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MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2011
INDEX
THE DAY THE EARTH
STOOD STILL
A DAY IN PICTURES
IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
SOUTH AFRICA
AFRICA
WORLD
BUSINESS
LIFE, ETC
SPORT
INDEX
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
9/11/2001 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 (L) ies toward the World Trade Center twin towers
shortly before slamming into the south tower (L) as the north tower burns following an
earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York City September 11, 2001.
The World Trade Center south tower (L) is engulfed in ames after being struck by hijacked
United Airlines Flight 175 as the north tower burns following an earlier attack by a hijacked
airliner in New York City September 11, 2001.
U.S. President George W. Bush listens as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs
him of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center while Bush was conducting a
reading seminar at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida September
11, 2001. Bush made a brief statement before leaving the school and then returned to
Washington.
Rescue helicopter surveys damage to the Pentagon Building as re ghters battle ames
after an apparent terrorist airplane crashed into the U.S. military Headquarters outside of
Washington, September 11, 2001.
Smoke and debris ll the air after one of the World Trade Center towers in New York City
collapsed September 11, 2001. Both towers were hit by airplanes which crashed into the
buildings and both towers eventually collapsed.
The remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center disolves in a cloud of dust and
debris about a half hour after the rst twin tower collapsed about an hour after each of the
towers were hit by hijacked airliners in one of numerous acts of terrorism directed at the
United States September 11, 2001. The pictures were made from across the Hudson River
in Jersey City, New Jersey.
A group of reghters work to put out res in what is left of the destroyed World Trade
Center in New York on September 11, 2001.
Rescue workers remove a man from the World Trade Center tower in New York City
September 11, 2001.
Firemen work near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center after planes crashed into
each of the buildings in New York on September 11, 2001.
A man walks in the street near the World Trade Center towers in New York City, early
September 11, 2001.
Undated le photographs show 11 of the 19 suspected hijackers responsible for the attacks on
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as those that hijacked the plane that crashed in
Pennsylvania September 11, 2001, according to the Justice Department. Shown from top (L-R) from
United Airlines ight 93, Ahmen al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami and Ziad Jarrahi; from United Airlines
ight 175 (2nd row, L-R), Marwan al-Shehhi and Hamza al-Ghamdi; from American Airlines ight
11 (3rd row) Satam al-Suqami, Waleed M. al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, and Mohamed Atta; and from
American Airlines ight 77, Khalid Al-Midhar, and Majed Moqed. REUTERS
President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Ofce of the White House
after three planes commandeered by unknown hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and
New York's World Trade Center September 11, 2001. Bush returned to the White House
earlier in the evening to address this crisis. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Fireghters walk up Church Street and away from the remains of the World Trade Center
towers in New York, early September 12, 2001. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Smoke from the remains of New York's World Trade Center shrouds lower Manhattan as the
Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground and a lone seagull ies by in this image taken
across New York Harbor from Jersey City, New Jersey, September 12, 2001
U.S. President George W. Bush addresses a crowd as he stands with retired reghter Bob
Beckwith (R) from Ladder 117 at the scene of the World Trade Center disaster in New York,
September 14, 2001.
A DAY IN PICTURES
A DAY IN PICTURES NEW YORK
U.S. President Barack Obama, rst lady Michelle Obama and former president George W.
Bush (L) salute the ag during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the National September 11
Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Noah
K. Murray
The "Tribute in Lights" (R) and One World Trade Center (lit in red, white and blue) illuminate
the lower Manhattan skyline as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey September 10, 2011.
National and city leaders will commemorate on Sunday the ten-year anniversary of the
attacks of September 11, 2001 with a ceremony unveiling a memorial and museum.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A woman drops olibanum into a re during a commemoration ceremony to mark the ten-
year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, in Munich September 11, 2011.
REUTERS/Michael Dalder
Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son's name at the North
Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World
Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2011.
A DAY IN PICTURES PAKISTAN
Supporters of the religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami burn an U.S. ag and chant
slogans during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Quetta, September 11, 2011, the 10th
anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed
A DAY IN PICTURES ITALY
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he attends the Atreju political meeting
in Rome September 9, 2011. Berlusconi suggested on Friday that he may not stand for re-
election when his term expires in 2013, naming Angelino Alfano, a former justice minister,
as a possible successor. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
BRIEFS IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
MONDAY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2011
Julia Gillard (Reuters)
POLITICS
SOUTH AFRICA
TheDemocraticAlliancehas
calledfortheministerofstate
security,SiyabongaCwele,
toproducetheresignation
letterofNationalIntelligence
Agencyhead,GibsonNjenje.
Mediareportsclaimthat
theStateSecurityAgency
announcedtheresignationof
NjenjeonFriday,butNjenje
toldtheSundayIndependent
thathedidnot.The
Independentalsospeculated
thatNjenje,spybossMo
Slail and lead of ile SSA }e
Maqetukahaveafractious
relationshipwiththeminster
whohaspreviouslyaskedthem
toresign.Inlaymansterms:
nooneknowswhatisgoing
onintheministrythatis
supposedtoknoweverything.
AUSTRALIA
NewpollsinAustraliahave
proven,asifmoreproofwas
required,thatitwasavery
stupiddecisiontodumpKevin
Ruddasprimeministerand
replacehimwithcurrent
leaderJuliaGillardin2010.The
latestFairfax/Nielsencount
saidthatLabourwouldswing
its42%58%disapprovalrating
toa52%48%approvalifRudd
wasputbackincharge.Labour
hasdeniedithasanyplansto
changerulers.
UK
ChancellorGeorgeOsborne
hassworntoprogresswith
fnancial iefoims wlicl le
expectstocreateeconomic
growthforBritain,inspite
ofthepoliticalimpactthey
aremaking.Saidthemanin
chargeofhowBritainspends
itsdosh:Iamdeterminedto
pui giowil fisi and iale ile
politicalrisksnecessaryto
makeithappen.Theunionsin
theAtlanticislandnationare
beginning io ex ileii muscles
inresponsetothewaveofcuts
introducedbytheConservative
government(itshardtocallita
coalition,really)sincewinning
theelectionin2010.
NIGERIA
Moreexplosionsrockedthe
NigeriancityofJos,most
notablyinacrowdedoutdoor
restaurantinthecitycentre.
Onepersonwasinjured.This
cameadayafter12peoplewere
murderedinanotherskirmish,
sevenofwhomwerechildren.
Paul Kagame (Reuters)
LIBYA
Muammai Gaddaf's iop sia
arebeingroundedup:top
spychief,BouzaidDorda,has
beencaughtbyrebelforces
accoiding io Reuieis. Gaddaf's
sonSaadiseemstobesafe
thoughasreportsindicatehe
isinNiger,leavingthecolonel
withjusttwoofhiskinleftby
hisside,SaifandMuttasim.
FRANCE
RwanadanPresidentPaul
KagamearrivedinFrance
yesterdaycontinuingthe
couniiies' eoiis io iesioie
diplomaticties.Kagamewill
meetwitharangeofexpats,
businessleadersandthe
FrenchPresidentNicolas
Sarkozy.Kagamehas,in
thepast,accusedFrench
goveinmeni ocials of being
inbedwiththegovernmentof
Rwandaduringthegenocide
when800,000peoplewere
killed,meaningdiplomatic
tieshavebeenstrained.The
Frenchhavenotinvitedoneof
theaccused,foreignminister
AlainJubbe,whichisa
signifcani siep foiwaid.
EGYPT
Al }azeeia's oces in Caiio
wereraidedbytheinterim
Egyptiangovernmenton
Sunday, wlicl confscaied
someequipmentanddetained
one of iis ieclnical sia
members.Government
ocials said ilis was because
AlJazeerahadnopermit
tobroadcastwithinEgypt.
Egyptianpoliticalgroups
denouncedthisaswellas
amovetoincreasemedia
restrictionsbythecountrys
rulers,claimingthatthe
governmentisusinglast
weeksattackontheIsraeli
embassytopushthrough
repressivelegislation.
SENEGAL
Therecentlyappointedhead
oftheCtedIvoirestruthand
reconciliationpaneltravelled
toSenegalonSundayand
discussedhisplanstoreunite
thenationafterviolence
brokeoutpostelection.
CharlesKonanBannytold
thosehemetwith,Weneed
toknowthetruth,evenifit
Amazon's Jeff Bezos (Reuters)
isntpretty.Bannyclaimed
theIvoriansolutionwouldbe
basedaroundSouthAfricas
truthandreconciliation
commission,butwouldbe
tailoredfortheneedsofthe
CtedIvoire.
LIBERIA
LiberianPresidentEllen
}olnson Siileaf ew io Angola
yesterdaytodiscussoil
productiononatwodayvisit.
ShewillmeetwithAngolan
PresidentJosEduardodos
Santosbeforevisitingan
Angolanoilcompany.Liberia
las begun diilling foi oil o iis
coastandrecentlyannounced
anexplorationdealwith
Chevron.
GUINEA
ThePresidentofGuinea,
AlphaConde,claimed
yesterdaythattheleadership
ofSenegalandGambiawere
complicitinaplottokillhim
throughabombandgun
attackonhishomeinJuly.
WhileCondedidntexplain
whyothergovernmentswould
wanthimdeadorwhat,if
any,proofhehad,hesaidthe
plantoassassinatehimwas
formulatedatahotelinDakar.
BUSINESS
TheAustraliandollardropped
2cagainsttheUSdollaras
investorswithdrewfrom
currenciesoverEuropeandebt
fears,aswellasthesurprising
resignationofEuropean
CentralBankchiefJuergen
StarkonFriday.Starkhaslong
beenacriticofthepolicies
adoptedbyGermanyin
dealingwithcountrieswhich
havedodgyeconomiessuchas
Greece,SpainandItaly.
Althoughtheautomotive
industryhasjumpedout
ofitsrecessionshapedrut,
fearsofaglobalslowdown
incarpurchases,largelydue
toplateauinggrowthinthe
Chinesemarket,arebecoming
morerealistic.Whileanalysts
claimtheindustrycouldbe
inforaslightkicking,thecar
companiesthinkthistalkis
prematureandhavedismissed
anylinktothe2008recession.
TheWallStreetJournal
reportsthatAmazonislooking
toaddaservicesimilarto
Neiix foi iis eleciionic
bool oeiings. Cuiienily,
consumerspaybookbybook,
butthisnewservicewouldbe
anannualsubscriptionfee,
allowingaccesstoalibrary.
Itisworthpointingoutthat
theJournalcitedanonymous
sourcesandAmazondidnot
comment.Amazonisalso
expectedtoreleaseitstablet
computersoon.
Germanymaybereadyto
throwinthetoweloverGreece
asadefaultlooksinevitable
andministerswithinthe
Germangovernmentlookat
shoringupGermanbanksif
Greecedoesfallshortofthe
termsofitsbailoutconditions.
GeorgePapandereou,the
GreekPrimeMinister,
hasencouragedEuropeto
maintainitspolicies,andsaid
inaspeechonSaturdaythat
Greecewouldremainwithin
theeurozoneinspiteofhaving
io male diculi decisions.
Germanbanksarethebiggest
holderofGreekgovernment
bonds.
SPORT
USA
Tennis:AustraliasSamantha
Stosurbeatheavyfavourite
SerenaWilliamsinaonesided
fnal ai Flusling Meadows 6-:,
6-. Siosui's dominani seive
andstrongforehandproved
toomuchfortheAmerican.
Williamsmade25unforced
errorstoheropponents12.
WhileStosurplayedasuperb
game of iennis (io win lei fisi
GrandSlamandthirdtitle
ever),youaremorelikelyto
hearabouttheshoutingmatch
Williamshadwiththeumpire
atthebeginningofthesecond
setwhenshelostapoint
andthegameforshouting
duringarally.Ignoreit:Look
fortheStosurhighlights.
Althoughadmittedlywereall
stillarguingaboutwhether
thepointshouldhavebeen
replayed.
LiezelHuberandLisa
Raymondwonthewomens
doubleseventwhichmakes
Raymondtheoldestwoman
evertowinadoublesGrand
Slamtitle,andmovesHuber
backtothenumberonespot
inthedoublesrankings.They
beatVaniaKingandYaroslava
Slvedova 6-(, y-6, y-6.
UK
Cricket:Englandtiedwith
IndiaontheDuckworthLewis
system,whichgavethemthe
series.Indialookedontarget
io fnally picl up a win on ilis
heinoustour,butitwasnotto
beastheraincamedownwith
England iequiiing ii o y balls.
SureshRainaandMSDhoni
boil scoied ffiies ai beiiei ilan
arunaballtosetAlatairCooks
men a sii iaigei of :Si and
Samantha Stosur (Reuters)
Zanzibar ferry disaster (Reuters)
ii was a fgliing q6 fiom Ravi
Boparaandsomelatewillow
swingingbyTimBresnanand
GraemeSwannwhichgotthem
towithinonerun.
ITALY
In ile fisi iound of Iialian
league fxiuies ilis season
}uvenius goi o io a iei undei
theirnewcoach,explayer
AntonioContewitha41win
overParma.Interstumbled,
losing (- ai Paleimo in spiie
ofaDiegoMilitodouble.
LIFE
MEXICO
Of10oilrigworkerswho
wentmissingthreedaysago
whentheyabandonedtheir
platformduringastorm,seven
havebeenfound,according
toMexicosstateownedoil
company.Twobodieshave
beenfound,butoneofthe
workershasnotyetbeen
located.
TANZANIA
Aferrydisasterwhichkilled
nearly200peopleonitsway
toZanzibarovertheweekend
willbeinvestigated,says
theTanzaniangovernment.
Primaryinvestigationswill
establishwhyaboatlicenced
io caiiy 6oo people lad
morethan800onboard,and
whetherornottheboatwas
overloaded.
SOUTH AFRICA
EditorspaidtributeonTwitter
tothefounderofTheDaily
Sun,DeonduPlessis,who
diedathishomeonSunday.
Condolencesandadmiration
wereexpresseddigitallyfrom
ile liles of Feiial Haajee wlo
editsCityPress,Moegsien
Williams(TheStar),Angela
Quintal(TheMercury),
PeterBruce(BusinessDay)
andChrisRoper(Mailand
Guardianonline).DuPlessis
workedatArgusbeforeediting
thePretoriaNews,thenjoining
IndependentNewspapersas
Gautengnewspapersmanaging
director.Hemovedonto
Media24whohelpedfundThe
DailySun.
CANADA
KieraKnightleywillspeak
withanEnglishaccentwhen
sheplaystheclassicRussian
characterAnnaKarenina
in ile flm of Tolsioy's bool
ofthesamename.Said
Knightley,Well,ifyou'vegot
aRussianaccent,whyaren't
youspeakingRussian?It'san
Englisl-language flm. So we
havetakenthedecisionthat
it'sanEnglishaccent.
SOUTH AFRICA
BRIEFS SOUTH AFRICA
Siyabonga Cwele (Reuters)
RESTAURANT OWNER
CHARGED AFTER 18 TREATED
FOR FOOD POISONING
Sapareportedthatpolicehave
chargedtheownerofares
taurantnearRustenburgtaxi
rankwithattemptedmurder
andfoodpoisoning.Eighteen
customerswhohadeatenfood
attherestaurantpassedout
onSaturdayandweretreated
forfoodpoisoningattheJob
ShimankanaTabaneHospital.
Policehavetakenasampleof
foodfromtherestaurantfor
furthertesting.
UN DESIGNATES SANBI TO
LEAD SA CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION
TheUnitedNationsAdapta
tionFundBoardhasaccredited
theSouthAfricanNational
BiodiversityInstituteastheen
tityinchargeofthecountrys
adaptationtoclimatechange.
SANBIsaccreditationmakesit
ile ffil sucl designaied na
tionalimplementingentityand
allowsittoaccessdirectfund
ingforclimatechangeprojects.
COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF
CTICC IN CASE AGAINST LOCAL
ANC
TheWesternCapeHighCourt
onSaturdayruledinfavourof
CapeTownInternationalCon
ventionCentreinitsR1.7mil
lionmotionagainsttheANC
intheWesternCape.Thecourt
orderedtheANCtopaythe
R1.7millionbillforitsregional
conferenceheldattheCTICC
earlierthisyear.Thepartywas
alsoorderedtopaytheCTICCs
legalbills.
STATE SECURITY MINISTER
DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF
DEPARTMENT HEADS
CityPressreportedthatstate
securityministerSiyabonga
Cwele,husbandofconvicted
drugdealerCherylCwele,has
askedhisdirectorgeneral,
}e Maqeiula, and ile leads
ofNIAsdomesticandforeign
branches,GibsonNjenjeand
Moe Slail, io siep down. Ac
cordingtothereport,NIA
spokemanBrianDubehadsaid
thatNjenjehadresigned,how
evei, ile Mail and Guaidian ie
portedthatNjenjehasdenied
this.Therelationshipbetween
Cweleandthethreehaddete
rioratedovertheallegeduseof
NIAresourcesduringthetrial
ofCweleswife.
DA: MINSTERS IN CABINET-
LEVEL COVER-UP OF
WASTEFUL AND EXCESSIVE
EXPENDITURE
TheDemocraticAlliances
shadowministerofdefence
andmilitaryveteransDavid
Mayniei said in a siaiemeni
onSundaythatCabinetmin
istersarehidingexpenditure
behindridiculoussecurity
excuses.Heaccusedthemof
coordinatingaCabinetlevel
coverupbyrefusingtoreply
io pailiameniaiy quesiions on
theirhotelandtravelexpenses.
BRIEFS SOUTH AFRICA
Jimmy Manyi (Reuters)
HecalledonDeputyPresident
Kgalema Moilanile io iniei
vene.Cabinetspokesperson
}immy Manyi lad said on Fii
daythatdisclosinginformation
onministershotelandtravel
expenditurecompromised
theirsecurity.
MOTALA LIQUIDATIONS TO BE
PROBED
ThemasteroftheNorth
GautengHighCourtisin
vesiigaiing oo liquidaiions
landled by Envei Moiala, a
foimei Pamodzi Gold liquida
ioi. Moiala was iemoved fiom
thePretoriamasterslistand
as Pamodzi Gold liquidaioi
forlyingabouthiscriminal
record,denyingchanginghis
nameandnotinformingthe
couii aboui lis fnancial iies
toAuroraEmpowermentSys
tems,whichoperatedPamodzi
GoldsOrnkeyandGrootvlei
mines. Moiala lad landled
aboui :oo liquidaiions in }o
hannesburgand100inPi
etermaritzburg,allofwhich
maynowbesubjecttofur
therinvestigation.
DRGER TEST COURT CASE
VERDICT COULD BE FAR-
REACHING
TheWesternCapeHighCourt
onFridayruledinfavourof
Clioid Hendiicls wlo lad
challengedthevalidityofthe
Drgerbreathalysertestfollow
inghisarrestfordrunkdriv
ing.Thecourtsaidthetests
sofiwaie needed modifcaiion
andthattwosamplesneeded
tobeprovidedbysuspected
drunkdrivers.Therulinghas
thepotentialtoinvalidateoth
erdrunkdrivingcaseswhere
theDrgertestwasusedand
now,pendingrevisions,forces
metropolicetouseblood
testsincasesofsuspected
drunkdriving.
COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT IN BUILDING
LEASE SCANDAL
WhilePresidentZumadelays
actingonthePublicProtectors
reportsintotheSAPSbuild
ings,anewbuildingscandal
hasbrokenoutintheWestern
Cape.BusinessDayreported
thattheDepartmentofCom
municationshadsubletthe
boiiom ooi of iis call-ceniie
oces in Cape Town. How
ever,thedepartmenthasnever
receivedanyoftherent,esti
matedtobeoverR800,000.
GobodoForensicandInves
tigativeAccountinghadbeen
appointedtoinvestigatethe
matterandhaduntilFridayto
fle iis iepoii.
DA: FIREARM LOSSES DUE
TO POLICE CORRUPTION AND
CRIMINALITY
TheDAonSundaysaidina
statementthatthepolicehad
losi almosi ii,q fieaims ovei
ile pasi fve yeais and only
recovered7%ofthem.Diane
KohlerBarnard,thepartys
shadowministerofpolice,sug
gestedthatduetothevolumes
and fiequency, ile losses of
fieaims lad moie io do wiil
policecorruptionandcrimi
nalityandwerenotthere
sultoftheoccasionalcase
ofnegligence.
NEHAWU CLARIFIES CALL FOR
HOFMEYRS HEAD
TheNationalEducation,
HealthandAlliedWorkers
UniononSundaycalledfor
theremovaloftheheadofthe
SpecialInvestigatingUnitWil
lieHofmeyer.Itproduceda
factsheetoftheSIUsracial
composition,andhiringand
fiing piaciices as evidence ilai
theunithasnottransformed.
ItalsoclaimedthatNehawu
leadersandmemberswereha
rassed.Theunionsaiditcalled
forHofmeyrsresignationashe
wasnotmanagingtheunitef
feciively and ecienily.
SOUTH AFRICA ANC YOUTH LEAGUE
MALEMAS LAST HURRAH BEFORE
THE DC BEGAN IN EARNEST
Itwassupposedtobeahugeshindig:somesort
ofamarchontheJohannesburgStockExchange
wasplanned.Eventually,theANCYouthLeague
settledonarallyattheScwetlainformalsettle
mentinAlexandraonSaturdaymorning.
JuliusMalemawasntonetoallowthisset
backtosubduehim.Thisisawar.Inawar,
neverexpectredroses,andinawarthereare
casualties,hetoldthegatheredcrowd.Butwe
canguaranteethatwewillwin.
HisbarbsweremostlyaimedattheANC
leadershipthatiscurrentlyintheprocessof
disciplininghim.Anybodywhosayswehave
contravenedanANCpolicybysayingthey
[whites]havestolentheland,theymusttellus
A day before his disciplinary hearing started anew at an undisclosed location, ANC Youth League
president visited the Scwetla informal settlement in Alexandra to breathe some re and brimstone
on all and sundry. It was a st waved deantly in the air and less than 24 hours later, the ANC
machinery rolled quietly over him. Again. By SIPHO HLONGWANE
whichpolicywecontravened,hesaid.
In2012,theANCwillcorrectitselfandelect
goodleaders,wasaquotethatwouldprobably
havemadeitswayintoGwedeMantasheslittle
book(theremustbeone)ofJujusgrievances.
Noi a day laiei, Malema sueied yei anoilei
setbackinhisdisciplinaryhearingwhenthe
disciplinarycommitteedismissedhiscomplaint
thatithadcontravenedtheANCconstitution
by ieleasing iis fndings on lis applicaiion io
quashthechargesbroughtagainsthim.The
rulingwasanotherlong,wellthoughtout
judgementwhichsummarisesthus:yourenot
gettingoutofthisonesoeasily.
Photo: REUTERS
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DEON DU PLESSIS SOUTH AFRICA
DEON DU PLESSIS: A MAN TRULY LARGER THAN
LIFE GOES ON THAT GREAT SABBATICAL IN THE SKY
Everythingchangesallthetimetheone
constantoflifeisthatnothingisconstant.
Twodaysbeforehediedofacutebronchitisat
hisJohannesburghomeonSunday,DailySun
publisherDeonduPlessiswordsoffarewellto
hisreaderswerepublishedonthetabloidsblog
(linktohttp://www.dsun.co.za/blog/).Your
The white hyena, the gun-loving boer, that great newspaper man who gave SAs blue-collared hordes
news worth reading is no more. In his place a giant of a legacy a tabloid every ailing newspapers
trying to copy in a sector where the Daily Sun remains unrivaled. By MANDY DE WAAL.
Photo: Sally Shorkend for iMaverick.
goodnaturedandmostlycheerful(exceptin
winter)columnistisbailingoutofthesewoods
fromnextweek.
Du Plessis was due io iale ile fisi
sabbaticalofhislifetimeandwasplanning
io enjoy iliee monils o fiom ile woild of
newsandattentiongrabbingheadlines,but
unfortunatelypassedawaybeforethatbecame
areality.Ihaveneverhadaholidaylikethis
beforesoactuallyIhavenoideawhatIlldo
withit,DuPlessiswroteinhiscolumn.
Hisbrainchild,DailySun,isanunrivaled
phenomenonintheSouthAfricannewspaper
world.Aftercloseontenyears,theDailySun
remainsSAsbiggestsellingdailybyfar,with
salesofsome380,000plus.
DuPlessiswasthemanagingdirectorof
IndependentNewspapersGautengregion
whenhecameupwiththeideaofalocal
tabloidforthemasses.Hetwistedthe
mediagroupsarmasfarashecouldand
evenproducedadummyofthetabloid,but
Independentdidntappreciatehisvision.
WhatTonyOReillyandIndependents
Irishpressownerscouldntvalueintheman
whowastobecomethekingoflocaltabloid
journalism,Naspersreadilyrecognisedand
wasonlytoohappytosnaphimup.The
IrishgoteggontheirfacewhenDuPlessis
launchedtheDailySunandthecirculation
justwouldntstoprising.ItgavetheSunday
Timesakickwhereithurt,andin2004,
stormedintolocalpublishinghistoryby
averagingover300,000salesdaily,and
reaching2.3millionpeople.Thetabloidthen
becamethebestsellingandwidestreaddaily
newspaperinsubSaharanAfrica.
WhenaskedtodescribeTheDailySun,the
mantheindustrycalledTheGreatWhite
Hyena,butwhoatthetabloidwasreferredto
asasupereditorsaid:We'rehardasnails.
We'relikeourmarket.Don'tgiveusanyshit,
we'llcomeforyou.Westandfortheguyinthe
blueoverall.
Theruddyfacednewspapermanthatthe
WashingtonPostcalledaabrash,hulking
whiteAfrikanermayhavebeentheantithesis
ofhisblackworkingclassreadership,buthe
knewatagutlevelwhatpeoplewantedto
read.Andreadvoraciouslytheydid.
AuthorRianMalanwroteofDuPlessis
editorialprocessina2005pieceforThe
SpectatorsubtitledTheBoerwhoseracy
tabloidhaschallengedSouthAfricanpieties
bychampioningsuchtraditionalvaluesas
witchcraft.Malandescribesthemorning
news confeience in ile }ozi oces of ile Daily
SunwhereDuPlessisandhiseditorThemba
Khumaloaretalkingaboutafrontpagestory
His brainchild, Daily Sun, is an unrivaled
phenomenon in the South African newspaper
world. After close on ten years, the Daily Sun
remains SAs biggest selling daily by far, with sales
of some 380,000 plus.
aboutexpensivewitchdoctorspotionsthat
rendercriminalsinvisible.
Malanwritesthattheteamstart
reminiscingaboutsimilarstories,ofwhich
thepaperhascarriedmany.Penetratedby
apythonfeaturedawomanravishedbya
snakethatcameoutofthetoilet.Rapedbya
gorillatoldthestoryofawitchdoctorwho
sentagiantapelikecreaturetopunisha
womanwhohadspurnedhisloveproposals.
RewritemanDenisSmith,formerlyof
Paddingion, iecalls a sioiy aboui 'siu in
abottlethatwassupposedtogiveyoua
permanenthardonbutinsteadrendereda
Suneditorunconsciousforfourdays.Bynow
everyoneintheroomisincapacitatedwith
laughter.TheGreatWhiteHyenawipestears
fromhislefteye(therightiscoveredwith
apiraticaleyepatchnecessitatedbyrecent
surgery)andsays,Whatonearthwillthey
makeofthisattheDorsetEcho?
Malanmakesatellingpointinthispiece
aboutapostMandelanationwherewhite
ownednewspapersaretransformedbyBEE
dealsandblackmanagement,butwhere
theonlydailytograbthreemillionvirginal
readersfromapredominantlyblackaudience
washeadedbyawhitegunlovinghunterwho
drankabundantly,sworeandhadabusiness
philosophy,thatasMalanputit,wascleaved
fromConantheBarbarian.
UnderDuPlessisdirectionDailySun
quicklybecamethesocialcurrencyin
townshipstoooftenignoredbyamoreelitist
mainstreampressmuchtotheannoyanceof
peoplelikeJoeThloloe,SAspressombudsman
whooncesaidthetabloidexhibitscontempt
forblackSouthAfricans.
DuPlessisdidntgiveashit.Norshould
hehave.Alongsidesensationalheadlines,Du
Plessisandhisteamhavecoveredlocalnews
inDiepsloot,Mabopane,KhujawanaVillage
andsoonwhereotherpressdontventureinto
unlesstheresapublicexecution,xenophobia
orviolentinsurrection.
Pythons,witchdoctors,aliensDuPlessis
was ile fisi local publislei io unaslamedly
giveSouthAfricansadailytheywanted
io iead, and is a legend foi being ile fisi
newspapermantomakenewsrelevanttothe
workingclass.
READ MORE:
1. Deons taking a sabbatical at Daily Suns blog.
2. Respected newsman Deon du Plessis dies at News24.
Under Du Plessis
direction Daily Sun
quickly became the
social currency in
townships too often
ignored by a more
elitist mainstream
press.
SPY WARS SOUTH AFRICA
SPY WARS, EPISODE TWO: NJENJE TO SHED
LIGHT ON RESIGNATION
Gibson Njenje las called a meeiing fisi iling
on Monday moining io claiify lis posiiion io
Siaie Secuiiiy Agency (SSA) sia - and io iell
ilem wleilei le's siaying oi going.
Njenjeissaidtohaveannouncedhis
iesignaiion in an inieinal memoiandum on
Fiiday, wlicl co-incided wiil a speculaiive
Its smoke and mirrors in South Africas spook world again as spy boss Gibson Njenjes resignation is
announced and then denied, with an explanation expected on Monday. Meanwhile, the DA is doing what
it does best in times of uncertainty write letters to the minister. CARIEN DU PLESSIS reports.
Photo: Minister Siyabonga Cwele. (REUTERS)
sioiy in ile Mail8Guaidian iepoiiing ilai le
migli be on lis way oui.
Siaie Secuiiiy spolesman Biian Dube
confimed Njenje's iesignaiion on ile same
day in a siaiemeni, bui wlen asled aboui ii
by Sunday newspapeis, Njenje denied ii in
theSundayTimes. He admiiied ileie weie
"issues", bui said le was siill discussing ilese
wiil Siaie Secuiiiy Minisiei Siyabonga Cwele.
Tlis las led io speculaiion ilai Cwele
is pusling Njenje io iesign, iogeilei wiil
diiecioi-geneial }e Maqeiula and ile lead
of ile Souil Afiican Seciei Seivice, Moe
Slail. Tle iiio weie appoinied iwo yeais
ago afiei ile iesiiuciuiing of ile couniiy's
inielligence seivices.
Ciiy Piess iepoiiedthatthebigwigshave
iefused io quii and weie seeling legal advice,
as iley believe ilai Piesideni }acob Zuma
limself las io do ileii liiing and fiing.
Wlile ii's unceiiain wleilei ile bosses aie
on ileii way oui oi noi, ile veisions in ile
newspapeis ovei ile ieasons belind ile iow
also seem io diei.
Accoiding io ile Ciiy Piess ile caialysi
was unlappiness wiilin ile agency afiei
Cwele oideied ilai lis wife, diug-iiaclei
Sleiyl, be given inielligence pioieciion foi ile
duiaiion of lei diugs iiial.
Ii iepoiied ilai SSA only piovides secuiiiy
foi foieign leads of siaie and oilei veiy
impoiiani visiiois io ile couniiy, wlile VIP
pioieciion is usually ile domain of ile police.
TheSundayTimesandTheSunday
Independeni, in iuin, iepoiied ilai ilis was a
deja vu ieminisceni of ile iun-up io ile ANC's
Pololwane confeience in :ooy, wlen divisions
ovei ile eleciion of a new piesideni also splii
ile spools.
Repoiis say ilai Njenje's close iies io ANC
bigwigTonyYengeniandhishangingoutwith
ANC Youil League guys lave caused misiiusi
beiween lim and Cwele.
Appaienily some adulis feel ile lids lave
been geiiing ioo mucl infoimaiion fiom ile
spools and Njenje is suspecied io be ile leal.
Coincidenially, Youil League spolesman
Floyd Slivambu, wlo limself is subjeci io ile
disciplinaiy leaiing involving ile League,
on Fiiday complained in a statementthat
"unmailed people" ideniifying ilemselves as
inielligence agenis lave been inieiiogaiing
membeis of lis oiganisaiion in vaiious
piovinces "duiing ile eaily louis of ile
moining" aboui ile violeni pioiesi ouiside ile
ANC's leadquaiieis.
If ilis is iiue, ilen spies aie appaienily noi
as secieiive as iley used io be.
Tleie las been iall ilai ile ANC -
This has led to speculation that Cwele is pushing
Njenje to resign, together with director-general
Jeff Maqetuka and the head of the South African
Secret Service, Moe Shaik.
afiaid of wlai aciions migli come - lad
appioacled SSA piioi io ile leaiing io asl
foi lelp, bui ocially ile agency declined io
lelp as iniia-paiiy fglis aie noi paii of iis
job desciipiion.
(Unocially, ilougl, ii does gei involved,
as ile diama aiound ile pie-Pololwane
Biowse Mole Repoii and ile liiing and fiing
ilai goes on in ile agency is evidence of.)
DA spolesman on siaie secuiiiy Diil
Siubbe on Sunday said le lad wiiiien io
Cwele io asl foi pioof of Njenje's iesignaiion
leiiei by way of explanaiion aboui wlai's
going on in ile depaiimeni.
Evei ile good piefeci, Siubbe las also
cc'ed Inielligence Inspecioi-Geneial advocaie
Faiil Radebe, so ilai sle lnows wlai's going
on and can inieivene if necessaiy.
"If Mi Njenje las indeed iesigned, le musi
go quieily so ilai ile depaiimeni can gei
on wiil iis job of pioieciing siaie secuiiiy. If
Njenje las noi iesigned, ilen ile minisiei is
lying and ii is le wlo slould iesign," Siubbe
said.
}usi io covei all lis bases, Siubbe las also
asled Cwele io explain ile claims aiound
ile spools and ile Youil League, as well
as allegaiions ilai Cwele's wife goi special
secuiiiy iieaimeni.
Dube simply said in an SMS on Sunday:
"We don'i wani io conduci ile business of ile
agency iliougl ile media, and we iefuse io be
diawn io debaies diiven by people wlo disioii
issues. Ai ile appiopiiaie iime ile minisiei
will issue a siaiemeni io infoim ile public".
Ii is uncleai wlai is lefi foi Cwele io claiify.
Njenje's closeness io Bosasa, a secuiiiy
company wlicl las piovided li-iecl
pioieciion io siaie insiiiuiions, including
piisons and couiis - wlicl aie goveined by ile
same clusiei as Siaie Secuiiiy - was seen as a
pioblem wlen le was appoinied.
Njenje iesigned lis diiecioislips in :oo:
wlen le siaiied woiling foi inielligence,
bui iejoined ile Bosasa boaid in May :ooq,
iesigning again in Ociobei wlen le was
appoinied in lis cuiieni job.
Anoilei aiiempied foiced iesignaiion
by SSA opeiaiions clief Aiilui Fiasei in
Febiuaiy lasi yeai, following allegaiions of
maladminisiiaiion, didn'i woil oui so well and
Fiasei las managed io siay on wiil ile agency
somelow, alilougl le las been ieplaced.
Ithasbeeniepoiied ilai Fiasei, wlo was
appoinied by foimei piesideni Tlabo Mbeli,
didn'i gei on so well wiil Njenje ai ile iime,
wlile le was also fngeied - possibly wiongly -
as ile peison wlo lealed ile spy iapes wlicl
goi Zuma o ile lool foi coiiupiion claiges
in :ooq.
Just to cover all his bases,
Stubbe has also asked
Cwele to explain the
claims around the spooks
and the Youth League, as
well as allegations that
Cweles wife got special
security treatment.
ANC VS ANCYL SOUTH AFRICA
MALEMAS DISCIPLINARY IS LIKELY TO BE A
SLOW, LONG, DRAWN-OUT AFFAIR
Sofar,ANCYouthLeagueleaderJuliusMalema
hasbeenlosingeverybattleinwhathehasover
theweekendtermedawaragainsttheANCs
leadership,buthescertainlymanagedtoslowit
downtohisownpace.
AndonMondayheislikelytogetabitofa
breakfromitallwhentheANCsdisciplinarians
letupfortheEqualityCourttopronounceits
rulingonMalemassingingofDubuliBhunu
What started as a hearing scheduled for four days, is now becoming a drawn-out affair as disciplinary
proceedings against ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema chug on and is delayed by technicalities
and other events again such as the ruling in his hate speech case on Monday. CARIEN DU PLESSIS
reports.
Photo: iMaverick
(shoottheboer)acaseinwhichheshadthe
fullbackingoftheANCsofar.
OnSunday,headoftheANCsdisciplinary
committee,deputyscienceandtechnology
ministerDerekHanekom(whogaveevidence
infavourofMalemaintheEqualityCourt
hearing),saidinastatementthatthe
committeehaddismissedanapplicationby
Malemaandhisteam,arguingtheANChad
breacheditsownconstitutionbyannouncing
thecommitteesfullrulingonhisapplication
toquashtheoriginalchargesagainsthim.
Themediaissuewasntevenpartofthe
originalcharges,butitseemsthathehas
takentherouteofoptimalresistanceandis
fgliing ile disciplinaiy commiiiee eveiy
stepoftheway.Afterall,whilethecommittee
allhavedayjobs,Malema,whoisemployed
fulltimebytheLeaguewhilerunningafew
businessesparttimeontheside,seemsto
haveallthetimeintheworld.
Thecommittee,intentonkeepingthe
processasappealproofaspossible,hastaken
timetodealwithandruleontheissues
iloiouglly - fisi ile applicaiion io diop
thecharges,thentheobjectionaboutthe
mediareleasesbutthehearingontheactual
chargeshasntevenstartedyet.
ThecommitteeonSundaysatinKliprivier
untillate,wherejournalistsandpolicekept
watchoutsidethehearingvenue.
Midwaythroughtheday,thecommittee
comprisingofHanekom,miningministerSusan
Shabangu,performancemonitoringminister
CollinsChabane,ANCnationalexecutive
committeememberFebePotgieterGqubule
andformerMangaungmayorPlayfairMorule,
announceditsdecisiononMalemasobjection
io ile ielease of ile commiiiee's fndings jusi
overaweekago.ThecommitteesaidMalemas
objectionunderrule25.11inappendixAofthe
ANCsconstitutionwasdismissedbecausethe
ruleonlyappliedtotheoutcomeofadisciplinary
hearing,notaproceduralmatter.
Proceduralmatterscanbepublished,the
committeesaid.
Besides,thecommitteesdecision
io publisl ile fnding was ieasonable,
waiianied and jusiifed as comiade Malema
wasnotprejudiced,especiallyinlightof
thestatementsleakedtothemediabythe
League,thecommitteesaid.
Tle commiiiee suppoiied iis fndings by
sayingtheANChadatnotimereleaseddetails
ofthechargesagainstMalema,whilethe
Leaguesleadershadbeensayingtheyhadbeen
chargedforchampioningourdemandsoffree
educationandthenationalisationofmines.
Themediahadalsocarriedreports
containingdetailsofthechargesagainstthe
Leaguesleaders,thecommitteesaid.
TheLeagueatvarioustimessaidin
statementsthatitwouldabidebytheANCs
discipline,butthenitselfreleaseddetailsof
theprocess.
The media issue wasnt even part of the original
charges, but it seems that he has taken the route of
optimal resistance and is ghting the disciplinary
committee every step of the way.
Totopitall,thereweretheunprecedented
violentdemonstrationsoutsideLuthuliHouse
causingdisruptionandchaosinthecity
ofJohannesburgatthestartofMalemas
hearing,thecommitteesaid.
Withallthisinmind,thecommittee
decided ii wanied ile fisi biie ai ile media
cherry,beforetheYouthLeaguecouldgetits
versionofeventsouttojournalists,which
Malemahaddeclaredfriendsagainonly
twoweeksago(afterhissupportersstoned
journalistsoutsidehishearing).
TheANCsdisciplinarycommitteewants
themediaonitssidebecausetheANCowed
adutytokeepitsmembers,alliancepartners
andthepublicinformedofdevelopments
intheproceedingsinordertoavoidany
confusionamongstitsmembersinthelight
ofmedialeaksfromunknownpersons.
Therewasalsospeculationinthemedia
nodoubtdrivenbytheLeagueitselfthat
Malemascasecouldsplittheorganisation
andthathiscasewaspoliticallydriven.
OnSundaythehearingsofLeaguesecretary
generalSindisoMagaqaandspokesmanFloyd
Shivambucontinued.Closingargumentsin
thejointcaseagainstMalema,Magaqa,his
deputyKenetsweMasenogi,deputypresident
RonaldLamolaandtreasurerPuleMabe,forthe
sioiming of an oce wleie ANC ocials weie
meeting,wouldbeheardonTuesday.
Malemascasewillresumethereafter.
IfMalemawaslookingformoralsupportin
numbersovertheweekendduringtheLeagues
67thbirthdaycelebrationsinAlexandra,
le would lave been laid-piessed io fnd
itamongstthe2,000orsosupportersthat
reportedlydidturnup.
Unlikepreviousyears,theANCsbigwigs
stayedaway,anditwaslefttoZARclubowner
andsocialiteKennyKunenetoprovideabitof
glitztotheoccasion.
Malemareportedlysaidtheleaguewould
neverkneelandaskforforgiveness.He
added:Thereisnocrimewehavecommitted
Thisisawar.Inawar,neverexpectredroses,
andinawartherearecasualties.Butwecan
guaranteethatwewillwin.
HealsoannouncedthattheLeaguewould
useORTambosbirthdaycommemoration
on27OctobertomarchtotheJohannesburg
StockExchangeandtheUnionBuildings
todemandqualityjobsandtheirshareof
theeconomy.PresumablyMalemaandhis
colleagueswillstretchtheirhearingoutfor
longenoughtostillbeabletorealiseMalemas
visionexpressedattheLeaguesconference
inJunethatresidentsfromAlexandrawould
marchtotheJSEviaSandton(whereMalema
lives)andstealthecheesefromthefridgesof
ile aueni iesidenis.
READ MORE:
1. Aluta continua for Malema as his charges stand in Daily
The League at various
times said in statements
that it would abide by the
ANCs discipline, but then
itself released details of
the process.
AFRICA
AFRICA BRIEFS
Morgan Tsvangirai (Reuters)
NO ELECTION WITHOUT
ELECTORAL REFORMS -
TSVANGIRAI
ZimbabwesPrimeMinister
MorganTsvangiraitoldaweek
endMDCrallythatPresident
RobertMugabesplanstouni
tarilysettheelectiondatefor
March2012withoutimple
mentingtheagreeduponcon
stitutionalreformswouldbe
illegal.Thetwo,aspartoftheir
powersharingdeal,agreedto
instituteelectoralreformsin
cludinganewvotersrolland
constituencyboundariesbe
foreholdingelections.Earlier
intheweek,ZanuPFyouths
hadintimidatedresidentsof
theareawheretheweekends
rallywasheldastensionsesca
lateinthecountry.
MALAWI GOVERNMENT
WEBSITE NAMES FIRST
LADY AS VP
Inwhathassubsequentlyde
scribedasanITerror,Malawis
ocial goveinmeni websiie on
SaturdaymorninglistedFirst
LadyCalistaMutharikaasthe
vicepresident.Thecountrys
currentvicepresident,Joyce
Banda,wasexcludedfroma
listofnewCabinetappoint
mentsannouncedbyPresident
MutharikaonWednesdayafter
hehaddissolvedtheprevious
Cabinet.Banda,whohasbeen
criticalofMutharika,wasex
cludedaftersheformedher
ownanoppositionparty.How
ever,accordingtosomeana
lysts,Bandaremainsthevice
presidentundertheConstitu
tionunlesssheresigns,which
sheisyettodo.
MAURITIUS PROTESTS
AGAINST CORRUPTION
AND INEQUALITY
Threethousandpeople,most
ofthemyouths,marched
throughthestreetsoftheMau
ritiancapitalPortLouiscalling
foranendtocorruptionand
injusticeinthecountry.The
protesttookinspirationfrom
theArabspringandwasorgan
isedthrougha21,000member
strongFacebookgroup.Mau
ritiushasbeenputonparwith
SouthAfricaonthecontinent
whenitcomestosoundeco
nomicpoliciesandastable
politicalsystem.Howeverin
equalityishighonthetour
istislandandresidentsblame
governmentcorruptionfor
allowingittoworsen.
WIKILEAKS CABLE ALLEGES
$57 MILLION BRIBE OF
NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT
ArecentlyreleasedWikileaks
cablehassaidthatNigerias
formerpresident,thelate
UmaruYar'Adua,hadbribed
membersoftheSupremeCourt
toupholdhisvictoryinthe
2007elections.Citinginforma
tionfromasourcewithinthe
rulingparty,the$57million
biibe was disbuised io ile fve
SupremeCourtjustices,aswell
asthechiefsofdefenceand
aimy sia.
MALI AND SENEGAL TO
EXCHANGE PRISONERS
MaliandSenegalaresettoex
changeatotalof169inmates,
manyofwhomhavebeenheld
BRIEFS AFRICA
foraslongasayearwithout
trial.Thetwocountriesjustice
ministersmetinDakarwhere
theyagreedtoupdatethe1965
bilateralagreementonprisoner
extraditionattheearliestpos
sibletime,afterwhichMaliwill
extradite152prisonerstoSen
egalandreceive17inexchange.
GUINEA BISSAU OPENS DOORS
TO GADDAFI
GuineaBissausPrimeMinister
CarlosGomezJuniorsaidina
radiointerviewthathiscountry
wouldwelcomedeposedLibyan
leadei Muammai Gaddaf. He
said ilai Gaddaf las invesied
heavilyinGuineaBissauand
deservedtherespectandgood
treatmentofthecountryspeo
ple.GuineaBissauisnotalisted
signatorytotheRomeStatute,
whichwouldrequirethatitact
on a waiiani foi Gaddaf's ai
restissuedbytheInternational
CriminalCourt.
AU FORCE IN SOMALIA FOIL
BOMB PLOT
TheAfricanUnionspeace
keepingforceinSomalia,
Amisom,onSaturdayremoved
aremotecontrolledbombat
acampinMogadishuwhere
Turkishaidworkersdeliver
food.AmisontoldReutersthat
theywerealertedaboutawire
outsidethecamp,whichthey
followedandfoundthebomb.
Itwaslikelytohavebeenplant
edbyalShabaabmilitants
whohaveplacedabanonfood
agenciesinthecountry.
EGYPTS MILITARY LEADER
TOO BUSY TO TESTIFY IN
MUBARAK TRIAL
Thejudgehearingthetrial
offormerEgyptianpresident
HosniMubarakhaspostponed
hearingtestimonyfromMo
hamedTantawi,thecountrys
militaryleader,asheistoo
busyhandlingsecuritymat
terstotestify.Tantawisevi
denceisthoughttoshedlight
onwhetherMubarakordered
attacksoncivilians.Keeping
Tantawibusyarecontinuing
protestsinthecountry.Egyp
tianprotesterslaidsiegeto
IsraelsembassyinCairoon
Friday,forcingEgypttoevacu
aie iis sia and ambassadoi.
EGYPTIAN CABINET CANCELS
VISA-ON-ENTRY CONCESSION
FollowingaCabinetdecision,
travellerstoEgyptfromthe
UnitedStates,Europe,Aus
tralia,Gulfcountries,Latin
America,AsiaandotherAfri
cancountrieswillberequired
toapplyforavisaintheirhome
countriesbeforevisitingEgypt.
Previously,visitorscouldapply
foravisauponarrivalatCairo
airport.Thedecisionwillnot
applytotouristgroups.There
wasnoexplanationgivenfor
theCabinetdecision.
RWANDA VISIT TO HEAL RIFTS
WITH FRANCE
PaulKagame,RwandasPresi
deni, began lis fisi siaie visii
toFrancesincethe1994geno
cideinhiscountry.Kagame
willbemeetingwithPresident
NicolasSarkozy,Rwandanex
patsandFrenchacademics
andbusinessmenaspartof
eoiis io iepaii siiained iela
tionsbetweenthetwocoun
tries.Francesforeignminister
AlainJuppe,whowasaccused
ofcomplicityintheRwanda
genocide,willbevisitingthe
Pacifc Rim duiing ile Rwan
dandelegationsvisitinmove
thatslikelytobeseenasanat
iempi io diuse iensions.
BRITISH TOURISTS ATTACKED
IN KENYA
TwoBritishcitizenswereat
tackednearKenyasborderto
Somalia.AccordingtotheBrit
isl Foieign Oce, aiiacleis
brokeintothecouplesaccom
modationattheKiwayuSafari
Villageandarethoughttohave
killedthemanandkidnapped
thewoman.Localpolicehave
launchedasearchandrescue
operation,whiletheforeign
oce las advised againsi non-
essentialtraveltowithin30
kilometresofKenyasborder.
Theoriginsornationalityof
theattackersareunclear.
AFRICA LIBYA
THE MYSTERY OF GADDAFIS ABSENT AMAZONS
Foi moie ilan :o yeais, wleievei Gaddaf weni,
hiscadreoffemalebodyguardsfollowed:an
eliie ieam of female fglieis io wlom ile Liby
andespotentrustedhispersonalsecurity.
Thecriteriaformembership,otherthanun
incling loyaliy, weie ilai iley lad io be iall,
beautiful,longhairedvirgins.ExactlywhyGad
daf wanied only women as lis peisonal guaid
isunclear.Somesayhetrustedwomenmore
thanmen,otherssayhesimplywantedtobe
surroundedbyattractivewomen.Theywore
highheelsatalltimesandalwaysworetheir
hairloose.Buttheyweren'ttheresimplyforthe
eyecandy.Theywerealsorequiredtotakea
vow io saciifce ileii lives foi lis if necessaiy.
In iqSS, wlen Gaddaf's convoy was aiiacled by
Islamicfundamentalists,oneoftheirmembers
threwherselfontheleadertoprotecthimand
diedfromtheresultingbulletwounds.
They captured the imagination of the world: a team of Amazonian female bodyguards who travelled
everywhere with deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gadda. But what has become of them since the
rebels took power? By REBECCA DAVIS.
Despitethedanger,theroleofbodyguardto
Gaddaf was seen as a luge lonoui. In ile af
termath,however,detailshaveemergedabout
widespreadrapeandassaultamongtheguards,
withthesuggestionthattheywerepassed
aiound Gaddaf's iop biass as ile peisonal play
thingsofthedictator'sinnercircle.Fiveformer
bodyguardshavecomeforwardtotellaBeng
hazibasedpsychologistthattheywererapedby
Gaddaf limself and lis sons.
Tlese fve aie ile only membeis ilai we've
heardofsincetherebelcoup,however.Whenthe
iebels sioimed Gaddaf's compound, iley found
none of ile bodyguaids iemaining. Ii's believed
Gaddaf may lave ialen ilem wiil lim io wlei
everheishidingout.Perhapstheyarestillwilling
togivetheirlivestoprotecttheiremployer.
Photo: REUTERS
READ MORE:
1. Desperately seeking Qadda's brigade of beautiful
bodyguards, on Al-Arabiya
AFRICA TANZANIA
HUNDREDS DROWN IN ZANZIBAR FERRY DISASTER
Ivespentsomeofthebesthoursofmylifeon
boardaZanzibariferry.Sittingwithmylegs
langing o ile edge of ile iop decl, sun slim
meiing o ile iusling Indian Ocean below and
ile aii ilicl wiil ile saliy iang of ile sea, is
aboui as close io paiadise as ii geis in my bool.
Bui foi mosi, ile feiiies aie a means io an
end. Being an island in a pooi couniiy, ile
ferriesaretheonlywaytotravelforthevast
majoiiiy of Zanzibaiis wlo can'i lope io af
foid iglis. Tle boais go eveiy day, ai all iimes
of day, beiween ile Zanzibai capiial of Sione
Town and Dai es Salaam oi Pemba Island. If
you waicl ilem on ile docls foi long enougl,
youwillalwaysseesomethingextraordinary.
I saw a man caiiy an eniiie fiidge on lis bacl
fiom ile jeiiy io ile lold, and I saw a con be
ing caiiied by a ieam of fooiball playeis, siill in
ileii lii and boois, coniaining ile body of ileii
ieammaie wlo'd collapsed on ile feld ilai
morning.
When a thousand people cram onto a boat designed for little over half that number, an overwhelming
tragedy is only a strong wave away. The ferry which capsized off the coast of Zanzibar this weekend
was just such a boat. By SIMON ALLISON.
Tle news ilai ile "MV Spice Islandeis" lad
capsized eaily Saiuiday moining on iis way
io Pemba, lilling lundieds and leaving lun
dieds moie io swim io sloie, was a slocl, bui
notasurprise.Laxregulationsandshortterm
economic gain mean ile boais aie always ovei
loaded. Poliiics is io blame. Afiei Tanzania's lasi
feiiy disasiei in iqq6, ile sinling of ile "MV
Buloba" in Lale Vicioiia wlicl lilled moie
ilan Soo, a maiine safeiy waicldog body was
esiablisled foi Tanzania. Zanzibai, wlicl al
ilougl paii of Tanzania, opeiaies semi-auiono
mously and iefused io lei ile waicldog opeiaie
ileie. Ii claimed maiine safeiy was a local noi
naiional maiiei; a peiiy decision wlicl lools
enoimously sloii-siglied in ieiiospeci.
Tle iescue eoii coniinues, wiil ile Souil
Afiican goveinmeni sending assisiance and
some Souil Afiican companies alieady in
volved.
READ MORE:
1. Tragedy as hundreds perish in grisly marine accident on
Tanzanias IPP Media Photo: REUTERS
AFRICA KENYA
NAIROBI LAW MONTHLY OFFICES RAIDED, BUT
PUBLISHER UNDETERRED
KenyanmagazineNairobiLawMonthlyisunder
attackperhapsevenfromgovernmentquarters.
EarlyonFridaymorningthievesbrokeintothe
magazine's oces, and iley cleaily lad a veiy
specifc mission: iwo compuieis and iwo exieinal
harddrivesweretaken.Thesedevicescontained
informationsetforpublicationinthemagazine's
Ociobei ediiion, wlicl is a :oo-page anniveisaiy
specialtomarkitsrelaunchlastyear.
Amongthestoriesintheplannedanniver-
saryissueareonefocusingonallegedcorrup-
tioninthegovernmentundercurrentPresident
Mwai Kibali's waicl, Naiiobi Law Monilly's
lawyei, Paul Muiie, iold ileCommitteetoPro-
tectJournalists. MP Giiobu Imanyaia, wlo
founded ile magazine, iold Kenya's CapitalFM
ilai one of ile sioiies was sei io expose ile op-
erationsoftheKenyaRevenueAuthority.
The thieves who broke into the magazine's ofces in the early hours of Friday morning have not yet
been caught. But already people are pointing ngers at state involvement as the publication is set to
expose government corruption in its next issue. By THERESA MALLINSON.
Thefactthattheattackersdidnottakeany
oilei valuables, and seemed io lave planned
ileii aiiacl wiil piecision, even iuining
CTVcamerastowardstheceilingsothat
ileii movemenis weie noi iecoided, ceiiainly
pointstoanorganisedoperation.Thereis
nodoubtherethisistheworkofthepolice
anditistoounfortunatebecauseitiscoming
ayearafterwecelebratedthepromulgationof
ile new consiiiuiion, ii slows we aie siill in
ilose old dail days," Muiie said.
Theraidisonemoredesperateactofa
goveinmeni defned by impuniiy and ui-
iei coniempi foi ile iule of law," publislei
AhmednasirAbdullahitoldCPJ.Nairobi
Law Monilly will noi be iniimidaied." Tiue
io Abdullali's woids, le siill plans io publisl
theOctoberissue.Wecan'twaittoseewhat's
init.
Photo: REUTERS
AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN / UGANDA
THE LORDS RESISTANCE ARMY RETURNS TO
ACTION IN SOUTH SUDAN
Afterafewmonthsofrelativequiet,Joseph
KonysLordsResistanceArmylaunchedan
oilei ligl piofle cioss-boidei aiiacl, ilis iime
onavillageinthenewcountryofSouthSudan.
Tle vi l lage was looied, bui no casual
ties were reported.
Osiensibly a Ugandan gioup, ile LRA is no
iespeciei of boundaiies, opeiaiing wiil seem
ing impuniiy in ile Ceniial Afiican Republic,
ile Demociaiic Republic of Congo, Sudan (boil
noiil and souil) and Uganda - a genuinely
transnationalorganisation.
Butthetimingandthetargetofthisnewat
iacl is suspicious, coming jusi as Souil Sudan's
iiying io fnd iis feei as a couniiy. Tle LRA and
ile Sudan People's Libeiaiion Movemeni, ile
rulingpartyofSouthSudan,dontgetalong
ai all. Tlis is because duiing ile Sudanese
civil wai, ile SPLM was suppoiied by Uganda's
Piesideni Yoweii Museveni. Tle LRA, in iuin,
ieceived bacling fiom ile Slaiia law-enfoicing
Sudanese goveinmeni in Klaiioum - a slining
exampleofreligiousunderstandingandcoop
eration.Thesetwogroupshaveevenmorein
common afiei boil ileii leadeis, }osepl Kony
The Lords Resistance Army has been quiet of late, but a cross-border raid on a South Sudanese
village shows theyre still in business, and still as dangerous and unpredictable as ever.
By SIMON ALLISON.
andOmaralBashir,wereindictedforwar
ciimes by ile Inieinaiional Ciiminal Couii.
So,asKhartoumtriestoturnthescrews
on }uba wiil iepoiis of aeiial bombaidmenis
in dispuied boidei aieas and a geneially un
compiomising appioacl io negoiiaiions (and
}uba giving as good as ii geis, ii slould be
noied), ii males sense ilai ile goveinmeni
inthenorthmighthavetappeduptheirold
fiiends ile LRA io siii a bii moie iiouble, and
give ile Souil even moie io ilinl aboui. Oi
peilaps ile LRA weie jusi doing wlai iley do
besi - causing lavoc.
Tlis comes as Uganda announced coniio
versialplanstoscraptheamnestyforLRA
soldieis wlo suiiendei ilemselves. In iis
11years,theamnestyhasseensome13,000
LRA soldieis give up aims, bui ile Ugandan
governmentistryingtodeclareitunconsti
tutional,andreplaceitwithamorepunitive
law.
Photo: REUTERS
READ MORE:
1. Uganda rebel group launches fresh attacks in South Sudan
on Africa Review
2. Uganda looks to strike down LRA amnesty law in the
Christian Science Monitor
ZIMBABWE AFRICA
ANALYSIS: MUGABES RIGHT TO BAN WESTERN
ELECTION OBSERVERS, AND HERE'S WHY
WhetherornotMugabeorhishenchmen(and
lenclwomen) iniend io fx ile iesuli of ile
Zimbabwean eleciion ieniaiively scleduled
foi Maicl nexi yeai, ile aging and iepoiiedly
canceious piesideni's logic in banning
wesiein inieinaiional obseiveis is sound. In
iesponse io a quesiion fiom ile new Biiiisl
ambassadoi io Zimbabwe, asling wleilei
Wesiein obseiveis would be allowed inio ile
couniiy, Mugabe answeied unequivocaly in
ile negaiive.
Accoiding io ile Zimbabwe Mail: "Mugabe
explained ilai Zimbabwe ablois couniiies
Robert Mugabe announced he does not intend to allow western election observers into Zimbabwe to
monitor the coming presidential polls. Its tempting to dismiss this as the opening gambit of a man who
knows that his countrys elections will not be free and fair, indeed of a man who has a track record of
rigged elections and the means and willingness to do it again. But that doesnt mean its a bad idea.
By SIMON ALLISON.
Photo: REUTERS
wlicl meddle in ile couniiy's elecioial
aaiis and called on Biiiain noi io lold sucl
a campaign wleilei in favoui of lis Zanu-PF
paiiy oi againsi ile libeiaiion paiiy...Mugabe
said Zimbabwe cannoi inviie people wlo lave
imposed sanciions on lei io be obseiveis
because by imposing sanciions Biiiain las
demonsiiaied lei dislile of one side wlile
favouiing ile oilei." He weni on io say ilai all
wesiein obseiveis would be pievenied fiom
enieiing Zimbabwe.
ZIMBABWE AFRICA
Ii's a faii commeni in ile ciicumsiances.
Tle Uniied Naiions and similai inieinaiional
insiiiuiions aie all piedicaied on ile concepi
of soveieigniy, wlicl in iis mosi basic iieiaiion
is ile idea ilai a goveinmeni of a paiiiculai
siaie las full coniiol of wlai lappens wiilin iis
boundaiies, and ilai no oilei goveinmeni las
ile iigli io inieifeie in iis inieinal woilings.
If all siaies iespeci ile soveieigniy of oileis,
inieinaiional insiiiuiions can be independeni
and impaiiial, as iley aie supposed io be.
Inieinaiional obseiveis seni io Zimbabwe, foi
example, would be able io do ileii job (and,
peilaps moie impoiianily, be seen io do ileii
job) independenily and fiee fiom bias. Bui, of
couise, soveieigniy's always been a myil: as
long as ileie lave been goveinmenis, oilei
goveinmenis lave inieifeied. And in Zimbabwe,
foi beiiei oi woise, ileie las been pleniy of
inieifeience. Tle inieinaiional communiiy
las noi been sly in condemning ile iegime
of Robeii Mugabe and imposing punislmenis
sucl as sanciions.
Tleie's noiling necessaiily wiong wiil ilis,
especially in ile new inieinaiional enviionmeni
wlicl places a gieaiei emplasis on luman
iiglis ilan soveieigniy. Ii may even be laudable.
Bui ii does mean ilai ile inieinaiional
communiiy las closen sides. Tley aie
paiiicipanis in ile Zimbabwean siiuaiion, and
you can'i play ile game and be ile iefeiee ai
ile same iime. Ii males sense ilai independeni
obseiveis wlo iepieseni insiiiuiions wlicl
lold well-lnown views on Zimbabwean aie
compiomised.
Tlis is noi io undeimine ile eoiis of
inieinaiional obseiveis ilemselves wlo
peifoim an exceedingly diculi job in ofien
dangeious ciicumsiances. Tleii iniegiiiy is noi
in quesiion - in faci, ii's noi even ielevani. Ii's
peicepiions ilai couni, and if ileii ciedibiliiy
can be convincingly undeimined, ilen ileii
woil is in vain.
Tle piesideniial iun-o eleciions in Coie
d'Ivoiie wlicl spailed fve monils of iniense
violence aie a good example. Inieinaiional
eleciion obseiveis endoised iesulis wlicl
pioclaimed clallengei Alassane Ouaiiaia
as piesideni. Incumbeni Lauieni Gbagbo
iefused io iecognise ilese iesulis, saying ile
eleciions lad been iigged by ile opposiiion,
and ilai inieinaiional obseiveis lad ignoied
ile elecioial fiaud because ile Wesi wanied
Gbagbo oui. Nevei mind ilai obseiveis fiom
ile Wesi Afiican iegional body Ecowas lad
ieacled ile same conclusion: ii was ilose fiom
ile inieinaiional communiiy singled oui foi
blame, and Gbagbo's aigumenis iesonaied wiil
It makes sense that independent observers who
represent institutions which hold well-known
views on Zimbabwean are compromised.
ZIMBABWE AFRICA
READ MORE:
1. Mugabe says no western observers at new elections on AP
2. Mugabe rejects western election observers in the
Zimbabwe Mail
lis suppoii wlicl weie accusiomed io lis anii-
Wesi, anii-impeiial ileioiic, maling ii easiei
foi lim io sii iigli in lis piesideniial villa wlile
lis and Ouiiaia's opposing miliiias iampaged
acioss ile couniiy.
By iuling oui inieinaiional obseiveis in
Zimbabwe, Robeii Mugabe is depiiving limself
of an easy excuse foi a possible elecioial defeai.
If iley'ie noi pieseni, le can'i legiiimaiely claim
ilai ile inieinaiional communiiy is inieifeiing
in ile iesuli.
Bui in ile absence of inieinaiional obseiveis,
low can Zimbabwe's eleciions be pioiecied?
Tle soluiion lies wiil Afiica. Mugabe, given
lis love of involing pan-Afiican ideals, will
fnd ii laid io pieveni ile Afiican Union
fiom moniioiing ile eleciions, and almosi
impossible io exclude SADC, given ile iegional
body's involvemeni in ile esiablislmeni of ile
uniiy goveinmeni. Tlis is noi io say ilai eiilei
of ilese bodies is unbiased - iailei, ilai iley
lave a mucl gieaiei clance of appeaiing io
be so, especially as fai as Mugabe's suppoii is
conceined. Tle AU and SADC musi appoini
expeiienced panels leaded by a iespecied, no-
nonsense fguie wlo won'i be afiaid of ielling
ii lile ii is, and wlo ile suppoiieis of boil
Zanu and ile MDC iiusi.
Tlis would be in ile AU and SADC's besi
inieiesis ioo. Ii's been a ioiiid yeai foi ile
coniineni in ile diplomaiic aiena, and ii needs
io iebuild iis legiiimacy. As seen in ile lasi
Zimbabwean eleciions, as ieclnology impioves
ii's geiiing laidei and laidei foi eleciions
io be iigged, and ofien ile iesuli is lnown
on social media befoie ii's ocially ieleased.
Tle AU simply can'i aoid io endoise ocial
iesulis ilai aie oui of sync wiil iealiiy, oi
iley iisl losing all ile inuence iley lave lefi.
And SADC, as clief mediaiois in Zimbabwe,
similaily need io mainiain ileii impaiiialiiy
and can'i aoid io be seen io iale sides.
Ii's noi ofien ilai Robeii Mugabe las an
idea ilai males sense. Bui in ilis upcoming
eleciion, Wesiein inieinaiional obseiveis aie
compiomised by ileii peiceived allegiance
io Mugabe's opposiiion and ileii piesence
would simply be a disiiaciion Mugabe and
Zanu could use io slifi aiieniion fiom ile
iesulis of ile eleciion. Tley'll lave io woil
a loi laidei io undeimine ile ciedibiliiy of
Afiican obseiveis, wlo ilemselves lave pleniy
io gain by demonsiiaiing a commiimeni io
impaiiialiiy.
By ruling out international
observers in Zimbabwe,
Robert Mugabe is
depriving himself of an
easy excuse for a possible
electoral defeat. If theyre
not present, he cant
legitimately claim that the
international community
is interfering in the result.
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WORLD
BRIEFS WORLD
Fidel Castro (Reuters)
USA
Thebignewsaroundtheworld
onSundaywasthetenyearan
niversaryof9/11.TheUSwent
allouttocommemoratethe
attacks,withservicesheldat
allthreesitesoftheplaneat
tacks.AtGroundZero,victims'
familiesreadoutthenamesof
thosewhodiedandpaidper
sonaltributetothepeoplethey
lost,withPresidentObama
andmayorMichaelBloomberg
givingreadings.OnSaturday
theFlight93memorialwas
openedinPennsylvania,with
tributesfromGeorgeWBush,
JoeBidenandBillClinton.
AnothermemorialatGround
ZeroisopeningonMonday,
withthenamesofpeoplewho
diedinscribedintobronzepil
larssurroundingtwopools.
Meanwhile,theUSwason
highalertforterrorattacks.
OnSaturdaytherumourthat
threeterroristshadentered
thecountryinordertoattack
NewYorkonSundaysentsecu
rityforcesintooverdrive,with
policecheckpointsalloverthe
city.Policealsodeployedradia
tiondetectorsandtanks,and
evenasubmarinewasstand
ingbyifnecessary.Asoflate
Sunday,itappearedthatthese
measureshadworked,withno
reportedproblems.
AFGHANISTAN
EightyUStroopswereinjured
andatleasttwoAfghanci
vilianskilledinasuicideat
tackonaUSarmybaseinthe
easternWardakprovinceof
AfghanistanonSaturday.The
Talibanclaimedresponsibil
ity,sayingthatthe9/11at
tackswereusedbytheUSas
apretexttoinvadeAfghani
stan."Americancolonialism
hasshedthebloodoftensof
thousandsofmiserableand
innocentAfghans,"theysaid
inastatementemailedtothe
media,pledgingtosendtheUS
tothedustbinofhistory.Fol
lowingtheattack,USmilitary
inAfghanistancancelledall
plannedactivitiestocommem
oratethe9/11anniversary.
FRANCE
Somegoodnewsforthecoun
triesthatplayedleadingrolesin
theArabSpring.TheG8nations
anddevelopmentbankshave
pledged$58billioninaidtoTuni
sia,Egypt,MoroccoandJordan,
withLibyapossiblysettoreceive
fundingshortlytoo.Thefund
ingwasannouncedatameeting
onMarseillesinSaturday,andis
intendedtosupportthenewgov
ernmentsandensurethatthey
stayonademocraticpath.The
IMFhasalsosaidthatitwillsend
BRIEFS WORLD
Rick Perry (Reuters)
technicalsupportandadviceto
Libyaassoonasitissafetodoso.
CUBA
TheCubangovernmentsays
rumoursofFidelCastro'sdeath
aregreatlyexaggerated.They
posied ploios of Casiio in fne
fettleonagovernmentwebsite.
Thepicturesweretakendur
inganinterviewwithCastro
airedonVenezuelanTV.Inthe
courseoftheinterviewhewas
askedaboutrumoursofhisill
healthandrespondedbyjok
ing"Youdon'tsay!Well,they
haven'ttoldmeanything".
SWEDEN
Swedishpolicearrestedfour
peopleinGothenburgunder
suspicionofplottingaterror
attackonSaturday.Theyhave
beencageyaboutanydetails,
butthearrestsarethoughtto
belinkedtotheevacuationof
Gothenburg'sRodaStenarts
centreduetoaterrorthreat.It
wasalsouncleariftherewas
anylinktothe9/11anniversary.
SYRIA
Syrianeedsthehelpofthe
internationalcommunity.
That'sthewordfromprotes
torsacrossthecountry,who
marchedonFridaytocallfor
internationalintervention
againstPresidentalAssadand
hisincreasingcrackdownson
governmentdissent.Activ
istswarnedthatthecountry
couldbeonthebrinkofacivil
wariftheywerenotgivensup
port.Themovewastakenas
evidenceofincreasingdespera
tionamongprotestors.Eleven
morewerekilledonFriday,and
therearereportsfromhos
pitalsinHomsthatblood
bankshaverefusedtogive
bloodtohospitalstreating
woundedprotestors.
USA
It'stimeforFloridatogetin
volvedwiththeRepublican
presidentialrace.OnMonday
ateleviseddebateamongthe
candidatesistakingplacein
Tampa,whichisthoughttobe
importantbecauseFloridamay
eventuallyserveasatiebreaker
betweenthetwofrontrunners
ofMittRomneyandRickPerry.
MicheleBachmannisfalling
behinddramaticallyintherace
andformerUtahgovernorJon
Huntsmanisnotthoughtto
beacrediblecontenderatthis
pointeither.Thereisstillthe
mouthwateringpossibilitythat
SarahPalinmightentertherace
latehowever.
USA
BarackObamahasbegunhis
campaigntowinsupportfor
his$447billionjobsplan,un
veiledonThursday.Ataspeech
inVirginia,heappealedtothe
publictolobbytheirelected
representativestopersuade
Congresstopasshismeasures.
Republicanleadershavethus
farsignalledtheirwillingness
toconsidertheproposal,and
economistshavespokenoutin
favourofit.WallStreetbegsto
diei, ilougl, wiil ile Dow
Joneslosing303pointsafter
Obama'sreleaseoftheplans.
CHINA
China'stradesurplusdropped
to$17.8billioninAugust,as
comparedwith$31.5billionin
July.Thisisaresultofimports
reachingarecordhighof$155.5
billioninAugust,although
thesewerestilloutstrippedby
exportsof$173.3billion.The
reportsseemtoshowthatthe
Chineseeconomyisweather
ingtheeconomy,although
expertswarnedthatthelack
ofconsumerconfidencein
theUSandEuropewouldhit
China'sexportstowardsthe
endoftheyear.
WORLD 9/11, TEN YEARS LATER
TEN YEARS ON: HOW THE MEDIA SAW 9/11
Asyou'dexpect,TheNewYorkTimesgaveover
virtuallytheentirepapertocoverageof"aday
thatstandsalone".Inoneofanumberofedi
torialsonthesubject,though,thenewspaper
questionedwhether9/11reallyrepresented"a
momentousshiftingeopoliticaltectonics",or
whethermuchofitsfallouttheUSobsession
withhomelandsecurity,theerosionofcivil
libertiesmighthavehappenedinother
waysanyway.
LowbrowcompetitortheNewYorkPostwent
withalessnuanced,moreemotivetakeonthe
eventsof11September,focusingontracingthe
victims'familiesandinparticularchildrenor
phanedbytheattacks.
ThiswasalsotheapproachoftheBritish
tabloids,withtheDailyMailcalling11Septem
ber2011adayofagony.Theunashamedly
If you weren't interested in the 10-year anniversary of the terror attacks of 9/11 on Sunday, there was
little point in your engaging with international media. The milestone date dominated front pages from
Tucson to Tokyo. By REBECCA DAVIS.
parochialSunsfocuswasverymuchonBrit
onskilledintheattack,quotingLondonmayor
BorisJohnson:Wewillneverforgetthatmore
BritonsperishedintheWorldTradeCentre
manyofthemLondonersthaninanyprevious
terroristatrocity.
Leftleaningmediatendedtointersperse
tributestothevictimswithareminderofthe
falloutforUSMuslims.McSweeney'scollected
shockingtalesofdiscriminationagainstAmeri
canMuslimsafterthefact,publishedbyThe
Guardianintheirleadupcoverage.
Andsomeofthemostengagingpiecescom
memoratingtheattacksdealtwithsmallas
pectsoftheday:Esquirefocusedonthestory
behindtheFallingManphotograph,andthe
WashingtonPostranastoryonthechildrens
bookwhichGeorgeWBushwasinfamously
picturedreadingwhiletheattackswere
takingplace.Inshort,therewassome
thingforeveryone.
Photo: REUTERS
WORLD ISRAEL / EGYPT
ISRAEL VS EGYPT TROUBLE FLARES
TensionshavebeenbuildinginEgyptforthree
weeks,followinganincidentwhereunknown
forcescarriedoutattacksinsouthernIsrael,
leavingeightIsraelisdead.Inanactwhich
seemslikeobviousretaliation,butwhichIsrael
claimedwasaccidental,Israelitroopssubse
quenily lilled fve Egypiian aimy and police
personnel.Egyptinitiallyrespondedwithre
straint,merelydemandinganapologyandan
investigation.But"sorry"doesn'tcomeeasyto
theIsraelistate,astheGazanshavefoundout
afterwaitinginvainforanapologyfortheMay
:oio iaid on a Gaza-bound oiilla.
Saturday'sprotestorswerebentontearing
downawallerectedaroundtheIsraeliembassy,
armedwithhammersandbatteringrams.The
Isiaeli ag was iipped down and Palesiinian
and Egypiian ags iaised in iis place. Tle siege
Trouble is kicking off in Cairo, where protesters surrounded the Israeli embassy this weekend to
express outrage at the killing of Egyptian security ofcers by Israeli forces. The two countries are now
staring down the barrel of the worst diplomatic clash between them for 30 years. By REBECCA DAVIS.
oftheembassyendedwiththreepeopledead,
1,000peopleinjuredand86Israelidiplomats
airliftedtosafety.
ThislatestfracaswithEgyptcomesonthe
backofmountingtroublebetweenIsraeland
Tuiley. Tuilisl Piime Minisiei Recep Eidogan
issettovisitCairoshortly,withtheIsraelifear
beingthathemaytrytoforgeanantiIsraeli
alliancewithIsrael.Andtheseskirmishesform
thebackdroptothemajordramawhichwill
play oui ai ile UN laiei ilis monil wiil Pal
estine'sbidforstatehoodsupportedbyboth
Tuiley and Egypi. If Isiael is io blocl ile Pal
estinianbid,theywillneedallthefriendsthey
can fnd.
Photo: REUTERS
READ MORE:
1. Cairo Israeli embassy attack: 'Staff feared for their lives', in
The Guardian
2. Israel Egypt embassy crisis, in The Guardian
WORLD JAPAN
FUKUSHIMA: JAPANS SEPTEMBER 11
YoshioHachirohasfallenonhisswordfollow
ingavisittotheFukushimanuclearplantlast
week.Duringthecourseofit,hedescribed
theareaaroundthepowerplantasa"townof
death",andwasthereafterseenrubbinghis
jacketagainstajournalistwhilejokingthathe
wouldinfecthimwithradiation.
Thecommentscausedoutragepartlybe
causethegovernmentshandlingofFukushima
hasbeensoinadequateuptonow.Former
primeministerNaotoKanresignedlargelyin
responsetocriticismofhissluggishresponseto
thedisaster.
Althoughmonthshavepassed,TheGuard
ianthisweekenddescribedtheextenttowhich
lifeforpeoplelivingintheareastillrevolves
aroundthemeltdown.Residentswearmasks
Only a week into the job, Japan's economy, trade and industry minister was forced to resign this
weekend over offensive comments about Fukushima, the site of the nuclear crisis brought on by the
11 March earthquakes and tsunamis. By REBECCA DAVIS.
andcarryumbrellastoprotectagainst"black
rain".ManyfamiliesnowowntheirownGeiger
counterstomeasureradiation,andthedevices
arealsorentedoutbyDVDstores.Inschool
playgroundstheyarestillbusyscrapingaway
ile fisi ocm of soil fiom ile suiface io lessen
thechanceofcontamination.Thelocalmedia
broadcastdailyradiationupdates.
AndthenewspaperquotesoneofJapan'stop
psychologists,SatoshiTakahashi,aspredicting
thatthementalfalloutoftheFukushimadisas
iei will be woise ilan ile plysical eecis. Sui
vivois of ilis lind of melidown, le says, suei
a"slow,creeping,invisiblepressure"thatcan
leadtoseriousdepression.Littlewonderthe
inhabitantsoftheregionarentinamoodto
jokeaboutit.
Photo: REUTERS
READ MORE:
1. Fukushima disaster: it's not over yet, in The Guardian
9/11 WORLD
VIEW FROM MIDDLE AMERICA: WHY US
LITERATURE HAS FAILED 9/11
OnTuesday6September,aspartofaseries
oflaunchesthatUKbasedliterarymagazine
GrantawasholdingacrossAmericaforits
116thissue,IappearedonapanelinthePrairie
LightsbookshopinIowaCity.Thesubjectof
thepanel,asoftheissue,wasTenYearsLater,
andwithmetoreadfromthesubmissionsand
discussthetopicwereanotherthreeauthors:
BinaShahfromPakistan,ZZPackerfromthe
UnitedStates,andHoracioCastellanoMoya
fromElSalvador.Whenthereadingsweredone
and ile opening ieeciions made, modeiaioi
ChristopherMerrillputaquestiontothe
US commemorations of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks have been happening from sea
to shining sea over the last few weeks, with literature serving as an important avenue into an
understanding of the ongoing impact. But has American literature lived up to the enormity of the event?
KEVIN BLOOM reports from a panel discussion in Iowa City.
Photo: REUTERS
panelists:howdoyouwriteaboutanevent
like9/11,butmoreimportantly,howdoyou
memorialiseit?
ThelasttoanswerwasMoya,oneofLatin
Americasmostcelebratednovelists,aman
forcedintoexileontheeveoftheoutbreakof
theSalvadoranCivilWarin1957.Ithinkmy
perspectiveisalittlebitbiased,hesaid.You
know,IcomefromCentralAmerica,wewere
notinnocent.Idonthaveanyvirginity.Wehad
threecivilwarsinourcountries,morethan
9/11 WORLD
300,000peoplewerekilled,andAmericawas
importingmostofthekillers.Forus,itsanold
story.Theperiodthatwasopenedby2001forus
isfaraway,wearejustrecallingwhathappened
before,wewerevictimstoo.
Tobeclear,whatMoyawasrespondingto
wastheideathattheworldmayhavelostits
innocenceafter9/11theideathatAmerica
asagoodwilledglobalballast,anAmerica
ilai inieivenes in woild aaiis foi ile sale of
peaceanddemocracy,haddiedtogetherwith
thepeopleintheplanesandthebuildings.
Ofcourse,thisideahadbeenrubbishedin
intellectualandLeftistcirclesfordecades
beforethefallofthetowers;thewritingsof
heavyweightslikeEdwardSaidandNoam
Chomskyinthe70sand80sstressedthat
USforeignpolicyaidedandabettedbyUS
culturalproductionwassimplyandalwaysa
toolofimperialistandeconomicdomination.
Andin2001,theveryyearthattheattacks
happened,ChristopherHitchensreleased
TheTrialofHenryKissinger,whereinhe
convincinglyarguedthattheformerSecretary
ofStateandNationalSecurityAdvisortothe
presidentsNixonandFordshouldbetriedfor
warcrimesinIndochina,Bangladesh,Chile,
CyprusandEastTimor.
Still,Moyaspointabouthavinglosthis
virginityyearspriorto2001wasaprofoundone
- leie was a man wlo lad peisonally sueied
ai ile lands of ile clandesiine and classifed
actionsoftheUnitedStatesgovernment,aman
whobroughtahumanfacetoallthetheory.I
dontwanttosayhowtocommemorate,the
LatinAmericancontinued,thevictimsarethe
onlyoneswhohavetherighttodecidehowto
commemorate.Ithinkthathistoryisalwaysthe
same,thekillinggoeson.
Anobservationthatwouldseemtoleadto
furtherquestions(unfortunatelytimeranout
andthepaneldidntgettodebatesame):is
itonlyAmericanswhocantrulyunderstand
thedepthandnatureofthelosswroughtby
ile aiiacls? Oi, moie specifcally, is ii only
Americanliterature,andAmericanauthors,
whocanwriteabouttheeventwithany
authenticity?
On a supeifcial level, ile answeis io boil
questionsareobviouslyno.Togivejustone
example,theridiculoussecuritymeasuresand
ile iacial piofling (wlicl iiies despeiaiely io
maskitself,andthereforeonlyrevealsitself)
thatsgoneonatairportsacrosstheworldinthe
lasttenyearsmeansweveallbeensomehow
aecied - ile loss of peisonal libeiiy in ilese
spaces,thefeelingofbeingtreatedlikean
unbrokenpuppy,isareallossforeveryone
... is it only Americans who can truly understand
the depth and nature of the loss wrought
by the attacks?
9/11 WORLD
VIEW:
1. Granta 116 launch, remembering 9/11. Prairie Lights
bookshop, Iowa City: YouTube
READ MORE:
1. A Man, a Woman and a Day of Terror, in the NYTimes
2. Granta Online: Ten Years Later
whoexperiencesit.Also,themakeupofthe
panelIwason,andthemakeupofthearticles
inGranta116aswellasontheGrantawebsite,
areproofpositivethatinternationalauthors
havealottosayonthesubject.
Butmaybe,andironically,itstheapparent
inabilityofAmericanauthorstoproperly
elucidate9/11thatmeansweneedtohear
fromthemthemost.Ofthenovelsthat
weresupposedtoshineatorchlightintothe
darkvortexthatwas11September2001,Don
DelillosFallingManwasanticipatedabove
allothers.MichikoKakutani,reviewingthe
bookfortheNewYorkTimes,articulatedthe
disappointmentofmanywhensheobserved:
Insteadofcapturingtheimpactof9/11onthe
countryorNewYorkoraspectrumofsurvivors
orevenacoupleofinterestingindividuals,
insteadofilluminatingthezeitgeistinwhich
9/11occurredortheshellshockedworlditleft
initswake,Mr.DeLilloleavesuswithtwo
paltryimages:oneofaperformanceartistre
enactingthefallofbodiesfromtheburning
WorldTradeCenter,andoneofaself
absoibed man, wlo came iliougl ile fie
andashofthatdayanddecidedtospendhis
foreseeablefutureplayingstupidcardgames
intheNevadadesert.
Unsurprisingly,itsbeenAmerican
non-fciion ilai's come closei io some
sortofanswerinthelastdecadethanany
homegrownnovelLawrenceWrightsThe
LoomingTower:AlQaedaandtheRoadto
9/11,whichwonthe2007PulitzerPrize,is
stillwidelyregardedasthegotobookon
thetragedy.UnsurprisingbecauseasAntjie
Kiog says aboui non-fciion in Souil Afiica,
andherowndecisionnottowritenovels
sometimesthefactsofaneventaresimplytoo
bigfortheimagination;sometimesyoujust
cantmakeitup.
AsIwritethis,itsthemorningof11
September2011inMiddleAmerica.Iowa
Cityissubdued,peoplearesilentand
contemplative,theTVsaretunedtoimages
of miliiaiy paiades and uiieiing US ags.
Thecountry,itseems,isstillinshock.What
actuallyhappenedonthatterribledayten
yearsago?Sometimeinthefuture,but
probablynottheimmediatefuture,amajor
Americannovelistisgoingtotellus.
... sometimes the
facts of an event
are simply too big
for the imagination;
sometimes you just
cant make it up.
BUSINESS
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George Papandreou (Reuters)
BUSINESS
SOUTH AFRICA
TheJSEAllShareIndexclosed
ile weel down i.% io fnisl
at30,441.Propertyloanstock
company, Hospiialiiy Piopeiiy
fell y.S% wiil mining lold
ing company, Assoie falling
.q%. Bell Equipmeni gained
y% wiil commeicial seivices
gioup Mveleplanda Gioup
gaining (.(%.
Gold minei Goldfelds losis
a ioadslow foi invesiois ilis
week,onthebackofa3.4%
gain on Fiiday.
Sasol is due io iepoii ii eain
ings ioday, wiil foiecasi piofi
expecied io iise as mucl as
32%fromlastyear.
EMERGING MARKETS
Peisian Gulf slaies fell on
Fiiday, sending Dubai's index
io iis lowesi level in a weel.
Concernstheeurozonedebt
ciisis is giowing and falling
oil piices coniiibuied io ile
o.(% decline.
Tle bieni ciude oil piice fell
2%to$87.24perbarrel.The
Aiab Gulf pioduces aboui one-
ffil of ile woild's oil.
UK
Tle FTSE ioo followed global
maileis lowei losing :.(% and
biealing a iliee-day bull iun.
Financial siocls led ile bouise
lowei wiil Baiclays PLC fall
ing q.(% on ile bacl of fuiilei
lawsuii aciion and liglei boi
iowing cosis foi lendeis. ITV,
ile ielevision bioadcasiei fell
6.%. Tullow Oil, ile exploia
iion company gained a fuiilei
(.S% on ialeovei iumouis. Tle
slaie is iiading up i% foi ile
weel on ile aniicipaied coipo
iaie aciiviiy.
House piices in ile UK iose io
a iliee-monil ligl casl buy
eis in ile capiial siimulaied
demand. Tle aveiage piice of
a lome in England and Wales
gained o.% io GBP :iq,oyS.
EUROPE
Fiance's biggesi banls BNP
Paiibas, Ciedii Agiicole and
Soceiie Geneiale all faced iai
ing cuis by Moody's ilis
weel in ligli of exposuie io
Gieel invesimenis.
Gieel Piime Minisiei, Geoige
Papandieou vowed io avoid
a defauli and leep Gieece in
ile euio as le appioved new
emeigency measuies io pie
veni ile pioveibial biown siu
fiom liiiing ile fan. Euiope's
mosi indebied naiion plans io
cui one monil's wages foim all
elecied ocials and impose an
annual claige on piopeiiy.
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McDonalds (Reuters)
US
Tle D}IA fell :.y% as Euiopean
economic woes ouiweigled ile
s((y billion siimulus plan an
nounced by Piesideni Obama.
HewlettPackard,thePC
manufacturerfell5.1%oncon
ceins ilai ile fnancial ciisis
will ieiaid PC expendiiuie.
McDonald's Coip fell (.6% as
Augusi sales lagged analysis'
esiimaies. Tweniy-seven of ile
o counieis in ile Dow }ones
Indusiiial Aveiage fell in Fii
day iiading.
US Tieasuiy yields fell io ie
cordlowsasthe10yearnote
iose foi second consecuiive
weel. Tle lilely defauli by
Gieece on iis soveieign debi
saw Geiman banls piepaiing
io bail oui iis exposed banls
and invesiois clambeiing foi
safebonds.
Mobile opeiaioi, Spiini Nexiel
plans io oei an unlimiied daia
paclage wiil iPlones as fiom
nexi monil, in a move ilai will
disiinguisl iiself fiom compei
iiois AT8T and Veiizon
Wiieless.
Reiail sales in ile US iose
attheslowestpaceforthree
monils in Augusi. Limiied
job and income giowil weie
ile main culpiiis accoiding
io economisis. Spending on
big-iiclei iiems iool ile
biggesi lii.
Dow Clemical and Sasol
Noiil Ameiica, won ile dis
missal of a lawsuii ilai alleged
ile iwo clemical companies
lad spied on a unii of envi
ionmeni clampion, Gieen
peace Inieinaiional.
IcecreammakerBenand
}eiiy's las announced ile ie
lease of a new avoui io ileii
line-up, called: "Sclweddy
Balls" (if ii isn'i funny jusi say
ii oui loud). Tle company
hasaknackforsomeoddball
avoui names laving used
"Kaiamel Suiia" and "Half
Bakedbefore.SchweddyBalls
is a iiibuie io an Alec Baldwin
slii ilai appeaied on Saiuiday
Nigli Live i yeais ago.
CHINA
New lending giew sS6 billion
in Augusi and money sup
plyexpandedattheslowest
iaie in six yeais as Clina feli
a slowdown in ile economic
aciiviiy. Clina las been in
cieasing inieiesi iaies in an ai
tempttoslowdownproperty
inaiion and will be unlilely
io coniinue given ile laiesi
economic daia.
AUSTRALIA
Home piices aie falling ai ile
fasiesi iaie in ovei iwo yeais
wiil unsold siocl incieasing
ile lilelilood of a US-siyle
lousing mailei ciasl. Tlis
is in coniiasi io daia ieleased
by banls siaiing a sloiifall of
:oo,ooo odd lomes will un
deipin piices in ile mailei.
Ciiiics say lendeis aie pusl
ing misleading info io leep
piices inaied.
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Nasa's twin Grail probes (Reuters)
GREENLAND
Everwonderedhowgoldwas
broughttoEarth?No,notby
anancientalienrace.Anew
reportinthesciencejournal
Natureappearstoshowthatit
wasdeliveredbygoldstudded
meieoiiies. A fnal meieoi
iteshoweraboutfourbillion
yearsago,knownasthescary
sounding"terminalbombard
ment",causedthecrateringon
theMoonandalsotookcare
ofourplanet'sgolddelivery.
Theyfoundthisoutbymeasur
ingisotopesinrocksfromthat
erainGreenland.MaybeJuju
needstolookatnationalising
outerspace.
USA
Nasahassentthelatestspace
craftstothemoonfromFlori
da.Theyaretwinprobescalled
Grailwhosemission,should
theychoosetoacceptit,isto
carryoutmappingofvariations
ingravityaroundthemoon.
Scientistshopethatthisclose
ordermappingwillgivemore
insightsintothestructureof
themoonandsolvemysteries
likewhythedarksideofthe
moonisso,well,dark.It'lltake
awhile,thoughtheywillonly
reachthemoon'sorbitbythe
endoftheyear.
ITALY
Russian flm "Fausi" las won
thecovetedGoldenLion,the
topawardattheVeniceFilm
Fesiival. Ii's a flmic adapiaiion
oftheGoetheplayofthesame
name,whichdoesntexactly
soundlikeariot,butjuryhead
DarrenAronofskypromised
ilai ii was a flm ilai would
"clange youi life foievei". Tle
jurydecidednottoaward
anythingtoRomanPolanksi's
"Cainage", wlicl is lucly be
causehewouldn'thavebeen
abletogouptoaccepttheprize
becauseoffearsofextradition
totheUS.
USA
Believeitornot,artlootedby
theNazisisstillbeingreturned
toitsheirs.LastweekIsrael's
nationalmuseumreturneda
paintingtotheestateofitscre
aioi. "Tle Reiuin of Tobias", by
MaxLierbermann,waslooted
fromtheJewishMuseumin
Berlinduringthe1930s.Simul
taneously,apaintinghasbeen
impoundedintheUSdueto
claimsthatittoowasstolen
duringWorldWarII.Theba
roquepaintingwasonloanto
aFloridamuseumfromItaly,
bui ile US Aiioiney's oce
hasinstructedthegallerynot
toreturnituntiltheysettlethe
issueofwhetheritwasstolen
fromaJewishfamily,astheir
heirsclaim.
USA
Youknowyouvemadeitwhen
Comedy Ceniial inviies you
intothestudioinordertoin
suli you. Caiciasl-in-slow-
moiion Clailie Sleen was ile
iaigei of a Comedy Ceniial
TVspecialonSaturdaynight
wiil ile specifc aim of "ioasi
ing" lim, oi ielling joles ai lis
expensewhilehewasinthe
room.Reportsindicatethat
Sheentookitallingoodspirit,
despitesomeprettyhardhit
iing gags. "How mucl blow can
Clailie Sleen do?" asled one
comedian. "Enougl io lill 'Two
and a Half Men'."
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Amy Winehouse (Reuters)
USA
BaldmusicianMobyhasan
nouncedhisintentiontomake
poin flms siaiiing men wlo
arelesswellendowedthanthe
averagepornstar.Moby,who
admitstobeingquiteaporn
connoisseur,complainsthat
poinos feaiuie men wiil "in
iimidaiing" penises, and ilai
hewouldturnthingsaround
by casiing only men wiil "noi
mal-io-iiicly-sized penises".
There'ssomethingaboutthe
ideaofMobydiscussingporn,
letalonecreatingit,thatmakes
usfeeldistinctlyqueasy.
USA
It'sayearforbiganniversaries.
Forget9/11,on24September,
it'sexactly20yearssinceSe
attlegrungerockersNirvana
releasedtheiriconicalbum
"Neveimind". To mail ile
milestone(translation:tomake
alotofmoneywithouthaving
tospendanyondeveloping
newtalent),theirrecordlabel
isreissuingthealbumasa
foui CD sei feaiuiing pievious
lyunheardmaterial.Ourfeel
ingisthatifthesongsweren't
originallyonthealbum,that's
becausetheyprobablyweren't
thatgood.
USA
Acioi Cli Robeiison las died
at88.Thisprobablywon't
meanmuchtoyouifyou're
young,butRobertsonmade
itbiginthe60sand70s,with
hisbiggesthitbeingthemovie
Claily (based on ile won
derfulshortstory"Flowersfor
Algernon"),forwhichhewon
anOscarin1968.Robertson's
otherbigclaimtofamecame
in1977,whenhewasthewhis
tleblowerinaforgeryscandal
whichimplicatedthepresident
of Columbia Piciuies.
AUSTRALIA
Acrocodilehasbeenfound
calmlyswimmingarounda
publicpoolinDarwin,Aus
tralia.Itwasn'tapatchonthe
monstertheycaughtinthe
Philippineslastweek,being
onlya50cmbabycroc,and
it'snowbeenreleasedintothe
wild. Howevei, ii's ile iliid
crocthey'vefoundinapublic
poolintheareaoverthepast
fewyears,andtheyarecon
vincedthatpranksterskeep
slippingtheminasajoke.Not
exactlyhilarious.
UK
AmyWinehousemayhave
diedfromadetoxseizure,her
relentlesslypublicityseeking
fatherMitchtoldAnderson
Coopei ai a iaping of ile US
presenter'snewtalkshow.
MitchsaysAmywasprescribed
apowerfulantianxietydrugto
helpherdealwiththecome
downofquittingbooze,and
henowsuspectsshemayhave
overdosedonit."Shedrankto
excessanddiddetoxtoexcess,"
heexplained.
LIFE, ETC FRANCE / NORWAY
LACOSTE TO BREIVIK: WHAT NOT TO WEAR
Forthetopfashionbrands,it'sjustasmuch
aboui siopping ile wiong people fiom auni
ingyourclothesasgettingtherightpeoplewear
them.Thelatestcompanytofeeltheheatis
FrenchlabelLacoste.Afterall,Norwegianmass
killerAndriesBreivik,whosebombingand
shootingspreekilled77peopleinNorwayin
Julydoesn'tquitecutitasabrandambassador.
BreivikwassnappedwearingaredLacoste
jerseyasheleftacourthouseinOsloinlate
July,andhealsoreferencedthebrandinhis
crazymanifesto.AsreportedintheGuardian:
Headvisedwouldbefollowerstowear'Lacoste
etc,conservativecolours'inordernotto
arousesuspicion.
NowNorwegiandailyDagbladethasre
portedthatthepolicehavebeencontactedby
Fashion label Lacoste's crocodile logo is recognisable around the world. Problem is that it's recently
been spotted on the chest of Norwegian rightwing extremist Andries Breivik not at all a desirable
association. Lacoste has asked that he stop wearing their clothes, but what are the chances of him
agreeing? By THERESA MALLINSON.
LacosteandaskedtopreventBreivikfromsport
ingthebrand.Yes,wehavebeencontactedby
Lacoste,butwhattheyhaveaskedremainsbe
tweenus,saidpoliceprosecutorChristianHatlo.
BritishfashionlabelBurberryhaslongstrug
gledtodisassociateitselffromthestigmaofbe
comingachavmusthaveinthemid2000s.And
Abercrombie&FitchintheUSwentasfarasto
oei io pay }eisey Sloie casi membei Mile "ile
SituationSorrentino,nottowearitsclothes(al
thoughconsideringAbercrombie&Fitchhadpre
viouslysoldJerseyShoreinspiredmerchandise,
thisseemedtobeapublicitystuntmorethan
anythingelse).
WhetherBreivikwillaccedetoLacoste'sre
questisunknown,buttheFrenchfashionlabel
doesn'thavemuchtobargainwith.Payinghimto
stopwearingthebrandwouldonlycreateeven
worsepublicity. Photo: REUTERS
BIBLE LIFE, ETC
Romantimes).ToassistthecityslargeJewish
communiiy ileie wlo weie ueni in Gieel,
butnotinthelanguagesoftheirforefathers,
scholarslivinginAlexandriacompletedamajor
iianslaiion piojeci, ile Sepiuagini (ile seveniy)
by i: BC - ile fisi susiained iianslaiion
Biblicalproject.
AstheTalmudtheancientJewish
commentaryonreligiouslawandcustom
describedthisproject:KingPtolemyonce
gathered72Elders.Heplacedthemin72
chambers,eachoftheminaseparateone,
withoutrevealingtothemwhytheywere
summoned.Heenteredeachone'sroomand
said:WriteformetheTorahofMoshe,your
teacher.Godputitintheheartofeachone
totranslateidenticallyasalltheothersdid.
Regardlessofwhetherornotithappenedquite
thatway,theSeptuagintclearlysetapretty
highbarforfutureBiblicaltextstranslatedby
acommitteesuchastheoneassembledbya
Britishmonarchnearlytwothousandyearslater.
By ilai iime, ile demand in England (and
Europemoregenerally)wasgrowingforaccess
totheBibleinthevernacularasopposed
toLatinorGreekdespitethosewhostood
againstanycheapeningoftheBibleby
allowinganyliteratepersontoreaditwithout
theinterventionofapriest.
TheAuthorizedVersion,nowusuallycalled
theKingJamesVersion,wasamajorEnglish
translationprojectcarriedoutbytheChurch
ofEnglandfrom1604to1611inresponseto
peicepiions ilai ileie weie signifcani eiiois in
earliertranslations.In1525,WilliamTyndale,
anEnglishcontemporaryofMartinLuther,
lad caiiied oui ile fisi Englisl iianslaiion
oftheNewTestamentandstartedouton
atranslationoftheOldTestamentaswell.
Despitesomecontroversiallinguisticdecisions,
Tyndale'sworkandprosestylebecamethe
basisforallsubsequentrenditionsintoEarly
ModernEnglish.MylesCoverdalethenadapted
Tyndalesearlierworkandtheresultingwork
thenbecamethebasisforanauthorized
versionissuedbytheChurchofEngland
duringHenryVIIIstime.
Besidesmakingagoodread,KingJames
ocial insiiuciions io ile iianslaiions
committeehadthesubliminalpurposeof
underminingtheriseofthePuritansand
exaltingtheepiscopalstructureoftheChurch
ofEnglandanditsbeliefsaboutanordained
clergy.TheKingsinstructionsalsoincluded
arequirementthatthetranslatingteamuse
thatearliertranslationastheirfundamental
roadmap,andthatthetranslationteamtake
painstoretainthestyleoffamiliarbiblical
The Authorized Version, now usually called the King
James Version, was a major English translation project
carried out by the Church of England from 1604 to 1611
in response to perceptions that there were signicant
errors in earlier translations.
BIBLE LIFE, ETC
READ MORE:
1. The King James Bible Online the entire Bible online
2. The enduring appeal of the King James Bible, 400 years
after its original publication from the BBC
3. Septuagint from Wiki
4. Bible Facts and Statistics (a website with more Biblical
numerology than anyone will ever need)
5. Authorized King James Version from Wiki
propernamessoreaderscouldkeeptrackof
whowaswho.IncontrasttotheSeptuagints
yo (oi y:) ancieni linguisis, (y sclolais iool up
thereligiouscudgelsforKingJames.Within
150years,thisnewversionhadbecomethe
unchallengedgoldstandardbiblicaltranslation.
Settingoutontheirproject,the47scholars
workedinsixcommitteeslocatedatOxford,
CambridgeandWestminster.Thevarious
groupsincludedhighchurchandpuritan
sympathisers,andallworkedfromspecial
unboundcopiesoftheearlierBishopsBible,but
printedwithextrawidemarginsforrecording
theirdebates,disagreementsandultimately
theirconcurrences.Theydidntgetpaidfor
theirwork,althoughbishopsaroundEngland
wereencouragedtoconsiderthetranslators
forappointmentstowellpaidchurchjobs
whenevertheybecamevacantthequalityof
theresultingworkseemstobeaprettyclear
refutationatleastinthiscaseoftheold
maximthatyouonlygetwhatyoupayfor!
Among eaily oddiiies in ile fisi ediiion
werethesocalledheandsheversions.In
one,Ruth3:15readshewentintothecity,
andthesecondreadsshewentintothecity.
Moreover,theoriginalcameoutbeforeEnglish
spellingwasstandardised.Asaresult,printers
oftensubstitutedavforaninitialuandv;and
uforuandveverywhereelseconfusingfour
centuriesofreaders.Andwhenspaceneededto
besaved,theseprinterssometimesusedyefor
ile - encouiaging ile linguisiic aeciaiions of
generationsofcutesysignpaintersinhistoric
townsintheUKandNewEngland.
Initially,atleast,noteveryonewasafan
ofthetranslation.HughBroughton,themost
highlyregardedEnglishHebrewscholarofthe
time,hadbeenexcludedfromthetranslation
committee.Readingthenewwork,hewrotehe
wouldratherbetorninpiecesbywildhorses
thanthatthisabominabletranslationshould
everbefoistedupontheEnglishpeople.
InaperiodofrapidchangeintheEnglish
language,thetranslatorsavoidedcontemporary
idioms,tendinginsteadtowardsformsthat
werealreadyslightlyarchaic,likeverily
anditcametopass.Inspiteoforperhaps
becauseofthefact,theKingJamesBiblehas
been called "ile mosi inueniial veision of ile
mosi inueniial bool in ile woild, in wlai is
now iis mosi inueniial language" and "ile
mostcelebratedbookintheEnglishspeaking
world.Itcontributedsome257idiomsto
English,moreeventhanShakespeare.Unlike
virtuallyanyother400yearoldbook,it
remainsprotectedunderaUnitedKingdom
CrownCopyrightinsidetheUK.
Oh,andifreadershaveanyquestionsabout
theBiblemoregenerally,oneevangelical
websiteintheUSadvertisesa24hourquestion
answeringservicereaderscancall001877
966/7300or0015712955121;spiritualadvisers
arestandingby.
Inconcerttomanyothercelebrations,aspecial
commemorativechoralevent,SongsofPraise,in
honourofthis400thanniversary,canbeheardin
Johannesburgon18September,at3pm,
attheLinderAuditorium.
MICHAEL HART LIFE, ETC
MICHAEL HART, INVENTOR OF E-BOOK,
CLOSES THE CHAPTER
MichaelSternHartwascertainlyageek,but
le was a dieieni species of geel aliogeilei.
He was buily, beaided, woie cowboy lais and
Hawaiian sliiis. I am a ievoluiionaiy in ilis
neo-indusiiial ievoluiion," Haii once iold ile
Clicago Tiibune. "Tlai's wly iley lave iiouble
wiil me. How can anyone be iioubled by fiee
In many ways Michael Hart was a typical nerd, with typical nerdy quirks, like his penchant for adding
sugar to pizza. In other ways, he completely changed the world. If we gently modify Psalm 25:8 to read,
the geek shall inherit the earth, then along with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and a handful of other early
visionaries, the planet belongs to Hart. The founder of the legendary Project Gutenberg, and thus the
inventor of the e-book, died this week at the age of 64. He will be remembered as one of the fathers of
the information age. By RICHARD POPLAK.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
infoimaiion? Piojeci Guienbeig made Haii
many enemies, especially in ile iiadiiional
publisling indusiiy, wlicl accused lim of
piofiing on ile bacl of dead auilois. Bui io
use "Piojeci Guienbeig" and "piofi" in ile same
senience is lauglable. Haii did wlai le did oui
of a siiong belief ilai ile fuiuie of lumaniiy
iesied on oui abiliiy io fieely slaie infoimaiion.
He foiesaw a new age of abundance and did
wlai le could io uslei ii in.
He was boin on S Maicl iq(y in Tacoma,
Waslingion. Haii's paienis weie boil biain-
boxes: His moilei was a ciypio-analysi duiing
Woild Wai II, and lis failei a Slalespeaie
sclolai. Tley boil ieiiained and siaiied
ieacling ai ile Univeisiiy of Illinois, in Uibana,
wleie Haii would live uniil lis uniimely deail.
Haii was one of ilose biilliani, iiuculeni
siudenis wlo would aigue wiil lis piofessois
ovei ile sligliesi blip in ileii ieasoning.
He was fasi-iiacled iliougl lis Bacleloi of
Science degiee, giaduaiing in only iwo yeais.
Monils laiei le found limself siaiing ai ile
Xeiox Sigma V mainfiame compuiei in ile
Univeisiiy of Illinois's maieiials and ieseaicl
lab. Ii was iqy, and Haii lad fiee iein on ile
maclinea siiuaiion neids acioss Ameiica
would liieially lill foi. He calculaied ilai ilis
access was woiil iouglly sioo million on ile
open mailei and iiied io conceive of a piojeci
ilai would jusiify sucl a massive numbei.
Suie, le could mess aiound wiil daia
piocessing. Bui le was moie inieiesied
in infoimaiion slaiing. Afiei spending a
pleasani Independence Day evening waicling
fiewoils, le ieceived a fiee copy of ile
Declaiaiion of Independence piinied on
paiclmeni papei. Cue ile fuiilei fiewoils of
epiplany, and Haii suddenly lnew wlai lis
life's mission would become.
He iyped ile iexi of ile declaiaiion inio
ile Sigma V, loping io send ii iliougl io
lis colleagues as an email via ile Aipanei, a
US-goveinmeni sponsoied piecuisoi io ile
Inieinei. Tlis capei would lave ciasled ile
sysiem, so Haii bacled down. He posied a
message io lis colleagues aleiiing ilem ilai
ile iexi could be downloaded, and Piojeci
Guienbeig was boin wiil ile clicl of an
"Eniei" ley.
Tle defniiion of a visionaiy is someone
wlo las ile abiliiy io sublimaie ile
limiiaiions of ile pieseni foi ile possibiliiies
of ile fuiuie. Tlai's exacily wlai Miclael Haii
did wlen le conceived of Piojeci Guienbeig.
He undeisiood ilai compuieis would one
day be poweiful enougl io download eniiie
iexis, and small enougl io caiiy millions of
ilose iexis on iiny micioclips. Ovei ile nexi
The denition of a visionary is someone who
has the ability to sublimate the limitations of the
present for the possibilities of the future.
READ MORE:
1. Michael Hart a pioneer of e-books dies in The New York Times
2. Michael Stern Hart dies at 64 in The LA Times
3. Arpanet entry on Wikipedia
decade le woiled alone, ialing ile odd job io
suppoii limself, iyping inio ile daiabase ile
King }ames Bible, ile Ameiican Consiiiuiion,
ile Bill of Riglis and, of couise, "Alice's
Adveniuies in Wondeiland". His iaison d'eiie
was io gei bools oui inio ile public domain ai
no cosi so we could, "bieal down ile baiiieis
of ignoiance and illiieiacy".
In ilis, Haii became one of ile oiiginal
copy-lefiisis, and Piojeci Guienbeig lad
iunning baiiles wiil ilose wlo believed
auilois and ileii esiaies slould coniinue io
piofi fiom ileii woil afiei ile iiadiiional
copyiigli expiies. In iqqS, ile Copyiigli
Exiension Aci was signed inio law in ile US,
wlicl sei ile lengil of a copyiigli ai q.
yeais. Tle Sonny Bono-led iniiiaiive wiped
almosi a million e-bools fiom ile public
domain, and sei ile ieims foi a wai aboui fiee
infoimaiion ilai coniinues io ilis day.
Indeed, Miclael Haii viewed limself
as a cybei-waiiioi, and le did come o as
someiling of a William Gibson claiaciei,
whatwiththehatsandtheshirtsandthe
ecceniiiciiies. He believed Piojeci Guienbeig
iepiesenied one of ile pillais of wlai le
called ile "Fifil Infoimaiion Age" wlicl
would delivei unlimiied lnowledge via an
aiiay of e-ieadei devices io an enligliened
global populaiion. Now ilai we lave
empiiical pioof ilai ile Inieinei and
smaiiplones male us siupidei iailei ilan
smaiieisiand up, LOLcais, we'ie ialling io
you!Haii's maniic declaiaiions can seem
quaini. Bui ceiiain facis iemain, and ile
idea ilai e-bools and ile disseminaiion of
infoimaiion could be ile salvaiion of oui
species lasn'i eniiiely losi iis lusiie.
Haii is now gone, iepieseniing ile
beginning of ile end of ile sialwaii geels
wlo licled o ile digiial age. Wiil Sieve
}obs ieiieaiing fiom ile siage, and moie
coniempoiaiies succumbing io ile ills of
geeldom, we aie losing ile pioneeis of ile
iime ilai las come io defne us. Heie's
loping Miclael Haii's visionaiy expeciaiions
foi luman beings weie noi eniiiely o-
base, and ilai we may live up io lis besi
esiimaiions. Tle faci ilai you aie ieading lis
obiiuaiy on a iablei pioves lim iigli on ai
leasi one couni.
Indeed, Michael Hart
viewed himself as a
cyber-warrior, and
he did come off as
something of a William
Gibson character,
what with the hats
and the shirts and the
eccentricities.
FOSSILS LIFE, ETC
AU SEDIBA: OLD BONES PROMISE NEW
UNDERSTANDING
InAugust2008LeeBerger,professoratWits
University,discoveredtheMalapafossil
siteattheCradleofHumankindwhileout
mappingwithhisdog.Withinafewweekshe
lad discoveied iwo sleleions - ile fisi wiil
thehelpofhisyoungson,Matthew.InApril
lasi yeai ilese fndings weie ievealed io ile
world,andamerethreeyearsaftertheinitial
discoveiies, fve papeis lave been publisled
intheprestigiousSciencejournalwiththe
land of Ausiialopiilecus sediba even maling
ile fioni covei. "Ii's lile a iocl siai being on
thecoverofRollingStonemagazine,joked
The Australopethicus sediba fossils, found near South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, aren't exactly the
missing link scientists don't give much credence to this layman's term anyway but do belong to a
transitional species. And they could go some way to clearing up the muddle in the middle of human
evolution. By THERESA MALLINSON.
Photo: REUTERS
BergerattheunveilingofthefossilsatWits
University'sOriginsCentreonThursday
afternoon.
Tle numbei of inieinaiional piess pieseni
slowed jusi wlai a big deal ile laiesi ieseaicl
on ile sediba fossils is. You see, ile fossils
(preciselydatedat1.977to1.98millionyears
old)showseveralcharacteristicstypicalof
Ausiialopiilecus genus(abbieviaied in scieniifc
ieims io "Au"), wlicl lived aboui ( million io :
million yeais ago, bui also of ile sliglily laiei
FOSSILS LIFE, ETC
Homogenus,towhichmoderndayhumans
belong. "Tle fossils demonsiiaie a suipiisingly
advanced bui small biain, a veiy evolved land
wiil a long ilumb lile a luman's, a veiy
modein pelvis, bui a fooi and anlle slape nevei
seen in any lominid species ilai combines
feaiuies of boil apes and lumans in one
anatomicalpackage,saidBerger.Themany
veiy advanced feaiuies found in ile biain and
body, and ile eailiei daie male ii possibly ile
besi candidaie ancesioi foi oui genus, ile genus
Homo,moresothanpreviousdiscoveriessuch
as Homo labilis."
Bergerexplainedthatthisdoesn'tmean
he'sfoundthemissinglinkinfact,such
ieiminology is meaningless in scieniifc ieims.
Insiead le claiacieiised ile fossils as belonging
toatransitionalspecies,pointingtothefact
ilai evoluiion is noi lile a laddei, bui iailei a
iiee wiil many biancles.
Au sediba exlibiis piimiiive and Homo
feaiuies in unexpecied combinaiions. Foi
example,theSciencepaperonthehandshows
ilai Au sediba was capable of climbing iiees,
bui also possessed moie modein feaiuies,
linled io being able io giip piecisely. And
researchonthefootandankleshowsthatAu
sediba could wall upiigli. "}usi by looling
ai ilis bone leie and ilai bone ileie we aie
100%certainthatthiscreaturecouldwalk
upright,saidBernhardZipfel,seniorcurator
of colleciions ai Wiis. Bui Au sediba was also
mucl beiiei adapied io climbing iiees ilan
modernhumans,andmayhavepracticeda
unique foim of bipedalism and aiboiealiiy" as
thescientistsputit(that'swalkinguprighton
iwo feei and climbing io you and me).
Tle pelvis, lilewise exlibiis boil
AustralopithecineandHomoliketraits.One
line of scieniifc ilougli suggesis ilai ile
humanshapedpelvis(whichisdistinctfrom
thatofearlyhominids)developedowingtothe
evoluiion of laigei biains. }aiiingly, Au sediba
las feaiuies of a modein-iype pelvis, bui siill
a small biain, meaning ilai ile meclanical
demandsplacedonthepelvisowingto
walkinguprightwerealsoacrucialdriverinits
moderndevelopment.
And, wlen we'ie ialling of ile biain, ile
siudy of ile Au sediba endocasi (made using
a scan of ile biain) slows ilai, alilougl ile
biain was siill small, biain ieoiganisaiion lad
occurred.We'restartingtoseereorganisation
lappening in ile biain ilai we suggesi led
tothehumancondition,saidKrisCarlsonof
Wits.We'reseeingreorganisationhappening
Berger explained that this doesn't mean he's found
the missing link in fact, such terminology is
meaningless in scientic terms.
FOSSILS LIFE, ETC
READ MORE:
1. Australopithecus sediba may be the ancestor of modern
humans, in The Guardian
2. Human Ancestor May Put Twist in Origin Story, New Studies
Say in National Geographic
befoie biain expansion. Someiling lappened
afiei sediba ilai led io quiie subsianiial and
iapid biain enlaigemeni." Tlis coniiadicis
pievious ileoiies ilai giadual biain
reorganisationoccurredintandemwith
giadual biain enlaigemeni.
Ii's noi as if Au sediba is jusi a masl-up of
speciesthatpreandpostdateit.Because,
whileitismoreevolvedinsomerespectsthan
otherAustralopithecines,itismoreprimitive
inothers.Thispointstohomoplasy,or
conveigeni evoluiion, wleie dieieni species
evolvethesamecharacteristicsinparallel
biinging us bacl io Beigei's iiee meiaploi.
Wlile Au sediba is cleaily a new species,
given iis mixed claiacieiisiics, ileie las been
some debaie aboui wleilei ii slould, in faci,
be classifed as Homo, a iopic on wlicl Beigei
will delivei a public leciuie nexi weel. "Given
ile small biains and Ausiialopiil-lile uppei
limbs, and feaiuies of ile fooi and anlle, ile
teamhasfeltthatkeepingthisspeciesinthe
genusAustralopithecuswastheconservative
thingtodo,explainedBerger.Nevertheless,
sediba is iuining oui io be one of ile mosi
intriguinghominidsyetdiscovered,andit
ceiiainly slows a mosaic of feaiuies slaied by
boil eailiei and laiei lominims."
Foi ile lasi decade oi so, ileie lave been
no signifcani new fossils found in ile feld of
paleoanthropology;excavationsinEastAfrica
werenotturningupanythingnew,andthose
inSouthAfricaonlyfragments.In2008,this
changeddramatically.Thereareliterally
hundredsoffossils,saidBurger.Morethan
jusi ile fisi individual - of couise, a second
individualandasmanyasfourother
individualsemergingfromthissite.Wehave
notexcavatedyet.Excavationswillproceed
laterthisyear.
I ilinl I can confdenily piedici ilai you
willseeoverthenextmonths,yearsand
decades, a numbei of papeis coming oui of
ilis ilai aie unpiecedenied in ilis feld,"
said Beigei. "Tleie is moie io be found ileie.
Tleie is moie io be discoveied oui ileie and
whenwegooutandlookandexplorethe
Ciadle of Humanlind, ileie can be ilings
thatareunexpectedtopeopleandunexpected
io science, and ieacl us aboui ile woild in
whichwelive.
While Au sediba
is clearly a new
species, given its
mixed characteristics,
there has been some
debate about whether
it should, in fact, be
classied as Homo
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BRIEFS SPORT
MONDAY - 12 SEPTEMER 2011
Springboks win against Wales. (Reuters)
NEW ZEALAND
SpringbokcoachPeterdeVil
liershailedthecontribution
ofhisreplacementsasthede
fendingWorldCupchampi
onscamefrombehindtoedge
Wales1716inWellingtonon
Sunday.Replacementwing
FrancoisHougaardmarked
hisWorldCupdebutwitha
matchwinningtrywhilehook
erBismarckduPlessismade
avitalstealatthebreakdown
inthedyingmomentstodeny
Walesachancetostrikeback.
Inotherresultsfromtheweek
end,severalsidesregarded
asminnowsgavesomeofthe
higherratedteamsatough
time,withoneortwoupsets
lookingpossibleathalftime.
NewZealandbattledthrough
againstTongainagametheAll
Blackswouldbehappytoget
pastwithoutanyinjuries.The
AllBlackforwardsweregiven
atoughtimeandtheformof
RichieMcCawcontinuesto
worryKiwifans.Intheend,
theskillfulandattackingback
threeofthehostsensureda
comfortablevictoryforNew
Zealand.NewZealand41,
Tonga10
Romaniaverynearlyupset
ScotlandinInvacargillandat
onestageinthesecondhalfled
thematch.TheRomanianfor
wardskeptgrindingupfront
afterearlyscoresbytheScots
appearedasthougharoutwas
onthecards.TwolateDanielli
triesensuredtheScotsvictory,
buttheywouldhavebeenglad
tobewearingthedarkershade
ofshortsinsteadoftheusual
whiteafterthismatch.Scot
land34,Romania24
FijioutclassedNamibiaat
NorthHarbourStadium,al
thoughtheotherAfricanteam
acquittedthemselveswellat
iimes io leep ile fnal scoie
respectable.Fiji49,Namibia25
Franceweresubjectedto
aminorscarebytheJohn
KirwancoachedJapan.After
earlytriesfromunforceder
rors,Japanclawedbackinto
thegametotrail2127inthe
secondhalf.Butaswithmost
smallerteams,thetankruns
emptyafter60minutesand
theFrenchpulledawaywitha
scoie-line ilai aiieied in ile
end.France47,Japan21
EnglandtrailedArgentinafor
mostofthismatch,beforean
individual eoii by ieplacemeni
scrumhalfBenYoungs,saved
theEnglishfromembarrass
ment.TheArgentinesplayed
atightbrandofrugbyand
lookedtocapitaliseonnumer
ousEnglishinfringements.But
poorkickingonthenightsaw
bothsidesmisstoomanykicks
atgoalandthesolitarytrybe
BRIEFS SPORT
Harry Redknapp and Jose Mourinho (Reuters)
ing ile dieience on ile nigli.
Neitheroftheseteamswould
be causing play-o opponenis
sleeplessnights,butthenagain,
itwasasimilarcaseforEngland
in2007.Argentina9,England13
AustraliaoutclassedItalyaf
terthescoresweretiedat66
athalftime.Aninjectionof
Bieber,er,OConnorsmagic
afterthebreaksawtheAussies
score26pointsin20minutes
ofplay.Australia32,Italy6
Irelandwerepushedhard
byaUSAteammentoredby
theirformercoach.TheIrish
forwardsweregoodinthe
setpiecesandlineouts,but
struggledtocracktheresilient
Americandefence.Infailing
togetthebonuspointforfour
tries,Irelandmayruetheir
openingperformanceand
wontbecausingtheWallabies
tofretabouttheirencounter
justyet.Ireland22,USA10
SOUTH AFRICA
BanyanaBanyana,theSouth
Africanwomensfootballteam
madehistorywitha11draw
againstEthiopiainAddisAba
ba.Byconcludinga41aggre
gaie vicioiy, ile side qualifed
fortheLondon2012Olympics.
OupaManyisa'sextratimegoal
ensuredbacktobackMTN8
trophiesforOrlandoPirates
and a i-o fnal win ovei Kaizei
ChiefsonSaturday.
CURRIE CUP RESULTS
FreeStateCheetahs 2222
BlueBulls
WesternProvince 4921
Leopards
Sharks 3320
Pumas
GoldenLions 4125
Griquas
UK
HarryRedknappcouldbein
stalledasEnglandbossbefore
Euro2012,ifreportsonSun
dayaretobebelieved.Fabio
Capelloissettorelinquish
hisroleasnationalteamboss
whenhiscontractexpiresat
theendofthecompetitionbut
ThePeoplenewspaperinsists
anapproachwillbemadeto
thecurrentTottenhamboss
abouttakingoversoonerrather
thanlater.Thereportread:
ThepossibilityofRedknapp
managing England ai ile fnals
isnowbeingopenlydiscussed
inthecorridorsofpower
SECTION HEADING
Novak Djokovic (Reuters)
andisrated' probable' by
topsources.
AWayneRooneyhattrickand
adoublefromJavierHernan
dez pui Manclesiei Uniied iop
ofthePremierLeaguetable
withawinatBolton.
ManchesterCitytrumped
Wigan,Chelseascrapedpast
Sunderland,ArsenalandTot
tenhambeatSwanseaand
Wolvesrespectively,Everton
andAstonVilladrew,while
LiverpoollosttoStoke.
SunderlandstrikerAsamoah
GyanhasrevealedAlAin's
oei was ioo good io iefuse,
followinghisloanmovetothe
UnitedArabEmiratesclub.The
Ghanaiancompletedthesea
sonlongloanmoveonlyhours
beforetheBlackCats'Premier
LeagueclashwithChelseaat
theStadiumofLight.Manager
SteveBrucewasshockedto
learnofthenewsashestated
Gyantoldhimjust48hours
beforethathewouldbestaying
atSunderlandfora$200,000
perweekwagepacket.
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP RESULTS
Arsenal 10 SwanseaCity
Everton 22 AstonVilla
ManCity 30 WiganAthletic
StokeCity10 Liverpool
Sunderland 12 Chelsea
Wolves 02 Tottenham
Hotspur
Bolton 05 ManUnited
EUROPE
FORMULA ONE
Ii iool only fve laps of ile Iial
ianGPbeforethewinnerwas
decidedasSebastianVettel
tooktheleadandpulledaway
fiom ile feld. Belind lim Fei
nandoAlonsoheldontoP2for
muchoftheracebeforegiving
waytoJensonButton;butthe
Spaniardwasabletostayjust
farenoughinfrontofLewis
HamiltontogiveFerrariapo
diumattheirhomerace
US
Thewomensnumberone
rankedtennisplayercontinues
tobewithoutagrandslamtitle
undei lei beli. Caioline Woz
niakiwaseliminatedbySerena
Williams in ile semi-fnals.
Onlyinwomenstenniscanthe
numberonerankedplayergo
inio a semi-fnal as ile leavy
underdog.
NovakDjokovicsavedtwo
matchpointsagainstRoger
Fedeiei in ile ffil sei as ile
worldnumberonedughimself
outaholeandintothe10th
fnal of ilis season.
RWC SPORT
BOKS SCRAPE THROUGH IN WELLINGTON THRILLER
Thedefendingchampionsstartedthismatch
intentonsendingamessagetotheirWelsh
criticswhohadbeencondescendingintheir
assessmentoftheBoksallweek.AFrancois
Steyntryinthecornerwithinthreeminutesof
thestartwouldhavehadSpringboksupporters
jumpingfromtheirlivingroomcouchesin
delight.Afterafewrobustphasesandmini
breakstheburlyfullbackbulldozedhiswayover
For much of the second half, many fans wearing the green and gold of South Africa, would have been
down to their knuckles during this nail-biter of a Test match. STYLI CHARALAMBOUS reviews the Boks
nervous 17-16 win over Wales.
Photo: REUTERS
neai ile coinei ag io give ile Souil Afiicans
thelead.AgreatconversionfromMornSteyn
sawtheBoksup70innotimeatall.
ButiftheBoksthoughtthiswouldbeone
way iiac, ile Welsl lad oilei plans. Fiom
ilai poini on, ile Diagons managed io secuie
possession and ile ieiiiioiial advaniage,
RWC SPORT
althoughtheyoftenmovedsidewayswiththe
ball. Tle biealdown baiile was, as expecied,
belligerentlycontestedwithHeinrich
Brssouwmatchedinthatdepartmentby
oppositenumberSamWarburton.The
youngesi evei Welsl capiain, lad a siellai
matchandmanagedtocauseuntold
frustrationfortheBoksthatoftenresultedin
penaltyinfringements.AnddeservedhisMan
oftheMatchaward.
JamesHookkickedthosepenaltiesand
willbetellingstoriestohisgrandkidsabout
thethreepointshewasrobbedofinthis
maicl, wlen ile ioucl judges failed io
iaise ileii ags foi a licl ilai looled io sail
throughtheuprights.Onreplayitwasshown
tojustskimtheupright.Hookpassedthe
expecied examinaiion undei ile baiiage
ofhighballsthatSouthAfricaputintothe
swirlingWellingtonwind.
GoingintothebreakwiththeBoks106
up, boil sides would lave feli ile game was
thereforthetaking.
Souil Afiica weie a dieieni side wiil ile
loss of }ean de Villieis and Vicioi Maifeld,
eithersideofhalftime.ButchJamesand
Moine Sieyn missed some midfeld iaclles
thatallowedWalesontothefrontfootand
Walesneverlookedthreatenedinthelineout
afiei ile depaiiuie of Maifeld. Tle Bols will
besweatingoverthetwoinjuriesthatthe
Bols cannoi aoid io be long-ieim.
Theearlysalveofthesecondhalfbelonged
io Wales wlicl, iliougl }amie Robeiis,
oftenbroketheadvantageline.TheWelsh
looseforwardswerenowdominatingloose
play wiil Waibuiion, leading ile way. Tle
pressuretoldontheBoksasseveralnear
chancesfortheWelshwereconvertedintoa
iiy foi eiglilman, Toby Faleiau.
WiththattheWelshtooktheleadfor
ile fisi iime io go i6-io up. Tle Bols could
lave lii ile panic buiion, wiil : minuies
io go, bui insiead coacl Peiei de Villieis lii
thesubstitutionbuttonandmadegooduse
ofthebenchladenwithheavyforwards.The
RWC SPORT
freshlegsmadeanimpactalmostinstantly
wiil Bismail du Plessis maling a nuisance
ofhimselfintherucksandWillemAlberts
slowing Pieiie Spies low io play iigli Tesi
matchrugby.FrancoisHougaardalsocame
on foi Biyan Habana, wlo coniinues io waii
forhisrecordbreaking39thtesttryforSouth
Afiica. Hougaaid was a ievelaiion, injeciing
muchneededspeedandcreativityeverytime
hetouchedtheball.Afterseveraldrivingplays
by ile ieviialised foiwaids, Fouiie du Pieez
slippedapasstoHougaardwhoranbeautifully
o ile ball io scoie undei ile posis and give
MornSteynaneasyconversion.
Tle Bols would lang on foi ile nexi io
minuies io sciape iliougl ilis epic iliillei,
winning iy-i6. Tle fnal scoies beiween ilese
naiions seem io be geiiing closei and closei,
withWalesnodoubtfrustratedthattheyjust
aien'i able io seal ile deal. Nexi up foi Souil
Afiica aie pacifc islandeis of Fiji ilai will
againtesttheBoksandthephysicalSamoans
willbeitchingtoshowWalestheirnewfound
confdence. Tlis pool piomises io be ile mosi
enieiiaining, and plysical of ile loi.
Scorers:
For South Africa
Penalties:M.Steyn
Conversions:M.Steyn(2)
Tries:FSteyn,Hougaard
For Wales
Pens:Hook(3)
Cons:Hook
Tries:Faletau
The teams:
South Africa:15FransSteyn,14JPPietersen,13
JaqueFourie,12JeandeVillers,11BryanHabana,
10MornSteyn,9FourieduPreez,8Pierre
Spies,7SchalkBurger,6HeinrichBrssow,5
!"#$%&'()$*+,-.'/'0)1"+'2%33%45.'6'7)11"+'-4'
Plessis,2JohnSmit,1TendaiMtawarira.
2+8,)#+9+1$3:';"39)&#<'-4'=,+33"3.'>4&$?&%'
Steenkamp,CJvanderLinde,JohannMuller,
WillemAlberts,FrancoisHougaard,ButchJames
Wales:'@A'7)9+3'B%%<.'@/'>+%&C+'D%&$?.'@6'
7%1)$?)1'0)E"+3.'@F'7)9"+'2%G+&$3.'@@'H?)1+'
I",,")93.'@J'2?K3'=&"+3$,)1-.'L'("<+'=?",,"83M'
N'O%GK'P),+$)4.'Q'H)9'I)&G4&$%1'R#S.'T'0)1'
Lydiate,5AlunWynJones,4LukeCharteris,3
AdamJones,2HuwBennett,1PaulJames
2+8,)#+9+1$3:'U,%K-';4&13.'2K)1';+E"1C$%1.'
;&)-,+K'0)E"+3.'V1-K'=%5+,,.'O)E"3'W1%K,+.'H#%$$'
Williams,LeighHalfpenny
Venue:WestpacStadium,Wellington
Referee:WayneBarnes(England)
Assistant referees:'>+%&C+'X,)1#K'RY&+,)1-S.'
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Television match ocial:'()$$'>%--)&-'
(Australia)
FORMULA ONE SPORT
VETTEL VICTORIOUS AT MONZA
Vettelmanagedtoholdontosecondplace,
buthadtowaittotaketheleadbackfrom
Alonsoafterthesafetycarwasdeployedto
allowthemarshalstoclearthecarnagecaused
byAntonioLiuizziwhenhelostcontrolofhis
HRT and weni baclwaid inio ile fisi coinei.
TheaccidenttookoutNicoRosbergandVitaly
Peiiov and damaged oileis.
Sebastian Vettel was not under any pressure at all as he romped home on Sunday to win the Italian
Grand Prix. Even going into the rst corner with Fernando Alonso just ahead and Lewis Hamilton
barrelling down his left on the outside, the Germans performance was so strong you had to suspect hed
easily nd his way back to the front. By OSIAME MOLEFE.
Photo: REUTERS
Afterthesafetycarduckedbackintothe
puts,VettelretooktheleadfromAlonsoin
ile ffil lap wiiloui laving io iely on ile
DRS, wlicl was siill deaciivaied. Tle iop iwo
weregiventemporaryreliefbyaracyMichael
Schumacher,whohadmadehiswayupto
FORMULA ONE SPORT
thirdplace,andtemporarilychallengedfor
secondaftercatchingLewisHamiltonnapping
ai ile iesiaii.
MarkWebber,Vettelsclosestchampionship
rivalatthestartoftherace,hadtakensixth
fromJensenButtonattherestart,butcrashed
inio ile bacl of Felipe Massa and spun o
ai ile fisi coinei in ile nexi lap. Tle ciasl
dislodgedWebber'sfrontwing,whichlodged
itselfunderthecarheadingintothefamous
Cuiva Paiabolica and seni lim siiaigli o.
Meanwhile,SchumachersMercedes
showedsomeprodigiousstraightlinespeed
io siave o numeious aiiacls by Hamilion.
Schumacherwasonlyletdownbyhisrear
tyres,whichlostgripbadlyshortlybefore
lis fisi pii siop. By ilen, Buiion lad
squeakedpastHamiltonandeasilyovertook
Sclumaclei.
Afiei ile fisi iound of pii siops, Hamilion
foundhimselfagainbehindSchumacher
andunabletomatchhistopspeed,despite
being fasiei eveiywleie else. As le baiiled
forfourth,glimpsesoftheoldSchumacher,
theonewhodpushtheboundariesofwhats
allowed, emeiged. He pui lis cai on eveiy paii
ofthetrackwhereHamiltonwantedtoput
hiscarandeventuallyseemedtolethimpass
aftersomesterncodedwarningsfromteam
piincipal Ross Biawn.
Hamiltonwassurprisinglymeasuredand
peilaps ioo iame belind Sclumaclei. He'd
earlierdeniedhedtemperhisraceaggression,
butheclearlyhadandwasracingmore
cauiiously io ensuie le'd aciually fnisl.
Button,continuinghistrendofpoor
qualifying,butstrongraceperformance,
caughtuptoandpassedAlonsoforsecond
placeafterthesecondroundofpitstops
and ilai is low iley fnisled, wiil Hamilion
in fouiil, Sclumaclei in ffil and Massa,
whodrecoveredafterthecrashwithWebber,
iounding oui ile iop six. None, ilougl, was
abletochallengeVettelwhowascoastingat
thefrontandeasedintohissecondandRed
Bull's fisi vicioiy ai Monza.
Webberadmittedthateverybodyelseis
nowracingforsecondplaceinthedrivers
clampionslip. Sunday's iace iesuli puis
AlonsoasbestoftherestwithButtonand
Webbei joini iliid. Tle counidown is now
onfortheSingaporenightraceintwoweeks'
time,whereVettelwillpickupfromwherehe
lefi o ilis weelend.
The crash dislodged Webber's front wing, which
lodged itself under the car heading into the famous
Curva Parabolica and sent him straight off.
RWC SPORT
RUGBY WORLD CUP ALL TIME GREATEST XV
Now,beforeweunveiltheintergalactic
teamofRugbyWorldCupsuperstars,abit
ofbackgroundtotheselectioncriteriaand
adjudicationprocessisrequired.Playershave
onlybeenjudgedonperformancesattheWorld
Cup,andnottheirinternationalcareersoutside
ofthetournament.Rugbytakesonanother
dimensioninatournamentformatwhenthe
siales aie liglei and can aeci ile level of
performances.
With the 2011 tournament in full swing, we thought wed take a look back through the history books and
do something that is sure to stir some debate, pick an all-time greatest Rugby World Cup starting XV. By
STYLI CHARALAMBOUS.
Photo: REUTERS
Andofcourse,pickinganalltimegreatest
XVacrosserasisanentirelysubjectiveexercise,
onewhichwillnodoubtcausemucheyebrow
raising.
Sportisbyitsverynatureanemotive
experienceandrugbyfansareuptherewiththe
mostpassionateofsupporters.These15players,
webelieve,wereatsomestageoftheirWorld
Cupcareers,worthyofourardentsupport.
RWC SPORT
1.LooseheadProp:OsduRandt
ThebigfriendlyfarmerfromtheFreeState,
achievedsomethingquiterare.Havingtwoworld
cupwinnersmedalsinhistrophycabinetisan
amazingfeatinitself,aloneworthyofselection
inthisteam.Buttohavewonthem12yearsapart
makestheaccoladeevenmoreimpressive.Its
notjustthenumberonhisbackthatwouldmake
lim ile fisi cloice in ilis ieam of supeisiais.
OswastherockaroundwhichJakeWhiterebuilt
theBokscrumforthe2007WorldCup.Thebig
manwasalsopartialtomakingbighitsaround
thepark,oncedescribingatackleonMattBurke
asbetterthansex.
2.Hooker:JohnSmit(Captain)
Pickingthestartinghookerwassomewhatof
closecall,betweentheSouthAfricanrecord
settingcaptainandtheAllBlacklegend,
SeanFitzpatrick.Intheend,thepedigreeof
captainingateamtotheworldcuptrophygave
thePretoriataughtplayertheedge.Hisleadership
skillshavealsoearnedhimtherighttocaptain
thisteamofWorldCupgreats.Inacoupleof
harrowingmomentsin2007,Smitkepttheteam
incheckastheBokswentontodefytheircritics
andbringhomethetrophy.Asascrummager,
andlineoutexponentSmitwaswithoutpeerin
France.
3.TightheadProp:RichardLoe
Havingplayedinanerawhenrugbywas
alittlemoreboisterousthanitistoday,
Loewasatruehardmanofthegame.
KnownastheAllBlackEnforcerLoewas
aggressiveatrucktimeandadaunting
opponentinthefrontrow.Havingreceived
awinnersmedalin1987,albeitasafringe
player,Loewasthecornerstoneofthe
1991and1995NewZealandfrontrowthat
narrowlymissedoutonWorldCupglory.
4.Lock:MartinJohnson
Johnson,atoweringsecondrowerthat
ledEnglandtothe2003WorldCupin
Australia,iswidelyacknowledgedasthe
on-feld inspiiaiion foi ile vicioiy. As a
captainhemanagedhisteamthroughsome
patchyandtightmomentsintournament,
none moie so ilan ile exiia-iime playo
againsthosts,Australia.Johnsoncould
haveeasilybeencaptainofthisallstar
side, wiil a ip of a coin and local bias
leadingustoSmit.Englandarekindof
luckytohavehadJohnsonleadingdads
army,havingplayedAmericanfootball
fisi befoie playing foi New Zealand u-:i,
afterbeingspottedbyanothersecondrow
legend,ColinMeads.
In a couple of harrowing moments in 2007, Smit
kept the team in check as the Boks went on to defy
their critics and bring home the trophy.
RWC SPORT
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Ifwecouldpickthreelocksforthisteam,John
Ealeswouldhavebeenincludedwithoutsecond
thought.Unfortunately,thereisonlyplace
foi iwo and Vicioi Maifeld was one of, if noi
thebiggestreasontheSpringboksarecurrent
defendingchampionsoftheWorldCup.Inthe
fnal alone, ile Bols siole seven of England's
lineoui iliows, ilanls mainly io Maifeld. Tle
IRB also iecognised ile iole Maifeld played
intheBokswinningthetrophyforthesecond
time,byawardinghimmanofthematchfor
ile fnal as well as playei of ile iouinameni.
3"#45067*20#81.6'0,(#9%7:#;,%6<012
Ifacertaingiantwinghadnotchanged
theworldofrugbyin1995,Kronfeldwould
havemostlikelyscoopedtheplayerofthe
iouinameni awaid. An exciiing iunnei o ile
ball,Kronfeldandhisrecognisablescrumcap
iool openside anl play io a wlole new level.
Makingupforhisrelativelysmallsizewithhis
speedandagility,Kronfeldwasafetcherinthe
truesenseoftheword,withexpletivesoften
precedinghisnamebyopposingteamfans.
="#>1*627*20#81.6'0,(#41*?*0,#-.@60
Inwhathasbeendescribedasthegreatest
gameofrugby,Magneplayedastarringrole
foi Fiance in ile iqqq semi-fnal vicioiy ovei
theAllBlacks.Knownforhisspeedand
neathandlinginopenplay,Magnewasalsoa
piolifc iiy-scoiei foi Fiance as a iesuli of lis
highworkrate.Magnewasausefullineout
alternativefortheFrench,althoughwiththe
liles of Maifeld and }olnson in ile ieam, we
wouldntbeexpectingtoomuchfromhimin
thatdepartment.
8.Eighthman:ZinzanBrooke
Thisthreetournamentveterancouldhave
beenpickedforthataudacious47mdropgoal
againsi England in ile iqq quaiiei-fnal alone.
ButZinzanmakesitaheadofhiscompatriot,
andprobablythetoughestmantoeverplay
rugby,WayneShelford,forhisallroundskill
andattackingplay.Theseattractivequalities
sawrugbyleaguescoutsoftentryingtopryhim
awayfromrugbyunion.Anotherusefuloption
atthebackofthelineout,Zinzanwasrenowned
forhisballskills,oftenpractisingdropgoals,
penaltykicksandeventhrowinginatthe
lineout.
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G?*&0H&.5+.*6I
SouthAfrica'sownJoostvanderWesthuizen
justsneaksthenumber9berthaheadofgreat
Australianrival,GeorgeGregan.WhileGregan
played moie play-o iugby ai Woild Cups,
This three-
tournament veteran
(Brooke) could have
been picked for that
audacious 47m drop-
goal against England
in the 1995 quarter-
nal alone.
RWC SPORT
receivingawinnerandrunnersupmedal,
Joost'simmensecontributiontoSouthAfrica's
1995victoryseestheBokscrumhalftakehis
placetomarshallthebacklineofourteamof
greats.Joost'ssnipingrunsontheblindside
andunusuallylargestatureforascrumhalf,
made lim diculi io defend againsi, wlilsi
alsodoingmorethanhisfairshareof
defending.Whowilleverforgetthatcombined
iaclle on }onal Lomu ilai siopped ile ying
wing in lis iiacls in ile fnal of ile iqq eveni.
AgreatinternationalplayerJooststillholds
therecordforthemostinternationaltriesfor
SouthAfrica,alongwithBryanHabana.vander
Westhuizenalsocaptainedthe1999WorldCup
sidethatlostouttoeventualwinnersAustralia
in a semi-fnal ilai weni inio exiia-iime. }oosi
asageneralconstantlymarshalinghistroops,
alsoearnshimselfthevicecaptaincyroleinour
greatestXV.
JK"#81L:.1<(#-*&:.01#$L6.@:
Lynaghwaspartofthevictorious1991teamthat
liftedthetrophyinEngland.Witharunning
siyle easy on ile eye, Lynagl was also a piolifc
goalkickerhavingheldtheworldrecordfor
manyyears.Lynaghhadanoseforthetryline
notchingupfourworldcuptrieshimselfand
settingupmanymoreforthebacksoutsidehim.
JohnnyWilkinson,pushedLynaghcloseforthe
number10jersey,forhis2003performances,
butLynaghsgreaterattackingabilitiessawthe
AustralianpickedaheadoftheEnglishman.
JJ"#M*@:+#E*6@(#9%6.:#$%DC
Nootherplayerhashadanimpactonthegame
asmuchasthisAllBlack.Comingintothe1995
tournamentasanunknown20yearold,Lomu
tookthetournamentandrugbyworldbystorm,
scoiing seven iiies in fve maicles. As ile
sportwasturningtoaneraofprofessionalism,
Lomu is ciediied as ile fisi and piobably siill,
thebiggestsuperstartohaveplayedthegame.
DespiteneverhavingwontheWorldCup,
Lomuwascapableofsinglehandedlywinning
matchesforNewZealand.WhocanforgetMike
CattsattempttostopsurgingJonahLomuin
iqq oi ile semi-fnal againsi Fiance in iqqq,
wherehescoredtwobullockingtries.Lomu
hasaworldrecord15WorldCuptriesfrom
twotournamentswithnootherwingeven
consideredforthisspot.
A great international player Joost still holds the
record for the most international tries for South
Africa, along with Bryan Habana.
RWC SPORT
12.InsideCentre:TimHoran
ThisQueenslanderformedaformidable
combinationwithLynaghinsidehim
andJasonLittleoutsidehim.Atthe1991
tournament,Horanscoredfourtriesandwas
instrumentalinhelpingtheWallabiestowin
thetournamentinEnglandandthenagain
inWales,eightyearslater.Asaveteranin
the1999tournament,Horanwassublimein
ile semi-fnal againsi Souil Afiica, befoie
goingontocollecthissecondwinners
medalagainstFranceandtheplayerofthe
tournamentaward.
13.OutsideCentre:FrankBunce
Wereally,reallywantedtoincludeBrian
ODriscollhere,butsinceWorldCup
performancesaloneallowentrytothelist,
IrelandsspectacularlypoorWorldCup
historydeniespossiblythemosttalented
centreofalltime,inclusionintheteam.
FrankBuncemadehisWorldCupgranitein
ile midfeld. Having lelped ile islandeis
progressthroughagroupthatincluded
Australia,WalesandArgentina,Buncewas
recruitedbytheAllBlacksthefollowing
yearandtookpartinthe1995event.An
aggressivedefender,Buncewasnostranger
tothetrylinehimself,andalongwith
midfeld paiinei Waliei Liiile, sei up many
scoringopportunitiesfortheAllBlacks.
JN"#$0<+#O*6@(#P.?*2#Q.D5070
Technicallyarightwinger,Campocould
easily fi in on ile oilei side of ile feld
havingscoredtriesalloverthepark.The
1991tournamentmaywellhavebeen
calledtheCampeseshowastheAustralian
showmangoosesteppedhiswayinto
Rugbyshistorybooks.Asplayerofthe
tournament,Campesemadeamockery
ofdefencesscoringoutrageoustriesor
throwingnolookpassesforhisteammates
toscore.OncedescribedastheBradmanof
rugby,Campesewentontobreaktheworld
recordfortesttriesandmostappearances.
J!"#8C11R.&'(#B0,@0#>1.6&%
Abacklineofalltimegreatswouldbe
incompleie wiiloui some Fiencl aii.
EnterSergeBlanco,amercurialplayerthat
embodiedtheFrenchapproachtorugby.The
enigmaticfullbackwasoftenseenrunning
theballoutofdefenceinsituationswhere
mostotherswouldkick.Blancowasastar
forFranceattheinauguraltournamentin
1987,scoringthewinningtryinthesemi
fnal vicioiy ovei Ausiialia, a move ilai
regularlytakesitsplaceintheTop10World
Cuptries.
The 1991 tournament
may well have been
called the Campese
show as the Australian
showman goose-
stepped his way into
Rugbys history books.
Support the team that saves lives.
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