Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from June 2007:
Seaweed farming points the way for food production.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Deborah Robertson-Andersson To some of us when walking on the beach, the smelly seaweed is what we normally throw for our dogs or hold our noses and step around. But for a group of South African scientists and farmers it is a very important food crop. ...
Chang in silent role.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... CANNES: South Korean director Kim Ki-duk was so taken by Taiwanese actor Chang Chen, star of the Academy Award-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, that he created a role that broke down language barriers. Chang, who speaks no Korean, stars in Ki-duk's latest film, Breath, a ...
Never get amorous with an angel under the influence of morphine.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Craig Dodds Thank God summer's over. Those endless nights, whispering with promise, spawn all sorts of crazy longings. Give me winter any day, and its reliable misery, the chance to curl up with cold misanthropy and a book to match. I speak from bitter ...
Inspired film is the bee's knees.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... HHH AKEELAH AND THE BEE. Directed by Doug Atchison, with Angela Bassett Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, JR Villarreal and Curtis Armstrong. Review: KENNETH TURAN Akeelah and the Bee is a genuinely sweet and determinedly inspirational family film that ...
Coming-of-age yarn runs out of road.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... HH DRIVING LESSONS. Directed by Jeremy Brock, with Rupert Grint, Julie Walters, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Oliver Milburn, Michelle Duncan, Tamsin Egerton and Jim Norton. Review: GENE SEYMOUR Everybody in Driving Lessons is working very hard to show ...
Action thriller is low-tech and hokey.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... HH NEXT. Directed by Lee Tamahori, with Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles, Jose Zuniga, Jim Beaver and Jason Butler Harner. Review CARINA CHOCANO When we first see Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) in Next, a confusing ...
PITT EYES DARFUR.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Hollywood celebrities Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Don Cheadle have more than just acting in common - they share a passion for trying to help people from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan. The trio of actors, who have been promoting their new movie Ocean's Thirteen, have ...
In the footsteps of Christie and Churchill.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: GRAHAM HOWE You can travel back in time at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. The Victorian hotel has led many lives. The bartender points out where Agatha Christie took high tea on the terrace when she was staying here, researching and writing Death on the ...
Win with Table Bay.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... High tea isn't just about tea. It's a small banquet that leisurely unfolds, allowing you to relax and enjoy. Over the past decade some of the most famous faces have met over a pot of tea at the Table Bay Hotel. The hotel combines the elegance of neo-Victorian ...
Dark saga of 'Battlestar' mirrors world events.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: KATE AUTHUR The critically lauded Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi Channel's remake of the fluffy 1978 television series, was politically minded from the outset. The 2003 mini series began with the genocide of billions of people in a September 11-like attack by ...
ARTSCAPE.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Carmen, until Sun. Danscape 2007, until Sun. Book at Dial-A-Seat on 021 421 7695. Woman of Rock, Fri, Sat. Let's Mix It, Sun. Double Trouble, Mon, Tues. Doing It Standing Up, Wed - Sat. Book on 021 426 4466. Politically Incorrect, Fri. Beneath Silent Waters, Fri, Sat ...
Sister Mary James is all fun.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE SISTER MARY JAMES SHOW. With James Costello. At Obz Cafe Theatre, until June 9. Review: PETER TROMP The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. Put a man in a dress, and you can expect B.O.S. In case you don't know, that stands for bums on ...
Dancers get a break at Baxter.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER The Baxter Theatre is calling for proposals for a specially commissioned 20-minute choreographed dance piece for the third Baxter Dance Festival which will run from August 29 to September 2. Closing date is June 18. The aim is to ...
ancient fishing techniques still work.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lucy Kemp Long before the first foreign boats landed on our shores bearing their ideals on how best to manage resources, the first people, the San and then later the Khoi, were already using the coastal resources available to them. Evidence of the collection ...
Endless repeats defeat purpose of satellite television.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... HOW rude. Men In Trees ended last week on a shock-horror-gasp cliffhanger of note with Jack's ex getting off the plane. Then what happens? We have to wait two whole weeks for the next episode because of the American Idol final. Okay, all right, so we found out last night what ...
DAN PATLANSKY - REAL.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Patlansky's Stevie-Rae Vaughn alter ego is still in top form. This young bluesman has the blues idiom down pat, and besides being an excellent clone, the axe-slinger breathes life into this much copied guitar rock form. Real is a live studio recording with few overdubs, and the focus is ...
Building a relationship with a winning cup of coffee.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Cup of Excellence is an annual award which takes place all over world with the best coffee beans going to auction on the internet. Guatemala hosts one of the most prestigious COE events with 120 bags for sale. Two bags of Viviano Jalapa won the toss last year and were nabbed by David ...
Daring trek into the wilds of wine pays off.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Groote Post is a farm out in the Darling hills. The Pentz family, that own it, used to be leading dairy farmers. Peter, the "Old Man" of a wine that is named in his honour, is a big, stern looking man with a trimmed beard. He would fit right in at the start of a trek. But looks can be ...
Gays are people first.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... The petition that was signed by over 500 prominent Christians, and sent to the General Synod of the Dutch Reform Church asking the church to condemn discrimination against gay people, is yet another sign of the dark age within which we live. Surrounded as we are by poverty, ...
War stories hit between the eyes.(Life)
Jun 01, 2007 ... "People have on occasion asked me to reveal the most shocking sight I have ever seen," writes Anthony Loyd, Times war correspondent, ex-army officer and ex-heroin addict. "They want a little vicarious hit off a war correspondent's memories." Another Bloody Love Letter is full of ...
Thien's thoughtful debut novel packs an emotional punch despite irksome style.(Life)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Madeleine Thien's debut novel opens with the arresting scene of an ordinary moment in a relationship. Ansel, a pulmonary specialist, wakes up and reaches for the warm form of his partner, Gail, across the sheets. Then he remembers, again, that she died of pneumonia more than a ...
The SACP continues to fight in the trenches with the ANC.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... In his article, "Year of our second political transition" (May 30), Allister Sparks tosses out a slanderous perspective on the South African Communist Party (SACP). Welcoming the news that our Gauteng province will recommend the SACP contests elections independently, he writes: ...
IEC probes claims of by-election fraud.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY THE ANC has lodged a complaint with police against five senior DA members and an ID member they claimed committed electoral fraud in the Riviersonderend by-election last week. An Independent Electoral Commission official had picked up ...
Underwater lightbox exhibition.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER ROGER HORROCKS has used an aquatic theme for his Soulcube 01 exhibition, which uses lightboxes to provide a luminous presence. A skilled freediver, Horrocks shots all his underwater images on one breath of air. ...
2010 stadium work already five weeks ahead of schedule.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE City of Cape Town has granted the 2010 directorate leave to apply for a provisional authorisation to continue with construction of the World Cup stadium, which is already five weeks ahead of schedule. The consideration of the final building ...
Dyantyi delaying city's housing delivery timetable, says Zille.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE R89 million sale of the Malgas property in Buitengragt Street, to Old Mutual Property Group, is one of several rental and sales deals being pushed through by the City of Cape Town. And 16 erven in Atlantis, worth R26m, will be sold by the city ...
Brilliant bartender Travis in top form.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: JANE MAYNE CAPETONIAN Travis Kuhn's brilliant display at the local leg of the Skyy Flair Global Challenge has seen him crowned South African bartending champion. Kuhn, 26, faced tough competition during the finals, staged at Rhodes House last week, where Skyy ...
Boycott blunder.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... A bad idea has made an unwelcome return to the spotlight. Two years ago, the Association of University Teachers (AUT) proposed a boycott of Israeli academic institutions in protest at the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israeli state. This resulted in protests from writers ...
Top SA barristers for World Champs.(Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER SOUTH AFRICA's first national Barista Championship winners will take part in the World Barista Champs in Tokyo on July 31. Willem Pienaar (Origin Coffee Roasting) and Ishan Natalie (Woolworths Cafe) scooped first and first runner-up prizes ...
Saartjie gets a chance to tell her side of the story.(Life)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Throughout her book, Rachel Holmes tries to capture how Saartjie Baartman might have experienced her situation rather than interpreting what men, then and still now, have said and done about her. Taken out of Africa in 1810 at the age of 21, Baartman found herself on a platform ...
Zille voices concern over plan to put Metro Police under Selebi.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE City of Cape Town is concerned about the announcement last week by Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula that the Metro Police would be placed under the control of SA Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi. Mayor Helen Zille said in her ...
Let's honour Khoisan.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... I submit that any changes should be to names derived from the languages of Khoi and San. Street naming seems to me to have been hitherto too much a process of honouring figures from one or other group who have managed to take control of an area from those previously occupying. ...
I am proudly African.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Well done to Dr Yolanda Kemp Spies on her article, "I am white and an African, and nobody has the right to take away this birthright" (May 31). She states that henceforth she will refuse to choose on anybody's official form between being a shade of human and being African. She ...
Save our shipping hub.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Once again Brian Ingpen has gone straight to the nub of the matter in his column, "Building up our shipyard capacity could funnel millions into the economy" (May 30). He has hit two very important nails firmly on their heads. The first and most important is the need ...
Take back black pride.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... The arguments of the spokesman for the Minister of Arts and Culture, Sandile Memela, for name changes on the basis of a positive affirmation of non-racialism must also include the Africanisation of South African society from the old colonial order, to an inclusive new Africanist order, ...
Cape philosopher makes history with top academic award.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... STELLENBOSCH philosophy professor Paul Cilliers has made history by becoming the first social sciences academic to be awarded the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship for academic excellence. The award, with a value of up to US$125 000 (R900 000) and sponsored by the ...
Reserve Bank reforms.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... The upper margin of the infamous inflation target has been breached largely due to escalating food and oil prices, and once more we can expect our governor of the Reserve Bank to announce further interest hikes to bludgeon us mere mortals with this bluntest of instruments. How ...
Two lavish lunches, two captivating authors, two stylish venues.(Life)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: GORRY BOWES TAYLOR Celebrate the Cape Town Book Fair with two captivating authors, two stylish venues (pig out on both!) At Catharina's, Steenberg, there is John van de Ruit's, Spud - The Madness Continues, and at On Broadway there is Rachel Holmes's, The ...
Van Schalkwyk must not give an inch to Japan at Alaska whaling meeting.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Horst Kleinschmidt The well-known ritual is once more being acted out at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting being held in Anchorage, Alaska. South Africa is represented by the Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Marthinus van Schalkwyk ....
Ajax and agent in court wrangle over transfer fees.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER ABSA Cup champions Ajax Cape Town and the agent of a former player are embroiled in a dispute in the Cape High Court over transfer fees. The agent, Patrick Milaso, has claimed that Ajax agreed to pay him 15% of the R1 million fee paid when ...
Fine music sale.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Fine Music Radio 101.3 will be selling LP records and classical, jazz, opera and ballet DVDs and CDs in the foyer of the Artscape Opera house tomorrow from 9.30am to 11.30am. Call 021 401 1013. Join the Friends of the Tygerberg Hills for a three-hour walk tomorrow. Meet at ...
Bye bye,Blair.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... AFRICA will no doubt miss British Prime Minister Tony Blair after he retires on June 27. He is now visiting South Africa on the last leg of his tour to say farewell to Africa and to make a last-gasp effort to help it. Blair put African development at the top of the agenda of the ...
Why Benni has to think long and hard before he commits to Bafana.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE Benni McCarthy debacle is a stark reminder of how South African football had first slipped into complacency after its 1996 African Nations Cup triumph and later into mediocrity. While football development has somewhat improved in this country, it has in fact not moved an ...
Not quite wiping the slate clean.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... With the final phase of the much-hyped National Credit Act (NCA) set to come into force today, there's predictably a lot of confusion about what this means for consumers. Word has got out that certain adverse listings on the various credit bureaux will be removed, which has been ...
Nqakula's son out on bail.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE drunk driving case against Siyabonga Nqakula, 27, the son of Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula, has been postponed to September 21 in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court. Nqakula ...
Chiluba 'not too ill' to stand trial.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... A Zambian court ordered former President Frederick Chiluba to stand trial on corruption charges, rejecting arguments from his doctors and lawyers that he was too ill to be prosecuted. Chiluba, 64, is accused of stealing $488 000 in state funds. A Moroccan court has acquitted a ...
Delegates call for drive to make roads safer for motorists and pedestrians in Africa.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: LILLY FOWLER BECAUSE of a car accident in Kenya, Bright Ambeyi Oywaya is now in a wheelchair. She says if the road had been better built, she may have been able to swerve to avoid two vehicles crashing into her. At a conference of the Commission for Global ...
Baby's body found in river.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... THE BODY of a newborn baby has been found in the Black River near the Rondebosch Golf Course, police spokesperson Randall Stoffels said yesterday. He said cleaning staff found the floating body. "It is believed to be less than eight ...
Three reasons why I'm still abit worried about the Boks ...(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... He is so often the man who is criticised, so it was great to see Percy Montgomery turn in such a five-star performance in last week's first Test match of the season. To me, although Schalk Burger was the other outstanding senior Springbok player on the field, it was impossible ...
Police still hopeful missing traffic officer will be found alive.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY ALTHOUGH it has been a week since a Swartland Municipality traffic officer from Atlantis went missing, police believe he is still alive - despite finding his blood-stained bakkie on Tuesday. Japhta Sauls, 45, was last seen about 11pm last Friday ...
Eva's wedding cake gets first-class seat to Paris.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Eva Longoria's wedding plans take the cake. According to the Metro newspaper, Eva's husband-to-be, basketball star Tony Parker, is flying their [pounds sterling]7 500 wedding cake from Los Angeles to ...
39th test in charge.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin Mccallum JOHANNESBURG: While it is quite possibly more by accident than design, the Springboks have the best possible fixture list they could wish for in the run-up to the World Cup. The four teams they play in the next couple of months are teams they ...
Woman to get R840 000 from lover who gave her HIV.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER PRETORIA: A switchboard operator is to receive nearly R840 000 in damages from her former lover who infected her with HI virus. Pretoria High Court Justice Bill Prinsloo ordered the 31-year-old man from the Western Cape to pay these damages to his ...
Elderly Lansdowne woman strangled, husband tied up, beaten.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: VUSUMUZI KA NZAPHEZA A LANSDOWNE family is devastated after their 77-year-old mother and wife was strangled with plastic straps in the early hours of yesterday. Police said they found Yunis Hendricks gagged with a piece of cloth and her husband, 77-year-old ...
review details announced next week.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Angela Quintal THE cabinet-mandated review of the provincial and local government system was not aimed at gerrymandering, nor had a decision already been taken to reduce the number of provinces, President Thabo Mbeki told parliament yesterday. His comments ...
SAA board members 'hold 136 directorships'.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janine Stephen THE high-flying board members of South African Airways (SAA) hold a total of 136 directorships between them, with Louisa Mojela heading the list with 46 directorships. According to a list of directorships drawn up by the Department of Public ...
De Sa set to rejoin Wits.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FAROUK ABRAHAMS SANTOS coach Roger de Sa could soon join the coaching merry-go-round by moving to Wits University after the struggling Johannesburg club seemingly lost the race for the signature of Mamelodi Sundowns mentor Gordon Igesund. Wits, under new ...
REGULATING CAR GUARDS.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: HANNA INGBER WIN THE so-called nuisance by-law, which will make it a crime to park or guard cars without a licence, will seriously hurt refugees and asylum-seekers, refugee advocates said yesterday. The by-law, passed by the city council on Wednesday, is ...
Davids namedBoland coach.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... DEON Davids was yesterday appointed as Boland coach for the Currie Cup season. Davids replaces Hawies Fourie, who recently joined the Free State Cheetahs as an assistant coach to Naka Drotske. Davids has been an assistant coach at Boland since 2003, while he was also ...
Massive labour strike today despite minister's 'breakthrough' claim.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITERS THERE was no eleventh-hour wage settlement late last night, despite Public Service Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi's earlier claim of a breakthrough, and across the country this morning tens of thousands workers are to set to strike in a historic show of ...
Fuel cell plan approved.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... The cabinet has approv-ed a plan for research on hydrogen-based fuel cells for vehicles that could reduce the world's depen-dence on oil. The plan encourages and directs promotes research into ...
chad players squabbling.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark JOHANNESBURG: Sibusiso Zuma will hope for another happy homecoming when Bafana Bafana take on Chad in tomorrow's African Nations Cup qualifier in Durban. The former African Wanderers star was sensational at the Absa Stadium in October 2005, when ...
Mbeki intervenes in row between Scorpions, Selebi.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare, Jovial Rantao, Angela Quintal and Beauregard Tromp President Thabo Mbeki has intervened in another potentially dangerous standoff between the Scorpions and National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi. Mbeki was brought in after Selebi ...
Reservations as amended filmbill is passed by committee.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janine Stephen THE controversial bill that media experts were afraid could severely threaten press freedom was adopted by the National Assembly's home affairs committee yesterday. Steve Swart, of the ACDP, slipped in an 11th-hour amendment aimed at protecting ...
Dubai government buys Pearl Valley.(News)
Jun 01, 2007 ... South Africa's tourism infrastructure is to get another multi-billion boost from the government of Dubai. The Dubai government has bought the Pearl Valley Signature Golf Estate and Spa, a 170-hectare ...