Cape Argus (South Africa) back issues from July 2009:
Companies not reclaiming skills rebate; Seta rebates are only one of the incentives for completing the Workplace Skills Plan.(Workplace)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kate Shead The whole idea behind the Skills Development Act is to create a formal framework to educate people and upgrade the nation's skills. This will increase our global competitiveness and, through better employment, improve the lives of all South ...
Family bond goes south.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Christian Bale "freaked out" his daughter by keeping his accent for Public Enemies off set. The Briton plays FBI officer Purvis in the 1930s gangster film and in preparing for his role kept a strong southern US accent throughout filming. The film's director, Michael ...
High maintenance, these young gals.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Daniel Radcliffe likes older women. The Harry Potter actor, 20, says he's not interested in girls younger than him because they need more attention. He said: "Girls my age are not an option. I find they have to be entertained more than older girls. So most of the girls I have ...
Paris lawyers up in Dubai.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Paris Hilton hired a team of cultural experts to avoid getting arrested in Dubai for wearing skimpy outfits. The 28-year-old - who is filming a third series of her My New BFF in the United Arab Emirates - reportedly wanted to ensure her flesh-flashing ensembles and unruly ...
TV actress overjoyed at birth.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ana Ortiz has given birth to a daughter. The Ugly Betty star is "elated" after she and her husband, musician Noah Lebenzon, welcomed Paloma Louise into the world on Saturday. A spokesperson for the star said: "She is elated and completely glowing. She is surrounded by her ...
Singing for supper.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Russell Crowe serenaded staff at a Welsh pub before leaving them a [pounds sterling]600 (R7 800) tip. The actor, in Wales filming Robin Hood, took friends for a meal at the pub. While they ate, he belted out Bryan Adams's Summer of ...
Just kiss my lass!(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Mischa Barton prefers kissing girls. The former O.C. actress said that while she is open to performing kissing scenes, she prefers them to be between her and another girl, because it is less "tense" than kissing a ...
Switch on to the hottest celeb news.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Munyaradzi Vomo Calling all you gossipmongers. For those who salivate at the mere mention of Khanyi Mbau or Paris Hilton and need to know who is doing what to whom in the entertainment industry, V-Entertainment, on DStv's new channel Vuzu TV, which launches today, could ...
Ex-back-up singer flies high solo.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho THERE'S a hub of young bona fide musicians, brewing urban sounds with the "breakout" tag. Maxhoba (pictured) is certainly one of them. Many will know him as the back-up and hook singer for HHP. He's also put his flavour on albums of Skwatta ...
Straight outta Benoni.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan A blanket of silence falls over the living room. In the hometown of Charlize Theron, that farm that dare not speak its name, I am on a visit to my parents' house. In barely a whisper, my very conservative Muslim mom asks: "What time is Dave ...
Whispering mixed reactions over B&B cancellation.(Classified)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE COST of "inconvenience" for cancelling a garden suite reservation at the Whispering Pines in George six months ahead is too high, complains Darren Francis of Mitchells Plain. But Whispering Pines owner Marguerite Badenhorst said she referred the matter to her attorney as ...
Granny can't complete dolls house.(Classified)
Jul 01, 2009 ... JOSEPH BOOYSEN Consumer Reporter COLLETTE LEVIN had to abandon her plan to build a "dream dolls house" for her granddaughter after waiting more than three years for supplier Del Prado Publishers of Joburg to send three pieces that never came. She wants ...
Ministers who do not serve God but money.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Big-spending pastors are in the news again and it is always sad to hear about the abuse of the pulpit for financial gain. I find it highly distressing how ministers can so easily lose sight of the gospel message and become obsessed with money. If you listened to them ...
Supermarkets are not on our side.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... For several years I have been wondering when the supermarkets' bluff was going to be called. Only now has the attention of the Competition Commission been drawn to some of the alleged excesses practised by our major supermarkets and their suppliers. It took a small ...
Support children's NGOs.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The wealth of a country is measured by the state of its children. How, then, do we as a nation measure ourselves when more than 500 000 women and children are plunged into desperation as the country's charities battle a funding crisis? The plight of our children in ...
Curriculum comment call.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: EDUCATION WRITER THE Department of Education has called on teachers, parents and other education role-players to participate in a public comment process in an effort to strengthen the implementation of the curriculum. In a statement on its website, the ...
'Braver' African leaders submit themselves to peer scrutiny of performance.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Steven Gruzd African leaders are gathering on the sweltering, dusty shores of the Mediterranean in Sirte, the home town of Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, this week for the 13th Summit of the African Union. Some of them - the brave ones who have agreed to ...
Wacko over Jacko - are the public's tears real?(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Am I the only one who finds this public outpouring of emotion over the death of Michael Jackson both mystifying and bizarre? While his contribution to the world of music and entertainment in his heyday cannot be denied, I find that the excess of emotion being displayed over this ...
IOL website takes the hard work out of job hunting.(News)(Website overview)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTER INDEPENDENT Online (IOL) has come up with a way to take the hassle out of hunting for jobs, with a new website that automatically matches employers and those seeking work. The IOL Jobs website, which launches today, will also give job hunters ...
Article was misleading.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The article that appeared in the Cape Argus of June 29. "DA attacks secrecy of NCOP investigations". is misleading South Africans into be-lieving that the presiding officers of Parliament have failed to act on the KPMG recommendations. The chief whip of the DA, Ian Davidson, ...
Judge selection is not state meddlingThe JSC and the president must be sensitive to issues of public trust and confidence, writes Ziyad Motala.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... In a recent dissenting judgment in the Gauteng High Court involving the application by Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe against the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), Judge Nigel Willis referred to his cultural tradition and invoked the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. ...
I can identify with striking doctors.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... As a polio survivor who has spent most of her life since the age of three in hospitals, I can identify with the doctors who are striking. Durban's Wentworth and Addington hospitals were like five-star hotels in those days. Doctors, pharmacists or nursing staff were treated with ...
Blade runner gets just as tired; ... but he sprints differently - study.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JOHN YELD "BLADE Runner" Oscar Pistorius uses about the same amount of energy, and gets as tired as comparable able-bodied athletes, but the mechanics of his sprinting are markedly different, according to the results of a comprehensive laboratory test just published. ...
Cape boasts best beds for 2010 tourists; Accommodation remains concern.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CLAYTON BARNES THE WESTERN Cape is best placed with accommodation for any World Cup fan, from those seeking luxury to the very basic necessities, says the head of the province's 2010 unit, Laurine Platzky. This comes after Fifa president Sepp Blatter this week ...
Rubenstein supreme in canoeing thriller.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Gauteng champion Shaun Rubenstein outgunned a phenomenally strong field to win the SA K1 marathon championships on the Keurbooms River on Saturday, with less than two seconds covering the first four boats. Commonly regarded as a sprint specialist since his 2006 K1 World Marathon ...
Meat consumption expected to be beefed up during World Cup.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CLAYTON BARNES A TOTAL of 2 636 tons more meat is expected to be consumed during the World Cup in the best-case scenario, a report by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy has revealed. According to the report, between 300 000 and 500 000 international ...
Cycling.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Bryce Munro (DCM Chrome) underlined his star quality on Sunday when he sped to a decisive overall victory in the Elite and Under-23 men's categories at the Toyota Supercycling event held in Bryanston, Sandton. Doubling as round five of the Central Gauteng Provincial Series, the ...
Warning over nuclear power station report.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JOHN YELD ANY attempt by Eskom to expand the current environmental impact assessment (EIA) of its proposed new nuclear power station at Bantamsklip, to take in three new nuclear facilities along the South African coastline, will constitute a "critical flaw" in the ...
The thinblue line.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Today a new chapter opens in the battle against crime and lawlessness when former Western Cape deputy police commissioner Anwa Dramat takes up office as the head of the new Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation. The directorate, located within the police services, was ...
Mad Max is right on track for a train smash.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... It's time to shake off the dust on the old Mad Max headlines. In the noisy controversy around Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's all-male cabinet, the choice of Lennit Max as MEC for Community Safety escaped the scrutiny it demanded. This is a train smash waiting to ...
Residents embarrassed by burnt police barracks.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NATASHA PRINCE IT has been 21 months since a flat and four garages at the Wynberg police barracks burnt down - and still no repairs have been done. Now residents who live there have had enough, calling the building an "embarrassment and an eyesore". ...
Last laugh.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Have you noticed nobody has problems any more? Such a relief! Of course, what we have in place of problems are "issues." I know some people who are going through a rough patch because they're having "marital issues" and another friend who has "financial ...
Teaching obstacles to be reviewed.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ILSE FREDERICKS TEACHERS will be given the opportunity to share their views on the curriculum through public hearings that will be held across the country. Angie Motshekga, the Minister of Basic Education, ad-dressed media at a briefing yesterday before the ...
Crime stats scandal hearing set for today.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES THE highly anticipated disciplinary hearing involving senior police officers accused of manipulating crime statistics at Lansdowne police station was due to get under way today. The Cape Argus earlier reported that at least 52 rape cases were ...
Wine estate can take control of old cemetery in vineyard, court rules.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER THE Cape High Court has given the Noordhoek Wine Estate permission to register itself as the owner of a 127-year-old cemetery - with its three tombstones - in the centre of the vineyard. The tombstones bear the names of Debora Elizabeth ...
Confidence returns for the long term; Credit demand shrinks further as downswing effects more severe than anticipated.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: GERSHWIN WANNEBURG DEMAND for credit slackened in May, but consumers appear to be showing growing hope in the economy in the long run. Economists said the reluctance to take on credit may keep the economy trapped in coming months, but beyond that there were ...
Suspect 'offered money to burn car'; Pimp, prostitute were at murder scene - accused.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JADE WITTEN ONE of the two Eerste River brothers charged with the murder of Klaas Jonkheid has told the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court that the distinguished media expert and psychologist was involved with a prostitute the night he was killed. Elton Smith, ...
World Cup 'is for refugees too'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: FRANCIS HWESHE THE CITY of Cape Town is encouraging local refugees to explore ways to benefit economically from the World Cup next year. Representatives are making presentations on potential opportunities to more than a dozen refugee organisations, including ...
N2 Gateway and Joe Slovo residents march; Zille urged to mediate between residents and developer.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: RICHIE DUCHON, ANNA CLAIRE EDDINGTON and NINA JOUBERT NEARLY 200 residents of the N2 Gateway flats and Joe Slovo informal settlement near Langa have marched on the provincial parliament, calling on Premier Helen Zille to mediate between the Gateway tenants and housing ...
Teachers threaten to strike over salaries.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: EDUCATION WRITER TEACHERS are concerned and angry that outstanding issues around Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) have not been resolved, teachers' union Sadtu has said. In a statement yesterday, the union said the Department of Education was told to ...
Small businesses face eviction over rent arrears.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SANDISO PHALISO ABOUT 50 small businesses at Philippi's Eisleben Business Park (EBP)are facing eviction for failing to pay rent. The business park was set up to assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs but has been plagued by management problems and owes the city ...
Gunmen target restaurant in broad daylight; Restaurateur 'feared for his life'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LAVERN DE VRIES THE owner of a popular restaurant has recalled how he was confronted at the restaurant by two gunmen who stormed the venue in broad daylight and pointed a gun inches away from his face. Ishtiaq Badroodien said he had driven to the parking lot ...
Union puts university cleaners' strike on hold.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTER THE National Education and Health Workers Union has temporarily suspended the cleaners' strike at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, after the institution was last week granted an interim interdict against the trade union and striking workers. ...
Green Point stadium to be hit by strike over wages.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTER WORK on the Green Point Stadium, R300 and N2 highway will be affected when workers down tools next week following a wage dispute, says the National Union of Mineworkers. Yesterday morning, the union served the strike notice on the South African ...
Cops bust credit card fraud syndicate.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER A CREDIT card fraud syndicate has been uncovered in what police have described as the Commercial Crimes Unit's biggest bust. Last Wednesday, the unit raided a storage depot in Milnerton and found four embossing machines. Three of the machines were ...
SABC must act fast to fill vacant executive posts - ex-board members.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mkhwanazi With MPs due to dissolve the SABC board today, two former board members say the broadcaster needs to fill vacant senior executive posts. In her submission to the National Assembly's communications committee, former board member Nadia ...
Baseball.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... US Major League Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 4 Baltimore 11 Boston 10 NY Yankees 8 Seattle 5 Chicago White Sox 11 Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 0 Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 1 Florida 7 Washington 5 ...
Jail policy review on private companies.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CARIEN DU PLESSIS Government will review the current policy of allowing private companies to be in charge of the rehabilitation of prisoners. While private companies will still be allowed to run some prisons, the state wants to reclaim the responsibilities of ...
New cellphone law for fighting crime, not spying, says Radebe.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Caiphus Kgosana Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says the new law to register cellphone users will not be used to spy on citizens. He was briefing the media on the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Prvision of Communication Related Information Act, ...
Colleagues pay handsometribute as Vaughan retires.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... FORMER England captain Michael Vaughan confirmed his retirement from all forms of cricket yesterday and was immediately hailed as one of the greats of England. The 34-year-old Vaughan led England to a national record 26 Test wins from 51 matches, notably the victorious 2005 ...
Flintoff returns... and boozes it up again.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... ANDREW FLINTOFF was caught up in a new booze storm yesterday just a week before the Ashes, when England captain Andrew Strauss warned him about the drinking habits that have led to more disciplinary action. Strauss confirmed yesterday that Flintoff had "stuffed up" in missing a ...
Rugby.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... l Peter de Villiers must respect the game of rugby if we are to be accepted by the international rugby community. Jake, you are sorely missed. l What bothers me about most of the newspapers reporting about rugby in particular is that they play the man, not the ball. Instead of ...
SA health system 'outright primitive'; Motsoaledi pushes NHI for 'rich or poor'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sapa and Political Bureau South Africa's model of health care financing is "primitive" and will be abandoned, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said. "The present system of health care financing can no longer be allowed to go on, because it is simply ...
Boy shot dead by mistake.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy, visiting his domestic worker grandmother who worked for a family in Parkmore, Johannesburg, was mistaken for an intruder by her employer and shot dead with a hunting rifle. Sandton police spokesperson Inspector Moses Maphakela said this morning that the man ...
Politics.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... l One of the pre-1994 agreements before giving over power to the ANC was not to let go of provincial governments that saddle the taxpayer with a huge payroll and duplication, where the government sort out non performing councils. Because the DA insists on retaining them we are saddled with ...
Jackson's farewell set to be the king of funerals.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... NEW yORK: More than a million people are expected to pay homage to the king of pop at his funeral, an event which could dwarf the services held for Elvis Presley in 1977 and Princess Diana 20 years later. Plans for Michael Jackson's memorial began to filter out yesterday, with ...
'We should be close to winning titles,' says Cricketer of the Year Smith.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MICHAEL DOMAN SOUTH African cricket captain Graeme Smith is convinced that his team can take a major title in the next year, but their watchwords must be tactical alacrity and guarding against complacency. Smith, named South Africa's cricketer of the year at a ...
United swoop for Wigan's Valencia.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MANCHESTER United have signed Ecuadorian winger Antonio Valencia from Wigan on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old Valencia has played 34 times for his country. Antonio is a player we have admired for some time now," United manager Sir Alex ...
Lions star rips into DivBoks wait on Bakkies appeal hearing.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZELIM NEL LIONS centre Brian O'Driscoll has slammed coach Peter de Villiers for controversial statements he made following the Springboks' series-clinching victory over the British tourists in Pretoria last week. "When I heard those comments, I wondered how ...
Ajax take their preparation for new PSL season to the Netherlands.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Rodney Reiners Ajax Cape Town today left for a two-week, five-game pre-season tour of the Netherlands. With Ajax having installed Muhsin Ertugral as the new head coach of the club, the main ambition is to ensure that they win the PSL title within the next ...
How local fixture list will help Bafana's 2010 cause.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Rodney Reiners Bafana Bafana will have no reason to complain with regard to preparation for next year's World Cup. Yesterday the PSL unveiled the fixture list for the new season, leaving the SA national football team with quite a few months' access to local ...
National team awards.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Cricketer of the year: Graeme Smith Test cricketer of the year: Graeme Smith Top ODI cricketer: AB de Villiers Top Pro20 cricketer: JP Duminy Players' player of ...
'Insulting offer could lead to full-scale doctors' strike'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTERS and SAPA The Western Cape head of the SA Medical Association (Sama) says the government's revised wage offer is "appalling" and an "insult" to all medical professions which would in all likelihood lead to "a complete withdrawal from the public health ...
FREDDIE'S PREVIOUS INCIDENTS.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... l "Fredalo" - The now infamous pedalo incident is the highest profile of Freddie Flintoff's misdemeanours which occurred during the 2007 World Cup in St Lucia in the West Indies. After a boozy session he got into trouble aboard a pedalo and was subsequently sacked as vice-captain and ...
Tiger's take on Jacko.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... World golf No 1 Tiger Woods paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson, calling the "King of Pop" a musical icon whose work influenced him and whose legacy lives on in today's stars. Woods, speaking yesterday at the PGA National tournament he hosts this week near Washington, said ...