Daily News (South Africa) back issues from August 2007:
Addiction harder for stars.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... New York: Celebrities are more likely to deny they have an addiction because they feel protected from life's problems and must hit rock bottom - often a run-in with the law - before admitting they need help, experts say. With society allowing the rich and famous to be held less ...
A place where people risk everything on pure chance.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: helen Grange It's just after lunchtime on a weekday and casinos are doing a roaring trade as usual. The car parks are packed and the slot machines are spinning perennially, the intermittent rainfall of coins sending some gamblers' spirits into a sharp if ...
Yes, show us the funny.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre UKZN Campus Runs till August 12, 8pm. Nightly at 8pm and Sunday at 4pm HHHII If I'd been Andre "the hilarious" last Friday night and ...
A healthy dose of jazz to go around.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... It was a busy week in the jazz capital of KwaZulu Natal and I started it by listening to Vusi Mkhise at Phansi Museum in Glenwood. These monthly soirees are held on a specially-built platform with a roof of open-weave thatching sticks. Patrons either grab a seat there, or line the ...
Annie Lennox takes action against Aids.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... 'I feel a bit at the moment like one of those astronauts who have got sent off in some kind of rocket ship and went into a whole other universe outside my own experience and I'm just coming down to land, but I haven't utterly processed it yet," says Annie Lennox, the diminutive singer, ...
A new type of fear gripping SA; Murder Most Foul highlights the senseless deaths of two renowned South Africans and also shows the bigger picture of crime in our country, writes Tanya Farber.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... WHEN actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom were killed in the early hours of Easter Sunday in Cape Town last year, the news sent shockwaves across the country. The brutality of how it happened, the media coverage it received and its place in the uneven ...
I chose to honour my son's legacy of love, says Denise Goldin.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber Whenever Denise Goldin leaves Johannesburg for the Mother City, she is filled with both dread and a sense of comfort. She will drive along the same roads her son Brett was taken on before being brutally murdered with his friend Richard Bloom. ...
Civilians join forces with police to fight crime.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TROY MARTENS If communities do not join forces with police, crime will spiral even further out of control. This was the message from Patrick Frickle of the newly formed Community Policing Sub Forum (CPF) for sector 2 in Durban North. According to ...
Parents' heartbreak; Girl (4) faces poor odds against leukaemia.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole WHEN little Rebecca Stringer's specialist told her parents, Sarah and Jurgen, to come and see her in her rooms, they knew it was not good news. Their predictions proved correct, and set in motion heartbreak and a rollercoaster of emotions. They ...
Putting a STOP! to spam.(Life)
Aug 01, 2007 ... It's proving to be a good year for consumers who are fed up with being hit from all sides by spam - marketing messages they neither asked for nor want. The latest "leave me alone" tool to come our way are new regulations - effective from today - which make it compulsory for ...
Readers have their say.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Zimbabwe p Robert Mugabe is Thabo Mbeki's pal. Nothing will change in Zimbabwe. SR Paull p Anybody who thinks Zimbabwe's elections will be free and fair is deluding himself. Mugabe must face trial for crimes against humanity. From: We told you so p Mugabe ...
Revampedbebop withno Jazz.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... What the hell is a band with the name no Jazz doing playing at a jazz festival? I'll try and explain. I have come up with two reasons why jazzfests throughout the world use pop, rock, soul, hip-hop and, in general, non-jazz acts. One: The sad lack of jazz innovators ....
Gearing up for the ultimate swing.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Count Basie Orchestra has won 17 Grammys, and their leader has promised that when they get here, they will swing harder than ever, which means that after 30 years we are going to hear a big band in full flight, and nothing is more exciting than that. In my telephonic ...
Prince doubles the fun with exotic Twinz.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Prince is dating a set of identical Caribbean twins, it has been claimed. The Purple Rain singer - who is to play a series of shows at London's The O2 Arena starting this week - has been romantically linked to his backing vocalists, the exotic duo Twinz. Twinz - who ...
Shears cuts own slice of happiness.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears is to marry his boyfriend in a flamboyant New York ceremony. The outlandish star recently bought an apartment in New York with Chris, ...
Christina runs out of steam.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Christina Aguilera was ordered to cancel two of her world tour dates after collapsing backstage. The Dirty singer, who is reported to be four months pregnant, suffered ...
He just would not commit.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Jessica Alba split from lover Cash Warren because he wouldn't marry her. The Sin City actress, who reportedly called time on their two-and-a-half year romance last week, grew tired of waiting for the movie producer to propose. A source told the New York Daily ...
No mommy, no wedding for Usher.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Usher has flown to Atlanta to save his relationship with his mother. The Confessions singer reportedly called off his wedding to pregnant fiancA[c]e Tameka Foster at the last minute on Saturday, because his mum, Jonetta Patton, wasn't going to be there. Jonetta, who ...
She's waiting to take it all off.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Catherine Zeta-Jones wants to appear naked in a film. The Hollywood beauty insists she has no problem stripping off on screen, and is just waiting for the right role to ...
Finding the essence of realness.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sister Bettina. The Macarena. Achy Breaky Heart. These songs ring the cultural alarm bells to tell us that no matter how sophisticated and evolved we believe we are, we're not. Most people are not interested in furthering themselves culturally, because it's too much like hard work and, ...
KB FOR BB.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi From Sunday an all-new season of Big Brother Africa (BBA) starts on DSTV. The second African version of this hit show promises to pack just as much punch as before. This year it will be Channel O presenter and 5FM jock, Kabelo (KB) Ngakane, ...
Eco-film festival expanded.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole FIVE hundred local and international film-makers, commissioning editors and distributors are to head for Durban later this month for the only festival of its kind in the world. Last year, the event focused purely on wildlife, but with Durban ...
Parties rally over uShaka.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BONGANI MTHEMBU HIGH crime in the area around uShaka Marine World is the main reason for the drop in the number of visitors. Speaking during an executive committee meeting yesterday, Democratic Alliance caucus leader John Steenhuisen said the unsafe ...
Woman arrested after altercation and drowning of her love rival.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SHERLISSA PETERS POLICE yesterday discovered the body of a 27-year-old woman in the Ompad Farm Dam in the Camperdown area after a tip-off. Pietermaritzburg Search and Rescue units were called in to assist in the location and recovery of the woman's body, whose ...
Crossmoor squat low priority.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BONGANI MTHEMBU THE Chatsworth land invasion saga is far from over. The African National Congress-led eThekwini Municipality yesterday refused a request from the Minority Front that it change its stance towards a group of people who invaded council land in ...
Help for arrives shack fire families.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: LUSANDA DOKO The night flames destroyed their homestead and the screams of people caught in the inferno will remain an ongoing nightmare for the Gwala family of Springfield Quarry. But yesterday the residents' cry for help was answered by the eThekwini metro ...
The pursuit of equality; Income and education levels no longer coincide exactly with race, particularly in the top 20% of income earners, writes Dave Steward.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The achievement of equality is one of the first two values on which the new South Africa has been founded (the other is human dignity). The first right that the Constitution recognises is the right to equality. However, there is little agreement on the notoriously elusive ...
Abery is looking a good bet for Origins Tour crown.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... ADILSON da Silva is back in the country and is looking forward to participating on the Sunshine Tour's Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour in Bloemfontein which started early today. The Brazilian, who qualified for The Open Championship at Carnoustie but missed the cut after two ...
'No pants' policy is not new in T section.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... As a resident of T Section in Umlazi, I must state it clearly and categorically that the rule of "no pants" is not new here. It was already in existence when I became a resident in this area. Whether I agree with it or not is another story. In fact, even ...
Stand up for Luthuli legacy.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Since the election of Chief Albert John Luthuli as president general of the ANC, it has been able to choose the best cadre to lead it. Luthuli, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela were outstanding leaders of the ANC who had the capacity to steer the ship forward under difficult ...
Fireworks petition - getting the facts right.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Allow me to respond to the article headlined "Fireworks over petition. One person responsible for 5 000 signatures" which appeared in the Daily News dated July 24. According to the article, the implementation process of the draft fireworks policy was put on hold after an ...
Delay is not a worry.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole ALTHOUGH the Dube Trade Port (DTP) and the La Mercy Airport have already lost 40 days of potential construction, there were ways of fast-tracking it once the environmental record of decision had been received, a conference heard yesterday. "The ...
Expansion may extend life of mine by 20 years.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... AngloGold Ashanti Ltd has discovered massive new deposits deep underground in South Africa that could extend the lives of two mines by more than 20 years, a top official said yesterday. Last year, AngloGold, the world's third biggest gold producer, started reviving deep-level ...
Wave damage relief; Government moves to bail out affected areas.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER and BARBARA COLE As huge waves continue to batter resorts and strip sand from beaches, badly damaged holiday towns will be heartened by the news that the government is to declare these communities disaster areas. There is also relief on the way ...
Premier lashes out at 'cultural vigilantes'.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ARTHI SANPATH WOMEN in Umlazi should have the right to choose whether they want to wear pants or not. KZN premier S'bu Ndebele yesterday lashed out at "cultural vigilantes" operating in the province during his speech at the Pan African Women's Day ...
Thornwood pupils excited at US teachers' surprise visit.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AYANDA MHLONGO IT was an exciting day for the pupils of Thornwood High School in Mariannhill, Pinetown, when a group of teachers from the USA paid them a surprise visit. The delegation, of 14 teachers from various schools and higher education institutions in ...
Schools look on the bright side.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TROY MARTENS and SHARLENE PACKREE DURBAN pupils could be soon sporting shades during their lunch breaks to protect them from harmful ultraviolet rays. This comes after an Australian primary school has insisted that pupils at the school should wear sunglasses ...
30 000 public servants under investigation.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange More than 30 000 public servants are being investigated for alleged housing subsidy fraud, according to Willie Hofmeyr's Special Investigating Unit. Meanwhile, Housing Min-ister Lindiwe Sisulu has told parliament in a written reply to a question ...
End of contract confirmed.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BONGANI MTHEMBU IT'S now official. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport has terminated the contract it had with former Nadeco president Dr Ziba Jiyane's bus company. The Daily News reported last month that Transport Minister Bheki Cele was in the process ...
Powerful moment at trial.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: RIVONIA NAIDU Just up the road from Scottburgh's beaches stands the newly renovated pale pink Scottburgh High Court - where a traumatic night for five friends unfolded in gruesome detail. Yesterday, members of the media and curious attorneys and court staff ...
Rape horror testimony.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Irene Kuppan A Durban woman, who was raped twice while holidaying in Pennington on the South Coast last year, tried to make small talk with her alleged rapist, asking if he had a wife and child, in an effort to save the lives of her friends. "I was afraid for ...
What is a housing subsidy?(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... This is a grant by government to qualifying beneficiaries for housing purposes. The grant is not paid in cash to the beneficiary, but either to the seller or developer for the construction of a house that complies with the minimum technical requirements as determined by the department ....
Boy's killer wants to address court.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: DIANNE HAWKER Convicted killer Theuns Olivier wants to address the Cape High Court today before he is sentenced for the murder, kidnapping and indecent assault of 6-year-old Steven Siebert. Yesterday, Olivier was found guilty on all three charges, after ...
Hick decides to play on.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2007 ... LONDON: Former England all-rounder Graeme Hick has agreed to a new one-year contract with England county side Worcestershire. "Playing cricket is what I love doing and my enthusiasm for the game remains," he said yesterday. Hick became the 16th player to pass 40 000 ...
Yacht sends distress signal.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Reunion Sea Rescue officials have confirmed that the Australian yacht which had registered a distress call near the island yesterday, was now safely on its way to Mauritius. The 45-foot catamaran Clandara, with three South Africans and an Australian on board, was demasted in a ...
Wave damage relief welcomed; Government to bail out resort towns.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER and BARBARA COLE As huge waves continue to batter resorts and strip sand from beaches, badly damaged holiday towns have welcomed the news that the government is to declare these communities disaster areas. There is also relief on the way for ...
BA slapped with massive fine.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... LONDON: A British regulator today fined British Airways PLC [pounds sterling]121.5 million (R1.75 billion) after the airline admitted colluding with a rival over surcharges on long-haul flights. BA said it accepted the fine from the Office of Fair Trading and expected to ...
Powerful moment at trial.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: RIVONIA NAIDU Just up the road from Scottburgh's beaches stands the newly renovated pale pink Scottburgh High Court - where the story of a traumatic night for five friends was told in gruesome detail. Yesterday, members of the media and curious attorneys and ...
Schools look on bright side.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TROY MARTENS and SHARLENE PACKREE DURBAN pupils could be soon sporting shades during their lunch breaks to protect them from harmful ultraviolet rays. This comes after an Australian primary school has insisted that pupils at the school should wear sunglasses ...
'I tried to stay calm'.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Irene Kuppan A Durban woman, who was raped twice while holidaying in Pennington on the South Coast last year, tried to make small talk with her alleged rapist, asking if he had a wife and child, in an effort to save the lives of her friends. "I was afraid for ...
Fury as teachers' wages docked.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scores of teachers, who get paid at the end of the month and were expecting to receive their full month's salaries this month, have found that they have had a portion of their pay docked. Coming in the wake of the recent public strike and a decision to ...
Cities will continue to manage metro cops: nqakula.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... After a year since mooting a radical push to integrate Metro Police into the SA Police Service, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said cities will still administer the Metro Police. This was after an outcry from the opposition, especially DA leader Helen Zille, that a ...
Germans eye KZN for their 2010 team.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole A HIGH-powered German delegation yesterday vowed to use their influence to get their national soccer team based in KwaZulu-Natal during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Fresh from hosting the highly successful 2006 Soccer World Cup, the political and ...
New city icons:/designers see vision unfolding.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER BEHIND the scenes of KwaZulu-Natal's most spectacular projects are thousands of hours of design and conceptualisation, often by Durban's top architects. Designing structures that are expected to last a lifetime yet remain safe and trendy is no ...
'Killer was never found'; Madlala-Routledge questions Vlok's plea bargain.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CHRISTELLE TERREBLANCHE In her first public appearance in her home province of Kwazulu-Natal last night, Madlala-Routledge said the identity of the killers of her close friend Victoria Mxenge was not yet known. "Adriaan Vlok got away ... and the negotiations ...
UDM expels /councillor Chetty.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE United Democratic Movement (UDM) announced the expulsion of councillor Arimugan Chetty from the party yesterday. Bongani Msomi, national and KZN provincial chairman of the UDM, said: "On investigating we found that Chetty is a bogus lawyer," and was ...
A club's first line of defence; Bouncers given a bad rap by media.(News)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: RIVONIA NAIDU "Not all bouncers are that way and they certainly aren't bouncers because they want to bully and attack people," was the reaction of Durban bouncer David Allen. Speaking outside his favourite nightclub, Casa-blanca in Florida Road, in between ...
Where one trades that favourite Schnitzel.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2007 ... TRADER ERIC'S WHERE: Shop 123, Glenore Centre, Aubrey Drive, Glenashley TEL: 031-562-1386 OPEN: 10am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, 9am to 3pm Sunday 'We come here whenever we can, usually at least once a week," says Gary Walno, proving his point ...
Doing it until they fall over.(Entertainment)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Zane Henry "I did not share a tent with Francois van Coke. Write that down," says Mike Hardy, (pictured right) lead singer of Bed On Bricks. So, for the record, Mike did not spoon with the lead singer of Fokofpolisiekar at last year's Oppikoppi festival. Yes, ...
Resale value goes down in smoke.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Want to increase the value of your car? Then don't light up it in. That's the advice of Darryl Jacobson, managing director of auction company Burchmore's, who reveals that smoking is now banned in many company vehicles in the United Kingdom. ...
Levitating Beasties.(Life)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Party cupcakes - see recipe below Gold foil cookie cups (baking cases) Icing - dark purple Gold balls Small plastic toy rats or similar creatures Prestik clear plastic cocktail sticks Bake the cupcakes in the ...
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 ...
How anonymous is your vehicle?(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Is your car an anonymous blip on the road? Does your vehicle look eerily like your neighbour's? Are designers copying each other? If it passed you in the street could you "name that car?" According to research by online buying guide New Car Net, the answer, at least in Britain, ...
Lambda is not always the culprit.(Motoring)
Aug 02, 2007 ... When an engine surges, many DIY mechanics immediately suspect the oxygen (Lambda) sensor. This is understandable because, when this sensor becomes lazy, its continuous switching action from lean to rich and back will certainly bring on surging. However, before rushing out and renewing the ...
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 ...