Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from August 2008:
A travelogue of love.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Paris Je T'aime Directors: Various Cast: Various, including Steve Buscemi, Miranda Richardson, Juliette Binoche, Nick Nolte, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Fanny Ardant, Bob Hoskins, Natalie Portman, Gena Rowlands, Marianne Faithful ...
Reluctant hero gets hisslice of the celebrity pie.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos He casually swaggers into the room clad in a grey tweed jacket and multi-coloured cravat, looking every bit the part of blase actor coerced into "playing nice" at yet another press conference. You half expect him to pull out an emery board and begin buffing ...
You will be blown away by the Jewvenile humour.(Entertainment)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan You Don't Mess with the Zohan Director: Dennis Dugan Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan running time: 113 minutes Classification: PG 13 LSN ...
Heavyweight actresses shine in ultra-light comedy.(Entertainment)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zane Henry Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day Director: Bharat Nalluri Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Mark Strong, Tom Payne, Ciaran Hinds Running time: 100 minutes Classification: PG Rating: HHHII ...
Reunite with old friends or make new ones.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... n Tshwane branch of Businesswomen's Association (BWA) is holding a Meet and Greet, Social and Quiz from 5.30pm on Tuesday August 12. The event is at Papa's Real Food Restaurant, Duncan Yard, Prospect Street, Hatfield. Meet other women in business, and take part in a quiz based on articles ...
Bush bash boasts best SA bands.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Oppikoppi, the popular annual bash in the bush is only a week away, so get your camping gear ready. Themed the Oppikoppi "Wildcard" August festival, the music festival lasts from August 7-9 at Northam in the North West. As always, it boasts ...
Farmers want action, not a claims extension.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mogomotsi Magome The Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU) has rejected the five-year extension of land claims proposed by acting national land commissioner Blessing Mphela. TAU president, Paul van der Walt, said in a statement yesterday that farmers had been ...
Catch the good, the bad and the ugly.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Britney Spears is rumoured to be filming a new reality TV show. The singer, who filmed Britney and Kevin: Chaotic with her ex in 2005, has reportedly ordered her entourage to carry video cameras with them at all times to capture her antics on film. A source said: ...
Madge between the covers.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Madonna's manager is writing a book about her. Guy Oseary is following in the footsteps of Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, by documenting the singer's life in a 224-page book, entitled Madonna: Confessions, containing exclusive photographs from her 2006 world tour. ...
Jen, John rehearse for nuptials.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston are planning a "trial marriage". The couple - who have been dating for three months - are said to be keen to test the strength of their relationship, and think that John moving ...
Good news if you're a fan.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Tommy Lee has no intention of giving up sex with groupies. The Motley Crue rocker - who recently claimed that he had rekindled his relationship with ex-wife Pamela Anderson, with whom he has two sons - insists ...
More of Mena.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Mena Suvari is set to go topless in an erotic sex scene for her latest movie. The 29-year-old actress, who was nominated for a Bafta award for her role in the 1999 movie ...
Seeing ain't believing.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... For thousands of people out there, no, make that millions, there are six notes that play a little tune which signifies all the weirdness the world holds. So when those six little notes play out as a full moon rises in a darkened sky, we know that Mulder (Duchovny) and Scully ...
Music notes.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... n L'Elisir d'Amore (Elixir of Love) by Donizetti, produced by TUT Department of Performing Arts (Vocal Art) and conducted by Thami Zungu; at Breytenbach Theatre, Sunnyside, today at 7.30pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets at Computicket or the theatre 012 440 4834. n Libor Novacek ...
City pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Special events n The ANC's birthday rally for Nelson Mandela is at Loftus Versfeld tomorrow from 10am. The event will see Mandela, ANC president Jacob Zuma and President Thabo Mbeki speak - a rare opportunity for three ANC presidents to share the same platform. There is also a ...
SA's biggest film fest fills unique gap.(Entertainment)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith If it wasn't for the posters on the lampposts, you'd never know that there was actually an international film festival happening in Durban. Over the last 29 years, the festival has grown to the point where it is now spread over several venues in ...
SA touchy about its role at UN.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Laurence Caromba of the Centre for International Political Studies at the University of Pretoria has annoyed the government by contending that SA's performance on the UN Security Council these past 19 months been a "foreign policy disaster". Instead of achieving its goal of advancing the ...
We must bring back the rod and stop spoiling our children.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A breakdown in parental authority has a lot to answer for when it comes to character building. While I was at primary school there was a young boy who bit, pushed, hit and kicked children and adults alike at the slightest provocation and sometimes even for the lack of it. His ...
State-of-the-art library opens doors to the public.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA The new state-of-the-art state library in the city will open its doors today. President Thabo Mbeki and Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan are expected to officiate at the ceremony. The high-tech National Library at the corner of Proes ...
Brilliant garden designs at Spring Festival.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... There is no shortage of brilliant design ideas at this year's Spring Festival garden design show now on at Garden World in Muldersdrift. Of the 15 designer gardens, three gardens were awarded platinum, eight gold and the rest silver. There were no bronze awards, indicative of ...
If you have nothing better to say about our soccer, stay at home like you always do.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... It has amazed me in the past two years how Loftus Versfeld leads a double life or rather suffers from a severe case of schizophrenia. When it comes to rugby, Loftus is a living block of concrete, plastic, steel, glass and grass, a true cathedral in the rugby world - but ...
Zuma is the leader the ANC wants - and will have.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... When Jacob Zuma appears in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday, not only will he be accompanied by a contingent of ANC leaders, but he will have the support of hundreds of thousands of ANC members. A number of people have publicly expressed disquiet at this. Others have ...
From the Tour de France to the Olympics.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum At around 1.30am on Monday, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, staring down the Champs Elysees where he had ridden a lap of honour a little over six hours previously, John-Lee Augustyn savoured the feeling of finishing his first Tour de France. ...
Maduma will be going on the offensive to secure a medal.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nazli Thomas Most youngsters in Mamelodi dream of playing for Premier League giants like Mamelodi Sundowns or Kaizer Chiefs, but for Sello Maduma, fencing proved a more attractive sport. Maduma joined the Mamelodi Fencing Club in Pretoria, where he's been ...
You're never too old to start training.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Australian showjumper Laurie Lever, will achieve his life's dream when he competes in his debut Olympics next week at the age of 60. The oldest member of the 433-strong Australian team, which has an average age of 26, Lever is believed to be the oldest debutant at the 2008 Games ...
Currie CUp.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Standings PWDL FABPts Cheetahs640215497319 Blue Bulls540113080218 Sharks6402133125218 WP6303162117517 Lions6303164131517 Valke6204163226311 ...
Sehwag misses out on rare feat.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Opener Virender Sehwag's 15th Test century steered India to 214 for four at the close of the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka yesterday. The visitors made a flying start as they reached lunch on 151 for nought but Sri Lanka fought back well late in the day after ...
Scrum holds the key to supremacy; If Australia boss the breakdown, then the All Blacks could struggle.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Peter Bills One area, a single phase of the play holds the key to the entire Tri-Nations match in Auckland tomorrow between New Zealand and Australia. It could also be the crucial factor in determining the whole future of All Blacks coach Graham Henry, a ...
Schumacher in car crash.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... London - Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher had a minor collision in his car with a security barrier outside a car dealership in England. Martin Kingham, the owner of Millfield Motors in Kent, said he was sent spinning into a parked car when the security barrier he ...
The Wie saga rolls on.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The sad sorry fact about Michelle Wie taking yet another cheque to compete against the men in this week's Reno-Tahoe Open is that even if she does make her first cut on the PGA Tour, nobody will care. Such is the aura of negativity around Wie that the poor girl has, for many ...
Tuks and TUT meet in battle to be crowned club champions.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI The University of Pretoria (Tuks) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) lock horns in the Carlton Cup final at the Police College sports ground at 4pm tomorrow. The winner will get an opportunity to represent the Blue Bulls Rugby Union ...
Madisha axing could boomerang.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... One might have thought that a man who defended himself and spoke honestly and openly when implicated in a police case involving a R500 000 cash donation to a political party should be commended. Especially if he also produced witnesses to corroborate his statement. But it was ...
Nigerian handover stalls.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Abuja - A Federal High Court yesterday ordered Nigeria to halt a planned handover to neighbouring Cameroon of a disputed peninsula believed to be rich in oil. Nigeria intended to comply with a 2002 international court ruling that the Bakassi peninsula should be ceded. In a case pending, ...
Abortion 'doctor' alert.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has warned the public to be wary of bogus doctors who claim to be qualified to perform safe abortions. The council said it was concerned about "advertisements" plastered mostly on city street poles and buildings by these ...
Street closures around Loftus for birthday bash.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA Streets around Loftus Versfeld Stadium and surrounding areas are expected to be congested tomorrow as Nelson Mandela's birthday celebrations continue. Three ANC giants: Jacob Zuma, President Thabo Mbeki and former president Nelson Mandela will ...
Call to decriminalise prostitution.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman Researchers have called for the decriminalisation of sex work to combat the exploitation and abuse in the industry. Yesterday the Institute of Security Studies briefed the media on a new book, Selling Sex in Cape Town. ISS senior ...
Nigerians up over drugs.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Brooklyn police on Wednesday night seized illegal substances worth a street value of R120 000 and arrested two alleged drug lords operating from an upmarket Erasmuskloof security complex. The seizure by the community policing forum sector manager Inspector Stephan Dreyer ...
RAF, city law firm reach settlement on payments.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER The Road Accident Fund (RAF) yesterday reached a confidential settlement with a Pretoria firm of attorneys regarding an urgent application to interdict the organisation from making direct payment to any of the firm's clients. The RAF and Rontgen ...
Bok coach wants to see an All Blacks win.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is backing the All Blacks in tomorrow's Tri-Nations clash against the Wallabies. His reasons for supporting New Zealand this weekend are that a Kiwi win would make it easier for the Springboks to capture the ...
'News hostage taker says he's sorry.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... "What I did was an act of extreme violence towards the wrong people and I humbly apologise to staffers at the Pretoria News and their families who were also affected". These were the first words the newspaper's hostage taker Lionel George said after he was sentenced yesterday ....
'News hostage taker escapes jail but faces strict conditions.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto A Pretoria magistrate yesterday told Pretoria News hostage taker Lionel George that there was a time when people worldwide were sentenced to death for kidnapping. George, who held the paper's advertising staff hostage for several hours last year, ...
Ex-UCB boss jailed over R7.4 m fraud.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba Diteko Modise, the former financial director of the United Cricket Board (UCB), is not ready to swop his expensive suits for a prison uniform following his incarceration. Modise (39) came to the Johannesburg commercial crimes court, where he was ...
Ruling against sex worker 'disappoints' legal centre.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH Sex workers do not have labour rights under the South African constitution, says the Women's Legal Centre after the Labour Court dismissed the application of a Cape Town sex worker who had hoped to force the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and ...
Motata case: bid to discredit key witness.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev Judge Nkola Motata's defence team has gone for the jugular in a surprise bid to discredit the State's star witness in his drunk-driving trial. The bombshell - which threatens to lay bare Richard Baird's private life - dropped just minutes before ...
Battle for the soul of the PAC intensifies.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mkhwanazi The fight for the soul of one of the country's oldest liberation movements, the PAC, has intensified with party stalwarts saying they are pressing ahead with their planned national conference this weekend in the face of a court order forbidding this ...
Komphela spurns invite to attend Olympics.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Fiery chairman of parliament's sports committee Butana Komphela has turned down an invitation from South Africa's Olympics bosses to attend the Olympic Games in China, stating that he had far too much ANC work to do. "I am not going to the Olympics ....
'Bafana B' out to defend title.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NEVILLE KHOZA The South African development team will be hoping to defend their Cosafa Senior Challenge trophy when they take on Mozambique in the final on the artificial pitch at the Thulamahashe Stadium in Mpumalanga on Sunday at 3.30pm. The defending ...
Supporters 'respect' Zuma ruling.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Shaun Smillie and sapa Reaction to ANC president Jacob Zuma's failed challenge in the constitutional court, was mixed with most grudgingly accepting the judgement. The ANC in a statement said that they respected the principle of equality before the law but ...
Mmutle back as head of community safety.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA The Tshwane Metro Council has confirmed the reappointment of Commissioner Mpho Mmutle as head of its community safety division, which includes the Metro Police and Emergency Services. Mmutle, a former Atteridgeville police station commissioner, ...
Kuun fit to face the Valke.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI The Blue Bulls have been quietly preparing for tonight's game against the Valke without giving away any secrets. But it's an open secret that Blue Bulls coach Frans Ludeke is breathing a sight of relief that hooker Derick Kuun will be fit for ...
Subdued Ma-eleven in the dock again.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Leeuwkop Juvenile Prison's youngest inmate - "Ma-eleven", serving a two-year sentence for theft - yesterday made a brief appearance in the Randburg magistrate's court. The 14-year-old, shackled in leg irons and under the watchful eye of a prison warden, sat quietly with his head ...
Murder case against siblings adjourned.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kamini Padayachee The case against the Lotter siblings, Nicolette and Hardus, and Matthew Naidoo was adjourned in the Pinetown magistrate's court yesterday. They are charged with the murders of the Lotter parents, Johan and Riekie, who were killed in their ...
ZUMA LEGAL CLOCK TICKS.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan ANC President Jacob Zuma has been buried in a legal landslide: 31 to five - 31 is the number of civil rulings against the presidential hopeful in the last three years. Five is the number of judges who have supported Zuma's legal efforts to stop ...
Langa: prosecutors were right to doubt his honesty.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan South Africa's highest court has said that prosecutors were right to doubt ANC president Jacob Zuma's honesty - as well as questioning the honesty of his lawyer. Constitutional court Chief Justice Pius Langa defended the Scorpions against ...
De Lille: ID will pay for lift repairs at city flats.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and PATRICK HLAHLA Independent Democrats (ID) leader Patricia de Lille has promised disgruntled residents of Schubart Park flats that the building's lifts will be repaired today. De Lille said her party would pay for all the costs as the ...
Fast Freddie slows down SA.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON A stunning spell of hostile fast bowling in murky light by Andrew Flintoff brought England right back into the third Test at Edgbaston yesterday after South Africa looked likely to take a stranglehold on the match. When bad light brought the ...
Emotional Buthelezi bids farewell to daughter.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sinegugu Ndlovu In hating him, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi's rivals did not spare his daughter, who once had to quit a job because she could not endure the sniping at the workplace. This was according to Buthelezi, speaking at the funeral of his daughter ...
Reshuffle in Western Cape cabinet.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown has replaced four ministers, reshuffled four portfolios and merged certain departments in the new provincial cabinet. Some of the changes include: Marius Fransman, formerly Transport and Public Works MEC, has been appointed Health MEC, Cameron ...
Zuma's honesty questioned.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan South Africa's highest court has said prosecutors were right to doubt ANC president Jacob Zuma's honesty - as well as questioning the honesty of his lawyer. Constitutional court Chief Justice Pius Langa defended the Scorpions against attacks ...
Pretoria News hostage taker says he's sorry.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto A Pretoria magistrate yesterday told Pretoria News hostage taker Lionel George that there was a time when people worldwide were sentenced to death for kidnapping. George, who held the paper's advertising staff hostage for several hours last year, ...
De Lille: ID will pay for lift repairs at the burnt city flats.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and PATRICK HLAHLA Independent Democrats (ID) leader Patricia de Lille has promised disgruntled residents of Schubart Park flats that the building's lifts will be repaired today. De Lille said her party would pay for all the costs as the ...
Templates, tin pots and a toast to a true life.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... The other day I did something that could have made me fall foul of the law - as it is practised by over-zealous security guards bent on flexing their muscle. I was on a scouting mission in groovy Centurion and decided that I needed to get some cash. So, I pulled in ...
Tang of ting is a wondrous thing.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... People get excited about comfort food and for colleague Kgomotso Moncho it was ting, the fermented pap of her childhood or as the menu at Kwazi states, suurpap. She's not a big pap person, but for her, ting is something she loves because it comes from a nostalgic place. ...
Melkkos - just simply delicious.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Melkkos (translated as "milk noodles", which isn't quite the same thing) brings tears to some people's eyes says Carlton Cafe Delicious owner/chef Rachel Botes who introduced this Afrikaner comfort food on to her menu for winter. "I wanted to use it on occasion, but it's been so popular, ...
For Afrikaner cuisine, you can't beat Die Werf.(News)
Aug 02, 2008 ... If you're talking comfort food it will be different things to different people and it's fun to discover where people turn when they look for comfort from a plate of food. For some it might be chocolate brownies, for others it will be traditional. Die Werf taps into a ...