Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from November 2008:
Horrors of Abu Ghraibexposed and analysed.(Life)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Pictures of torture emanating from the Iraqi prison of Abu Ghraib shocked the world in April 2004. The pictures showed naked prisoners chained and piled in a human pyramid. They showed hooded prisoners about to be electrocuted by wires attached to their bodies. They showed women ...
The ANC has failed since Madiba left.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Why do we need politicians? Since ancient days these strange characters and their system of governance have lived cheek by jowl with us. Damned if we are with them and damned we are without them. First we welcome them like new furniture. Then when the novelty wears off and they ...
Democracy is not for the masses.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... It was a 19th century philosopher who said: "Democracy is not for the masses. It is far too important to entrust it to those who cannot and will not embrace - heart and soul - the tenets of tolerance and respect for others; the acceptance of divergence and differences between persons and ...
Crown princess of chick-lit does it in hot pink stilettos.(Life)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Any princess visiting a new kingdom must have a new pair of shoes so she doesn't offend the dignitaries. That's the lighthearted view of best-selling author Meg Cabot of Princess Diaries fame, dangling a shiny pair of stiletto patent sandals in hot pink. The crown princess of ...
Time to keep rent-a-cops on a tight rein.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... The establishment of the Business Against Crime Private Security Alignment Initiative, which will see private security companies signing up to assist the SA Police Service by taking charge of crime scenes, identifying and arresting suspects and taking notes of evidence, raises a number of ...
The SAPS faces a tall order to use French-style policing for 2010.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Bilkis Omar When the SA Police Service (SAPS) underwent a transformation process after South Africa's transition to democracy in the mid-1990s, part of the process entailed bringing the force into line with international policing standards. Substantial financial as well as ...
Police officers are our society's real heroes.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... As we down a beer and prepare to tuck into our supper after returning to the safety of our homes and loved ones after a day at the office, let's spare a thought for the families of the many police officers that have lost their lives in the course of their duties so that you and I can be ...
Economic development plan favours just the few.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... The economic development plan outlined recently by the tripartite economic summit is trapped within the realities created by the post-World War 2, colonial and apartheid economic development planning and wealth distribution, which was and still is skewed very much in favour of a few. ...
Goodwood to get transport centre.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER City officials have turned the first sod at the site where Cape Town's new Transport Management Centre is to be built. The centre in Goodwood will facilitate the management of traffic incidents, provide a safer transport environment and give road ...
'Take bad cops off the roads'; MEC vows to root out bribery.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By CLAYTON BARNES Staff Reporter Community Safety MEC Patrick McKenzie has urged law enforcement officers not to bring their profession into disrepute by getting involved in bribery or corruption. This comes after several complaints of alleged bribery ...
Last laugh.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Travel has become a vast international industry providing millions of people with employment and earning trillions of dollars worldwide. Two of the largest cruise ships the world has ever seen are under construction in Finland and seem set to make the QE2 look like a bath toy ....
City chiefs in scramble to appoint security boss.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By LINDSAY DENTLINGER Metro Writer As the city prepares for an influx of visitors over the festive season, it is scrambling to fill the gaps in the top structure of its safety and security department. The city's mayoral committee failed to agree last week ...
If government snares the Springbok, it will kill it as surely as a shot.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... The nature of business has transformed over the past 50 years. Wealth used to be a function of the physical assets at your disposal, in land or machinery. Now more than half of most economies depend on the more esoteric world of services. Many of these companies are little more ...
New party's challenge.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... The pace at which South African politics is changing has become quite bewildering. Only weeks ago President Thabo Mbeki was "recalled" by the ANC and replaced in the Union Buildings by Kgalema Motlanthe. Now we have a new political party formed by disillusioned former ANC ...
The rabbit cull starts this week.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer Robben Island is now closed to the public so that staff can cull as many as 10 000 rabbits that are devastating its natural heritage and do other essential maintenance work ahead of the coming tourist season. But ...
Lou Gossett in city to film series of beer ads for TV.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ZIYANDA SIDUMO Staff Reporter Hollywood star Lou Gossett jun is in Cape Town to film a series of beer commercials for television. The 72-year old actor - who won an Emmy for his role of Fiddler in the ground-breaking 1977 television mini-series Roots - ...
Class of 2008 panel gives us the scoop.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... From today, five matric pupils - Kate Ahrends, Allyson Adams, Kaylin Poole, Maneo Makwa and Zoe Daniels - will provide regular feedback on the daily matric exams for the Cape Argus. The pupils were selected randomly from five schools across the metropole as the first set of ...
Doctor slams two local day hospitals; 'Shocking conduct' reported.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By FATIMA SCHROEDER High Court Writer A Bolivian medical doctor who has been practising in South Africa for more than four years has alleged shocking conduct at two local day hospitals, which includes claims of corruption and unlawful behaviour among staff. ...
Elizma really can dance.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By DEBBIE HATHWAY Special Correspondent Cape Town's Elizma Wildschutte is South Africa's most popular dancer as the winner of the first local season of America's number one television series, So You Think You Can Dance. Wildschutte and the other three ...
Retailers brace for a gloomy Christmas; Consumers still in a tight spot, say analysts.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Retailers can expect a gloomier Christmas season this year, as the effect of higher interest rates kicks in, analysts say. In previous years, retailers' profits boomed as consumers took advantage of lower interest ...
Think of animals on fireworks night - SPCA.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER The SPCA has made an "urgent and heartfelt" appeal to people who intend to celebrate Guy Fawkes with fireworks on Wednesday to be responsible. Christine Kuch of the SPCA said the organisation dreaded this time of year and that the suffering, trauma ...
Eight hikersrescued from TableMountain.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER In a three-hour operation, Wilderness Search and Rescue rescued a group of eight hikers from Table Mountain yesterday. The hikers had set off along the Diagonal Path on the Porcupine Buttress above Camps Bay, according to Search and Rescue spokesman ...
Tourism operators blast Island management; 'Appalling' service has resulted in visitors being turned away, says city tourism chief.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Tour operators are near the end of their tether over the "appalling" way in which they say Robben Island is being managed. While tourism companies are gearing up for the traditional summer season, trips to the Island have been ...
Women and children are starving, say refugees.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By FRANCIS HWESHE Special Correspondent The food shortage at the Youngsfield refugee camp in Wynberg is escalating, with leaders pleading for help to prevent women and children "starving to death". More than 10 days ago, the government closed the camp and ...
Three die in head-on crash on Outeniqua pass.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Three people died in a head-on collision between George and Oudtshoorn on the Outeniqua pass yesterday. Police said both ...
OBE must be reviewed - teacher unions.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Teacher unions agree that the education system is failing South African pupils and must be reviewed. However, they do not support the call by former UCT vice-chancellor and World Bank director Mamphela Ramphele that ...
SA .com beats some big names.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER South Africa's groundbreaking internet company Springleap.com has been placed second overall in the retail category of the inaugural Standard 100 Innovation Award, beating stalwarts Apple Applications store, Amazon and Threadless. Etsy.com, a site ...
Construction of housing project to begin.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Members of a housing initiative in Masiphumelele are determined that construction start today after years of red tape, politicking and recent violence that threatened the plan to build 352 homes in the community. "The decision ...
Bok jersey is the besttonic for 'tired tourists'.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Mike Greenaway Cardiff: Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was typically colourful in his telling of how he expects his 'Dead Men Walking' Springboks to get through the last slog of a season that began with Super 14 matches way back on February 15. "The guys are ...
Bafana stars have mixed fortunes.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Ian Williams and Jonty Mark Bafana midfielder MacBeth Sibaya has cause to celebrate today, after his side, Rubin Kazan, won the Russian League for the first time in their history. After nearest Rivals CSKA lost 1-0 to Spartak on Saturday, Kazan's 2-1 win yesterday ...
Billion beckons for newchamp.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail Lewis Hamilton will very soon be bigger than David Beckham and could even surpass Tiger Woods as the highest earning sports star as the driver sealed the 2008 Formula One World Championship in Brazil. Industry experts believe ...
W Cape rallies around new party; Supporters from all sides are pouring in.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ANDISIWE MAKINANA Political Writer The Western Cape wing of the newly formed SA Democratic Congress is expected to appoint its interim provincial leadership tomorrow. Former Western Cape community safety MEC Leonard Ramatlakane said the SADC would ...
Stanford millions highlight the vulgarity creeping into elite cricket.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Daily Mail This will go down as one of the bigger cock-ups in recent English cricket history and, like false messiahs, we have seen a few. When the ECB's Giles Clarke and David Collier sat down here to try to justify this vulgar venture, nobody would have been ...
BASKETBALL.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... American NBA: Oklahoma 88 Minnesota 85, Milwaukee 94 NY Knicks 86 Third Test, New Delhi (Fifth and final day) India - First Innings 613/7 dec Australia - First Innings 577 G Gambhir lbw Johnson36 V Sehwag b Lee16 I Sharma ...
Harry's magic inspires Tottenham to a fabulous victory.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Daily Mail Seven points in a week, two stirring comebacks and suddenly Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko have gelled. Juande Ramos said Bent and Pavlyuchenko could not play together, but on Saturday the strikers combined for the Russian to score the 90th-minute ...
Soccer.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... n Sir Alex has some serious managing to do. There is a vulnerability in his side that you don't detect in Chelsea. n Hats off to Hull for showing extreme character against Man Utd. Giggs, Ronaldo and Rooney clearly lost their composure by continuously moaning at the ...
Politics.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... l I have a name for the breakaway ANC faction: Herstigte African National Congress. l The new SADC sounds like it could be good for many reasons but especially for breaking the one-party dispensation with its concomitant abuse of power. Funding is critical for the new political ...
History is made, but individuals must decide.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... So it has finally come to pass. For more than a decade, political scientists and social commentators have been arguing that the monolithic and all-powerful ANC will split as there were too many contesting ideologies under the one umbrella. This weekend finally saw ...
Lewis' final lap drama Massa in tears as Hamilton snatches a place to claim F1 crown.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Reuters and AP A tearful Felipe Massa handled the glory of victory and the pain of defeat with equal dignity yesterday when he won the Brazilian Grand Prix in thrilling style, but saw the coveted driver's championship snatched from his grasp in the dying seconds as Lewis ...
Ajax return to winning ways; PSL new boys Bay United claim Sundowns' scalp for the second time.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Rodney Reiners and Sapa Ajax Cape Town ominously moved into fourth spot on the Premier League table after the weekend's football action, sounding a warning that their title ambitions are as strong as ever. Last season, Ajax lost out on the championship ...
The end of a cricketing era, as India's Kumble calls it a day.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Reuters India Test captain Anil Kumble, who announced his international retirement yesterday, will go down as one of his country's most combative cricketers. The 38-year-old leg-spinner, Test cricket's third highest wicket-taker with 619, quit after the drawn third ...
Al Ahli gain the upper hand.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Reuters Two early goals handed Egypt's Al Ahli a handy 2-0 win over Coton Sport of Cameroon in the first leg of the African Champions League final yesterday. It took veteran defender Wael Gomaa just three minutes to open the scoring and striker Flavio added a second ...
Cops probe baby's death outside mall.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By CLAYTON BARNES Staff Reporter Police have yet to decide on whether to charge a Langa couple whose one-month old baby boy died after they left him and his five-year-old brother in a car while they went to draw money at Vangate mall in Ath-lone. Police ...
Cobras mustturn it around at flat Paarl.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Michael Doman The Cape Cobras are going to have to think long and hard about giving themselves more spin options for their SuperSport Series match against the Warriors at Paarl this week. That conclusion comes after they played to their second successive bore draw ...
Ericsson 4 wins first leg of Volvo with one man short.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By HENRI du PLESSIS Staff Writer Open-ocean speedsters Eric-sson 4 won the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, despite being a man short after an accident on board and having to stop at the Canaries. But seamless teamwork and tenacity saw them through and ...
Madisha working to set up new 'biggest union in SA'.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Christelle Terreblanche Political Bureau Purged ex-Cosatu president Willie Madisha says unions from a number of federations are working together to establish a new federation that will outnumber ANC alliance partner Cosatu, currently the biggest workers' ...
In the English Press...(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is leading the race to sign Sheffield United's [pounds sterling]6m-rated 19-year-old defender Kyle Naughton. (News of the World) Manchester City will smash their own Premier League transfer record in January and buy 20-year-old Argentine ...
Loeb wins record fifth title.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Reuters Citroen's Sebastien Loeb clinched a record fifth World Rally Championship world title in a row after surviving a late spin to finish third in the Japan Rally yesterday. Rival Mikko Hirvonen led Jari-Matti Latvala in a Ford one-two but it was not enough to ...
Amazing Argus Auction bidder gets lucky.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By STAFF REPORTER Abduraouf Dawood, 26, of Kensington is the proud owner of a new 80cm LCD television, for which he only paid R6.26. Dawood is the latest winner with the lowest unique bid in the Amazing Argus Auction. Dawood chose the television after he ...
Job done for Sandes.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Derek Wilsnagh "I won't forget that 100km fifth stage in a hurry," was Capetonian Ryan Sandes most striking post-race memory of his victory in the six-stage 250km Sahara Race in the deserts of Egypt. At Saturday night's awards ceremony in Cairo, Sandes paid ...
New party hits name snag.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Deon de Lange, Xolani Mbanjwa, Andisiwe Makinana, and Gaye Davis Organisers of the new party to be born out of Saturday's national convention hit their first snag today when it was discovered that the party's chosen name has already been registered with the Independent ...
'Fearless' Mda ready to take on Malema for heart and soul of youth.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By MURRAY WILLIAMS Staff Repoprter Meet Anele Mda, dubbed as the South Africa Democratic Congress's answer to ANC Youth League firebrand Julius Malema. Since the ANC's December conference in Polokwane and Jacob Zuma's ascension to the ANC throne, Malema ...
Boland in sevens heaven.(Sports)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Boland won the provincial sevens rugby tournament on Saturday by thrashing KwaZulu-Natal 61-21 in the final played at Florida Park in Ravensmead. Boland scored nine tries in the final to regain ...
New party finds name already taken.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... "criminals" had the right to remain silent when questioned by the police. "Why are we cosying up to criminals when they have done wrong?"he said. He urged ANC supporters to register for the elections, particularly those who have never voted before. "We go ...
Police fire rubber bullets in Ocean View standoff.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By CLAYTON BARNES Staff Reporter A group of irate Rastafarians today blocked a section of Slangkop Road between Ocean View and Soetwater after authorities broke down a structure the community had apparently been trying to convert into a multi-purpose skills centre. ...
Construction of housing project to begin.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Members of a housing initiative in Masiphumelele are determined that construction will start today, after years of red tape, politicking and recent violence has threatened the plan to build 352 homes. "The decision to start on ...
MEC rejects attacks on OBE system.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By ELLA SMOOK and NATASHA PRINCE Staff Reporters MEC for Education Yousuf Gabru has dismissed criticism of Outcomes Based Education, saying that as with any new system, the department ex-pected "teething problems". Today Gabru rejected ...
Amazing Argus Auction bidder gets lucky.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... Abduraouf Dawood, 26, of Kensington is the proud owner of a new 80cm LCD television, for which he only paid R6.26. Dawood is the latest winner with the lowest unique bid in the Amazing Argus Auction. Dawood chose the television after he had been given a choice ...
Class of 2008 panel gives us the scoop as first outcomes based matrics take their seats.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By NATASHA PRINCE Staff Reporter From today, five matric pupils - Kate Ahrends, Allyson Adams, Kaylin Poole, Maneo Makwa and Zoe Daniels - will provide regular feedback on the daily matric exams for Cape Argus. Anxious, nervous, but confident, the pupils ...
New party hits name snag; Zuma slams 'bigamists' as election battle kicks off.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... By Deon de Lange, Xolani Mbanjwa, Andisiwe Makinana, and Gaye Davis Organisers of the new party born of Saturday's national convention hit their first snag today when it was discovered that the party's chosen name has already been registered with the Independent Electoral ...
New party finds its chosen name is taken.(News)
Nov 03, 2008 ... the poor and the destitute at heart. That is why we are here and not with the rich people (who attended the national convention in Sandton)," he said. Zuma urged ANC supporters to register for the elections, particularly those who had never voted before. "We go to ...
Oh, for the real Queen, but if you're a fan this is still a treat.(Entertainment)
Nov 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan Queen: It's a Kind of Magic Producer: John Van Grinsven Snr Performers: Craig Pesco, Travis Hair, Brett Millican, Mitch Cairns Venue: The Artscape Theatre until November 8 Rating: HHHII I am still not ...
Mercury is still rising.(Entertainment)
Nov 04, 2008 ... Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Narcotics aside, these two ring true for one of the most legendary music venues in South Africa. Anyone in Cape Town with a decent sense of music taste would know that Mercury Live & Lounge is an institution for live music and a place that South African musos ...
THRILLING OPERATIC TALE SETS SALE.(Entertainment)
Nov 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: Carl Fourie MATS LARSSON GOTHE's POET AND PROPHETESS DIRECTOR: Matthew Richardson PERFORMERS: Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jonas Alber Cape Town Opera Chorus, trained by Albert Horne and Arline Jaftha SOLOISTS: ...
Capturing Parker's razor sharp wit.(Entertainment)(Theater review)
Nov 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan Gone Dottie DIRECTOR: Luke Ellenbogen PERFORMERS: Emily Child, Andrew Laubscher VENUE: The Arena Theatre until November 15 RATING: HHHII American writer and poet, Dorothy "Dottie" Parker is best known ...