Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from February 2008:
TV screens might largely replace stadiums for football fans.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ERIK SCHAUG Will giant football stadiums survive as the centrepieces of World Cups? Certainly, many seem to think so, but many others believe that 2010 will see the last of them. During the investigations into the Green Point stadium last year, ...
Embroidery specialists have it all sewn up for SA artists.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... I showed this book to some members of the Cape Embroiderers' Guild and the initial reaction was: "Wow!" The photographs and colours caught our attention immediately. They are vibrant and exciting. There is much more to this book however than this immediate appeal. It begins with ...
Best way to display those/hundreds of baby photos.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Taking hundreds of baby photos is one thing, finding suitable ways of displaying them is another. Authors Deborah Morbin and Tracy Boomer have a book on crafts and scrapbooking and several on decoupage under their belts, and they have incorporated some of the techniques from the ...
Layered drama stays true to novel.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HHHH ATONEMENT. Directed by Joe Wright, with Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda Blethyn. Review: KENNETH TURAN Ian McEwan, one of Britain's most accomplished novelists, has been in the habit of showing his books to his ...
Marvel at the architecture of Mali's mud palaces.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Heading north from Bamako by Niger River pirogue and camel train, Justin Fox visited the ancient cities of the Sahara to find out how to build with mud. It's dawn on market day in Djenne. Camel caravans have assembled outside the city and stalls are being set up on the square in ...
'27 Dresses' fits rom-com formula /like a glove.(Entertainment)(Medical condition overview)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HH 27 DRESSES. Directed by Anne Fletcher, with Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Ed Burns, Melora Hardin and Judy Greer. CARINA CHOCANO reviews. KATHERINE HEIGL is always the bridesmaid and never the bride in this garden-variety wedding-themed rom-com - ...
Wine and dine and be entertained by celebrity chef.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Gorry Bowes Taylor "Go out and live your dreams, conquer life's walls." David Grier, celebrity chef and extreme adventurer, together with his friend, Braam Malherbe, became the first people to run the entire length of the Great Wall of China in a single attempt ....
List the culprits to avoid that morning-after mood.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Perhaps it's because it's self-evident, but wine reporting hardly ever discusses the after-effects of indulgence. Of course, it's clearly not in the interests of an industry that's promoting the elegance and enhanced lifestyle of wine consumption to focus on the deleterious side of the ...
Host Soli Philander helps /quiz show pass the grade.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... IT HAS been, and continues to be, a rather eventful time for television. The past month has seen a flurry of new programmes on M-Net and DStv, including the local version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (M-Net, Sundays at 6pm), which began this week. As a topic for this ...
KAZAKHSTANI FUN.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Sacha Baron Cohen breathes life into his outrageous Kazakhstani character Borat, who travels to the US to make a documentary about American culture. During his travels he falls in love with Pamela Anderson. The film was nominated for scores of awards, including an Oscar, but the government ...
'Hunt' is on for clarity in edgy play.(Entertainment)(Theater review)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HUNT. Directed by Alexander du Plessis, with Deborah Vieyra. At UCT Arena Theatre until February 10. PETER TROMP reviews. The ephemeral nature of theatre usually means one can only absorb so much in one sitting of a performance, especially if it is a new work. Deborah ...
Cook up a storm like the pros.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BIANCA COLEMAN ALREADY responsible for training chefs who go on to work in some of the finest kitchens in the world, this year The Culinary Academy (TCA) will launch a diploma course in food studies - a first for South Africa. Academy head Rebecca Hurst ...
Drink order turned sour.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Last word - for now - on the issue of cashiers taking it upon themselves to withhold their customers' five or 10 cents' change. A few readers have e-mailed me with "the other side of the coin". They've tried to pay for goods or a service with a five cent piece or two, and had ...
Insert shed no light.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Here in Montagu we received our "load-shedding" insert with some relief. At last we could plan our day. No such luck. It was as clear as mud. Apparently we may be "shed" up to two times a day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Or, possibly, three times a day on those days. ...
ARTSCAPE.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Suidoosterfees, Fri - Feb 9. Merchant of Venice, Fri - Sat. Giselle, Sun's - Feb 24. Book 021 421 7695. On That Note, Fri, Sat. Book 021 426 4466. Mirror, Mirror, Fri - Feb 9. Joe Barber 4, Fri - Sat . Let's Mix It 2, Mon - Feb 16. Book 021 680 3989. Liewe ...
City doctor/plans to recycle/medical 'waste'.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DOMINIQUE HERMAN A CAPE TOWN orthopaedic surgeon is looking to co-opt others in the healthcare industry to collect and recycle medical consumables from hospitals that would otherwise be destroyed. The equipment could then be recycled for distribution in ...
Vegan venture turned into magical experience of an exotic culture.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... In the first of a new food series on the ethics of what we eat, Graham Howe explores vegan cuisine at Addis, an Ethiopian restaurant on Long Street, which offers exotic vegetarian cuisine. Over dinner he meets the first of his interview subjects - Karen Johnson, an animal rights activist ...
Breakfast show quartet just wanna have fun.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DOMINIQUE HERMAN MONDAY was not only Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, which 94.5 Kfm Breakfast co-host Mel Jones acknowledged by slipping out of the studio shortly after 6am to perform her daily random act of kindness: handing out sheets of bubble wrap for people to pop. ...
Tarantino double dose tops X-Fest bill.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: JANE MAYNE THE creators of the South African Horrorfest, Flamedrop Productions and Cinemania, are set to launch a film festival featuring cutting edge grindhouse, avant-garde and underground films at the Labia from March 28 - 30. The line-up includes Quentin ...
West is not responsible for all of Africa's woes.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Christine Qunta expresses horror at the events in Kenya, and readers will agree with this view ("Kenya's tragedy needs close analysis", January 30). However, Qunta reverts to her favourite topic, and states that this continent's people have been subjected to dehumanisation and ...
Dog Samaritans.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Twice in three days I saw dogs on Edinburgh Drive, but, fortunately, on both occasions they were rescued by passing motorists. On behalf of all animal lovers I would like to express my thanks to the gentlemen who took the time and trouble to help these dogs. On January 24, in ...
Baxter kindness.(News)(Theater review)
Feb 01, 2008 ... In this time of doom and gloom and continuous complaints about lack of service and friendliness in our fair city, I should like to tell you about the excep-tional service my husband and I experienced at the Baxter Theatre on January 23. We had booked for the David Kramer show in loving ...
Birthday bash for Heart 104.9FM.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Heart 104.9FM will host its birthday bash celebrations at the Elgin Grabouw Country Club on Sunday, February 10. Relax on the shore of the Eikenhof Dam while listening to Loyiso, Jody ...
Day at Delheim in good taste.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... On Saturday, February 23, at 10.30am, wine lovers can join the Sperling family of Delheim wines at their seventh annual Grape vs Wine tasting event. On arrival, guests will be served oysters and Delheim Brut Sparkling Wine to cleanse and inspire the pal-ate, before being ...
Appointment of Chaaban's son-in-law 'will add to chaotic mess'.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: QUINTON MTYALA THE former mayor of the Overberg District Municipality says news that Badih Chaaban's son-in-law was due to take up a position within the council would add to the "chaotic mess" the administration was in. The DA's Nicolette Botha was ousted as ...
Dad works to turn loss of loved ones into a gain for Africa.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM THE memory of his wife and|10-year-old daughter, trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe last year, is all that keeps Kelvin Parker going. Parker is in South Africa until next month to distribute books and stationery to eight schools in ...
It's ready, Freddy, go as 'Nightmare's' Krueger returns.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES: Freddy's back. Again. New Line is in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to re-launch the Nightmare on Elm Street movie series. The first Nightmare movie was made by Wes Craven and released in 1984. The success of the film spawned a slew of sequels ...
History in the making: a rebel's tale.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Fidel Castro: My Life is based on conversations between the writer, Ignacio Ramonet (a Spanish journalist and writer) and Fidel Castro, which lasted 100 hours. Castro himself revised the first edition, thus guaranteeing the real story. "Fidel and France" (Chapter 24) has been ...
Cherry on the top of a talented wildlife photographer's work.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Awesome. Amazing. Inspiring. There is a handful of wildlife photographers on this planet who can really be called masters. David Doubilet and Frans Lanting spring to mind. Both are extremely knowledgeable about their subjects, both artists with their cameras and both live for ...
Playing mouse with the cat in the city has its limits, y'know.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Dominique Herman IT was with as much fascination as watching a predator chase on National Geographic that I witnessed my cat strolling triumphantly off the mountain, baby mouse in mouth, en route into the apartment where he would have undoubtedly dropped it, lost ...
Hoofbeat Festival at Paarl.(Life)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The first Hoofbeat Festival takes place tomorrow at 10.30am at Crow's Nest wine estate in Paarl to promote all horse breeds. There will also be a dog show and concert by The Thunderbirds. Adults R50, pensioners R30, children under 12 free. Call Marcel or Deidre on 021 869 8712 ...
Win-win as 'Shepherds' join/flocks to keep leopards at bay.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH LEOPARDS can't change their spots, but an unusual breed of dog could play a vital role in helping Klein Karoo farmers to protect their livestock from the predatory big cats. The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a hardy Turkish breed that is placed ...
10 000 hits at any given time.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DOMINIQUE HERMAN SOUTH AFRICAN Revenue Service (SARS) spokesperson Adrian Lackay was possibly the most exhausted man in the country yesterday, as he fielded one call after another about the overloaded server ahead of the midnight deadline to file tax returns ...
Free speech at a price.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The idea that any individual in any country should face execution for downloading information from the internet is as abhorrent as it is incomprehensible. That this should be happening in a nation whose government benefits from the military and financial support of Western countries, ...
Avis warns public of jobs and job application form scam.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DOMINIQUE HERMAN AVIS Rent A Car is warning job seekers not to pay for a job application form, after the company has fielded numerous inquiries from the public who have responded to a hoax job-advertising scam. "Our investigation has revealed that these ...
Lady and the revamp are just what the doctor ordered.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH A ROUTINE emergency call to the False Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service has ended well - for the patient, who recovered fully, and for the volunteers, who are now the proud owners of a brand-new, fully equipped ambulance worth R385 000. ...
'Race row' man vows to keep Khayelitsha house.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: QUINTON MTYALA A MITCHELL'S Plain teacher has refused to give up his right to move into his home in Khayelitsha after being the subject of racist comments and threatened with violence by some of his new neighbours earlier this week. Adrian Adams said the ...
Safety plan for schools being expanded.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: EDUCATION WRITER THE Education Department is to launch an intensified safety-at-schools programme tomorrow at a Hanover Park school where a pilot project has been running for the past six months. Mountview Secondary School was one of nine schools chosen by ...
Matrics in rush for rewrites ahead of deadline.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM THERE has been a "huge rush" by many of last year's matrics to rewrite ahead of a deadline yesterday for registration for supplementary examinations. "There has been very strong interest in terms of candidates wanting to write the May/June ...
Thanks to fire heroes.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... It is with great sadness that I have heard so many of our recent fires were possibly started deliberately. The beauty of our fynbos, insects, animals, birds and a number of homes have been destroyed as a result. I wish to thank all firefighters, helicopter pilots, rescue ...
Kenya's scapegoats.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... I really tried to find something insightful in Christine Qunta's article about the unfolding tragedy in Kenya ("Kenya's tragedy needs close analysis", January 30). Predictably, the knee-jerk reaction that usually informs her analysis undermines what could have been a thoughtful ...
Courteous Telkom.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... From time to time I have read very negative comments about Telkom's service on the Letters Page. Well, I would like to compliment Telkom on the service I have received twice during January. Both times I reported a faulty telephone line and the following day a ...
Bedtime for MPs.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... I trust that the ANC Cabinet and MPs will heed the words of the honourable Minister of Minerals and Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, in that they should all go to bed earlier that they can wake up ...
Beyond buildings.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Let us hope that the MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, heeds the call by Lorna Levy ("Save Sea Point", January 30) to help put an end to the planned commercial development around the Sea Point Pavilion. It might help if Essop and other public ...
We're already saving.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... It is my sincere hope that the advice given to the country by Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica was intended to be tongue in cheek ("Go to sleep early to save power - minister", January 31). If not, it came across as a very definite "foot in mouth" remark . It is not ...
E stands /for energy, study on elderly finds.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON: Vitamin E may help elderly people keep their vim and vigour, a study has found. The researchers measured levels of certain vitamins in the blood of 698 people aged 65 and up in Italy, and then used three tests - a short walk, balance and standing up from a seated ...
Where there is a will, there is a way to tackle HIV - but just where is that will?(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lesley Odendal THE government's response to the HIV epidemic in the past five years has improved, but there is still much to be done. For example, the recently announced prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) protocol is a step forward, as is the fact that ...
Hundred firefighters battle two big veld blazes.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY FIREFIGHTERS were kept on high alert throughout the |night after more than 100 of |them battled two big veld |blazes and a number of |other smaller grass fires |yesterday. The fire service also kept a close watch on the Boland and Swartland areas ...
Behind this world of ugliness that has become Kenya, is an age-old beauty.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... AS THE horror story that Kenya has become unfolds, there is a weariness, a sameness creeping into the reporting from that beautiful country. Much like Iraq, the stories are growing to resemble stock war reporting - the body counts and repetition of trite analyses going nowhere near ...
probe into irregular payments.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE City of Cape Town may soon be subpoenaed for not paying consultancy fees of R4.5 million for a project that is still the subject of an internal forensic investigation. Vincent Botto, head of the city's forensic audit unit, said the city did ...
A wisedecision.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... RELIEF is on the way for households battling with high inflation, if the forecasts of the Reserve Bank are to be believed. Explaining yesterday why the monetary policy committee has decided to leave interest rates unchanged for the moment, Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said ...
Language policy.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... With reference to the article "English-only policy on cards for emergency services in city"(January 30), please note that the Western Cape Department of Health assures the public that the Communication Centre has the capacity to deal with emergency calls from the public in any of the three ...
Picture of Mossel Bay golf course is out of this world.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: COURTNEY BROOKS AN international space station astronaut, who is also an avid golfer, has been so captivated by a golf course near Mossel Bay that he has taken a picture of it while orbiting Earth. "Being in space is fantastic, but there are times that I crave ...
Waiting period for visits to Robben Island now two weeks.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ALEX GIBSON THE waiting time for tickets to Robben Island is now two weeks, leaving many tourists, especially those who visit Cape Town only for a few days, frustrated. The Cape Times contacted the Nelson Mandela Gateway yesterday to discover the next ...
Palestinian activist seeks to learn lessons during his visit of how South Africans fought for freedom.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY IN THEIR quest for freedom, Palestinians can learn from the way South Africans fought oppression, said Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Occupied Palestine, on his arrival in Cape Town |yesterday. Salah is in South Africa for three ...
Cape Town gaining ground in world Monopoly rankings.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DOMINIQUE HERMAN AFTER languishing in the dangerously low turquoise slots, Cape Town is finally in the red and on its way to the top of the Leaderboard for inclusion in the upcoming world edition version of Monopoly, the world's best-selling board game. Cape ...
Winter snow threatens Chinese crops.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A top agriculture official warned that snow battering central China has dealt an "extremely serious" blow to winter crops, raising the likelihood of future shortages and higher inflation. Regions hit by the worst winter storms in 50 years provide the bulk of China's winter fruit and ...
Terrorist network dismantled in Algeria.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Algeria's Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni said yesterday his country's security services had dismantled a network behind twin bombings in Algiers in December - one at a government building and one at UN offices - that killed 37 people. A Moroccan court has jailed ...
Counsel's illness stalls trial of pair held after detective's death.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER THE trial of two men accused of murdering Woodstock detective Lourens le Roux was postponed to Monday because one of the defence advocates was ill and unable to be in court yesterday. Ebrahim Jacobs and Garth Leetz have denied murdering Le ...
'Baby Jordan' murder revisited.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan Dina Rodrigues has begged for the chance to challenge her conviction and life sentence for the murder of six-month-old baby Jordan-Leigh Norton. And, within the next two weeks, she will find out if she has it. Two Supreme Court of Appeal judges ...
'Mr Big' arrest: man wants to get his BMW X5 back.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER A MATROOSFONTEIN man claims that he owns the BMW X5 which alleged organised crime syndicate boss Quinton "Mr Big" Marinus had been driving when he was arrested for drug dealing in September. The vehicle was seized and is in the possession of ...
Murder of woman, 81: teens in court.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER TWO 16-year-olds and an 18-year-old are behind bars charged with the rape and murder of an elderly Franschhoek |resident. The partially decomposed and bludgeoned body of Jana de Korte, 81, was found in her garage. Yesterday Chriziel ...
Provincial ANC meets to plot its course.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY PREPARATIONS for next year's elections and the ruling party's performance in the Western Cape over the past four years are to feature strongly at the provincial ANC's three-day lekgotla. Also up for discussion are the performances by ...
Alleged gang boss 'was getting a/lift' with investigator.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY ALLEGED Americans gang boss Igshaan Davids told his attorney he was "just getting a lift" with Scorpions investigator Ivor Powell when the two were arrested last month. George Catsicadellis, Davids's attorney, said this after his client was ...
Bulls enjoy Slaptjipsat Stormers expense.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI PRETORIA: They might not say it in as many words, but the Bulls have drawn first blood ahead of their Super 14 opener against Cape arch-rivals the Stormers later this month by appointing former Springbok and Western Province wing Pieter Rossouw as their ...