Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from May 2007:
Shame on Mufamadi /and company.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... I'd like to express my deepest disgust about government departments that are letting South Africa down. Some of these departments are just there in name and the huge amount of disservice that they do to our country is shocking, to say the least. I'd like to pick one such example ...
SA soccer welcomes female ref to the fold.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lumka Oliphant When she was little, Deidre Mitchell wanted to be a police officer. Never in her wildest dreams did she think that one day she would clinch the title of "South Africa's first woman referee". Her family, although all sport fans, were ...
Big salute to SA's workers.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Today is Workers' Day. Around the world, rallies are being held to commemorate what is also known as "May Day". For many years, South African workers celebrated this day in defiance of the apartheid government. While countries around the world paid tribute to workers on May 1, ...
City man's three days of hell in Chad jail.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken After three days of hell in a prison cell in Chad in north Africa, a Pretoria construction worker just wants to come home. Rudi Lauterbach (49) was imprisoned in horrific conditions in a jail in Chad because the firm he works for has apparently ...
When people believe, success will follow.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... As the ANC contemplates its policy conference this June, it is apposite to reflect on the government's economic achievements these past 13 years. Much hard work - and shrewd policy choices - are called for if we are to fulfil our destiny as a nation of winners. President Thabo ...
Girl's suspected killer fails to turn up at court.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto The man accused of murdering and raping little Janine Rooi last year failed to show up at the Pretoria district court yesterday to face charges. A warrant for his arrest was immediately issued and his bail provisionally forfeited. The 28-year-old ...
I need a psychiatrist, says hostage accused.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto 'I desperately want to speak to a psychiatrist." This was the plea of the tall blond man accused of holding Pretoria News staff members hostage last week. Lionel George, who allegedly held eight of the newspaper's advertising staff hostage over the ...
SA courts meet deadline for tighter security.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto The deadline for courts countrywide to be equipped with metal detectors and X-ray machines at entrances to improve security was met yesterday. Courts in Pretoria have been compliant for some time. The Department of Justice has been upgrading ...
eNatis system in slow lane before it crashes again.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janine du Plessis Persistent problems are plaguing the new eNatis vehicle registration system at testing and licensing stations across the country, and yesterday the network crashed in Pretoria while scores of motorists queued up outside. Vehicle owners and ...
Banning holiday trade not an answer.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Calling on the government to ban trade on certain public holidays because some companies treated those like any other holiday, penalising workers for not coming to work, may not resolve the problem. Instead, Cosatu should try to find other means of engaging companies and ...
Did radicals kill Woolmer?(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Daily Mail, sapa-AFP, sapa-AP Bob Woolmer may have been murdered by angered radical Muslims, a BBC investigation alleged last night. Pervez Jamil Mir told Panorama he believes a fatwa could have been issued against the Pakistan coach because he shared the view that ...
Call on crime minister for local campaign.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter Fabricius Opposition parties have called on Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula to do a national roadshow to try to convince South Africans, as he is apparently convincing foreigners, that he is winning the war against crime. The DA and the ...
Afrikanerbond dares Cosatu to back up claims.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Provide the proof or shut up - that was the Afrikanerbond's message to Cosatu yesterday. At issue was the trade union federation's Freedom Day statement in which it said racism and exploitation were still common. Cosatu said this was especially the case on farms, ...
Oasis: Desai wants papers from Hlophe.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER and LENORE OLIVER Cape judge Siraj Desai wants to subpoena Cape Judge President John Hlophe to produce documents he hopes will get to the bottom of Hlophe's relationship with Oasis Group Holdings. Hlophe earlier gave consent to Oasis to sue Desai for ...
Pet food poison: humans at risk too.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: DAVID SPETT Melamine, the chemical believed to have caused the deaths of at least 25 dogs in South Africa, may have been used in pet food for years, said a professor emeritus of the University of Pretoria. Worse, human food may also be contaminated with the ...
Three held after break-in at home of Glenn Agliotti.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev Police have pounced on three men they believe are behind the armed robbery at the Johannesburg home of alleged criminal mastermind Glenn Agliotti. The suspects, from Alexandra, made their first court appearance yesterday and were charged over the ...
Rate hike for Durban.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Durban ratepayers are going to have to tighten their belts. The eThekwini Council yesterday approved a series of rate and tariff increases that exceeded inflation - particularly water prices, which would rise by 15% from July. The council's ...
Durban name changes continue.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Greg Arde eThekwini mayor Obed Mlaba said yesterday that the changing of names in Durban would continue until 2010. He was responding to criticism of the city council's name changing policy. The issue came up yesterday as councillors met to vote on the city's ...
Petrol tops R7 a litre tonight.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Today is the last day to fill up your tank before the petrol price increases by another 34c a litre at midnight. The hike is the third consecutive increase and follows a 69c increase at ...
R50 000 for doing 243 km/h.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU Two drivers spent part of the long weekend in jail after they were caught travelling at speeds of 243km/h and 213km/h, respectively, on the N2 highway near Durban. The speedsters, one from Midrand and the other from Meyerton, appeared in the ...
'Too many public holidays are bad for the economy'.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI There are too many holidays. That is the opinion of local business people who say that a string of "free" days is having an adverse effect on the economy. Not that any of that is worrying the thousands of employees looking forward to yet another ...
War veterans integrated into army as Zim gears up for polls.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Zimbabwe's militant war veterans, staunch supporters of President Robert Mugabe, have been formally integrated into Zimbabwe's army as the ruling Zanu-PF party prepares for elections next year. The war veterans have helped Mugabe to win the past ...
Editor's brother killed in hit-and-run.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The brother of Jovial Rantao, the deputy editor of The Star and editor of The Sunday Independent (both sister newspapers of the Pretoria News), was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Friday. Zacharia Rantao (45) was knocked down a by speeding car near his home in Naledi, ...
World Cup a boon for child traffickers, warn experts.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The 2010 Fifa World Cup could provide an ideal market for child traffickers - especially since South Africa has no specific legislation criminalising the growing scourge, child rights organisations have warned. Up to 1700 children go missing in South Africa every year - of whom ...
Dance partnership raises the bar.(Tonight Broadsheet)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Adrienne Sichel The title for this eye-opening three-day season bore a double significance. Not only did it courageously bring together directors, dancers and choreographers desperately trying to keep the art form of contemporary theatre dance alive, it ...
The ghetto of Good/Evil.(Tonight Broadsheet)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer Telling Stories DIRECTOR/WRITER:Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom CAST: Mandla Gaduka, Boitumelo Shisana, Klaas Motebejane, Nomcebo Gumede, Sello Zikalala, Koketso Mojela, Azaria Molobela, Kedibone Tholo, Fumani Shilubana, Thabo Sekgobela ...
Da Gama scared of Sundowns.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Owen da Gama's Silver Stars might have ended the domestic winning streak of Mamelodi Sundowns last week, but he still feels his team are no match for the back-to-back Castle Premier League champions. The two sides meet in an Absa Cup semi-final ...
Owner seethes over under-performing stars.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... Outside forces and under-performing players are to blame for Maritzburg United's exit from the Castle Premiership, according to club owner Farouk Kadodia. Kadodia describing himself as "devastated and frustrated" after United's demotion at the weekend. "We have had a ...
Bulls get ready to see red.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lester Mills For the Bulls, today's Workers Day public holiday will be punctuated by work and not rest as they prepare for what will be their deciding Super 14 league game of the season against the Queensland Reds. Yesterday, coach Heyneke Meyer had the team ...
Winners in play-offs, but Tuks, Pillars and FC AK not sure yet.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mahlaba Winners Park at the weekend became the first Mvela Golden League club to secure their place in the promotion play-offs. The side from Limpopo, coached by Innocent Mayoyo, earned a 1-0 away victory at Nathi Lions which will see them finish the ...
Every point vital in semi-final race.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum There was a muted but meaningful celebration by Blues captain Troy Flavell after he scored his team's only try in Saturday's 40-19 loss to the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. The game was gone, the Bulls had earned five points for their victory to ...
Rugbychiefs arecheatingthe fans.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... So the cat plays with the mouse, and the mouse scurries off into the tiniest hole to frustrate the cat. Isn't that the game the rugby chiefs of South Africa and England are currently engaged in, and have been now for the best part of seven months? As for the paying public, it ...
Discovery ditch Basso.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... Milan - The Discovery Channel cycling team released Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso from their line-up yesterday. The US-registered team said Basso had asked to leave for personal reasons. Italian Basso was suspended by Discovery Channel last week after the Italian Olympic Committee's ...
Meyer faces a selection poser.(Sports)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lester Mills Although he has sat out both training sessions so far this week in the build-up to the Bulls' final and deciding Super 14 league match of the season against the Queensland Reds at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, in-form Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez is ...
Torrealba blow for Sundowns.(Sports)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Mamelodi Sundowns have been dealt a blow ahead of tonight's Absa Cup semi-final clash with Silver Stars, with Jose Torrealba's participation in the match doubtful. Torrealba twisted his knee at training on Monday and was a notable absentee as ...
AJ is willing to lose a finger.(Sports)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Greenaway A measure of the intent in the Sharks team ahead of Saturday's monumental Super 14 showdown with the Stormers at Newlands is reflected in these immortal words spoken by forward AJ Venter: "I am prepared to play this match even if it means losing my ...
De Villiers setback for Stormers.(Sports)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED Schalk Burger will start for the Stormers against the Sharks, while Jean de Villiers won't and his hopes of playing for the Springboks in their Tri-Nations campaign is also in question. That's the latest news from the Stormers camp ahead of the ...
Pretoria a sea of red as irate actors stage protest.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Hundreds of South African actors and artists flocked to Pretoria from across the country yesterday to vent their anger over the country's crime rate. More than 500 of them - including TV soap stars, musicians, stage actors and painters - marched on the ...
SA woman left to guide yacht to safety.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Melanie Gosling Carol Erasmus (32), a South African engineer on the stricken Australian yacht Cowrie Dancer, is the only able-bodied crew member on board after storms and high seas swept one crewman overboard and left the other two injured. As they motor ...
Friends of Rattray dismiss new murder claims as lies.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: SHERLISSA PETERS An article in an English publication claiming that David Rattray was murdered because of a land dispute has angered those close to the late historian. The London Sunday Times magazine claimed at the weekend that the murder was "anything ...
'Health sector fails rape victims'.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... Health care for victims of rape and sexual assault is in a dire state - and the government is "doing nothing about it". Because of this, the National Working Group on Sexual Offences has asked the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to intervene on behalf of survivors of violent ...
Brace for winter blackouts.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter and Sapa As residents and businesses in the Bedfordview area began their third day without power today, the National Electricity Regulator of SA (Nersa) prepared to tell the country's citizens what to expect in the cold months ahead. An ...
Tuks gets funding.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... The University of Pretoria's Chair in clinical epidemiology in its faculty of health sciences has received funding for a further three years. This Chair, which has been funded by Medihelp since its inception in 1999, was established to strengthen teaching and training in ...
THE HEIMLICH MANOEUVRE.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... n Ask the victim to stand up if he/she is able. n Stand slightly behind the choking victim. n Reassure the victim that you know how to help. n Place your arms around the victim's waist. n Make a fist with one hand and place your thumb towards the ...
Diva Ari lights up Freedom Day.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer India ARI and Oletta Adams VENUE: Carnival City DATE: Freedom Day RATING: HHHHH The term diva has for too long been used too liberally, but in the case of the glorious India Ari, the title is fitting and well ...
First-class performers in the making.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer Bohemia ... For Now? A Musical Revue DIRECTOR: Cathrine Hopkins CONCEPT BY: Cathrine Hopkins, Tineke van der Merwe, Lize Conradie and Graham Howes CHOREOGRAPHER: Tineke van der Merwe MUSICAL DIRECTION: Graham ...
Nudies lead a killer My Coke line-up.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen Contrary to many purest rockers who pooh-poohed it, the My Coke Fest held on Freedom Day in Alberton, turned out to be quite a party. The line-up did not consist of Guns 'n Roses (according to organisers, 13 000 people were refunded their tickets when Axl ...
Top entertainment from Slabolepszy's cricket pitch.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter van der Merwe Life's a Pitch Cast: Graham Hopkins, James Borthwick Venue: Studio Theatre, Montecasino RATING: HHHII Twenty years after their first meeting under the oaks of the Newlands cricket ground, die-hard cricket ...
Mika - the man, the myth, the music.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Guy Adams Take Freddie Mercury without the handlebar moustache; throw in equal dollops of Elton John, Robbie Williams, and Scissor Sisters; garnish with matinee-idol looks and the lyrical dexterity of a young David Bowie. The result is Mika, a London-based ...
Boy George really wanted to hurt me.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... Boy George has been arrested after allegedly imprisoning a male escort in his flat. Auden Carlsen fled the singer's East London home in terror, claiming George and another man had grabbed him and chained him to a wall. Carlsen - who claims he had agreed to pose for ...
'Candle' not yet snuffed.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... Sir Elton John will sing Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana's memorial concert. The star will perform the song for the first time since the princess' ...
Broody Daryl wants US kid.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... Daryl Hannah wants to adopt. The 46-year-old actress doesn't want to adopt from a different country like Angelina Jolie, because she believes there are many ...
Smokes to stop thosecravings.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden has confessed he is tempted to take heroin. The rocker - who is dating reformed heroin addict Nicole Richie - relies on cigarettes to ...
Prove you can, Paris, says Prince.(Entertainment)
May 02, 2007 ... Prince humiliated Paris Hilton by challenging her to sing live, it has been reported. The legendary musician, who was performing at Las Vegas' Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino on April 21, invited Paris to join him on stage. As Paris excitedly dashed up to meet the pop ...
Gifted painter lacks financial backing.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Donald Green A promising artist has been given free art lessons by a respected private art teacher, but he can't afford the taxi fare to get there anymore. Lebo Thamae, who is rapidly becoming a sought-after portrait painter among political and business ...
Between left and right, the centre holds the key.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AP The centrist voters who hold the key to this weekend's French presidential elections prefer Socialist Segolene Royal over conservative Nicolas Sarkozy - but not enough to cut into Sarkozy's lead, according to a poll released yesterday. With just days ...
France gears up for final round of battle royal.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... Segolene Royal is on the brink of becoming France's first woman president thanks to a brilliantly personalised campaign that transformed her for the left-voting public into a symbol of hope and renewal. The 53-year-old former environment minister emerged from nowhere a year ago ...
SA not clued up on the disabled or Special Olympics.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Linda Mbongwa South Africans know too little or nothing at all about people with intellectual disabilities and the Special Olympics. Most believe that people with such disabilities should live within the care of their families, work in separate sheltered ...
Does this mean the big stuff /is sorted?(News)
May 02, 2007 ... Blah blah name changes blah blah. That's pretty much how I feel about this whole debate. Gosh, I wish it would just stop already. I suppose, of course, that by writing about it, I'm actually contributing to the debate. What can I say? I'm a woman, and I need to get a word in. I'm quite ...
At last a DG for Home Affairs?(News)
May 02, 2007 ... Describing the Department of Home Affairs as dysfunctional is an understatement - especially if one considers that since the advent of democracy, this department has made headlines not for the good it has done, but for the internal fighting and political squabbling among those tasked with ...
Actors stage city crime march.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Hundreds of South African actors and artistes - wearing red, carrying placards and waving flags - flocked to Pretoria from across the country yesterday to vent their anger over the country's crime rate. More than 500 of them, including many TV soap stars, ...
Hopes that city man will return from Chad soon.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken The Centurion man trapped in Chad is hoping to return home soon. Rudi Lauterbach (49), who is a member of the South African National Shooting Team, was jailed last Friday by Chad authorities moments before he was due to fly home. ...
London gears up for first-ever Africa Day bash.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... South African diva Miriam Makeba will be the star act at the first-ever Africa Day celebrations to be held on Trafalgar Square in London this month. Soccer aces Lucas Radebe and Mark Fish are likely to form part of an Africa XI football team to be launched at the same time. ...
SA neighbours get nod to host 2010 soccer fans.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN Fifa has given South Africa the go-ahead to allow visiting soccer teams during the 2010 World Cup to base themselves in neighbouring countries, provided stringent host city requirements are met. The request was made last year and SA's local ...
Centurion looking formidable.(Sports)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Johanna de Vos Centurion have hit their straps early in this year's Carlton Cup club rugby race and have gone four games unbeaten, scoring 24 tries while only conceding nine. Their latest victims were Harlequins who they hammered 48-29. For ...