Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from July 2008:
The ANC has helped Mugabewreck Zim.(News)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Several years ago, the ruler of Zimbabwe decided to rip the heart out of the country's economic hub by forcing the white farmers to get off their land. The country was a bread-basket for Africa, producing enough agricultural produce for export. President Robert ...
Wrong tyre pressure proves costly.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... Motorists are burning millions of rands each year by operating their cars with incorrect tyre pressure. According to preliminary results of a national tyre index, one in five vehicles on South African roads operates with tyres in a hazardous condition, with a pressure between ...
New system to help SA motorists cut down on fuel costs.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... Soaring fuel prices are making new car buyers think twice before forking out for that gas-guzzler. Since Tuesday a new system, based on the one used in Europe, will allow motorists to make an informed decision and perhaps save money in the long run. The standardised ...
Bad weather hampers progress in citrus project.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA Unfavourable weather conditions have resulted in a slow and difficult year for the Winterveld Citrus Project (WCP). Frost and hailstorms caused considerable damage to the citrus orchards in Winterveld and the surrounding area. Dr Sam ...
Ambulance bill sends out sirens.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... The Tshwane Municipality is still doing its best to win the award for poor service delivery. In March 2006, I was in a car accident in Church Street. My medical aid requires me to use only Netcare ambulances. However, I was unconscious and officials at the scene preferred to ...
Plans under way to bring new life into local industrial areas.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... Plans are under way to bring new life into the Ga-Rankuwa and Babelegi industrial areas. The Tshwane Metro Council has undertaken a study aimed at keeping existing industries while creating an environment that promotes business expansion as well as the attraction of new ...
Council's great ideas are often left to rot.(News)
Jul 03, 2008 ... Some grand ideas have come from Tshwane Metro Council officials but few of these have managed to get off the ground. One of the projects - which seems to have been forgotten by the municipality - is the development of one of the oldest parks in the Tshwane metro area, Prince's ...
Easier ways to have a reason to be cheerful.(News)
Jul 05, 2008 ... The other night I got home really late from work after having made a bit of a detour - and the power was off. It wasn't load shedding or anything like that; I guess it was a bona fide fault - and it had only hit our block in funky Doringkloof. After a gruelling ...
Viewing that's not about escape, but Discovery.(Entertainment)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos Any survival enthusiast would have heard the name Bear Grylls mentioned ad nauseam, especially in the wake of the controversy that rocked his reality series, Ultimate Survival. The premise of the show sees Grylls "deposited" in environments ...
Wildlife helps draw the races together.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Black Mulberries by Caitlin Davies (Simon and Schuster, R174,95) By clearly outlining the traditional Botswana way of life, Davies weaves a tale of two families over the course of 60 years. The book describes the effects of tribal displacement and the repercussions of ...
Great children's fare, yet a bit too long.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (R93, Macmillan): It's my belief that the best children's stories are usually the most subversive - be it the blood-soaked original telling of Little Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm or Willy Wonka's unapologetic torture of spoilt brats in Roald ...
23 sensual women who have conquered.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Look at Me compiled by Marlene le Roux with photographs by Lucie Pavlovich (Genugtig Publishers, R349): This unique coffee table book containing the photographs and the life stories of 23 disabled South African women should become a best-seller. It is a showcase of sensuality, ...
Zimbabweans must fight to regain their freedom.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... For many, Zimbabwe's solution is a simple matter of following the March 29 election results and declaring Morgan Tsvangirai president in accord with the Zimbabwean constitution, which stipulates that if there is no outright winner in an poll, the most votes win. This is certain ...
An important book all of us must read.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jos Charle In a Different Time, the inside story of the Delmas four by Peter Harris (Umuzi, R185). In a Different Time, the inside story of the Delmas four, by veteran human rights lawyer Peter Harris is a book every South African must read. Particularly in ...
Laziness the reasons for so many drop-outs.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Much has been stated in the media lately of the high dropout rate of first year students at tertiary institutions due to, so the government would have us believe, the lack of funds to support mainly black students. Well, having recently been a full time student myself, ...
City writer on a roll with two more thrillers.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Two of a local writer's latest thrillers were recently published in paperback - Eleanor Momberg reviews them. Salamander Cotton by Richard Kunzman (Pan, R93): Pretoria-born author Richard Kunzman's first crime novel, Bloody Harvests, met with international acclaim. It ...
Breakthrough in sperm nourishment a hope against infertility.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Daily Mail Thousands of infertile men could achieve their dream of fatherhood after a breakthrough by scientists. Researchers have succeeded in replenishing the number of "nursemaid" Sertoli cells, which are vital to the development of sperm. ...
All must help good people to save Eersterust.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... As someone who grew up in Eersterust I am concerned about the current crime wave there. Eersterust has many good people, and it is completely unjustified that a hand full of hooligans should hold the community hostage. What's next? Will kids be prevented from going to school? Or ...
Don't let violence beget violence.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... We are all aware of how bad the crime situation in our country is, but it is not right for victims to shout for violent retribution. I feel sorry for Diederick Esterhuizen, father of Danielle, for losing his lovely little daughter through a senseless violent crime. But that does ...
Clean up your act, Nqakula.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... It is all good and well for Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula to call on the public to assist the SAPS in the fight against crime. But as the law stands, a perpetrator has more rights than the victim. As a result, we, the potential victims, feel crime ...
Zoo creates quick route for visitors in a hurry.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... The National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria has come up with ways to further enhance the visitors' experience. The latest changes come after months of research and development and against the background of international best practice for zoos. "During the past decade ...
Miners have to run the squatter gauntlet.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Niels Posthumus It's still dark when Aron Madjaya walks to the Primrose gold mine for the first time since May 16. To reach the mine from the workers' hostel, he has to walk through a squatter camp. Madjaya is on the morning shift. He starts at 5am. He hides ...
Reconciliation requires more than good faith.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Leon Wessels A constitution is the product of trust and confidence which people have in each other. A constitution does not create that trust, a constitution or a declaration of human rights or constitutional courts flow from trust, and are not the sources which create ...
Lone-range rescue of Cape filmmaker.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: HELEN BAMFORD An award-winning Cape Town filmmaker was looking forward to a blissful three-week diving break on a remote tropical island in South East Asia. Instead, Julika Kennaway developed decompression sickness (DCS), commonly known as the bends, and had ...
No place to stay and no place to go.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Justine Gerardy In the evening, David Nawimana takes his television set outside. The Burundi-born 23-year-old puts it in the open outside his tent at the Rifle Range Road temporary camp, south of Johannesburg. Hooked up to a friend's generator, the TV draws a ...
Musica sold fake goods.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Musica has been found guilty in the Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court of contravening the Counterfeit Goods Act. The Southern African Federation Against Copyright Theft laid charges against it for selling counterfeit Sony PlayStation controllers and memory cards. ...
New matric 'gross abuse of rights'.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: MELANIE PETERS A gross abuse of education rights. This is how a legal trust for home- based education has described the proposed regulations that will govern the new matric examination, the National Senior Certificate. The Pestalozzi Trust has made submissions ...
ANC should rein in its demagogues.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Although the ANC played a pre-eminent role in building this country's constitutional democracy, today its leadership is playing a leading role in destroying the very institutions that it helped establish to safeguard our democratic order. ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has ...
Constitutions don't solve problems - mutual trust does.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Leon Wessels In Africa the cry: "Give us the political kingdom and heaven on earth will follow" has often gone unchallenged. Put another way, it says: "Give us our own constitution with voting rights and we will rid ourselves of the sins of the colonial ...
Boy's quick actions saves toddler from drowning.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A Pretoria toddler was brought back from the brink of death when his stepbrother saved him from drowning. KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy JJ McNally (12), who is staying with his dad in Pretoria during the school holiday, was playing with his ...
Judges hail Africa's young crop of legal minds.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A top constitutional judge has lauded Africa's young legal minds. Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke was speaking at the finals of the 17th African Human Rights Moot Court competition in Pretoria. The judges in the competition, ...
Cell death of suspected cable thief probed.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) is to investigate the death of an elderly suspected copper thief who died in a Pretoria police station at the weekend. The 65-year-old man was arrested in Pretoria West by members of the area's local ...
Mams man burnt to death.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... A city man was burnt to death during clashes between two groups in Mamelodi at the weekend. The man, whose identity has not been released until his next of kin have been informed, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning in the ...
Directing traffic may have been too much fun for one metro cop.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken An allegedly drunk Tshwane Metro Police officer was whisked away by colleagues after he was confronted by irate members of the public while directing traffic. The member, who officials declined to name, was directing traffic at a fun day in East ...
Woman killed, 20 injured in city accident.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... A woman has been killed and 20 people, including children, have been injured in an accident in the city. A minibus-taxi allegedly skipped a traffic light at the corner of Nelson Mandela Drive and Willows Street and crashed into another car on Saturday. Tshwane Metro ...
Fifa chief satisfied with Loftus revamp progress.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Fifa has given construction progress at Loftus Versfeld the thumbs-up. The approval comes after a three-week hiccup in which the Local Organising Committee (LOC), city organisers and officials battled to find a properly qualified contractor to ...
SuperSport retain the Mopani Cup.(Sports)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: NEVILLE KHOZA and CHARLES BALOYI SuperSport United won the Mopani Mayor's Charity Cup after beating Pretoria rivals Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the final at the Nkowa-Nkowa Stadium in Tzaneen at the weekend. United retained the title at the expense of their city ...
PAC fires ex-president Pheko at congress.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA and SAPA The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) has fired former president Motsoko Pheko - its sole MP. Pheko was expelled last year, and has since fought to overturn that decision. Pheko was appealing his expulsion at the party's ...
Nursing council chief wins battle.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA The former registrar and chief executive of the SA Nursing Council (Sanc), Hasina Subedar, is back at work. Subedar won her battle against Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and Sanc, who refused to renew her contract last year. ...
Chelsea chase Kaka.(Sports)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Chelsea have put a big-money offer on the table for Brazilian playmaker Kaka, AC Milan said yesterday, without giving further details of the proposed deal. The Italian club said that Chelsea had also expressed an interest in the club's World Cup-winner, Andrea Pirlo. New Zealand ...
Mbeki to push G8 leaders to fulfil vows.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Peter Fabricius President Thabo Mbeki is due to meet the leaders of the world's richest nations at the G8 summit in Japan today, determined to press them to keep their past promises to help Africa. Weighed down by immense global problems, such as rapidly ...
Ramphele flays state for shirking responsibility, ignoring its people.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Poloko Tau Dr Mamphela Ramphele has accused the government and political leaders of ignoring their responsibilities and not putting the people's interests first. Ramphele, former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town and a managing director of the ...
Best of young talent on show.(Advertising)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: manyehlisa lehohla This week, the focus will be on Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool as they get ready to host the 44th edition of the annual Coca-Cola Craven Week from today until Saturday. The Craven Week has an illustrious history in South Africa and is a showcase ...
Affies well-prepared to host Craven Week.(Advertising)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Neville Khoza The under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week starts today at Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool and the organisers have been working hard to make sure the event is a huge success. Preparations at the school, situated across the road from Loftus Versfeld, started ...
Teaching practices in spotlight.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM Low levels of mathematical knowledge by some teachers as well as teaching practices are among reasons for the poor performance of South African pupils in international studies, according to a new Human Sciences Research Council report. The ...
Motshekga elected ANCWL president.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange ANC president Jacob Zuma will enjoy the full backing of the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) during his upcoming corruption trial, according to new league president Angie Motshekga. Speaking shortly after her election to the top post yesterday, the ...
Africa must honour its part of deal.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... President Thabo Mbeki is this week attending his last G8 summit in Japan. Today, he will meet the G8 leaders in Tokyo, Hoddaido with his Algerian, Ethiopian, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Senegalese and Tanzanian counterparts. On Wednesday he will meet the G8 leaders twice ...
School drug plan revealed.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss The Department of Education has proposed six different types of school drug tests. Five are urine tests and the sixth is a wipe test, which involves wiping surfaces such as hands or school desks to collect drug residue. The department circulated a ...
Lack of staff, resources hamper ICD's work.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: KAREN BREYTENBACH The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), which investigates about 5 000 cases a year against the police, is severely understaffed and under-resourced, and has strained relations with the police, according to the latest edition of the SA Crimes ...
Mom fights for son after abuse claims.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thandi Skade June 25 is a day Lizette Kruger* will never forget. It's the day she was accused of molesting her son. Now Kruger is desperate to clear her name and be reunited with him. On June 25 Kruger received a call that made her "die inside". The police ...
JSC could wield axe on two leading judges.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan Two judges now face the possibility of being fired. Yesterday the Judicial Service Commission confirmed receiving a complaint against Judge Nkola Motata, currently facing drunk-driving charges. "The complaint against Judge Motata ...
Fear grips more and more - study.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM More and more South Africans are afraid of walking alone in their neighbourhoods. Men, in some cases, are also more fearful than women while the youth appear to be more fearful than the elderly, according to a new Human Sciences Research ...
Boy saves toddler from drowning.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A Pretoria toddler was brought back from the brink of death when his stepbrother saved him from drowning. KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy JJ McNally (12), who is staying with his dad in Pretoria during the school holiday, was playing with his ...
Plea for students' killer to surrender to police; Parents will not rest until the guilty party in frenzied knife attack has been found.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jeremy Lovell The parents of one of the two French students murdered in London a week ago in a frenzied knife attack have appealed for the killer to come forward, and said they would not rest until the guilty party was found. Bio-engineering students Laurent ...
Suicide bomb aimed at cops.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Islamabad - At least 15 people, including about 11 police officers, were killed yesterday in an apparent suicide bomb attack on police near a site where Islamists had been marking the anniversary of an army commando raid on the capital's Red Mosque. Thousands of people were at the mosque ...
Punters paid out half.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: LATOYA NEWMAN Vodacom Durban July punters have only taken home half of what they would have won if their horse had won the race outright. In what was the first dead heat since Sea Cottage and Jollify crossed the line as one 41 years ago, the weekend race ...
Nadal dethrones Federer.(Sports)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: reuters Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Roger Federer in five sets to win the Wimbledon men's singles title yesterday. The Spaniard won a classic final 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 to add a first title at the All England club to his four French ...
Brave boy (12) saves toddler from drowning.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken A Pretoria toddler was brought back from the brink of death when his stepbrother saved him from drowning. KwaZulu-Natal schoolboy JJ McNally (12), who is staying with his dad in Pretoria during the school holiday, was playing with his ...
Fifa satisfied with progress at Loftus.(News)
Jul 07, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Fifa has given construction progress at Loftus Versfeld the thumbs-up. The approval comes after a three-week hiccup in which the Local Organising Committee (LOC), city organisers and officials battled to find a properly qualified contractor to do the main ...
Tutu must preach peace - not war.(News)
Jul 08, 2008 ... It is worrying to learn that Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu is talking war in Zimbabwe instead of preaching peace. His call that Zimbabwe must be invaded is a crazy and misguided idea. Tutu reacted strongly against the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and ...
Strictly for hardcore headbangers.(Motoring)
Jul 10, 2008 ... BYLINE: Denis Droppa Okay, buckle up because we're going for a ride. Long empty road heading into the horizon, with promised curves up ahead, check. BMW M3 convertible, roof down, and the sun's shining, check. The "need for speed" line from Top Gun running ...
MiTo targets Mini.(Motoring)
Jul 10, 2008 ... BYLINE: Minesh de Montebhagaloo 'The MiTo is designed and built by Alfisti for Alfisti," said Alfa Romeo's CEO, Luca De Meo, at the car's international press launch last week in sunny Italy. Pronounced Mee-tor, the baby Alfa's name is a combination of Milano (Mi) and Torino ...
Subaru turns Forester into an SUV.(Motoring)
Jul 10, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jesse Adams They've gone all SUV on us. Subaru's Forester, which up until last week I would have happily considered a station wagon, has just been launched in South Africa in its brand new skin. I see where they're going with this. The brand synonymous with all-wheel ...
SA tourists may need UK visas.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... South Africans may soon have to apply for visas to visit Britain. The British government yesterday listed South Africa among 11 nations it is considering adding to the list of more than 100 countries whose citizens have to apply for visas. The Home Office said all ...
R2m pay-out linked to murder.(News)
Jul 11, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken The suspected killers of a pregnant Pretoria hospital matron - who include a sangoma and a man close to the victim - have been arrested. Police has also uncovered a suspicious past and life insurance pay-out that could well have been the motive ...