Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from September 2007:
Murder of one has left everybody a lot poorer.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The other night I was driving home from work quite late when I suddenly remembered that I needed to get some bread. I pulled into one of those convenient Quick Shop places they have at filling stations - in fact it was the one across the way from Doringkloof Mall shopping ...
Chocoholics told to turn a blind eye.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Brain changes in "chocoholics" that occur when they see or eat chocolate are similar to those in addicts when they take drugs, scientists say. British researchers found certain regions of the brain were more active when people who confessed to cravings were fed or shown pictures ...
Gem questions.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Claims the world's biggest diamond has been unearthed in North Wes has set off excitement but also brought some scepticism. Brett Jolly, who made the claim, was cagey about details and only a poor-quality photo was available. The stone is |said to be in a vault in Johannesburg while the ...
TIMELINE of change.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 25/01/1999: Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development Minister Valli Moosa appoints a new Municipal Demarcation Board headed by |Dr Michael Sutcliffe, a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. The board subsequently announces that the municipal borders of ...
One city ... but so many emotions.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... When the Greater Pretoria Metro Facilitation Committee (GPMFC) settled on the name Tshwane in 2000, there were clear indications that this would not go down well with all residents. Tshwane - a name that has led to political parties, pressure groups, councillors, business people ...
Catching bad guys not really that easy.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam Science isn't always the key to solving crimes, but that's hard to tell by watching television crime shows like CSI: Las Vegas, New York and Miami which are the playground of cops and corpses. Many real life scientists agree that there are many ...
Forensic exodus cripples cops.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam Earlier this year, President Thabo Mbeki responded to an outcry over crime by spelling out a range of steps to combat it - one them, he said, would be to modernise SAPS forensic laboratories. Although the process has begun, the people authorised ...
Athletics SA /is missing /the boat.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... As the World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan comes to a close, it has been interesting to note that the general design of the running vests and other apparel worn by athletes this year has made space for the country's flag or emblem on the right side of the chest. This ...
where the different parties stand.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... n President Thabo Mbeki said in Parliament on Thursday that name changes allowed the country to move closer to its African identity. "These (unchanged) names give the impression that South Africa is an European outpost rather than a truly African country." Mbeki ...
Sisters continue Mother Teresa's holy work.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Elizabeth Roche In the decade since Mother Teresa's death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity order she led has overcome her loss and other challenges to expand its global presence, according to her successor. "It has been a journey of faith," Sister Nirmala ...
Some changes that have been made.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Ellisras - Lephalale Jan Smuts Airport - Johannesburg International - OR Tambo R21/R24 - Albertina Sisulu Freeway Warmbaths - Bela Bela Louis Trichardt - Makhado - Louis Trichardt Verwoerdburgstad - Centurion Pietersburg - ...
Figueroa out for early win.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Guillermo Figueroa will be hoping for as good a day as he had last weekend when he mounts up at Turffontein this afternoon, but will face stiff opposition from the likes of Matthys Odendaal, Weichong Marwing and the return to the track of Piere Strydom. Figgy's best opportunity ...
How DNA can help break the chain of crime in SA.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Since the murder of her father John, Vanessa Lynch has been on an crusade to bolster South Africa's forensic crime-fighting skills through DNA technology. Her DNA Project was started in 2004 in conjunction with the family of Leigh Matthews. With a background in law, Lynch was ...
Cliff Jennings a 'hoax'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... An advertising company has admitted that the character of Cliff Jennings on Idols South Africa is a hoax. A spokesperson for Ogilvy said Jennings was an advertising campaign of the company. She denied that the project had been commissioned by M-Net or Idols South ...
SA pilots flew in the face of death to rescue Poland.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin Ritchie Warsaw was burning. The capital of occupied Poland had risen against the Nazi German invaders as the Russian Red Army cynically waited merely 20km away. The uprising had begun on August 1 1944, when the Polish Home Army (AK) had been ordered to ...
Vultures unsafe in Kruger too.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sydney Masinga South Africa's vultures are on the brink of extinction - and they are not even safe in the Kruger National Park, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has warned. Elephants destroyed trees where some vultures nested, said Andre Botha, manager of ...
Trumpeting the cause of women.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Scores of people jived on Pretoria's streets as a brass band playing swing jazz led more than 1 000 women to the Union Buildings in honour of women's month. The celebrations saw people dancing next to their cars, on pavements, streets, at ...
Zim pets in peril.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Widespread slaughter of wildlife, pets being eaten and donkey meat passed off as beef - these are some of the effects of the chronic food shortages in Zimbabwe. Glynis Vaughan, chief inspector of the ZNSPCA, painted a grim picture of the fate of the country's wild and domestic ...
City honours brave female constable.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman City authorities yesterday recognised Constable Brigitte Mathenje as "the bravest lady in the Tshwane Metro Police Department" for her role in stopping a bank robber in June. Mathenje, who was off duty at the time, shot dead a gunman moments ...
Boks could, French might, All Blacks probably will.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Andy Colquhoun We should all take a moment to say a quiet word of prayer in thanks to New Zealand before the long wait for the World Cup to kick off finally ends on Friday night. No one can but admire the All Blacks' magnificent approach to the game; and ...
More chaos at Safa.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe The future of the South African Football Association's commercial wing remains uncertain after its board meeting was cancelled this week following Safa's proposal that the division be disbanded. SA Football (Pty) Ltd were to have held a meeting ...
Downs go an African safari in search of a point.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: jonty Mark Mamelodi Sundowns continue their African escapades this afternoon when they travel to Cameroon to take on Astres Douala in a Confederation Cup, Group A clash. The game kicks off 4pm SA time. Gordon Igesund's Brazilians are top of Group ...
Who should be in and who should be out of the Bafana Bafana starting line-up.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Carlos Alberto Parreira has settled on a pretty consistent Bafana Bafana line-up since taking over as coach at the beginning of the year. But like any coach, the side has room for improvement. We take a look at which positions are currently filled ...
Cop sues ministers over 'wrongful' arrest.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER A city police inspector is claiming R500 000 in damages from the ministers of Safety and Security and Justice, and a magistrate after being thrown in jail before being admitted to Weskoppies Hospital. Frans Potgieter told the Pretoria high court ...
City duo off to Nepal.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two karateka from our city depart for Nepal to compete in the first JSKA open karate championships in Kolkata from September 4 to 9 hosted by the JSKA Nepal Karate Federation. John Rust seems ready for the ask as his performances seem to improve with every bout. John ...
Spies hangs up togs for rest of year.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI Blue Bulls and Springbok loose forward star Pierre Spies has bowed to pressure from SA Rugby and will not be in action for the rest of the year. This new twist in the Spies saga - that has dragged on since his exclusion from the Springbok World ...
Double blow for 'horse trader' Harding.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter and Boyd Webb Ousted former Independent Democrats secretary-general Avril Harding was not in court yesterday to hear a judge effectively save his MP seat for the ID and slam "unseemly political horse-trading" ahead of the floor-crossing window period. ...
Woman's gut feeling proves true as home is gutted by fire.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman A gut feeling yesterday morning told Magda Thejane that something bad was going to happen. At midday she wept in her husband Raymond's arms as they watched the one-bedroom garden flat they rented in Pretoria North go up in flames. ...
Keeping it clean.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The edutainment drama, Soul City, is fast reaching cult status. Made popular by its genuine desire to help people live healthily and its ability to reflect typical South African features, it's no wonder the show is in its eighth season, as Helen Herimbi discovered. For most of ...
Someone is going to pay.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... After winning the gospel category at the Music Industry Awards, Samuel (aka Sam) Sedibeng was on a high. Although a bit naive, Sam wanted to take the music industry by storm and he had the talent and hunger to do so. With David Genaro of 9-9FM agreeing to produce his debut album, Samuel ...
Every move you make ...(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Dineo Mashaba (Katlego Danke) was living in the lap of luxury while married to business magnate Kenneth. Her spacious closet boasted designer couture from all over the world, her besotted hubby showered her with exquisite expensive jewellery and she was made editor of Mashaba Women ...
Kings of 'RAW' go to war.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi Can you dig it? If you smell what The Rock is cooking. To be the man you've got to beat the man. Rest in Peace. What? If these catch phrases leave you saying "What?!?", then you're clearly not a wrestling fan. But there is hope yet for the ...
Drugs and booze keep Amy away.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Amy Winehouse will not perform at the MTV Video Music Awards. The troubled singer - who is on holiday with husband Blake Fielder-Civil on the Caribbean island of St Lucia - was due to sing at the event, but her record label, Universal, announced last week she will definitely not be taking ...
Can't stand the heat? Get out of Arizona.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Jennifer Garner was hospitalised twice with heat exhaustion while filming her latest movie. The star collapsed while filming The Kingdom in the Arizona desert in temperatures of 60 degres Celsius last year. Jennifer was still nursing her daughter, Violet, then ...
Looks like its Miller time.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Sienna Miller is desperate to become a mother. The actress, who recently split from boyfriend Jamie Burke, says she is ready to settle down and have children. The 25-year-old blonde said in an interview with Vogue ...
He forgot to Dodge the tree.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Hulk Hogan's son was racing another car when he crashed into a tree, critically injuring his passenger. Nick Bollea (17) - the son of Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea - was allegedly racing his Toyota Supra against a Dodge Viper Coupe when ...
Greasy summer.(Entertainment)
Sep 03, 2007 ... James Blunt has performed a duet of the Grease classic, Summer Lovin' with ex-lover, Paris Hilton. The British singer was joined on stage by the socialite at the bikini |designer Diana Jenkins' birthday party in Malibu last Saturday night. ...
A soda (even diet) a day keeps the doctor in pay.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Reuters Diet sodas are often touted as a way to avoid the health problems linked to regular sodas, but a new study raised questions when it showed an association between both diet and regular soft drinks and metabolic syndrome, which doubles the risk of heart disease and ...
The dead return to haunt the living.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Orion Books, no price given) One subject that perennially captures the collective imagination is the disappearance of young girls, as everyone who could read a newspaper in 1989 - the year of Gert van Rooyen - surely knows. Now, with the ...
The other Struggle is brought back to life.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Die Bittereinde Vrede by MCE van Schoor (Kraal-Uitgewers): There has been a lot of talk about rewriting South African history and just at present we find ourselves in a bit of a limbo, not knowing what's in and what's out. The Struggle is in, but what else? As a result of this ...
Bedtime story has a sting in its tale.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Miss Chopsticks by Xinran (Chatto & Windus, R192) Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived six sisters. Their father was a bitter, disappointed man; their mother a resigned, unhappy woman who could neither say nor do anything to soften their hard lives. ...
People should protest in peace.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The SA Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern about some features of the recent service delivery-related protests. The commission recognises the rights of any person to demonstrate in protest, but inherent in this right is the respect for the rule of law, the ...
All the president's men ... and women.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Blood Kin by Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin Books, R160) The ties that bind us are not always of our choosing, and more often than not we may like to admit they strangle rather than nourish. In Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin, three men and "their" women are caught up in the ...
Wildly funny Aussie in Africa.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Peter Allison, the author of Don't Run Whatever You Do (Nicholas Brealey) is the next guest speaker at the Pretoria News/WritersSpeak lunch on Thursday September 13 at noon for 12.30 at Pachas in Hazelwood. Don't Run Whatever You Do is a hilarious, highly original book ...
Crusader's dogged bid.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Trish Murphy At the Bapsfontein informal settlement, south-east of Pretoria, there are dogs that were once riddled with mange and worms. There were dogs kept on short chains with no water and nothing but a sheet of corrugated iron to sleep on through winter. ...
Police in the line of fire.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The death of three police officers at the hands of gun-wielding criminals in just five days has again highlighted the violent nature of our society and the dangers our police officers face daily. Sergeant Moeketsi Lekojane, Inspector Judas Rakgole and Constable Veli Nkuna are ...
City mayor plays mom to Hawaiian girl.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman For the past two months Tshwane executive mayor Dr Gwen Ramokgopa has had a different role - that of host and mom to an international exchange student. Imani Altemus-Williams (18), a pupil of Honolulu Waldorf High School in Hawaii, has called ...
Keeping the peace tops SA agenda at UN.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... South Africa participates in the UN Security Council as part of our principled commitment to ensure the multilateral system of global governance remains the only means of addressing challenges facing humanity. This we did also within the context of national and international ...
War on plastic bags is far from won.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... With reference to the article "Africa throws down the gauntlet in war on plastic bags" (Pretoria News, August 21), I have seen very little evidence of success in South Africa's half-hearted attempts to control the use of plastic bags. Our family shared the delight of many when ...
Repaired Russian taxis hit the road again.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Hundreds of faulty imported Russian taxis, the subject of a countrywide recall last year, have been repaired and are back on South African roads. Last September about 400 minibus taxis, known as GAZelles, were recalled because of a range of mechanical problems. GAZ ...
Mango blames 9/11.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Mango airlines has issued a fresh statement in response to my column of last week. I wrote about two passengers who were evicted from a Mango plane as it prepared to take off. According to the two men, and four witnesses, they were unjustly removed from the plane by police ...
In pole position.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: SHEENA ADAMS Nataniel, one of the contestants, describes the sport as the only legal drug on the market capable of making women feel like they can play a "huge role in the economy". It's hard to see how, although the 500 screaming fans packed into RubyBlue in ...
Council promises end to billing chaos.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA The Tshwane Metro Council has a plan to fix the billing system - but it will take four years. It has announced that it will have a complete, efficient Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system by then. This is the result of the Proof of ...
Metro cop kills armed man.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A Tshwane Metro Police officer shot and killed a suspected robber while trying to arrest the man. Sergeant Danie Buys of the Tshwane Metro Police Dog Unit was returning to his base on Saturday from a night's patrol when he saw four men walking ...
More trees for greener SA.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken South Africa has embarked on an ambitious greening project - to plant more than 1 million trees throughout the country every year. The project, launched by President Thabo Mbeki in Ga-Rankuwa at the weekend, is part of a UN programme to encourage ...
Hundreds pay tribute to slain policemen.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Each death of a police officer is a major blow, not only for the police service, but also for South Africa. Speaking at the annual police memorial service at the Union Buildings yesterday, Commissioner Magda Stander said: "Each life is precious ...
History archive trust set for war with defence ministry.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER The SA History Archive Trust (Saha) is set to battle it out in court with the minister of defence over access to certain information contained in apartheid-era SA Defence Force (SADF) military intelligence files relating to ties between South Africa and ...
No bridge too far for these pupils.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: SAMANTHA STEELE The St Albans College hall was a hive of activity as pupils from 16 schools around the country worked on their model structures for the annual SAICE International Bridge Building Competition. Hoerskool Overkruin represented the city in the ...
Drama over city theatre's top job.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter Two of South Africa's highly talented young business and entertainment minds are at the heart of a fierce leadership struggle at the South African State Theatre. Acting chief executive Aubrey Sekhabi, who is also the artistic director, and ...
Game lodge destroyed by fire.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER A fire gutted Intundla Game Lodge outside Pretoria at the weekend, causing millions of rands in damage. Teneale du Plessis, the lodge's marketing and events manager, said the fire started at about 11am yesterday. "Within an hour, even before the ...
Lions discover it's tough against the big boys.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Now the Lions have a real fight on their hands just to make it into the top four and a place in the Currie Cup semi-finals. If Eugene Eloff's men do not quickly regain the form that took them to four successive victories before last ...
Zwartkops full of surprises.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motorsport reporter Surprise results characterised round eight of the WesBank Super Series at the Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday. The biggest surprise was a double victory for Dawie Olivier in the Bridgestone production car event. Olivier, in the Bosal Subaru ...
International game enters a new era.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: SAPA-AFP International cricket enters a new era of short, sharp entertainment from September 11 when the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship takes place in South Africa. Innovative strokeplay and a flurry of sixes and boundaries is the name of the ...
Blue Bulls in hostile mood.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI For any detractors of Blue Bull rugby, the call was made on Saturday to perhaps start dieting as plenty of humble pie could soon be on the menu. Having lost three matches in the first round of the Currie Cup and languishing in fourth place on the ...
Downs left with tough task.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Mamelodi Sundowns were left bemoaning a dodgy pitch and a controversial penalty after slumping to defeat in Douala on Saturday afternoon. The result, combined with CS Sfaxien's 2-0 win over TP Mazembe on Saturday night, leaves Gordon Igesund's men ...