Daily News (South Africa) back issues from April 2009:
Who is behind ANC's election drive?(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... It was not so very long ago that the ANC government proposed stopping all imports from China, particularly with regard to clothing. It was believed that South Africans were losing their jobs because they were unable to compete with their prices. I have not noticed any reduction ...
SA must not pander to China.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In spite of what President Kgalema Motlanthe, Nkosaza-na Dlamini-Zuma and Trevor Manuel may claim, most South Africans undoubtedly now believe that it was at the insistence of the Chinese that our government recently denied the Dalai Lama entry to South Africa. Sacrificing the ...
Tourists to go on toxic tours of Durban.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: RIZWANA SHEIK UMAR VISITORS to Durban could soon tour some of the city's dirtiest industrial areas thanks to a tourism initiative aimed at boosting tourism in the South Durban Basin. Details of the tour and other tourism initiatives were unveiled at a ...
Barker's men prepare for Santos clash.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... after a three-week break, AmaZulu resume their Absa Premiership programme with a mid-table clash against Santos at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday. And coach Clive Barker is pleased that all his first-team stars are available for duty, as Usuthu aim for a top-six finish in the ...
Don't fall for bank card scam.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... POLICE have warned people not to give their bank cards and banking details to loan sharks as it is against the law. This warning comes after a 20-year-old man was arrested after a security guard noticed him making several withdrawals from an Absa ATM at uShaka Marine World. ...
Abducted/Ladysmith /baby /recovered.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: VIVIAN ATTWOOD A five-month-old baby boy, who had apparently been abducted by a stranger in whose care his mother left him temporarily near a Lyell Street, Ladysmith, taxi rank in January, had in fact been abandoned. The infant's mother had told the Ladysmith ...
Important issues excluded from N2 freeway article.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... I refer to your lead article on the man who lay for 11 hours with a broken leg at the side of the N2 freeway near the Pavilion (Daily News, March 30). I take offence at the |insinuation that the South African motorist had evolved into an uncaring and non-|compassionate citizen. ...
Protect the people - police the freeways.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... We had a very bad experience on Saturday, March 28. We were on our way to Shelly Beach to help a terminally ill friend move to Durban. We were travelling on the N2 southbound at the legal speed limit, and just before Hibberdene a teenage girl ran across the freeway without even looking. ...
Quotas /cause pain.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... All quota systems are fraught with dangers and those that apply to the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Medical School are no different. But the pain quotas cause does not augur well for an institution that has produced a significant number of largely black doctors over the decades. ...
Purr with pleasure.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... NO, the Bengal Tiger's attempt to go unusually live at an election rally with four real tigers, as told on page one today, was not an April 1 jape. Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, a veteran politician whose ambitions for public office and eye for catching ...
Tiger's back in business and ready /to stalk Augusta.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... ALL the so-called impostors can now go into hiding. Tiger Woods is back - and with a vengeance. Many were of the belief that Woods would struggle to get back to where he left off after two very ordinary tournaments at the WGC Accenture and the CA Championships. Well look at what ...
Top honours in pizza competition.(Life)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sodwana Bay chef Odette Williams, right, of Mi Casa Cafe, has won top honours in the South African leg of the Global Pizza Challenge (GPC) for her unusual Coconut Chicken pizza. Established in Australia 10 years ago, the GPC is endorsed by the South African Chefs ...
Rugby player in court after boarding house hostage drama.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ARTHI SANPATH SPORTING a swollen right eye, rugby player Malusi Zuma yesterday appeared in court facing several charges relating to Monday evening's gun drama at a Morningside boarding house. Dressed in the same black shirt and camouflage-print pants he was ...
Criticism of the police has ignored the facts; Law enforcement agencies will thrive where they are appreciated, /writes Margaret-Ann Diedricks.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The piece by Daily News columnist Jovial Rantao, on the protest action by taxi operators on March 24, has reference. Let me on the outset state that we condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the violent actions that accompanied the march and if, indeed, as Mr Rantao asserts, ...
Couple's bail bid postponed; Murder accused must wait.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHERLISSA PETERS THE bail applications of a couple accused of murder was again adjourned in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court yesterday. Kalisha Rajcomar, 23, and Amith Sewkarran, 26, are charged with the brutal murder of 26-year-old Sandesh Poorun, who ...
Easter road safety plan.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NONDUMISO MBUYAZI KwaZulu-Natal has developed a researched, multi-faceted approach to road safety. This is according to the MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Cele, who was speaking yesterday at the launch of the Easter Road Safety ...
Councillor hurls /race slurs; Budget meeting gets heated.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER RACIAL slurs characterised a heated full council meeting yesterday at which councillors again attacked each other amid fierce debate over proposed new rates and tariff increases. The usually reserved senior ANC councillor Nigel Gumede emerged as ...
Consumer confidence up as conditions begin to ease.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Confidence among South Africa's consumers increased in the first quarter of this year, on optimism about personal finances partly because of lower interest rates, a survey has found. The central bank reduced interest rates by 100 basis points last week, adding to|150 basis ...
Insults fly in court; Family breaks down at sight of accused.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Irene Kuppan |and Thandiwe Mthethwa WAILS of grief broke out in the Umlazi Magistrate's Court yesterday when the family of murdered gospel singer Philani "Amen" Mkhanyawo came face to face with the men accused of killing him. The sight of S'busiso Mbuthuma, ...
Visitors jet in for stricken Mackay.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ARTHI SANPATH |and DASEN THATHIAH Several Brumbies players - and a middle-aged couple believed to be Shawn Mackay's parents - arrived in Durban late last night while a large police presence secured the arrivals area of Durban International Airport. An ...
Rajbansi eyes real tiger for rally.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: BHEKI MBANJWA The Minority Front's hunt for votes in KwaZulu-Natal will soon get more aggressive as four live tigers from a Gauteng nature reserve are expected to feature at some of the party's election campaigns. Party Leader Amichand |Rajbansi, the man ...
Too much spent on luxuries in R24bn budget, says DA.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: HEINZ DE BOER DURBAN'S biggest budget ever - a R24 billion investment in massive infrastructure projects and services - has pitted polit-ical opponents against each other. If the ANC and senior city officials are to be believed, the budget is one of the most ...
Sixth man held in connection with Umzimkulu killing.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... A sixth suspect has been arrested by police in connection with the murder of an Umzimkulu man last week. The body of Bhekukuphiwa Maduna, 41, was found lying in a supermarket verandah on Friday morning with injuries to his neck and face. He was discovered by two students |who ...
French G20 walkout threat steps up summit pressure.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... A French threat to walk out of this week's G20 summit ratcheted up pressure on world leaders yesterday, as they arrived for talks clouded by US-Europe strains over how to ease the global economic crisis. The move came as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, host of tomorrow's ...
ACDP rejects casino donation.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: BHEKI MBANJWA The African Christian Democratic Party yesterday turned down a much-needed election donation of R100 000 from casino group, Tsogo Sun. It did so because it did not support gambling and regarded this as a very serious issue. Strategic ...
Tutu lavishes praise on Hogan.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: VIVIAN ATTWOOD UNIVERSALLY respected for not mincing his words when it comes to issues affecting human rights, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu received a rousing ovation at the official opening of the 4th South African Aids Conference in Durban last night. ...
What a tangled web we weave ... As prosecutors prepare to announce /on Friday whether they will drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma, the Daily News reflects on court findings of his relationship with /his financial adviser, Schabir Shaik.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... AMBITIOUS Durban businessman Schabir Shaik - who was jailed for corruption and fraud - believed that Zuma was destined for high, if not the highest, political office. "And it would be flying in the face of common sense and ordinary human nature to think that he did not realise ...
Holomisa sends angry letter to Rhema.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SIVUYILE MANGXAMBA THE Rhema Church says Bantu Holomisa is welcome to drop in any time - but he will not be allowed to address the congregants. The UDM leader has now fired off an angry letter to the church, saying he was not seeking a chance to be treated ...
Black middle class think in a certain way, says Zuma.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CARIEN DU PLESSIS MEMBERS of the black middle classes were more likely to support parties other than the ANC, party president Jacob Zuma has said. Zuma told a breakfast meeting at Auckland Park Country Club yesterday that those who had defected from the ANC to ...
Union to take action against Madisha.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Caiphus Kgosana The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union |(Nehawu) has announced that it is to pursue criminal charges against former Cosatu president Willie Madisha, whom they accuse of defaming the union. Nehawu has already instituted a civil ...
China asks Zambia to plant jatropha.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... China had asked Zambia to plant 2 million hectares of jatropha in the southern African country for the production of biofuels, the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) said yesterday. If agreed, the deal could become one of the biggest farming land ventures by an Asian or Middle ...
Wide Africa biofuels potential.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Biofuels offered the biggest and most secure market for agriculture in southern Africa, and could help ease the region's electricity woes in the future, a biofuels conference heard yesterday. Erhard Seilar, chief executive of the Southern African Biofuels Association, said the ...
Granny Ruth thanks/medic for saving her.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Angelique Serrao For two hours Granny Ruth lay slumped in the passenger seat of her Toyota Tazz, almost dying of heatstroke as motorists whizzed by on the N1 north. The 81-year-old Gauteng woman would have died on Saturday if it hadn't been for a good ...
Kok to fight the flab /and raise funds for cancer.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: bARBARA COLE WHEN entertainer Alec Kok hit 40, he decided to do something about his big weight problem and told organisers of the Sunflower Fund that he planned to raise funds for them at the same time. "I said it was a great idea, but secretly thought that I ...
2010 'very difficult'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Massmart Holdings Ltd, Africa's third-biggest retailer, could face shrinking profit margins in 2010 as food inflation slowed and sales growth was likely to deteriorate before any improvement, its CEO said. Grant Pattison expected food inflation, which has buoyed turnover at its ...
'Policeman raped me'; Cops refuse /to investigate teen's claims.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NONDUMISO MBUYAZI WHEN a woman and her granddaughter turned to the police after a burglary, their trust was shattered when the teenager was allegedly raped twice by one of the men meant to protect her. The policeman, believed to be a constable at the ...
Hurricane warning.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CRAIG LEWIS While many people around the world will be extremely watchful today as they try to safeguard against any pranks on April Fool's Day, the Sharks will need to be most vigilant this Saturday when they face a perennially unpredictable Hurricanes team. ...
Shearer in charge of Magpies.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... LONDON: Former England and Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer will manage Newcastle United for the remainder of the season, according to British television reports yesterday. Shearer, 38, who has been working as a TV pundit with the BBC, will take over from caretaker Chris ...
Arthur upbeat as Proteas prepare for ODI series.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: IQBAL KHAN SOUTH African coach Mickey Arthur, has noted on the eve of the first MTN one day international at Sahara Stadium that the South Africa-Australia clashes have taken similar routes in different forms of the game. Last year and early this year South ...
Electoral Court slams IEC papers; Lists are in 'shocking state'.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA The Electoral Court has rebuked the Independent Electoral Commission for the "shocking state" of the candidates list handed to it by the commission, saying it was impossible for any court to rule on the impasse over candidates who are not registered on the ...
Family jets in for stricken Mackay.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ARTHI SANPATH |and DASEN THATHiah Critically injured Brumbie lock Shawn Mackay's parents, John and Leonie - arrived in Durban late last night while a large police presence secured the arrivals area of Durban Airport. Mackay's partner, an emotional, young, ...
Rajbansi eyes real tiger for rally.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: BHEKI MBANJWA The Minority Front's hunt for votes in KwaZulu-Natal will soon get more aggressive as four tigers from a Gauteng nature reserve are expected to feature at some of the party's election campaigns. Party leader Amichand Rajban- si, the man known by ...
Police task team to monitor university.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: BHEKI MBANJWA A special police task team has been set up to police the University of Zululand's Ongoye campus after clashes between rival student formations at the institution, MEC for Safety and Community Liaison Bheki Cele announced today. Recent clashes ...
A brilliant rescue job /of leather lounge suite.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... There are some delicious bits in the Consumer Protection Bill - yes, the one still awaiting a presidential signature to become an act. One of the less quoted bits falls under the section on consumers' right to fair and honest dealings. It essentially compels retailers ...
Travelgate legal row.(News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: GERSHWIN WANNEBURG PARLIAMENT has effectively saved dozens of ANC members from legal action by buying the debtors' book of Travelgate agency Bathong Travel. But two opposition MPs and a PAC employee have been left to fend for themselves. Since 2006, former ...
Role out the saris.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Naomi Campbell is set to star in a Bollywood movie. The British supermodel wowed casting directors during her recent appearance at the Fashion For Relief fundraiser held in Mumbai last week and now ...
A model of tact is Macy.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... William H Macy claims that his wife, Felicity Huffman, is the sexiest actress on the TV show Desperate Housewives. The actor doesn't understand why Felicity (who plays stressed-out mother Lynette) gets less ...
King, Prince in concert thriller.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Michael Jackson will sing with his eldest son on the opening night of his London residency at the O2 Arena. The 50-year-old singer plans to invite 12-year-old Prince Michael I onstage to perform during the ...
Singing draws no red ink.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Jennifer Hudson wanted to be a tattoo artist. The singer would have opted for a very different career if she hadn't made it as a singer and actress. "My second choice was to be a tattoo artist because I also ...
Kicked while he's down.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Hugh Hefner is selling his house. The Playboy Magazine founder is reportedly putting his $27 million (R263m) five-bedroomed property on the market, amid rumours that he has hit a financial slump. Hef's private property is not to be confused with the notorious Playboy Mansion ...
Tasha is a sinkor swim survivor.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... 'The Samas were the kiss of death," answers Tasha Baxter when I ask her about how her two awards affected her life. "No, that's not true. It was part of a crescendo that lasted until December and then ended. Right now, I'm trying to keep my head above water." Last year Tasha ...
Always Pata Pata.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith alhough she will never again grace our stages with her luminous presence, Miriam Makeba's presence looms large. This year's photographic exhibition in the Duo Tone gallery at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival concentrates on the jazz icon who died ...
Soul, R&B, hip hop and all that jazz.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen The annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival gets under way today in Greenmarket Square with a surprise appearance by Diane Reeves at the popular free concert. The US songbird will be joined by the Afro-jazz outfit The Incredibles Brass, the ...
Fest's coming up Rosies ...(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Don Albert Gone are the great names in jazz, the pioneers, the artists who created this musical art form. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane - the list goes on ad infinitum. Today, most jazz fests are ...
Fans in for treat with Grammy-winner Reeves.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Munyaradzi Vomo Speaking to jazz songbird Dianne Reeves is like listening to poetry. Her laid-back tone is as gentle and rhythmically hypnotic as her singing voice. The icon, whose blues sound has a strong jazz foundation, is a headliner at this year's Cape ...
You'll be Zapped right off your feet by this Mama.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Marie Daulne, the founder and leader of the group Zap Mama, is a citizen of the world, a nomadic spirit, shall we say. She is based in Brussels, Belgium, but says she's a child of the universe. "I'm not a nationalist, I'm a human being. I fit ...
Bloody marvellous little shop ...(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott To some extent, the heart of Little Shop of Horrors rests in the mouth |of carnivorous plant Audrey II. An overbearing mammoth of a plant, with a booming voice, cavernous mouth and hunger for blood, Audrey II rules flower shop assistant Seymour's ...
Not-so-fab four don't make yesterday live again.(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Gisele Turner BEATLEMANIA PERFORMERS: Paul Green, Michael Brady, Chris Frazer and Cameron Charters DIRECTOR: Showtime Australia WHERE: izulu Theatre, Sibaya WHEN: Runs to April 5 RATING: HHIII When we ...
Hoops for High School hopes.(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... In life, there are those moments when mums tend to get teary eyed and dads just cough a lot. David Schlachter's mum probably had such a moment when he staggered on as "a star" in his pre-primary school play. But she almost certainly didn't dream, at the time, that 15-odd years ...
Mother and son duo to grace Friends of Music.(News)
Apr 02, 2009 ... South African-born concert pianist Jenny Stern and solo violinist Emmanuel Bach, the mother and son duo, will be in concert for Friends of Music at the Durban Jewish Centre on Tuesday, April 7 at 7.45pm. Stern, who has a special love for chamber music, conducts workshops and ...
Young blood for vampire couple.(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... Alyson Hannigan has given birth to a girl. The actress and her husband, Alexis Denisof, welcomed Satyana into the world this week. A representative said: "Alyson and Alexis are very ...
Who's your daddy?(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... Madonna's three-year-old adoptive son doesn't recognise his biological father. Malawian-born David, who's been living with Madge since 2006, was reunited with his dad, Yohane Banda, because the singer is in Malawi trying to adopt another child. Yohane was also shocked to ...
Jennifer a/hair-raising diva?(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... Jennifer Aniston reportedly refused to start shooting her new movie because she was unhappy with her hair. She shocked cast and crew when filming for The Baster began, because ...
Working through the grief.(Entertainment)
Apr 02, 2009 ... Liam Neeson has returned to work for the first time since his wife died. The grieving actor is back on the set of his next movie Chloe, which he was filming when Natasha Richardson was injured during ...
Auditions open for schools season play.(News)
Apr 02, 2009 ... The Playhouse Company's in-house schools season, which runs from May 25 to June 11, will feature a new stage adaptation of PB Maphumulo's Zulu novel, Kudela Owaziyo, adapted by actor Faka Kulu. The novel is prescribed for KwaZulu-Natal matric pupils this year. The play, which ...