Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from March 2008:
All hinges on line of energy.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Every technique, offence or defence, hand or leg must firstly have a source to obtain any degree of effectiveness. Upper body techniques will rely on a line of energy starting from the feet. This line will be directed through the knee, hips, limb and lastly the fist, open hand or elbow ...
Sport on TV.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TODAY Golf: Honda Classic, day three, Palm Beach Gardens, 10pm, CSN/SS1, Johnnie Walker Classic, day three, Delhi, 9.30am, SS5. Cricket: Second Test, Bangladesh v South Africa, day two, Chittagong, 5.30am, SS2. Rugby: Super 14, Highlanders v Waratahs, ...
TUT classes back to normal.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mogomotsi Magome Classes at the Pretoria campus of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) resumed yesterday after two weeks of protests and disruptions. Even though some students chose to wait until Monday to report for class, for many yesterday was ...
Tuks ready for Shimlas today.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NEVILLE KHOZA After going two games without a win, University of Pretoria rugby coach Marinus van der Watt is optimistic that his side will swing things around when they meet the University of Free State Shimlas at the LC de Villiers Stadium in Pretoria at 4.30pm today. ...
Ertugral's new team take on his old side in top clash.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark When Muhsin Ertugral takes his Kaizer Chiefs side to the Mother City to face Ajax Cape Town this afternoon, he would be forgiven for feeling a slight pang of regret. When Ertugral left Cape Town for Johannesburg at the end of last season, even he ...
'Selebi tested strength of case'.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi's civil court attempts to squash charges against him were nothing more than a fishing expedition and a calculated attempt to test the strength of the case against him, according to opponents and analysts. This comes ...
ACDP apologises over racism.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley has apologised to all black people for the hurt caused by racism in the past and the present. "I speak on behalf of the white people of the ACDP, and indeed, most rational-thinking white people throughout our nation, to the people of colour in South ...
FACT FILE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Results Hurricanes 39 Chiefs 19 Lions 16 Force 18 Stormers 0 Crusaders 22 Fixtures Today: Highlanders v Waratahs, 8.35am; Brumbies v Reds, 10.40am; Cheetahs v Blues, 5pm; Bulls v Sharks, 7.05pm STANDINGS ...
Bakkies out of Sharks encounter.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI For the third week running the Bulls are unable to field their strongest team after they were dealt a cruel blow yesterday with the withdrawal of Springbok lock Bakkies Botha. Today was meant to be Botha's first match for the defending champions ...
Dad tackles media for 'victimising' students.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nadine Visagie The father of Johnny Roberts, one of the four University of the Free State students implicated in the making of the controversial "integration" video, says the media should be hauled over the coals for publishing photos of his son and the other three ...
Chippy Shaik loses degree.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jeremy Gordin The senate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal has withdrawn the doctoral degree awarded to Shamim "Chippy" Shaik in 2003. In the late 1990s Shaik was the chief of acquisitions and procurement for the Defence Department and played a pivotal role ...
Load shedding set to return if energy use not curbed.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter Rolling blackouts are set to return unless all consumers cut their electricity consumption by at least 10%. Though the country's electricity grid has been stabilised since January, saving energy remains crucial. Big industry, particularly the ...
Scoreboard.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... CRICKET SECOND TEST - DAY ONE BANGLADESH v SOUTH AFRICA Chittagong, Bangladesh SOUTH AFRICA first innings N McKenzie not out169 G Smith not out223 Extras (b6, lb5, nb2)13 --- Total (90 ...
Makgabo quits from 2010 World Cup team.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Tumi Makgabo, the head of communications and international relations for the 2010 World Cup, has quit. The World Cup organising committee said yesterday it had accepted the resignation of Makgabo, who said she wanted to focus on "other projects" without elaborating. ...
Getting to grips with mad cows and politics.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Politics - and the practitioners of the so-called art of the possible - have not had a good Press of late. Even the Obama-Clinton battle has shown an ugly side from time to time - as Neil Young reminds us when he intones on the brilliant Living With War: " ... America is ...
Everyone's batty about Ellen.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: sapa-ap If Ellen Page is having trouble adjusting to being the latest It-girl, she doesn't show it. An hour before the annual Oscar nominees luncheon, the 20-year-old actress was sitting calmly in a giant brown booth in the bar of the Beverly Hilton hotel. As the star of ...
Paparazzi loses Kidman lawsuit.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A paparazzi photographer this week lost his bid for damages in a defamation case involving his treatment of actress Nicole Kidman. Jamie Fawcett had sued over a 2005 article in the Sun-Herald which described him as "undoubtedly Sydney's most inventive and most disliked freelance ...
Girl next door's closet skeletons.(Entertainment)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Actress Valerie Bertinelli says despite her reputation as the girl next door, her marriage to guitarist Eddie Van Halen was damaged by infidelity and drug use. "I wasn't an angel, either. I cheated, too," Bertinelli (47) said during an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show ...
Skeletons lurk in Youth League leadership fight.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Polokwane is all but forgotten. Mangaung in the Free State is where blood will be drawn in just a few weeks when the ANC Youth League holds its conference there to elect a new leader. At 37, Fikile Mbalula - as much a nemesis of gruff white liberals as of Mbeki supporters - must ...
Take time to get to know the players.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Looking through the haze of confrontational party posturing that is part and parcel of the chairman of the parliamentary committee on sport, Bhutana Khompela's, repertoire, one might actually recognise a valid point. Unfortunately for Khompela, the "in your face" manner in ...
sport in brief.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse was warned yesterday that should there be a repeat of the selection drama that rocked the game recently, he would face a vote of no confidence from the organisation's General Council. The council met in Johannesburg yesterday, and some of the ...
SA's own 007 to bring down the country's baddest bouncers.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam Ace cop Piet Byleveld seems to have supernatural powers. The man credited with solving the Leigh Matthews murder mystery and playing a crucial role in finding the body of Sheldean Human, is heading up a crack unit charged with bringing down South ...
Harry finds happiness in warzone.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: REBECCA ENGLISH In war-torn Helmand Province, Prince Harry smiles and says: "It's bizarre, but I think this is about as normal as I am going to get." Far from the comforts of home, the 23-year-old's experiences in Afghanistan have clearly had a deep and ...
Obama security tightened as rally crowds swell.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: The Daily Telegraph Security around Barack Obama has been tightened as the huge crowds he is drawing fuel fears for his safety. Concern over the threat to the black US presidential contender has long been an issue and he was given a full-time Secret Service ...
gang's days numbered.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... For many years, people associated with the infamous Elite Security Group have struck terror into the hearts of nightclub owners and clubbers. Often referred to as the "bouncer industry" or "Gauteng Mafia", they have been linked to drugs, protection rackets and violence - and ...
Scorpions boss set to leave SA.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy is set to quit mid-year, apparently to live and work abroad, as his unit merges with the police's organised crime unit. Speculation has been rife that McCarthy would resign, after the government confirmed it would ...
11 men accused of xenophobic attacks in Itireleng released.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA The Atteridgeville magistrate's court yesterday released 11 men charged with public violence and assault in the recent xenophobic attacks in Itireleng informal settlement. Dozens of Itireleng residents gathered from as early as 4am, making ...
Man tries to set fire to Luthuli House.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The ANC's headquarters in the Johannesburg CBD were evacuated yesterday when a man set fire to the entrance. The man was arrested and no one was injured. ANC spokesperson Steyn Speed said the man had arrived at the entrance to Luthuli House at about 10am. ...
Petrol price goes up by 61c from Wednesday.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman Motorists will cough up an additional 61c for petrol and 78c for diesel from Wednesday. This will bring the price of 93 octane unleaded petrol to R8.11 and diesel with a sulphur content of .05% to R8.10. The Department of Minerals and Energy made ...
Envoy robbed of revenue stamps.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman The Cameroonian first secretary responsible for finance was robbed of about R600 000 worth of revenue stamps and official financial documents after being followed from OR Tambo International Airport. It is feared that the stamps could be used to ...
City cops help to deliver baby.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA Five minutes made all the difference to Getrude Zibengwa and her baby. When her contractions started at 4am yesterday, she called the ambulance to take her to hospital. But soon she realised the ambulance wasn't going to get there ...
Waterkloof Primary celebrates 50 years.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jacques Breytenbach Waterkloof Primary School celebrated its 50th birthday yesterday. The school went all out with a beautifully decorated hall, a celebrity guest speaker, balloons and champagne for the staff. Founded in 1958, the school has ...
Two will face high court after attack on dad, girl.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The two Mozambican men accused of killing a senior manager at BMW while he tried to protect his disabled daughter, will stand trial in the Pretoria high court. Patric Sithole (35) and Frans Mthabezitha (25), both of Soshanguve, will face charges of murder, attempted murder, ...
Odendaal murder: charge withdrawn.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto A murder charge against one of three men accused of the brutal killing of a Lynnwood woman last year has been withdrawn. But he still faces a string of other charges. The three were arrested in connection with the murder of Lynnwood ...
Commission to probe construction costs.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA The Competition Commission has set its sights on tackling price-fixing in the multibillion-rand construction industry. This comes amid rocketing costs for building materials for 2010 soccer World Cup infrastructure developments. ...
Suit thief sold out by a hanger.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... An elderly German who hid a stolen suit under his clothes was caught because he forgot to take it off the hanger, police said this week. A sales assistant at a men's outfitter in Aachen noticed the hanger ...
10 kids hurt in crash.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ten children were slightly injured when the Toyota Venture they ere being transported in collided head-on with a Fiat Uno on the R55. The driver of the Uno was killed while the Venture driver and a passenger sustained serious injuries. Tshwane Metro Police ...
South Africa's two record-breakers.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Iqbal Khan Thanks to Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie, the Proteas were in total control on the opening day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh at the Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong yesterday. The visitors finished with 405 for no ...
School fight impasse.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The principal of Hoerskool Staatspresident CR Swart has apparently refused to meet the mother of a girl who was knocked unconscious in a fight in the school bathrooms. Thandeka Jacobs-Mokoena tried to arrange a meeting with Cynthia Dednam to discuss the altercation that left her ...
Khoza off hook for now.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Irvin Khoza, the chairman of the 2010 Local Organising Committee, who had until yesterday to apologise for using the k-word, is off the hook for now. Khoza is out of the country and the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), which had given him the ultimatum, said the soccer boss ...
Rat Burana can beat the weights.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... With five feature events on a 10-race card punters will be treated to some fantastic racing action at Turffontein today. The main contest is the Empress Club Stakes and it's the Mike de Kock-trained Rat Burana that should run away with the lion's share of the stake. ...
THESE BUNS ARE HOT; Spicy and fragrant, the smell of freshly toastedhot cross buns wafts through the house. enticing everyone to the breakfast table.If you thought all you could do was toast and butter them, think again. Angela Dayhas five ingenious recipes that will haveyou reaching for an extra packet or two.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... French toast with mascarpone, strawberries and Parma ham Serves 4 4 hot cross buns sliced into 3 horizontally 2 eggs, beaten 100ml milk 50g butter 250g mascarpone cheese 125g strawberries sliced 8 ...
Eskom, French in R1.14bn deal.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Eskom and the French Development Agency signed an agreement for a e100 million (R1.14 billion) loan over 20 years for the partial financing of Eskom's new wind farm project. It was one of three economic accords signed yesterday, including one for the construction of a e1.36 ...
O'Neill's Villa keen to steal a result.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Martin O'Neill does not hide his admiration for Arsenal but that will not stop the Ulsterman from celebrating if his Aston Villa side derail Arsenal's Premier League title bid today. An injury-time equaliser from Birmingham last weekend reduced ...
Vandals target new homes in Lady Selborne.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mogomotsi Magome Tension is mounting in Lady Selborne, north-west of Pretoria, after residents claim their soon-to-be finished houses have been the targets of racially motivated vandalisation. Yesterday morning vandals broke the windows at about seven houses. ...
Farrow a gem, but her future's darker than you might think.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... The buildup to Michelle Botes's exit as Cherel de Villiers-Haines from Isidingo was a blessing for Odelle de Wet - it landed her a role in the award-winning daily drama. She was introduced as Farrow, the sister of Anton Bornman (he who had a serious axe to grind with Cherel). ...
Beware the sins of the father.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... You don't get to be a rich and powerful man like At Koster without hiding a few skeletons in the closet. Now one of those secrets, which is connected to his deceased ex-wife, Theresa, who is also the mother of his son Malan, is threatening to topple out with his son snooping around in his ...
Knock on Hood.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi Young Tre's mother ships the boy off to live with his dad, in South Central Los Angeles, when he starts to show signs of delinquency caused by the absence of a father figure in his life. Together with his three precocious childhood friends, Tre ...
WHERE OSCAR PROVES HIS METTLE.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... The 80th Annual Academy Awards officially holds the dubious distinction of being the least watched Oscars ceremony in the history of the show, with a whopping 25% drop in worldwide viewership. Industry observers blamed the poor ratings on a number of factors, including the list of mostly ...
All want piece of Amy now she has seen the lighter.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Pals of Amy Winehouse are worried she could seriously harm herself after she deliberately burnt her hand with a lighter last week, while screaming: "My life is a shell of what it was. It's like the whole world is now stillborn." A source added to Britain's The Sun: "We were just ...
Bland's the way.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Nicole Richie revealed she is finding it hard to control her appetite because she is breastfeeding her new daughter Harlow Winter. She added: "There's just so much I can't eat because Harlow is so sensitive ....
Writer's block with no memory.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Rocker Ozzy Osbourne is reportedly struggling to write his autobiography, because he can't remember what's happened to him. Ozzy signed a book deal with publishers two years ago, but ...
Someone suture her mouth, please.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Naomi Campbell has reportedly banned staff from entering her Brazilian hospital room. She underwent an operation to remove a cyst from her stomach at Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital on Monday, and was said to be "in no way courteous" to staff when she barked her orders, ...
Brad proud of his super size family.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Brad Pitt has confirmed to friends that lover Angelina Jolie is expecting twins. A friend told the Daily Mail website: "Brad's been very quiet about this pregnancy so far, but this was the weekend he decided to let the cat out of the bag. He's telling everybody close to him, ...
The trash dash.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Reese Witherspoon often sneaks out in the middle of the night to check on her neighbours' garbage. She said: "I'm obsessed with trash. I like to throw a lot of things away. It makes me crazy when the trash is overflowing. I put on ...
Shifty in an interesting way.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... According to Delores by Reinet Nagtegaal (Genugtig Publishers, no price given) Delores stays with her daughter and ancestor. Ma and Pa live separately. Delores' son is in Cape Town and her beloved is in ... if only she knew for sure. Delores' brother is in London. ...
Yet another original and enjoyable read.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... The Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman (Quercus, no price given) Phil Rickman's paranormal whodunnits have always been dependable as far as delivering the goods go, and The Fabric of Sin is no exception. Merrily Watkins, priest, single mom and exorcist extraordinaire, is ...
Doctor seeking love finds herself in a tricky position.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Karma Suture by Rosamund Kendal (Jacana, R130) Sue Carey is a twenty-something doctor, overworked and possibly in serious need of trauma counselling. Karma Suture records her search for love and her harrowing day job at one of Cape Town's biggest public hospitals. ...
Ton pays tribute to a truly a big man.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Ton Van 'n Man - A Festival Compilation by 39 contributors (Nasionale Boek Uitgewers) South Africa has been blessed with excellent journalists and some outstanding editors. Among them is Theunissen (Ton) Vosloo, a product of Naspers. What makes him unique is that he has not only ...
PRETORIA NEWS/FUJI SHOOT TO WIN ENTRY FORM.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... This is our readers' last chance to select their favourite photos and stand a chance to win a super Fuji FinePix A820 digital camera. All readers need to do is correctly match the judges' choice from the four finalists in the Pretoria News Shoot to Win competition. Fill in the ...
The tale of two SAs can have a happy ending.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... One of the first challenges I faced in helping South Africa's hard-won image as one of the world's most hopeful new democracies in 2004 was how to respond to foreign visitors who were shocked by the extremes of sprawling poverty and conspicuous wealth that they encountered on the drive ...
SA grows its own seed repositories.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith South Africa has its own doomsday seed vault - not buried James Bond-like underneath a barren rocky outcrop off the chilly coast of Norway, but in rural Roodeplaat, north of Pretoria. Our seeds are, however, still being jetted off to the icy steel ...
Teen takes to the skies... but stalls on the road.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... More than a decade ago, a five-year-old girl boarded a plane from Joburg to East London to visit her grandparents. It was her first time on a flight, and halfway through, she boldly announced that she was going to fly a plane when she grew up. Now, 13 years later, ...
Lack of skills spells road to ruin.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporters Basic infrastructure and services across the country are crumbling. Water, sewerage and local roads are all casualties of neglect and lack of forethought, and there is a critical shortage of skilled professionals who could turn the situation around. ...
No toilets, but a cellphone in every home.(News)
Mar 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: Joel Garreau The home is remote, even by Tibetan standards. Charming carvings cannot disguise how primitive it is. Not only does it have no toilet, it doesn't have an outhouse. Or even a designated hole in the ground. It does, however, boast one very great ...