Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from April 2009:
Dutch treat /for locals.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MIKE DE BRUYN Ryan Maron, 34, says his Cricket School of Excellence is a way of putting something back into the game. The former Western Province provincial player, who plays club cricket in Holland, says kids of all ages are welcome. "We teach the ...
Sun Valley Primary shines at Newlands.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alison De Villiers Sun Valley Primary School were crowned champions at the recent school banner competition which took place on the opening day of the third cricket Test at Newlands. The competition is a Cricket South Africa initiative which incorporates all ...
Brothers ride the dragon for Province; Juniors Brent and Emile off to Prague in August for dragon boat championships.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alison De Villiers The Van Rooi brothers, Brent and Emile, are proudly flying the flag for Western Province. The two are the only WP juniors selected to the South African Dragon Boat Association national squad for the 2009 Dragon Boat World Championships to ...
Divorce consequences a strain to kids.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Dr Joan Campbell As a result of the complexities of modern society and consequential social factors which impact on the traditional family, divorce has increased during the past generation. Divorce invariably results in family conflict, economic hardship and ...
Rondebosch's Noahset for debating glory.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alison De Villiers Noah De Villiers not only walks the walk, but talks the talk, too. The Rondebosch Boys' pupil was selected for the SA Schools debating team after his excellent performance at the national trials held on March 14 and 15. Noah, ...
The way Mandela won hearts of white SA.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... John Carlin was South Africa correspondent for The Independent in London when he witnessed South Africa's 1995 rugby World Cup victory and the subsequent euphoria and unity it and Nelson Mandela would bring. It was this experience and meeting key political figures, like Nelson ...
Get ready for a feast of traditional food, music.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The second annual Franschhoek Oesfees, starting on Saturday, promises a smorgasbord of indigenous food treats as well as the celebration of Cape vernacular music. The project is guided by research into the music that has endured in the families of the labourers on the wine farms ...
SA get off to great start inworld junior surfing champs.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The South African junior surfing team made a great start to the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championships in Salinas in Ecuador this week when all seven of the surfers in action comfortably advanced past the opening round of the qualifying stream. In all 249 surfers aged 18 and ...
Raw talent puts Kros in line to be an ice ace; SA under-18 ice-hockey star on upward curve.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Mike de bruyn If you had said to Brandon Kros three years ago that he would be ice-skating in Chinese Taipei one day, he would probably have responded by saying you were talking "foreign". But that's exactly where the 16-year-old Milnerton pupil found himself ...
Soccer kids kick off to a better future.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NATHALIE ROSA BUCHER Anyone who remembers how Diego Maradona dribbled his way to the winning goal in the Argentina v England quarter-final match of the 1986 Soccer World Cup, will know the value of this move when it comes to victory on the soccer field. Not ...
Twenty wins in a row for Wynberg.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Wynberg Boys High again reign supreme in local schools tennis. The Wynberg boys continued their domination in the Western Province Schools Premier League by winning their final two ties, against Bergvliet and the German School, by a 6-0 scoreline. The champions won ...
Best foot forward as runners support for JAG foundation.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The JAG Sports and Education Foundation is renowned for innovative events - all in the name of charity. But this time around, at the recent Montrail-Capestorm Cape Summer Trail series, the participants upstaged the organisers. Upon completion of the race, runners took off their ...
RESULTS.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Cricket Feedem Pitseng WP U13 Knockout competition Semi-finals Kenridge Primary bt South Peninsula CA by 26 runs. Kenridge 89 in 15 overs (Robbie Waddilove 25; Saulieg Rayned 2-6). South Peninsula 63 (M Koen 16; K Philander 3-5) Milnerton CC by ...
School embraces 'lights out' campaign.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... St Cyprian's School in Oranjezicht took a stand for Earth Hour 2009 on Saturday and powered down at 8.30pm, in support of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Earth Hour 2009 global initiative. Acting on the unified call for action on climate change, the school joined 4 000 cities ...
Cravenby hitElsies for six to take T20 title.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alison De Villiers After 10 weeks of intense competition, Cravenby High School were crowned "Reo by Night" T20 champions in their region. Nine schools, namely Windsor, John Ramsey, Bishop Lavis, St. Andrews, Elswood, Ravensmead, Elsies River and Lansdowne and ...
New Gym sidethrash gameBrackenfell; Easy for Paarl juggernaut asopposing No 8 is red-carded.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Mike de Bruyn Paarl Gymnasium's first XV scored a comprehensive 34-5 win over Brackenfell in a pre-season friendly at the weekend. Gym, who went unbeaten last season, fielded a new-look team that contained just one regular from the class of 2008. ...
April 1, a proud tradition of foolery.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and leave no doubt, said American author and humourist Mark Twain. In many countries, April Fool's Day is a "for fun only" observance. However, unlike most of the other non-foolish holidays, the origins ...
Open day for flying enthusiasts.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Base 4 Aviation and The Cape Town Flying Club at the General Aviation Area at Cape Town International Airport will be hosting an open day for all helicopter and aeroplane enthusiasts and their families on Saturday April 18 from 10am to 5pm. If you are thinking of pursuing a ...
Province youth excel at athletics champs.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Mike de Bruyn and Sapa The Western Province Athletics Junior and Youth track and field teams have returned from the weekend's ASA Junior & Youth Cham-pionships in Pretoria with a trunk full of medals. WP won three gold medals, nine silver and nine bronze, in ...
School turns itself into a model of academics.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Special Correspondent Bernadino Heights High School is on an education high. Like many other high schools in Cape Town, this Kraaifontein school has had to deal with a diverse student body. Some pupils come from surrounding farms and informal ...
Role out the saris.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Naomi Campbell is set to star in a Bollywood movie. The British supermodel wowed casting directors during her recent appearance at the Fashion For Relief fundraiser held in Mumbai last week and now ...
A model of tact is Macy.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... William H Macy claims that his wife, Felicity Huffman, is the sexiest actress on the TV show Desperate Housewives. The actor doesn't understand why Felicity (who plays stressed-out mother Lynette) gets less ...
King, Prince in concert thriller.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Michael Jackson will sing with his eldest son on the opening night of his London residency at the O2 Arena. The 50-year-old singer plans to invite 12-year-old Prince Michael I onstage to perform during the ...
Singing draws no red ink.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Jennifer Hudson wanted to be a tattoo artist. The singer would have opted for a very different career if she hadn't made it as a singer and actress. "My second choice was to be a tattoo artist because I also ...
Kicked while he's down.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Hugh Hefner is selling his house. The Playboy Magazine founder is reportedly putting his $27 million (R263m) five-bedroomed property on the market, amid rumours that he has hit a financial slump. Hef's private property is not to be confused with the notorious Playboy Mansion ...
Hockey ladshead for World Cup.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alison De Villiers All eyes will be on the South African Under-21 Men's hockey team when they depart for the Junior World Cup in June. The team qualified for the tournament, co-hosted by Singapore and Malaysia, by winning gold at the qualifiers in Cairo last ...
Tasha is a sinkor swim survivor.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... 'The Samas were the kiss of death," answers Tasha Baxter when I ask her about how her two awards affected her life. "No, that's not true. It was part of a crescendo that lasted until December and then ended. Right now, I'm trying to keep my head above water." Last year Tasha ...
Clint Eastwood makes rugby players' day.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Nathalie Rosa Bucher When former Sacs pupil Andrew Rose, 18, ran out onto the field at Newlands in Australian rugby col-ours recently, it was not because he had changed nationalities. Instead, the South African, together with major Hollywood stars like Matt ...
Always Pata Pata.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith alhough she will never again grace our stages with her luminous presence, Miriam Makeba's presence looms large. This year's photographic exhibition in the Duo Tone gallery at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival concentrates on the jazz icon who died ...
Guest what? Take advantage of 2010.(Workplace)
Apr 01, 2009 ... With the countdown to the 2010 Fifa World Cup well under way, many entrepreneurs are seeking opportunities to set up lucrative businesses in the hospitality and tourism industries before the games begin. As thousands of tourists are expected to attend the Cape Town events, an ...
Soul, R&B, hip hop and all that jazz.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen The annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival gets under way today in Greenmarket Square with a surprise appearance by Diane Reeves at the popular free concert. The US songbird will be joined by the Afro-jazz outfit The Incredibles Brass, the ...
Fest's coming up Rosies ...(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Don Albert Gone are the great names in jazz, the pioneers, the artists who created this musical art form. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane - the list goes on ad infinitum. Today, most jazz fests are ...
Fans in for treat with Grammy-winner Reeves.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Munyaradzi Vomo Speaking to jazz songbird Dianne Reeves is like listening to poetry. Her laid-back tone is as gentle and rhythmically hypnotic as her singing voice. The icon, whose blues sound has a strong jazz foundation, is a headliner at this year's Cape ...
You'll be Zapped right off your feet by this Mama.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Marie Daulne, the founder and leader of the group Zap Mama, is a citizen of the world, a nomadic spirit, shall we say. She is based in Brussels, Belgium, but says she's a child of the universe. "I'm not a nationalist, I'm a human being. I fit ...
Credit cards cut by leap year glitch.(Classified)
Apr 01, 2009 ... STANDARD Bank is reissuing more than 70 000 chip credit and cheque cards that expire in February 2012, a leap year, because many shops and restaurants are rejecting them. The problem is that the software used by an unknown number of major supermarkets and other retailers and ...
Pursuit of power is Africa's curse.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The clear battle lines of conquest, civil strife and war delineated between the rich and powerful against the poor and powerless, as characterised on the continent of Africa, are the symptoms of a malignant culture. Afro-pessimism is but a cliche, a myth and fallacy of the politically ...
Christianity deserves respect from the media.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... While the SMS Feedback column generates a lot of mischief and mirth, the insert submitted by Naushad Omar was, however, overstepping the line - not so much his thoughts, to which he is entitled. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity - one God existing in three persons: Father, Son ...
IEB ponders later release date for matric results.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ILSE FREDERICKS MATRICS could be set to wait until the new year for their final results, following calls for January release date to help assure accuracy and reliability. Anne Oberholzer, chief ex-ecutive of the Independent Ex-aminations Board, has echoed an ...
Has the ANC got its own set of laws?(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... I WILL draw your attention to the latest developments in the charges against Jacob Zuma. It appears the battery of charges might well be dropped due to irregularities which in turn become technicalities. I will now draw a comparison between Zuma and Al Capone. The American law ...
'Healthy' bank cards rejected at tills; Banks say point-of-sale software will not recognise leap year as a valid expiry date.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MAUREEN MARUD TENS of thousands of credit and cheque cards that expire in February 2012, a leap year, are useless plastic because the point-of-sale software at many shops is not programmed for a 29-day month. The discovery has seen Standard Bank scramble to ...
Eskom is to blame for price hikes.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The editorial "Buckling under" (Cape Argus, March 30) is wrong to criticise the City of Cape Town over electricity price hikes. The huge tariff increases are virtually out of our hands. They are the result of price increases by the government-controlled Eskom, which sells its electricity ...
George's male prisoners get a kick out of soccer training with their woman coach.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CLAYTON BARNES COACHING prisoners who are serving sentences is a difficult task, especially if you're a woman, says Kerleen Klaasen, a prisons worker and part-time soccer coach at the Correctional Services Centre in George. Klaasen, who is on an advanced ...
SADC has some strong words for Madagascar, but how long will that last?(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Peter Fabricius Though leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) yesterday demanded that the 34-year-old, self-proclaimed President of Madagascar, ex-DJ Andry Rajoelina, surrender power immediately, no one really expects this to happen. The ...
Taxi drivers could scupper the World Cup.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... You will be happy to know that the South African Navy says it is "ready for the 2010 World Cup". Exactly what role the maritime boys and their extremely expensive toys will play in ensuring the success of a soccer tournament on dry land hasn't been made clear but they are ...
Search for missing girl enters day 4; Extra manpower employed.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES A manhunt for a seven-year-old girl who went missing in Villiersdorp, near Franschhoek, entered its fourth day today. Relebohile Thubela vanished from the Ouwerf Farm in the suburb of Vyeboom on Saturday. A ground search involving a ...
Devices installed at 10 schools to cut water consumption.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: EDUCATION WRITER WATER consumption at 10 schools in Mitchells Plain |and Khayelitsha could be reduced substantially after water-saving devices were fitted at these schools as part of a pilot project. Three schools in the Karoo started using the devices last ...
Atlantis car parts firm in fraud probe.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES THE police's specialised Commercial Crimes Unit is investigating two cases of alleged fraud involving embattled car parts manufacturer Atlantis Forge. Police spokesman Superintendent Andre Traut yesterday confirmed that the unit was probing ...
City gets tough with poor parking.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTER To avoid having your vehicle towed away after a night of revelry, be sure to park legally because traffic authorities are on the prowl. The City of Cape Town's traffic services have issued a statement saying they are intensifying patrols and ...
Dolphins' loan deal makes waves.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JOHN YELD A CLAIM by run-down Port Elizabeth oceanarium Bayworld that its two remaining dolphins would be flown to a Hong Kong theme park on a long loan, and that some of the animals' offspring bred there will be returned to South Africa, was premature. The ...
City Van Goghs fight back against bylaw; Online petition slams crackdown.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: FRANCIS HWESHE Graffiti artists have started an online petition to protest against what they believe is state censorship and the criminalisation of freedom of expression, following the introduction of a draft bylaw aimed at curbing their activities. The ...
IRT plans are not on the right track, says UDM; 'Taxi owners are being left behind'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Bronwynne Jooste THE United Democratic Movement (UDM) has slammed what it says is the lack of consultation on the integrated rapid transit (IRT) system. At a meeting between the UDM and city taxi associations in Mitchells Plain yesterday, Dumisani Ximbi, the ...
Killed cyclist case begins.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: FOUZIA VAN DER FORT A Simon's Town motorist who is accused of knocking down a cyclist and failing to help him afterwards, has appeared in the Simon's Town Magistrate's Court. Morne Gideon Jones, 34, appeared before Magistrate Byron Pedro yesterday. He faces ...
TAC gives out food parcels.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has distributed food parcels to the poor in Khayelitsha after receiving R15 000 from an organisation in the US. A TAC organiser, Lumkile Sizila, said the group had received the donation from Open Arms, a US ...
Our leaders need to be accountable.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... On the eve of our country's founding free election in 1994, our leaders assured us that the new democratic South Africa would be governed in an open, accountable, ethical, efficient and dignified manner. Never again would we be lied to, or discouraged from publicly stating our ...
Teacher union in drug test objection.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ILSE FREDERICKS TEACHERS already have a heavy workload and should not be expected to shoulder the responsibility of testing pupils for drug use, says the SA Democratic Teachers' Union. Jonavon Rustin, the union's provincial secretary, said while it supported ...
Love, loss on singer's road to success.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ESTHER LEWIS RISING star Nomfusi performs at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival's free concert at Green Market Square tonight, but the road to success has been filled with heartache, hard work, and a few strokes of luck. The 23-year-old singer from ...
Dalai Lama visa 'was never requested'; Department rejects Buthelezi assertion.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LEILA SAMODIEN THE DEPARTMENT of Home Affairs has hit back in response to a court application filed by Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, saying the Dalai Lama never applied for a visa to attend a Joburg peace conference. Buthelezi submitted ...
New housing agency no April Fool's joke; It is bound to fail, like its predecessor, says DA.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ANDISIWE MAKINANA YESTERDAY'S so-called "N2 Gateway Day" was marred by the no-show of designated keynote speaker Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and some confusion over the allocation of houses. After a breakfast briefing at the Cape Town International ...
Provincial initiative to make communities safer.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES THE Institute for Security Studies has welcomed a provincial initiative to make communities in gang-ridden areas safer, after other attempts to contain crime failed. The Safety Barometer project gauges the community's feelings on how safe they ...
Solidarity asks/court to have/firm managed; 'Atlantis Forge workers need jobs'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: GERSHWIN WANNEBURG Trade union Solidarity has launched a legal bid to have car parts manufacturer Atlantis Forge run by a court-approved manager while the company's liquidation application is ironed out. The union says in court papers that the liquidation will ...
One suspect killed as cops foil robbery.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES and |NIEMAH DAVIDS A SUSPECTED armed robber was shot and killed by police officers after he had threatened to shoot at police during a bungled robbery in Paarden Island yesterday. Maitland police spokesman Inspector Siyabulela Vukubi said ...
Angry gun owners accuse cops of 'fraudulent dealings'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ESTHER LEWIS GUN OWNERS were fighting up to the last minute of the deadline for South Africa's estimated 1.5 million licensed firearm holders to renew their licences, with an executive member of Gun Owners of South Africa battling to lay fraud charges against the police ....
Tutu adds his voice /to support for Hogan.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SIPOKAZI MAPOSA Archbishop Desmond Tutu has become the latest figure to rally to the support of Health Minister Barbara Hogan on the Dalai Lama issue, saluting her for taking a stand and speaking out against the government's refusal to issue Tibet's exiled spiritual ...
Cope malcontents protest against party 'tribalism'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NIEMAH DAVIDS COMPLAINTS of "tribalism" within Cope, along with manipulation of election lists, have re-emerged, with about 25 disgruntled Boland members gathering outside the provincial office in Athlone to make their voices heard. But by last night, Cope's ...
Black middle class 'don't think like the ANC' - Zuma.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CARIEN DU PLESSIS MEMBERS of the black middle class were more likely to support parties other than the ANC, party president Jacob Zuma has said. Zuma told a breakfast meeting at Auckland Park Country Club yesterday that those who had defected from the ANC to ...