Post (South Africa) back issues from August 2008:
YourLuckyStars.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... ARIES: (Mesha) (Mar 21 - Apr 21): Take care of the finer details and you will be praised for your diligence in the workplace. You can forge splendid arrangements and turn financial deals to your advantage. This is an auspicious time for new ventures. Tokens: Blue / P & Q / 1 & 9 ...
There's another side to those spoilt darlings.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... INDIANS are, generally, not disposed to use violence to achieve their ends. Except for domestic violence and the occasional street brawls with bush knives, common a couple of years ago, they rarely used guns and hit-men to get rid of their opponents and get what they wanted. ...
fashion man's revenge.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... SJ Suryah, actor-cum-director, pictured, is a man with a mission these days. He is eagerly awaiting the release of Newtonin Moonram Vidhi, directed by Thai Muthu Selvam and is also shooting for his Telugu directorial venture, Puli, starring Pawan Kalyan. Speaking ...
She won after lying to CCMA!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... READER'S QUERY: I FIRED a manager at my business for not reporting to work timeously. Before the dismissal she received a final written warning for the same matter. She referred the dismissal to the CCMA. The CCMA ruled in the manager's favour and said that she ...
deepika's twin act!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... NEWCOMER Deepika Padukone, pictured, is one of the few lucky newcomers who played challenging roles at the start of their careers. Deepika started by playing a double role in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om. Once again she will be portraying a twin image in Nikhil Advani's ...
Durban celebrates Women's Day.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... MUSIC AND DANCE THE first free entry for all Every Women's Expo will take place tomorrow (Thursday) until August 10 at the Pavilion Site on North Beach from 9am to 10pm daily. The initiative was the brainchild of sisters Jayshree Rabia Mallaya and Mellissa Mallaya to empower and ...
Characters, cast have lost the political plot.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... I CONFESS - I hate politics! I detest the shenanigans. I abhor the deceit and shameless petty bickering that occurs. Grown men play tit-for-tat, childish games with each other. Some push the levels of decency and decorum in the quest to gain one-upmanship over a rival. And I am certain the ...
married 14 years, but no baby.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Q: I HAVE been married for 14 years and am trying to have a baby. Will I ever have a child or must I adopt? My husband and family are experiencing problems. They refuse to speak to each other. Will they be be united again? DoB: October 8, 1972 WORRIED ...
MXing into trouble.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... MXIT, the cheap and convenient cellphone chat service, has once again been found to be abused by some youngsters who are engaging in extremely dangerous pathological behaviours, symptomatic of the moral and social degeneration that seems to be proliferating some segments of our society. ...
SABC held tight to the Lotus blossom.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... ... and Davids dished out happiness IN LATE 1994 much speculation was bandied about the future of Radio Lotus. It was thought that communities could buy the station off, but POST in March 1995 revealed the SABC was to continue running it. That was confirmed by the ...
Cheeese Scones.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 1000 ml Snowflake cake flour 30 ml baking powder 1 ml salt 15 ml dry mustard 80 g butter or margarine [+ or -] 375 ml milk Topping: 30 ml butter or margarine, 5 ml dry ...
Yoghurt scones.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 500 ml Snowflake cake flour 15 ml baking powder 2 ml salt 45 ml castor sugar 125 g butter or margarine 1 extra large egg 60 ml natural yoghurt milk to glaze Method: ...
Date scones.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 250ml Snowflake self-raising flour (140 g) 250ml Snowflake nutty wheat 15 ml castor sugar 45 ml butter or margarine [+ or -] 200 ml milk 25 g chopped dates (220 ml) Method: 1. Sift both ...
Herb scones.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 500 ml Snowflake cake flour (280 g) 18 ml baking powder 3 ml salt 30 ml castor sugar 30 ml chopped fresh mixed herbs or 10 ml dried 1 egg, beaten 125 ml milk 60 ml cooking oil ...
Buttermilk scones.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 500ml Snowflake cake flour 15ml baking powder 2ml salt 30ml castor sugar 125g butter 1 extra-large egg 100ml buttermilk or sour cream 10ml water Method: 1 ....
HEALTH BREAD.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Ingredients: 750ml nutty wheat flour 125ml digestive bran 5ml salt 50ml toasted sunflower seeds 125ml oat bran 125ml crushed wheat 50ml raisins Sesame and sunflower seeds 500ml milk ...
making THEIR POINT.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... WE WOMEN are needed each day of the year, We stand together, amid trials and fear. We mend our families, We make up homes, We cry, we rejoice, making sure no one is alone. So many suffer in silence. Despite the crime and ...
Rajbansi growls about the past.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... IT IS A known fact that Pat Poovalingam and I are very strange bed-fellows. There are certain people who are pseudo-radicals and great pretenders of the struggle, like Danny Naicker, whose letter, "Tricam Apology Needed", critical of Poovalingam, was published last week. In the same issue, ...
Make your (Den)mark!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... HOWDY to all my (fan)tastic friends! My pal Ali Bear just came back from the city of Lolland and Copenhagen in Denmark with interesting news. This is what he had to say: "We, as little children, need to change our lifestyles, today, to help save our planet or it will be too ...
What you get depends on what you give.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Excerpted from a speech delivered by Brody to the graduating class of John Hopkins University. There is a man who I'd like to tell you about. His name is Sandy Greenberg. In his youth, Sandy was a good student, but he came from a poor family. And so he went to Columbia University on a ...
Tea garden for good cause.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH The Guru Rambaranji's Vedanta ashram in Thornville is encouraging the public to support their recently opened tea garden. According to Guru Dhanilall the funds raised from the tea garden, which is open every Sunday from noon, will be used to ...
Big cash raised!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH THE Pietermaritzburg Blind and Deaf Society held their annual lucky draw competition on Thursday at their premises in Olympia Way, Newholmes Way. A total of R14 000 was raised to help with the daily operational running of the centre. Society ...
Men, it's time to smellthe roses!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... OFTEN referred to as the "fairer sex", otherwise feted as the driving force behind every successful man, women have today largely broken the bondage that made them play second fiddle in an otherwise "man's world". Saturday marks Women's Day - when we celebrate their political, ...
Ask my garner while he still knows all the answers.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... HEY bro' ... I must tell you about an annual weekend away to the South Coast which all the bras have been going to for a number of years now. You see, we all grew up together and our bond is tight. So, when chiefan (the one who makes all the bookings and puts the ...
Crumpets.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... INGREDIENTS: 250 ml Snowflake cake flour 10 ml baking powder 1 ml salt 30 ml sugar 1 extra large egg 200 ml milk 15 ml melted butter or margarine method: 1. Sift flour, baking powder and ...
Principal Ruby is a born survivor.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH SCHOOL principal, Ruby Naidoo, 47, is a survivor. Naidoo, pictured, of Gandhi Road, Northdale, has beaten the odds against breast cancer and survived the death of her husband Reggie, a technician, who died in a car accident in 1988. "When I ...
MXing it to matric magic - Montrose style.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH USING MXit to converse with their friends during the exams has proved to be successful for pupils at Carter High School in Montrose, Pietermaritzburg. With less than a month before the trial exams on September 1, some pupils said to "cut costs" ...
Shamim on lesbian love flick.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY WHEN award-winning British author and director Shamim Sarif returned to mountainous Switzerland on Sunday, her affection was lavished on her two boys, Ethan, aged nine, and Luca, five, who are on school vacation. Sarif, 38, was reunited ...
This Navi is such a good human!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... IT WILL be perfectly natural for the Pillay or Naidoo clan, or the residents of Clairwood, or women's right's group or the Tamil or the Telugus or South Africans generally, to feel proud that Judge Navaneetham Pillay now holds the highest position the world designed to protect and to ...
keeping the message.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... GOSSIP: Wen ppl divorce n adults decide 2 separate, y do spiteful cruel ppl stil provoke gossip, causing more trouble. 2 da meddlers in mbk ur'll r pathetic. ur'll so busy tryin 2 mess up other ppl's lives wen ur'll's own is so screwed. get therapy! 2 sum of da bored, desperate ladies n ...
Mum's faith in ill child unwavering.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY TWO months ago holistic practitioner Rajshree Singh had volunteered to use her alternate therapy techniques to improve the lives of children at West Park School for pupils with special education needs and had noted significant changes to their ...
prayer is the recipe for peace!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Q: WILL there be significant improvement in my spiritual life, family and career? DoB: February 15, 1976 Savin Maharaj (Place unknown) A: THIS planet is not one conducive to leading a virtuous life and is suited for a purely materialistic one ....
A triple celebration!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... THE Arya Yuvuk Sabha held a three-fold celebration with its members, donors, well-wishers and sponsors at the Baitun Noor Centre in Lenasia last Saturday. The Aryan Benevolent Home (ABH) Council - Gauteng branch - celebrated 21 years of service to destitute and abandoned ...
A rosy day in the park.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... ROSE Park in Lenasia, so named because it is situated in Rose Avenue and for the rose-lined walkway at its entrance, has become an extremely popular leisure spot for Lenasians, especially at weekends. Now there is even more reason to spend time there with the family, as a huge ...
Easternbridalfair aperfectsuccessthis year.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... THE Nedbank Eastern Bridal Fair held at the Sandton Convention Centre at the weekend again proved to be a hit as prospective brides, grooms and their parents were joined by scores of well-wishers to view the best on offer for their weddings. Officially launched on Friday evening ...
On average this movie scores an ugly and crazy 5.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... THIS movie is just as weird as the title. The plot is not clear - at least not until almost the end, as Kabir (Ranvir Shorey), who just can't hit it off with the girls because of his lifestyle and the fact that he is not exactly a good-looker (hence the Ugly of the title), gets involved ...
Madiba's ANC loses its rainbow.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... NOTHING had prepared the thousands of partygoers for the predictable sui generis response of President Nelson Mandela at a belated ANC celebration of his 90th birthday in Pretoria over the weekend. General perceptions of life in our democracy, however well-informed, fade before the stark ...
Giving power to women in need.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY TANIYA Krishna, pictured, had conceived the idea of starting a business alliance aimed at empowering women in different spheres a few years ago. Today the 32-year-old of Main Avenue, Maidstone, Tongaat, is the proud mum of a three-year-old black ...
gynaecologist Ordered to pay R9 million in damages.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... A DURBAN couple who sued a gynaecologist for R50 million after their six-year-old son was left brain damaged at birth, intend appealing the R9 million damages the Durban High Court awarded them on Thursday. Judge Piet Koen ruled that Dr Ashraaf Ebrahim, a gynaecologist, ...
Moodley's people well-served.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CHARLENE RAMJITH "IT IS BETTER to serve than to be served." That is the daily motto of Phoenix community worker Kirvashni Moodley, pictured. Moodley, 34, of Southgate, is a firm believer in women empowerment and said she began her community work ...
Bouncer out on bail.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... A RESERVOIR Hills bouncer, charged with culpable homicide, relating to last Wednesday's fatal road crash, which killed a cyclist, was granted R5 000 bail in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Munsami Naidoo, 27, a bouncer at the Cape To Cairo nightclub, represented by ...
Lord Ram chant non-stop.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: VN BALAKRISHNA AHMEDABAD: One hears the name of the Lord when one steps into any place of religious worship. It is, however, not everyday that one hears of a temple where the name of Lord Ram is being chanted continuously for the last 44 years. Jamnagar's ...
Good buys!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: DIPANKAR DE SARKAR LONDON: Indian businesses are now spending more on buying in Britain than in any other country, according to analysis by financial and business adviser Grant Thornton. Britain tops the list of destinations for offshore acquisitions by ...
Lassi puts india on the map.(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: ALKESH SHARMA CHANDIGARH: Lassi, the popular yoghurt-based household drink of Punjab, has won laurels for India at an international event held in Europe. Lassi, made by churning yoghurt and water, was adjudged the "best exotic drink" and surpassed other ...
Vinny is remarkable.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH FORMER runner-up in the Mrs India South Africa 2006, Vinny Jaickaran Chhoteylal believes the world is her oyster. The 40-year-old, single mother of three boys, pictured, was ecstatic when she was chosen as a finalist in the Ambi Remarkable Women ...
Don't mess with these women!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: ALKESH SHARMA CHANDIGARH: Two brawny women have become bouncers at a nightclub here, muscling their way into yet another male bastion. Amandeep Kaur, 22, who hails from a village in Punjab's Barnala district, 250km from here, stands tall among her male ...
'Burg edge out Santos.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... MARITZBURG United have released the names of their latest signings in preparation of their campaign in this year's PSL. They are Oskar Mahebula and Million Makhebula from Winners Park, Gary Goldstone and Lebohogang Kukami from Bloemfontein Celtic, Tshepo Mashishi from Zulu ...
Radio man recovers after surgery.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY GET-WELL messages have poured in at Lotus fm after news broke that popular presenter Vikash Mathura, pictured, underwent emergency open heart surgery on Friday to remove a stray metal pin embedded in his heart. Mathura, who co-hosts The ...
COURTshorts.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... IT HAS been brought to our attention by attorney Yugan Naidu, that Rokaaya Ebrahim, 37, formerly of Isipingo, Durban, is no longer an accused, but on July 4, this year, turned State witness, in the trial regarding the March 25, 2006, multi million rand heist at OR Tambo International ...
TEEoff.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... THE SHORT GAME Putting skills continued ... When on the green, the distance between your ball and the hole is a straight line. However, the variables you need to consider before executing the shot often require you to "bend" the ball into the hole. The ...
Herhandson thecamera.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: WENDYL MARTIN ON ANY given day Dheshinie Naidoo, 31, of Kyalami, Johannesburg, is responsible for R400 million worth of broadcast equipment. Naidoo, the operations manager of M-Net's Outside Broadcast (OB) division, together with her team, spend their days ...
Women who are making a difference.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH DURBAN teacher Roslyn Narain-Mohan and Gauteng health consultant Veni Naidu have scooped the prestigious Shoprite Checkers/SABC 2 Women of the Year awards in the education and social welfare categories respectively. Regarded as a 'Mother ...
Proteas earn plaudits for a job well done away.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... HATS off to Graeme Smith and the boys. They did the country proud in truly remarkable style to beat England at Edgbaston on Saturday ... a stunning five-wicket victory with a day to spare. Smith, pictured, by his own admission, played his greatest Test innings ever to give his ...
Lenasia South songbird 'foresaw' her death.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEYTWO days before she succumbed to Hodgkin's Disease, a Lenasia South singer who had "foreseen" her death, requested her father, through the temple he built in her honour, to arrange her funeral. Meena Maistry, 21, pictured, a junior ...
Mall GM Ronica is "all" woman!(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY THE new general manager of Westville's Westwood Mall says women are working hard with focused energy to achieve their goals in South Africa. "That's what makes our nation's women stand out. We're not settling for second best and we thrive ...
Such a silly second half!(Leisure)
Aug 06, 2008 ... ESTABLISHED action director Apoorva Lakhia uses thinly disguised replicas of terrorist group Al Qaeeda, TV channel Al Jazeera, and other issues in a film that tries to show the wrongs of terrorism and how the media can dictate people's views on it if manipulated. Vikas (Zayed ...
Cop shot after porridge prayer.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY AN OFF-DUTY policeman still in uniform was shot and killed on Sunday in Avoca Hills Drive after attending a friend's porridge prayer. Sergeant Godfrey Pillay, 38, pictured, of SAPS Greenwood Park, had booked off-duty at 6pm to attend the prayer. ...
NISTELROOY.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... INTERNATIONAL soccer has seen the last of striker Ruud van Nistelrooy as a player. The Netherlands, Manchester United and Real Madrid star called it a day on Monday. As a tribute to a great player we present this fact file marking his achievements: * Age 32, born July 1, 1976, ...
A feisty fighter with spunk.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY THYLAMMA Janaki Naidoo is "empowered, inspired and motivated" to help people uncover their hidden talents. And this feisty 64-year-old Shallcross woman says she will continue to inspire people until she takes her last breath. She told ...
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: MERVYN NAIDOO A TOP of the table clash in the Safa Durban South Local Football Association A League saw Wailers eclipse Leeds at the top with a hard fought 1-0 victory at the Badulla Drive grounds in Merebank on Sunday. With four games to go before the ...
Never too old to hit the books.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY JULIE Govender decided to study before she turned 40 as she had known her son and husband would handle life without her. Now, the striking mother, who still fusses around her two favourite men, her husband Veera, 49, a printer, and son, Malcolm, ...
Familyfirstfor lawwoman.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY KERSHNI Naidoo became a prosecutor because she wanted to ensure the man on the street attained justice. Today, Naidoo, 35, pictured, is doing just that as a State prosecutor at the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court. On a daily basis ...
Run for your wife.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... THE Flora Chatsworth Athletic Club will host a five and 10 km ladies fun walk/run on Saturday at 8am starting and finishing at the Chatsworth Stadium. Entry is R25 for both runs and tickets can be bought at the Chatsworth Stadium from Thursday night onwards from 6.30 pm. Men in ...
Amla also in 1-day squad.(Sports)
Aug 06, 2008 ... JUST when South African cricket lovers thought they saw the last of the fiery Herschelle Gibbs on the international platform, the plucky Gibbs bounced back and has been included in South Africa's 15-man squad for the one-day series and Twenty20 international against England. ...
Bail bid: Trio turn to high court.(News)
Aug 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY AND LOGAN GOVENDER THE three accused, alleged by the State to have been behind some of the fatal drive-by shootings in Chatsworth, were this week denied bail by Magistrate Anand Maharaj in the Durban Magistrate's Court. POST has learnt that the ...