Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from February 2009:
THE BOLD AND THE BLOODY.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Stephanie Forrester (The Bold and the Beautiful) might be in need of a nip/tuck ... THE REASON: In rubbing so many people up the wrong way, this matriarch clearly had it coming. She cost her husband, Eric, his company, threw his former mistress, Jackie Marone, over a balcony, is ...
Screenwriter Orloff set for Fleming biopic.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The writer who took on Daniel Pearl will tackle the creator of 007. John Orloff, who wrote the script for A Mighty Heart, about the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, has been hired to pen the screenplay for Fleming, a biopic about writer Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond ....
'Treader' lands with Fox.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... the film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - the third instalment of the Chronicles of Narnia franchise - will be setting sail from a new port. The Walden Media project, which was let go by Walt Disney Pictures last month, is landing at Fox 2000, a unit of 20th Century Fox, which ...
Run-DMC set for celluloid debut.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... tHE screenwriter of Notorious, Cheo Hodari Coker, is taking on another story that involves a slain rap star. Coker will adapt Bill Adler's Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC - The Authorized Biography for DJ Classicz, of Davis Entertainment. Fox Searchlight's ...
Shaeleen: One'seriaas' Coconut.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos Shaeleen Tobin is a very solemn person and extremely serious about the things she considers of paramount importance in life. A dedication to honing one's cooking skills, for example, is something she simply will not compromise on and serving a weak cup of ...
Strange truths from Hollyweird.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: JAMIE MERRILL WE know Hollywood is where fantasy meets reality, but it's on the movie set where some of the strangest goings-on can be found. Here's a choice selection. nGone With the Wind. In 1938, producer David O Selznick faced the task of clearing the ...
'Great kisser' Cleese can't take age jokes.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... John Cleese has dumped his 27-year-old girlfriend. The Monty Python star (69) ended his relationship with US-born comedienne Barbie Orr, because he is sick of her joking about his age. Orr - who has been gleefully discussing her older man's new teeth and hair plugs - says she ...
Holly loses out to Hef's past loves.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Holly Madison had a "good chance" of marrying Hugh Hefner. The 82-year-old Playboy founder considered making his former girlfriend - who is now dating magician Criss Angel - his wife, but was put off by his previous bad experiences. Hugh ...
All that Scarlett needs is love.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Scarlett Johansson is "in love with love". The He's Just Not That Into You star, who married her boyfriend Ryan Reynolds in a secret ceremony in September, is still crazy for Ryan, but is not sure if the romance will fade in time. ...
Snogging makes Isla snicker.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Isla Fisher says kissing makes her giggle. The star can't help laughing when locking lips, whether it is onscreen, or with fiance Sacha Baron Cohen. She is quoted as saying: "I am so immature I still giggle whenever I have to kiss ...
meeting of minds.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Another year is upon us and as I edge towards my 30th cycle on this planet, the time has come for me to reveal the dark secret I have kept close to my bosom for most of my semi-young life: I possess the power of psychic insight. "What a crock!" I hear all the cynical ...
Wronged? Now make it right.(Classified)
Feb 02, 2009 ... To help consumers reach the right person or organisation when they want to complain about poor service or product dissatisfaction, we have listed the needed numbers under headings for the most typical complaints. Most of the consumer helplines listed here will ask you to put ...
For karate lovers who have dreams.(Life)
Feb 02, 2009 ... If you are a karate enthusiast, this book is definitely for you. Hoosain Narker's autobiography chronicles his karate career from student to teacher during the apartheid regime to his six-month journey around the United States, visiting cities from New York and Chicago to Ohio, ...
Derelict properties/haven for criminals.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... We, the residents at the corners of Lawrence and Barmania roads in Crawford, are sick, tired and gatvol of the mess left by the owner, A Harnecker (an architect) from derelict shops and houses. Despite frequent attempts to get the City of Cape Town and the local ANC ward ...
My wife's going to endure childbirth - so I'm going into labour on my bike.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... My name is Jonathan and I was almost a 38-year-old virgin. I came so close, but an event took place to change my status. No, no, no, it's not what you're thinking. You see, the organisers of the Argus Cycle Tour were planning to call its programme for newbie cyclists The Virgins, but at ...
There's more to growth than stats.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... We are all so easily dazzled by numbers. When our economy rocketed along at 5% per year, economists could not stop singing the government's praises. Never mind that growth did not do nearly enough to create jobs for the inordinate number of unemployed South Africans. Not to ...
Consumers 'in the red' owe banks R14bn; 'Total mortgage debt much more'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Thousands of debt-laden South Africans owe banks more than R14 billion in mortgages, putting both homeowners and lenders at risk, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) has warned. Banking analysts say the figure accounts ...
Julia gets cold shoulder from the bank as she tries to save her home.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Julia Lloyd now spends only a quarter of what she used to on her grocery bill, after running into financial trouble and the risk of losing her home. The 45-year-old legal secretary can live with that, but not the cold ...
We don't want pupils on the streets.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The new school year got off to a good start in the province, except in Hout Bay. Pupils were registered late and the school is to blame as they made pupils who failed re-register. The main purpose for this according to one of the deputies was to get school fees owed to the school. ...
Laptop theft's an air security issue.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... I carelessly left my laptop in the seat pocket of a British Airways flight I was on recently. On calling the BA lost luggage centre, I was told that they had found nothing cleaning the plane in Cape Town and that on rotation to Johannesburg, they would check it again. The very ...
DA and Cope will keep swelling their numbers.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The idea being put forward by the ANC that Cope is a bigger threat to the DA than to the ruling party is echoed in the letter by Sibo Mabuti (Cape Argus, January 28). But it doesn't really hold water if one looks at recent by-election results where the ANC has lost seats to both Helen ...
It seems you can't judge a book by its ending either.(Life)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Sebastian Barry, whose novel The Secret Scripture was beaten to last year's Man Booker Prize by Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, has come up trumps in Britain's Costa Awards. The Secret Scripture was tipped to win the Booker last year, and it initially seemed interesting. ...
Time of the essence for 72-year-old in final Tour.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By LEILA SAMODIEN Staff Reporter You might congratulate Peter Hendricks, aged 72, for finishing the gruelling Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour in six hours last year - but for him, this was no reason to celebrate. The prestigious race, which comes up in ...
ANC move set to violate constitution.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Reports surfaced this week that President Kgalema Motlanthe is poised to appoint Muzi Wilfred Mkhize as the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) to succeed Advocate Vusi Pikoli. If this happens, it will trigger a constitutional crisis. Advocate Mkhize ...
Ever wanted to be an independent film-maker? Now's your chance to profit by it.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... In June 2006, a 16-year-old girl by the name of Bree began posting short video clips of herself to YouTube, the extremely popular online video site. In that month alone, YouTube reported that 2.5 billion videos were being watched. Bree should have been just another teenage girl ...
Our Florence Nightingales.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... At least 99% of Khayelitsha's population depend on public health care, so the opening of a new trauma unit in the sprawling area this year is overdue and to be welcomed. The new R8 million unit, which will serve up to 10 000 patients a day, has immediately filled a gap for a ...
Eskom continues to search for suitable site for planned nuclear power station.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer While Eskom has pulled the plug on hard plans to build a second nuclear power station, it has confirmed that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process to find an acceptable site for such a facility some time in the ...
Student food.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Two features of modern business seem to have aroused the universal anger of everybody I know - automatic switchboards and call centres. A friend recently told me: "When I call a company and hear that silky recorded voice saying: 'Your call is important to us. Please press one ...
Man in court over cyclist'sdeath.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By FOUZIA VAN DER FORT Court Reporter The family of the cyclist knocked down and left to die by a motorist were angry when the accused was sneaked out of the Simon's Town Magistrate's Court following his court appearance. Cyclist Creslin Attwood's family ...
New centre opens in time to offer same-day surgery for sports injuries in 2010.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By SIPOKAZI MAPOSA Health Writer Sportspeople across the city, including those whose careers have been cut short thanks to injuries too expensive to correct, are set to get world-class treatment for their injuries at a new sports orthopaedic surgical centre that will ...
Trial of murder accused in Hermanus tourist case to begin today.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By FATIMA SCHROEDER High Court Writer The trial of three men and a woman, accused of murdering a US businessman on holiday in Hermanus in March 2007, was set to start in the Cape High Court today. Perry Page, 60, was stabbed to death in his holiday home in ...
SPCA concerned as second culling stage of Robben Island rabbits resumes.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By JOHN YELD Environment & Science Writer The culling of Robben Island's feral European rabbit population was to resume today after a break of 49 days. Although 2 205 rabbits were culled during last year's first phase of the operation to re-move all but a ...
12 more clothing companies to face charges.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Twelve more clothing companies will be charged within the next week for fraud and theft, after failing to pay nearly |R6 million in workers' provident fund contributions to the Clothing Bargaining Council. The ...
Peak hour forpain at new trauma unit; Drink fuels a nightmare weekend.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... It's 8pm on Saturday night and Khayelitsha is abuzz with activity, with people on the streets obviously in high spirits. Some, mostly youngsters, are already drunk and stumbling about with bottles of liquor in their hands. Blaring music from local shebeens and ...
Angry residents kill boy in Philippi.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By NIEMAH DAVIDS Staff Reporter Angry residents of Brown's Farm in Philippi have killed a teenage boy after he and two others allegedly shot and killed a woman. According to police, the victim, street vendor Nongena Florence Sokolo, 48, was walking with ...
'The only thing I couldn't bear was the smell of blood and the smears on the floor'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By SIPOKAZI MAPOSA Health Writer It is not easy to keep track of how many patients go through the doors of the new Khayelitsha trauma unit when the weekend's excessive drinking reaches its peak and ends in violence. After a Cape Argus visit the previous ...
Brimstone discovers fraud at subsidiary; Monatic clothing trio set for liquidation.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Business Writer Clothing group House of Mon-atic has applied for the liquidation of three of its subsid-iaries, after it uncovered financial irregularities that have left the trio virtually insolvent. JSE-listed holding firm ...
YCL, Cosatu welcome demise of crime unit.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By STAFF REPORTER The Young Communist League (YCL) and Cosatu have welcomed the president's decision to disband the Scorpions, with the YCL calling it a progressive move. President Kgalema Motlanthe sign-ed the SA Police Amendment and National Prosecuting Authority ...
Honeymoon over as Cope now faces reality.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... It had to happen. It is the nature of politics. The excitement and euphoria of launching a new political party, as was the case recently with the Congress of the People (Cope), always gives way to the realism of managing and maintaining such a new entity. For Cope this honeymoon ...
ID launches bid for support ahead of elections.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ANDISIWE MAKINANA Political Writer The Independent Democrats (ID) is hoping to more than triple the number of votes it garnered at the last general elections in 2004. ID leader Patricia de Lille told a sea of orange T-shirt clad supporters during the ...
Cops seize CAT plants, 3 held.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Three men, who were arrested on Friday night for being in possession of CAT plants worth about R33 000, will appear in the Atlantis Magistrate's Court today. l ...
Surty probes Hlophe's return; Reasons for 'waiving special leave' sought.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ELLA SMOOK Staff Reporter Justice Minister Enver Surty is awaiting representations from Cape Judge President John Hlophe explaining why the condition on which he was granted special leave should be waived. A tense stand-off between the judge and the ...
Man drowns at Kommetjie.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A 24-year-old man from Ocean View has drowned at Kommetjie, after getting into difficulties in the surf. According to Ian Klopper, National Sea Rescue Institute station commander at Kommetjie, the man was brought to shore ...
ADHD plate 'offensive'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A Swedish motorist has been banned from using the letters ADHD on her personalised number plate - over fears it would offend attention deficit suffers. Maria Forsberg was told by transport officials that the letters - short for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - were ...
Blues falter after red card; Liverpool punish 10-man Chelsea.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Daily Mail John Terry, the Chelsea |captain, indulged in football's favourite exercise in futility on the final whistle, remonstrating with a referee over a |decision long gone. Mike Riley, tiring of the argument, waved him away with no little |irritation and a yellow card. ...
Boxing.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... IBF super lightweight title, Montreal: Juan Urango (Col) bt Herman Ngoudjo (Can) on points over 12 rounds to win title Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Arizona Final round (par-71, US unless stated) 270 - Kenny Perry 72 63 66 69, Charley Hoffman 66 68 69 67 (Perry ...
Tears flow as Nadal triumphs.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Daily Mail If anyone had the right to buckle under the weight of the occasion and burst into tears at the end, it was Rafael Nadal. Potentially deprived of his first hard court Grand Slam title by the skewed scheduling of the Australian Open, the Beast of the Baseline ...
De Villiers opts forPienaar at flyhalf.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Jacques |van der Westhuyzen National coach Peter de Villiers has given the clearest indication yet that Sharks utility player Ruan Pienaar will wear the Springbok No 10 jersey against the British and Irish Lions later this year. It will appear that three ...
Arthur expects an Aussie backlash, especially after Black Caps expose Ponting's side.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Kevin McCallum Shortly after he and his band of merry men had touched down at OR Tambo on Saturday, Mickey Arthur said that he was expecting a backlash from the Australians when they arrived here. What he may not have expected, though, was that the South Africans ...
Soccer.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... n Liverpool fans have Mike Riley to thank for their victory. A shocking refereeing performance.To send a player off when he's being fouled borders on insanity. Coincidence that once again Xabi Alonso is involved? In all games where players have been sent off against Liverpool, Alonso has ...
Monitoring body starts work in Zim.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Peta Thornycroft Foreign Service A monitoring committee, tasked with resolving existing and emerging disputes in the Zimbabwe unity deal, will begin work today. The 12-member joint monitoring committee (JOIMC) comprises eight Movement for Democratic ...
Politics.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... l Please explain to me: Jacob Zuma states that he is innocent, so why will he not go ahead with the trial to prove it? Makes you think doesn't it! l So Parliament is only for old people, Julius? But then it should also only be for bright and clever people, who can say and spell ...
Blow for All Blacks as Carter is crocked.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... PARIS: New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter will miss the rest of the European rugby season because of an Achilles tendon injury. The All Blacks superstar suffered a partial rupture of his Achilles tendon in Saturday's French championship match which will keep him out of action for ...
Why Ajax prefer to focus on the positive.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Rodney Reiners When a football team has a bad patch, the talk always seems to stem around the negative. And lost amid all of this is the |positive, the strengths the club can rely on. This certainly appears to be the case for Ajax Cape Town. After a 0-0 ...
Santos happy to be rid of Makonese.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Rodney Reiners The PSL transfer window closes at 5pm today and there's certain to be a flurry of activity as clubs look to beef up their squads for the rest of the |season. There was some movement over the weekend, with the most significant being the return of ...
Rassie'splayerpuzzle; Stormers reserve strength a worry.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By GAVIN RICH The Stormers have ended the warm-up phase to the season in good shape and should feel confident they can do better than last year's fifth place - but there is an important caveat that needs to be added. While the comfortable wins over both Saracens and ...
Doper caught.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Maritzburg United midfielder Lucky Maselesele has tested positive for the recreational drug, cocaine. Maselesele has been charged by the PSL and faces a disciplinary hearing at a date that still has to be decided. In the meantime, the player has been suspended by his club. ...
Cope, Eskom hog headlines.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The choice of Cope as a Newsmaker of 2008 is a celebration of South Africa's democracy, says journalist and academic, Professor Anton Harber. The head of journalism and media studies at Wits University, Harber said the choice was also a celebration of the country's ...
Lead Scorpions investigator in Zuma's graft case quits.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By STAFF REPORTER One of the lead Scorpions investigators in Jacob Zuma's corruption case has quit. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Tlali Tlali confirmed yesterday that "since the beginning of this year (Scorpions' special investigator) Isak du Plooy was ...
Muslim, Christian discord caused NP pull-out from elections, says Uys.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By STAFF WRITER The National Party SA (NP) has withdrawn from the 2009 elections and has been deregistered as a political party, said its leader, Juan-Duval Uys. He cited disagreements among Muslim and Christian members as the reason for the withdrawal. ...
Cobras stayin semi hunt; Roger stars as bowlers foil Titans.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Michael Doman The Cape Cobras kept their quest for a semi-final spot in the Pro20 competition alive with a decisive 16-run win over the Titans at Newlands yesterday, and should be bolstered by Proteas stars JP Duminy and Herschelle Gibbs for their final round-robin game on ...
Spurs' cut-price bid for Keane.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Daily Mail and Safa-AFP Tottenham increased their bid for Robbie Keane to [pounds sterling]13million last night as Harry Redknapp put pressure on chairman Daniel Levy to pull off one of the most spectacular deals of the transfer window. Six months after they sold ...
IEC calls for calm in KZN after 3 shot.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) called for calm today after the shooting of three people in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. Three ANC members - including ANC MP Prince Zeblon Zulu, a member of the Zulu royal family, were shot and wounded in Nongoma in northern ...
Moving the goalposts to favour Ituano?(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Santos striker Kleber Pereira hit the post four times in an extraordinary 13 minutes of bad luck during a Brazilian soccer championship tie against Ituano yesterday. His run of near misses began when he struck the outside of the left-hand post with a bicycle kick in the 21st ...
'It is the beginning of the end for the DA and ANC'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ANDISIWE MAKINANA Political Writer Cope leader and the party's possible premier candidate Allan Boesak has thrown down the gauntlet to the ruling ANC and the official opposition, the DA, by stating that the two parties' reign in the Western Cape was coming to an ...