Daily News (South Africa) back issues from August 2008:
Lots to watch before the Games.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE excitement of live coverage of the Beijing Games seems to have caught up with many armchair viewers as SuperSport and SABC are going all out to bring the action live as much as possible from the Olympics which starts next Friday. But before that there's a weekend in between ...
De Villiers misses a trick by not giving players game-time.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The decision to train with a Springbok squad of 30 for the one-off Test against Argentina and the home Tri-Nations Tests is a lose-lose situation for South African rugby. It is understandable in a World Cup year to withdraw 30 players from domestic competitions to prepare for ...
Crucial match ahead for DUT and Durban North.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CRAIG LEWIS All eyes will be on DUT Rovers and the Durban North first side this Sunday as the two evenly matched teams go head to head in a crucial men's hockey Super League fixture. When the two sides met earlier in the competition, Durban North narrowly ...
National and public interest.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... JOURNALISTS, lawyers and others who for years banged heads with the apartheid government will recall odious, much abused phrases like "national interest" and "sub judice". Neither often applied, but this did not stop officialdom or the party faithful from using them as a shield against ...
Striking Gold!(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HORSE racing in KwaZulu-Natal has always been dominated by two famous races - the Vodacom July and the Canon Gold Cup. And while the former has always attracted the biggest crowds and the glitz and glamour, the Gold Cup is still an important event on the ...
Celebrate the good few; We need more officers with a can-do attitude in this country.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... If you thought that one person - one good person - cannot make a difference, read on and think again. And if you are sick and tired of crime and desperately need something to give you hope, you have more than one reason to read. The story is set in Soweto, Johannesburg's most ...
Thanda Royals looking to beef up their backline.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Carl Peters THANDA Royals are in the market for two more defenders as Roger Palmgren and his coaching assistants get ready to take their preparations for the new season to a more tactical level. During the six weeks of mainly physical labour that the team have ...
UKZN's student killing spurs gender violence awareness.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: SHERLISSA PETERS Nivesh Doodla, the man charged with the murder of student Gail Papli, with whom he is reported to have been in a relationship, will appear in the High Court on September 1. Doodla appeared briefly in court on Wednesday and was told of the ...
Our image is at risk.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Do Jacob Zuma and his backers ever pause to consider the damage their actions can do to this country's image abroad? People in Western nations, in particular, will not look ...
Youth leader is living in the past.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... I was born and nurtured in our beautiful South Africa and I become disillusioned when our people initiated evil thoughts and actions. I would like to refer to this paragraph (Daily News, July 25) under the headline "We will mobilise for Zuma case": Our people are going to be ...
All drivers must obey road rules.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Another cyclist dead after being knocked over in Durban this week, another unnecessary tragedy. Who is to blame? It would be easy to blame the Metro Police for not doing their job properly. But that does not work for me. I am sick and tired of bad drivers and I am ...
Madiba is a man of rare qualities.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Former president Nelson Mandela is a politician with the heart of a king, a president with the guts of an epic hero, a man who does not live for himself, but for the have-nots and for the privileged alike. A pillar, which no human architect will be ...
Address the shortage of nurses.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Since 2004, 114 applications for the opening of new nursing colleges have been turned down. This is because of a moratorium which was imposed because of changes to the Nursing Act. There are more than 46 000 vacancies for nurses in South Africa, but there is no indication when ...
What is a trolley doing in a police station?(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... This week I went to Durban Central Police Station and while waiting on a bench in the corridor, I saw the door to a storeroom G64 open for cleaning. Lo and behold, I saw a Checkers Hyperama trolley parked inside being used for purposes other than shopping. Before I ...
PARENT MURDER TRIALS.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IN the initial years of post-apartheid South Africa, family killings became a tragic feature. What had at first been isolated cases quickly turned into something more frequent, perpetrated in the main by white males, many of them Afrikaners. Disaffected by the new ...
Sifiso investigator's case postponed.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: RIVONIA NAIDU A Charge of defeating the ends of justice against Durban entrepreneur and socialite Prince Sifiso Zulu may have been withdrawn earlier, but the man believed to be his private investigator appeared again in court yesterday on the same charge. In ...
Sympathy for day mother.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: SHERLISSA PETERS THE family of little Saiyona Moonsamy yesterday reached out to the woman allegedly responsible for the toddler's death with a bouquet of flowers and a visit. Nine-month-old Saiyona was killed on Tuesday at the Oriental Day-Care Centre in ...
Traditional fleamarket to open.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole A NEW fleamarket where the traditional meets the contemporary, will open in Durban on Sunday, and more than 50 traders have been hard at work making and gathering stock for the weekly event. "It's a win-win opportunity for all. Durbanites can have ...
Court adjourns Lotter case; Concerns over trial by media.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Irene Kuppan Mathew Naidoo waved at his family, Nicolette Lotter smiled at her attorney and Hardus Lotter shook the attorney's hand when the three alleged killers entered Court F in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court yesterday. Looking calm and composed, all ...
Protest for Nkululeko the hippo.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DAILY NEWS REPORTER KwaZulu-Natal residents and animal rights groups, angered by the killing of Nkululeko the hippo, are expected to protest at Umdloti Beach tomorrow. Founder of People Acting Caring Thinking (Pact), Donna-lee Ginsberg, said the aim of the ...
Infamous American cases.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Born in 1860, Lizzie Borden was a middle-class, New England spinster who became the central figure in the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. The killings and subsequent trial were read with rapt attention around the world. At a ...
Interact with live medical webcast.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: vivian attwood THE medical fraternity in KwaZulu-Natal is eagerly anticipating a breakthrough in tele-communications during the forthcoming 2008 XVII International Aids Conference. While the conference will be held in Mexico City, participants as well as the ...
Sharks visit sick children.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thandi Mthethwa It was a great try for the Sharks rugby team - not on the field this time, but at a local hospital, where players visited patients to spread some home-grown good cheer. Lucky recipients of the Sharks outreach programme were patients at ...
What is Parricide?(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The term is taken from the Latin parricida, meaning the killer of a close relative. It stems from the Latin parri (alike or equal) and cida/ cide (killer). It is defined as: q The act of murdering one's father (patricide), mother (matricide), or other close relative ...
Cash killers.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Erik Menendez, 18, and his elder brother Lyle, 21, watched a two-part miniseries, Billionaire Boys' Club, and hatched a singularly cold-hearted plot to eliminate their parents. The series dealt with the real-life case of a group of privileged young men in Beverley Hills who ...
Feathers fly at council debate.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER YESTERDAY'S special executive committee meeting that paved the way for the demolition of the Ocean Sport Centre and entire redevelopment of Dairy Beach could face a legal challenge over the legitimacy of the meeting. The Democratic Alliance has ...
Too close for comfort.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Last year Riaz Kadwa, 25, was sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment for the murder of his parents, plastic surgeon Dr Anwar Kadwa and his wife, Munirah, in Johannesburg in 2005. He was refused leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence, but is currently petitioning the ...
Watch heart bypass op live on TV tomorrow.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss Wally Katzke has been given a second chance. Tomorrow, he will undergo open-heart surgery, and if he makes the recommended lifestyle and dietary changes, he could go on to lead a normal life. If he does not change the way he lives, he will end up ...
Bus-taxi war hits outlying commuters hard.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: SLINDILE MALULEKA "Our lives have been turned upside down. We can't go on like this." This was the desperate cry of an Inanda resident who was unable to get to work after this week's burning and destruction of buses in the Mzinyathi area of Inanda. Residents ...
Dead cyclist 'a refined gentleman'; Family supports protest ride.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DASEN THATHIAH and ARTHI SANPATH Before his life was taken by a reckless driver, Willem van Heerden gave his wife a goodbye kiss when he left home on Wednesday morning - with neither knowing that it would be their last. Seventy-two-year-old Van Heerden was ...
An eyeful of fashion and fillies.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barbara Cole HAVING a flutter at tomorrow's Canon Gold Cup at Greyville Racecourse means more than having a bet on a horse for some racegoers. The fashionistas competing in the Canon Gold Cup Designer Competition and Best Dressed Contest will be sporting their ...
Princess 'a servant of the people'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: BONGANI MTHEMBU A WAVE of emotion swept through the sombre crowd which gathered yesterday at Nkonjeni, outside Ulundi, to pay last respects to Princess Lethuxolo, the daughter of Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The 49-year-old princess ...
Sporting bodies decide to put their differences aside.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb South Africa's Olympics chiefs and MPs from parliament's portfolio committee on sport have agreed to put aside their bruised egos and meet after the Beijing Olympic games end next month. This comes after a "frank discussion" between South African ...
First start for Swanepoel in Kimberley.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CRAIG LEWIS The Sharks team that takes to the hard Kimberley turf to play the Griquas tomorrow may be one of the more inexperienced sides to have made the arduous journey inland but a number of proactive team changes could serve as the catalyst for a rejuvenated attack. ...
Funk leads US Senior Open.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DENVER: American Fred Funk eagled the par-five third on his way to a five-under-par 65 and a one-shot lead in the US Senior Open first round in Colorado Springs yesterday. Of the other big names, eight-times major winner Tom Watson opened with a 69, while Australia's former ...
Fire razes clothing shop.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: DASEN THATHIAH A clothing shop in Dr Pixley ka-Seme (West) Street was gutted by flames last night, but quick work by the fire department ensured no one was injured. The road was cordoned off at Mahatma Gandhi Road as hundreds of onlookers watched ...
Taliep a financial burden: widow.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER Music icon Taliep Petersen was a financial burden to his wife and her family and failed to contribute a cent towards his household. This was the evidence in the Cape High Court yesterday where his widow, Najwa Petersen, was cross-examined. ...
'This is no fair deal for Zuma'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Daily News reporters and Sapa AS the ANC prepared to bring Pietermaritzburg to a standstill on Monday in a massive show of support for Jacob Zuma, it declared that its president was "being persecuted rather than merely prosecuted". The ANC said the way in ...
'This is no fair deal for Zuma'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Daily News reporters and Sapa AS the ANC prepared to bring Pietermaritzburg to a standstill on Monday in a massive show of support for Jacob Zuma, it declared that its president was "being persecuted rather than merely prosecuted". The ANC said the way in ...
Aids conference webcast.(News)(Conference news)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: vivian attwood THE medical fraternity in KwaZulu-Natal is eagerly anticipating a breakthrough in tele-communications during the forthcoming 2008 XVII International Aids Conference. While the conference will be held in Mexico City, participants and the public ...
Taylor in hospital.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON: US actress Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalised, but was expected to return home soon. The 76-year-old, Oscar-winning actress was reported to be recovering from undisclosed medical problems. "Ms Taylor is fine," said a ...
'We are guided by our values'; The decision to support Zuma was taken after serious, careful consideration, writes ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... When Jacob Zuma appears in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday, not only will he be accompanied by a contingent of ANC leaders, but he will have the support of hundreds of thousands of ANC members. A number of people have publicly expressed disquiet at this. Others have ...
15 die in dorm collapse.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ANKARA (Turkey): A dormitory housing female students of the Q'uran collapsed in central Turkey today, killing at least 15 people. About half a dozen students were believed to be trapped under the rubble as frantic rescue workers removed debris with shovels, pickaxes and their bare hands. ...
India train fire.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HYDERABAD: At least 13 people were killed when a fire, believed to have been sparked by a short circuit, spread through a train in India this morning while many passengers were still asleep. Five coaches of the train, which ...
Zanu-PF threat to halt talks.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: daily news Correspondent Ruling Zanu-PF hardliners, among them top army officials and war veterans, are threatening to scuttle ongoing talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), if it turns out that the agreement could result in MDC president, Morgan ...
Banks urge bond holders to make recovery plans.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Three of South Africa's biggest retail banks say they do not want to repossess homes from defaulting customers and are urging bond payers taking strain to consult them in a bid to save their homes from foreclosure. Standard Bank, First National Bank and Absa Bank said they had ...
Heavyweight actresses shine in ultra-light comedy.(Entertainment)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zane Henry Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day Director: Bharat Nalluri Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Mark Strong, Tom Payne, Ciaran Hinds Running time: 100 minutes Classification: PG Rating: HHHII ...
Reluctant hero gets hisslice of the celebrity pie.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos He casually swaggers into the room clad in a grey tweed jacket and multi-coloured cravat, looking every bit the part of blase actor coerced into "playing nice" at yet another press conference. You half expect him to pull out an emery board and begin buffing ...
Catch the good, the bad and the ugly.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Britney Spears is rumoured to be filming a new reality TV show. The singer, who filmed Britney and Kevin: Chaotic with her ex in 2005, has reportedly ordered her entourage to carry video cameras with them at all times to capture her antics on film. A source said: ...
Jen, John rehearse for nuptials.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston are planning a "trial marriage". The couple - who have been dating for three months - are said to be keen to test the strength of their relationship, and think that John moving ...
Good news if you're a fan.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Tommy Lee has no intention of giving up sex with groupies. The Motley Crue rocker - who recently claimed that he had rekindled his relationship with ex-wife Pamela Anderson, with whom he has two sons - insists ...
Madge between the covers.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Madonna's manager is writing a book about her. Guy Oseary is following in the footsteps of Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, by documenting the singer's life in a 224-page book, entitled Madonna: Confessions, containing exclusive photographs from her 2006 world tour. ...
More of Mena.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Mena Suvari is set to go topless in an erotic sex scene for her latest movie. The 29-year-old actress, who was nominated for a Bafta award for her role in the 1999 movie ...
'Bring back the rod and cane'; It is a pity our government has banned corporal punishment in schools, writes Rich Mkhondo.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A breakdown of parental authority has a lot to answer for when it comes to character building. While I was at primary school, there was a young boy who bit, pushed, hit and kicked children and adults alike at the slightest provocation and sometimes even for the lack of it. ...
Gibbs hits back in battle with wife.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER Proteas cricketer Herschelle Gibbs says his wife, Tenielle, threatened to punish him by "spending as much as she possibly could". This had prompted him to stop her accessing his bank accounts, he said in papers filed in the Cape High Court. ...
Better times not too far off.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Keith Ross THE latest inflation figures have come as a shock, but the rate of price increases is likely to peak soon and the outlook for next year seems brighter, according to a panel of leading economists. The economists say the inflation figures released ...
You will be blown away by the Jewvenile humour.(Entertainment)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan You Don't Mess with the Zohan Director: Dennis Dugan Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan running time: 113 minutes Classification: PG 13 LSN ...
SA's biggest film fest fills unique gap.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith If it wasn't for the posters on the lampposts, you'd never know that there was actually an international film festival happening in Durban. Over the last 29 years, the festival has grown to the point where it is now spread over several venues in ...
Guys, hot bods and shades.(Bollywood)(Movie review)
Aug 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith MISSION ISTAANBUL DIRECTOR: Apoorva Lakhia CAST: Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Shriya Saran, Vivek Oberoi, Nikitin Dheer, Shabbir Ahluwalia RUNNING TIME: 180 minutes CLASSIFICATION: TBA RATING: HHHII ...
Straight from the director's chair.(Bollywood)
Aug 04, 2008 ... He went from assisting on Hollywood flicks such as The Ice Storm, A Perfect Murder and Addicted to Love to being a second assistant director in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) before becoming the assistant director for Ashutosh Gowariker in his period epic, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time In ...
UKZN students win UK scholarships.(News)
Aug 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: ARTHI SANPATH TWO University of KwaZulu-Natal students have won the prestigious Emma Smith Scholarship to study overseas. Hayley Leck, of Amanzimtoti, and Gillitts resident Kelly Dyer, have been selected by the university selection committee as recipients of ...
Heat is on in kitchens; Restaurants are struggling to survive in tough times.(News)
Aug 04, 2008 ... BYLINE: DASEN THATHIAH Financially strained restaurateurs are finding themselves in a catch-22 situation resulting from a tough economic environment and more are now opting to sell. Experts in the hospitality sector have cited high food prices, the minimum wage ...
She's the model of success.(Bollywood)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Some actresses have that je ne sais quoi that helps them effortlessly cement their career in Bollywood and Deepika Padukone is one of them. And all it took was a flawless performance opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om for the newcomer to prove that she is a ...
Seems Elvis is alive - and moonlighting.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Cybill Shepherd says she is being haunted by her ex-love, Elvis Presley. The actress wishes she had done more to help the late music legend as his life descended into binge eating and depression before his untimely death at the age of 42. She said: "I don't feel him ...
Baby Lohan's blue blunder.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Lindsay Lohan's sister Ali (14) accidentally auditioned for adult movie director Peter Davy. The singer was followed by cameras for her reality show Living Lohan as she went to try out for a part ...