Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from February 2007:
Drive in real style - for a little while.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Looking to make a good impression at your 20-year high school reunion but don't quite have the right wheels for the job? No problem, simply hire a sports car and arrive at the bash driving a Porsche Boxster, Mercedes SL, Hummer H2, or whatever ...
Emotive breath of fresh airSubtlety's not on the new Honda Civic's menu with its distinctive shape.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa The shape is radical. Too radical for some. Even my kids, adherents of all that is modern and hip, rated it low on their cool-o-meter when they first laid eyes on the new Honda Civic hatchback. In this hyper-competitive league you need an angle, ...
Yamaha's latest R1 gets sharper styling, more horses despite returning to four-valve head.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Yamaha has unveiled its 2007-spec R1 superbike, available from South African dealers this week. Perhaps the best-looking bike in its class, or any class, the new R1 receives a technology boost and sharper styling. It features an all-new engine ...
Once again, with feeling.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa The beaks of the ostriches were all agape as we drove past them. I knew it was their cooling systems at work, that the birds were getting some air into their avian radiators as respite from the oppressive 40 degree heat that clung to Oudtshoorn. ...
The General's billion-dollar baby.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Winfield Meet the Chevrolet Lumina SS, General Motors's new billion-dollar baby. Actually, the Chevrolet is really a Holden and the dollars are Australian, but spending a billion dollars to develop a new car is impressive in anyone's language. The new ...
Top-of-the-line Corsa gets revved up.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Correspondent Opel has announced details of the most powerful version of its new generation Corsa, the OPC. The OPC's 1.6-litre turbo engine produces 141kW and accelerates the compact three-door from zero to 100km/h in a claimed 7.2 seconds with a ...
10-seater's Quantum leap.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Vincent Gilbey Toyota has added a smaller 10-seater to the Quantum minibus range which doesn't require a professional driving permit as is needed for a vehicle carrying more than 12 passengers. It is available with either a 2.7-litre petrol engine from R239000 ...
Timing belts need regular checking.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Ken Corkett I'm a great believer in the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But, as I have said many times in this column, timing belts are a definite exception to this rule. For the past 25 tears or so the rubber timing belt has been ...
Chinese.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Correspondent The Chinese invasion of the South African motoring market continues with the announcement that Great Wall Motor (GWM) will begin marketing its products locally within the next few months. GWM is the largest privately owned motor manufacturer in ...
Stock car hotshots take on the oval track.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lee McGeorge It's probably going to be like a fleet of taxis after the same well-heeled customer when the local stock car hotshots line up at Killarney on Saturday as they contest the only oval track meeting in the Cape this weekend. The fourth round of the ...
Supervan vs rest in Can-Am V8.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lee McGeorge The international historic Springbok Series meeting at Killarney next weekend has been elevated to a higher plane with the news that the legendary Sarel van der Merwe has accepted an invitation to drive Fred Phillips's Chev Can-Am V8 coupe in the Classic ...
Michael.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Red Bull driver Mark Webber believes Michael Schumacher's presence at Ferrari's test sessions must be as uncomfortable for Kimi Raikkonen as if his new love's ex was hanging around. Although Schumacher quit his role as Ferrari race driver at the end of last season, the ...
Rain in Spain does not.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Swapping Renault for McLaren Mercedes has not slowed down world champion Fernando Alonso as he posted the fastest time in testing at the Cheste circuit outside the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Tuesday. The Spaniard, chasing a third straight title, was a second faster than ...
Province gives go-ahead to rezone disputed Hout Bay land for low-cost housing.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE provincial cabinet has given the go-ahead to rezone the 16 hectares of vacant land in Imizamo Yethu for low-cost housing, bypassing a court interdict that restricts the land for public amenities. "We got the green light and in three weeks the ...
Plan to save Elsies River school.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: wesley april THE Avonwood Primary School in Elsies River, threatened with closure over low enrolment, is to remain open. This was agreed last night at a meeting at the school arranged by Cosatu and parents and attended by Education MEC Cameron Dugmore. ...
Keizersgracht set to become Taliep Petersen Street.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE renaming of Keizersgracht in District Six after slain theatre and music personality Taliep Petersen has been given a provisional green light by the City of Cape Town. A motion proposing this was put to the council by ANC chief whip Peter Gabriel, who said: "It would indeed ...
Work begins on identikits after BAC executive wounded.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY POLICE are compiling identi-kits of the two men who shot a Business Against Crime (BAC) executive, seriously wounding him, in a Table View home on Tuesday night. Alan Mackenzie, 56, of Johannesburg, was to have appeared before parliament's ...
offers to 'deal' with muggers.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Writer VIGILANTES will not be tolerated on Table Mountain. That is the response from Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) manager Brett Myrdal to people's offers to mount armed patrols to "deal" with robbers responsible for a spate of muggings in the ...
Spate of resignations from the SABC sparks fear of purge.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber JOHANNESBURG: A spate of resignations from the SABC may be a sign that a purge is under way, media analysts believe. Hard on the heels of the resignations of AM Live radio co-hosts John Perlman and Nikiwe Bikitsha comes news that Jimi Matthews, ...
No one is safe from crime, NPA chief fumes.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan, Angela Quintal and Boyd Webb NO South African is safe from crime any longer, National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli has declared in responding to the "disgusting" shooting of the justice department's former chief financial officer and Business ...
Red Cross copes with rash of diarrhoea, school classes badly hit.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM THE Red Cross Children's Hospital says diarrhoea cases have doubled, with patients arriving "on the hour" over the weekend and schools have reported a high rate of absenteeism. "We were inundated with patients at the weekend," said Stephan ...
manenberg residents in bid to take back streets.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY A groundswell of protests has begun in Cape Town's townships, where communities are fed up with drug dealing and gangsterism. In the clearest message yet to gangsters, 9 000 people living in Manenberg took to the streets yesterday in a march ...
Woodstock Hotel to be demolished after death fire.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY THE old landmark Woodstock Hotel, gutted by a fire in which a 49-year-old man and 38-year-old woman died, is likely to be demolished next week. The roof and top floor of the Woodstock Bar, formerly the Woodstock Hotel, caved in during yesterday's ...
Three die in family shooting.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... A young constable has died with his wife and father-in-law in what police say was a family shooting last night. Charl Scharnick, 27, who was off-duty, was the last to be shot, police spokesman Elliot Sinyangana said. His wife, Mesade, 28, and father-in-law, Tom Meyer, ...
Sudanese newspaper closed for defying ban.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sudanese authorities have shut down a newspaper for publishing details, in defiance of a ban, on the murder of a journalist. The daily Al-Sudani was ordered to close and its editor-in-chief, Mahjoub Urwah, and a reporter detained. Somali MPs have elected Justice Minister Aden ...
Effective communication strategies can lessen the impact of climate change.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Patrick Luganda Coping with climate change is emerging as a major challenge for Africa. Ordinary people have begun observing the dramatic shift in the continent's climate - but they do not know what to do about it. The media can play a crucial role ...
US crew offers funky mix.(Life)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER An eclectic crew of musicians from America are presenting a multi-media production called Jazz O' Funk Attack at Westend in Rylands tomorrow and on Friday. Jazz O' Funk Attack will be led by South African choreographer Thule Malgas. ...
Arbitrary numbers shed little light on city blackouts.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Trevor Manuel "Economics is at least partly about quantities and their relationships; so you can't make sense of it unless you are willing to do some arithmetic and even some algebra to make sure that the stories you tell hang together - and that they are consistent with ...
Electricity supply network will be hard-pressed.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thulani S Gcabashe In 1998 Eskom was asked to stop building new power stations, which is the reason for today's low reserve capacity. If it is true that an organisation's true mettle is revealed only through crisis, then Eskom has, with the support of all ...
Let's hope that next week Mbeki breaks the silence on issues which affect us.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Good leaders are able to assess the national mood and speak to it boldly. Arguably, no one could do this better than Nelson Mandela. When Chris Hani died and we stood at the edge of the abyss, Mandela spoke for us. Mandela remains exceptional when it comes to reading the national ...
jacques brel tribute.(Life)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: PETER TROMP YOU CAN never get enough of a good thing. Any theatre lover might tell you, Geoffrey Hyland's work definitely belongs in that category. Yet, one doesn't get to see nearly enough of his passionate and florid works. The award-winning ...
Collison in concert.(Life)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Alvon Collison's latest show S'Wonderful - a Broadway Revuesical can be seen at The Baxter Concert Hall until Saturday for six performances. The show will feature the talents of soprano Coleen Meje, dancer and singer Faried Swartz and songstress Rene Osborne. It features songs from such ...
One set of rules.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... I would like to ask our Minister of Transport, Jeff Radebe: Why are there separate road rules for taxis? Driving in Cape Town lately, I've observed that taxis seem to have one set of rules which are completely separate to those which other vehicles have to follow. ...
Crime hurts everyone.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's fascinating that crime figures show a drop since 1994. Although many good things occurred, controlling crime was not one of them. The government has not given anyone a good example to follow. Travel scams, bribery and corruption are deplored in speeches and then excused if ...
Criminals rule us.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... David Rattray's murder is a very sad tragedy to his family and this country, a country to which he was dedicated and spoke of in glowing terms, both locally and internationally. Unfortunately, Rattray's death, in spite of the outrage, will merely be part of crime statistics. ...
Stop denying murders.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... We turn on the news every night and we hear of yet another murder - no one we know so we look away or don't even blink an eye. We have had a string of high profile murders including Brett Goldin, Richard Bloom, Taliep Petersen, Soli Philander's mother-in-law, and the list goes ...
ID betrayed voters.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The ID betrayed its voters recently by forming a coalition government with the DA against the ANC. This coalition to oust the ANC is happening throughout the province. The ID is now openly agreeing with the party that represents the wealthy white business class ...
DA is undemocratic.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... R van Schalkwyk's letter asks, "Would ANC share?" (January 30). The question actually is: what is good for our country and young democracy? This is why I've moved my allegiance to the Independent Democrats from the Democratic Alliance, as it has become more apparent from Helen Zille's ...
Hout Bay planning?(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... There are times when I agree with Tony Ehrenreich, such as when he discusses empowerment which creates millionaires and leaves the poor behind. In my view the ANC has messed up empowerment from the start by insisting on ownership of companies instead of job creation. However, it ...
Solution to the land issue does not lie in our differences.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The call by Cosatu for land redistribution in Hout Bay has been met by a variety of responses, some supportive, some disagreeing, some delusional, but all welcome, as this is an important discussion. The real issue of land in Hout Bay has now been caught up in the fever of the ...
Strangely interesting.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... an interesting idea has come from an unexpected source, Membathisi Mdladlana, the under-performing Minister of Labour. He has proposed the conscription of young people into the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), to ensure they are disciplined and do not turn to crime. The ...
Rajah fashions his own happiness.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Local designer Gavin Rajah, who opened his retail store in Cavendish Square in December, has just returned from Paris Fashion Week (Couture). He is the first South African designer to show a collection there. You have just exhibited at Paris Fashion Week for the second time. ...
A ban gone too far?(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... IT WAS only a year ago that the city of Calabasas broke brave new ground in anti-smoking nuttiness by passing a ban on lighting up in any public outdoor space. Sure, we thought at the time, this is the country's most tobacco-averse state, but what's next? No smoking in your own living ...
Ancient Mali art seized at French airport.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... French customs officials yesterday seized a valuable collection of ancient art objects and tools from Mali, some possibly as much as a million years old, en route to Los Angeles. Somalia's parliament yesterday started voting for a new Speaker to replace Sharif Hassan Sheikh ...
Women's Show.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Women's Show takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from tomorrow until Sunday. The show will feature business presentations, fashion workshops, comedy acts, dancing, food tasting, skin care advice and much more. Admission is R35. See www.thewom-ensshow.com or ...
city ORDERs building to be DEMOLished.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY THE old landmark Woodstock Hotel is likely to be demolished next week after a fire gutted it, killing a 49-year-old man and 38-year-old woman. The roof and top floor of the Woodstock Bar, formerly the Woodstock Hotel, caved in during yesterday's ...
Jakarta imposes ban on backyard poultry.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Indonesia may declare bird flu a national disaster, National Development Planning Minister Paskah Suzetta said as Jakarta prepared for a ban on backyard poultry which comes into force today in its battle against the deadly virus. Indonesia has suffered the highest bird flu death toll, with ...
Angry residents take streets back.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY A groundswell of protests has started in Cape Town's townships where communities are fed up with drug dealing and gangsterism. In the clearest message yet to gangsters, 9 000 Manenberg residents took to the streets yesterday in an anti-crime ...
Red Cross copes with rash of diarrhoea.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM THE Red Cross Children's Hospital says diarrhoea cases have doubled, with patients arriving "on the hour" over the weekend and schools have reported a high rate of absenteeism. "We were inundated with patients at the weekend," said Stephan ...
IT'S 'bollocks' about a weak tight five.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: GAVIN RICH He is rated by his captain Luke Watson as the finest hooker in the country, but Springbok coach Jake White has consistently overlooked him. Schalk Brits will return this season after an injury-enforced lay-off looking bigger and stronger than he has ...
Chance for Duminy to prove national selectors wrong.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MICHAEL OWEN-SMITH THE Diamond Eagles, theoretically one of the two teams that have a chance of catching the high-riding Titans - the other is the Lions - have had to dig deep into their amateur reserves for today's SuperSport Series match against the Cape Cobras at ...
The old rugger bugger who's a world expert on Edward Elgar.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... IT was hard to equate an old rugger bugger with one of the world's leading authorities on the great (some would say the greatest) English composer Edward Elgar, but Donald Hunt walks with a slight limp as evidence of his other passion. Last week he confessed to his UCT Summer ...
One arrest for stolen amnesty gun, say police.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER ONLY one person in the Western Cape has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a firearm handed to police by a member of the public in an amnesty campaign last year. "I can recall only one incident in Wynberg where we arrested an administration ...
offers to 'deal' with muggers.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Writer VIGILANTES will not be tolerated on Table Mountain. That was the word from Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) manager Brett Myrdal, following offers to TMNP from people wanting to take the law into their own hands by mounting armed patrols to ...
Police busy compiling identikits of Mackenzie attackers.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY POLICE are compiling identi-kits of the two men who shot and seriously wounded a Business Against Crime (BAC) executive early yesterday. Johannesburg-based Alan Mackenzie, 56, was to have answered questions about the justice department's finances ...
Leon canvasses Hout Bay voters despite scorching heat.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: VUSUMUZI KA NZAPHEZA THE battle for Hout Bay intensified yesterday when DA leader Tony Leon went door-to-door at Hangberg yesterday. The DA's Ward 74 candidate Marga Haywood, Leon and other leaders braved the hot weather to canvass support for Wednesday's ...
Officials puzzle over wheel well death.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BABALO NDENZE and SAPA-AP OFFICIALS have still not figured out how a 17-year-old boy from Cape Town made his way into the front wheel well of a British Airways plane, where he was found dead in Los Angeles on Sunday. Samuel Peter Benjamin was found by a pilot ...
'Inability to meet housing targets an ANC legacy' - Zille.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL Cape Town has fallen short of its housing targets and the blame lies with the previous ANC administration, which "stripped" the city of skilled workers, mayor Helen Zille said yesterday. "Our administration simply does not have enough project ...
Man gambles wife away in poker game.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... MOSCOW: A Russian man lost his wife in a game of cards after putting her up as a stake instead of cash. Andrei Karpov, from Murmansk, had run out of money in a game of poker and offered his opponent his wife instead of cash ...
Now diamonds can be your best friend.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... LONDON: Pet owners can now turn their dead animals into diamonds. The gems are made using carbon from the pet's ashes at Pet Crematorium CPC, of Thiplow, Hertfordshire. The crematorium charges between PS2 100 to PS15 000, ...
'ignored the interests of farmers'.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER NEDCOR Bank has been ordered to pay the owners of three Stellenbosch farms a whopping R23 million plus interest of 15.5% per annum from 2002, after the Cape High Court found that its representatives had "completely ignored" their interests when it ...
Ertugral fumes as Downs 'steal' playmaker Carelse.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FAROUK ABRAHAMS MAMELODI SUNDOWNS swooped in controversial fashion late yesterday to sign Ajax Cape Town star Brent Carelse just hours before the transfer window closed at midnight. Ajax coach Muhsin Ertugral slammed the manner in which the deal transpired ...
Icosa hopes to strengthen hand in Beaufort West.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: VUSUMUZI KA NZAPHEZA THE Independent Civic Organisation of SA (Icosa) hopes to tighten its grip in Beaufort West by winning next week's municipal by-election in a ward left vacant by the death of a DA councillor. Icosa is in ruling coalitions with the DA in ...
cheetahs set to run as ...(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: GAVIN RICH Forget about Juan Smith, Marius Joubert, Kabamba Floors or any other Cheetahs player that comes to mind. The biggest obstacle to a successful Super 14 start for the Stormers on Saturday is Rassie Erasmus. The last South African season ended with ...
Keizersgracht set to become Taliep Petersen Street.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE possible renaming of Keizersgracht in District Six after slain artist Taliep Petersen was yesterday given the provisional green light by the City Council. The motion to rename the street was put to the council by ANC chief whip Peter Gabriel, who said: "It would indeed be a ...