Recently added articles from Pretoria News (South Africa):
Resident stands up to council water bill.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA AN ELDORAIGNE resident has declared a dispute with the Tshwane Metro Council. Christa Searle gave the municipality 10 days (from June 23) to resolve the matter, "upon which I will institute a claim against the City of Tshwane on July 6 2009". ...
Greens Guide.(Sports)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BGN SENIORS ASSOCIATION CBCOB Fun morning to be held at 11am on Saturday followed by bring and braai and rugby, everyone welcome. Saturday 2pm, tabs in. Duty steward: R Bird. Sunday 9am, tabs in. Nom mixed pairs: P Bailey, G Bailey v ...
Farmers union wants more support.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: METRO REPORTER THE Winterveld United Farmers Union (Wufa) wants continued support from the Tshwane Metro Council for the Winterveld Citrus Project (WCP). Gabriel Mokgoko, the WCP's chairman, said the metro council had played a key role in getting the citrus ...
Tar Soshanguve roads please.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... The tarring of roads in Soshanguve is happening but at a very slow pace. Please ask the Tshwane mayor, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, to give clarity on this matter. There are very few contractors on the job, which is very unfair to residents. An area will only be done as and when the ...
Move to keep top city library open praised.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... I refer to your article "Gauteng's best library ..." of June 25. I think it is ironic that the metro council had instigated the closure of the Waverley Community Library which has won the title of Best Library in Gauteng for the second year running. This well-run ...
Payment on eNatis system reversed.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Last week, Jackie Swanepoel wrote to Metro Watch about problems getting vehicle licences after payment for an earlier fine was not registered. Thank you very much for your help. The Tshwane Metro Police have now rectified the payment on the eNatis system and have ...
Who are more important - fans or so-called VIPs?(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... THE FIFA Confederations Cup has come and gone. Brazil and the USA brought the curtain down with an excellent display at the Ellis Park Stadium, Joburg, on Sunday with Brazil winning the match 3-2. It must have been exciting for soccer fans, especially in the Tshwane area, to see ...
Why punish those who pay rates?(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... As a regular rates and services payer in Pretoria, I am increasingly annoyed at the inability of the Tshwane Metro Council to recover debt. This is not a new issue and it takes considerable dedication to incompetence to accumulate debtors to the value of R3 billion. ...
Trauma and the long road to recovery; Families haunted by deaths find new hope in counselling/ therapy.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA IT IS almost a year since their mother took her own life and those of their two brothers in Soshanguve in September last year. Tumelo, 23, Kgomotso, 16, and Lehlohonolo Phetla, 12, are still searching for an explanation as to why their mother ...
Ruling party boots post of COO for 2010.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA THE ANC has put a stop to the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO) in the Tshwane 2010 office. The party submitted a motion to the Tshwane Metro Council in which it was stated that the filling of the position contravened a recent resolution taken ...
Johnny takes hat off to thief.(Entertainment)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Johnny Depp is "fascinated" by gangsters. The Hollywood hunk, who plays bank robber John Dillinger in Public Enemies, was drawn to the role because of his interest in the charismatic 1930s US thief. Depp said: "I had a sort of fascination, not so much that he was a criminal, ...
Be no one, everyone - be the Prototype.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Title: Prototype: Platform: PlayStation3, Xbox 360, PC You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory, armed with amazing shapeshifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy that created you, making those responsible pay. Key features ...
Watchdog raps SABC for use of 'Tshwane' on TV.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: STAFF REPORTER THE Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has ruled that SABC TV News should not use the name "Tshwane" to refer to Pretoria in its news bulletins. The BCCSA ruled that the use of the name amounts to unfair reportage and ...
Hunky actor's single, no two ways about it.(Entertainment)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Leonardo DiCaprio has been seen flirting with two women. The actor - who is believed to have split from supermodel Bar Refaeli - spent a night with friends at a Hollywood nightspot and sparked up a conversation ...
Managers ticked off.(Entertainment)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Amy Winehouse's Caribbean home has been fumigated. The singer adopted stray dogs found on the beach in St Lucia and worried resort managers have insisted her villa be cleaned. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Management ...
Family comes first.(Entertainment)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Cameron Diaz would do anything for her loved ones and says she found it easy to empathise with her My Sister's Keeper character, Sara, whose daughter has terminal cancer, even though she isn't a mother herself. She said: "I think we ...
Library finally opens its doors.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHENELLE DHANASUR MORE than a year after its completion, the VT Sefora Community Library in Ga-Rankuwa is finally opening its doors. Member of the mayoral committee responsible for sports, recreation, arts and culture, councillor Zodwa Masondo said the ...
Hop on and see the sights in city's tourist bus.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHENELLE DHANASUR TOURISTS and residents can experience the city's main attractions in a convenient, safe and cost-effective way - Tshwane's hop-on/hop-off bus. Councillor Tebogo Komane, member of the mayoral committee responsible for economic development, ...
Fighting fire with public education.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHENELLE DHANASUR IN A BID to reduce the high number of fires that destroy dwellings in informal settlements during winter, the Tshwane Metro Council's community safety department has launched a Basic Emergency Safety and Fire Education (BeSafe) centre in Soshanguve's ...
Breakthrough study finds diuretic stops bleeding in racehorses.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHENELLE DHANASUR A recent collaborative study between the University of Pretoria, Colorado State University in the US and the University of Melbourne in Australia has found that the use of furosemide for racehorses decreases bleeding in their airways. ...