Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from October 2007:
Refiloe, it's the heart, not the kidney, that's the organ of love.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The return of Refiloe to The Deep was greeted with hostility by the Matabane family, and with good reason. She is the woman Zeb (Mlangeni Nawa) wanted to take on as a second wife a while back. Aside from leaving his wife, Agnes (Keketso Semoko), devastated, the affair resulted in the birth ...
Cheating partner not only fly in ointment.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... It should've been one of the happiest days in Felicia Forrester's life, but it ended in tears. If you haven't been following B&B of late, here's where the story is at: Felicia, clad in a designer black gown (with a black floral bouquet to match), was to marry the man of her dreams, Dante ...
Tweens get the whole nine yards.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos It's a colloquial term that's likely to be met with blank stares from "the big people", but which will undoubtedly see SA youths from all cultures nodding their heads in understanding. Nine-9 (pronounced nine-nine) stands for all that's ...
Making a song and dance of summer.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi The phenomenon that is The High School Musical (THSM) is about more than just song and dance. It seems it is also turned into the root of saucy celebrity scandal. The sequel to the straight-to-TV children's movie about a group of friends who ...
A HEART OF STOAN.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... 'I used to scare girls with it," Stoan comments, obviously amused, signalling to his outstretched left hand. When he was younger, he got his hand stuck under a garage door and in the process, most of his thumb was swallowed by the menacing thing. "I'd draw a smile on my thumb," ...
Seems Pink is still a little M!ssunderstood.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Pink's marriage to Carey Hart is allegedly on the rocks. The singer was heard telling friends at a Hollywood restaurant that things are so bad she wants time apart from her husband of 21 months. A source told Us Weekly magazine: "Pink was out with a table full of ...
Too much spread, so turkey instead.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Milla Jovovich has gone "cold turkey" on peanut butter because she was gaining so much weight. The ex-model, who is expecting a daughter in November, has gained 31kg in four months after ...
Evan should just let it be.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Evan Rachel Wood is tired of people mistaking her tattoo for a ferret. She got the strawberry-shaped etching while filming the Beatles-themed musical Across the ...
Ringo's Starr to rise again.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Quentin Tarantino wants to cast Ringo Starr in one of his movies. The director is keen to work with the Beatles drummer and says he always had a greater "presence" than his former bandmates. Tarantino told the Liverpool Echo newspaper: "I'd pick Elvis over the Beatles ...
Seems her nose was out of joint.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ashlee Simpson's dad confirmed she had a nose job. Joe Simpson, who manages her singing career, says the 22-year-old star underwent rhinoplasty last year purely for health reasons. Joe, who also manages his eldest daughter, Jessica, told Us Weekly magazine: "Girls ...
Going up country.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Pete Doherty thanked his fans for all their support during his rehab stint. The troubled rocker put out a card assuring well-wishers he is on the road to recovery. Friends of the ...
What about the rights of animals?(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... We are concerned about Mbeki's attitude towards Mugabe. We sympathise with Zimbabweans who are flooding across our borders. We are amazed by how government officials are plundering and misappropriating the State coffers with disdain. We fight for human ...
Good reasons to retain Pretoria.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Tempers are raging and protests being fomented over changing the name of Pretoria. This is very likely because one or both sides have misperceived the significance of the name. Yes, the city was named after Boer general Marthinus Pretorius, but let's go deeper to find common ...
A quest to inspire by showing possibilities.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The success of his first book Architexture prompted Pieter Mathews to write a second titled Detail Housed (Visual Books, sponsored by Lafarge cement at R224). "From a coffee table book to a reference book for students, inspiration to a starting point for prospective home owners, ...
Paint warehouse burns.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... At least five Pretoria fire station crews, including the emergency services aerial platform, were called in to fight a fire at a paint warehouse in Silverton. No one was injured in the blaze on Thursday night, ...
Rights go hand in hand with responsibilities.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The past few months have seen a dramatic increase in public protests and demonstrations emanating from both community members and/or organisations as well as from the ranks of organised labour. The reasons for such actions have varied from discontent with salaries or service ...
Keeping quiet could kill women.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Married women who keep silent during marital disputes have a greater chance of dying from heart disease and other conditions than women who speak their minds, research shows. But the same can't be said of married men who keep disagreements to themselves. They had the same life ...
Spare parts limbo drives many local motorists up the wall.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... In panel beaters and repair workshops across the country, there are vehicles which can't be repaired because the parts they need are "on back order". Meanwhile, their owners continue to pay their hefty car finance instalments and insurance premiums, and in most cases, they ...
So what's up with Toyota?(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Having heard a number of panel beaters across the country express their frustration at Toyota SA's long delays in supplying parts for recent model cars, particularly Yaris, Corolla and Hilux, I asked South Africa's motor spare parts guru, Malcolm Kinsey, what was going on. "It's ...
When all else fails ...(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The cost and availability of spare parts are vital factors to consider when buying a car. Panel beaters can offer invaluable advice on this score. And if you find yourself without your car for more than two weeks because your dealership or panel beater ...
Police officer arrested after dangerous high-speed car chase.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A senior police officer of the elite Task Force unit has been detained|after a dangerous high-speed car chase through the streets of Pretoria North. Tshwane Metro Police eventually cornered the 51-year-old superintendent, who cannot be named until he appears in court, on the ...
Baby killed in crash on Moloto Road.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A baby and two adults were killed, and 19 people injured in two|accidents on Moloto Road this weekend. In the first, two bakkies collided head-on near the SAPS dog school at about 7pm on Saturday. While paramedics attended to the victims, a vehicle with three ...
Four 'gatecrashers' in one month.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman The screech of tyres and the sound of steel crunching into concrete meant only one thing to Douglas Meintjes - another motorist had smashed through his front gate. Four times in September Meintjes had to pick up the bits of car, wall and gate ...
Skydiver crashes into fence pole at competition.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman A city skydiving competition at the weekend nearly ended in tragedy when a participant was seriously injured when, trying to land, he crashed into a fence pole. Dozens of skydivers from clubs across Gauteng participated in the Tshwane Skydiving ...
Cemetery a dead end for drunk, sleepy 'thief'.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... It was a long night for an alleged car thief, when, drunk and in a stolen car, he fell asleep in a dead end - the Mamelodi East cemetery. He was woken from his peaceful slumber on Saturday morning by members of Tracker and the |Pretoria Flying Squad after they traced the stolen ...
After 11 years, a homecoming.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman After 11 years of living with relatives and friends, Christina Ramaoka finally has a home of her own. The mother of four was among 1 600 people who received new homes in Nellmapius at the launch of Housing Week yesterday. Gauteng ...
Khune gets thumbs up.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TSHIFHIWA LUVHENGO Kaizer Chiefs coach Muhsin Ertugral yesterday predicted that his young goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, could be the No 1 'keeper for Bafana Bafana in the World Cup in 2010 if he stays out of trouble. In the absence of Emille Baron, the Chiefs ...
Charles of all trades, master of none.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Is it time for a new facilitator in Burundi? Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has been trying for a while - in vain - to persuade the last armed rebel group still in the bush, the FNL, to lay down arms and enter the political mainstream. But last month the FNL walked ...
Tough task for Bulls.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: vata ngobeni A single bonus point in their final round robin match is all the Blue Bulls need to secure a place in the Currie Cup semi-finals for the sixth time in succession. But the team they face at Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening are the runaway log ...
Morkel in fitness race ahead of Test.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: IQBAL KHAN Morne Morkel's injured left foot showed considerable improvement late yesterday, prompting the tour selectors to delay the announcement for the South African team for the first Test against Pakistan, starting at the National Stadium in Karachi today. ...
Candidates line up for ANC posts.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: WENDY JASSON DA COSTA It's official: The ANC's nomination process starts today and branches in good standing can openly discuss their favourite candidates without fear of retribution. The leadership race moves into top gear this week as branches meet to ...
Tuks get thumped in final.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... An unbeaten 132 by University of Johannesburg and Highveld Lions top-order batsman Blake Snijman helped his side to an eight-wicket win over the University of Pretoria in the final of the national club cricket championship in Centurion yesterday. Both sides completed last week's ...
Make sense of this insanity.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Vusi Pikoli/Jackie Selebi saga is threatening to degenerate into the sort of farce that will do serious damage to confidence in and the image of the country. Was the National Director of Public Prosecutions suspended because he was doing his job and trying to bring to book ...
Pride wins it for a Bafana 'B-side'.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mahlaba Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs hailed the hunger of his teammates to book places in the African Nations Cup squad as the reason for their match-winning performance on Saturday. A hastily assembled Bafana team made up of ...
Even a win leaves coach in foul mood.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Matshelane Mamabolo After scraping through to the quarterfinals of the lucrative Telkom Knockout, Muhsin Ertugral had good reason to be happy on Saturday night. The Kaizer Chiefs coach had just led his side to overcoming a stubborn Moroka Swallows 3-1 in a ...
Baby whale netted.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A baby whale died yesterday after it got tangled in shark nets along the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. The police search and rescue team, Netcare 911 and the Natal Sharks Board were called in to try to help the whale. ...
Budget cuts make life hard to sustain at Baragwanath.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: LOUISE FLANAGAN Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto had its equipment budget slashed by more than half this year so that the province could buy "big-ticket items" for other hospitals, leaving the biggest referral hospital in southern Africa to wait until next year ...
Joburg municipal workers to strike.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BONILE NGQIYAZA Thousands of SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) members will strike today and tomorrow after the Johannesburg labour court ruled that non-essential service workers, and those in emergency services, can stay away from work. The City of ...
'Amateur cricket key to change'.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Transformation in cricket was hampered because all resources were channelled to the national team, and not amateur cricket, said Cricket SA (CSA) president Norman Arendse. Last year 28% of the funding for the development of amateur cricket was cut to help fund the national team, ...
Leopards pay the penalty against Celtic.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mzwakhe Ngwenya Seisa Ramabodu is not a venue that many teams relish visiting because of Bloemfontein Celtic's vociferous mass following. Black Leopards, yesterday, were the victims of the force behind the Khabo Zondo-led team, when they lost the Telkom ...
Retief in record breaking form.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tommy Ballantyne There was a lot of pressure on Northerns Tigers lass Lize-Marie Retief in the one-on-one final of the women's 50m butterfly against previous record holder, Chanelle van Wyk (KZN), last night. On the second night of finals at the Telkom SA ...
Henry pulls the trigger.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Thierry Henry scored a sensational hat-trick, his first league goals for Barcelona, as they nudged rivals Real Madrid off the summit with a crushing 4-1 win over Levante on Saturday. French superstar Henry had been waiting patiently for his first ...
Zimbabwean held for casino heists.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Police believe they have made a major breakthrough with the arrest of a man thought to be a member of a gang responsible for a series of casino and bank robberies in Gauteng. The man - a Zimbabwean in his late 30s - was arrested in Fordsburg, Johannesburg on Saturday after a ...
I'm not above the law, says Selebi.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporters Embattled Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi would like to have his day in court - but he would only face his detractors if they had concrete proof of his alleged links to the criminal underworld. In an extensive interview with Talk Radio 702's ...
I hate all Iranians, Bush adviser tells shocked British MPs.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... London - British MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss the United States' stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President George Bush's senior officials: "I hate all Iranians." Debra Cagan, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs, made the ...
McCanns face grilling over unanswered questions.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... London - Portuguese detectives plan to send a legal letter to their British counterparts outlining more than 40 questions they insist the parents of Madeleine McCann must answer. The British police will then decide how and where the questions will be posed. The move ...
Kenya's Kibaki falls behind.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Nairobi - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki trails a veteran opposition lawmaker ahead of an expected election in December, according to the latest poll. The survey puts Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement ahead with 47%, followed by Kibaki with 38% and Kalonzo Musyoka - a former ...
Fake matric certificates a problem for universities.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BRONWYN GERRETSEN Fraudulent matric certificates are becoming a major problem as more people resort to falsifying their documents to enrol at tertiary institutions or get a job. On average, for every 100 matric certificates verified by Umalusi, the council ...
Boks go on the rampage.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY The Springboks lost flying winger Bryan Habana with a gashed cheek, but still went on a try-scoring spree against the American Eagles in Montpellier in their final Rugby World Cup pool A match last night. South Africa scored nine tries in their ...
Injury blow leaves Boks in a tight spot.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum South Africa suffered their second injury blow of the World Cup last night - tighthead prop BJ Botha is expected to be ruled out with knee ligament damage today after the Springboks' 64-15 victory over the United States. Botha went down in a ...
One in every 25 matric certificates a fake.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BRONWYN GERRETSEN Fraudulent matric certificates are a major problem as more and more people resort to this form of trickery to enter a university or get a job. On average, four out of every 100 matric certificates verified by Umalusi, the council for quality ...
Hands-on revolution.(Entertainment)
Oct 02, 2007 ... When highly creative artists spring into action instead of moaning about lack of opportunities to showcase their work, what do you get? The very cheeky Out the Box Festival, writes Adrienne Sichel Eyeing the Out the Box Festival 2007 activities from opposite walls in The Little ...
Epitome of enthusiasm.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Fifteen-year-old Gcobani Dolophini - or Doctor Bean as he's known to his friends - knows exactly what he wants to do when he leaves school. He wants to study veterinary science at the University of Pretoria and to pave the way he's been taking care of animals in Khayelitsha, ...
The man who crocs let into their 'club'.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... It's the kind of encounter most fondly remembered when you have emerged unscathed. Dr Brady Barr, a scientist who has made a record number of appearances on National Geographic documentaries, still feels his nerves twitch when he thinks about it. He had crawled into a crocodile ...
City architects design SA's best 'green' house.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter An environmentally friendly house designed by Pretoria's Earthworld Architects has been voted South Africa's best green building. Huis van Dijk in Johannesburg beat 11 other buildings, which ranged from corporate head offices and distribution ...
School feeslikely to rise next year.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN and BARRY BATEMAN Proposed salary increases for teachers could lead to an increase in school fees if parents do not want to see increased class sizes. The Education Department announced last month that all teachers would get a salary increase ...
Exploring the creative power of four ...(Entertainment)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Adrienne Sichel Arts Alive 2007 Dance COMPANIES: Ballet Theatre Afrikan, Moving Into Dance Mophatong; South African Ballet Theatre; Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, India Funding from the Royal Netherlands Embassy channelled by the City of Joburg ...
Getting lyrical over poetry.(Entertainment)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Ishle Yi Park, a Korean-American poet was in the country recently for the Arts Alive Lockdown Festival in Newtown that took place over the weekend. The hype around her performance centred on her collaboration with Pops Mohamed. Unfortunately, I did not see the show, because there were ...
Soul connections ...(Entertainment)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Adrienne Sichel On his 138th birthday today, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi will be honoured, and remembered, in the country, and the city where he developed his philosophy of non-violence and tolerance, in performances of Delhi's Ishara Puppet Theatre's Images of Truth ...
KZN police suspect a serial killer is behind 'sugar cane' murders.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO KwaZulu-Natal police now fear the murders of at least eight women in a sugar-cane plantation may be the work of a serial killer. After the initial discovery of five bodies, police late last week uncovered three more bodies in the cane fields of ...
Shaik ruling to shape political future of SA.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan It was the trial that changed SA's political history ... and its final chapters will be decided today. Nearly three years after Jacob Zuma's former financial adviser Schabir Shaik went on trial in the Durban high court, the constitutional court will rule on ...
Youth taught to be safe pedestrians.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lesego Masemola To mark the start of Transport Month, the Tshwane Metro Council unveiled its road safety campaign yesterday. The council has identified pedestrian safety as a priority and will visit schools to make pupils aware of the issue. The ...
Visser sex case saga: no end in sight.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER There is still no end in sight for the sex scandal trial of former Pretoria advocate Cezanne Visser, also known as "Advocate Barbie". Her trial was due to resume today in the Pretoria high court after it was postponed more than five months ago - ...
Never too old to meet a cheetah.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Zahn Visser and Sapa Many elderly people were unaware of their human rights and therefore continued be marginalised and ignored, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said yesterday, International Day of Older Persons. "The significance of this day is that it ...
Teacher corrects murder accused in court.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER An accused teenager claiming that his constitutional rights have been violated in a murder case was shown up in court by his former English teacher yesterday. Kabelo Mokwena (18), accused of the murder of Samantha Uys, has objected to certain ...