Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from August 2007:
Apartheid mavericks need to tell SA the truth.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... We obviously have to be careful about letting the present concerns about those mavericks who carried out atrocities during the apartheid era over-ride what FW de Klerk, as the president of South Africa at the time, believed to be necessary to defend the infrastructure of the country ...
The massacre at North Crest.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nothing stirred in the darkened, sleeping houses. Suddenly, volleys of high-calibre gunfire ripped through the night. The weapons were silenced; the balaclava-wearing men who wielded them did their bloody work swiftly and efficiently. The only outward disturbance was the rapid series of ...
Adventure racing.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Mr Price athlete, Warren Petterson, shattered Mark Preen's course record in racing to an impressive victory in the seventh Men's Health Hout Bay Challenge, run in the mountains surrounding Hout Bay in cold and windy conditions. The testing 35km trail challenge took place over ...
McBride's bewildering life is worthy of an opera.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... There's something Irish about the life of Robert McBride. His Celtic name, the bomb and the bar he blew up - Magoo's - all sound like something out of the damaged history of Ireland, as do some of the faintly comical accounts of drinking, spies and escort agencies. Had he been ...
Civil servant fatcats robbing 'voiceless' poor.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... It is with absolute anger and disgust that I read in the Cape Argus (July 26) about the thieving "civil servants". These supposedly civil servants are fatcats who are stealing from the needy and starving. It sickens me to think of the many aged, deserving, disabled, homeless, ...
Mars marvels.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... I am often horrified by the way customers are treated by some Cape businesses. Salespeople make it quite clear they do not care whether you buy anything or not and they'd actually prefer it if you'd just bugger off and leave them to chat to their colleagues. I was ...
A new type of fear is gripping SA.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... When actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom were killed in the early hours of Easter Sunday in Cape Town last year, the news sent shock waves across the country. The brutality of how it happened, the media coverage it received and its place in the uneven ...
'I want my son's killer to get life sentence'; Steven Siebert's dad says family wants closure.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By DIANNE HAWKER High Court Reporter Convicted murderer Theuns Olivier wanted to address the Cape High Court today before his sentencing for the murder, kidnapping and indecent assault of six-year-old Steven Siebert. Yesterday, Olivier was found guilty on ...
Son sues State after father shoots family; 'Police knew of abuse and firearms'.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By NORMAN JOSEPH Crime Reporter The Cape High Court has reserved judgment in the case involving an apprentice motor mechanic who is suing the Safety and Security Ministry for R2.8 million in damages for failing to get his father declared unfit to possess firearms. ...
Zille slams study showing city has lowest participation in governance.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By LINDSAY DENTLINGER Metro Writer Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has slammed the research that criticised the council for its poor public interaction levels, saying the study was designed to undermine the multi-party government. She says low levels of public ...
School recovery plan on track; Principals have mixed feelings about the WCED programme.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By CANDICE BAILEY Staff Reporter The Western Cape Education Department is confident that by the end of this week most teachers will have signed up for the second phase of the post-strike recovery plan, despite its rejection by unions. Teachers and ...
Rules will hit food chains hardest; Draft regulations may bring massive changes.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA Business Writer It was unlikely that the proposed draft regulations on food labelling would be published as a final document before 2010, says the Department of Health Food director Andries Pretorius. The new draft regulations ...
Long Street owners fume as power cuts hit profits.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter Three weeks of having to deal with an intermittent power supply has left business owners in Long Street in Cape Town fuming. Shops in the busy road went back to business as usual on Saturday, which was the last day their ...
Interest rate rise on horizon.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA Business Writer Another interest rate rise is now more than likely following the release of the South African Reserve Bank figures indicating that credit extensions to the private sector have not declined. The released figures showed ...
HIV-positive patients at risk as cold, wet weather takes its toll.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By Yugendree Naidoo Exposure to cold weather and displacement caused by flooding would weaken the immune systems of tuberculosis and HIV-positive patients, resulting in higher than usual deaths, says the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). TAC Khayelitsha district ...
Cape under-35s hardest hit by unemployment; 40% of jobless have never worked.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By LENORE OLIVER Political Writer More than seven out of every 10 unemployed people in the Western Cape are under 35 - and not enough jobs are being created to cope with the high unemployment rate. The latest figures in a provincial report on the Western ...
SA records trade deficit of R5.3bn.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By BUSINESS WRITER South Africa recorded a trade deficit of R5.3 billion for June which showed month-to-month decreases in exports, according to the South African Revenue Service (Sars). The published figures reflected June exports of R42.34bn and imports of R47.66bn ...
Opposition hits out over huge medical negligence payouts.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By Deon de Lange Political Bureau Botched medical procedures, erroneous amputations and slippery floors cost state hospitals in two provinces more than R11 million last year. Replying to a written parliamentary question, Health Minister Manto ...
New bill will givemore protectionto coastal regions.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer Some coastal municipalities are effectively "selling off the family silver" by allowing developers to buy their valuable coastal properties and using the proceeds to cover operational expenses. This warning came ...
Why decision on City boss was wrong.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Daily Mail LONDON: English Premier League chiefs will live to regret their decision to allow Thaksin Shinawatra to take control at Manchester City, according to one of the world's leading human rights groups. Human Rights Watch believe former Thailand Prime Minister ...
Proteas no islands in cricket family.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By MichAel Doman What is it with the South African cricket team and the West Indies? A few summers back they had a weed problem when a group of players were found to have smoked a joint or two to celebrate a victory on tour in the islands. Now we have ...
SA rugby stares into financial abyss as Spears, SARS seek payback.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By DALE GRANGER The South African Rugby Union could come perilously close to wiping out their financial reserves by the end of the year if they are found liable for R5.5m damages in liquidation claims brought against them by the Southern Spears, as well as the R6m in tax arrears ...
Tippling Proteas face stricter curfews.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By MURRAY WILLIAMS Staff Writer Stricter curfews have been imposed on members of the national cricket squad following a night of late drinking after a match at the recent Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. This was announced by Cricket South Africa ...
Why I'm going - Brent Russell; Now is the time to leave or I'll get too stale, says Province utility back.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By DALE GRANGER Brent Russell will fly out to England any day now to join England club Saracens with bitter-sweet memories of a South African rugby career that was spectacular, but mostly frustrating. In 23 Tests for the Springboks, mostly as a substitute, Russell ...
Growing a food franchise.(Workplace)
Aug 01, 2007 ... By JADE WITTEN Staff Reporter Sibling rivalry is inevitable when one is young, but the Junior brothers of Parklands have long outgrown that. For these franchise owners, working together is pure pleasure because they share the same goals and are both passionate about ...
A feast ready to rock this town.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sunday saw the final Levi's Vintage Sunday event after a month at West End and a month at the Green Dolphin. The series culminates in an all-star finale at the Baxter on Saturday. The "Best Of" performance features acoustic rockers Flat Stanley, funk rockers Bed On Bricks, Mark ...
Suspense builds, then it all fizzles out ...(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Carte Blanche, on Sunday night, came up with a doozie of a story - and a lot of hard work went into this fascinating doccie, although the telling of it did drag at times. Having watched the extraordinary investigative documentary (two years in the making) on the deaths and, ...
Revamped bebop with no Jazz.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... What the hell is a band with the name no Jazz doing playing at a jazz festival? I'll try and explain. I have come up with two reasons why jazzfests throughout the world use pop, rock, soul, hip-hop and, in general, non-jazz acts. One: The sad lack of jazz innovators ....
Gearing up for theultimate swing.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Count Basie Orchestra has won 17 Grammys, and their leader has promised that when they get here, they will swing harder than ever, which means that after 30 years we are going to hear a big band in full flight, and nothing is more exciting than that. In my telephonic ...
It sometimes pays to go bankrupt; Interest on couple's debt far exceeds their monthly payments.(Classified)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Imagine being told, after 10 years of paying off your debts in monthly instalments, that you owe nearly twice as much as when you began. Franklen and Francisca Greeff learnt recently that they owe about R75 000 to creditors they have been paying for 10 years, and whom they owed ...
Prince doubles the fun with exotic Twinz.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Prince is dating a set of identical Caribbean twins, it has been claimed. The Purple Rain singer - who is to play a series of shows at London's The O2 Arena starting this week - has been romantically linked to his backing vocalists, the exotic duo Twinz. Twinz - who ...
Shears cuts own slice of happiness.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears is to marry his boyfriend in a flamboyant New York ceremony. The outlandish star recently bought an apartment in New York with Chris, ...
Christina runs out of steam.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Christina Aguilera was ordered to cancel two of her world tour dates after collapsing backstage. The Dirty singer, who is reported to be four months pregnant, suffered ...
He just would not commit.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Jessica Alba split from lover Cash Warren because he wouldn't marry her. The Sin City actress, who reportedly called time on their two-and-a-half year romance last week, grew tired of waiting for the movie producer to propose. A source told the New York Daily ...
No mommy, no wedding for Usher.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Usher has flown to Atlanta to save his relationship with his mother. The Confessions singer reportedly called off his wedding to pregnant fiancA[c]e Tameka Foster at the last minute on Saturday, because his mum, Jonetta Patton, wasn't going to be there. Jonetta, who ...
She's waiting to take it all off.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Catherine Zeta-Jones wants to appear naked in a film. The Hollywood beauty insists she has no problem stripping off on screen, and is just waiting for the right role to ...
KB FOR BB.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi From Sunday an all-new season of Big Brother Africa (BBA) starts on DSTV. The second African version of this hit show promises to pack just as much punch as before. This year it will be Channel O presenter and 5FM jock, Kabelo (KB) Ngakane, ...
Finding the essence of realness.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sister Bettina. The Macarena. Achy Breaky Heart. These songs ring the cultural alarm bells to tell us that no matter how sophisticated and evolved we believe we are, we're not. Most people are not interested in furthering themselves culturally, because it's too much like hard work and, ...
Consider all factors before changing your job.(Workplace)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Rolling Stones could have referred to the workplace when they sang, "I can't get no satisfaction!". This phrase often pops into the minds of many seeking maximum return from their jobs and prompts the conundrum: "How do you know when it is time to change employers?"asks ...
Unpack, clear out, put learning into action.(Workplace)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Is it "failed to learn" or "learned to fail"? I always get it mixed up. Anyway, one thing I know is that we don't spend enough time learning. I'm not talking about that irritating little ritual you had with your parents at school when you were constantly moaned at for not ...
Win a bursary and learn how to set up your own business.(Workplace)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Many school-leavers and graduates dream of starting a small business and following in the footsteps of hugely successful entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson and Mark Shuttleworth, or are encouraged to become self-employed simply because jobs in the formal sector are increasingly hard to ...
Blacks want to be part of this city, like everyone else.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Some white and coloured opinion-makers continue to insinuate that the black African community exists in Cape Town because they were brought here to serve the ANC's desire to take political control. This was laughable in the beginning because it was said mainly for political reasons, but ...
Political will is needed to cure Western Cape health care woes.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By Tony Ehrenreich and Suraya JaWOODEEN The head of the Western Cape Department of Health argues in the Cape Argus of Thursday, July 26, 2007 that the current tension in health care delivery in the province is created by incorrect reporting by journalists and a lack of ...
City wants more public participation.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Last week in these pages Ismail Davids of the Foundation for Contemporary Research discussed the results of a survey his organisation conducted into public involvement in local government issues in Cape Town. Before analysing these findings, the following observations are ...
Initiative is the key to solving our housing crisis.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Helen Macgregor is right in emphasising both the problems of government being able to provide housing, and the role of civil society in taking initiatives in its own interests ("Towards 2010: new approach may ease old burdens", Cape Argus, July 30). This highlights another ...
A little bit of hope goes a long way for Kim.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Caveau Wine Bar Where: 92 Bree Street, Heritage Square Tel: 021-422-1367 Hours: Monday to Saturday, 7am to 10.30pm 'What?!" I say. "Mumble mumble," Kim Kerfoot says. "What?!" I repeat. "Mumble mumble!" Kim says a little more loudly. ...
CapeNature's structure sets it up for failure in its duties.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... CapeNature's new board chairperson, Christopher Clarke, has responded to the DA's accusations that the organisation is facing institutional collapse by saying that it is "solidly in the black". If CapeNature were actually doing the things that its mandate requires , it would be ...
'Pilot error caused fatal Brazil crash'.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Authorities investigating the TAM airlines crash that killed 199 people in Sao Paulo last month believe pilot error caused the tragedy, according to sources familiar with the probe. The finding, if confirmed, would cast doubt on speculation that poor runway conditions were to ...
BASEBALL.(Sports)
Aug 02, 2007 ... US Major League Tampa Bay6Toronto2 Oakland3Detroit2 Pittsburgh15St. Louis1 Boston5Baltimore4 NY Yankees8Chicago White Sox1 Texas9Cleveland6 Florida4Colorado3 Washington7Cincinnati2 ...
We can't avoid our Zim duties any longer.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... The visuals on Sky television this week of white farmers chasing down Zimbabwean refugees on the South African side of the border were the most disturbing I have been confronted with since before 1994. We clearly cannot wait a day longer. The situation in Zimbabwe is so dire ...
Watch out.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... I suppose we'll have the usual mutters and groans about the proposed changes to some of Cape Town's street names. This is to be expected. All change is traditionally greeted with dismay, but we seem to survive. Actually, I was quite impressed with the list. With very ...
Burning barricades.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Photographs on yesterday's front pages would have stirred uncomfortable memories for many Capetonians. The burning blockades and angry protesters have echoes of the 1980s, when the city's townships were torn apart. Then, of course, the protests were against the apartheid ...
Petrol strike could bring SA to a standstill.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA Business Writer The petroleum strike could plunge the country into a standstill as plant workers at fuel depots and key refineries continue their industrial action. The Caltex and PetroSA refineries in Cape Town and Mossel Bay were ...
Gwen istoo obscene.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Gwen Stefani could be forced to cancel her Malaysian show after a Muslim group branded her "indecent" and "obscene". The singer, who is currently on the road with her Sweet Escape tour, is due to ...
Jolie fights cancer.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Angelina Jolie's latest mission is fighting cancer. The 32-year-old actress - who lost her mother Marcheline Bertrand to ovarian cancer earlier this year - has pledged her time and support to TV star Fran ...
Service delivery anger grows in flooded areas.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Anger over a lack of government service delivery is nearing boiling point in flood-ravaged informal settlements around Cape Town. Residents yesterday complained bitterly about the poor response from community leaders after the ...
Professor demands end to budget cuts.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By DI CAELERS Health Writer One of South Africa's most esteemed doctor-scientists has thrown his weight behind Groote Schuur Hospital doctors demanding a halt to budget cuts, warning that the poor will be the ultimate losers. Professor Emeritus Ralph ...
A quota on arts students is stupid and unfair.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... I read with amazement that the honourable Minister of Education has decided to cap the number of students allowed to be accepted in non-vocational degrees - to be more specific, those in the humanities faculty. In most universities the arts are almost always over-subscribed. ...
Food industry welcomes proposed new labelling rules.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA Business Writer The food industry reacted with collective optimism this week at government's draft regulations on food labelling aimed at promoting a healthy diet. The proposed policies, draft regulations relating to labelling and ...
Officials in bid to prevent diseases.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By DI CAELERS Health Writer Cape Town's health authorities are keeping a close watch for potential fallout from severe flooding last week and environmental health officers are in worst-hit areas advising people how best to deal with stagnant water to avert the ...
'Small businesses key to war on poverty'; Mitchell's Plain unemployment double Cape rate.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By LENORE OLIVER Staff Writer The unemployment rate of 28.4% in Mitchell's Plain is almost double that in the Western Cape, which stands at 16.6%. These figures, from 2000, are contained in the annual Provincial Economic Review and Outlook report in which ...
TAC launches fight to broaden HIV/Aids dual-therapy programme.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By DI CAELERS Health Writer Aids activist group the Treatment Action Campaign is taking on the government - and they will go to court if they have to - over treatment to prevent the infection with HIV of tens of thousands of babies each year. The TAC says ...
Flooded school suspends classes Pupils and staff sent home as floodwater in the grounds poses safety and health risk.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By NATASHA PRINCE Staff Reporter The Klipfontein Methodist Primary School in Philippi East has had to close because floodwater in the grounds and some classrooms could be a risk to the safety and health of pupils. The school has postponed classes ...
City needs an action plan for growth; 'Define plan rather than letting it happen by itself'.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By LINDSAY DENTLINGER Metro Writer Cape Town could experience greater economic growth if there were clearer action plans that cut across sectors in the city, such as the expansion of the port to Culemborg. This is the view of UCT professors David Kaplan ...
Abader's son set to appeal murder conviction.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... By FOUZIA VAN DER FORT Staff Reporter The son of Pagad security chief Salie Abader is to appeal against a regional court magistrate's decision convicting him of murder. Defence advocate John van der Berg told the Cape Argus yesterday that papers had not ...