Cape Times (South Africa) back issues from August 2008:
ANC questions Boesak's accusation of racism.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE ANC says that while it agrees with many of the issues raised by anti-apartheid stalwart Allan Boesak's controversial speech in which he slammed the party for reintroducing "racial divisions and ethnic categorisation", it did not understand why he accused ...
volunteers crucial to TMNP safety.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE presence of more uniformed volunteers on Table Mountain will deter muggers and reduce the number of mountain rescues, says Table Mountain National Park (TMNP). Park manager Brett Myrdal said there had been fewer than 10 incidents on the ...
Brown makes four new Cabinet appointments.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY PREMIER Lynne Brown has replaced four ministers, reshuffled four portfolios and merged certain departments in the new provincial Cabinet. Announcing her provincial executive yesterday, Brown said Marius Fransman, formerly Transport and Public ...
Brits, Grant and Chavhanga: Is De Villiers ignoring a culture where hard work is rewarded?(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... With All Black coach Graham Henry now under so much pressure, this is a good time to ask what makes the new Wallaby coach Robbie Deans so special. The ease with which his team beat the All Blacks really made people sit up and take notice. This week I had an opportunity to ask ...
Bok coachwill berooting forAll Blacks.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI PRETORIA: Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is hoping that the All Blacks can do his team a favour by beating the Wallabies in tomorrow's big Tri Nations match at Eden Park in Auckland. The ideal situation for De Villiers would be for the All ...
Najwa admits she deliberately tarnished Taliep's image.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH NAJWA Petersen, who is on trial for the murder of her entertainer husband Taliep, has admitted to deliberately tarnishing his reputation in court by presenting false evidence of dodgy diamond and moneymaking deals he made. But she could not ...
PAC faction vows to defy court by holding conference, while axed MP fights to keep his seat.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Pan Africanist Congress stalwarts say they are pressing ahead with the national conference planned for this weekend, despite a court order forbidding this. The faction, which describes itself as the "genuine PAC" and is led by Gauteng ...
Motata's defence team tries to discredit state witness.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev Johannesburg: Judge Nkola Motata's defence team has gone for the jugular in a surprise attempt to discredit the state's star witness in his drunk-driving trial. The bombshell - which threatens to lay bare Richard Baird's private life - was ...
Ex-UCB official gets 30 years for fraud.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba JOHANNESBURG: Diteko Modise, former financial director of the United Cricket Board, will have to exchange his expensive suits for a prison uniform. Modise, 39, was sentenced in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court yesterday to an effective ...
Two fishing vesselsrun aground nearMelkbosstrand.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MICHELLE JONES TWO fishing vessels ran aground at Kreefte Bay near Melkbosstrand yesterday, the second after it came to assist the first. The crew escaped shocked but unharmed. Yesterday morning, Weskus 1, a 20m trawler, reported to the National ...
'Prejudice scuppering Bafana's chances'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Cape Town and Ajax Amsterdam player believes South Africa has players who can make Bafana Bafana, winner of the 1996 African Cup of Nations, a force to be reckoned with again. This would, however, require "the right player selection, based on merit, on what you are doing at your ...
Premier says new provincial Cabinet will focus on delivery.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... finalised following consultations with the ANC. "I'm happy to announce that we've put together a team that will strengthen government and accelerate service delivery in this province. It is a group of people who will focus very strongly on only one thing - delivery." ...
Producer inflationhighest since 1987.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AN increase of nearly 45% in electricity prices in June helped push annual producer inflation to its highest since April 1987, when it reached 17.4%. Producer prices overall rose 2.6% in the month and 16.8% over the 12 months to end-June, Statistics SA said. Standard Bank ...
test cricket not dying, says kallis.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON Birmingham: A stunning spell of hostile fast bowling in murky light by Andrew Flintoff brought England right back into the third Test yesterday after South Africa looked likely to take a stranglehold on the match. When bad light brought the ...
Concourt 'not swayed' in weighing up Zuma cases.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan and Karyn Maughan JOHANNESBURG: If Cape Judge President John Hlophe had tried to influence the Constitutional Court improperly, he failed, Chief Justice Pius Langa notes in the ruling on four cases around the impending prosecution of ANC leader Jacob ...
Running aground 'just part of the job', says rescued fisherman.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... boat was going to capsize, he said with a shiver. The accident was "part of the job" and "something to expect", but he wouldn't be getting on another boat soon, said Solomon. Weskus 1 remained stuck in the sand at a 45* angle. Seawin, with 13 crew members ...
Warrants used to raid Zuma premises were not vague - Langa.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... the trial court decides the pertinent issues, which it is best placed to do, and would ensure that trials start sooner rather than later." Langa added that the "court's doors should never be completely closed to litigants" - particularly if they were the victim of a "clearly ...
Botswana sets levy on alcohol to prevent abuse.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Botswana's government will next month raise alcohol prices by 70% in a bid to curb alcoholism. "The levy will be used for educating the public on the dangers of alcohol abuse," the office of the newly-elected President Ian Khama said yesterday. Ethiopia said yesterday it wanted ...
Ex-UCB official to serve 30 years for fraud.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba JOHANNESBURG: Diteko Modise, former financial director of the United Cricket Board, will have to exchange his expensive suits for a prison uniform. Modise, 39, was sentenced in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court yesterday to an effective ...
Premier says new provincial Cabinet will focus on delivery.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... finalised following consultations with the ANC. "I'm happy to announce that we've put together a team that will strengthen government and accelerate service delivery in this province. It is a group of people who will focus very strongly on only one thing - delivery." ...
Najwa grilled on evidence that tarnished Taliep's image.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH NAJWA Petersen, on trial in connection with the murder of her husband, Taliep, has been questioned about why she allowed misleading evidence that tarnished the entertainer's reputation to be put before court. She said she could not offer an ...
volunteers crucial to TMNP safety.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANEL POWELL THE presence of more uniformed volunteers on Table Mountain will deter muggers and reduce the number of mountain rescues, says Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) manager Brett Myrdal. He said there had been fewer than 10 incidents on the mountain ...
Flight turns back to city after lightning strikes aircraft.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MICHELLE JONES PASSENGERS on a 1time flight from Cape Town International Airport to Johannesburg had a harrowing experience last night when lightning struck their plane, forcing it to turn back in mid-flight. No one was injured. About 20 minutes ...
Brown makes four new Cabinet appointments.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AZIZ HARTLEY PREMIER Lynne Brown has replaced four ministers, reshuffled four portfolios and merged certain departments in the new provincial Cabinet. Announcing her provincial executive yesterday, Brown said Marius Fransman, formerly Transport and Public ...
Two fishing vesselsrun aground nearMelkbosstrand.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MICHELLE JONES TWO fishing vessels ran aground at Kreefte Bay near Melkbosstrand yesterday, the second boat after it came to assist the first. The crew escaped shocked but unharmed. Yesterday morning, Weskus 1, a 20m trawler, reported to the ...
Sandler's latest a hit and miss affair.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HH YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN. Directed by Dennis Dugan, with Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider. Review: MARK OLSEN When did the everyman populism of Adam Sandler give way to pandering? In the ...
Ernie Smith hits town with cool new sounds.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jason Curtis The music of Ernie Smith travels far and wide, and with his new album, Everything Around Me, just released, he's set to warm up West End in Rylands tonight and Aven-ues Jazz Club in Caledon tomorrow as only this guitar virtuoso can. Born in ...
TIESTO - ELEMENTS OF LIFE REMIXED (DAVID GRESHAM).(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Tiesto's highly acclaimed Elements of Life album gets a reworking by some of the leading producers on the progressive and trance scene. The remixes bring a new feel and mood while maintaining the integrity and distinct familiarity of the hit songs that made the most recent Tiesto world ...
Two new shows and HD PVR make it all crystal clear.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IT'S a massive weekend for M-Net and Multichoice, with two new local programmes beginning on the pay channel and the much-anticipated launch of the HD PVR. Where to begin? How about with HD, or high definition television? We've all heard about it and the rave reviews. Honestly, ...
Robinson Crusoe inspired island hopping.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Bucky Maguire After long hours of business in Paris, I needed liberation from stress, and to go where there was a delicious absence of having to work faster each day. Browsing in a Paris shop, I spotted a favourite childhood book about Robinson Crusoe when ...
Cinderella story with charm.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HHH MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY. Directed by Bharat Nalluri, with Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson and Lee Pace. Review: MICHAEL PHILLIPS For the first 20 minutes, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is pretty grisly. Frances ...
Who to support, when the devil wears red and comes round only once a year?(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mphuthumi Ntabeni The other Saturday, we were at Newlands to watch the soccer game between Kaizer Chiefs and Manchester United of England. South Africa being South Africa, the topic of discussion as we sat in the stadium was the fact that there were more Man U ...
'X-Files' sucked into void.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HH THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. Directed by Chris Carter, with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie and Adam Godley. Review: JAN STUART When Gillian Anderson first reunites with her X-Files co-star ...
Labia hosts feast of Italian films.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER ITALIAN Cinema will once again be celebrated with Italian Weekend at Labia on Orange from today until Sunday. The films represent a sample of new Italian independent cinema. There is a discernable theme running through each of the films, which reflects the ...
FIXING THINGS.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... One of e.tv's most popular programmes, Let's Fix It, has returned for its fourth season. Once again, the programme will focus on lending a helping hand to those in need, across all nine provinces in the country. By working with local suppliers and community groups, the show aims to foster ...
Green spaces spark talk of carbon footprints.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... There are a few green sanctuaries in the suburbs where stressed city dwellers can find wholesome, healthy food as well as nourishment for the soul. There are places in the city where you can escape the madding crowd - the hustle and bustle of those shiny, frenetic restaurants in ...
Toast to all things culinary.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BIANCA COLEMAN THE pairing of food and wine is a divine conspiracy, and the gods will surely smile this weekend at all the eating and drinking at the Stellenbosch Wine Festival. The annual event opened yesterday and runs until Sunday, with more than 500 wines ...
Tour shows dope-free sport just isn't the same as the real thing.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Joel Stein LOS ANGELES: You might not have noticed that this was the lamest Tour de France ever, probably because you already find guys racing bicycles to be the lamest thing ever. But because of my desire to be even snottier and more boring than I am, I've been ...
Classroom election is a superb lesson in democracy.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HHH PLEASE VOTE FOR ME. Directed by Weijun Chen, with Cheng Cheng, Xu Xaiofei and Luo Lei. Review: TERRI DUNBAR-CURRAN This award-winning documentary takes a look at democracy and what it means - through the eyes of a class of eight-year-old students in ...
Films to explore deep truths.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ARTS WRITER Exploring Consciousness films and Renaissance magazine have compiled a series of thought-provoking films which embrace ancient wisdom ...
Compelling view of the 'Iron Ladies'.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HHHHH IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA. Directed by Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson. Documentary. At Labia on Kloof. Review: JANE MAYNE IT'S NOT often that you come out of a movie feeling totally inspired and uplifted, but such is the power of the first woman ...
Afrikaans theatre centre stage.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Vleis, Rys en Aartappels teaterfeesmal is at the Baxter until August 16, featuring works by Antjie Krog, Jaco Bouwer, Malan Steyn and Ilse Oppert. The celebration of contemporary Afrikaans theatre is co-ordinated by SAARTJIE BOTHA. She spoke to KAREN RUTTER. Vleis, Rys en ...
Win a hamper of face products.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nearly 103 million people worldwide suffer from blemishes, making these the most common skin concern. And an extremely emotional one. A core philosophy of Clinique is the belief that great skin can be created and that using a system of products twice a day is the best approach ...
Bank fee pain relief.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Leon Evans (July 30) states that his pain would be eased if Sars super taxed exorbitant bank fees. Can I suggest a better form of pain relief? Move to another bank. Some banks charge a withdrawal fee of R2 and R1 ...
Lust for power.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A most disturbing and equally unpalatable consequence of the increased arrogance, highly intolerant, dismissive and antagonistic attitudes of the Polokwane ANC towards the judiciary, the NPA and, of course, the soon-to-be-cremated Scorpions, threatens the very cornerstone of our esteemed ...
The circus is in town.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... I'm not necessarily a fan of John Scott's PS column, but found his column of July 30 on ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's utterances about Zuma hilarious. With all these young leaders (like Malema) popping out from the landscape of the ever-changing South Africa, you ...
Connolly sees human nature as his inspiration.(Life)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Many famous authors have been described as "larger than life". Tempted as I am to say the same about John Connolly, I can't - Connolly is one of the most down-to-earth and likeable people I've met, even though he threatened to throw me off the balcony (he really doesn't like discussing ...
SAHRC slams xenophobic staff.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM XENOPHOBIC tendencies among Home Affairs officials are among the many concerns raised in a damning SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report. The report on Home Affairs' treatment of non-nationals says despite calls for a moratorium on arrests ...
Court rules city sex worker has no rights in law.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH SEX workers have no labour rights under the Constitution, says the Women's Legal Centre. This after the Labour Court dismissed a Cape Town sex worker's application to force the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to ...
Warm, engaging novel explores the deeply personal cost of public freedom.(Life)
Aug 01, 2008 ... For any grown person with siblings, a conversation about a shared childhood always delivers the same amazing fact: that they remember it so differently. This gaping chasm between their experiences is what Lily and Thomas, the two protagonists of My Brother's Book, spend a ...
Hana's story will help young learn about Holocaust.(Life)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A HOLOCAUST remembrance book for young readers, Hana's Suitcase (New Africa Education) is the heart-wrenching true story of Hana Brady, a 13-year-old Czechoslovakian girl, who died at Auschwitz in October 1944. One of one-and-a-half million Jewish children killed during the ...
Barren terrain.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... With the current state of disorientation and lack of direction from the ruling ANC, one would think that the time is opportune for the opposition to occupy the political vacuum left by the in-fighting in the ANC. Even more terrifying are the prospects of the country being led by spineless ...
Live and let leave.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... I admire the select few who have taken that plunge of buying a house in Perth. As an expat myself, I see this migration as important. Just as with the migration of the 1990s, in which many came back, this will happen again. Although I myself will never return, many ...
Even village boys have seen right through Malema's bluster.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... As a young adult from Limpopo province with three little brothers, my fear has always been what might be happening to them in my absence, as I live far away from them. Recently, I went home to spend time with my family and was happy to notice that my little brothers are fast ...
Global gobbledegook.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The letter from Mark Christopher (July 28) saying South Africa must wise up to the global warming swindle, raises yet another large sigh (and a resigned chuckle). When will the writers of such rhetoric realise their opinions have been repeatedly and solidly refuted time and ...
Our loss.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The resignation of Tasneen Essop, the Western Cape's environmental minister, is utterly regrettable. In Essop we had probably the best environmental minister this country has yet seen. She did not always satisfy us in the decisions she made, and appeared to come increasingly ...
many crying out for a refocus on vision that released the energies of thousands.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zubeida Jaffer Dr Allan Boesak spoke deep into the heart of South Africa's political uncertainties when he delivered the annual Ashley Kriel Memorial Youth Lecture this week. The Great Hall at the University of the Western Cape, overflowing with more than 2 ...
A fightingchance.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ONCE AGAIN, South Africa is the country with the most serious HIV/Aids epidemic in the world - with an estimated 5.7 million people living with HIV. Among 15- to 24-year-olds, a staggering 90% of those with new infections are women and girls. These figures tell us that the ...
Slap in the face.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... An admission by the United Nations this week that it had "lost" $10 million in aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar must come as a shock to the many donors who forked out substantial sums to help the people of that poor, benighted country. It's arisen, according to UN under-secretary ...
Help for displaced foreigners dries up on September 3.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: STAFF WRITER PROVINCIAL disaster management says it hopes to reintegrated all displaced foreigners into their communities in little more than a month's time. Head of the Disaster Management Centre Hildegarde Fast said at the end of May, there were 20 000 ...
Life is desperately beautiful when you wake to the cry of a Fish Eagle.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THERE is something about the deep African bush that breeds fascinating characters, characters who have defied the words of the 19th century philosopher, Henry Thoreau, who wrote that "the bulk of men lead lives of quiet desperation". Just by way of example, when last did you ...
Basic aid still needed for Myanmar cyclone victims.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Three months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar, people in the Irrawaddy Delta are still in dire need of food and clean water, aid agencies say. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he would contest a by-election for a parliamentary seat vacated by his ...
Ethiopia wants to resolve border impasse.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Ethiopia said yesterday it wanted to resolve a border impasse with Eritrea by dialogue, but might defend itself if its Red Sea neighbour violated its territory. Eritrea is angry that the UN has not enforced a 2007 ruling by an independent boundary commission awarding most of the territory ...
sivivatu incident, bias against sa teams, and the elvs ...(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED REFEREES have been in the public spotlight lately, mainly for all the wrong reasons. We heard Springbok coach Peter de Villiers bemoan the referees' performances in the three Tri-Nations Tests on tour recently, amidst the fall-out over teams ...
Author who inspired 'The Last Lecture' dies.(Life)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Randy Pausch, the 47-year- old college professor whose speech, The Last Lecture, chronicled his battle with pancreatic cancer and led to the book of the same name (Cape Times Books, Friday, June 27), died last Friday. His wife, Jai, ...