Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from July 2008:
Spiralling consumer inflation drives double-digit wage rise demands.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... By MOSES MDEWU MACKAY Staff Reporter Trade unions and bigger companies are reaching double-digit wage settlement agreements, with accelerating consumer inflation playing a key role in negotiations. In April, labour experts said the wage increases being ...
Italy recalls its Zim ambassador.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Ministry spokesman Rob Dekker said Tsvangirai had left the embassy after deciding the situation was now calm enough for him to return home for the time being. Dekker said embassy staff in Harare would remain in close contact with Tsvangirai after he left yesterday. ...
Online support for job hunters.(Workplace)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Finding a job you love, succeeding in a career and achieving your financial goals are challenges that may leave you feeling discouraged, demoralised, lonely and ready to quit, says Gerard le Roux of the Job Search Clinic. "Getting and keeping a great job is not just about having ...
A woman's vision of beads across the globe; Red Door gave the business savvy to make it all work.(Workplace)
Jul 02, 2008 ... By JADE WITTEN Staff Reporter A Gugulethu born woman is embracing the literal meaning of her bead work business's name - and using it in its entirety. Chumisa Manyamalala, 27, of Uitzicht in Durbanville, co-owns World Focus Bead Works with her partner ...
History blip on Woolworths card leaves shopper red-faced.(Classified)
Jul 02, 2008 ... By JOSEPH BOOYSEN Consumer Reporter Woolworths sent her away from the till empty-handed because of a mix-up with her account, Megan Oosthuizen of Rugby told Argus Action. Oosthuizen said she bought groceries worth about R340 at the Woolworths Paddock store ...
Time to investigate the Chappies toll road saga.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... There's something seriously fishy about Marthinus van Schalkwyk having OK'd the construction of an entirely unnecessary toll plaza on Chapman's Peak Drive. Perhaps our minister is so overloaded with things needing his urgent attention that the applicants have been able to ...
Hopes for world peace depend on America's next leader.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... After watching and reading about Barack Obama, I can't help but feel that although the American democratic system has many faults, the fact that every citizen has an equal opportunity, regardless of colour, race or religion, outweighs many of the impediments. And our leading Western ...
Penguin species face threat of extinction; Rapid decline 'signals drastic sea changes'.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer The world's penguins - arguably one of the most loved of all wild creatures on Earth - are in serious trouble. And severe declines in populations of many of the close to 20 penguin species are - like miners' ...
The threats to kill stem from a struggle for control of the ANC.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... MP Joel Mbhazima Sibaya states that the armed struggle is "suspended, not abandoned" and that in the future the ANC may once again take up arms. It seems bizarre that the ANC has adopted a discourse of revolutionary violence in a country that they themselves govern! The general ...
Moralbeacons.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Former South African president Nelson Mandela was deservedly received with rapture during his recent 90th birthday celebrations in London. The extraordinary and lavish reception for this extraordinary man was, in essence, a recognition of the fact that he stands almost ...
Last laugh.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... I don't suppose many people will recognise the name of author Jonathan Routh, who died in Britain recently at the age of 80. His obituary appeared in a recent issue of The Week magazine. Routh became famous for his guide to London's public toilets, The Good Loo Guide: ...
Baseball.(Sports)
Jul 02, 2008 ... North American Major League Atlanta 3Philadelphia 8 Baltimore 7 Kansas City 5 NY Yankees 2Texas 3 Tampa Bay 3 Boston 1 Florida 6Washington 9 Cincinnati 5Pittsburgh 6 (11inn) Minnesota 6Detroit 4 ...
Where are those 2 836 murderers now?(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... It was a golden Cape Town morning yesterday. With crisp winter sunshine reflecting from the defining mountain I drove past the increasingly impressive building site of a R4 billion World Cup stadium before settling into the morning papers and a very cosmopolitan cappuccino at ...
Think twice before cashing in.(Classified)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Anyone feeling the pinch of higher debt repayments should think twice about cashing in long-term savings policies, says Lerato Mametse, deputy executive of the Life Offices Association. "While it is not possible to give blanket advice on whether or not it would be in your ...
What I hate most about interviews is boredom.(Life)
Jul 07, 2008 ... First, I must say that I've had some wonderful interviews - with John Maytham, Michelle McGrane, Victor Dlamini, Leon de Kock, Sue Seger, among others. But like most writers, I've also on occasion been "interviewed" by charlatans and sadists. Foremost among these are the rookie ...
Highly enjoyable read centres on tragic-comic family relations.(Life)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Tim Keegan's second novel, My Life with the Duvals, has just the right cast for any funny novel: a rogue priest who loves whisky more than the Good Book, a philandering English professor obsessed with a long-dead writer, Finch Magnus Finch, and a wealthy layabout who has never worked a day ...
One citizen's guide to reducing high inflation.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... As a concerned South African citizen and resident I have the following suggestions for the government in assisting to reduce the rate of inflation and improve the lives of the middle and lower income groups. These suggestions will also create a spin-off that will improve the ...
Urban cowboy harnesses horse power for good.(Entertainment)
Jul 08, 2008 ... After seeing Liz Fish's documentary Urban Cowboy (currently s howing at the Encounters Film Festival), the scene of a cowboy riding a horse on green hills against the backdrop of a Cape Town highway inspired me to travel to the Oude Molen Eco Village to track down Kendre Allies. ...
Canoeing.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Competitors in the Isuzu Berg River Marathon are currently enjoying the fullest river levels in years. Today's third stage is a 75 kilometre slog from Bridgetown to Zoutkloof, which starts with a batch of slower paddlers before a massed start at 8.30am. The leader ...
Play ANC at their own power game.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Dave Dalling has verbalised what many of us have been thinking - the formation of a coalition of political opposition parties (Cape Argus, July 2) to act as a figurative battering ram against the ANC tripartite alliance. What a swell idea! I'm sure most people are sick to the teeth of the ...
Under water.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... The ordeals that reporters and photographers face in pursuit of a story are rarely shared with readers (who probably wouldn't be interested anyway). But Skelm believes photographer Daylin Paul's first-hand experience in the West Coast floods needs to be highlighted. ...
Weighty work.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... This weekend the good people of Franschhoek celebrate Bastille Day in fine French fashion. They are commemorating the historic "storming of the Bastille" on July 14, 1789, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Tradition has it that the revolutionaries ...
Call for food summit welcomed.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By MOSES MDEWU MACKAY Labour Reporter The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed a call by labour federation Cosatu to convene another food summit in a bid to resolve soaring food prices. Earlier this week Cosatu regional secretary Tony ...
No thought is given to flood prevention.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Flooding happens every winter. Residents in the area say that houses built on the top of stormwater drain systems is partly to blame. The Army Corps of engineers, who are already paid, together with the Public Works department with its surveys, maps and knowledge, could easily ...
Adequate housing for all is just an empty dream.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... At the time of writing, the number of people - men, women and children - rendered homeless by the winter rains stands at 6 000. Heaven knows what it will be by the time this letter is published. We can now expect the dreamers and the idealists to raise their voices - it happens every year ...
The next dose of laughter?(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Amidst the quiet diplomacy towards Zimbabwe, the government of South Africa is also dealing its very own citizens the same "quiet" medicine. Knowing that the quiet diplomacy to the newest kids cartoon - Over the Border Bob - hasn't been working for years, the same tendency to laugh should ...
More thanjust a game.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Springbok coach Peter de Villiers finally got testy with his critics late this week, questioning whether racism played a part in comments that he was merely a puppet and knew little about the game of rugby. Some will suggest that by doing so he simply resorted to South African ...
BASEBALL.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... US Major League Minnesota7Detroit6 (11 innings) Philadelphia4St Louis1 NY Mets7San Francisco3 Milwaukee11Colorado1 Cincinnati12Chicago Cubs7 Oakland3Seattle2 (11 innings) Pittsburgh4NY ...
Roofing firms and insurers on the hop after rain damage.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By ALEX BAND Staff Reporter Roofing companies are on the hop and claims are streaming in to insurers as homeowners count the costs of storm damage after the heavy rain that beat down on the Western Cape. Roofing and construction companies in the Western ...
Cosatu warns it will act if workers prevented from joining strike.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Cosatu has warned that it will take employers to task if they prevent workers from participating in next month's national strike against spiralling food, petrol and electricity prices. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said they had received numerous ...
Sasol BEE shares attract buyers.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... More than 200 000 black South Africans have so far bought shares from Sasol's R28 billion Inzalo BEE initiative. Sasol spokeswoman Jacqui O' Sullivan said Sasol was still consolidating numbers and would have a final number towards the end of next week. ...
Life assurance industry's vigilance prevents fraud of R1.3bn.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By MAUREEN MARUD Consumer Editor The life insurance industry detected and prevented about 21 000 fraudulent insurance claims in the past five years, avoiding losses of more than R1.3 billion. Gerhard Joubert, chief executive officer of the Life Offices' ...
'Ferrari money belongs to the Kebble estate'; Car registered with dormant firm.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By FATIMA SCHROEDER High Court Writer Murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble bought a R1.2 million Ferrari for a woman and registered it in the name of the dormant Green Point company she owns, trustees have told the Cape High Court. However, the company has ...
Killer DJ's bid to appeal opposed.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter The State has filed its notice to oppose the application of Heinrich van Rooyen for leave to appeal his two murder convictions. Van Rooyen, 25, the Knysna DJ who recently received two life sentences for the murders three years ...
Chamber hails curb on excessive bank charges.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER The Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is looking forward to banks lowering their charges in the wake of the recent ruling by the Competition Commission. Welcoming the ruling, president Dr Gerald Wolman said yesterday that ...
Africa did rather well out of summit.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... 'George Bush is sounding like an NGO!" marvelled an official of one of the ubiquitous humanitarian NGOs who descend on occasions like this week's 2008 G8 summit at the lakeside resort of Toyako on Japan's northern island Hokkaido. One of the least-reported features of the event ...
Taxi drivers hit by slump in business; Government warned to bring price of fuel down or face industrial action.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By FRANCIS HWESHE and ZIYANDA SIDUMO Staff Reporters Taxi drivers buckling under the rising cost of fuel have threatened to go on strike if the government does not take action to bring the prices down. The outcry by taxi drivers comes at a time when fuel ...
Table Mountain cableway adds a week to maintenance shutdown.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has announced that its routine maintenance period has been extended and visitors to one of the city's most popular tourist sites will have to wait until next month before visiting the cable station. To ensure that the ...
DA calls for special unit to probe ATM bombings.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter The DA has called for a special-ised police unit to combat ATM bombings, incidents of which have increased across the country recently. The latest bombing in Cape Town took place just over a week ago when an Absa ATM was ...
Cape residents among SA's most well-off; But housing backlog still a worry.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Western Cape residents are among the most well-off in the country, according to a survey released by Statistics SA. The 2007 General Household Survey (GHS), released yesterday, detected an improvement in all South ...
Fears that displaced kids are missing out on their education.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By NATASHA PRINCE Staff Reporter The Western Cape Education Department says it will on Monday start assessing the displaced refugee children who have missed out on school since the xenophobic attacks in May. This follows concerns, raised by parents at the ...
Cape relaunches 'tik-off' campaign to fight deadly drug.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By NIeMAH DAVIDS Staff Reporter To help fight the growing tik epidemic the Western Cape government has relaunched the "tik-off" campaign and has scheduled an exhibition at city shopping malls to make people aware of the deadly effects of drugs. The ...
'It's icy here, but we're too scared to move'.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By NATASHA PRINCE Staff Reporter Despite deteriorating conditions at the city's emergency camps, displaced immigrants, including a couple with a new- born baby, are adamant that they will not move back to their communities. Several residents displaced due ...
Ramatlakane faces chop as ANC sorts out province.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By LAVERN DE VRIES Staff Reporter Community Safety MEC Leonard Ramatlakane is strongly tipped to become the sacrificial lamb in the ANC National Executive Committee's (NEC) shake-up of the province's top party structures. An NEC source told the Cape Argus ...
Two workers hurt in building site accident.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter Two construction workers have been injured after falling one storey at a Woodstock building site, less than two months after two workers were killed on the same site. Metro Rescue Services confirmed yesterday's accident, ...
Zanu-PF welcomes report on violence.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Deon DE Lange Political Bureau Zimbabwean Deputy Minister for Information Bright Matonga has welcomed a report that suggests members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) are increasingly involved in retaliatory violence against supporters of ...
Repairs to roads and bridges top priority; Fundamental review on cards after Transport MEC Marius Fransman visits flood areas.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By LINDSAY DENTLINGER Staff Writer The number of people affected by the recent floods has risen to 38 000 and significant damage to infrastructure running into millions of rands has been reported. The Western Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre says ...
Traffic.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... l I have been driving for 49 years - started when I was 13. Then all cars came standard with indicators. Nowadays cars like BMWs, Mercs, Volvos, Audis and the big 4x4s don't come with indicators, only my Polo! l To all the so called "legal" drivers out there, please show some ...
Leader poserbedevils new talks.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Staff Reporters Zanu-PF and the MDC have advanced tentative power-sharing proposals, but are still divided on who will lead a possible coalition. This is the fractious contention between Zimbabwe's two main parties, who met yesterday in Pretoria for the first time ...
Rugby.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... n A puppet and clueless about rugby. That is how much respect NZ shows toward our black Springbok coach. That is what they will say about any other black SA coach. But hey, you deluded AB supporters from the 'Flats', keep on supporting the ABs. - Mark from the Cape Flats n To ...
Ronaldo compares life atUnited to that of slavery.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... DAILY MAIL Cristiano Ronaldo has accused Manchester United of treating him like a slave. In a televised outburst in Portugal that will surely threaten his relationship with United supporters and his manager Sir Alex Ferguson, the 23- year-old reiterated his desire to ...
SA will have to follow UN on Zim sanctions; Letter warns of sparking civil war.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Political bureau and reuters Should the UN Security Council agree to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, South Africa, as a member of the UN, would be forced to comply and freeze a number of bank accounts held in this country. And Zimbabwe yesterday warned that a ...
The day 'KP' silenced all the doubters.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... DAILY TELEGRAPH Kevin Pietersen described his century at Lord's yesterday as one of the most emotional moments of his career - but not because it was made against South Africa, the country of his birth. Rather, it was the crowd reaction that touched him. "Right now, I feel as ...
How Tiger is on course to be the first sporting billionaire - by the year 2010.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Tiger Woods (left) is on target to become the first person on the planet to accumulate $1 billion through sporting prowess alone. Forbes magazine, which annually ranks the world's richest people in its Celebrity 100 list, suggests that the endorsement- friendly golfer will pass ...
The Woods empire.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... $1bn: Total income from all sources by 2010 $750m: Income from endorsements so far $90m: ...
In the English Press today...(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Andrei Arshavin fears he has priced himself out of a move from Zenit St Petersburg after his impressive showing at Euro 2008. (Daily Telegraph) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to sign up Ajax striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar to replace exit-bound Emmanuel Adebayor. (Daily Star) AC ...
Rafa's Keane wish.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Rafa Benitez has risked the wrath of Tottenham by confirming Liverpool want to sign [pounds sterling]20m-rated striker Robbie Keane. Benitez is already at odds with Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill over his pursuit of England midfielder Gareth Barry, but he remained undeterred as he ...
Can JP provide a spark? Battered Boks desperately need inspiration in House of Pain.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Jacques van der Westhuyzen and Peter Bills Dunedin: Winger JP Pietersen is hoping to give himself and the Springboks the best birthday gift of all - a victory at the House of Pain. Pietersen turns 22 tomorrow and wants to celebrate with his first try of the year. ...
Bok coach loses his cool.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Jacques van der Westhuyzen Sports Staff Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has asked whether racism played a part in him being labelled a "puppet" in New Zealand this week ahead of tomorrow's Tri-Nations clash against the All Blacks at Carisbrook in Dunedin. ...
Book on Baby Jordan flops.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Staff Reporter Despite the sensational Baby Jordan murder trial, the recently published book about murdered Jordan-Leigh Norton has proved a disappointment in the marketplace. Published through New Africa books and sold in Exclusive Books and CNA stores, the book, ...
IPL to pull Murali and Co out of tour?(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... Just a week after agreeing to replace out-of-favour Zimbabwe as tourists to England next year, Sri Lanka are about to ask the England and Wales Cricket Board if they can water down their side. The uncomfortable situation arises because 13 Sri Lankan players, including Muttiah ...
Tests stillhave that appeal.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By MARTIN JOHNSON It's the biggest epidemic since the Black Death. It begins with a noise in the ears from deafeningly loud music, spreads to a pain in the upper arms from waving a piece of cardboard with '6' on it, and culminates in a total loss of the voice from shouting for ...
All woein frontrow forGriquas.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By DALE GRANGER For all the talk of how Western Province would be underestimating Griquas at their peril in Kimberley tomorrow, the Cape side doesn't want to give the home side too much respect ahead of their Currie Cup battle. Griquas are without a host of ...
Bookies' view.(Sports)
Jul 11, 2008 ... (Handicap betting) TRI-NATIONS All Blacks v Springboks: South Africa have an 11-point start (which means New Zealand are favourites to win by at least 11 points) CURRIE CUP Griquas v W Province: ...
3 stores robbed in two hours.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... By Staff Reporter Three grocery stores were robbed within two hours in Crawford, Manenberg and Mitchells Plain on Wednesday. Police spokesman Andre Traut told the Cape Argus this morning: "There is no indication that the robberies were linked at this stage and no one ...