Post (South Africa) back issues from December 2008:
REMEDIES FOR COLD SORES.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... Ice: Ice is a very good home remedy for cold sores. Rub ice on the infected skin for a few minutes and repeat this every hour. Tea Bag: Apply a tea bag for a few minutes on the blisters and repeat this every hour. One can also consider pressing a warm tea bag on the blisters for ...
EYE-STY TREATMENT.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... Traditional remedies for eye-sty 1. Place a handful of fresh parsley in a soup bowl. Pour a cup of boiling water over the parsley and let it steep for 10 minutes. Soak a clean washcloth in the hot parsley water, lie down, put the cloth on your closed lids and relax for 15 ...
getting rid of hiccups.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... 1. Chew dry bread and a small spoonful of peanut butter while holding your breath 2. Drink a full glass of water with your head bent 3. Drink a glass of water with sugar in it 4. Mix salt with plain yoghurt and eat it immediately 5. Swallow a ...
home remedies.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... How to look after your hair 1. Amla oil serves as an excellent tonic for hair conditioning. To prepare amla ...
celebration of gita jayanti.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... ON TUESDAY (December 9), millions of Hindus globally will sanctify the sacred Bhagavad Gita book in celebration of Gita Jayanti. The Shri Luxmi Narayan Temple will celebrate its 10th annual Akhanda Gita Recital the same day. The programme will begin with pooja and Krishna ...
Looking at our beloved parents from a different angle.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... I received a message on my Friendster account the other day. It was one of those forwarded messages, the type I would usually scan briefly before hitting "delete". But this message, written in Bahasa, Malaysia, started with a simple question that caught my attention. A rough ...
Sound education helped me realise dreams.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... I REFER to the recent interview I had with Maya Jagjivan of the Lotus fm Newsbreak team on the 148th anniversary of the arrival of the indentured labourers from India. I was born in a poor home in Jacobs in a dwelling referred to nowadays as a jhondol. I slept on hessian sacks ...
NIC can play role.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... I READ with interest Fatima Meer's words about being inundated with calls from the Indian community for the revival of the Natal Indian Congress. We have many political parties, some based on ethnicity. What we need is a ...
priyanka stuns branson.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE buzz is that multi-millionaire businessman Richard Branson happens to be mighty impressed by Priyanka Chopra. The actress, pictured, walked the red carpet among Hollywood's elite celebrities for the gala opening of a billion dollar state of the art Hotel in Dubai. Branson ...
Emraan shapes upfor art.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THERE is no denying the fact that Emraan Hashmi is the Bhatt camp's blue eyed boy. The actor, who is on a high after the success of Jannat, is now awaiting the release of his next film Raaz - The Mystery Continues. Produced under the banner of Vishesh Films and ...
sanjay's new role.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... SANJAY Dutt is on a role-buying spree. After playing a military intelligence officer in Lamhaa he is all set to play a ganglord in Gangs Of London which starts shooting in July, 2009 The project has gone through some radical changes. The original director, admaker ...
asin's career is buzzing.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE buzz is that debutante actress Asin is happy about her introductory Hindi track in the upcoming movie Ghajini, which has been penned by AR Rahman. Asin's introductory song in the Tamil original became quite the rage. Now she's all set to get lucky with this one. ...
ratnam to direct wife, finally.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... TWENTY years after their marriage, ace director Mani Ratnam has given a role to his actress wife Suhasini, both pictured, in his forthcoming film Ravana, which is a bilingual in Hindi and Tamil. They got married in 1988, and this is the first time Suhasini is featured in a movie ...
Filmduo partways.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... DIRECTOR Gautham Menon says he was upset by the way his friend and music director Harris Jayaraj made public his decision to part ways with him and added it was up to Harris to state the real reasons for the break-up. Gautham told a newspaper he suddenly received a mail from ...
YourLuckyStars.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... ARIES: (Mesha) (Mar 21 - Apr 21): You will find that thoughts are indeed powerful forces, especially concerning your aims and aspirations. Let your thoughts be the sort that result in progress. Personal growth stems from innovation, ingenuity and change. Tokens: Pink / L & P / 4 & 7 ...
Beach bhangra - all night long.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... VARIETY AND DANCE THE Ultimate Beach Bhangra, which guarantees to be a show-stopping party all night long, will take place every Saturday from 10.30pm to 4.30am the next morning at The Deck on The Golden Mile, North Beach. Bhangras will also take place on December 15 ...
You can be a slicker but ma's chow still the best.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... SEE, I smaak a lukka trotters and beans chow as much as the next charou, but don't let me meet up with one charou who acts faulty by not being a charou, you check. Me and my kutoomb were parking at the Lugs at the weekend, minding our own business when these lighties pulled in ...
roast turkey andbreadstuffing.(Leisure)(Recipe)
Dec 03, 2008 ... ingredients 1 whole turkey - thaw if frozen Salt to taste Freshly-ground black pepper to taste Melted butter as needed Basic Bread Stuffing: 1/2 cup butter 1large onion 1 cup diced celery leaves ...
christmas cupcakes.(Leisure)(Recipe)
Dec 03, 2008 ... Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice Pinch of salt 1/2 cup soft, unsalted butter 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar ...
making THEIR POINT.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... I AM A resident in Pretoria, and I have a child at the Jacaranda Primary School in Laudium. As is the norm for schools to take class photographs, Jacaranda Primary gave the task to Panday's Studio from KZN. This was done in February 2008. My complaint is that pupils were offered ...
The deadly effects of the number 26.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... Is 26 the number of destruction or attraction ? 26 = 2 + 6 = 8, which is the number of Saturn, and if you look back, December 26 (2004) was when the Tsunami struck; January 26 (2001) was the Kutch earthquake in Gujarat; February 26 (2002) the S-6 compartment of the Sabarmati ...
Krish was spurred on to the hot seat at Tottenham.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... WHEN Durban born and bred Krish Naidoo arrived in Ireland to further his studies on Good Friday back in 1963, it turned out to be the first of better days to come as his rise to prominence included becoming an associate director of English football giants, Tottenham Hotspurs. ...
moistxmas cake.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... Ingredients 1kg fruit cake mix 250g chopped dates 375ml apricot juice 150ml brandy 125ml chopped glace cherries 100g sliced almonds 25ml cocoa powder 5ml ground nutmeg 3ml salt ...
Ajith is lean in Aegan.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... STILL breaking box-office records across the globe with the movie showing at 150 screens outside India, Aegan opened last Friday on the South African cinema circuit. Despite the simultaneous releases of Hollywood blockbusters like High School Musical 3 and SAW V and Bollywood ...
Red rings for the ANC.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... IT'S the end of the year. Thousands of parents will be eagerly awaiting their children's reports. For the matric pupils it will be an anxious couple of weeks for their first OBE matric results. It's also time to ponder and reflect the year that has been and see how far we have ...
Spread love and warmth always.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... IT IS PARADOXICAL that only once a year emphasis and prominence is given to the fact that we should recognise that women and children must not be abused under any circumstances. Regrettably, this is a misnomer as women, men and children, and creatures, should be respected as ...
New Year Premier party.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... IN 2006, you had your first experience of the New Year's Eve Family Fusion Party at the Durban Exhibition Centre. In 2007, the bigger and better bash relocated to the nearby International Convention Centre. This year, on New Year's Eve, Premier Attractions aims to ...
Aggressive Agie loved a six.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... WHILE non-racial cricket played under the Natal Cricket Board is hailed as a bastion of black resistance against white-dominated sport in South Africa, this week's cricket personality Achmat "Agie" Jaffer said that early selection of players did not meet the approval of all clubs in the ...
The 9.30 call that signalled a nightmare for bustling Mumbai.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... I WAS already in bed, at around 9.30pm on Wednesday, this after a hectic day, when a close one called. She had been watching Indian programmes on the telly, and then had switched to NDTV, the 24-hour channel, that takes you into the heart of India and elsewhere. "There is ...
Mumbai terror a lesson for India.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... NOW that India claims to have come up with concrete evidence which initially prompted its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to point an accusatory finger for last week's dastardly Mumbai terrorist act, to the handiwork of "external elements", and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging ...
keeping the message.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... QUOTA SYSTEM: I think the quota system is very unfair 2 non-blacks who want 2 pursue a degree in medicine. y cant the university just base its selection on merit. dis whole quota system should be eradicated. we should forget da past n live 4 da future. sometimes i wish 2 be black so i'd be ...
Curry treat at Trade Route.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE third annual Real Curry contest hosted by POST at the Trade Route Mall in Lenasia on Saturday morning, proved to be the best yet, with support from the community boosting the 10 contestants vying for two places to represent the province at the national final in Durban on Saturday, ...
Dostana impresses in Lenz.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... GAUTENG'S newest Indian musical group, Dostana, can probably teach more seasoned bands a thing or two about professional marketing and promotion, as well as investing in proper sound and lighting. But then Dostana could learn from the many other bands that have played at the ...
New gospel album.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... GOSPEL artist Michael W Smith's new album, A New Hallelujah, is a powerful live recording featuring a good mixture of new and familiar songs. Innovative cultural influences from the likes of guest artists like Coalo Zamorano on Surrender All, The African Children's Choir on ...
Eid-ul-Adha: The festival of sacrifice.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: HAJEE ABDUL WAHAB KHAN NOVEMBER 29 marked the start of the 10 days of Zul Hijjah. Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, will be celebrated on December 8 (Monday). This is the day when Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) was tested to sacrifice his beloved son, ...
House built for destitute, paralysed lady.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: VISHAL RAMPHAL ONE of Hindu spiritual master Sai Baba's teaching of service to humanity could not have been more effectively carried out than by literally putting a roof over the head of a paralysed and destitute 63-year-old Pietermaritzburg woman last week. ...
...to reach for their dream.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: VISHAL RAMPHAL CHRISTMAS came early for terminally ill Ashveer Ramchander when the Reach for a Dream Foundation fulfilled his wish last week to have "sweet treats and toy cars to play with". The grade two pupil at Suncrest Primary who lives in Bombay Heights ...
Janavive needs you to hear.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: CHARLENE RAMJITH SIX-YEAR-OLD Janavive Naidoo pictured, of Cottonwood Drive, Trenance Park, Verulam, is an intelligent girl who dreams of becoming a doctor to help other children with medical problems. A few months ago her doctor, Kevin Pillay, diagnosed her ...
Maths boffin has it figured out.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: WENDYL MARTIN GRADE nine pupil Irshaan Sewlala, 15, pictured, of Kingsway High School finished first in the country in a mathematics exam set by the University of New South Wales in Australia. The competition was organised through the International Competition ...
Long jumper breaks own record.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: CHARLENE RAMJITH A MEREBANK school pupil is on course to achieving his dream of representing his country in the Olympic Games after he broke his own SA Under 11 record of 4.70m in the national primary schools' sporting event held in Germiston Stadium, near Johannesburg, ...
Two design their way to top awards.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH TWO budding Pietermaritzburg first year clothing design students believe they've found their niche after strutting off with top honours at the School of Fashion and Design's Annual Fashion Style Awards 2008, held at Sir Winston Churchill Theatre recently. ...
On the Road to helping the hungry.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: JOLENE MARRIAH IN AN ATTEMPT to help feed hungry children in Southern Africa, Lotus fm's drive time show On the Road with Rakesh has aligned itself with the United Nation's World Food programme. A fund-raising comedy show called Laugh for Life, which has an ...
His dreams are being realised.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: YOGAS NAIR A year after the death of the spiritual head of the Divine Life Society of South Africa, Sri Swami Sahajananda, plans are afoot to realise Swamiji's dream of opening a R3.5 million rehabilitation centre for the youth in Chatsworth and building a ghat in ...
Training for employment courses offered.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: WENDYL MARTIN THE Phoenix Foundation Trust is inviting job seekers to join their job creation programme in an attempt to alleviate unemployment by offering free skills training courses. The courses which will be offered at their premises at 156 Longcroft ...
Bok Sevens team do us all proud.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... HATS OFF to Paul Treu and the Springbok Sevens team for yet again making South Africans extremely proud. It was a bit touch and go particularly in the semi-final against Fiji and with the odds stacked against them the Springbok Sevens team pulled out all the stops to defeat the ...
Transfer order sought.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... IT HAS emerged in papers filed in the Durban High Court that a Kenville woman is embroiled in a legal battle against five of her siblings and her sister-in-law over the ownership of their family home. The application was initiated by Thirthee Narian Jhugroo of Hendon Road. The ...
Babstells it likeit was.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE SA Fed Soccer Legends, formed in Durban two years ago to look after the interests of former players and officials of the South African Soccer League and the Federation Professional League, has now fully entrenched itself in the Midlands following the launch of the Pietermaritzburg and ...
Bleeding over Mumbai's terror.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... NEW DELHI, January 26, 1997. India celebrates its 48th Republic Day with a spectacular display of its military might and its cultural richness that unify a nation in all its plurality and diversity. The distant rumble of a squadron of aircraft in a flash turns into a deafening roar as the ...
Head girl Ashira gets the Dux.(Leisure)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: CHARLENE RAMJITH FOCUS and determination is the daily motto of 12-year-old Ashira Singh of Brickfield Road, Overport. The grade seven pupil who is the head girl of the Springfield Hindu Primary School in Alpine Road, was recently awarded the Dux for her outstanding ...
Bursaries for the financially needy.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY IF YOU dream of acquiring a tertiary degree or diploma but a lack of finance hinders your chances, there is hope. This month marks the start of the POST bursary campaign aimed at providing financial aid for deserving matriculants to realise ...
TEEoff.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... CLUB selection and a plan of action will see you out of such tricky situations posed by thick rough or divots. To start with, you need to consider the options available to you. The most important criterion you need to consider when playing from such a poor lie is the ...
A spicy affair when POST 'let' Lotus win.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE Lotus fm breakfast broadcast, hosted by POST last Wednesday, turned out to be quite a spicy affair. Great prizes were won, cans of coca cola were handed out, pots of mince and sugar bean curry simmered on the side, while O'Neil Nair and his team turned the foyer of ...
When in need, the inspector calls.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY INSPECTOR Mariam Shenaaz Vanker chose to be an officer of the law so she could help make the world around her a better place. She is so passionate about her job that if she is beckoned at any time of the day by someone seeking her help, she ...
Trainer seeks relief.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... RACEHORSE conditioner Anil Maharaj has claimed in papers filed in the Durban Equality Court, that his career had been stifled because of alleged unfair discrimination. His five-year ban from the sport of kings was lifted by the Jockey Club of South Africa on November 4 last ...
Doc's ex lover defends claim.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... A CHATSWORTH woman has asked the Durban High Court to dismiss the alleged breach of promise lawsuit with costs, which her ex lover, a doctor, had instituted against her. Sunil Bissoon, 35, a doctor of Roosevelt Road, Winston Park, represented by attorney Vinesh Badri, sued his ...
Barred doctor in the dock.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... A BARRED doctor and his mistress, charged for a staggering 75 393 counts of medical aid fraud, will be dock in the Durban Magistrate's Court on December 18. The accused are Moonsamy Soobramoney and his mistress, Maliga Pillay. Soobramoney was struck off the roll by ...
Sequel to casino ATM robbery.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... THE alleged brazen interception of security guards and the theft of R500 000 near the ATM at Sibaya Casino on August 22 this year, will have a sequel in the Verulam Magistrate's Court tomorrow. Two accused, alleged to have been part of a gang of eight, will be in the dock. ...
SA trauma in Mumbai.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: YOGAS NAIR FOUR traumatised South African tourists, who survived last week's Mumbai terror attacks, shed tears of joy and kissed the ground at the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, moments after their safe arrival in the country on Sunday afternoon. ...
Rangers cling to second spot.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: MERVYN NAIDOO RANGERS consolidated their second position on the Vodacom League standings with a grinding 2-0 victory over Durban Warriors at Road 1016 ground on Sunday. Two second half goals from Rangers' burly centre-forward, Clarence Gwala, who has been in ...
Eastern Mosaic's final twenty hopefuls.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: CANDICE SOOBRAMONEY AFTER weeks of interviews and on-camera presentations, 20 hopefuls from around the country were selected for the final round of the Eastern Mosaic presenter search competition. It's now up to viewers to decide who will make the final cut. ...
Buddy is now 6th Dan.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: MERVYN NAIDOO FORMER professional goalkeeper Buddy Govender, pictured, is kicking and chopping his way to the top of the karate pile. Govender spent numerous years playing professional football, which included long stints at AmaZulu in the former National Professional ...
India does not need internal violence.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... ON INDIA'S NDTV (New Dehli TV), many millions of words and thousands of images have been flashed. Mumbai has variously been described as being "India's financial heart", "the entertainment city of India"; "the financial motor", "it is India", "the most liberal city in India," . . . And so ...
Hit-and-run fatality.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: TASNIM LANGRY MINUTES after a 64-year-old mother of three left her Montford, Chatsworth, home to attend an early morning temple service last Sunday, she was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Roggeni Moodley of Road 729 and her neighbour Saras Govender, 68, ...
Delta is on a Crusade to win.(Sports)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: DEENA PILLAY THE KZNCU 45-over competition has reached the concluding stage with Blossom Canola Delta and Crusaders advancing through to the final to be played at Sahara Kingsmead on Sunday starting at 9.30am. Both semis were played at neutral venues on Sunday ...
Prison break: Family furious.(News)
Dec 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: YOGAS NAIR THE family of slain Phoenix priest Dharmalingum Pather, 67, are furious after the man accused of his murder escaped from the Cato Manor Police cells in the early hours of Monday morning, together with four other hardened criminals wanted for various crimes, ...