Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from August 2007:
Show's potential not fully realised.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... TREE OF LIFE. Directed by Zane Meas. With Fahruq Valley Omar. At Obz CafA[c] Theatre from today until August 12. PETER TROMP reviews. If this production were to be judged on its intent alone, it would be a success. The timeliness of the show is faultless enough. Who ...
Stem cell ban is a first step to end all private healthcare.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Donrich W Jordaan After the way in which the South African Department of Health has handled our country's part of the Aids pandemic, how would one expect it to handle the issue of stem cell banking? In May this year, the department published its Regulations on ...
nuclear debate.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brent Johnson Many of the elements of the argument and debate around South Africa's nuclear (power) future are strangely metaphorical - both in terms of the fundamental chemistry underlying nuclear reactors and of the broader environmental, social and sustainability ...
inspiration from isolation.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MARIANNE THAMM IT WAS the feeling of isolation Lara-Foot Newton first experienced after moving to Cape Town two years ago to take up a job as the Baxter Theatre's dramaturge and resident director, that served as the original inspiration for her new two-hander, Reach. ...
Emotional stand on new colonialism.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... HHH A HELL OF FISHING. (Belgium) 2006. Directed by Vincent Bruno. At the Earthnotes Documentary Festival. KAREN RUTTER reviews. Simply told, yet all the more effective for its minimalism, A Hell of Fishing is a short film that explains how African fish land on the restaurant ...
Top comedy line-up.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Still Doing It, a stand-up show featuring comedians Tracy Klass and Mel Jones, is at GrandWest's Roxy Revue Bar until August 25. Book at Computicket on 083 915 8000. Art From Rorke's Drift, an exhibition currently on view at Iziko South African National Gallery, highlights the ...
History will judge past and present governments.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Ex-President FW de Klerk's statement that he did not know about the crimes committed by the apartheid-era security apparatus is rather like Nelson's famous failure to see the signals in battle because he put his blind eye to the telescope. De Klerk chose not to see what was in ...
Language a racist tool.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... "Wanted: Accounting clerk. Must be bilingual - fluent in Afrikaans and English. Will be based in the CBD in Cape Town. If you are not bilingual do not bother to apply!" Cape Town is struggling to shed the stigma of racism and discrimination. Capetonians of fairer skins are ...
Fat cats getting fatter.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Is it not amazing how the dismally slow pace of delivery to the poor and the doubly disadvantaged is conveniently attributed to the 300-year history of colonialism and the decades of apartheid by our government spokespeople? The eloquent spin doctors are quick to lament that we ...
No more junk food.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hooray for the first moves towards controlling the shameless gimmick-marketing of junk foods to uninformed children (July 30 ). Next, the process needs to be advanced rapidly towards banning junk food sales in school tuckshops. This is already done in other countries. ...
Unfriendly customs.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... South African holidaymakers, especially black citizens, face an unfriendly welcome when arriving home in Cape Town from overseas trips. When passing through the green channel at customs control, they are forced to exhibit all their belongings to be scrutinised by customs ...
No more lame excuses.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... President Thabo Mbeki blames problems of service delivery on colonialism and apartheid (July 30). The report further quotes the president as saying that "municipalities should explain to communities what their budgets are" as well as saying that "the people are not fools". ...
Police appalling.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... I was absolutely horrified and shocked to read how Carol-Anne Porter was treated by the police and how Maya Pfaff was robbed at gunpoint on the N2, while two police cars refused to stop when she tried to flag them down; and ultimately police spokesman Randall Stoffels only found it ...
Stop name-tagging.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Whites should stop defending themselves when blacks hurl accusations of racism at them. It's simply a waste of time and effort. We blacks are on a roll, taking the moral high ground and since we now rule the country, think we are totally in the right. A case of history repeating ...
Hoping for more.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... For all of US President George Bush's typical stabs at levity, there was a refreshing tone of seriousness on display at Monday's press conference with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Camp David. The backslapping and mutual admiration that were such a feature of Tony Blair's meetings with ...
Well-knownBreede Riverwine farmerdies in freakriver accident.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE closely-knit Bonnievale community is in shock over the death of a prominent wine farmer in a freak accident on the Breede River at the weekend. Adolph Jonker, 49, one of the directors of Mooiuitsig wine estate, cut open his neck on a ...
DA to stay in Central Karoo coalition, but isfirm that Prince must go.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY DESPITE vowing not to serve in a municipality in which reinstated Central Karoo Municipality manager Truman Prince worked, the DA will continue its coalition with the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (Icosa) because maintaining control of the ...
Global shipping must put the safety of seafarers at the top of the agenda.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Heavy seas during the past week brought a number of ships into the lee of promontories along the coast. A Saldanha Bay-bound Capesized ore carrier came into False Bay over the weekend, and on Sunday, Mossel Bay residents would have seen four vessels anchored in the lee of Cape ...
'Fullness' of truth.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Contrary to negative reports, it is a genuine decree of "love" that allows the Pope and Catholics to assert their faith as the one true religion. The Catholic Church is the only church today that can be traced directly back to Christ, whose coming was foretold in Jewish ...
Junk sale.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... MANY PARENTS will welcome the Department of Health's plan to ban advertising on junk food aimed at children. The department's draft regulations on food labelling and advertising include a list of foodstuffs which are not considered essential for a healthy diet. Soft ...
Leak of alcohol report is of grave concern - Cricket SA.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Writers The Proteas' former fitness trainer is "disappointed" that a "confidential" report he submitted to Cricket SA (CSA) about "the use of alcohol within the national team" has been leaked to the media. Adrian le Roux resigned from the Proteas and ...
Father 'numb' as killer describes rape and strangulation of six-year-old son.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER THE father of six-year-old Steven Siebert, who was sexually molested and killed while on holiday in Plettenberg Bay during the 2005 festive season, said it was "difficult" for him to sit in court and listen to what his son had to endure. ...
Join the laughter and action on a love boat.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER WRITER Marika Lelani Williams's action comedy, The Love Boat, will run at the Intimate Theatre from August 10 to 18 at 8.15pm. Directed by Vincent Meyburgh, the production is built on Jungle Theatre Company's style of mime and clocking techniques, ...
Rasool weighs up need to declare disaster areas.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY PREMIER Ebrahim Rasool may call for some flood-ravaged informal settlements to be declared disaster areas if the provincial government has insufficient funds to provide immediate relief. By Monday, repeated downpours had flooded about 8 000 ...
Hout Bay man assaulted and robbed by burglars in home.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... POLICE are hunting for three men after a 45-year-old man was assaulted with a hammer and robbed of a watch, his wallet and an undisclosed amount of money in his Hout Bay home on Monday morning. The man, who police declined to name, was asleep in his Petershof Street home about ...
Broad agreement on troops and police for Darfur.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The UN Security Council reached broad agreement on a draft resolution to authorise up to 26 000 troops and police for Sudan's Darfur region, with a vote anticipated this week. Islamist rebels attacked Somali and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu with rockets and gunfire early ...
Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief handed to tribunal.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kang Kek Ieu, has been handed over to Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal for questioning regarding the country's genocide. Oxfam has warned in a report that unabated violence in Iraq is masking a humanitarian crisis that has ...
Disabled arts festival reveals wealth of talent.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER The annual Quadpara Association of SA (Qasa) Mouth Painters Exhibition will take place at Kirstenbosch from Saturday until next Thursday. The journey that people face who become spinal cord injured is a difficult one, and the art exhibition plays ...
Court dismissesR1bn claim againstthe Cape Times.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER THE Cape High Court has dismissed a R1 billion defamation action brought against the Cape Times by a former policeman, saying that there was no prospect of it succeeding. The court also interdicted him from suing the newspaper and the ...
Film to showcase ocean liners.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Ship Society of SA will show the film A Voyage of Discovery - Liners - Maiden Voyages, tomorrow at 8pm in their clubroom Bon 1, opposite F-berth Table Bay. Entrance is R10, including refreshments. Call Pauline on 021 434 5528. Cavendish Square hosts its annual charity book ...
Mixed reaction to drug den sale.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH A GRASSY PARK shebeen and drug house has been sold to a "private individual" for R350 000 following an auction co-ordinated by the state's Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU). But some community leaders are "stunned and disappointed" by the sale, and ...
Give school recovery plan a chance - Dugmore.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY A strike by Western Cape teachers would be unfortunate and unjustified, Education MEC Cameron Dugmore said yesterday when he announced his department's next phase of a plan to help pupils recover schoolwork lost during June's public service strike. ...
Chance to comment on service delivery issues.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Pretoria: A list of 65 questions on the steps the government needs to take to improve local governance and service delivery has been released for public comment by Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi. Designed to fuel debate, ...
Government departments spend hundreds of millions on hotels, travel.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: WENDY JASSON DA COSTA PRETORIA: Government departments have spent hundreds of millions of rand on restaurant expenses, travelling and hotel accommodation in the 2006/07 financial year. Ministers revealed these costs in a series of replies to parliamentary ...
Maritime disaster averted off Oudekraal.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INGPEN A MARITIME disaster off Oudekraal was narrowly averted on Monday night when the salvage tug Smit Amandla towed the disabled vehicle carrier Tigris Leader clear of the coast. According to a spokesperson for the tug's owner, the ...
WESTERN CAPE OVERVIEW.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY THE Western Cape's economic growth rate of 5.5% was higher than the 5% national average, but more jobs have been lost than created, according to the annual Provincial Economic Review and Outlook report released yesterday. Worst affected are the ...
Ministers promise sustainable development on West Coast.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MELANIE GOSLING ELANDS BAY: Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk and his provincial counterpart, Tasneem Essop, made commitments to the people of the West Coast yesterday that they would ensure that development in the environmentally sensitive region was ...
SA's 18 million braai fires could warm the globe for good.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... LIKE all patriotic South African okes, I don't need a special braai day to light a fire and incinerate a roll of boerewors. I do it whenever I feel an attack of arson coming on, and my system cries out for carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. But an ...
Perhaps Ernie can break Tiger's heart at Southern Hills ...(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Ernie Els's strong showing at the Open Championship reminded me of an intriguing comment Tiger Woods made during last year's Open at Hoylake. Tom Callahan, an American golf writer, overheard Tiger on the putting green talking to his coach Hank Haney about Ernie. Tiger said: ...
Adams trying to stoppanic in the WP ranks.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED WESTERN Province must not panic when chasing the game and should stick to their patterns even when under pressure. That is the message being drilled into the players this week as WP try to get their faltering Currie Cup campaign back on track ...
Arthurrubbishes'drinkingreport'.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess JOHANNESBURG: South African coach Mickey Arthur has slammed suggestions that a culture of drinking has pervaded the national cricket team. "Definitely not," replied Arthur when asked whether a drinking culture existed within the national team. ...
Spies has rare blood disease that killed father, grandfather.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY DURBAN: Pierre Spies withdrew from the World Cup squad after it was detected that he could be suffering from the same rare blood disease that killed his father and grandfather. Pierre Spies senior, like his son a fine rugby player and athlete, ...
Killer of Siebert boy convicted after describing events in detail.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Olivier was convicted of three charges: murder, indecent assault and kidnapping. Judge Moosa said he was satisfied that all the elements of the charges had been proven and that Olivier was able to appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions. After the verdict was ...
Rasool seeks tally of families hit hardest by flooding.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... to reach people's flooded homes. Rasool told residents he would try to provide R500 in immediate relief to families whose homes could no longer be inhabited and whose possessions had been destroyed by the flooding. He asked councillors in the worst-hit areas to count how many ...
FW kept in dark over 'dirty tricks',says Steward.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... perpetrators be cornered in such a way that the tragedy would have been avoided. As it is, 12-year-olds were murdered in their sleep. That was murder in my book and it continues to be murder in my book." But Steward said yesterday: "You can't charge a head of state for decisions ...
Scorpions' appeal challenged.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan JOHANNESBURG: Two years after 300 Scorpions investigators raided his homes and his lawyers' offices, former deputy president Jacob Zuma hopes the Supreme Court of Appeal will accept his view that the operations were a "breathtaking invasion" of his privacy ....
sharks in a bind.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Greenaway and Own Correspondent DURBAN: Springbok coach Jake White says Bismarck du Plessis's powerful two-try display against the Blue Bulls last Saturday was a key factor in him forcing his way into the Springbok World Cup squad. Sharks hooker Du ...
Child rights group, renowned academic slam amendment bill.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA THE proposed Criminal Law (Sentencing) Amendment Bill - which could see 16-year-olds receiving life sentences - violated the rights of children and South Africa's international obligations, children's rights groups and a renowned academic warned. ...
Goniwe's grilling of accuser angers gender activists.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: WENDY JASSON DA COSTA PRETORIA: The ANC has incurred the wrath of gender activists, who say the disciplinary hearing of former chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe raises serious questions about how the party deals with sexual victimisation. The Gender Education and ...
CHARGE ANC LEADERS AS WELL.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH IF apartheid-era law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and General Johann van der Merwe are to be charged for apartheid crimes, then so should President Thabo Mbeki and 36 top ANC members who applied for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ....
Film to showcase ocean liners.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Ship Society of SA will show the film A Voyage of Discovery - Liners - Maiden Voyages, tomorrow at 8pm in their clubroom Bon 1, opposite F-berth Table Bay. Entrance is R10, including refreshments. Call Pauline on 021 434 5528. Cavendish Square hosts its annual charity book ...
LeadingBonnievale wine farmer dies in accident on swollen river.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE closely-knit Bonnievale community is in shock over the death of a prominent wine farmer in an accident on the Breede River at the weekend. Adolph Jonker, 49, one of the directors of Mooiuitsig wine estate, was jet-skiing with his 14-year-old ...
Ministers promise sustainable development on West Coast.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MELANIE GOSLING THE environment minister and MEC have made a commitment to the people of the West Coast that they will ensure development in the environmentally sensitive region is sustainable. Environmental NGOs, frustrated by the lack of law enforcement and ...
'Cargo' is product of collaboration.(Life)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER CARGO, a contemporary dance production directed by Mark Fleishman, is the seventh in a series of collaborations between two of South Africa's foremost movement theatre companies, Jazzart Dance Theatre and Magnet Theatre. It is at the Baxter Theatre from ...
'Strictly Halaal'.(Life)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Standup comedian Riaad Moosa's latest show, Strictly Halaal, will run at Baran's Dinner Theatre Restaurant from Sunday. It will run every Sunday and Tuesday during August. Book on 021 426 4466. Without A Kiss will be staged at the Milnerton Playhouse from Tuesday, August 7 to ...
social spaces need creative management.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ERIK SCHAUG If the proposed improvements to the Grand Parade are going to work, it will be because of good management. This is one of the factors neglected in urban design theory until fairly recently. Most urban designers come from a background of ...
Super Series storms into the Cape.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Correspondent The WesBank Super Series heads for the picturesque Killarney circuit in Cape Town for the second time this year on Saturday, and recent developments in the world of motorsport have contrived to give the meeting added interest. ...
Curitaba's message for Cape Town.(Life)
Aug 02, 2007 ... HHHH A CONVENIENT TRUTH: URBAN SOLUTIONS FROM CURITABA, BRAZIL. (Brazil) 2006. Directed by Giovanni Vaz Del Belle. At the Earthnotes Documentary Festival. KAREN RUTTER reviews TIME-WASTING traffic jams, badly-built budget housing, controversial construction and an exhausted ...
'policing may be a problem'.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: LYSe COMINS JOHANNESBURG: Consumer groups and dietitians have hailed as "progressive" proposed amendments to food labelling legislation, saying the changes will encourage a healthier nation. But they remain concerned about how they are to be policed if they ...
Mr Smooth Operator.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Neville Beeton If you've ever felt intimidated at the thought of getting behind the wheel of a luxury sedan costing almost half a million grand, relax. Remember the reason you've just coughed up the equivalent of Zimbabwe's GDP for a year to own a Lexus is that you're ...
Mazda3 MPS is red hot.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa A high-performance Mazda has never had the same cachet as a Golf GTi or a Mini Cooper S, but here's one that might bring the brand front and centre into the ranks of thrill-seeking drivers. The Mazda3 MPS (it stands for Mazda Performance Series) ...
Sweet revenge is just an urban legend.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Everyone knows that putting sugar in a car's petrol tank will destroy the engine, right? Wrong. This popular belief is debunked on the Snopes.com website which performs much the same role as the popular TV series Mythbusters. The ...
Will the car of the future please stand up.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... As I drove my grunting, creaking and bor- rowed G-Wiz electric car through London, I thought: "This is the 21st century. Surely we can do better?" I could put up with the mocking laughter at traffic lights and the fact that the vehicle was slow (who needs to go fast in town?) ...
Jeep takes on soft-roaders with Patriot.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff The Chrysler group's new Jeep Patriot is the fourth Jeep model to be introduced to South Africa in the past year, others being the Commander, Compass and Wrangler. A compact SUV based on the Compass launched earlier this year, the Patriot ...
Mazda6 is low-flying chariot.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Pete Lee Japanese author Jack K Yamaguchi, writing in RX-8, the history of Mazda's success story of the world's first four-door sports car, said: "The spirit has always been with Mazda and Mazda people. There are the rotary people and there are sports car people . . ." ...