Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from April 2008:
Local star comes home to 'Chicago'.(Life)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: WILHELM SNYMAN ACTOR, singer and Isidingo star Craig Urbani is in town for his role as Billy Flynn in the hit musical Chicago, which ends on April 13. The show was last in Cape Town in 2005. Urbani began his professional career in 1992 and after some theatre, ...
Communication explosion affects all.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Dave Duarte The recently released Forbes list of billionaires for 2008 announced the world's youngest-ever self-made billionaire as non-other than Mark Zuckerberg - founder of the social networking website Facebook. At just 23 years old, this tech-savvy ...
Website allows you to play 'Little Brother' with your cellphone.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: David Sarno Los Angeles: Get ready for your close-up. Because pretty soon, we're all going to have video cameras in our cellphones. Also known as cellular video cameras. Meaning anyone will be able to broadcast from anywhere. Live. You don't have ...
Eskom's chaotic cuts.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The proposed massively cataclysmic electricity tariff hikes (65,2%), as envisaged by Eskom as a result of the culture of their greed-smitten management ethos, dare not remain unchallenged. They overburden the poor, indigent and lower-income households (43% of the South African ...
Internet breathes new life into SA children's book newsletter.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INDRELUNAS A NEWSLETTER about children's books that was last printed in 1997 has been reborn online, and its website also sports a books database that never took off on paper. Retired teacher Jay Heale, who edited the printed Bookchat newsletter for 21 ...
International awareness day declared to highlight disorder.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INDRELUNAS WITH the world's attention turning towards autism spectrum disorder tomorrow for the first observance of an international awareness day, those who deal with the disorder in South Africa say the increased attention is needed. Gerhard Pieterse, ...
Strong family tiescreate normalityfor little Kelly.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INDRELUNAS THE symptoms of autism spectrum disorder aren't signs of a difference for the Stewart family. Rather, they're all the family has ever known of their eldest daughter, Kelly. "Kels was our firstborn," Claire Stewart said. "For us, ...
Be aware of the signs of autism.(News)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Apr 01, 2008 ... People diagnosed with autism show impairment in these three interrelated areas: l Language and communication; l Social skills and understanding; l Imagination and creativity. The signs and symptoms of autism are: l Little awareness ...
IRISH INVESTOR REMAINS A MYSTERY.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL AT least 10 West Coast farmers have been left with deed-of-sale documents but no money after a proposed multimillion rand property development fizzled out. The large-scale mixed-use development, which was to be named Atlantic City, was mooted last ...
interference could fuel inflation.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In today's article in our series, Kobus Marais, MP and DA spokesperson on finance, argues for the independence of the Reserve Bank in the fight against inflation. In his article in this series entitled "Money creation is key to ending economic apartheid", Joseph Edozien ...
Beat those Windows Vista blues by updating online.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... This month, Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1), the first major update to its newest desktop operating system, Windows Vista. SP1 fixes many of the issues that users have battled with in Vista, which took some of the shine off the long-awaited successor to Windows XP. The ...
Get away from it all in a world with low tech.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... If you are a Cape Town migrant, skip both this and the next couple of paragraphs: they are for that shy, diminishing - some say mythical - species of Cape Town natives. The next paragraph is their orientation guide. South Africa is an African country of which Cape Town is ...
No time for apathy in move to address the terrible impact of road-death tolls.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Desmond Tutu and Kevin Watkins Meeting yesterday at the UN General Assembly in New York, the world's governments have an opportunity to start the fight back against one of the world's most destructive, yet least reported, health emergencies: the epidemic of death and ...
An open letter to supreme commander Robert McBride in his hour of need.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Dear Robert Do you mind if I call you Robert? Obergruppenfuhrer McBride sounds so formal. Besides, I feel like I already know you since we both have ties to Durban. I used to drink in the bars along the beachfront and you used to blow them up. Had I not ...
Challenging production of Fugard is worth seeing.(Life)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SORROWS AND REJOICINGS. Drama in one act by Athol Fugard. Directed by Mari Mocke, with Willie Sass, Bernie Jacobs, Verity Vass and Phoebe Snayer. Music: Ruthette du Toit. Presented by Milnerton Players at Milnerton Playhouse until Saturday. SHEILA CHISHOLM reviews. Milnerton ...
Bill still trouble.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The BRITISH government's latest counter- terrorism Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Commons today. And one provision will be contested above all others: the proposal to grant to police the power to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days. ...
Google aims to broaden accessibility for e-mail users.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Gillian Armstrong Google has been trying to make its presence as a Microsoft competitor felt for some time and now it seems other companies are willing to help. Google's newest ally is a company whose specialisation is an e-mail backup services, namely ...
Google sets Sites on Microsoft territory.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Gillian Armstrong It seems difficult for Microsoft to take any steps these days without Google being one step behind. Google's latest attempt comes in the form of a challenge to Microsoft's Sharepoint, a program which allows team workers on projects to ...
Gas from rotten eggs puts mice in suspended animation.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Rogan louwrens Researchers in Massachusetts have discovered that the poisonous chemical that makes rotten eggs smell may hold the key to suspending animation. Formally, suspended animation is the reversible slowing of vital life processes, like heartbeat and ...
Audience participation works superbly.(Life)
Apr 01, 2008 ... RAIDERS - RASPUTIN'S RECTANGLE. With Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen. Directed by Andrew Brent. At the Sanlam Studio, Baxter Theatre. Performances start at 8.15pm. WILHELM SNYMAN reviews. SOME might baulk at audience participation, but in this, the 18th incarnation of this wildly ...
New camera mimics bats to take a picture using sonar echoes.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: rogan louwrens The next step in Big Brother's all-seeing eye may be ... the all-hearing ear (hold out on the applause). Scientists in Tubingen, Germany, have created a learning algorithm capable of identifying different species of plant via the use of sonar, ...
Talks see Eskom delay power cuts.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY, KAREN BREYTENBACH and Sapa ESKOM has warned that power cuts will be carried out as scheduled, although those expected yesterday did not take place. Eskom said the power stayed on because of its high-level meeting with the government to "iron ...
Holiday fun.(Life)
Apr 01, 2008 ... School holiday entertainment at Canal Walk includes the Hannah Montana Experience, Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer's Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, and Nursery Rhyme Time. The productions will run until April 13. Tickets R30. Call 083 915 8000. Vanilla Canvas Gallery in Diep River ...
Expecteruptions.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MANY OBSERVERS have hailed the African Union for demonstrating a rare purpose of mind by sending in some 1 500 troops from four countries to help 600 federal Comoros troops overthrow the "rebel" government of President Mohamed Bacar on the country's island of Anjouan last Tuesday. ...
Stock up on electricity.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... I have a pre-paid electricity meter. I purchase units and punch the given numbers into the meter to store the units purchased for future use. With the the tariff increase of 14% soon and further increases imminent it makes economic good sense to purchase as many extra units as ...
Stop housing delays.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In his letter (March 31) the deputy director-general of the provincial housing department, Mbulelo Thsangana, claims he is "confident that the department has given the necessary support to assist the project". The "project" is us, the Housing Organisation Amakhaya Ngoku (Homes ...
Building workers need a decent income not phoney bonus.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille thanked construction workers, companies, the city and provincial government for ensuring that Fifa's 2010 stadium remains on track for early completion next year (March 27). To thank the workers, the mayor wants to "show gratitude by sponsoring a ...
Be amazed by dolphins.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Meet the whales of the Cook Islands and the Bahamas with world-renowned whales and dolphins expert, Nan Hauser. Her illustrated talk will be hosted by the Sustainable Seas Trust, Ajubatus Marine and Wildlife Rescue and the Royal Society of South Africa on Thursday at BoE, Waterfront. To ...
SACS reunions.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The SACS class of 1949 congratulates the class of 1938 on their 70th reunion. What a marvellous photograph of your wonderful SACS Old Boys appeared in the Cape Times on Friday. Our class of '49 is following you by meeting regularly, but we cannot yet emulate your outstanding ...
Weed the web with a click of the mouse.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Most fun I've had all week was stumbling upon www.Stumbleupon. com. It works like this: you sign up to the site and choose the areas you're interested in, like computers, sport and commerce if you are spectacularly dull, or arts, books, writing, health, music, movies ... Next ...
Road test applauded.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... At the ripe old age of 62, this is the first time I have ever written to a newspaper. Drive Times (March 27) included a road test on a KTM Superduke that has to be commended. Your tester Dave Abrahams gave a totally accurate assessment and had the guts to tell us ...
Shameful showing.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... So the predictable has happened. Just like last time, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission has declared the Zimbabwe elections credible even before the results have been announced. It has not bothered to tally the number of votes announced against the number ...
Entertaining Evelyn.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SMALL army of pedants and assorted language police are probably nitpicking away about Evelyn Holtzhausen's unfortunate - if possibly satirical - reference to "waking up dead tomorrow" (Urban Edge, March 31). Holtzhausen, guilty of a non-sequitur as he may be, has my sympathy ...
Death toll from collapsed building rises to 24.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Officials say the death toll from a building collapse in Luanda has risen to 24. Crews are still searching the rubble of a six-storey Angolan police building that collapsed on Saturday. About 180 people are believed to have been in the building. Somali Islamists took control of ...
China steps up attacks on Dalai Lama.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... China has stepped up its attacks on the Dalai Lama, accusing him of abusing religion, stirring protests in Tibet and preparing for independence, as the Olympic flame has arrived in Beijing under tight security. Israel's Jerusalem municipality has announced plans to build 600 ...
Accused says he was away on day HIV-positive teen was slain.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: QUINTON MTYALA A MAN accused of playing a part in the kidnapping, rape and murder of an HIV-positive teenager has denied being near the girl on the day she died. Bonga Sibhozo has been implicated by Thembinkosi Ntukani, who is on trial with him in the ...
Appeal court finds navy illegally forced officer to resign.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INDRELUNAS A FORMER naval officer was illegally forced to resign, the Supreme Court of Appeal decided yesterday. Glenville Frederick Murray, who had been the officer in charge of the Simon's Town military police, claimed constructive dismissal after his ...
Suspects shocked as community out in force against bail.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY TWO MEN suspected of robbing and assaulting an elderly Tokai resident appeared shocked when they entered a courtroom yesterday and realised the people filling the public gallery were there to oppose their possible release on bail. Patrick Dogg, ...
Goats who gym are the next best thing.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Brie Kid A PAARL wine and cheese estate is beating the energy crunch by harnessing the energy of its 700 Saanen goats. The farm, which produces an award-winning range of speciality cheeses, has developed a "goat power" plant to supply back-up electricity for ...
Bill for shuttle buses doubles cost of luxury liner's visit.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: COURTNEY BROOKS IT cost twice as much for the 260-metre P&O cruise ship Oriana to dock in Cape Town as it should have done because of the 15 shuttle buses used to transport tourists from the commercial harbour to the V&A Waterfront. Captain Charlie Carr said ...
Harksen looks forward to the movie that 'tells the truth' about his exploits.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan IT WAS more than a decade ago that convicted fraudster Jurgen Harksen persuaded many Germans and South Africans, including prominent businessmen and popular entertainers, to invest millions in non-existent shares that he promised would yield returns of 1 ...
Harksen in love and a free man after six years in jail.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan Jurgen Harksen is a free man, "very much in love" and ready to make a plea bargain deal with South African justice authorities. Speaking to the Cape Times exclusively yesterday, the convicted fraudster whose controversial donations to the ...
Robbersstrike again at bank in Wynberg.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY SHOCKED employees of the African Bank in Wynberg huddled together and hugged one another after they were tied up, held at gunpoint, and forced into a back room when two robbers stormed into the building yesterday and demanded money. It is the ...
no rush to GET LICENCEs renewed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: TRANSPORT WRITER UNLIKE five years ago, there was no mad rush or long queues at the city's main traffic centres yesterday - the cut-off day for people to renew their driver's licences. City traffic spokesperson Searle Johannes said they had expected a sudden ...
department erred, court finds.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: QUINTON MTYALA FOR the second time in a year a Mossel Bay high school has won a court case against the Western Cape Department of Education over staff appointments. The Supreme Court of Appeal has found in favour of the Point High School in its dispute with ...
Stander gang have the Cape Epic stolen away.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: KEVIN MCCALLUM RIVERSDALE: Absa Cape Epic leaders Songo.info were forced to pull out of the race during yesterday's third stage because South African Burry Stander's knee would carry him no more. The 20-year-old Stander withdrew at the second waterpoint on the ...
Brief reprieve for South Peninsula drivers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MOTORISTS from the South Peninsula can breathe a sigh of relief for now as construction on the multimillion rand upgrade of the Main Road between Muizenberg and Clovelly will only begin at the end of the week. Trevor Steyn, spokesperson for mayoral committee member for transport ...
Five suspects arrested in Camps Bay robberies.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY FIVE suspects in Camps Bay robberies have been arrested in three days, and police are investigating whether they can be linked to other crimes. Yesterday police spokesperson Billy Jones said on Sunday two men were arrested in a Sea Point flat in ...
Tutu joins international road safety call to UN.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BRIAN INDRELUNAS THREE Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, have joined other international leaders in urging the UN to take steps to improve road safety. More than 3 000 people a day die in road accidents, with ...
Sam eyes Bok manager post asDe Villiers is finally set to sign.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED THE delay in officially appointing the entire new Springbok coaching and management team may finally be resolved this week. Bok coach Peter de Villiers is about to sign his contract after the South African Rugby Union agreed to change their ...
wrong plan for sehwag.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: IQBAL KHAN AHMEDABAD: Makhaya Ntini has regained his confidence and can't wait for South Africa's second Test against India to start at the Sardar Patel Stadium on Thursday. "I have not been feeling all that well because I have not been getting as many ...
Toyi-toying is essential to students' later careers, Mrs Pandor.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... IT isn't often that I agree with the Young Communist League, but I must support them in their criticism of Education Minister Naledi Pandor for saying that students should rather pass their first-year exams in fewer than seven years than perfect their toyi-toying skills. Anyone ...
Developers slam power shortage.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY PROPERTY developers say the City of Cape Town's inability to guarantee a sustained electricity supply to new developments will leave them in a dilemma because it will turn away clients, while banks could decide against financing such developments. ...
Boks must swing it wide for Habana, Chavhanga and Nokwe.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AS an advocate of the expansive game, Springbok coach Peter de Villiers must be thrilled with the form of the Bok wing contenders at this stage of the Super 14. Bryan Habana, Tonderai Chavhanga and Jongi Nokwe have been outstanding, while Akona and Odwa Ndungane, as well as JP ...
Two teams bring fire on Paarlberg under control.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH THREE helicopters and dozens of firefighters fought a fire on Paarlberg outside Paarl yesterday, from morning until after sunset, after a controlled fire jumped and spread across a large area of veld and bush that had last burnt some years ago. ...
Driver killed after car plunges into canal.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER A MOTORIST was killed yesterday when he apparently lost control of his car and it veered into a canal along the N2 near a City Lodge Hotel at the Pinelands offramp. It took emergency workers more than two hours to retrieve the body. An operator ...
Mbeki 'best head of state'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA UNISA principal Professor Barney Pityana has launched another scathing attack on ANC President Jacob Zuma, describing him as a "flawed character" in his moral conduct and accusing him of having no backbone. In contrast, Pityana has lauded ...
Zille hopes to take on ANC leader over Scorpions.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Pretoria: ANC president Jacob Zuma's stated commitment to debating issues of national interest, has led DA leader Helen Zille to renew her bid to meet him about plans to disband the Scorpions. Zille said she had decided to take Zuma up on his ...
Castro's son gives advice on alternatives to nuclear power.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman PRETORIA: A solution to South Africa's energy crisis may lie in lessons learnt in communist Cuba. Yesterday physicist Professor Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, presented a lecture at the CSIR on nuclear ...
MDC claims win but Mugabe writing speech.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare HARARE: The opposition is claiming an imminent win, but President Robert Mugabe is preparing a victory speech. This, at least, is according to Zanu-PF spokesperson and politburo member Nathan Shamuyarira. In an interview ...
Cobra Herschelle in high spirits as only he can be.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: KEN BORLAND HERSCHELLE GIBBS is certainly not about to be derailed by his alleged drinking-and-driving violation of last week, judging by his efforts at the Newlands nets yesterday. The South Africa top-order batsman has never been your average Joe in terms ...
Community service for 2 doctors who took kickbacks, rules court.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan JOHANNESBURG: Two doctors who took kickbacks from radiologists have failed to avoid performing community service - despite suggesting that the punishment would unfairly rob them of their R800-R1 200 hourly rates. Doctors Julius Preddy and Percy ...
Councillor calls for head to roll over McBride legal cost payments.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Anna Louw JOHANNESBURG: An Ekurhuleni metro councillor called for the resignation of the municipality's city manager over Robert McBride's legal costs. The costs amounting to an alleged R6.9-million paid to Roshan Dehal of Dehal Attorneys in Durban are ...
Age of consent case seesconvicted man's sentence reduced.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER PRETORIA: While it is in line with the Constitution to set a legal age of consent for sexual activities, the distinction between that of boys and girls amounted to unfair discrimination and is unconstitutional. This was the finding yesterday by ...
Port Elizabeth races to make Fifa's deadline.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Tabelo Timse PORT ELIZABETH: There are fears that the municipality here may not make the April 29 deadline for the R1.2-billion 2010 World Cup stadium to be ready for the Confederations Cup next year. On a visit here yesterday to evaluate progress, Deputy ...