Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from June 2008:
Expert helps to plan dream trips.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... What does your job entail? I process domestic and international travel reservations for corporate and leisure clients. I advise clients on all aspects of their journey, help them draw up itineraries and make reservations on their behalf. The service covers local and ...
The route to becoming a travel agent.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... You must be interested in people, have a cheerful disposition and good communication skills. You must be methodical, patient and pay attention to detail. You must be able to work effectively under pressure. Retail travel consultants are employed by agencies, many of which have ...
Select your recruitment firm with care.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jennifer Ritchie COMPANIES using a recruitment service instead of their own internal human resources must ensure that the service is professional. This is especially so with agencies and head hunters charging up to 25% of a placed candidate's salary ...
Brightest Grade 12s have yet another opportunity to shine.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: sarah-jane bosch The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is providing the brightest Grade 12 learners with another opportunity to shine on June 7. A requirement when applying for the Foundation's extensive Fellowship Awards is the writing of the Additional Admission ...
Kuils River schoolgirl cooks up winning recipe.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: sarah-jane bosch A Kuils River schoolgirl has won a prize that will catapult her to an international career in cooking. Kelly Weideman of De Kuilen High School won the school's cooking competition sponsored by Zevenwacht Chef School, which culminated in a ...
New kitchen launches specialised chef courses.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: sarah-jane bosch Woodstock's brand new kitchen training facility, Eleven, will run a series of specialised chef courses in July, offering hands-on classes with state-of-the-art equipment, says principal Glynnis Roberts. The specialised chef course will include ...
CCID helps Walking's 'drivers' find jobs.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: staff writer When the Walking Bus, a partnership between the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works and local NGOs, closed recently, 40 people were left jobless. Dean Ramjoomia, a field worker for the Central City Improvement District's (CCID) ...
A guide to running your own business.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... "Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work." - Bette Davis, Hollywood actress If the three Ps of property are position, position, position, know that for starting a successful business, preparation is the first P. If you are considering a venture away from the ...
Poor interview processes can alienate and lose prospective employees.(Workplace)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Staff Writer highly skilled candidates who are headhunted for South Africa's top jobs may pull out of negotiations when they encounter poorly organised and inflexible interview processes. Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, managing director of Jack Hammer Executive ...
Generous spirit.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Overstranders were probably as shocked as I was to hear the first reports that xenophobic violence had spread to our peaceful corner of the world. Fortunately, our local police service, supported by the municipal law enforcers, took a firm stance of no tolerance. Together with ...
Scorpions claims.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The article "Scorpions fearful that Selebi will select new unit's members" by Sibusiso Ngalwa (May 22) contains several inaccuracies that cannot be left unchallenged. Contrary to his claim, advocate Mokotedi Mpshe never told the parliamentary committee that "Justice Minister Brigitte ...
Understanding Islam.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Simphiwe Sesanti's article "Malcolm X and the journey to tolerance" (May 23) refers. Sesanti included many generalisations about African Muslims in his lengthy criticism of mistakes they made. He fails, however, to define what constitutes being an African Muslim. ...
Role of women as champions of the family needs explicit support.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... In today's article in our series, NINA BENJAMIN, Labour Research Service gender co-ordinator, argues for a more creative approach to family policy by the state. She writes in her personal capacity. There are few who would deny that the social cohesion of our society is ...
Artscape wins international award.(Life)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER FOR the third year in a row, Artscape has won an international award at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Dalliances, by Pieter Jacobs, was awarded the Hilton Edwards Award for design and direction. The play will be performed later ...
making Waves with art.(Life)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Leonard Shapiro After many years of hard work at his day job, South African designer and inventor Angus Whitty now has more time to play on the beach. But he is not building castles in the sand or collecting sea shells - he is collecting pieces of ...
Huge pool of local rugby players of colour overlooked.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... In response to Ashfak Mohamed's Ruck and Maul column (May 27), I completely agree that local players of colour are not given equal opportunities by the Stormers and Western Province rugby franchise. It is completely unacceptable that a province with such a huge pool of talented ...
Historic Tokai Manor House falls into disrepair.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: COURTNEY BROOKS THE Tokai Manor House, which was declared a provincial heritage site in 1999, has fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. SANParks released a report on the significance and vulnerability of heritage sites in Tokai and Cecilia forests in ...
unthinkable gestures can turn the tide.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sifiso Mbuyisa When FW de Klerk made his speech in 1990 that led to the un- banning of political parties and the subsequent release of Nelson Mandela from prison, he did the unexpected. As President, Nelson Mandela practised and advocated reconciliation to ...
Murder sentence set aside as lawyer was not qualified.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER THE Cape High Court has set aside the murder conviction and 15-year sentence of a Khayelitsha man after it was discovered that the man who had represented him was a candidate attorney and not qualified to appear in regional court. The ...
Danish millionaire's widow loses appeal bid for bail.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER A WOMAN accused with her sister of murdering her Danish millionaire husband has lost a Cape High Court bid to be released on bail. Maria Povlsen, 31, appealed with her sister, Stella Ssgenedo, of Uganda. Francis Kameze, a man they ...
Smoking menace.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Why don't our politicians understand the importance of the Tobacco Bill? It's about young kids smoking, about smoking being the leading preventable cause of death, killing at ...
Bright Sparks.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Allister Sparks's article ("Jobless youth abandoned by ANC", May 30) should be compulsory reading for all government ministers and the ANC leadership. I hope they ...
Waste not, want not.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Not so long ago, we were all pretty ignorant about what happened behind the scenes to enable a light to go on when we pressed the switch. Now we are beginning to realise that there is also rather more to producing food than simply putting our favourites into the trolley at the supermarket ....
Efficient Affairs.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sorry to buck the trend, but my Home Affairs story is a good one. I applied for a new ID book at the Malmesbury office and, within 36 hours, received an SMS to say my application had been received, I could track it on their website and my new ID would be ready in six weeks. Five weeks ...
Right on queue.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... My heartfelt sympathies to Andrew Russell of Rondebosch ("Dealing with shambolic Home Affairs a passport to despair", May 29). I, too, needed to renew my passport and, after hearing of the shambles at the Wynberg Home Affairs office, I decided to make the long trek out to ...
Shock therapy.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... UK PREMIER Gordon Brown last week described the present economic crisis as the third great "oil shock" of recent decades. In fact, there are important differences between the present situation and the energy shocks of the 1970s. The cause of the high price of oil in that unhappy ...
Time'sup.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... IT IS time that President Thabo Mbeki stepped down as mediator for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Zimbabwe. In the past, this newspaper has been inclined to give Mbeki the benefit of the doubt for his efforts at quiet diplomacy. As we have pointed out, it ...
Even in these mad, bad times there is some good in the world.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... IT APPEARS the country went mad and bad while I was on leave. Actually, let me rephrase that: madder and badder than it was before. Seems us South Africans have a lot to complain about and we're really becoming Master Moaners. So let's look at what's gone ...
Karoo farmers need R37m in relief funds as drought reaches 'critical proportions'.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH THE national Department of Agriculture needs to approve the release of R37m in critical drought relief funds if farmers in the central Karoo are to survive a tough, dry winter, says its provincial counterpart. In November, R20m was made ...
Community campaign planned.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: COURTNEY BROOKS ALLIANCE members have called for a mass-driven effort in communities to ensure African expatriates are reintegrated as soon as possible. The aim of the drive would be to expose criminal elements, educate and mobilise communities against ...
Reprieve offered for the Robben Island fallow deer.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH ROBBEN Island's burgeoning alien fallow deer population should be culled or removed from the island, and relocated according to several stringent conditions, says CapeNature. The conservation authority said in a statement that the island's ...
Foreigners aimto highlighttheir plight with march on Parliament.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY THE Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) says thousands of foreign nationals are expected to take part in a protest march to Parliament today to highlight the plight of victims of xenophobia countrywide and to demand the government immediately ease all refugees' ...
South African health news service wins Global Health Council media award.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Staff Writer THE Washington-based Global Health Council has recognised South Africa's specialist news service, health-e, in its annual awards for excellence in media. Health-e, which is an independent non-profit organisation, won the community media category ...
Convicted Knysna DJ's family takes interest in new murder trial.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JO-ANN BEKKER KNYSNA: A new murder trial opened here last week in the same courtroom where former nightclub disc jockey Heinrich van Rooyen was recently sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment for killing two young women in 2005. The murder victim in the ...
Some people return to Knysna townships, while many just want to head home.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JO-ANN BEKKER KNYSNA: Displaced foreigners began returning to their homes in townships here over the weekend - as heavy rain fell on the hundreds of people still sleeping on thin mattresses in tents pitched at a municipal sports complex. A Malawian who asked ...
E-tickets replace paper for flight bookings worldwide.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: TONY CARNIE ISTANBUL: The era of paper airline tickets came to an end at the weekend when the majority of the world's airlines announced that all tickets would be issued electronically. The switch to e-tickets, announced here yesterday by the International ...
Chapman's Peak Drive jaunt will hit the pocket harder.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Chapman's Peak Drive yhas become a little more expensive for those who like to take the scenic route. Tolls increased by R2 for cars and bakkies and R16 for tour buses, according to a press release from Entilini Concessions, the company that manages the toll road. "A ...
R800m project lined up.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY THE provincial government has sold a prime piece of land, 6 000m2 on the Foreshore, for R125 million to a women-led consortium for a R800 million project. The yet-to-be-named project will have retail, entertainment and hospitality facilities as ...
CapeNature's course steadied with new team at top - Essop.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ENVIRONMENT MEC Tasneem Essop says she is confident CapeNature has "been stabilised" following what has been a "tough year and a half". She has announced the appointment of Lucille Meyer as CapeNature's new chief executive and Lindeni Madlala as its chief financial officer. ...
Nigerian police accused of extra-judicial killings.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Human rights group Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian police and security agents of carrying out extra-judicial killings of hundreds of civilians last year. In its state of the world human rights report for this year, the group said: "These included killings by police during ...
Australian prime minister pulls troops from Iraq.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Australian troops ended their combat mission in Iraq yesterday and are withdrawing from the country, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said. The withdrawal follows a promise made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring troops home. Shootings disrupt elections in Macedonia ...
Identity error.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Your sub-edit of Anthropology Southern Africa's statement (May 30) misrepresented the final sentences of the statement. It did not say the Constitution rejects the power of identity politics, but that we should strive for politics that, ...
Most attackers in xenophobic violence 'were jobless youth'.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: BABALO NDENZE THE Western Cape Youth Commission wants more government involvement in dealing with the causes of xenophobia after it emerged most of those arrested in the recent attacks were pupils and unemployed youth. Commission chairperson Vincent Domingo ...
DRC man looks for wife and son, missing since eve of violence.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JEAN YUNG THE last time he saw them was on the eve of the xenophobic attacks in Philippi. Ten days later, Congolese Adam Degol still has no leads on the whereabouts of his 20-year-old wife, Mafuthi Myid, or their eight-month-old son, Zico. He's ...
Three men murdered in separate incidents in Philippi, Nyanga.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER AN unidentified man was murdered in Philippi and two men, one an Angolan, have been murdered in separate incidents in Nyanga. Police spokesperson Bernadine Steyn said 10 suspects will appear in the Athlone Magistrate's Court today in connection ...
Latest load shedding list a precaution, says Eskom.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE two-page load-shedding schedule for the Western Cape put out by Eskom at the weekend was merely a precautionary measure and didn't mean rolling blackouts would happen for certain, Eskom spokesperson Andrew Etzinger said. Published in ...
Judge urged to step down and face another JSC inquiry.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange Opposition parties have called for a speedy investigation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) into allegations that Cape Judge President John Hlophe tried to interfere in pending Constitutional Court cases relating to ANC president Jacob Zuma. ...
judge president accused of trying lobby judges.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange As fresh storm clouds gather over the head of controversial Cape Judge President John Hlophe, his previous run in with the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has come back to haunt him - and may yet lead to his impeachment. The judiciary was ...
Red Cross, Oxfam warn migrants' situation getting worse.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH and REUTERS THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is calling for urgent and sustained humanitarian assistance for up to 100 000 displaced African migrants in South Africa, because the situation is "getting worse". ...
Provinceyoungsters'pass test'.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED WESTERN PROVINCE coach Allister Coetzee says his team "passed the test" when they shook off a plucky East Cape XV and scored 45 unanswered points in the second half to win 63-17 in East London on Saturday. Coetzee told the Cape Times yesterday ...
Ribeiro family still struggling for help from TRC and government years after assassinations.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA pretoria: The immaculate FF Ribeiro Primary School in Mamelodi is a tribute to Pretoria's most celebrated liberation family. It's situated on Dr Ribeiro Street, another honour to the family. However, across the road from the school, live the ...
Pair sacrifice sleep and family life to help children.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken PRETORIA: The plight of scores of displaced expatriate children seeking shelter here has spurred two people into action. Forgoing family life and sleep, Tshwane Metro Police sergeant Nobedi Diseko, and Anglican Diocese HIV/Aids officer Matshediso ...
Xenophobic violence could prompt foreign policy shift by Mbeki government.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... IS THE xenophobic violence here going to affect SA foreign policy? Most of the victims have been African - Mozambicans, Zimbabweans, Malawians, Nigerians and others. African governments have responded remarkably well to the killing and persecution of their nationals. ...
SABC board and CEO to meet in court again today.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan JOHANNESBURG: The SABC board and chief executive officer Dali Mpofu will face each other in court again today as the board tries to overturn a judgment in Mpofu's favour. Mpofu was again suspended as the legal process continues. The ...
Tsvangirai lambastes Mbeki in no-holds-barred letter.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange Political Bureau Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Thabo Mbeki of secretly conniving to keep Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in power. He has consequently called on Mbeki to step down as ...
Chinese taxi driver taken for ride by burglar.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BEIJING: A taxi driver unwittingly became the getaway driver for a thief who had just burgled his home. Mr Shen, of Huainan city, picked up the passenger at a bus stop around 3am, reports said. "He had a lot of home appliances, so I helped him put all of his things ...
Family to bury man who was burnt alive in attacks on East Rand.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Beauregard Tromp JOHANNESBURG: Today at 7am the Nhamuave clan in the rural village of Vuca in Mozambique will gather under the tambeira tree to bury Ernesto Nhamuave. To South Africans and the world the picture of the burning man brought home the reality of ...
Interest rate hikes finally showing results.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The 4.5 percentage point rise in interest rates over the past two years is finally yielding results, according to data from the Reserve Bank which showed credit growth slowing sharply over 12 months. Over the past few months, the declining trend is reflected most clearly in ...
Nigerian presidentto discuss attacksduring state visit.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Foreign Service And Sapa-AFP LAGOS: Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua arrives in South Africa for a state visit today during which he intends discussing the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country with President Thabo Mbeki. He gave the assurance ...
Migrants require 'immediate' assistance.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... South Africans have donated more than a R7.3 million since the Red Cross launched a national appeal for funding and the International Federation also gave 300 000 Swiss francs from its Disaster Response Emergency Fund (about R2.2m) to ...
Service at sheltersimproves after NGOsbrought in to help.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER ALTHOUGH there are still serious needs at the shelters for displaced migrants in Cape Town, the involvement of five NGOs contracted by the government to provide aid seems to have greatly improved conditions. The SA Red Cross Society, the SA ...
IPL endswith aroyal thrill.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Mumbai: The maiden Indian Premier League tournament came to a thrilling climax yesterday with Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals being crowned inaugural winners. In similar fashion to the ICC World Twenty20 Championship final last year in Johannesburg, the tournament showpiece went ...
Danish millionaire's widow loses appeal attempt for bail.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER A WOMAN accused with her sister of murdering her Danish millionaire husband has lost a Cape High Court application to be released on bail. Maria Povlsen, 31, appealed with her sister, Stella Ssgenedo, of Uganda. Francis Kameze, a ...
Three men murdered in separate incidents in Philippi, Nyanga.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER AN unidentified man was murdered in Philippi and two men, one an Angolan, have been murdered in separate incidents in Nyanga. Police spokesperson Bernadine Steyn said 10 suspects would appear in the Athlone Magistrate's Court today in connection ...
Latest load shedding list a precaution, says Eskom.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE two-page load-shedding schedule for the Western Cape put out by Eskom at the weekend is merely a precaution and does not necessarily mean rolling blackouts will take place, Eskom spokesperson Andrew Etzinger has said. Published in weekend ...