Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from March 2007:
Your classical music guide.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... n Fax us at 012 328 7166 or e-mail ...
Nyambz's flavourful produce.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Any hip-hopper will tell you that an exceptional track comes out of the magic that happens between an MC and a beat. The beat in hip-hop is as important as flavour is to a meal. Therefore, a producer who produces brilliant beats is king. And ...
Landlords zapped with bills.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman Tenants who default on their electricity accounts and then disappear are costing city property owners thousands of rands. By law, the landlord is liable for a tenant's account if the tenant cannot be found to pay their account. Tina ...
If you love words and birds come join in.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Pretoria Scottish Country Dance Club The club meets every Thursday from 8 to 10pm at St Columba's Church hall, corner Hilda and Schoeman streets, Hatfield. Call Ryan on 082 891 7091 or visit www.rscdspretoria.za.org. Overeaters anonymous The ...
Bringing a continent's flavours home.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer It all started 75 years ago for chef Coco Reinarhz when his grandfather entered the professional kitchen. His mother followed, but it didn't mean automatic entrance for the Burundian-born youngster, who grew up with good food and cooking around him. ...
Bridge: the aces and places.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Saturday Afternooners Best results for Saturday February 17: Bibsey Hope 4970; Liz Ibbitt 4360; Yvonne Rorke 4310; Jenny Downes 3890; Maribess Armstrong 2980. The club to join when you are a rubber bridge player. We play at the Pretoria Bridge Centre, 37 26th Street, ...
Greens Guide.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BGN SENIORS ASSOCIATION Congratulations to our Super 10 team which won the tournament played at Maraisburg on February 20, 21 and 22. Well done, guys. We are proud of you. Members are urged to consult the Pretoria News for the next couple of weeks as the venues and dates for our ...
A culinary journey through Africa.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hennie Fisher Getting a university degree may not be the world's most difficult achievement. Receiving such a degree from Cambridge may possibly be a bit more tough. Completing a doctorate in medical anthropology could be slightly more daunting. Doing all ...
Gallery guide for Pretoria and Joburg.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Permanent exhibition of Southern African art by artists in residence. The Art Gallery, 71 13th Street, Menlo Park, 012 346 3600: Bettie Cilliers-Barnard's stunning new book Towards Infinity on show this week. Battissphere Art Gallery, Pretoria Boys High ...
Shelter's girls may be back on streets.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sholain Govender Empty promises by the Tshwane Metro Council may see 15 vulnerable girls back on the streets. Lerato House directors received a letter from the legal and secretarial services department of the City of Tshwane on Monday, requesting they ...
Our booming economy stands on shaky legs.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... 'Euphoria" is the word that comes to mind when examining the general reaction to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's Budget speech. Much seems to be going right with the economy. It has grown by 5%. This is the country's longest period of economic growth since World War 2. ...
Shoprite snaps as Sars seizes 'counterfeit' Crocs.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: LENORE OLIVER A consignment of 10752 pairs of popular leisure footwear Crocs, destined for Shoprite Checkers, has been seized by the SA Revenue Service (Sars) because the shoes are said to be counterfeit. Shoprite Checkers has launched an application in the ...
ASA cuts off Telkom ad claim.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MAUREEN MARUD Telkom's advertised claim that the rest of the world uses 10-digit dialling must be withdrawn because it is untrue, says the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA). Two consumers argued that area codes would not generate more available phone ...
Antifreeze in pet food killed dogs.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MURRAY WILLIAMS The contaminated pet food that was withdrawn from the market last week has killed about 30 to 35 dogs across the country, the pet food manufacturing company has said. At least 10 dogs died at one Paarl veterinary clinic. A local pet ...
Vigour and mood suited the rhythm.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Riek van Rensburg Mattia Zappa consistently produced burnished, rich tone on his cello, over which he had an amazing technical dominion. With Massimiliano Mainolfi at the piano, theirs was a partnership of well-matched artistry. They invested the music in hand with keen ...
Plan aims to halve HIV infection rate in five years.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Linda Daniels The draft National Strategic Plan on HIV/Aids aimed to reduce the rate of HIV infections by half in the next five years, MPs were told yesterday. The Health Department's chief director of HIV/Aids, Nomonde Xundu, and director-general Thami ...
Britney looking great in rehab.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Britney Spears is "doing great" in rehab, according to actor Daniel Baldwin. Daniel (46) claims he bumped into the troubled Toxic singer at Malibu's Promises rehab centre when he was leaving there after completing his own treatment for drug addictions. Daniel, the ...
A cry for help, perhaps?(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Beyonce Knowles shed a tear when Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Hudson won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday night. The singer-and-actress was overcome ...
Paris a hit with Legend.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... John Legend wants to record a single with Paris Hilton. He thinks it would be "interesting" to work with the heiress, who last year released her debut album Paris, and isn't ...
Crowning glory but no Oscar.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... John Travolta sported an impressive new head of hair at the Oscars, sparking rumours he was wearing a hairpiece. The star turned heads on the red carpet with a bouffant of light-brown hair styled in an elaborate wavy fringe. An onlooker said: "His hair seemed to ...
Katie's under Tom's thumb ...(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Katie Holmes refused to pose for photographs without her husband Tom Cruise at the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party, despite his pleas. The Top Gun actor proudly showed-off his wife on the red carpet urging photographers to "take a shot of her". However, the demure ...
Ya think I'm sexy.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Kimberly Stewart has been voted the world's most eligible bachelorette by FHM magazine. The 27-year-old daughter of rocker Rod Stewart topped the poll voted for by the magazine's ...
Canned lion killing can never be called hunting.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... A person who shoots a lion that was born and bred in captivity is not a hunter, but a killer. A person who breeds lions for the purpose of "hunting" is not a game rancher but a lion breeder, which is the same as, for instance, a crocodile breeder. There is nothing wrong with ...
Mortlock to miss Bulls game.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brenden Nel Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer got the news he was hoping for yesterday. Wallabies and Brumbies gamebreaker Stirling Mortlock has been ruled out of Saturday's Super 14 match in Canberra. The Brumbies inspirational centre has been a thorn in the side of ...
Bulls make three tactical changes to side.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brenden Nel The Bulls have made three changes to their starting line-up to take on the Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday. Coach Heyneke Meyer has rested the out-of-form Akona Ndungane, No 8 Anton Leonard and flyhalf Morne Steyn for the match against the ...
Four win study bursaries.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Four lucky youths won Varsity College bursaries to the value of R25 000 each in a Pretoria News/ Varsity College competition. Sibusiso Nkambule, Candace Ismail, Jabulani Khoza and Natalie Crantas emerged as winners after a lucky draw. To qualify for the draw, entrants ...
N4 to become prime route for culture vultures.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Motorists and tourists travelling from Gauteng to Mpumalanga will soon be tempted to stop more than once along the way. The department of culture, sport and recreation is planning to erect a number of cultural interpretation centres showcasing the region's ancient, pre-colonial ...
Child raped, killed: final postponement granted.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto A final postponement was yesterday granted by the Pretoria regional court in the case against the man accused of raping and murdering Janine Rooi (8) last year. The Eersterus accused (28) was arrested on September 18 last year. He cannot be ...
Culling seems inevitable.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The killing of any animal is a highly emotive issue, but somehow the culling of elephants is particularly disturbing. The controlled killing of these mammoth pachyderms will cause a huge outcry among environmentalists all over the world, but the problems of overcrowding are complex. ...
School in legal battle for refusing 'bad' girl.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SapA A prestigious Eastern Cape high school is embroiled in a legal battle after refusing to accept a teenager because of her allegedly "bad" behaviour. The classroom drama pits the 14-year-old girl, her parents and the education department against Queenstown Girls' ...
Safe houses to keep kids in the pink.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A Pretoria school is hoping that the setting up of safe houses will save the lives of thousands of children who disappear in South Africa every year. The establishment of six safe houses around schools in Pretoria Gardens comes after ...
Elephant culling gets government go-ahead.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: JOHN YELD After a 12-year ban, the government gave the provisional go-ahead for the resumption of limited elephant culling as one method of controlling burgeoning elephant numbers in South Africa. There has been no elephant culling since the mid-1990s, when a ...
City's drug scourge.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Pretoria is facing a drug abuse "epidemic" as narcotics worth billions of dollars are trafficked through the country every year. This is according to the Tshwane Metro Police and drug clinics. They fear that the use of drugs - especially heroin - ...
Volume of old photos gives the past a fresh face.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin Ritchie A young girl ventures into a Zulu hut in the shadow of the imposing Voortrekker Monument as her mother looks on; a young white boy holds a gun to his baby brother's eye at a picnic; elders of the Dutch Reformed Church return home after a Sunday service. ...
Exhibition of Croatian graphic art.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Croatian graphic art comes to the city with an exhibition of more than 60 works by 32 contemporary artists. The exhibition will run at the Pretoria Art Museum from March 14 to April 30 before it moves to Johannesburg and Cape Town later this year. This touring ...
Mugabe's former right-hand man gives him a slap.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Edgar Tekere, a former secretary-general of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party and President Robert Mugabe's former right-hand man, has been expelled from the ruling party for writing a book highly critical of Mugabe. The book, A Lifetime Of ...
2010 has put SA on smugglers' radar: UN.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken and SAPA The fast-approaching 2010 World Cup tournament will see drug trafficking syndicates targeting South Africa in an attempt to cash in on a lucrative market. Jonathon Lucas, regional representative of the UN office of drugs and crime, said ...
No drive to oust Masetlha - spy boss.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA The Inspector-General of Intelligence Zolile Ngcakani yesterday told the Hatfield community court that he had no knowledge of a campaign against the former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Billy Masetlha. Ngcakani ...
'Alli and I were friends up to the end'.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER Murder accused and suspended cop Isa Mohammed told the Pretoria high court that he and top crime intelligence unit officer Carrim Alli had a very good relationship and that this continued up until Alli's death. Taking the stand, Mohammed denied ...
Nine Bulls in 26-man Baby Bok squad for champs.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brenden Nel Former Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool No 8 Gerrit Jan van Velze has been selected alongside nine other Blue Bulls in the 26-man Baby Bok squad for the IRB Under-19 world championship to be held in Belfast this year. The group has been whittled down from ...
Proteas ready to take on the world.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess Before departing for the World Cup yesterday afternoon, South Africa officially took ownership of a weighty gold and sterling silver shield signifying their status as the top one-day side in the world. "ICC one-day international championship" is ...
New plan to boost Tshwane economy.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA A strategy aimed at improving the Tshwane metro area's economic growth has been unveiled by the municipality. The Tshwane Growth and Development Strategy (TGDS) - which was presented to the municipality's partners on Tuesday - will enable ...
BMW to be fished out of pool.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman It was not a case of "waiter, there's a fly in my soup" for Boudewijn Kok of of Swaardlelie Road in Die Wilgers in the small hours of yesterday - it was a case of a rude awakening and then "er, excuse me, but there's a Beamer in my pool". Kok ...
Which suburb uses what.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Centurion, Pretoria North and Pretoria East: Cat, cocaine, dagga. Hatfield, ...
What they pay.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... n Nyaope: R30 n Dagga matchbox: R2 to R7 n Sugars: R20 to R30 n Heroin snatch (small bag): R40 to R60 ...
State in biggest ever asset seizure.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev Alleged crime kingpin Hendrik Delport remained cool as the National Prosecuting Authority seized his private helicopter, three Land Rovers, a Jeep, boat, quad bike and a pair of jet skis. Yesterday, the NPA's asset forfeiture unit began executing ...
Woman stabbed to death in upmarket Sandton complex.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford Ann Fraser (68), described by friends as "the St Francis of all things good", died in her garden after being stabbed in the throat by an intruder. Fraser was killed in The Inandas, one of Sandton's most upmarket complexes. She was ...
Dagga found in taxi.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Three people were arrested after they were found with dagga valued at R500 000 near Clarens in the eastern Free State yesterday. "Police found 19 bags of dagga in a minibus taxi they had pulled off the R712 during a routine patrol," said Constable Mmako Mophiring. The three ...
Winnie wants woman president.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has rippled the ruling party's succession waves by supporting Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the next president. The controversial former ANC Women's League president stunned guests at her 70th ...
Nine prison officials face charges for helping Mathe escape.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Nine prison officials have already been suspended and face criminal charges for allegedly aiding Ananias Mathe's escape, Correctional Service Minister Ngconde Balfour told parliament yesterday. MPs also heard yesterday that while the number of escapes from prisons had decreased, ...
RAF feels the need for speed.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA The embattled Road Accident Fund (RAF) yesterday told parliament of its ambitious plans to process accident claims within 48 hours. Currently claimants have to wait for up to 40 months before their claims are paid out and 445 000 claims are ...
R865 000 Lotto, just in time.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter An 11th-hour check on a Lotto ticket found behind a cupboard has made a Western Cape woman nearly R900 000 richer. The woman found the ticket just five days before it expired. "I normally check my tickets in batches, not after ...
SA tee off against France.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter The South African men's amateur golf team take on France today and tomorrow in a Test match in Port Elizabeth. The South Africans have lost to France on the last three times they have played against each other. The Test is a prelude to the Sanlam ...
Muir taking no chances.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der westhuyzen Sharks coach Dick Muir is taking no chances with his team selections as his side look to maintain their unbeaten run in this year's Super 14. The men from Durban have won three out of three, but had last weekend off while their ...
Lions target 'heavy' Reds pack in Brisbane.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen The Lions have targeted the Reds pack as a potential weak area ahead of their Vodacom Super 14 clash at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. And it is this department that Ernst Joubert's men are zoning in on as the visitors ...
Ullrich 'out of retirement' for Argus.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum There are very few cycle races in the world which can claim to have three former Tour de France champions on the start line. The organisers of the Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour confirmed this week that 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich ...
Lions roar to victory.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Durban - The Highveld Lions scored a dramatic two-wicket win over the Dolphins in their Standard Bank Pro20 match at Kingsmead last night. The Lions hit the winning runs off the last ball of the game to clinch victory. The Lions ended on 166/8 after the Dolphins had scored 165/6 in their ...
Argentina, SA co-chair talkshop.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will co-chair, together with her Argentine counterpart Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Jorge Taiana, the inaugural session of the South Africa - Argentina Joint Binational Commission (BNC) in Pretoria. ...
Audi unleashes iron fist in velvet glove.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa Audi was a latecomer to the exclu- sive 300kW-plus club and for a long time had no answer to the blitzkrieg of Mercedes-Benz AMG and BMW M5/M6 models. But last year Ingolstadt came good with its rampant 309kW RS4 sedan, and Audi is now really ...
Subaru's new terrain tamer.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Winfield Tribeca is a fashionable suburb in Manhattan, New York. It's inhabitants are trendy, stylish, well heeled and usually well connected. Actor Robert de Niro lives in Tribeca and John F Kennedy Jr also lived in the area before he tragically flew his light ...
Down Under thunder.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa Though the English invented cricket it's the Australians who perfected it. Likewise it was the Americans who invented the muscle car, but the Aussies have latched onto the concept with great gusto. As evidenced by cars such as the Chevrolet Lumina ...
Sunny days here again with TwinTop.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Just in time for the last few weeks of summer, General Motors South Africa has expanded its Opel Astra range with a four-seat cabrio-coupe TwinTop. The car features a newly-developed, electro-hydraulic steel roof which allows generous luggage ...
Merc CL is big daddy of luxury coupes.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Winfield As I was cruising down Fransc- hoek's crowded main street during the press launch of the new Mercedes-Benz CL coupe earlier this week, a mischievous thought slipped into my head: Owning a Merc CL is God's way of telling you that you have too much money. ...
Get a problem? Then get sound advice on matters motoring.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Do you need advice on matters motoring? Here is Motoring's all-useful contact list: nBuying a used car? Make sure the vehicle has no outstanding fines, that the chassis and engine are still the original equipment, and that the vehicle has not been listed as stolen by phoning AA ...
R865000 richer, just in time.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter An 11th-hour check on a Lotto ticket found behind a cupboard has made a Western Cape woman nearly R900000 richer. The woman found the ticket just five days before it expired. "I normally check my tickets in batches, not after every ...