Post (South Africa) back issues from April 2008:
Danny's troupe dazzle in dance.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... AFTER its six week sell-out run at the Wild Coast Sun during the festive season last year, Legends of Music is rocking the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya until April 13. The show features Danny Dantonio, pictured, and his sizzling, sexy dancers paying tribute to the Bee Gees, Lionel ...
How children can still be happy after parents' divorce.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... TODAY'S Hollywood is rarely a place to find role models for our culture, especially when it comes to divorce and family issues. Year after year we've been exposed to dramatic, painful, explosive relationship break-ups, resulting in tabloid headlines that feed upon scandal and exploitation ....
... on screen and off.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH PIETERMARITZBURG twins Severn and Saraid Gudar, like most boys, enjoy playing cricket or competing with their assortment of Sony PlayStation games. The 14-year-old identical duo, of Delhi Road, Raise-thorpe, are grade nine pupils at Raisethorpe ...
YourLuckyStars.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... ARIES: (Mesha) (Mar 21 - Apr 21): You are currently well favoured with analytical insight - adept at accurately anticipating causes and effect. A significant cycle for demonstrating how much genuine creativity you have and how capable and effective you can be. Tokens: Red / I & O / 1 & 3 ...
ageing is all in the mind so don't let the body cotton on to it!(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... IT IS TRUE! The body does follow the mind. So what better way to extend one's youthfulness, than by keeping the mind active? One of the most precious gifts, granted to man, is his own ability to enhance his life. We have the tools to challenge ourselves, ...
Let's see how we can help Feroz.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH UMKOMAAS lad, Feroz Hatiz's favourite pastime is relaxing with a good book. However, that recently changed for the 12-year-old of Dhalia Road, Cragieburn, Umkomaas, after he was diagnosed with a rare eye disease - keratoconus ( a disease of the ...
Fabgal!(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... IT MAY take Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor some time to find the right vehicle to showcase their mutual talent in a father-son combination. But Ranbir's lady-love Deepika Padukone, both pictured, already has that privilege. She will be sharing screen space with Rishi in Saif Ali Khan's ...
'I saw Bob Woolmer in co-star'.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... IF EMRAAN Hashmi had his way Jannat would remain smooch-free. "But then my director Kunal Singh got greedy," chuckled Emraan, pictured. "He first persuaded me to do one kiss, then another." Emraan, who turned 29 on March 24, said he was "quite sick and ...
Lara DuttA says 'no' to big b show.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... ACTRESS Lara Dutta, pictured, who was all set to accompany the Bachchans on their much talked-about world tour Unforgettable Show, has cancelled her plans due to a knee injury. "I injured my knee and have been asked by doctors not to strain it further. Since I am also doing a ...
Love is in the air just take a look.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... AISHWARIYA Rai-Bachchan has proved to all that she is the most elegant princess in tinsel town with her gorgeous look in Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar. After playing Jodhaa, Aish is all set to play another classic role of Mumtaz Mahal opposite Ben Kingsley in the historical ...
ramoji Film City abuzz!(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... KUSELAN is throwing up many surprises in the making of the movie Katha Parayumbol at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The latest buzz is that superstar Rajnikanth will be romancing five heroines for a song in that flick too. The smiling beauty Sneha, pictured, is the latest addition ...
March has muchto mourn for!(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... MARCH has been a sad month for filmdom. The industry lost some of its mighty contributors in the form of Sujatha, Raghuvaran, Shoban Babu, Prasanna Kumar and veteran actress S Muthulakshmi. In less than a few weeks, dialogue writer and novelist Sujatha died, followed ...
Events.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... MUSIC A NEVER seen before collaboration will bring together two of South Africa's biggest rival bands of the 60s - Steve Fataar of the Flames and Cyril Francis of the Jets - on April 6 at 5pm at Zack's on Wilson's Wharf. Steve's present band Avatar is also billed to ...
i live with my in-laws and i am miserable.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Q: I HAVE been married for eight months and live with my in-laws. My life is miserable. I am always sad but I don't know why. My in-laws have another daughter-in-law and her two children who live with them. I am treated like a maid. My mum is a widow and I work to ...
Beggars can't be choosers, or can they?(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... I DON'T know about you, but when I'm stressed-out by the usual de rigueurs of life and making a living, there are certain spots I head to for some rest and recreation. The Berg is my ultimate destination but, for some short-term relief, Durban's Blue Lagoon is the venue of ...
Let's not turn a blind eye to reality.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... ON EASTER Monday we had the pleasure of hosting our niece, Thava and her husband Stephen Matthews, to lunch at a beachfront restaurant which also offered a spectacular view of the ocean in glorious outdoor weather. Stephen had been down from the UK just two days and was already revelling ...
Rani forgot important date.(Property)
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE conciliation for Rani's alleged unfair dismissal dispute was scheduled for January 20 this year. She was dismissed by her employer Sathia for gross insubordination. Rani subsequently lodged a complaint with the CCMA. A few days before conciliation, Rani ...
All I need is love!(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... WITH a heavy heart I say to women, please be careful of "woman users". I met a man10 years ago who promised me the world. I was swept off my feet with his love. As time progressed this behaviour became a way of life to him. I gave him everything. This led him to become ...
Long may they flash their talent.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... FLASH Entertainers deserve a thunderous applause and perpetual accolade for their vibrant promotion and propagation of our rich Indian traditional music, over the past decades. Fanatical public support and participation, especially among our youth, is heart-warming ...
making THEIR POINT.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... WE ALWAYS believe that a priest has to be respected because he prays, guides and blesses. But then comes disbelief when a priest curses. On March 17, my family and I went to discuss wedding details at the would-be groom's home. His family priest was called in. After ...
Upmarket homes.(Property)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: LOGAN GOVENDER BUYING upmarket properties in private developments and sectional title units administered by body corporates has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include: n In private developments (for instance at the world class Zimbali ...
Let's not forget what Madiba said about blacks.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... WHEN is black, not black, or not black enough? Recent events, particularly on the sports fields, and in boardrooms, have turned the spotlight once again on racism. After Mike Stofile lost the SA Rugby Union presidency race to incumbent Oregan Hoskins, at the weekend, he said ...
No cigars for those with accents, but jolly to the babes.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... HEY, baap, what is it with people when it comes to accents? You know, one of the nice things about being a mysterious columnist, is that you could be the ultimate ghost-at-large, operating incommunicado at the best of times. And so it was that I stood in a bank queue one ...
Smoke rises over Inanda riot claims.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... MUCH has been written in POST for the past 23 years about the unfortunate Inanda riots. I exclude former HOD member Mamoo Rajab from any criticism that may be contained in this letter. I am aware that he had taken up a matter in respect of the allocation of funds. I am also proud of the ...
Judgment looms in 2001 case.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... TOMORROW (Thursday) is D-Day for an accused charged with culpable homicide and a Chatsworth teacher who since July 2001, waged a one man crusade to get to the bottom of a road accident in Phoenix which claimed the life of his brother, when judgment is due to be delivered in the Verulam ...
The roti with a most divine filling.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: RONELL NAIDOO A ONE year memorial ceremony for a Phoenix family turned into a "divine experience" at the weekend when they discovered what appeared to be an Aum sign on a roti. Yuvasti Rampiari, 32, of Ladle Palm Crescent, Palmview, had prepared the rotis for ...
Our world leaders in training.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: RONELL NAIDOO THREE Effingham Secondary pupils, who recently returned from the People to People World Leadership Programme in Washington DC, are in fifth gear after their "mind-blowing trip". Keyuran Maduray, Selina Sanker and Aveshan Govender, the only trio ...
Bombay Duck was savoured by all on stage.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... AS 1993 drew to a close, the entertainment world braced itself for a busy period. One of the big crowd pullers of that time was the stage musical, Bombay Duck, produced by Ajay and Rasheeda Hurbans. The play helped make television stars of many of its actors, such as Pat Pillai, ...
All you ever needed to know about a bond is right here!(Property)
Apr 02, 2008 ... FOR most people owning a home is a dream come true. Applying for a bond becomes easier to understand when you have the necessary information that will assist you to manage your bond. A home loan permits you to finance your home as well as attend to improvements ...
VEGETABLE CUTLETS.(Leisure)(Recipe)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil 4 onions finely chopped 2 cups mixed vegetables (cauliflower, beans, carrots) chopped 1/2 cups green peas parboiled 2 big potatoes boiled and chopped fine 2 small beetroots boiled and chopped fine ...
Iron Mike played it hard.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2008 ... HE SAW spooks in his debut pro match as a defender for Manning Rangers when he had to contend with Neville "The Athlone Ghost" Londt against Glenville at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. Rangers lost 6-0. But, this baptism of fire only served to make Mike Samuels more ...
PANEER CUTLETS.(Leisure)(Recipe)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Ingredients: 300g paneer or cottage cheese crumbled 2 large potatoes boiled and mashed 2 slices bread 1 onion chopped 2 green chillies chopped 2 tbsp cornflour 2 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped oil for ...
CRISPY CHEESE ROLLS.(Leisure)(Recipe)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Ingredients: 2 tbsp grated cheese 1/2 cup milk 2 small onions finely chopped 2 green chillies chopped fine 1 tsp ginger finely chopped 8 slices bread 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves Oil for deep frying ...
BUTTERNUT & SPINACH DHAL.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Ingredients: 250g butternut, peeled and cubed 1 bunch Swiss chard herbs 5ml chilli powder 5ml coriander powder 1 dry chilli 12.5ml lemon juice Salt to taste 1 onion chopped 2.5ml each ...
Don't be a couch potato and just lounge around.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... HOWDY kids! The hols are in full swing and there are lots of activities for you around Durban. So, stop being a couch potato - lounging about the house only watching television and playing video games. Get up and go have some fun. There is always something planned ...
haemorrhoids.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Haemorrhoids are swollen anal varicose veins. These veins can become so stretched that they push with extreme force, then rupture and bleed. The haemorrhoids cause rectal bleeding, pain, burning, inflammation, irritation and itching, since the swollen tissues are difficult to ...
cataracts.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... CATARACTS are a clouding of the eye lens that cause blur vision, inability to focus and is progressive and painless. The cataract becomes thicker with time until it blinds the eye. This is the number one cause of blindness in the world. The most common type of ...
cold sores.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Use Echinacea and goldenseal extract mixture. Echinacea is an immune system booster that can also prevent a cold sore outbreak. Take one dropper-full a day for no more than three days. Also put a few drops on a cotton ball and place on the affected area for a few minutes several ...
Legal spat continues.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE legal feud between two wealthy Durban brothers over business shares has resulted in another application - this time in the Durban High Court. Anil Sewpersad Singh, of Beverly Road, Pinetown, a former member of Coastal Truck Centre CC, Coastal Truck Spares CC and Kansure ...
Nazley gallops her way to the top.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH DO NOT underestimate Golden Horse Casino's promotions manager, Nazley Mullah, because of her age. The 23-year-old former Newcastle resident , pictured, is determined to make waves in the casino industry. "I know many Muslim folk frown on me ...
Here's an Easter foursome flood of film.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... It seems Easter is also one of the release periods for Tamil movies - others being the Tamil New Year, Pongal and Deepavali. On Good Friday, four major movies were released. They were: After a long absence, Sneha and Shaam pair on-screen in the movie Inba. ...
Jarred's ready to hit the straight.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH FIVE years ago Jarred Samuel had a dream of becoming a jockey. Today, the 20-year-old is well groomed and ready to take the racing world by storm. Having won 47 races in the last five years at the South African Jockey Academy in ...
Big night for 'Burg.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2008 ... THERE will be great anticipation and interest in Saturday night's National First Division encounter between log leaders Bay United and second-placed Maritzburg United when they meet at the Harry Gwala Stadium in the penultimate match of the season. Maritzburg trail by one point ...
Enjoying the floating Indian Experience.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... ONE should have taken along a pack of vitamin boosters instead of motion sickness tablets to keep up with the vigorous pace of an eventful three-night Indian Experience cruise, successfully hosted by the newly-established travel company FUN4OL. The company, which was launched ...
Ranbirdoes it for his love.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Shweta Thakur Mumbai: Making his love interest clear, Saawariya star Ranbir Kapoor blew a kiss straight from the ramp to actress Deepika Padukone, both pictured. Attired in a black and beige "sherwani" or Indian-style coat with intricate ethnic motifs at the ...
Love gone to the dogs.(Leisure)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Subhash K. Jha Mumbai: Bollywood stars adore their pets, showering them with gifts and loads of love. But they wouldn't dream of leaving their millions to their pooches. Urmila Matondkar: My pet is a pug called Loco. Leaving everything in my ...
TEEoff.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2008 ... ThIS week I will focus on the "hands in relation to the shoulder" position when negotiating your golf swing. The correct hand positions when going through with your shot is to keep your left elbow straight throughout the backswing (for right-handed golfers) see pic 1. ...
Unifying Indian forum launched in Gauteng.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... AN oRganisation called the South African Indian Forum, Gauteng Chapter, (SAIF) was launched at the offices of the Indian Consulate General in Johannesburg last Wednesday evening. The aims of SAIF, which hoped to eventually become a national body with provincial affiliates, are ...
Racial tension not in good taste.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2008 ... I DON'T know if you guys remember me writing about two years ago and saying in one of my annual forecasts that I predicted the mandatory three or four racial conflicts in SA sport that year. Well, in the last three or four weeks, we have had two pretty big ones - the Andre Nel ...
Pupils'culturalfestival a hugesuccess.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Children from Ramakrishna Dham centres from Gauteng, North West Province, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo provinces participated in the annual Ramakrishna Dham Children Cultural Festival at the Patidar Theatre in Lenasia recently. Vying to win the top trophies in various categories, the ...
City's two cannot act like 'dictators'.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... IT IS QUITE extraordinary how the so-called democratic but tightly ANC-controlled eThekwini Municipality is getting away with Mugabe-like dictatorial conduct. Mike Sutcliffe, the Municipal Manager, rather disingenuously defended the sale of public land at basement bargain ...
keeping the message.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Herewith the responses to an sms titled "DISGRACED" (March 12 - 16), where the POSTchatter spoke of inter-race relationships among Indian women and men of other race groups: U dont know wat being an Indian is. u lack tolerance n humanity n u r a racist and possess a criminal ...
Costly exercise for local gynae.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... WHICHEVER way one looks at it, the fight by a Durban couple for compensation running into millions of rands against a local gynaecologist after their six-year-old son was left brain damaged after birth, is proving to be a costly exercise. Further costs, believed to be ...
Gamblers' dispute still pending.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... EVIDENCE concerning the dispute between two Phoenix gamblers, who each claimed that they struck the jackpot on the same machine at Sibaya Casino in Durban in October 2005, did not proceed in the Durban High Court, two weeks ago. This was because the evidence and cross ...
Road Accident Fund shake-up.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE Road Accident Fund has suffered a major blow. Five Supreme Court of Appeal judges on Thursday ruled that the fund had erred when it reneged on certain agreements relating to 49 000 claims totalling a staggering R284 million. The court ruled in favour of the ...
FNB loses case in a million.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... FIRST National Bank's bid to continue with its Million-A-Month promotion, in which the prizes included R1 million, and R400 000 to other 'lucky' clients who had savings accounts with it, was in conflict with section 2 of the Lotteries Act 57 of 1997, and therefore had to be stopped. ...
Man claims wife violated order.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... A DURBAN man, who divorced his wife in August 2004, has claimed that his former wife had violated the order which he had obtained in the Durban High Court for access to their four-year-old daughter, and that his plea to the police to charge his ex-wife for contempt had fallen on deaf ears ....
Murder accused gets bail.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH HOWICK resident Sunesh Manilall, 35, was granted bail of R20 000 in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday. Manilall, pictured, was the fourth accused arrested in connection with the alleged murder of his wife Monika, 30, at their Howick ...
Raj claims people being misled.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH OVER 2 500 Chatsworth residents who attended the MF housing meeting held on Sunday at the ABH Hall were despondent. That was according to MF leader and keynote speaker Amichand Rajbansi. Rajbansi said that the meeting was held so ...
Topham topples Verulam.(Sports)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: DEENA PILLAY IT'S OFFICIAL ... Topham will be the third Chatsworth team to compete in next year's KZNCU's Premier League, emphasising the strength the sport enjoys in that suburb. The race for promotion in the Challenge League came down to the last match of ...
Mum wants man's bail to be revoked.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH AN ESTCOURT mother is living in fear after the man accused of the attempted murder of her and her eight-year-old daughter moved in two doors away from their home. Sara Sathar has pleaded with State advocate Sandesh Sankar to revisit the bail ...
Two swamis on the way.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: VERUSCHKA MUNGROO AS PART of an initiative to disseminate peace and unity, Hindu devotees can look forward to two internationally reknowned swamis who will be gracing South African shores. The Bhakti Marg Foundation will host Swami Vishwananda from Mauritius ...
Indian tv serials reel in viewers.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: VERUSCHKA MUNGROO INDIAN television serials, which do not generate as much enthusiasm in the Indian media as compared to their Bollywood counterparts, have, however, dominated entertainment headlines over the past week. From a prominent awards ceremony held ...
Jamal makesa comeback.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE stomach-churning comedy The Jamal Syndrome, from the funny pens of Essop Khan and Mahomed Alli, will showcase at the Truro Hall, Pietermaritzburg on Friday, April 11. Set in the 80s the show is about a traditional Indian family and the mayhem that ensues when their son ...
LIGHTSout.(News)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY IF DURBANITES can assist the eThekwini Municipality by saving at least 10 percent of the city's electricity usage we will be able to save many jobs. Head of the city's electricity department Sandile Maphumulo says once the new load shedding ...