructure projects like bridges
and school renovations, support for teacher
salaries, an extension for unemployment
benefts, a (temporary) reduction in the payroll
tax that funds Social Security, tax incentives
and tax breaks that support adding workers
to businesses, ensuring the marginal tax rates
on the rich are at least as high as those on
US it happened overnight
people who earn much less (echoing Warren
Bufets recent public astonishment that his
tax rate is lower than his secretarys) and a
review of government regulations to cut out
rules that impede employment. He also gave
his commitment to pay for the whole thing paid
by cuts in government spending over the next
decade via the special committee that came out
of the debt ceiling agreement.
Throughout his unusually blunt speech,
Obama repeated his call for Congress to pass
this bill, a measure he dubbed The American
Jobs Act, which his administration will submit
to Congress in detail next week. For each
element of his proposed plan he called attention
to the fact that in the past several years, both
Republicans and Democrats had, at various
times, supported all of these proposals. The
question is whether, in the face of an ongoing
national crisis, we can stop the political circus
and actually do something to help the economy.
While Obama issued no fgure for the cost,
White House aides had briefed the media and
key politicians in advance that the cost of the
overall proposal would be around $450 billion
about half the stimulus package of the frst
half of the Obama administration. Republicans
have consistently called this stimulus package
wasteful and inefective - even as the non-
partisan Congressional Budget Ofce ofered
an evaluation that it did have a real, discernible
and positive efect on the economy, helping
ameliorate the recession.
In a way the impact of the speech was
somewhat blunted by a near-simultaneous
announcement of a heightened risk of a still-
unconfrmed yet credible threat of some sort of
terror attack that presumably would be timed
to coincide with commemorations of the 10th
anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York and
the Pentagon. Only moments after the speech,
television networks were alternating their
interviews with the talking heads analysts
dissecting Obamas speech with some fairly
breathless comments over the security threat.
The night before Obamas speech, eight
Republican candidates had jousted at the
Ronald Reagan Library. The resulting debate
made it increasingly clear that there are only
two likely challengers for the Republican
nomination Texas governor Rick Perry and
former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
In the most recent polling, Perry forged
ahead in support from likely Republican voters.
However, some of his comments during the
debate such as his charge that Social Security
while obama issued no fgure for the cost, white house
aides had briefed the media and key politicians in
advance that the cost of the overall proposal would be
around $450 billion about half the stimulus package
of the frst half of the obama administration. .
US it happened overnight
(the governments old age pension system)
has just been a Ponzi scheme on people seem
almost preternaturally designed to stun and
scare the independent voters who are the
key to a general election victory. Romney,
on the other hand, seemed to pander to the
Tea Party movement in an efort to seize the
imagination of more rightist voters. Given
these demonstrations, incredulous blogosphere
comments on the debate included things like:
Wait a minute - here are eight people who say
they hate the US government but want to be in
charge of it; as well as, here is a gaggle of would-
be candidates that cries out for a PGA-style cut.
Much of Wednesdays debate was around
whether Romney or Perry had the better
job-creation record. Perry charged former
Massachusetts Democratic governor Mike
Dukakis (the Democratic candidate for
president in 1988 and a virtual byword for
charismatically challenged leadership) had had
a better jobs creation record than Romney as a
pro-business, pro-growth governor.
And that only elicited a retort from Romney
that George W Bushs record on jobs was
better than Perrys. Besides provoking some
astonishment at Perrys seeming endorsement
of Dukakis economic policies probably the
nicest thing any Republican has ever said about
Dukakis the exchange made it clear that this
coming general election will be fought over new
jobs and economic growth.
New York Times reporter wrote that if there
was any doubt about what Romney thought was
the most signifcant moment of Wednesday
nights debate, an email from his campaign
made it totally clear. The subject heading of the
email read: RICK PERRY: RECKLESS, WRONG
ON SOCIAL SECURITY. Romney aides add
that Perrys writing about the failure of the
federal retirement programme, and his refusal
to back away from them equalled a fatal faw in
his candidacy.
Nonetheless, veteran Washington observer,
John Judis, described the enormity of Mitt
Romneys current challenge in the campaign
as: Romney is the Nelson Rockefeller of todays
Republican party. He might have won the
presidency in 1960 or 1968, but he could never
win the Republican nomination for president.
Romney was raised in Michigan, not Utah;
he learned economics at Harvard Business
School; he made his mark as a businessman
and governor in liberal Massachusetts. He
has tried to recreate himself as a conservative
Republican, but it simply has not worked.
He could be the candidate by default against
someone like Michele Bachmann, because most
of the Republican electorate does understand
that she is unelectable, but someone like Perry
takes all the air out of his candidacy.
Meanwhile, with unemployment still above
9%, it seems both logical and inevitable for
job creation to be the measuring stick for
presidential political success. Barack Obamas
support has continued to slide, although general
trust and support for Congress is now zeroing
in on single digits, giving the president at least
the chance to fnd a toehold to make good on
his threat to carry his message over the heads of
Congress. Depending on how Congress, voters
and economic indicators respond to Obamas
proposals, he may just be able to fnd this
speech and its challenges will help him gain
ground - and some oxygen for his chances next
year.
SOUTH AFRICA
briefs south africa
fridAY - 9 september 2011
Jimmy Manyi (Mail & Guardian)
saPoa adds voice to
criticisms of land reform
green PaPer
The South African Property
Owners Association has say
that while it supports land
reform, it wants it to take
place with a win-win scenario.
The association says that
the recently released green
paper on land reform not only
falls short of that, it may be
unconstitutional. Key among
the problems with the green
paper is its setting up a land
claims commission, which the
association says infringes on
the jurisdiction of the courts.
Others, including the South
African Institute of Race
Relations, the Democratic
Alliance and the Freedom Front
Plus have also criticised the
green paper since its release.
manyi: minister travel
information a security
issue
Government spokesperson
Jimmy Manyi told a post-
Cabinet briefng that ministers
could not answer questions
about their state-sponsored
travel and accommodation
because it was a security
issue. Manyi contended that
it would be irresponsible
for ministers to disclose the
information because it would
help criminals plan attacks
on ministers based on the
historic pattern of their travel
and hotel information. He
suggested rather that these
questions should be directed
through the presidency for the
sake of security.
charges against
thembelihle residents
drePPed
Police have withdrawn
charges against 14 people
arrested during protests
in Thembelihle, south of
Johannesburg. The 14 were
arrested for public violence
after crowds barricaded
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Themb'elihle (iMaverick)
Klipspruit Valley Road with
burning tyres earlier this
week, but were released and
charges were withdrawn on
Thursday because police
said there was not enough
evidence. At the trial of the
14, fve more Themb'elihle
residents were arrested for
gathering illegally after
refusing to disperse.
community service for
vets to become a reality
To qualify as a veterinarian in
South African, you will soon
have to complete compulsory
community service. Thats the
new requirement in the draft
Veterinary and Para-veterinary
Amendment Bill, which was
approved by Parliament on
Wednesday. The amendment
bill is supposed to help address
the shortage of vets in rural
areas and brings the vet
qualifcation in line with that
for a medical doctor.
cosatu: swaziland loan a
mistake
Cosatu, having sent
representatives to this weeks
anti-government protests in
Swaziland, criticised the South
African governments R2.4
billion bailout to its landlocked
neighbour. Zwelinzima Vavi,
Cosatu general secretary, told a
Food and Allied Workers Union
congress on Thursday that the
loan was a mistake. He also
said that Cosatu would fght
alongside Swazilands people
because it wanted them to
have freedom and a democratic
multi-party system.
ancyl cancels march for
economic freedom
The ANC Youth League has
been treading cautiously since
the ANC decided to exert its
power. Before the crackdown,
the league had called on youth
to march to the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange for economic
freedom. The march was
supposed to form part of their
65th birthday celebrations.
However, youth league
spokesperson Magdelene
Moonsamy said the march
would not be taking place and,
instead, they would focus on
their political programme.
The march for economic
freedom has been replaced by
a memorial lecture, a cake-
cutting ceremony and a rally
in Alexandra.
Jacaranda dJ loses Job
over racial slur
Supersport presenter and
Jacaranda FM DJ Darren Scott
apologised for using a racial
briefs south africa
slur against a colleague at a
team building event. He told
Radio 702 on Thursday that
he was drunk and had been
provoked by unpaid loans.
Scott said he apologised to
the colleague concerned and
the apology was accepted. He
also said he resigned from
Jacaranda FM as a result
of this and other issues.
Supersport said that Scott,
who presents rugby on the
channel, has been granted an
indefnite leave of absence.
mcbride gets two years
for drunk driving
Robert McBride, former metro
police chief for Ekhuruleni,
received a two-year sentence
on Thursday for drunk driving.
He also received a fve-year
suspended sentence for
defeating the ends of justice.
McBride crashed a state-owned
car after a Christmas party
and claimed that his colleague
was driving. The judge also
suspended McBrides licence
for 18 months.
black business quits busa
Following a two-day
black business summit in
Johannesburg, the black
business organisations
that had remained part of
Business Unity South Africa
following the departure of the
Black Management Forum,
also quit. The organisations
resolved at the summit to
form a Black Business Council
to be headed by businessman
Patrice Motsepe. Busa, whose
CEO and president had
been turned away from the
summit, released a statement
on Thursday where it said
it was looking forward to
working with the Black
Business Council.
mogoeng confirmed as
chief Justice
President Jacob Zuma was
relaxed on Thursday afternoon
when he confrmed judge
Mogoeng Mogoeng as the
new chief justice of the
Constitutional Court. Zuma
who had earlier this week
promised to apply his mind to
submissions made by opposition
parties and civil rights
groups heralded Mogoengs
appointment as a victory for
transparency and democracy.
New Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (Oupa Nkosi for M&G)
south africa johannesburg
johannesburg, the worst
commute in the world
People in Johannesburg spend at least 36 min-
utes in trafc, ranking alongside Nairobi, Mex-
ico City, Beijing, Bangalore and Moscow as the
worst commuter cities in the world. This was
according to a commuter pain survey by IBM,
which ranks the emotional and economic toll of
commuting, and gives a pain ranking.
An astonishing 52% of respondents to the
survey said that trafc increased their stress
levels signifcantly.
Commuting doesnt occur in a vacuum,
said Gavin Pieterse, governmental programmes
executive for IBM sub-Saharan Africa. Whats
signifcant from drivers in cities around the
world, and Joburg specifcally, is that they are
Not to be unkind to people living in Fourways, but we raised a cynical eyebrow when it was announced
that Johannesburg has one of the worst commutes in the world. It all makes sense when you realise that
the parameters being measured are the happiness of the people commuting. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.
voicing that they are much more unsettled and
anxious compared with 2010, that there is sig-
nifcant room for improvement in making our
transport systems smarter.
Some of the stress triggers include poor road
design in Joburg which leads to gridlocks and slow
trafc, as well as you guessed it taxi drivers.
The overriding conclusion is that Johannes-
burg desperately needs a good public transport
system.
According to the survey, Montreal, London
and Chicago were the least worst cities to
commute in.

read more:
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south africa cosatu / swaziland
cosatu continues pressure
on swazi government
On Wednesday, two Cosatu leaders, deputy
president Zwingiswe Losi and deputy interna-
tional secretary Zanele Matebula were detained
by police in Swaziland, and subsequently de-
ported. Losi and Matebula were part of Cosatu's
45-strong delegation that the trade union fed-
eration had sent to Swaziland to show solidarity
during the Global Week of Action pro-
democracy protests.
On Thursday Cosatu Mpumalanga stated
that it: condemns in the strongest possible term
the unprovoked harassment, torture and bru-
tality unleashed against the peaceful, unarmed
protesters by the Mswati armed forces...We are
extremely worried about the safety and where-
abouts of most of our leaders since we have lost
contact with the organisers inside Swaziland.
Speaking to iMaverick on Thursday eve-
ning, Cosatu Mpumalanga provincial secretary
The two Cosatu leaders deported from Swaziland on Wednesday will address a press conference
on Friday to explain what went down. The trade union will also hold a protest outside the Swazi
Embassy in Pretoria as it continues to support calls for democracy in the mountain kingdom.
By THERESA MALLINSON.
Fidel Mlombo said that they had since re-es-
tablished contact with those Cosatu members
still in Swaziland. Most of them are safe,
he said. They have moved from the town of
Siteki to Manzini to continue with the demon-
strations tomorrow.
Losi and Matebula will both speak at a press
conference in Johannesburg on Friday morning
to let the public know about their experiences
in Swaziland. Cosatu will also hold a protest
outside the Swazi Embassy in Pretoria on Fri-
day morning, as well as other demonstrations
around the country.
Meanwhile, at a Food and Allied Workers'
Union congress in Johannesburg on Thurs-
day, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi
declared categorically that the South African
government's R2.4 billion bailout of Swaziland
had been a mistake. We are saying it was a
mistake... that's our tax money you are giving to
them, Sapa reported him as saying.

Photo: REUTERS
south africa themb'elihle
Glimmers of hope for peace and
solidarity in themb'elihle
It could have come earlier, and in a more
dramatic fashion. A candle-lit vigil on Tuesday
night, maybe, or bringing protesters water on a
boiling Wednesday. But on Thursday afternoon,
the mostly Indian residents of Lenasia fnally
started making noises of solidarity and sympathy
for the demands of their mostly black neighbours
in Themb'elihle. And though they may have been
motivated by fear, their gesture may just mark an
important turning point.
A small group of Lenasians, many who
live just metres away from the road where
protesters had been teargassed the night before,
gathered for a street meeting of their own to
discuss their response to the unrest. While
Themb'elihlers had been gathering for such
We've been putting Themb'elihle under the microscope all week, in the belief that the service-delivery
protests here are a good indication of things to come elsewhere. If that is true, then the early beginnings
of the start of the planning of a bridge across the social divide we saw there on Thursday bodes well.
Except for the government. By PHILLIP DE WET.
Photo: Phillip de Wet for iMaverick.
consultations regularly, Lenasia had instead fed
on a steady diet of hair-raising rumours. There
were widely circulated e-mails about Lenasia
houses having been burned down, or plans for
such; instant messages saying that major malls
had been looted or would be targeted; even
calls for residents to take up arms to defend
themselves from what we'll call a crazed black
horde, although the actual language used was a
lot more infammatory and derogatory.
Standing together in the bright afternoon
sun, with cars going past on the previously
disputed road and township representatives
in attendance, the mood was very diferent.
south africa
themb'elihle
Palestine, and the likeness of the campaign
for rights in the township and the would-
be country, came up. The living conditions
of shack-dwellers were discussed. One of
the organisers, Sada Pillay, pointed out how
ridiculous it would be for people from Lenasia
to join in the battles between protesters and
police, something that had seemed far from
impossible the previous night. "If you shoot at
these people, you'll be shooting at the people
who look after your children, who mow your
lawn," he later told us, pointing across the road.
"These are our people too."
While the meeting did not include a
representative sample of those who live in
Lenasia it will take some time before we can
accurately judge the mood of the community
as a whole those who attended easily reached
consensus on the agreement they seek to reach
with those who live in Themb'elihle. They want
assurances about their safety, and the safety
of their property. In return they will intervene
with police to ensure community leaders aren't
targeted for arrest, so future joint meetings can
be held, lobby for the release of at least some of
those arrested on public violence and related
charges, and campaign for either temporary
electrical connections in Themb'elihle or an
acceptable, nearby site for relocation.
For the politically-minded Themb'elihlers,
that's a good deal. The target for their anger
has steadfastly been government, local and
provincial, rather than their richer neighbours.
Lenasia was simply caught in the crossfre,
through fear, the stoning of a handful of cars
(half of which had black drivers) and electricity
outages. Those we polled now accept that
burning down electrical distribution points
made a powerful statement while causing
only temporary inconvenience. Some are even
willing to accept it if Themb'elihlers should
again choose to blockade the main arterial that
separates the communities as long as it is
done peacefully.
While an alliance would be good for both
sides, it won't necessarily hold. There is still
a great deal of mutual suspicion. There are
inveterate racists on both sides. There are
those in Themb'elihle who are suspicious of the
motives of those in Lenasia. There are those
in Lenasia who would rather not have poor
people staying on their doorstep. Both sides
have their rogue elements. One major incident
of mistreatment of a black worker by an Indian
boss, or one serious crime in Lenasia blamed
on a shack dweller, could easily see attitudes
harden again.
If a long-term partnership develops,
combining sheer numbers in the street with
economic power, it spells trouble for their
mutual enemies. Both communities are now
actively bypassing their elected representatives,
who they believe have utterly failed them.
Both are angry at the provincial and national
governments for, respectively, doing little
and doing nothing. Both are highly critical
of the police who responded to the protest,
Themb'elihle for perceived heavy-handedness,
Lenasia because the hand is seen as having not
been heavy enough.
That is true of many disparate communities
who live in close proximity to one another. If
Themb'elihle and Lenasia manage to make a
diference by standing together, others may
follow their lead. Perhaps even before the rubber
bullet and tear gas comes out again.
south africa crime
crimes, damned crimes and
their statistics
The annual release of crime statistics is always
a media circus, although police minister Nathi
Mthethwa on Thursday seemed to have brought
half of his force with him too. The Jacaranda
room in the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria was
packed as Mthethwa told the nation that the
tide against crime is turning and that police,
joined by society, are gaining an upper hand
against vicious criminals.
As usual in the past few years, the annual crime statistics for last year proved to be a mixed bag of
successes and setbacks, but on the whole police minister Nathi Mthethwa believes victory is in sight.
CARIEN DU PLESSIS reports.
Photo: Sipho Hlongwane for iMaverick.
The rape stats, however, were a bit of a
disappointment. Again.
Mthethwa started his statement with the
decreases and this is for the 2010/11 fnancial
year (it always seems odd to measure crime
in fnancial years, but thats how we do it).
Contact crimes murder, attempted murder,
crime south africa
sexual ofences, assault (grievous bodily harm),
common assault, aggravated robbery and
common robbery have decreased by 6.9% and
is down in all provinces except North West and
Western Cape.
Trio crimes house robberies, business rob-
beries and vehicle hijacking are down by 10.7%.
Murder, one of the easiest crimes to keep
track of because theres always a body to show,
is down by 16.5%, but at 15,940 cases its still
nothing to celebrate (its still more than 43
murders a day, but Mthethwa reminded us that
the 1994/5 murder rate was a staggering 27,000,
so it could be worse). Attempted murder is
down by 12.2%, which could have been a bad
thing if the murder rate was up, but in the event
Mthethwa is pleased with the fgure.
Sexual ofences are down by 3.1%, but the
minister admitted we cannot seriously say we
are winning the war against rape.
After a few weeks of lobby groups
lobbying about the less-than-progressive rape
judgments made by Chief Justice nominee
Mogoeng Mogoeng in the past few weeks,
and after some hype around last months
Slutwalk march in Cape Town, this had our
attention. Reported rape cases (this crime is
usually under-reported, due to the emotions
and other factors around it) increased from
55,097 to 56,272, and while this isnt really a
crime that can be policed by increasing law
enforcer visibility, Mthethwa believes that the
re-introduction of the Family Violence, Child
Protection and Sexual Ofences units in the
past year would help police address these
crimes better.
Assault with the intent to do grievous bodily
harm decreased by 4.5%, aggravated robberies
are down by 12%, house robberies are down by
10.1% (this is an important crime when it comes
to perceptions and insurance companies are
also happy), house burglaries by 4.8% (this is
attributed to special festive season campaigns),
car hijackings are down by 23.6% while truck
hijackings are down by 29.2%.
Robberies at small businesses, spaza shops,
supermarkets, taverns, schools and general
dealers have increased by 0.9%. Its a difcult
murder, one of the easiest crimes to keep track of
because theres always a body to show, is down
by 16.5%, but at 15,940 cases its still nothing to
celebrate (its still more than 43 murders a day, but
mthethwa reminded us that the 1994/5 murder rate
was a staggering 27,000,
crime south africa
area to manage, Mthethwa said, unlike for the
big businesses, which have more money to pay
for security. Cash-in-transit heists always
very violent and disruptive have decreased
by 18.7%, but ATM blasts seem to be the new
trend in bank robberies (and possibly the new
cash heists too): the former is up by 61.5%, most
of them in Gauteng, while bank robberies are
down by 58.1%.
Stock theft is down by 8.2%, something
which the police have been paying special
attention to, but drug-related crimes (10.2%),
drunken driving (4.5%) and commercial crime
(2.8%) are all up. The good news is that the
increase in crime statistics here often indicate
better policing.
Police deaths have decreased from 110 the
year before, to 94 in the last fnancial year
good news in a sombre kind of way.
Mthethwa told us repeat ofences seem to be
on the increase, but ofcials conceded that they
do not keep scientifc stats on these. Of course,
police chief General Bheki Cele was there as
well, in a bad leather jacket with police insignia
on, and his police hat. After his illness, he
looked a bit thinner than usual and, although
the mischievous smile was there, the glint in
the eye was gone.
Cele, who is in trouble after the Public
Protector found multimillion-rand
irregularities in the leasing of buildings to
the police, was at pains to point out that the
decrease in statistics was not due to a miracle,
but to hard work. It was not the descent of the
holy ghost in the hearts of the criminals. Some
people have worked for it. Prayer could have
been part of it, but it was the hard work of the
foot soldiers, he continued.
There was a bit of his stand-up comedy
routine, when he reminded us that the big
guys doing cash heists do not do it with
feather dusters, but with high-calibre weapons.
So you wont respond with mere broom sticks,
but hi-tech equipment that matches theirs or
is better is needed. He said crime prevention is
also due to greater police visibility, as well as
the pursuance of criminals. We see the car is
parked. If you steal it, we come and arrest you.
We dont just collect cars and allow you to steal
the rest. We get the car, we get you.
It is not as if there was thunder somewhere
and people turned around. People have
worked under (their) leadership, he added.
With rumours that he might be deployed as a
diplomat to Japan, Cele must kind of want to
prove that hes irreplaceable.
We see the car
is parked. if you
steal it, we come
and arrest you. We
dont just collect
cars and allow you
to steal the rest.
We get the car, we
get you.
chief justice south africa
friDAY - 9 september 2011
faithful Mogoeng survives the irreverent
tsunaMi to becoMe sa's supreMe judge
As journalists prepared to enter the Presidential
Guest House in Pretoria for a special briefng,
where on Thursday morning premiers and
ministers gathered to talk infrastructure, North
West Premier Thandi Modise exited.
Write nice things about my judge, she
whispered with a smile as she walked past. If
hacks had been in the dark about the purpose
of the meeting until then, her remark had
made it clear.
After almost four days of thinking, President Jacob Zuma made up his mind about the appointment of
Chief Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reets Mogoeng. It seems much judicial reform awaits our new judge at
the top, CARIEN DU PLESSIS reports.
Photo: Mogoeng Mogoeng (Mail & Guardian)
President Jacob Zuma shortly thereafter
announced the appointment of Chief Justice
Mogoeng Mogoeng, who is from the North
West and who went through a gruelling
interview process over the weekend after being
nominated by Zuma some weeks back.
A relieved and radiant-looking Justice
Mogoeng, whose wife and three children
accompanied him, again hinted that the recent
public examination of his judgments, beliefs
and character had been difcult.
From the depth of my heart I thank God for
seeing my family and I through a tsunami of a
special kind that I had to confront in the past
few weeks, he said in a prepared speech.
The reference to the natural weather
phenomenon reminded of Cosatu general
secretary Zwelinzima Vavis description of Zuma
a few years back as an unstoppable tsunami
who would make it against all the odds and
wipe out his critics politically. Perhaps Justice
Mogoeng wanted to show some kind of solidarity
with Zumas past sufering. Perhaps not.
He thanked Zuma for the trust and
confdence you put in me on behalf of the
nation by appointing me Chief Justice. I
undertake not to betray his trust.
Mogoeng then renewed his judicial vow by
saying hed be faithful to the Republic of South
Africa, he would uphold the Constitution and the
human rights entrenched in it, and administer
justice to all people without prejudice.
I do so confdent that God will help me
accomplish this special assignment.
Zuma, on his part, sympathised with Justice
Mogoeng for the total onslaught against him,
saying he had high regard for the dignifed
manner in which he responded to the spirited
public commentary on his candidature, and
only answered it in the correct forum, the
Judicial Service Commission.
Zuma took a sideswipe at his and Justice
Mogoengs critics: The judiciary should not be
part of mudslinging and other public spats that
happen from time to time in society.
Zuma, having never given reasons for having
preferred Justice Mogoeng above some other
strong candidates (he is not required to do so by
the Constitution), revealed a bit of the thinking
behind his latest appointment.
He said Justice Mogoeng assumed ofce in
a time of judicial reform, when the
Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Bill
and the Superior Courts Bill, which had been
the subject of debate for the past 14 years and
which would, amongst others, provide for
judges to do their own administration, were
close to reaching fnality.
The reform was one of the priorities that
met Justice Mogoeng as he assumed ofce on
Thursday, Zuma said.
Zuma also emphasised that he respected the
separation of powers and the independence of
the judiciary in an attempt to put to rest the
fears of those who say Justice Mogoeng would
be Zumas lap dog.
Zuma took a sideswipe at his and justice
Mogoengs critics: the judiciary should not be
part of mudslinging and other public spats that
happen from time to time in society.
Although he said it with a straight face,
Zuma might have meant to be just a bit ironic
when he thanked Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang
Moseneke, who was also at the briefng and who
sat next to retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.
Zuma made much of Justice Mosenekes
opening up the participation process, inviting
interested organisations to make submissions
and to attend the interview one of the most
robust ever undertaken by a candidate for
Chief Justice.
It may even have scared many candidates
for public ofce, who feel this may be the next
route to follow, Zuma said, perhaps just slightly
relieved that presidents dont have to be grilled
in the same way.
Justice Moseneke, who was also a possible
candidate for Chief Justice, was one of Justice
Mogoengs harsher examiners.
Zuma was also at pains to point out that
the correct process was followed and that the
interview of Justice Mogoeng was transparent
and thorough.
This came after critics have threatened to take
the matter to court to have the process reviewed.
DA leader Helen Zille, who is said to have
eagerly posed for pictures with Zuma at
Thursday mornings infrastructure meeting,
later in the day said her party was deeply
concerned that Zuma did not engage in
appropriate consultation and did not take into
consideration the concerns raised.
We are currently considering the
implications of what we consider to be a
defective process, she said.
Zille had wanted to meet Zuma earlier this
week to voice her concerns, but the meeting
was cancelled by Zuma, who said he did not
need a further meeting with Zille because the
information she released to the media on the
matter was enough.
Cosatu on Thursday said it accepted Justice
Mogoengs appointment even though it had
registered its reservations about him as Chief
Justice before.
The IFPs Chief Whip Koos van der Merwe
said he would consider introducing a Private
Members Bill into Parliament to change the
way the Chief Justice is appointed.
Justice Mogoeng does not need to be sworn
in again, because he was sworn in when he
frst became a judge in 1997, but it is expected
that he and Justice Ngcobo would go to a
joint sitting of the National Assembly and the
National Council of Provinces in Parliament
for an introduction (not required by the
Constitution).
As Mercury editor Angela Quintal wryly
remarked in a private tweet, hopefully this
introduction wont happen on the same day
that Parliament votes on the Protection of
Information Bill Justice Mogoengs frst
possible big challenge.
cosatu on thursday
said it accepted justice
Mogoengs appointment
even though it
had registered its
reservations about him
as chief justice before.
FRIDAY - 9 septembeR 2011
grootes assessment chief justice
a double dose of advice for
mogoeng mogoeng
Chief Justice. Got a nice ring to it, doesnt it?
Its grand, imposing, it sort of towers above all
the other titles. Its not like the simple one word
President which is supposed to sound powerful
and often just ends up signifying impotence.
It speaks of high ofce, of being somehow not
just frst among equals, but actually better than
others. Enjoy it. Make a weekend of it. Spend
On Thursday, President Jacob Zuma anointed, sorry, appointed Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief
Justice. Its been a slightly bumpy ride, but Mogoeng got there in the end. However that little journey
is nothing compared to the turbulence that lies ahead. As always, we think a little advice will go a long
way. And who better than to dispense than the perennially shy and retiring STEPHEN GROOTES.
Photo: JSC's public interview with Mogoen Mogoeng.
it with your family. Because coming soon is a
rather large perfect storm.
The frst cold front is going to be your
deputy. Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
is a big man. Hes huge. Respected, very highly
thought of, the man who many would have
chief justice grootes assessment
in your job, with your title. You spoke of your
respect for him as an elder brotherbut
not as a friend during your Judicial Service
Commission interview. Well, we know that it
was tough, but one generally doesnt tell an
elder brother you dont have to be sarcastic.
So you need to fnd a way to make amends.
Moseneke is a fair, thoughtful man, hell
certainly, from what we know of him, accept
any private apology you may tender to go with
your public one.
At the same time, you need to fnd a way to
publicly signal that you two have made your
peace. Bear in mind, you win his respect, youll
win the respect of people who respect him. But
its tricky. As judges, youre supposed to not
really speak in public that much. So you will
have to think hard. Perhaps you could quote him
approvingly in your next speech. Hmmm, maybe
not, some people (nasty hacks like myself no
doubt) will think youre just being sarky. Perhaps
you need to make some kind of joint speech
somewhere. If you were just B-grade celebrities,
wed just arrange for a picture to be taken of the
two of you at some upmarket bistro. We cant
do that here, but you get the drift. So, a judicial
signal of some type is in order.
Ill tell you one thing, you deal well with the
typhoon that could be about to arrive and you
wont have to worry about gaining his respect,
cos youll already have it. Its not the position
of Chief Justice in the Constitutional Court
that will really give you power. Its the position
of Chair of the Judicial Service Commission
that is really going to do it. And theres
nothing like huge power in this country to give
you a huge headache.
The Hlophe Hurricane is gearing up again.
You know the drill, its long, its complicated and
it matters. And it afects many of your fellow
Con Court judges directly. So saddle up. First,
say publicly, that you are determined to do
the right thing in this case. Then, get as much
transparency in the process as you can. You
insist that the media is allowed into any hearing
that happens and youll make loads of new
friends. Were fckle like that. So use that against
us. Get us in. Let us watch the process. Make
some important points, and youll have us all
nodding our heads in unison at your brilliance.
And bear in mind that, while Hlophe may
look scary, hes not. Because he has no real
political backing, if he ever did, in fact. But check
your back. Justice Minister Jef Radebe is the
person to check with by the way. Hell tell you.
You crack that, youll be a hero.
But theres another pesky group youll have
to deal with as well. Its the horrible neo-liberal
and theres nothing like huge power in
this country to give you a huge headache...
chief justice grootes assessment
rainbow fag-waving crowd. The ones who
dragged up all those judgments about rape,
and who pontifcated endlessly about your lack
of dissenting judgment in Le Roux vs Steyn.
You are going to have to do this quite loudly,
almost injudiciously. Firstly, I get that you
love the Bible. So do many many other people.
You should no longer quote it in judgments.
I know. Thats unfair. But thats just the way
it goes sometimes. Secondly, make a speech,
in which you talk about why its important
to protect the rights of everyone. You dont
actually have to go further than you have done
already in your interview and in your address
on Thursday. But instead of making it sound
like a slightly defensive statement, make it a
positive, pro-active one.
So speak out against corrective rapes and
the murders that sometimes accompany them.
Its not hard. Youre a judge, murder is wrong.
And its not at all odd to speak out against it.
But well take notes and make it plain that
youre actually leading on the issue.
Sir, Chief Justice, there is another sad task
you have to perform. Just as you have to publicly
signal that you and your deputy are on the same
page, so you have to signal that you and the
person who appointed you are not that close.
Again, I know, it sucks. But you have to do it. Its
not that tricky, actually, you say youve only met
three or four times anyway. The only way you
can really do this is through your judgments.
Ja, you dont want to mess too much with that.
But just know, in the back of your mind, that
if you rule in governments favour more than
three times in a row, people will talk. You cant
stop them. And no one likes to look as if theyre
somebodys man. You want to be independent,
you must look as if you are at the same time.
And the entire country will be following your
every word one day when the Protection of
Information law case somes your way.
Oh, and one fnal thing. Enough with the
minority dissents, okay? The Con Court needs
to look unifed. Youre more than welcome to
dissent if you agree with another judge on the
issue. But if you remain in a minority of one,
well, that just wont look good.
And Chief Justice, youve got ten long years
ahead of you. So if things go wrong, youve got
time to make it right. Obviously, a strong start
will help. But you will have plenty of time to
recover if you misstep.
Good luck!
... Youre more
than welcome
to dissent if you
agree with another
judge on the issue.
but if you remain
in a minority of
one, well, that
just wont look
good.
population south africa
population estimates and the war
against hiV/aids
Numbers are funny things. Ask 10 diferent South
Africans how many people live here, and youll
receive 10 diferent answers. One of them might
resemble the ofcial mid-year population estimate
which puts the fgure at 50.6 million people,
give or take. Someone better tell Eskom that its
estimate of 49 million is so late-2008. On the
The latest mid-year population estimate from StatsSA points to a bright light at the end of the HIV/Aids
tunnel for the country. PAUL BERKOWITZ takes a closer look at the numbers and their implications.
Photo: REUTERS
other end of the range of estimates is economist
Mike Schussler, who claims we may have as many
as 60 million people in South Africa.
South Africas demographic narrative is
a highly contested one. The story of South
Africas HIV problem as told by the Treatment
Action Campaign is vastly diferent to the one
told by Rian Malan. For every Zimbabwean the
department of home afairs claims is living in
the country, someone at a braai somewhere will
claim that there are two Zimbabweans. Or four.
Until the results of this years upcoming
census are audited and fnalised, well have
to keep relying on the ofcial population
projections. The trends identifed by the ofcial
numbers make for some interesting reading.
Firstly, the prevalence of HIV (percentage
of total population which is HIV-positive) has
increased from 9.4% in 2001 to 10.6% in 2011.
In sheer numbers, HIV-positive people have
increased from 4.2 million to 5.4 million. Almost
one in nine South Africans is HIV-positive, but
this rises to one in six of people aged 15 to 49
years (16.6%) and almost one in fve of all women
between 15 and 49 years (19.4%).
Thats the bad news. The good news is that
the incidence of HIV (percentage of HIV-negative
people who become infected in any one year)
peaked in 2006 at 2.1% and has fallen to 1.4% in
2011. This is the lowest rate of incidence in more
than a decade. The slowdown in the rate of new
cases recorded is largely due to interventions to
prevent mother-to-child transmission, because
the prevalence rate among women of child-
bearing age continues to climb.
The assumptions underpinning the peaking
and subsequent decline in the HIV incidence
rate (driven mainly by the increased rollout of
ARVs) also feed through into the modelling of
life expectancy at birth and the crude death
rate. Life expectancy is a highly politicised
number. Its one of the three primary statistics
used to calculate the ofcial UN Human
Development Index for a country. South Africas
HDI had fallen for much of the late 1990s and
early 2000s. The latest data claim that life
expectancy reached a low of 51.8 years in 2005
and has since risen, reaching 57.1 years in 2011
its best level in a decade. Similarly, the crude
death rate is recorded as having peaked at 14.4
deaths/1,000 people in 2005, subsequently
declining to 11.7. Once again this is the best
level in a decade.
These fgures, if true, represent a major
victory for the department of health. They
point to a causal link between its actions
on the HIV epidemic and the positive
demographic outcomes.
south africas
demographic narrative
is a highly contested
one. the story of south
africas hiV problem as
told by the tac is vastly
different to the one told
by rian malan. for every
Zimbabwean that the
department of home
affairs claims is living in
the country, someone at
a braai somewhere will
claim that there are two
Zimbabweans. or four.
Of course, these numbers produced by the
ofcial model are highly contested. They bear
little resemblance to the fgures given by the
UN. The model itself is underpinned by the
2001 Census, where a very large undercount
of the population dealt a severe blow to the
credibility of any derived data. The model
is, however, updated and monitored by the
Actuarial Society of South Africa. Youre safer
trusting their numbers than all the amateur
News24 and TimesLIVE demographers put
together, with their back-of-the-braai-pack
calculations about how life expectancy will fall
to 35 years under another decade of ANC rule. Even if the model is accurate (and we might
only be able to compare it to the Census 2011
numbers in two years time) weve only won one
battle in the war. The rate of new infections
may have peaked, but the ranks of the HIV-
positive still swell by about 120,000 people a
year the share of the public health pie going to
ARV provision isnt likely to shrink signifcantly
over the medium-term. The broader social
costs of HIV are also still with us, including
the issues of child-headed households and the
ongoing deaths of the economically productive
cohorts of society
As a country, we need to absorb the future
implications of these trends quickly so that
those areas of government responsible for
public health and social development can adapt
their programmes to deal with remaining
challenges. We have extended the quantity of
life available to HIV/Aids suferers over the last
six years. We now need to work much harder to
improve the quality of that life.
we have extended the
quantity of life available
to hiV/aids sufferers
over the last six years.
we now need to work
much harder to improve
the quality of that life.
these fgures, if true,
represent a major victory
for the department of
health. they point to
a causal link between
its actions on the hiV
epidemic (increased
rollout of arVs,
expanded education
program) and the
positive demographic
outcomes described in
the latest release.
read more:
1. 2011 Mid-Year Population Estimates, StatsSA
AFRICA
africa briefs
Boko Haram (Reuters)
al-Qaeda expands
influence in sub-saharan
africa
The recent bombing of the UN
building in Abuja has sparked
fears that al-Qaedas infuence
south of the Sahara may be
growing. Boko Haram the
Nigerian Islamist sect that
has claimed responsibility for
the bombings is thought
to have links to al-Qaedas
north African wing. One of the
suspects sought for the Lagos
bombings is a Boko Haram
member with strong ties to
al-Qaeda. And according to
experts, increasing numbers of
Nigerians are training in the
desert with al-Qaeda.
nigeria deports
immigrants as counter-
terrorism measure
The Nigerian government has,
following the Lagos bombings,
arrested and will be deporting
an unspecifed number of
Africans from other countries.
The arrests, according to
Senegalese authorities cited by
African Review, are an apparent
attempt to fght terrorism by
rounding up illegal aliens.
The Nigerian ThisDay
newspaper had reported that
Boko Haram was using non-
Nigerians in its attacks.
Zanu-pf youths intimidate
residents of harare
township
Growing tension between
Zanu-PF and MDC supporters
in Zimbabwe has resulted
in sporadic clashes. On
Wednesday in Highveld, a
Harare township, police fred
teargas to disperse Zanu-PF
youths who attacked local
traders. Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangarai and the MDC are
due to hold a rally in Highveld
on Saturday and the attacks
are thought to have been
orchestrated to intimidate the
townships populace.
archbishop of cantebury
seeks Zimbabwe visit
Still on Zimbabwe, the
Archbishop of Cantebury, Dr
Rowan Williams, has asked for
a meeting with Robert Mugabe
following reports of violence
and intimidation between
rival factions of Anglicans
in the country. Williams is
expected to visit Zimbabwe in
October, marking the highest
level visit to the country by a
British representative in over a
decade. The Archbishops visit
is intended to show solidarity
with Anglicans in the country,
who have been divided by
political divisions.
drc bans political protest
ahead of polls
The Democratic Republic of
Congo, which goes to the polls
on 28 November, has imposed
a fve-day ban on political
protests after violent protests
this week when at least one
person was killed. Kinshasa
governor Andre Yango imposed
the ban, which the ruling party
has agreed to abide by if the
briefs africa
Salva Kir, President of South Sudan (Reuters)
opposition does too. However,
an ofcial from the opposition
criticised the ban.
one thousand inmates
freed in drc prison break
DRC ofcials said that armed
men attacked a prison in
the east of the country and
freed 1,000 inmates. The
attack is thought to have been
orchestrated to free a militia
leader, Gedeon Matunga, who
had been sentenced to death in
2009 for his involvement in the
long-running confict in the
region. Police had recaptured
152 of the prisoners.
kenya seeking early imf
disbursement
Kenya is seeking an early
disbursement of funds from
the International Monetary
Fund under a previously
agreed-upon $509 million loan
facility. Authorities said the
loan was to ease pressure on
the Kenyan shilling which has
declined by over 15% against
the US dollar this year. Kenyas
north is also afected by the
drought and high food prices,
with infation in the country
soaring to 17% in August. The
loan is to be used to alleviate
that pressure, authorities say.
The shilling strengthened
slightly on this news.
south sudans president
reinstates advisor
South Sudans president,
Salva Kiir, has done an
about turn on his decision
to fre his advisor on gender
and human rights, Rebecca
Garang. Kirr on Thurday
reinstated Garang, the widow
of a liberation struggle hero,
after having fred her and her
four colleagues on Wednesday.
The president of the newly
formed nation has been under
pressure to create a more
inclusive government.
$2.6 million drug bust in
tanZania
Police in Tanzania have
seized 97 kilograms of
heroin worth $2.6 million
and arrested fve suspects,
Africa Review reported. The
head of the countrys anti-
narcotic operation heralded
the bust as a victory in the
struggle against drugs,
especially as recently the UN
identifed Tanzania as one
of the preferred routes for
international drug trafckers.
An Iranian and four
Tanzanians were arrested.
somalias pm calls for
more international
troops
Following the expulsion of
al-Shabaab militants from
the capital in recent months,
Somalias Prime Minister
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said
greater international support
is needed if the government is
to extend its control beyond
Mogadishu. The 9,000 African
Union troops in Mogadishu
were recently boosted by
reinforcements of 3,000. More
are needed to drive militants
out of the south of the country,
Ali said.
africa kenya
kenyan courts block sa mining company
The Digo people of Kenya have successfully
blocked Cortec Mining, a South African compa-
ny, from prospecting Mrima Hill near Mombasa.
The Daily Nation, which broke the story, said,
The Kaya Mrima Self-Help Group convinced
the High Court in Mombasa that Cortec Min-
ing, which claims to have invested Sh13.5 billion
(R1.016 billion) in the Kwale mining project, was
granted the prospecting mining licence in con-
travention of the Forests and Mining Acts.
Mrima Hill is considered rich in niobium,
a ductile transition metal which is vital for the
production of steel and nickel and iron-based
super-alloys used in gas turbines and jet engine
compartments.
The lawyers representing the community
successfully argued that the area where the
prospecting was to take place was a forest and
Courts in Kenya have blocked a South African mining company from prospecting what has been
called a protected area after a local community successfully complained about the mines practices.
By SIPHO HLONGWANE
nature reserve, and that excavation had de-
stroyed the shrine and that the communitys
cultural beliefs had been belittled.
They also argued that their rights to a clean
and healthy environment had been curtailed
because a proper health and safety assessment
had not been carried out.
The Digo community said that their case had
come after they had tried to get the Commis-
sioner of Mines and Geology to suspend Cor-
tecs mining licence, and had failed. They have
also sued the Commissioner of Mines and Geol-
ogy, the Culture and National Heritage minister
and the Environment and Natural Resources
minister.

read more:
1. Court suspends frms mineral mining project
in the Daily Nation Photo: Mombasa by Marcel Oosterwijk.
africa egypt
Has egypts revolution lost its soul?
The Revolutionary Youth Coalition is a loose
umbrella body of Egyptian activist groups, repre-
sentatives of the young revolutionaries who were,
as they described themselves, the soul of the
Revolution. These are the people that organised
the frst mass protests, that put themselves in
the frontlines, that camped out in Tahrir Square.
Popular support coalesced in their wake.
But theyre fnding themselves increasingly
irrelevant in the post-Mubarak era, sinking
in the political quicksand as the real battle is
fought between the interim military govern-
ment, seasoned political campaigners and Is-
lamist groups. Theyve made little to no prepa-
ration for elections and their demands for more
dramatic change are met with silence.
In a bid to revive their fagging support, the
Revolutionary Youth Coalition is evoking the
spirit of the revolution with another million-man
march scheduled for Friday in Tahrir Square,
Activist appeals for a million-man march in Tahrir Square on Friday are ostensibly to protest the
erratic decisions of the military junta now ruling Egypt. But in truth, the march will be a test of the
popularity and infuence of the activists themselves, and whether the Soul of the Revolution is still
relevant in Egypts new dispensation. By SIMON ALLISON.
with the goal of correcting the path of the mili-
tary government. Their key demands include an
end to military trials of civilians, a date for new
elections, a new electoral law and minimum and
maximum public sector wage laws.
Estimates of expected turnout vary wildly.
Although Egypts infuential football fan groups
have announced their participation, the popular
Muslim Brotherhood is boycotting the march. If
the activists get their million men (and women)
in Tahrir, expect the military administration
to take notice and, perhaps, action on some of
their demands.
But a poorly attended march will fatally un-
dermine the infuence of the young revolution-
aries, who are fnding that merely overthrowing
a government is quicker and easier than efect-
ing real change.

read more:
1. Court suspends frms mineral mining project
in the Daily Nation
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focus shifts to sahel as libyan
endgame plays out
In Arabic, the word Sahel means coast, or
shore. Its an ironic, perhaps wishful title for
the long strip of land which marks the southern
end of the Sahara desert, stretching all across
Africa from the Red Sea in the east to the
Atlantic in the west, where water is hard to
fnd and survival is only for the fttest. Its a
harsh, forbidding environment that every year
Media attention might still be focussed on the hunt for Gaddaf, but in the corridors of power
hes yesterdays man. Countries are already jostling for position in North Africas new geopolitical
landscape, which is unusually sandy and flled with terrorists, smugglers and dangerous levels of
heavy weaponry. By SIMON ALLISON
Photo: REUTERS
gets harsher as the Sahara creeps further and
further south.
But desertifcation isnt the regions only
problem. A major conference called by Algeria
this week discussed the Sahels two greatest
man-made threats, and what to do about them.
sahel africa
Billed as an anti-terrorism forum, foreign
ministers gathered in Algiers to discuss the
growing threat of al-Qaeda in the Islamic
Maghreb (AQIM), the al-Qaeda-linked group
behind a string of attacks in Sahel countries.
But with Gaddafs fall, delegates had
something else to talk about. The repercussion
of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel region have
become palpable, particularly with the arrival of
large amounts of weapons and four-wheel drive
vehicles and the return of armed individuals
involved in the Libyan crisis, said Nigers
foreign minister Mohamed Bazoum. Tuesdays
large, high-profle convoy of vehicles into Niger
was reportedly one of a few that have made
their escape there from Libya. While knowledge
of who and what exactly was on the convoys
is still unconfrmed, its thought that they
contained hundreds of pro-Gaddaf soldiers,
many of them ethnic Tuaregs, and enough
weapons and money for a small army.
The Sahellian countries specifcally
Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger are
understandably worried: theyve got enough
issues to deal with without a sudden infux
of armed and dangerous men with nowhere
else to go. Theres AQIM, which recently
asserted its strength with a vicious attack on a
military academy in Algiers, and is rumoured
to be expanding its infuence by linking with
Nigerias Islamist group Boko Haram. Theres
the prevalence of smugglers, also heavily
armed, who see their wilful defance of borders
as a symbol of autonomy and control. Then
theres the institutional corruption which
mars the bureacracies of almost all the Sahel
countries, which themselves are exceptionally
weak and unable to exert much infuence on
the vast desert area. Their powerlessness is
exemplifed by Nigers inability to prevent pro-
Gaddaf convoys or even Gaddaf himself from
entering the country: We have no means to
close the border...It is too big and we have very,
very small means for that.
The Sahel is certainly big, but, according
to Professor Cedric Jourde of the University
of Ottowa, a specialist in Sahel politics, this
doesnt mean its some kind of desolate no
the repercussion of the libyan crisis on the sahel
region have become palpable, particularly with
the arrival of large amounts of weapons and four-
wheel drive vehicles and the return of armed
individuals involved in the libyan crisis, said
nigers foreign minister mohamed bazoum.
sahel africa
mans land: Though the desert is vast, the
actual areas used by humans are much more
limited. All human activitywhether it is
tourism, nomadism, trafcking, or terrorism
relies on the regions key land routes and
converges at water points and fuel stops.
That local communities, armed Islamists,
smugglers, and other groups involved in illegal
activities sometimes interact at these nodes,
then, is no surprise.
The challenge for governments will be
to better monitor and police these nodes.
Algeria, in particular, is pushing for greater
control of its border area and surrounds, which
it sees as a major source of instability within the
country. With the countrys hosting of the anti-
terrorism forum and their bullish talk about
confronting al-Qaeda in the region, they look
to be positioning themselves as the last North
African bastion against terrorism; a stance
that might just be popular in Washington DC.
But they cant do it on their own, and a serious
efort to address the problems posed by AQIM,
smuggling and the infux of Libyan fghters into
the Sahel region can only be addressed by all
the Sahel countries working together.
There is already an institution in place to
manage just this kind of regional cooperation.
Cen-Sad, the Community of Sahel-Saharan
states, was established to facilitate cross-border
integration on regional issues. But its woefully
unsuited to handle the post-Gaddaf world,
seeing as it was inspired and established by
him, and continues to recognise him as the
legitimate leader of Libya.
So the Sahel states are going to have to
fgure out how to solve their problems without
the help of their regional body. Its not going to
be easy, given the regions historic lawlessness,
porous boundaries, widespread poverty and
lack of respect for authority; but for the regions
governments, its a battle that must be won, or
theyll risk losing that authority completely.
the challenge for
governments will be
to better monitor and
police these nodes.
algeria, in particular,
is pushing for greater
control of its border
area and surrounds,
which it sees as
a major source of
instability within the
country.
read more:
1. Algeria, neighbours searching solutions to Libya war fallout,
al-Qaeda in the Washington Post
2. Sifting through the layers of insecurity in the Sahel
from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
WORLD
briefs world
friday - 9 september 2011
Joe Biden and Barak Obama (Reuters)
libYA
An audio recording report-
edly by Gaddaf surfaced on
Thursday, urging his loyalists
to keep fghting. As with so
much about the Libyan situa-
tion, its authenticity is uncer-
tain. In it, Gaddaf said: "we
will not leave our ancestral
land", by way of dismissing
rumours that he had fed into
Niger. He also predicted that
"Nato will be defeated because
its fnancial resources are not
sufcient to continue bomb-
ing Libya". Sorry, Muammar,
but we reckon they could
probably scrape together the
necessary bucks.
UsA
Obama gives his long-awaited
jobs speech on Thursday night
to the joint session of Con-
gress. They're expecting an-
nouncements on an extension
of pay-roll cuts, an extension of
unemployment benefts, new
infrastructure spending and
aid for state and local govern-
ments. CBS estimated that the
total package could amount to
$400 billion. We eagerly await
the Republicans' response.
GreeCe
Seems like the whole of Eu-
rope is on strike at the mo-
ment. Greeks have joined
their Spanish and Italian
counterparts in a new round
of anti-austerity protests. Bad
news for anyone in Greece
needing a root canal or a lift
anywhere: taxi drivers and
dentists are on strike this time
round. Rubbish collectors and
primary school teachers are
scheduled for the next strikes.
The taxi drivers' specifc beef
is the government's refusal to
open up their profession to
more competition.
UsA
Wendy Sherman, Obama's
pick for a top State Department
post, confrmed to senators on
Wednesday that the US would
veto Palestine's bid for state-
hood at the UN this month. She
repeated the US's favoured line
that they are committed to urg-
ing the parties into negotiations
again, even though the parties
in question have indicated they
have no interest in this idea. On
Thursday Palestine ofcially
launched its bid for recogni-
tion with the frst of a series of
planned rallies.
briefs world
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. (Reuters)
libYA
Gaddaf isn't the only thing
missing from Libya at the mo-
ment. Investigators have been
unable to turn up any trace
of heat-seeking missiles that
they know were sold to Gad-
daf. The weapons can be used
by terrorists to shoot down
civilian airliners. They assume
they have been stolen by reb-
els, criminals or smugglers.
But the major fear is that they
may have fallen into the hands
of al-Qaeda's North African
branch. There's a thought to
make you sleep easy.
CHiNA
A militant Islamic group has
claimed responsibility for re-
cent attacks in China's Xinji-
ang region, which left over 30
people dead. A video released
by the Turkistan Islamic
Party claims that the attacks
were revenge against the Bei-
jing government. Around half
the residents of the region at
Turkic-speaking Muslims who
complain that the migration
of Chinese workers from the
east has cost them jobs. Two
hundred people died in the last
fare-up of ethnic violence two
years ago.
JAPAN
Japan's new Prime Minister Yo-
shihiko Noda has paid his frst
visit to the site of the Fukushi-
ma nuclear disaster. Noda vis-
ited the J-Village sports facility,
which has been turned into a
camp for emergency workers,
and paid tribute to them and
the troops dispatched to the
area. Noda knows that how he
is seen to manage the earth-
quake reconstruction efort will
largely determine his popu-
larity, after the botched job
performed by his predecessor
Naoto Kan.
CHiNA
China has renewed Google's in-
ternet content provider license,
allowing the search company
to operate for another year.
This will also give the site the
opportunity to expand some of
its services for Chinese users.
Google China currently only
provides entertainment and
product search functions after
a fght between the two entities
last year, when Google accused
the Chinese government of
being behind a cyber attack on
the company. Weird how that
can sour a friendship.
UsA
A White House scientist will
serve 13 years in jail for selling
top-secret military intelligence
to an FBI agent posing as an
Israeli spy. The court heard
on Wednesday how Stew-
art Nozette received around
briefs world
$225,000 monthly for answer-
ing questions posed to him by
a state-owned Israeli company.
Nozette is one of the highest-
ranking American scientists to
ever be charged with spying on
a foreign power. Wait, didn't
we tell you earlier this week
that the US had been caught
spying on the Israeli embassy?
For such close allies, they're
remarkably suspicious.
UsA
New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg will not have many
friends left in the Muslim
community after saying on
Wednesday that the NYPD's
habit of subjecting predomi-
nantly Muslim neighbour-
hoods to greater surveillance
was the same thing as screen-
ing children for measles. Say
what? Bloomberg's point (we
think) was that he sent cops
into areas he knew to have high
crime rates, just as the measles
rate is higher among young
people. That still doesn't make
a lot of sense, Michael.
GerMANY
Two men have been arrested
in Berlin on suspicion of
planning a terrorist attack.
A 24-year-old German and a
28-year-old Gazan were de-
tained after police tracked
their purchases of materials
which could be used to make
bombs. Speculation was rife
that they intended some at-
tack linked to either the 9/11
anniversary or the visit of the
Pope later in the month, but
the police denied that there
was any evidence for either.
UK
An inquiry into abuses com-
mitted by the British army
in Iraq has found evidence
of an "appalling episode of
serious gratuitous violence".
The case they are referring
to there is the death of Iraqi
hotel worker Baha Mousa,
who died from 93 injuries in-
ficted on him by UK soldiers
after he had been taken in for
questioning in 2003. The in-
quiry found that senior com-
manders were "ignorant" of a
ban on the use of fve inter-
rogation techniques, includ-
ing sleep deprivation. David
Cameron called the fndings
"shocking and appalling".
Brother Leader (Reuters)
world abortion debate
UK votes on abortion law
Abortion has been legal in the UK since 1967,
making it one of the European pro-choice pio-
neers. But a Conservative MP called Nadine
Dorries aims to signifcantly amend the process
in a way which would give strength to pro-
life groups. Dorries' amendment seeks to stop
non-state afliated abortion providers like Ma-
rie Stopes clinics from ofering counselling to
women seeking abortion. The purported moti-
vation for this is to provide greater opportuni-
ties for independent counsellors. What con-
cerns reproductive rights activists, however, is
that many of these independent counsellors are
infuenced by pro-life groups.
Dorries insists she is pro-life, but the sub-
text of her proposal is that she feels groups like
Marie Stopes encourage undecided women to
pursue an abortion because they have a fnancial
The UK pro-abortion lobby won the day on Wednesday, when the British parliament shot down a bill
which proposed to strip abortion counselling from the abortion process. But the "spirit" of the proposal
is being retained in a consultation which will necessitate a further MP vote. By REBECCA DAVIS.
motivation to do so in terms of their funding.
"If an organisation is paid that much for abor-
tions, where is the incentive to reduce them?" she
asked The Guardian.
Dorries won support for her bill from some
infuential corners, including Iain Duncan Smith,
the work and pensions secretary, and Liam Fox,
the defence secretary. In the end the bill was
outvoted by 368 to 118, but the UK health minis-
ter, Anne Milton, gave a boost to Dorries' case by
announcing that the "spirit" of her plans would
be embodied in a consultation on the issue. MPs
will be presented with the fndings of this con-
sultation and vote on it again before the next
general election. Dorries told the BBC: We lost
the battle but we have won the war.

read more:
1. Dorries abortion amendment defeated in House
of Commons, in The Guardian Photo: REUTERS
world new york
MusliM racial profiling is like treating
Measles nyc Mayor
The NYC mayor has taken a turn to the dark
side, and he seems quite okay with it. He de-
fended an Associated Press revelation that in
the years following September 11, undercover
cops had spied on more than 250 mosques and
Islamic groupings within the Big Apple.
The AP last month unearthed informa-
tion on a mysterious Demographics Unit in-
side the NYPD that, under the guidance of a
CIA operative, installed clandestine cops in
Muslim-majority neighborhoods to infltrate
the community and identify factors that could
signal an eventual terror attack, the Washing-
ton Post said.
Bloombergs response to AP was: As the world
gets more dangerous, people are willing to have
infringements on their personal freedoms that
they would not before. If there is a community
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has defended the New York City Police Department against
allegations of racial profling. The Associated Press conducted an investigation which showed that the
NYPD specifcally targeted and spied on Muslim communities. By SIPHO HLONGWANE
where the crime rate is very high, to not put
more cops in that community is ridiculous, the
mayor said. If you want to look for cases of mea-
sles, youll fnd a lot more of them among young
people. Thats not targeting young people to go
see whether they have measles or not.
Several Muslim civil rights groups and a
New York congresswoman have urged the
Department of Justice to investigate the de-
partment for racial profling, according to the
Washington Post.
Hindsight has shown that the activities of
Muslim terrorists never really took of from
within the US, a fact Bloomberg might take
into consideration when defending the NYPDs
odious practice.

read More:
1. Bloomberg defends secret surveillance of Muslims
in RT.com
Photo: REUTERS
world iceland
where have all the good glaciers gone?
The Petermann Glacier is a large glacier in the
north-west of Greenland, accounting for about
6% of the Greenland ice sheet. It is 300 kilo-
metres long and measures up to 1 kilometre in
height at some places. And it is melting at an
incredible rate.
Dr Alun Hubbard of the Glaciology Centre at
the Aberystwyth University took photos of the
glacier last month and compared them to photos
taken by other scientists at exactly the same spot
two years ago. Over that period, at that spot, the
glacier has almost completely melted away.
Hubbard said, Although I knew what to ex-
pect in terms of ice loss from satellite imagery,
I was still completely unprepared for the gob-
smacking scale of the break-up, which rendered
me speechless.
The Petermann Glacier is in Iceland. Or at least, it was two years ago. A Welsh scientist has taken
photos which have shown an incredible amount of the glacier has melted away. Cause for alarm? Not
until the Al Gores of this world get their hands on the photos. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.
Scientists had been expecting a big break in
the glacier since 2009. With support from the
US National Science Foundation and the Natu-
ral Environment Research Council in the UK,
Dr Hubbard travelled by helicopter to the gla-
cier to gather data from time lapse cameras and
GPS sensors set up in July and August 2009,
with the help of Greenpeace, BBC said. The
GPS sensors were set in anticipation of a large
break-up of ice that eventually occurred by on 3
August, 2010.
The break formed a 220 square kilometre ice
island. The Petermann Glacier is far from shipping
lanes, in case youre concerned about that.

read more:
1. Gob-smacking scale of Petermann Glacier breakup
in BBC News
2. Dramatic shrinking of Greenland glacier
in Sydney Morning Herald Photo: The Skaftafellsjokull glacier, Iceland (Reuters)
world us 2012
Perry on toP after rePublican tV debate
This was Perry's frst major showing since en-
tering the presidential race last month and he
came out all guns blazing. He took advantage
of the platform to carry out some character as-
sassination of President Obama - at one stage
calling him an "abject liar" - but saved most of
his ammunition for his Republican competi-
tors. Jobs are likely to be the issue over which
the next election is won or lost, and Perry lost
no time in criticising opponent Mitt Romney's
record on jobs growth. "Michael Dukakis cre-
ated jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt,"
Perry said.
Romney rebutted by repeating his claim that
he is the man for the job because of his private
sector experience rather than being simply a
"career politician". Utah governor Jon Hunts-
man argued forcefully that his own jobs record
The Republican presidential battle kicked off in earnest on Wednesday night with a televised candidates'
debate held, fttingly, in Ronald Reagan's library. Most commentators agreed that this round was won by
Texan Rick Perry. By REBECCA DAVIS.
was better than either Perry's or Romney's, but
this was a two-man match. Michele Bachmann
was given almost no opportunity to speak, with
one of her campaign aides saying afterwards
that the network was trying to make it a Rom-
ney-Perry show.
Perry was grilled about his climate change
scepticism, and responded with: "The science is
not settled about this - Galileo got out-voted for
a spell." Jon Huntsman took the extraordinary
step of defending his claim that science is use-
ful, which explains why he doesnt have a hope in
hell of getting voted in. It was a sign of the mood
of the GOPs voting base that the biggest cheers
of the night were reserved for mention of the 234
executions Perry has signed of in Texas.

read more:
1. Rick Perry's white-hot debate debut, on Salon
Photo: REUTERS
us 2012 world
View from middle AmericA: iowA mAy be
losing thAt loVing feeling, mr President
In December 1846, fourteen years after the
Sauk and Meskwaki had been pushed out of
the Mississippi valley and three years past
the removal of these selfsame tribes from
the Iowa River valley, Iowa became the 29th
state in the Union. From that date until 1969,
refecting a Republican tradition typical of the
American heartland, the state elected only
three Democrats to the United States Senate.
Since inception the people of Iowa had been
The central place of Iowa in US national politics was cemented in the 1988 presidential elections, when
Iowans, reeling from the farm crisis and the decimation of the local economy, voted Democrat for the
frst time. After two elections that saw extremely close calls in the state, in 2008 Iowa voted Obama by a
landslide. Is the love affair now over? By KEVIN BLOOM.
Photo: President Obama in Iowa. (Reuters)
farmers, the introduction of the railroads in the
1850s transforming it into a major agricultural
producer, and it was to a large extent the farm
crisis of the 1980s that frst caused Iowans to
question their political afliations.
The 1988 presidential elections at the end
of Ronald Reagans fnal term of ofce saw the
state vote 55.1% Democrat for the frst time
us 2012 world
ever. What was on voters minds, presumably,
was the mass depopulation that had occurred
during the last few years due to the closure of
farms, not to mention the high increase in the
rates of farmer suicides, alcoholism, divorce,
and child abuse. Iowans may have been right
to blame the Republicans the tailspin began
in 1980, when record production collided with
the loss of export markets due to the White
House-imposed Soviet grain embargo, causing
commodity prices and land values to plummet
(by 1982, net farm income adjusted for infation
was lower than during the Great Depression).
Iowas reputation as a major swing state in
presidential elections has since been cemented.
The state voted heavily Democrat in 1992, at
43.35% versus 37.33%, and even more heavily
Democrat in 1996, at 50.31% versus 39.92%,
but 2000 and 2004 saw diferences at the
polls of less than a percentage point, with the
Republicans taking it after Bush Jr.s frst term
at 49.92% versus 49.28%. In 2008, landing a key
victory for the Obama campaign, Iowans swung
Democrat again by a wide margin 54.04%
versus 44.74%.
No wonder the president comes here as
often as he can. Last March he was in Iowa
City, delivering a speech on health-care at the
university, and afterwards as the people who
work in that fne store never tire of telling you
he visited the Prairie Lights bookshop, to buy
books for his daughters. The event was covered
in detail in all the local papers, of course, but
The Washington Post saw ft to report on it too.
Well, this used to be my favorite place,
Obama told the owner of Prairie Lights,
observed the Post. He had mentioned the
shop in his speech, noting that it has been
ofering health-insurance benefts to full-time
employees for the last 20 years, only to see
premiums shoot up 35 percent last year, making
it harder to aford the same coverage.
By August this year, during a two-day tour
of the state that was efectively a pre-campaign
move against Republican candidates Rick Perry
and Michele Bachmann, Obamas hopes of
health-care reform were lying in tatters. His
speeches now were about partisan gridlock in
congress, and the message was clear it was
the Tea Partyers fault that the USs credit-
rating had been downgraded, sending markets
plummeting and the fnancial world into fear.
To be fair, Obama had been in Iowa in
June talking about job creation, but the
his speeches now were about partisan gridlock
in congress, and the message was clear it was the
tea Partyers fault that the uss credit-rating had been
downgraded, sending markets plummeting and the
fnancial world into fear
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reAd more:
1. Maxine Waters to Obama on unemployment: Iowans
or blacks? in Politico
2. Obama picks up books for his girls at Iowa City's Prairie
Lights, in the Washington Post
blame-game theme appears to sum up what
progressive Iowans now think of the incumbent
hes become an inefective evader. During a
discussion on the subject after a reading at the
abovementioned Prairie Lights, a prominent
local attorney told me of his disappointment.
Clinton wouldnt have stood for this, he said.
He would have used the force of his personality
to get congress on his side. Obama is too
damned polite.
And as if to prove he really cant win, in
Washington DC on Thursday 8 September,
just hours before he addressed a joint sitting
of congress on his jobs plan, the president was
getting it in the neck for being too interested
in Iowa. The source of the attack was the
Democrat congresswoman Maxine Waters, who
demanded that the USs frst African-American
president show he cares as much about
unemployed blacks as he does about Iowas
swing voters.
As Waters told the online news site Politico:
There are roughly three million African-
Americans out of work today, a number nearly
equal to the entire population of Iowa. I would
suggest that if the entire population of Iowa, a
key state on the electoral map and a place that
served as a stop on the presidents jobs bus tour
were unemployed, they would be mentioned in
the presidents speech and be the benefciary
of targeted public policy. So, one question to be
answered this evening is, are the unemployed
in the African-American community, including
almost 45 percent of its youth, as important as
the people of Iowa?
What Waters surely does know but isnt
saying is this the answer to her last question
is yes. If Obama loses Iowa he may well lose
his presidency, which will make any hope of
a targeted jobs plan for African-Americans a
distant memory. What will a loss in Iowa mean
for the rest of the world? With Rick Perry in the
White House, the answer here is almost too
ghastly to contemplate.
... if obama loses iowa he may well lose his
presidency, which will make any hope
of a targeted jobs plan for African-Americans
a distant memory....
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SAB Miller (Reuters)
south AfricA
The JSE All Share Index had
another positive day ending up
1.3% to close at 30,918. RMB
Holdings rose 3.8% with par-
ent company First Rand Hold-
ings also gaining 3.5% on the
back of a trading update that
it expects earnings per share
to raise by over 100%. Other
fnancial stocks also gained on
the back of the update.
Bell Equipment, the machinery
company, fell 4.8% as industri-
als and resources took a knock
in trading. Combined Motor
Holdings, the automotive deal-
er fell 4.6%.
Standard Bank deputy CEO,
Sim Tshabalala expressed
concerns that Basel 3 liquid-
ity standards would be overly
onerous, retarding the ability
of banks to lend while increas-
ing the cost of borrowing.
South African Airways made a
net proft of R782m in the 2011
fnancial year, the national carri-
er announced on Thursday. This
represents a 77% increase from
last year's net proft of R442m.
SAB Millers hostile takeover
attempt of Fosters looks set
to proceed as the brewers ap-
peal to the Australian regulator
of misleading claims by Fos-
ters was rejected. SAB Miller
doubted statements made
about Fosters proft forecasts
at its annual results. The rul-
ing was however favourable for
SAB as it meant the Australian
brewer had to clarify its net
debt position. A bid document
is expected next week for a cash
ofer of AUD $4.90 per share.
emerging mArkets
THE MSCI Index climbed
0.2% as Brazils Bovespa In-
dex gained 1.5%. The Brazilian
central bank said it might cut
interest rates further, while
Turkeys index rose 1% after
Citigroup recommended a buy
on the nations equities.
uk
The FTSE 100 ended slightly up
0.4% to close at 5,340. Com-
modities trader, Glencore
briefs business
HTC smartphones (Reuters)
International gained 7.6%,
recouping the previous days
losses with Tullow Oil follow-
ing the oil price rise, up 4.8%.
Financial Services provider
Admiral fell 2.3% as fnancial
shares fell on Bank of England
announcements.
The Bank of England com-
mented that it would not
engage in further stimulus
activities, while the European
Central Bank expressed con-
cerns that continent-wide eco-
nomic threats had intensifed.
us
Gold futures gained in New
York trading as the jobless
claims showed and unexpected
increase. UBS, the Swiss invest-
ment bank, expects gold to av-
erage $2,075 next year in a re-
search report released yesterday.
ESPN and the NFL have
reached an agreement that will
keep Monday Night Football
on American televisions until
at least 2021. The deal is worth
$1.9 billion per year or $15.2 bil-
lion over the period.
europe
Greek credit default swaps on
the nations sovereign debt
surged to record levels, signal-
ling a 91% chance it will fail to
honour its debt commitments.
Data showed the economy
shrank 7.3% prompting the
German Finance Minister to
describe the situation as being
on knifes edge.
The euro fell the most in a
month, versus the dollar, as the
ECB president said downside
risks to the regions economy
have intensifed. The euro,
adopted by 17 nations in the
region, weakened against most
major currencies after the ECB
decided to keep interest rates
on hold at 1.5%.
Lufthansa is toying with enter-
ing the 21st century as it con-
siders expanding the number
of routes it currently ofers
one-way tickets on. Not to rush
in too quickly, the Germans
want to establish which routes
and under which conditions
the move would make sense.
AsiA
HTC, the regions second larg-
est smartphone manufacturer,
is using nine patents pur-
chased from Google last week
to up its lawsuit claims against
Apple Inc. as the two exchange
patent infringement accusa-
tions. Apple is suing HTC and
other manufacturers running
the Android operating system,
claiming it copies the iPhone.
Google has been criticised for
sitting on the sidelines while
its manufacturing partners are
being sued.
business google
google acquires restaurant rating site Zagat
Google bought Zagat, a popular restaurant rat-
ing site, for an undisclosed amount. Moving
forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local
oferingdelighting people with their impres-
sive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while
enabling people everywhere to fnd extraor-
dinary (and ordinary) experiences around the
corner and around the world, wrote Marissa
Mayer, Googles vice president for Local, Maps
and Location Services on Googles ofcial blog.
Zagat was founded more than 30 years ago
as a way to collate diner experiences into one
platform, and then provide a single rating. It
is driven by diner experience. Zagats surveys
could be one of the worlds earliest examples of
user-generated content.
Googles decision is in marked contrast to the
Google have announced the acquisition of restaurant rating site Zagat. It is like they looked at the deal-
buying site frenzy and chose to do the exact opposite. By SIPHO HLONGWANE
new fad in tech, the group-buying site. Started
by Groupon, the craze has seen the deal-buying
site spawn hundreds of thousands of copycats
throughout the world. The business model always
looked like benefting the company peddling the
deals rather than the merchants whose establish-
ments were looking to attract customers. Even
Facebook, which had got onto the group-buying
bandwagon, admitted that it wasnt such a good
idea, and shut their deals site down.
Unlike Groupon, Zagat doesnt really focus
on the bottom-line-shaking cuts to prices. Good
customer service, ambience and dining is what
gets you a high Zagat rating.

read more:
1. Google buys Zagat, crushes OpenTable
in Wall Street Journal
2. Offcially just got Zagat rated in Google Blog Photo: REUTERS
business beer market
beer oclock in congo as Heineken
invests millions
Heineken, the worlds third largest brewing com-
pany, has just announced a massive 400 million
euro (R4 billion) investment in its breweries in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. The invest-
ment, which is one of the largest in the country
that isnt linked in some way to the extraction of
precious natural resources, is a huge boost to the
beleagured Congolese economy, which has been
in the drink for quite some time.
Heineken is confdent in the scope for ex-
pansion. Even if they fght a war in parts of
Congo, the economy keeps going, said Hans
van Mameren, boss of Heinekens Congolese
subsidiary which brews Primus, the countrys
most popular beer. Everyone can see if you put
a minimum of infrastructure in this country, it
immediately opens up markets, it's all about ac-
cess.
The DRCs consumption of Primus and its
competitors is small beer in comparison to oth-
er countries. Whereas the DRC consumes an av-
erage of three litres of beer per person per year,
Four hundred million euros is a lot of money for anyone to invest in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
especially when theres no gold or diamonds involved. But Heineken think they have an even more
valuable product: beer. Were inclined to agree. By SIMON ALLISON
in neighbouring Congo Brazzaville its 30 litres,
and in South Africa its 60 although perhaps
thats not something to aspire to. Heineken be-
lieves that demand is huge in the country, and
the only factor hindering a massive increase in
consumption is distribution. The DRC is a huge
country with few roads, so transport is expen-
sive and sometimes impossible. But the govern-
ment has a few massive infrastructure projects
in the pipeline, and Heineken is betting that
these will open up the market.
Its a brave time for Heineken to announce its
planned investment, just before the DRCs na-
tional elections in November and amid increasing
political unrest. But Van Mameren is confdent
politicians are too clever to mess with the coun-
trys beer supply: "We're producing the cheapest
luxury in this country; if there was a situation
where there was no beer, the population would be
very surprised to say the least, he said.

read more:
1. Heineken to invest 400 million euros in Congo over
fve years on Reuters Africa Photo: REUTERS
business facebook
Judge rules in favour of five employees
fired for whining on facebook
Its a landmark decision for the often murky
waters of Facebook use and the law: a national
labour relations board judge in the US has ruled
that a New York NGO must re-hire fve workers
given the boot for criticising their working con-
ditions on Facebook.
In October 2010, the fve employees of His-
panics United of Bufalo participated in a Face-
book discussion about the nature of their job,
including complaining about their workload.
Within days they had been fred. This week a
judge ruled that the fve should be reinstated
immediately. His justifcation was that the em-
ployees were protected because what happened
on Facebook constituted a private conversation
among co-workers. Its the frst ruling of its kind,
so it may set a valuable precedent.
In the brave new world of Facebook and Twitter, South African companies are scrambling to put together
social media policies for staff. They may want to look at the US judgment which has just ordered the
reinstatement of fve employees fred for dissing their workplace on Facebook. By REBECCA DAVIS.
South African organisations have wised up to
the power of social media and are increasingly
introducing fairly draconian use policies, some-
times banning the mention of the employer at
all. Individuals personal profles on network-
ing sites are now often taken as representing the
organisation, even if there is no explicit link be-
tween the two.
It was a sign of the times in June of this year
when the Mail & Guardian fred an intern for an
anti-Semitic rant on Facebook. Of course, hate-
speech is a diferent kettle of fsh to criticising
your job, and so is defamation. Ofine defama-
tion laws apply equally to Facebook - as a Durban
man found out in 2009 after using Facebook to
describe his boss as a "serial masturbator".

read more:
1. Judge Orders Re-Hiring of Workers Fired for
Facebook Complaints, on Inc Photo: REUTERS
LIFE, ETC
briefs life, etc
Celine Dion (Reuters)
cANADA
Celine Dion had an unwelcome
visitor on Monday night when
a man broke into her Mon-
treal home, helped himself to
pastries from the kitchen and
prepared for a nice hot bath.
When police arrived, he report-
edly said: "Hey guys, what are
you doing here?" Celine Dion
was unharmed because she
wasn't at home at the time,
currently holidaying with her
hubby in Florida. So don't wor-
ry, her art will go on.
AUstriA
Archaeologists in Austria have
found a large school which
seems to have been a training
ground for Roman gladiators
about 1,700 years ago. The com-
pound contained 40 small cells
for the fghters, most of whom
were criminals, prisoners-of-
war or slaves. The area also
housed a training area and a
large bathing area. Outside the
compound walls, there also ap-
pears to be a cemetery for those
killed during training. Tough
gig, gladiatoring.
itAlY
Madonna has become the
latest victim of the old in-
sulting-aside-picked-up-by-
microphone syndrome. At the
Venice Film Festival this week,
an adoring fan presented
her with a bunch of fowers.
Madonna smilingly received
them, but then promptly
shoved them under the table
while saying to the man next
to her "I absolutely loathe hy-
drangeas". The comment was
broadcast to the room at large
due to the fact that her press
conference mic was still on.
You've been warned: don't give
Madge hydrangeas.
sWeDeN
We've all been there: you have
a bit too much to drink, and
you get stuck in an apple tree.
That's what happened to an
elk in Sweden this week, who
chomped his way through
enough fermented apples to
get him pretty sozzled. Greed-
ily reaching for more apples
(it's never "just one apple for
the road", is it?) he managed
to get his antlers tangled in
the tree and had to be rescued
by a special team. He is now
in elk rehab.
UK
If you're going to get a tattoo,
forget the Chinese symbols and
make it something functional.
That's the thinking of 81-year-
old UK grandmother Joy Tom-
kins. Tomkins is pro-euthana-
sia, and decided to make sure
that nobody would submit her
to a lingering death like that
sufered by her husband Mal-
colm. Accordingly, she has had
the words "Do not resuscitate"
inked on her chest and, just in
briefs life, etc
Reese Witherspoon (Reuters)
case, "P.T.O." (with an arrow)
tattooed on her back. Let's
hope doctors don't assume it's
a rap lyric.
UsA
Jury selection has begun in the
Michael Jackson manslaughter
trial in Los Angeles. Attorneys
on Thursday began selecting
the 12 people who will decide
whether Jackson's doctor, Con-
rad Murray, killed him by ad-
ministering a drug overdose. It's
said that they will go through
480 potential jurors before se-
lecting the fnal 12. This has
reality show written all over it.
Come on, Simon Cowell.
UsA
Actress Reese Witherspoon
was hit by a car while jogging
in Santa Monica on Thursday
morning. The driver was some
crazed old bat (84 years old)
who failed to stop for the Le-
gally Blonde actress, who was
taken to hospital but released
shortly afterwards. That gives
us a chance to make the fol-
lowing joke: "Did you hear that
actress Reese Whatsername
was hit?" "Witherspoon?" "No,
with a car."
NeW ZeAlAND
Bad news for people who love
rugby and vuvuzelas: they
have been banned from the
Rugby World Cup. They are
on the forbidden list together
with whistles (noisy), um-
brellas (impede vision), roller
blades (irritating), gang in-
signia (dangerous), furniture
(um) and auto parts (no
idea. No idea at all).
irelAND
There's just no delicate way
to put this: Sinead O'Connor
is trawling the internet for
sex. In a post on her website,
the Irish singer says she is "so
desperate for sex" that she
might do something desper-
ate. O'Connor is quite fexible
about her must-haves for her
potential sexual partners, al-
though she does stipulate that
they "must not be named Brian
or Nigel". Women are also al-
lowed to apply. You must ab-
solutely not apply, however, if
you are not a fan of anal sex.
Apparently, nothing compares.
UK
Inadvertent victim of the day:
the editor of the UK's Gay
Times, who happens to be
called cough Darren Scott.
As a result, he has been on the
receiving end of a torrent of
Twitter abuse from South Afri-
cans bent on expressing their
outrage with South Africa's rac-
ist DJ Darren Scott all Thurs-
day. "I am not the Darren Scott
that is trending on Twitter.
There is more than one in the
world", he told South African
tweeters, adding: "The only K
word I fing about ends in Mi-
nogue". He sounds much nicer
than our one.
life, etc galliano
galliano and Scott: Separated at birth?
Galliano was fned the equivalent of around
R60 000 for going on two racist and anti-Semitic
rants in October 2010 and February 2011. In the
February incident, Galliano directed 30 anti-Se-
mitic insults at a fellow customer in 45 minutes,
before moving on to racially attack her South
Asian companion. Galliano's case was lodged by
several French anti-racism groups, as well as the
people he insulted. During the hearing the state
prosecutor told the judges his behaviour was an
example of "everyday anti-Semitism and racism"
which was "pitiful and dreadful".
Pitiful and dreadful is a pretty good descrip-
tion of how Darren Scott must be feeling today
after Beeld broke the news yesterday about his
use of the k-word to a colleague like Galliano,
in a bar. Scott has since resigned from his radio
gig and taken an indefnite leave of absence from
On Wedensday, British designer John Galliano was found guilty by a Paris court of making racist
statements in a bar. Et tu, Darren Scott? By REBECCA DAVIS.
Supersport. Scott yesterday released a statement
to Beeld saying they had been factually inaccu-
rate in their reporting of the incident and that
"once those facts are known it emerges that Scott
had been generous and patient to a fault". Scott
describes in detail his fnancial history with the
object of his racial slur, seemingly as a tacit justi-
fcation for his insult.
The statement concluded by noting that Scott
"regrets" the incident and has "conveyed his apol-
ogies". In person on 702 yesterday morning Scott
was more efusive in expressing his shame and
regret. But then again, so was Galliano, who said,
"I know that I must face up to my own failures
and that I must work hard to gain people's un-
derstanding and compassion."

read more:
1. JJohn Galliano found guilty of racist and anti-Semitic
abuse, in The Guardian
2. Darren Scotts side of the story, on IOL Photo: John Galliano arrives to Paris court. (Reuters)
life, etc bmw
laser headlights for future bmws
Future BMWs will use lasers instead of LEDs in
headlights. The new technology will save power
and fuel for the cars, the company said.
What wont happen is BMWs driving about
with burning red lights in the front, setting fre
to other road users. Instead, the laser beam will
be converted by a fuorescent phosphor material
inside the headlamp into a bright, white light.
The resultant light wont pose a risk to anybody.
The tiny size of the lasers open up a lot of
possibilities, CNet said. Instead of a large,
round piece of glass, a laser headlight could
shine through the cross pieces of the car's grille,
and so remain hidden when not in use. The tra-
We know about light emitting diode (LED) lights being used in the headlights of cars, but have a gurn at
this: future BMWs will have power-saving lasers in their headlights. By SIPHO HLONGWANE
ditional dual-headlight confguration would also
no longer be necessary, as a row of laser diodes
could peek out from the front edge of the hood.
As laser light is a coherent beam, it can be pre-
cisely shaped, and also changed at will. Instead
of a separate high-beam lamp, lasers can be
computer controlled to form a low-beam or high-
beam pattern.
The frst car to have the laser headlight
technology will be the upcoming i8, a plug-in
hybrid sports coup.

read more:
1. BMW to ft cars with lasers in CNet
2. BMW to introduce laser headlights in GizMag Photo: REUTERS
SPORT
briefs sport
Andy Robinson (Reuters)
south AfricA
The Sharks have made
three changes and a posi-
tional switch for Saturday's
Currie Cup clash against the
Pumas in Durban. Conrad
Hofmann replaces the injured
Charl McLeod at scrum-half
in the only change amongst
the backs. Up front, Alistair
Hargreaves replaces Jan Andre
Marais at lock, while Wiehan
Herbst comes in for Eugene
van Staden at tighthead prop
and in the back row, captain
Keegan Daniel swaps places
with Jean Deysel
The Blue Bulls have made
two changes to their side for
Saturday's Currie Cup clash
against the Cheetahs in Bloem-
fontein. Coach Pine Pienaar has
made one positional change,
with Zane Kirchner moving
from centre to his more accus-
tomed position at full-back.
Francois Venter has been pro-
moted to the starting line-up at
inside centre for Jurgen Visser,
who drops to the bench.
The MTN8 fnal has been
sold out ahead of the eagerly-
awaited contest featuring Or-
lando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs
at Soccer City on Saturday. Pre-
mier Soccer League CEO Zola
Majavu revealed his delight at
the news after fans purchased
the last of the tickets on Thurs-
day afternoon.
New ZeAlANd
Ireland prop Cian Healy has
been ruled out of his side's
Rugby World Cup opener
against the USA in New Plym-
outh on Sunday. The Leinster
front-rower sufered an eye
injury against England in their
fnal warm-up clash two weeks
ago and was always in doubt.
Scotland coach Andy Rob-
inson has named his side to
open their Rugby World Cup
account against Romania in In-
vercargill on Saturday. Glasgow
lock Alastair Kellock will lead
the team that includes eight
players with previous Rugby
World Cup experience. Veteran
full-back Chris Paterson will
be playing in his fourth RWC
tournament - unprecedented
for a Scot.
Fiji have named former sol-
dier Leone Nakarawa in their
team to face Namibia in Sat-
urday's match at Rotorua Inter-
national Stadium. The 23-year-
old lock was at the centre of a
visa row targeting the country's
military government. Nakarawa
was forced to resign his army
commission to even play at the
World Cup after New Zealand
refused to relax a ban on visits
from anyone connected with
Suva's military government.
briefs sport
Roberto Mancini (Reuters)
The vuvuzelas which provided
the droning soundtrack to last
year's soccer World Cup in
South Africa are unlikely to
make a big noise at the Rug-
by version in New Zealand.
The ubiquitous plastic trumpets
are among several items banned
from World Cup venues. Also
included on an eclectic list
are whistles, umbrellas, roller
blades, gang insignia, furniture
and - remarkably - auto parts.
Leave your carburettor at home.
uK
QPR boss Neil Warnock has
refused to rule out a bid for
David Beckham. New Rang-
ers owner Tony Fernandes re-
vealed his interest in signing
the former Manchester United
and England star on Twitter
this week. And Warnock was
quoted in the Daily Telegraph
as saying: "About three weeks
ago I would not have dreamed
to sign Joey Barton so I will
never write anything of.
Manchester City boss Roberto
Mancini admits Owen Harg-
reaves' signing was largely
infuenced by UEFA's fnan-
cial fair play regulations.
Mancini coveted Roma's Dan-
iele de Rossi and Real Madrid's
Fernando Gago, but opted for
out-of-contract Hargreaves
as he couldn't spend heavily.
Mancini told The Independent:
"Gago is a player we liked a lot.
We couldn't spend any more
money also for the question of
fnancial fair play. What a con-
fdence booster.
us
Novak Djokovic has urged
the US Open organisers to
considering putting a roof
over Arthur Ashe stadium
after rain caused havoc for the
second day running. Following
Tuesday's wash-out, organis-
ers were desperate to get play
underway on Wednesday. Both
the Australian Open and Wim-
bledon already have the capac-
ity to play matches when it is
raining with roofs on their big-
gest courts, while the French
Open has already confrmed
plans to have a roof over Court
Philippe Chatrier by 2016.
europe
f1
Bruno Senna feels he will
be more self-assured at this
weekend's Italian GP after
blowing the cobwebs away at
Spa a fortnight ago. After star-
ring during the Belgian GP
qualifying which saw him start
P7, the Brazilian was involved
in frst-lap accident and even-
tually had to settle for 13th
place.
Golf
Ian Poulter has confrmed
he will return to Hong Kong
GC to defend his UBS Hong
Kong Open title from 1 - 4
December. Poulter, who shot
a stunning second-round 60
last year to win the title, will
be joined by rising Italian star
Matteo Manassero, and both
are excited about the prospect.
rwc sport
the time has come:
crouch, touch, pause engage!
In the politically correct world of modern day
media relations, its not often that opposing
teams take the opportunity to talk up their own
chances. The usual mantra is one of fghting
for the underdog status and hoping to lure the
15 players on the other side of the pitch into
complacency. But not Warren Gatland and his
team of Cymru lads.
The Welsh management stopped just short
of bad mouthing the Boks and in particular
If Test match rugby was played in press conference rooms and quotes were the equivalent of fve-
pointers, Wales would have already won the opening encounter against the Springboks. STYLI
CHARALAMBOUS previews Sundays big match.
Photo: South Africa Springboks captain John Smit (front C) trains with the
team at a practice session in Wellington September 6, 2011. REUTERS
their style of play. Gatland, a former Waikato
and New Zealand B team hooker, has not
been afraid to mince his words ahead of this
mouth-watering Pool D encounter. Showing
little respect for the current World Champions,
Gatland said the Boks played no rugby and
that the Welsh knew just what to expect from
the World Champions.
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By efectively calling the Boks predictable
and exponents of boring rugby, Gatland can
only be hoping to get the players backs up
before the game that will result in overzealous
and foolish behaviour on the pitch. The
Springboks have lost many Tests due to
dangerous and illegal practices that resulted in
sin-binned players. Just think back to last years
ill-fated Tri-Nations campaign, where the Boks
earned three yellow cards in as many matches,
and how the disadvantage of playing with a
man short for 10 minutes efectively ended any
hope of victory.
Gatlands strategy is as transparent as it is
underhanded, going on to call Wayne Barnes, the
referee ofciating Sundays Test match, the best
in the world. Not too many of his countrymen
would agree, after Barnes failed to pick up the
blatant forward pass at the last World Cup that
ended New Zealands tournament.
No doubt, Gatland had Bakkies Botha in
mind, who more often than not has been the
recipient of those pesky yellow cards. And in
a twist of fate, the big man from Pretoria has
been ruled out through injury, to be replaced by
teammate Danie Roussouw, himself no stranger
to the sin-bin.
Mind games aside, the Boks will be
preparing for a tough test from their northern
hemisphere rivals. In their RWC warm-up
campaign Wales exchanged victories with
England and then went on to disarm Argentina
with relative ease in a 28-13 victory at the
Millennium Stadium. The Welsh have proven
to be tough opponents to put away for the Boks,
running the South Africans close the last three
times the two sides met, coming within one
score of the Boks each time.
The Boks will know their strength lies in
the set-pieces of the scrum and the line-out,
Photo: Wales' training session in Wellington, ahead of their Rugby World Cup opening match against South Africa on Sunday, September 6, 2011. (Reuters)
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where the experienced and formidable pack
of forwards will look to lay the platform and
secure possession. With Bakkies Botha out
of the mix, Victor Matfeld will lead the line-
out eforts with the incredibly good Heinrich
Brssow the go-to man for turnover possession.
The expected wet conditions will also nudge
the Boks into playing a tight game with much
territorial kicking. Fourie du Preez will need to
up his own kicking game since the last outing
against the All Blacks, where he only succeeded
in handing over possession. Another of day like
that on Sunday could see the exciting Welsh
backline attacking the Boks defensive line at
will, and the Bok management considering the
option of Francois Hougaard at scrumhalf.
Where the Boks will be looking to their
forwards to set-up the win, the Welsh will
be wanting to spread the ball as wide, and as
quickly as possible to get their potent backline
into the game. George North, Jamie Roberts
and veteran Shane Williams have all caused
problems for the Bok defence in the past,
whether it be in the red jerseys of Wales or the
British Lions. North and Roberts are big men
able to break over the gain line at pace, while
the unpredictable Williams, even at the ripe old
age of 34 can still dance his way to the try-line.
It is likely to be a nervous start to the
match as both teams excitement over the
start of the tournament results in early nerves
for the players. South Africa, with the more
experienced team and likely to feld many of
the players that started the World Cup fnal in
2007, should be in a better position to deal with
the big occasion. On paper, the Boks look 10-14
points better than Wales, but as we all know, no
Test match is ever played on paper.
previous results
2010: South Africa won 29 -26 in Cardif
Prediction: Expect a close game, with Welsh
fnishing strongly as they usually do against
the Boks, but only after the game has been lost.
Boks by 12 points.
the teams
South Africa: 15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen,
13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villers, 11 Bryan
Habana, 10 Morn Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez,
8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich
Brssow, 5 Victor Matfeld, 4 Danie Rossouw,
3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit, 1 Tendai
Mtawarira.
Wales: 15 James Hook, 14 George North, 13
Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane
Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips;
8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan
Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3
Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James
Date: Sunday, September 11
Kick-of: 20.30 (10.30 CAT)
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Weather: Chance of rain, with strong
winds. Day time high: 15C;
Evening low: 9C
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: George Clancy
(Ireland)), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Television match ofcial: Matt Goddard
(Australia)
RWC spoRt
RWC 2011: pRevieW
New ZealaNd vs ToNga
It's the moment we've all been waiting for.
The World Cup fnally kicks of and the All
Blacks get a chance to make amends for the
disappointment of four years ago.
While the hosts are under massive pressure
to keep the Webb Ellis Cup in New Zealand for
four years (not just six weeks), they won't be
having sleepless nights about Friday's result.
Tonga will not win - of that there is no
doubt. The Islanders have never beaten the All
The question is not who will win Friday's 2011 Rugby World Cup opener in Auckland, but rather in what
state New Zealand will be left after 80 minutes. By ROSS HASTIE.
Photo: REUTERS
Blacks. In fact, they have not even come within
80 points of the Kiwis in the last decade.
But the team in red will not go down
lightly, and it's their reputation for thundering
big hits that will have All Blacks coach
Graham Henry worried.
Indeed the Tongans have promised to bring
their standard physical approach to what is sure
RWC spoRt
to be a bruising encounter. The Ikale Tahi have
a habit of picking up cards (they've seen red and
yellow more than any other team in World Cup
history) and will still be ruing the fnal game of
this year's Pacifc Nations Cup where they lost the
title in the last minute to Japan, due largely to the
fact that they were down a man for an hour.
As a result, don't be surprised if Dan Carter
and Richie McCaw don't play to the fnal
whistle. Henry will want to make sure of the
result before pulling out the ol' shepherd's
crook and getting his stars out of harm's way.
Speaking of stars, Ma'a Nonu will wear
number 13 as Sonny Bill Williams is given a
chance at inside centre. It's incredibly tough to
leave a player as classy as Conrad Smith out,
but we fancy the Nonu-SBW combination will
wreak havoc. Picture it: an of-load out the back
of Williams's hand into the path of a charging
110kg Nonu... ouch.
Of course, it would be wrong to assume
Tonga will be thrashed by a cricket score. They
beat Fiji 32-20 in their last warm-up game and
have bolstered that winning team with a couple
of European-based players.
The visitors are also sure to have plenty of
support after they arrived at Auckland Airport
to an awaiting crowd of at least 4,000 - more
than any other side.
Interestingly, Tonga will kick-of the World
Cup's haka showdowns. They will start their
traditional pre-match war dance before the hosts,
who will then have the choice to try to out-shout
their rivals or wait until they have fnished.
After two consecutive losses, a big win is just
what the doctor ordered for the All Blacks as
they begin their quest to appease an expectant
nation. There should be tries aplenty.
We can't wait.
Photo: Tonga (Reuters)
RWC spoRt
playeRs to WatCh
For New Zealand: He's set to be one of
the stars of the World Cup... as long as he can
make his team's frst XV, Sonny Bill Williams
has been given a rare opportunity to start and
show us all what he is capable of. He foats like a
butterfy, of-loads like a magician and hits like
a lumberjack. If SBW is given enough space,
we're likely to be treated to a real spectacle. But
will it be enough to earn a place in the team to
face France in two weeks?
For Tonga: Tongan-born but New Zealand-
educated Soane Tonga'uiha is a star of the
English Premiership where the Northampton
Saints charger is a try-scoring phenomenon,
ending the last two seasons as the league's
top-scoring prop. In what is set to be a high-
scoring game, the 126kg man-mountain
is bound to get a chance to show of his
impressive turn of speed.
Head-to-head: Competition for places in the
All Blacks back-row is red hot at the moment
and Jerome Kaino will be out to cement his
berth while Adam Thomson is sidelined with
an elbow injury. He'll be up against Tonga
captain Finau Maka, who could be a little rusty
since hes now plying his trade in France's third
division. But the former Toulouse back-rower's
reputation for big hits and barnstorming runs
is well earned so his tussle with Kaino is sure to
be exciting to watch.
pRevious Results
2003: New Zealand won 91 -7 in Brisbane
2000: New Zealand won 102-0 in North Shore City
1999: New Zealand won 45 - 9 in Bristol
Prediction: No mystery here. The crowd
should get plenty in return for forking out for
the tickets to the opening game. New Zealand
by 45 points
the teams
New Zealand
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Richard Kahui, 13 Ma'a
Nonu, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Isaia Toeava,
10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Victor
Vito, 7 Richie McCaw (capt), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5
Ali Williams, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2
Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks,
18 Anthony Boric, 19 Sam Whitelock, 20 Piri
Weepu, 21 Colin Slade, 22 Cory Jane.
Tonga
15 Vunga Lilo, 14 Viliame Iongi, 13 Suka
Hufanga, 12 Andrew Ma'ilei, 11 Siale Piutau, 10
Kurt Morath, 9 Taniela Moa, 8 Viliami Ma'afu,
7 Finau Maka (c), 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 Joe
Tu'ineau, 4 Paino Hehea, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2
Aleki Lutui, 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ephraim Taukafa, 17 Alisona
Taumalolo, 18 Kisi Pulu, 19 Sione Timani, 20 Samiu
Vahafolau, 21 Samisoni Fisilau, 22 Alipate Fatafehi.

Date: Friday, 9 September
Kick-of: 06.30 SAST (08.30 GMT)
Venue: Eden Park Stadium, Auckland
Weather: Dry. Day time high: 18C;
Evening low: 7C
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South
Africa), Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match ofcial: Giulio De
Santis (Italy)
sport Formula one
preview: italian Grand prix
With this years dominance by Red Bull Racing
and judging from the noise from the paddock,
Mark Webber seems to be the only driver in-
terested in racing. He writes in his BBC column
that a Red Bull victory at Monza would mean
more to the team than the points on ofer; it
would deal a psychological blow to Ferrari and
McLaren. The Australian though has been out-
classed most of this year by his team-mate Se-
bastian Vettel, and a victory for Vettel at Monza
would deal the same psychological blow to all,
including Webber. Despite the fghting words,
question marks still hang over Webbers grid-
leading credentials.
A Monza victory wont be easy for Red Bull.
The team has never won at the circuit. The
toughest competition will come from home-
team Ferrari who have always been competitive
here. The Tifosi wouldnt have it any other way.
Fernando Alonso has asked for perfect support
from the team and Filipe Massa has blamed the
The historic 5.8 kilometre Monza circuit, just north of Milan, plays host to this weekends Italian Grand
Prix. It has only six corners, which means the drivers spend most of their time on full throttle. Success
will depend on straight-line speed, stability under braking and making best use of the two DRS zones.
OSIAME MOLEFE previews the 13th round of the Formula One world championship.
teams lacklustre performance of late on cold
temperatures, which should not be a problem
with the forecast predicting high 20s.
Monza is also tyre supplier Pirellis home
grand prix. Following last weekends drama
with blistering tyres, Pirelli has given the team
new camber settings, which they say should
prevent overheating on the straights and pro-
vide grip in high-speed corners.
Lewis Hamilton meanwhile has denied that
his lifestyle which sees him hobnobbing with
celebrities and doing the TV talk show circuit
distracts him from the racing. In his defence, he
has seemed all-in behind the wheel excessive-
ly so at times. But McLaren have said they wont
ask him to change his driving style, so expect
him to be as aggressive as ever at Monza.
Prediction: Hes had some bad luck and rac-
es where he simply didnt show up, but watch
Felipe Massa. He probably wont win. Vettel
will do that. But expect Massa to duke it out
with his team-mate Alonso for the second step
on the podium.

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