Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from December 2006:
Brooklyn CPF in strong hands.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Overseeing two major shopping complexes, a university and its student population, numerous embassies and their staff, and residents in some of the most affluent areas in the city, the Brooklyn police station has plenty to deal with. But trying to get off the ground to help the ...
Happiness is: dancing penguins.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Happy Feet Director: George Miller Voices: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugo Weaving Classification: PG Running time: 106 minutes Rating: 3/5 ...
City kid set to go from prefect to White House.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sholain Govender Kidifentse Lepinka is just 12 years old but already he has been selected as a delegate for the People-to-People international conference in Washington DC next year. Kidi, as his friends call him, will leave for the United States next March ...
Same-sex marriages a foreign aberration.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... One of the darkest days in the rule of the ANC government in South Africa was November 14. On that day the ANC leadership and its MPs abused their parliamentary majority. They legalised same-sex marriages. They had done no research of their own on the subject. As ...
Gaze at stars or learn how to make glass beads.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Christmas Markets n Irene Village Xmas Market, Smuts House Museum, Irene, tomorrow from 9am to 2pm. Exquisite products, an antique and collectable area, music by Luna. Lots of parking. Call 012 667 1659. n Magnolia Craft Market, tomorrow from 9am to 2pm, corner ...
War film takes sober look at US hypocrisy.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yazeed Kamaldien Flags Of Our Fathers Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach Running time: 129 minutes Classification: 16 LV Rating: HHHHI If Clint Eastwood was the ...
Fur gets Nicole 'worst-dressed'.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Nicole Richie has been voted the world's worst-dressed celebrity. The Simple Life star was given the dubious honour by animal rights group PETA because of ...
Slater free, but will he get kids?(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Christian Slater's divorce from wife Ryan Haddon has been finalised. Court papers show that he and his estranged spouse are legally separated. However, it is ...
Jack's bosom buddies see all.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Sharon Osbourne left her son Jack red-faced when she flashed her surgically enhanced breasts to his friends. Sharon was so pleased with her boob job - which boosted her bust size to a massive 34DD in 2005 - she ...
Snoop runs foul of law yet again.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Another day, another run-in with the law for Snoop Dogg. The 35-year-old rapper was arrested near Los Angeles on Tuesday on weapons and narcotics charges after taping a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - his third bust in as many months. ...
Girl power loses its (Scary) Spice.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Geri Halliwell has blamed former bandmate Mel B for wrecking a Spice Girls reunion. Geri, better known as Ginger Spice while in the band, insists it was Mel B who did not want the popular girl group to reunite for last year's Live 8 charity concert. ...
Escaping to the harshness of the wild.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer Grizzly Man Director: Werner Herzog Classification: 13L Running time: 103 minutes Rating: HHHII Many may recall news of the death of wildlife activist Timothy Treadwell, a man who had spent months ...
Perfect ingredients, yet it fails.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Magdel du Preez The Secret Life of Words Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie Running time: 113 minutes Classification: 13L Rating: hhhii It's called The Secret Life ...
1 in 10 cops too stressed to patrol our streets.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Up to 12 000 of the nearly 120 000 policemen and women who are meant to be patrolling South Africa's streets and protecting its citizens are on stress leave. To make matters worse, police psychologists are leaving the organisation in "dangerously high ...
Teacher leaves - but school stays in her heart.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: sholain Govender Thirty years and more than 1 000 pupils later, Jean Nel will retire from teaching and take a much deserved rest. The Grade Three teacher retires today after having taught at Rietondale Primary since 1975. Dedicated to her job and ...
City to expand anti-crime surveillance.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA The Tshwane Metro Council has increased its crime- fighting capacity with the commissioning of new CCTV surveillance cameras in further parts of the city. The municipality has added 34 new surveillance cameras, bringing the total number of ...
SA's arts and crafts ready for world markets.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Janine du Plessis The Beautiful Things Crafts Market hosted by the Department of Arts and Culture and which showcases South African handmade arts and crafts is now open at the Bryntirion Estate. Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan and first lady Zanele Mbeki ...
... here's an A-Z guide to funM.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... MOVIES: No holiday would be complete without a trip to the movies. Garfield 2 is now showing; The Covenant is cool for teens. MODELS: This is the ideal time to try your hand at model-making. Visit Jix Hobbies at Menlyn Retail Park (012 348 0308) for a superb range of model kits ....
Ex-Scorpions in court on fraud charges.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Fana Peete Two former Scorpions, Malala Geophrey Ledwaba (41) and Ayanda Dlodlo (43), appeared separately in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court yesterday on fraud charges. The two are alleged to have defrauded the National Prosecuting Authority's ...
... but weddings might not yet be legal.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Janine du Plessis Confusion about the regulations of the Civil Union Act, which is in effect from today, may prevent private and church wedding ceremonies being legal in the eyes of the law. Gay couples may have to go to their local branch of Home Affairs if they want a ...
Mphela back and ready for action.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: KGOMOTSO SETHUSHA Bafana Bafana striker Katlego Mphela said he was delighted to be back at SuperSport United after his somewhat topsy-turvy spell with French club FC Strasbourg. Yesterday, Mphela (23) rejoined his former teammates at training after agreeing ...
Slim down for the beach - go do a fun run or walk.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Gardening n A huge variety of daylilies will be on show at Petal Faire specialist nursery, in Alcock Street, Colbyn, until December 16. Petal Faire Nursery is open daily, and by appointment on Sunday. For more information, call LeonA(c) Williams on 082 48 20257 or 012 342 5762 ...
Fur is back in fashion.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Daily Mail There is a moment when you realise that fashion has, this time, gone too far. Mine came last week when I was standing in the Joseph shop in the London suburb of Fulham trying to find something to wear to a Christmas party. I overheard two young ...
Hooray to new Aids approach.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Twenty-five years after the first Aids cases were identified in the US, South Africa finally seems to be getting to grips with the epidemic. To mark World Aids Day today, the country's HIV/Aids National Strategic Plan 2007-2011 is being unveiled in Nelspruit. While there is ...
Even transients can tramp the treadmill.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Anna Cox The Johannesburg inner city is to get a major social boost with the establishment of new gymnasiums designed especially for inner city living. The first was opened officially this week at Castle Mansions, a historical landmark in Eloff Street, by ...
Kidman takes top earnings spot.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Nicole Kidman was Hollywood's highest-paid actress this year, nudging Julia Roberts from the top spot for the first time in five years, according to the Hollywood Reporter's annual survey. A few years ago Roberts was the only actress to take home $20-million per project. ...
Former traffic cop on fraud, forgery charges.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Fana Peete A former Bophuthatswana traffic officer yesterday appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on charges of fraud, forgery and uttering. Sipho Moses Mziako - well-known in both Mabopane and Ga-Rankuwa - is facing four charges of ...
Armed gang breaks into Irish envoy's home.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A security guard was injured when heavily armed robbers attacked him while he was guarding the Irish Ambassador's home in Pretoria. The attack comes following a spate of attacks on embassies, high commissions and diplomatic homes in the capital ...
Attack in toilet costs assailant R180 000.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... A 42-year-old man attacked in a public toilet at the Barnyard Theatre in Magoebaskloof in Limpopo will receive R180 000 in damages from his attacker. Christiaan du Plessis, a Polokwane car salesman, said in papers before the Pretoria High Court that while he was in the toilet, ...
Caregiving 'saints' so few and need so great.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Lydia Tebe locks her eyes on to mine. Her wide brown orbs seem to bore into me as if to say: How dare you? She lay there completely vulnerable, exposed, undignified. But she does not cower or hide. She stares, waiting for me to avert my eyes. I do. It is my first day ...
Venezuela oil deal is too slick.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Venezuela's deputy foreign minister Reinaldo Bolivar met South Africa's Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad in Pretoria last week. Afterwards, Bolivar explained the credit-and-barter deal that Venezuela is offering to poor countries, allowing them to buy oil in a more convenient way. ...
World XV coach happy Jake is staying.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Peter Bills Former Australian World Cup-winning coach Bob Dwyer has welcomed SA Rugby's decision to back Jake White through to the World Cup. White received formal backing at an emergency meeting of the SA Rugby presidents council on Wednesday in Cape Town and ...
Transport department chaos.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The R20-billion rand Gautrain project is in the hands of a department that cannot account for tens of millions of rands in public revenue. In a damning review of the Gauteng Department of Public Transport, Roads and Works' financial statements, ...
16 Days campaign 'never hit it so huge'.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Cornelia du Plooy This year's 16 Days of Activism Against Women and Child Abuse campaign has been the most successful yet, claims national convener Deputy Minister for Provincial and Local Government Nomatyala Hangana. The campaign "never hit it so huge", she ...
Exodus of officials continues.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Fana Peete The exodus of top Tshwane Metropolitan Council officials continued yesterday when two more managers handed in their resignations. Yesterday general manager: marketing Phenyo Nonqane and general manager: legal and secretarial services Mpho Moroka ...
Scoring ace Marumo the one to watch.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: TSHIFHIWA LUVHENGO Silver Stars striker Hareaipha Marumo will be the centre of attention when his team and Santos battle it out in the Telkom Knockout Challenge semi-final at OlA<<n Park in Potchefstroom tomorrow (3.45pm). Marumo (28) has been in a good form ...
'Rookie' Swede shows way at Sun City.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter First-timers in the Nedbank Golf Challenge aren't supposed to win the the tournament, but Henrik Stenson took a step in the right direction with a pace-setting five-under-par 67 in the opening round at Sun City yesterday. The Swede coped well ...
Boks look hot in Dubai.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Brenden Nel Paul Treu's Springbok Sevens side open their account at the Dubai Sevens starting at the Exiles club in Dubai this morning in the unusual position of being among the favourites to win. The Boks arrived at the Emirates Airline sponsored event ...
First round scores:.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... 67 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68 - Jim Furyk (USA) 69 - Padraig Harrington (IRL), David Howell (ENG) 70 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Retief Goosen (RSA) ...
In the fertiliser - top Zim official fired.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... President Robert Mugabe has dismissed a top public servant over a scam in which top government officials allegedly connived to import 70 000 tons of fake fertiliser from a South African company in exchange for hefty kickbacks. The permanent secretary (equivalent of ...
Gay new world starts today.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: WENDY JASSON DA COSTA Gay and lesbian South Africans woke up to a world of new possibilities this morning, knowing that they too can be married. This comes after Parliament met its constitutional deadline and Acting President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka signed the ...
Torrealba back on song as Downs eye cup final.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: KGOMOTSO SETHUSHA Having broken his goal drought, Mamelodi Sundowns striker Jose Torrealba should go into his side's Telkom Knockout Challenge Cup semi-final match against Ajax Cape Town this weekend full of confidence. Torrealba was dropped from the Downs' ...
Van der Merwe fights way into semis.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sapa Louis Vosloo put up a fight but was no match for top seed Izak van der Merwe in the quarter-finals of the SAA National Championships at the Wanderers Tennis Club yesterday. It took Van der Merwe two hours and 10 minutes to earn his 6-3 7-6 (7-4) victory ...
In with new, out with old.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... The Mpumalanga city of Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) turns 100 today, and as part of celebrations, it will rename several streets. Eadie Street will be renamed Walter Sisulu Street; Swartbos Street and Watermeyer Street will be given one name, OR Tambo Street; and President ...
Hostage-taker gets ID at last.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber November 30 is a date that Kabelo Thibedi is unlikely to ever forget. On that date, exactly a year ago, he made headlines when he took Home Affairs employee Lanelle Small hostage with a toy gun after battling for two years to get his ID book. ...
Teenager knocked over.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... A teenager was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Van der Hoff Road yesterday afternoon. According to Metro Police spokesperson Louise Brits, a Honda Ballade was travelling along the road at about 5.30pm when the youngster, aged between 15 and 17 years, ran in front ...
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Titans, Cobras share the honours.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... After a grinding first day's play in the SuperSport Series match at Stellenbosch yesterday, the Cape Cobras and the visiting Nashua Titans shared the honours, with neither team in a dominant position. By the close, the Cobras' batting first had made a reasonably respectable ...
It's just fun in the sun.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... The world's leading golfers arrived at Sun City in their lavish Gulfstream jets for this week's Nedbank Golf Challenge. Charl Schwartzel arrived by car towing a Venter trailer. "The trailer is for taking the money to the airport. I've got a plane waiting there for taking it to ...
Any way you say it, they're the most despicable words in golf.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum One day soon, we pray, they will reintroduce capital and corporal punishment for the truly serious crimes against humanity. A smack on the bottom, for instance, will be sufficient deterrent for those moaning about Graeme Smith's batting even ...
A star with Loots of aggression; Bollywood-style celebration is the ideal occasion for Bosman to sparkle.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess Loots Bosman has all the numbers to support the argument that he is South Africa's best Pro20 batsman. He is certainly devastating and his dynamism is perfectly suited to this smash and crash version of the game. He is the only South ...
Jones not welcomed.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... London - Europe's top athletics meets might snub Marion Jones again. The directors of Euromeetings will discuss the issue of inviting the former Olympic sprint champion - or any other athlete connected with coach Trevor Graham - to compete in next year's races. The Euromeetings ...
A matter of fact.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... On information provided by Kaizer Chiefs' coach Ernst Middendorp, the Pretoria News last week reported that Siyabonga Nkosi's father had passed away and that he would miss games for Chiefs. ...
Lucio back from injury.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Germany - Defender Lucio returns to Bayern Munich's starting XI from injury, but ...
Sweden bid to host event.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Stockholm - Sweden will bid to host the world athletics championships in 2011 or ...
Injury blow for Qatar.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Doha, Qatar - World champion steeplechaser Saif Saaeed Shaheen withdrew from the ...
Ole, Ole, Ole: record 64th.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Ostersund, Sweden - Ole Einar Bjorndalen won the men's biathlon season opener for his ...
Tinkoff lose out in Ullrich.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Berlin - Italian-Russian cycling team Tinkoff have given up their bid to sign Jan Ullrich ...
Aguri want third driver.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... London - F1 tail-enders Super Aguri want teams to be forced to sideline one of their ...
Hitches in gay weddings.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Political bureau and Janine du Plessis Gay and lesbian South Africans woke up to a world of new possibilities this morning, knowing that they too can be married. This comes after Parliament met the constitutional court deadline and Acting President Phumzile ...
Home Affairs hostage-taker gets ID book at last.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber November 30 is a date Kabelo Thibedi is unlikely to forget. On that date, a year ago, he made headlines when he took Home Affairs employee Lanelle Small hostage with a toy gun after battling for two years to get an ID book. Yesterday, ...
Armed gang breaks into envoy's home.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A security guard was injured when heavily armed robbers attacked him while he was guarding the Irish ambassador's home in Pretoria. The incident followed a spate of attacks on embassies, high commissions and diplomatic homes in the capital in the ...
Gauteng transport department in chaos.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The R20-billion Gautrain project is in the hands of a department that cannot account for tens of millions of rands in public revenue. In a damning review of the financial statements of the Gauteng department of public transport, roads and works, ...
Agliotti: 'Selebi was told'.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter and Sapa National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi was told in 2002 about his friend Glenn Agliotti's alleged involvement in a R105-million Mandrax deal. This was part of a Mail & Guardian report that the Scorpions tried to gag last night. ...
Smith Khan's summer bunny.(Sports)
Dec 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess At the Wanderers South Africa 126/9 India 127/4 Amidst all the club hits and dance tunes, maybe the DJ here last night should have played Hit me baby one more time for Graeme Smith has done very little hitting against the Indians this ...