Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from January 2008:
Buddies talk 'trash' on beach.(Classified)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Leave nothing but your footprints, urges an anti-litter campaign directed at keeping beaches unspoilt. One of several campaigns managed by the Fairest Cape Association, it targets more than 20 beaches in Cape Town, Hermanus, Hessequa, Eden and Durban. The purpose is ...
Radiohead opt for 'old-fashioned' release.(Tonight Broadsheet)
Jan 02, 2008 ... After the digital release of Radiohead's latest album sent shock waves through the music industry, the band announced this week that In Rainbows will have an old-fashioned release. A physical version of the British alt-rockers' seventh studio album is due to hit the music stores ...
Safety know-how can help avoid accidents this season.(Classified)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Tragic accidents at the beach happen quickly, mostly due to a lack of safety know-how, cautions the Fairest Cape Association. The following tips cover water safety as well as protection measures to take on the beach. l Read and obey the beach regulations and follow ...
An urban meltdown is under way.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Tragedy stuck Nairobi three times in just a few days in the middle of 2007. First, a police crackdown on the Mungiki gang led to more than 30 deaths in Mathare, one of the oldest and most deprived slums in the city. That weekend heavy rainfall caused a wall in the Mukuru kwa ...
SA is warming to the task of tackling climate change.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Thirteen years after its democratic transformation, South Africans are waking up with a start to a new kind of transformation happening slowly but surely under their noses. Perhaps strengthened by the first-hand knowledge that the doomsday talk that accompanies change is often just hot air ...
13 years of democracy and there's still no shop equity for black dolls.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... At Christmas, huge numbers of dolls go on sale. Dolls are prominently displayed even in mainstream retail shops where, at other times of year, one might find only a few sitting unobtrusively in the toy section. Given the demographics of South Africa, where whites are a small ...
Mbeki's only option is an opposition coalition.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Anyone who claims the ANC can survive the present crisis and return to its former glory is brain dead. The ANC is now split down the middle and it seems Thabo Mbeki has no option other than to lead his supporters out of the ANC and form another party. The ANC as we knew it is ...
The Proteas' headless chicken must get the axe.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... I attended one day of the cricket Test between South Africa and the West Indies in Port Elizabeth last week, and that's all I could stomach. It was a pathetic performance by a South African cricket team that is currently ranked joint second to Australia. The television ...
Time to talk to Hamas.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... It was heart warming to hear on the radio that this Christmas many more christians visited Bethlehem in the Holy Land than they have for many years. This has been put down to the recent peace talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abas, leader of the Fatah and Israeli Prime Minister ...
Kenyan tragedy.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Events in Kenya in the past week are ringing alarm bells across Africa. The explosion of violence that is wracking the country in the aftermath of a tainted election brings to mind terrible conflicts we have seen before. Yesterday's killing of up to 50 people who had taken ...
Works? How?(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... As we stagger into a new year, let me wish Tavern readers a peaceful and happy 2008. There's an old Oriental curse which says: "May you live in interesting times!" I am sure we are in for an interesting year, but let's hope it's interesting in a civilised way. ...
Bull slaughter on balcony has cops blinking.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter A large Jersey bull was slaughtered in accordance with Islamic rites on the top-floor balcony of a double-storey house in Bellville South in what the SPCA conceded was a "rare occurrence". Police on a routine patrol could ...
DA calls on Parliament to focus on government's climate change mission.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer Parliament should devote "substantial" time this year to discussing South Africa's res-ponse to global climate change, says the opposition DA. The party's call follows hard on the heels of a lengthy, 3 600-word ...
Festive season sees demand soar for personal loans; National Credit Act puts pinch on finances.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA Business Writer Demand for personal loans has soared over the festive season in spite of the burdensome National Credit Act, a Cape-based financial services website has claimed. In fact, Justmoney.co.za website general manager Paul ...
Time's up for US man on fraud charges.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By FOUZIA VAN DER FORT Court Reporter The visa of an American man accused of defrauding a V&A Waterfront jewellery store and city backpacker lodges has expired. Jonathan Duncan, 26, who was arrested on October 11 last year and had his bail forfeited, ...
False Bay fish catch 'in drastic decline'; Scarcity turning Kalk Bay fishers into nomads.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK |and JADE WITTEN Staff Reporters The livelihoods of local fishermen are under threat as catches in False Bay have dwindled to "the worst ever". Catches have been getting progressively worse, and the impact of the scarcity this year has seen ...
Passop calls for better treatment of refugees.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Staff Reporter Refugee advocacy group Passop (People against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty) has called for "significant improvements" in the way immigrants are treated in 2008. It also congratulated "the newly elected ANC NEC under the leadership of Jacob ...
Passengers stranded in bus blitz.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Andisiwe Makinana Staff Reporter More than 40 unroadworthy long-distance buses - several on the busy Cape Town-Eastern Cape route - have been impounded by traffic authorities, stranding scores of passengers over the festive break. The blitz on buses in ...
Missing kids cast a shadow over festivities; Nearly 100 families wait for news.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Staff Reporter While most families in the Western Cape begin 2008 with celebrations, close to 100 families across the province continue to wait in hope for the safe return of their missing children. Police spokeswoman Bernadine Steyn said 77 of the 338 children ...
Fugitive 'John Wayne' caught as he tries to flee to sea.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer Like many South Africans, "John Wayne" had exciting travel plans for the New Year, including an exotic overseas cruise departing from Cape Town harbour. But even the best laid plans go awry and the frustrated ...
Shooting 'gang related'.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... A man in his 30s has been shot dead in Hanover Park in what is believed to be gang-related violence. A Philippi police official who asked not to be identified said the man, known as "Koppe", had gone to a nearby house on Sunday evening where an argument ensued. ...
Education.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... l High school teachers at underperforming schools must dread this period. Analysts use "unqualified" and "underqualified" while the Education Department is blunter. If these reasons are so easy to identify, why are solutions so elusive? l Well done to the class of 2007 at ...
Soccer chiefs must clean up their dirty game.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... The electronic countdown clock at Cape Town airport today reads 890 days until the start of the 2010 World Cup. I find that quite a reassuring number having looked down on the Green Point Stadium building site from High Level Road at the weekend. I'm no engineer but the stadium ...
'Spygate' company owner released by court on R2 000 bail.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Private detective and former senior policeman Niel van Heerden has been released on R2 000 bail after being arrested on charges of fraud and forgery, Western Cape police say. Van Heerden's firm was involved in the City of Cape Town's "spy" drama earlier this year and in a probe ...
Police presence keeps New Year peaceful; But alcohol- and drug-related incidents keep Groote Schuur trauma unit 'extremely busy'.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By ASA SOKOPO and |LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter An unidentified man is presumed to have drowned while swimming at Sea Point beach and the body of another un-identified man has washed ashore at Strand. A search continues today for the man in his 20s, ...
City mom agonises over runaway teen daughter.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By LAVERN DE VRIES Staff Reporter While most people spent New Year's Day with their families, Catherine Jansen van Vuuren spent the day at work slaving away at her desk. This is the only way to keep in check her concern over her teenage daughter and seven-month-old ...
Blockbuster party mood fires up Cape revellers.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Staff Reporters Capetonians celebrated the New Year on the beach, on the street, at house parties and at venues around the city, with 80 000 revellers swarming to the V&A Waterfront and thousands of others making their way to Kirsenbosch Botanic Gardens to listen to ...
Ice Hockey.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... North American NHL Buffalo 1Pittsburgh 2 (so) Washington 6 Ottawa 3 Celtic League Newport-Gwent 15 Llanelli 13 Ospreys 22 Cardiff 3 PWDLFABPP Leinster9612203147228 Cardiff9603176152327 ...
Cricket.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... n Anyone who watches five days of cricket needs a brain enema. n Graeme must be dropped. The bowlers are doing better than he is. n How can all-rounders, Pollock, Philander replace No 3 batter Amla and opener Gibbs? Some people need their heads examined. n ...
Today in the English Press...(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Manchester United contacted Tottenham about signing Dimitar Berbatov four weeks ago, but they are thought to want to sign him in the summer rather than now. (The Times) Chelsea could hijack Manchester United's interest with a [pounds sterling]26m offer for Berbatov. (The Sun) ...
Catch us if you can, taunts Wenger; Arsenal kick off 2008 with another win and pressure's on Man United to respond to challenge.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Sapa-AFP LONDON: Arsene Wenger insisted the pressure is all on Manchester United after Arsenal kept their two-point lead over their English Premiership title rivals with a 2-0 victory over West Ham yesterday. The Gunners produced a spluttering performance at the ...
How they stand.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... PWDLFAP Arsenal211551421650 Man Utd211533381148 Chelsea211353331644 Liverpool191072331237 Everton211137372236 Aston Villa211065372736 Man City201064272236 Portsmouth21975312034 ...
The differing fortunes of Sam and Sven.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... DAILY TELEGRAPH Newcastle United manager Sam Allardyce can be forgiven for allowing himself a wry smile at the plaudits that have accompanied Sven Goran Eriksson's return to club management with Manchester City. While Allardyce has been pelted by brickbats by members ...
Berbatov not for sale at mere [pounds sterling]25m.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... DAILY TELEGRAPH Tottenham believe they can price any interested clubs out of a move for Dimitar Berbatov by making it clear that they value him well in excess of|[pounds sterling]25 million. The Bulgarian's future was placed under fresh uncertainty after his agent, ...
China promises 'to kill' to qualify for 2010 World Cup.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... BEIJING: After being offered more than (US)$1-million (about R6,8m) as a reward, China's national football team players have vowed to play for their lives and qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, state press said today. In a New Year's pledge, the national side ...
Premiership sideshit hard as Africanstars follow the sun.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Reuters LONDON: The African Nat-|ions Cup is taking place in tropical Ghana but the impact of the tournament will be felt in the cooler climes of Britain as a host of big-name English|Premiership players head off to the sun. Two of the three main title contenders, ...
Brain-dead champion's organs for transplant.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... SEOUL: South Korean boxer Choi Yoi-sam, who lost consciousness after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight bout last week, has been declared brain dead, a hospital spokesman said today. Choi Yoi-sam was declared brain dead at 1pm local time (6am SA time) said Ko Seung-kwan, ...
Ryk makes a splash as SA's sexiest man.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Swimmer Ryk Neethling has been voted South Africa's sexiest South African male celebrity. Bok rugby player, Percy Montgomery came second in the annual review by Sexpo, an adult sexuality, health and lifestyle exhibition. Neethling came second in the sexiest men alive ...
No Tiger as golf tees up for 2008.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... SAPA-AFP KAPALUA, Hawaii: Tiger Woods will be absent when the US PGA Tour season begins here tomorrow at the $5,5-million Mercedes Championship but the world's number one player remains the man to beat in 2008. The 13-time Major champion's pursuit of Jack Nicklaus' ...
SCG scoreboard.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Day one of five. Toss: Australia Australia - First innings P Jaques c Dhoni b RP Singh 0 M Hayden c Tendulkar b RP Singh 13 R Ponting lbw b Harbhajan 55 M Hussey c Tendulkar b RP Singh 41 M Clarke lbw b Harbhajan 1 ...
It's ethnic cleansing, say Kenya rivals.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Leaders of President Mwai Kibaki's new government and political rival Raila Odinga's party traded charges of ethnic cleansing today over the explosion of post-election violence that threatens to tear Kenya apart. Western powers issued pleas to end the carnage, which has now ...
New Year heralds birth of /63 bundles of joy in province.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... As jubilation erupted across the Western Cape at the start of 2008, the arrival of 63 New Year babies gave dozens of families an extra special reason for joy. Mowbray Maternity Hospital topped the New Year baby boom with 22 of the province's total, said Western Cape health ...
Get set for year of power cuts - Eskom.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Power cuts in South Africa are set to increase in 2008 as the demand for electricity grows. "The system will be tight this year ... and the risk of load shedding will be higher than in previous years due to low re-serve ...
Gayle in mood to entertain; Gibbs dropped for home Test.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Michael Doman The dropping of Herschelle Gibbs from the side for Newlands begs the question: How much of a future does the|talented batsman have in the five-day game? A month ago the cricketing world was in raptures about a magnificent 77-ball century in Cape Town ...
Neil McKenzie - things you might not know.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... n In his last Test innings, against New Zealand in Auckland from March 18-22, 2004, he made 0 n In 41 Test matches he has played 61 innings, hitting two centuries n He has a Test batting average of 33.24 n His highest Test score is 120 (v New Zealand in ...
Remember this Stormer? Now he's the best player in England.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON: Everybody seems to be handing out gongs this time of the year so here's the unanimous choice as the English Premiership player of 2007. Neil de Kock (left), the former South Africa scrumhalf, has done more than anybody to turn Saracens into a ...
Long line of public figures named on State's witness list for Zuma trial.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Independent Democrat party leader Patricia de Lille, former judge Willem Heath and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein are among the 218 witnesses set to be called by the state to testify in Jacob Zuma's case. Nelson Mandela's former attorney Ismail Ayob is on the witness list, as ...
NPA speaks out on Zuma.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By SAPA and Staff Reporter The National Prosecuting Authority has defended its decision to charge Jacob Zuma - and called on politicians not to incite disrespect for the law. "The NPA is sensitive to the controversy which this decision (to prosecute Zuma) evokes," ...
Names under wraps after mountain crash.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By Staff Writer Southern Cape police have not yet been able to release the names of four people killed in a plane crash on the dramatically sculpted Swartberg Pass. The plane crashed 50km outside Oudtshoorn, on the way to Prince Albert, yesterday morning . ...
'Lucky' Symonds bails out Australia.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... REUTERS SYDNEY: Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds admitted he should have been given out long before he made his unbeaten century against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground today. Symonds smashed 137 not out to help Australia reach stumps in a strong position at ...
Argus price increase.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... From today, the Cape Argus, your favourite afternoon newspaper, will cost you 50c more at R4.50. It will sell for R4.80 in country areas. But you can still save 90c on each copy if you subscribe, with an annual subscription per ...
It's ethnic cleansing, say rival Kenya parties.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Leaders of President Mwai Ki-baki's new government and political rival Raila Odinga's party traded charges of ethnic cleansing today over the explosion of post-election violence that threatens to tear Kenya apart. Western powers have issued pleas to end the carnage, which has ...
Bull killing on balcony turns cops' heads.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter A large Jersey bull was slaughtered in accordance with Islamic rites on the top-floor balcony of a double-storey house in Bellville South in what the SPCA conceded was a "rare occurrence". Police on a routine patrol could ...
Private investigator arrested amid accusations of SAPS 'abuse of power'.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter The private investigation agency embroiled in the so-called city spygate saga has condemned the manner of the arrest of one of its key detectives, Niel van Heerden, and what it claims are the questionable motives behind the Monday swoop ...
Zuma trial witness list to include De Lille and Judge Heath.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Independent Democrat party leader Patricia de Lille, former judge Willem Heath and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein are among the 218 witnesses set to be called by the state to testify in Jacob Zuma's case. Nelson Mandela's former attorney, Ismail Ayob, is on the witness list, as ...
Najwa set to launch second appeal on bail application.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By FOUZIA VAN DER FORT Court Reporter Murder accused Najwa Petersen, who has spent six months behind bars pending her trial, is to make a new bid for bail tomorrow. Cape Judge President John Hlophe is to listen to Petersen's second bail ap-plication appeal ...
Test scoreboard.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Day one of five. Toss: West Indies West Indies - First innings C Gayle c McKenzie b Nel46 D Ganga c Boucher b Steyn3 R Morton c Ntini b Kallis23 M Samuels not out1 S Chanderpaul not out1 Extras (lb4, b4, nb1)9 ...
Windies sails are trimmed.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Quick wickets slow fast startBy Michael Doman South Africa made the most of a lively Newlands track to reduce the West Indies to 77 for 3 at lunch on day one of the second Test, under overcast skies. West Indies captain Chris Gayle, despite discomfort from the ...
NPA speaks out on Zuma.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... By SAPA and Murray Williams The National Prosecuting Authority says it is obliged by the constitution to charge Jacob Zuma in the light of evidence obtained before and after the trial of his former financial adviser, Schabir Shaik . And ID leader Patricia de Lille - ...
Goodwill to all men - but not to a little black boy.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... At this time of the year, when we are supposed to be filled with the spirit of goodwill, I was faced with a horrible reminder of bigotry and racism in our new democracy in South Africa. Pepelo, a beautiful two-year-old boy from the Eastern Cape came to visit his granny, who ...
Meddling in justice stains our constitution.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... In terms of our constitution, South Africa is a model democratic state - or at least it should be. If, however, there is interference in the normal judicial process, either by senior political office bearers or by political pressure groups, then the image of an ideal democracy will be ...
Liberation wars are not terrorism.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... The carnage in Pakistan following - and even before - the assassination of Benazir Bhutto again brings to the fore the ease with which the cause of almost every mishap is ascribed to al-Qaeda and the terrorists. The line between liberators and terrorists has not only become so ...
Crunch on cellphone banking fraud.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... By JADE WITTEN Staff Reporter Cellphone service providers, the police and the SA Banking Risk and Information Centre (Sabric) have vowed to enforce more stringent security measures in the wake of rising cellphone sim-card fraud. This comes after the ...
A timely defence of God.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... A highly readable book has made its appearance which might make an excellent gift. Written by Sir Anthony Flew, it is entitled There is a God: How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind. What is striking is how careful reflection on scientific discovery over the past few ...
Last Laugh.(News)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Not having any school-going children any more, I didn't feel particularly involved in this year's matric results, but I cast a casual eye over the many pages of results printed in the Cape Argus and was immediately aware of the huge differences in the results obtained by various schools. ...