Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from October 2008:
Shelve name changes and deliver.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Why can't our government focus on service delivery and leave all this ill-timed name changes for future consideration? I don't understand why no proper services are being delivered to the masses as promised, while huge sums of money are misused and wasted on unnecessary ...
Airlines value profits more than life.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... After weeks of research on the Internet and watching numerous programmes on the National Geographic channel, I came to the conclusion that each time you board an aeroplane, you place your life in the hands of airlines maintenance crews and decision makers within top management. ...
Hip-hop architects head back this way.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Cast your mind back 15 years. Do you remember loving Arrested Development's song Mr Wendal, not only for the content, but also because of its hook? Do you remember thinking you were so conscious that you'd watch Spike Lee's Malcolm X just so you could ...
See the music - bigger and better.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Like never before will South African gospel music fans now be able to watch their favourite musicians on the big screen! From October 10, Ster-Kinekor will run an entire musical compilation of the Grammy Award-winning group Soweto Gospel Choir (pictured right) on their circuits ....
Have pride, will conquer.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Zebra & Giraffe's Greg Carlin is a young artist who gives us hope for the future. A multi-talented musician, he played all of the instruments (except drums) on his debut album, Collected Memories. He is a Fine Arts graduate and an IT trainer. He works at top indie label, Just ...
The public could have participated more in hospital name changes.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Objections to the renaming of three Gauteng hospitals have been brushed aside by the Gauteng Health Department which has simply confirmed the names that were proposed earlier this year (see below). I expect particular controversy over the renaming of the Coronation hospital ...
Zimbabwe must deal with abuse of women.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karen Williams All of the efforts to find a political solution in Zimbabwe focus on important, but short-term, goals - most notably establishing a new government under a power-sharing deal. However, political questions and challenges resonate much further, with the need ...
Mpumalanga to host gold panning event.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The historical gold mining town of Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga is preparing for its annual gold rush. The town will once again be hosting the Annual National Open Gold Panning Championships from tomorrow to Sunday. "We expect about 750 participants to arrive from all ...
Holding out for a hero.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen The first time I heard Paul E Flynn's solo album, Fields, Theo Crous was playing it loudly as we drove through the Cape Town suburbs. That was in 2006. Since then Paul E (pictured right) abandoned music and fled to the west coast of Ireland ...
Their calling helps ease the pain of death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... January 5 2008 will be etched in the mind of Ursula Picton-Turbervill and the lives of her children for the rest of their lives. On that Saturday night robbers broke into the family's Waterkloof Ridge home and forced them to lie down on the ground while they ransacked the ...
ANC squabbles not good for SA.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... On Sunday in his first address to the nation, President Motlanthe pledged that there would be no "adminis-trative interruption in governance" with regard to the reshuffling of ministers in the Cabinet. Within 24 hours after the president delivered his speech, Gauteng premier ...
First three years of school critical - HSRC.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: A'EYSHA KASSIEM The need for better schooling between Grade 1 and 3 has been stressed in a new Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) study that shows that, by the time pupils reach Grade 8, it is too late for "meaningful interventions". The study, conducted ...
Can't sock it to him if gloves don't come off.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Victoria Beckham wears socks and gloves in bed.The former Spice Girl sleeps naked apart from white cotton gloves and thick socks in an attempt to halt the ageing process. Victoria, who is married to soccer star David Beckham, said: "I put really thick foot lotion on with socks ...
New sheriff in the Hood.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Russell Crowe is set to play both the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood in Nottingham. The actor will take on both roles in director Ridley Scott's re-imagining of the classic tale. Scott - who has worked with ...
Rear view can be deceptive.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Kim Kardashian says people are always surprised by how skinny she is. The brunette beauty - who is currently competing on the US TV talent show Dancing With the Stars - insists her famously large behind makes fans think she is curvy all over. ...
A bit of milk and old honey.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Sean Penn was so excited by his first on-screen gay kiss, he texted ex-wife Madonna to boast. The actor locks lips with James Franco in Milk and felt compelled to tell Madge, ...
Sorry guys, she's taken.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds married on Saturday. The actress and her Definitely, Maybe star beau tied the knot in a remote resort near Vancouver, Canada, Scarlett's ...
SAPS members are justified to retaliate.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Police safety is of serious concern, so much that it compels the police to wear bulletproof vests when they are on duty. However, Captain Frans Ramashilo, a Presidential VIP protector, recently lost his life at the hands of criminals while sleeping at his Soshanguve home. ...
Why not use money to renovate a ward ...(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Let's spend money and change the name of our hospitals just when our new government wishes to attain harmony, investment and reduce poverty and disease. Instead of wasting money changing names why not use it to rather buy new equipment or renovate a ward or ...
SA artists lay it on the line.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A core sample of dynamic South African performing arts, and the stormy issues which surround them, are being unleashed on Dutch audiences and critics this week. The week-long 2008 edition of the Afrovibes Festival started in Amsterdam on Monday. This edgy biennial event, founded ...
The face of the future.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Terry Pheto is fast becoming one of the most recognisable faces in the South African entertainment industry. And most of it, thank goodness, isn't related to the Sunday tabloids. Instead, the 27-year-old beauty has relied on her acting talent to land her a leading role in the ...
His wife, pals held over SAPS captain's death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken The wife of a murdered Pretoria policeman has been arrested along with two of his close friends for his death. The captain, aged 50, who was stationed at the VIP Unit, was gunned down execution style in his Mamelodi West home on Friday night. ...
Seat owners stranded as car pulled from market.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The reason Volkswagen SA chose to give for its decision to withdraw the Seat brand from this country was couched in typical corporate-speak. "It was a strategic decision and is as a result of a new business strategy for VWSA." Translation: the sexy Spanish brand is too marginal ...
Fomer head of health Riena walks.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: African Eye News Service Mpumalanga's former head of health, Riena Charles, was acquitted of all 12 fraud and corruption charges when she appeared in the Nelspruit regional court on Monday. Charles is now angling to get her job back. "I feel ...
It's the innocent paying for sins of the guilty.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The package sold to the American Congress by Treasury secretary Henry Paulson will not prevent the breakdown of the financial system based in New York and London. The breakdown is terminal. We are entering a new epoch of world history. This meltdown is global because of the ...
Garden vouchers for our weekend readers.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Now is the time to plant your seedlings and summer flowers. The Garden Shop and Pretoria News are giving readers the opportunity to win vouchers worth R25 off any purchase of R100 or more, this Saturday. The Garden Shop in 13th Avenue, Menlo Park, not only stocks plants and ...
SAPS won't re-engage ex-bomb expert.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan and Louise Flanagan An apartheid police bomb expert and multiple killer won't be getting his job back any time soon, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled. Five Appeal Court judges yesterday dismissed Brigadier Wybrand Andreas Lodewikus "Wal" du ...
No water, no power for cancer patient on sixth floor.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman The frustration of struggling to breathe and the pain of coughing up phlegm through a hole in his throat became too much. Terminally ill cancer patient, Schubart Park resident Andries du Plooy (57), broke down in silent tears - he has no throat ...
Air passengers prefer to pick their own seat.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Where you sit is crucial to air travellers, with a global survey finding three-quarters of passengers would like to change unsatisfactory seats, and those next to the window are the most popular. The poll of more than 10 000 respondents in 13 countries showed that two-thirds of ...
Still no closure for woman's family.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford When murdered Gauteng policewoman Anna-Marie Potgieter was buried in January 2006, her family and colleagues wept with Police Commissioner Perumal Naidoo who broke down at the graveside. Over a month ago, John Dhlomo was sentenced to life for the ...
Teachers may be told to be 'less revealing' in class.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The dress code of some 450 000 teachers could soon be under review to ensure that they look professional, the SA Council for Educators (SACE) said yesterday. Briefing journalists in Centurion, CEO Rej Brijraj said the council had instructed schools countrywide to hold meetings ...
Families shocked as cop kills girlfriend then self.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA Two Hammanskraal families will bury their children this weekend after a murder suicide. It is believed a 27-year-old policeman got into a violent argument with his 23-year-old girlfriend and shot her twice before taking his own life. The ...
Running for fun is name of the game at business challenge relay.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Fresh from setting a new world record at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie has ruled out the likelihood of anybody running 42,195km in under two hours any time soon. The 35-year-old clocked an incredible 2:03:59sec to record his 26th world record over ...
'Six months enough' for woman's strangler.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER In the Pretoria High Court yesterday, the State demanded that Abram Mabena receive a life sentence for the murder of 64-year-old Eufisia de Lange. His aunt, however, said six months was enough. The State also asked that his accomplice, Oupa Bofu, ...
Car locks up alleged thief via remote.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto An alleged car thief was immediately "imprisoned" by technology. Hemman Mathebe (23), of Mamelodi East, was trapped in a VW Golf 5 for at least two hours while the driver was partying in a Hatfield club. He pleaded not guilty to a charge ...
Stars have Wits'number.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Miguel Gamondi has promised more improvement from his Platinum Stars when they take on BidVest Wits tonight at Olympia Park in Rusteburg. Stars have collected four points from three Absa Premiership matches. After suffering a 3-1 defeat to ...
Alcoholic says he cannot remember raping his mom.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto He has drunk a litre of brandy a day since he was 20. Now, he claims, he cannot remember the night he allegedly raped his mother. "I cannot remember anything about that night. I just remember that my tjommie and I drank outside a pub, sitting on ...
Anglican Bishop David Beetge dies of septicemia.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Anglican Bishop of the Highveld and the second most senior bishop in the South African Anglican Church hierarchy, the Right Reverend David Beetge, has died. He was 59 and contracted septicemia, the Anglican Church said in a statement yesterday. Beetge had been undergoing ...
Motlanthe extends the deadline for pardons.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter President Kgalema Motlanthe has extended by two months until the end of November the deadline for a multi-party reference group to look at applications from political offenders for presidential pardons. The original deadline for the group to ...
D-day for the displaced delayed.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mogomotsi Magome and Sapa The Klerksoord temporary refugee shelter north of Pretoria was not dismantled yesterday despite warning from officials that it would be, along with the other shelters in Johannesburg. A spokesperson for the Ethiopians at the camp, ...
Travelgate reprieve a disgrace, says DA.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA The Democratic Alliance has slammed Parliament's decision to scrap the R3.2 million owed by MPs involved in the Travelgate scandal. DA chief whip Ian Davidson yesterday said Parliament made the decision last Tuesday - when all eyes were on ...
Muti murder inquest to start.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto Close to a year after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ordered that an inquest should be held into the muti murder of four-year-old Connie Ncube, a duplicate docket has finally found its way to the Pretoria Magistrate's Court. This comes ...
McBride set to appeal.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Axed Ekurhuleni Metro Police chief Robert McBride will appeal the decision to dismiss him, according to The Times yesterday. Ekurhuleni city manager Patrick Flusk told the newspaper: "If he does lodge the appeal - formally - I will appoint people to defend the ...
Cosmos war leaves Jali hurt.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: CHARLES BALOYI AmaTuks assistant coach Sly Mosala says the club are relieved that their young midfield maestro, Andile Jali's knee injury, sustained during the ill-tempered National First Division game against Jomo Cosmos over the weekend is not, bad as initially feared ....
It will be tough, yet we can survive.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan and Barry Bateman Don't panic! That's what economists are telling South Africans who are watching the US economic crash. "One must be careful, but not panic," said SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry economist Richard Downing. He ...
FW applauds power shift in the ANC.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter Former president FW de Klerk last night applauded the recent power shift in the ruling ANC, saying it showed the country's maturity. "The key element with regard to President Thabo Mbeki's recent resignation is that the whole process occurred ...
Sick leopard is killed after attacking woman in garden.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A leopard that attacked a woman in the holiday town of Marloth Park near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga on Monday has been killed. Rangers from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) found the leopard very ill and lying under a tree. "He was in a very bad ...
Shilowa denies plans for new party.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Shaun Smillie The ANC has criticised outgoing Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa for speaking out in the media about the party's dismissal of former President Thabo Mbeki. "Since yesterday and today he has continued to criticise the ANC's position on recalling ...
SACP could find itself out in cold again.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Almost two years ago, the South African Communist Party registered with the Independent Electoral Commission as a political party. It did so at the height of strained relations with the ANC under then President Thabo Mbeki. At the time, the SACP and Cosatu were out in the cold and Jacob ...
Tests find no trace of melamine in SA products amid Chinese milk scare.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss The milk additive melamine, reportedly responsible for the deaths of at least four Chinese babies, has not been found in any products tested so far in South Africa. This is according to the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, which said ...
Finance woes driving more and more people over the edge.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH More and more South Africans are seeking counselling and emotional support because they are worried about the country's economic woes and their personal finances. LifeLine in the Western Cape is receiving so many phone calls from people worrying about ...
Mabizela Awol because of car accident.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: HOSEA RAMPHEKWA Mamelodi Sundowns defender Mbulelo Mabizela, who went on a self imposed leave , was apparently involved in a car accident. Sundowns confirmed yesterday that the talented, but wayward defender, who was supposed to take part in Bafana Bafana's ...
Unhappy De Villiers seeks rest.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is unhappy about the amount of rest some of his top stars are getting and may not take them on the end-of -year tour to the United Kingdom. This was confirmed yesterday by Jonty Goslett, De Villiers' agent ....
Blue Bulls push in their reserves against Valke at Loftus on Friday.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI The look of the Blue Bulls team announced by Frans Ludeke yesterday may be deceiving but on closer inspection the Valke could find themselves on the wrong side of a marathon score at Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening. The pressure of attempting ...
'You got it wrong, Judge!'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The "political meddling" by Judge Chris Nicholson that cost President Thabo Mbeki his job should never have occurred. This is the contention of Jacob Zuma's prosecutors, who have slammed the judgment that declared Zuma's prosecution for ...
229 illegals in one boat.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Madrid - Spanish coast guards have rescued a boat carrying 229 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands, the biggest group in a single boat ever intercepted off the islands' coastline, a government official said yesterday. Coast guards found the 30m fishing boat south of Gran Canaria ...
Grant fit to tame Lions.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED Western Province received a massive boost to their chances of qualifying for the Currie Cup semi-finals yesterday when flyhalf Peter Grant was passed fit for Saturday's big showdown against the Lions at Newlands. Grant has been struggling with ...
Minister must control 'new Scorpions'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange The ANC wants the organised crime-fighting unit that is to replace the doomed Scorpions to have no independent crime intelligence gathering capabilities and says it must report to the Minister of Safety and Security, be subject to stricter vetting ...
Titans at the ready; Strong line-up to face Dolphins.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MOHAMMED SHAKEEL ABOO Proteas speedster Morne Morkel and batting stalwart Martin Van Jaarsveld will lead the Titans SuperSport series charge against the Dolphins in Durban but the availability of key all rounder Albie Morkel hangs in the balance. Albie is ...
This time St Andrews owes one to the Big Easy.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter St Andrews, Scotland - On the green for two and down for seven. It doesn't sound like Ernie Els, but that's what happened to South Africa's favourite golfing son a year ago here in perhaps the most spectacular meltdown of his long and brilliant career. ...
Fifa, Uefa reject new Polish FA board.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Warsaw, Poland - Fifa and Uefa will not recognise the newly-appointed administrator for the troubled Polish football federation, possibly endangering the country's right to co-host the 2012 European Championship. The governing bodies of world and European football said yesterday that the ...
Parker, Klate thrust Bafana to win.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: HOSEA RAMPHEKWA South Africa 1 (3) Malawi 0 (0) Goalkeepers cannot be trusted sometimes. This was proved when Bafana Bafana fired three goals past Malawian goalkeeper Trust Lunda in an international friendly at Germiston Stadium last night. ...
Berbatov finds the target for United in Europe.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: sapa-afp New signing Dimitar Berbatov scored twice to lead holders Manchester United to a comfortable 3-0 victory over AaB Aalborg in Group E of the Champions League last night. Wayne Rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the 22nd minute after Ryan ...
Wife, pals held over SAPS captain's death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken The wife of a murdered Pretoria policeman has been arrested along with two of his close friends for his death. The captain, aged 50, who was stationed at the VIP Unit, was gunned down execution style in his Mamelodi West home on Friday night. ...
Car locks up alleged thief via remote control.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto An alleged car thief was immediately "imprisoned" by technology. Hemman Mathebe (23), of Mamelodi East, was trapped in a VW Golf 5 for at least two hours while the driver was partying in a Hatfield club. Natasha Labotski told the ...