Pretoria News (South Africa) back issues from July 2009:
Traders near Loftus seek compensation.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Barry Bateman AS THE dust settles around Loftus Versfeld in the wake of the Confederations Cup, businesses forced to shut their doors are squaring up to the Tshwane Metro Council and stadium management, demanding compensation for their losses. Companies ...
We must stop racism in SA.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Will we ever be free from racial discrimination? I agree, no child should ever be shot at, be abused or go hungry. Not a week goes by without a farmer or farmer's family being murdered or attacked. We lost our dear innocent widow friend who was murdered on her farm. Does that ...
Coach De Villiers deserves criticism.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The comments that Pretoria News journalist Vata Ngobeni made about the behaviour of Bok coach Peter de Villiers were spot-on and I must congratulate him. The time for narrow-minded race-based thinking is long ...
Time to turn the tide on crimes against women, children.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Sexual violence lays waste to what it means to be human. It strips victims of a sense of worth and value and corrodes the self, as well as relationships with others. It blunts aspirations, drains pleasure and meaning from life and creates a diminished shadow existence. That one ...
Queen of Letters arises from dust.(News)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA A 15-YEAR-OLD Hammanskraal girl has challenged the perception of many parents who believe that schools in affluent areas offer better education than those in disadvantaged ones. Koketso Mbewe from the dusty streets of Stinkwater is so fluent in ...
Sars works only to pay officials.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... I refer to the letter by Garry in Pretoria News of June 26. He misses the point: Sars is the only government department responsible for the salaries of government officials and Members of Parliament. So, the more efficient it is, the easier it is to rake in the money ...
TV actress overjoyed at birth.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ana Ortiz has given birth to a daughter. The Ugly Betty star is "elated" after she and her husband, musician Noah Lebenzon, welcomed Paloma Louise into the world on Saturday. A spokesperson for the star said: "She is elated and completely glowing. She is surrounded by her ...
Open letter to Unisa's chair.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dear Mr Mathews Phosa. After serious observation and patience, I fail to continue being quiet and watch while our university is burning and you as the head of the governing body is silent. Since December 2008, there have been endless debates on the life of Uni-sa ...
Paris lawyers up in Dubai.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Paris Hilton hired a team of cultural experts to avoid getting arrested in Dubai for wearing skimpy outfits. The 28-year-old - who is filming a third series of her My New BFF in the United Arab Emirates - reportedly wanted to ensure her flesh-flashing ensembles and unruly ...
High maintenance, these young gals.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Daniel Radcliffe likes older women. The Harry Potter actor, 20, says he's not interested in girls younger than him because they need more attention. He said: "Girls my age are not an option. I find they have to be entertained more than older girls. So most of the girls I have ...
Family bond goes south.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Christian Bale "freaked out" his daughter by keeping his accent for Public Enemies off set. The Briton plays FBI officer Purvis in the 1930s gangster film and in preparing for his role kept a strong southern US accent throughout filming. The film's director, Michael ...
Singing for supper.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Russell Crowe serenaded staff at a Welsh pub before leaving them a [pounds sterling]600 (R7 800) tip. The actor, in Wales filming Robin Hood, took friends for a meal at the pub. While they ate, he belted out Bryan Adams's Summer of ...
Just kiss my lass!(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Mischa Barton prefers kissing girls. The former O.C. actress said that while |she is open to performing kissing scenes, she prefers them to be between her and another girl, because it is less "tense" than kissing a ...
Lottery pay-out law to be changed soon.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: BRONWYNNE JOOSTE THE NATIONAL Lotteries Board has blamed the Department of Trade and Industry for the delays in paying beneficiaries, saying it has asked the de-partment for five years to come up with a plan to speed up the process. But the department said ...
Since when does silence mean 'Bill me, please'? Virgin Mobile gets caught using outlawed tactic on consumers.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Imagine if companies routinely sent us unsolicited offers to buy things and if we didn't get back to them to say "No, thanks", they assumed we wanted them and went ahead and billed us for them. Well, this used to be the case not so long ago. I remember one large ...
Parents blamed for boy's death.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NONDUMISO MBUYAZI Childline spokeswoman Joan van Niekerk says the parents of a 13-year-old boy who accidentally shot and killed his nine-year-old brother are to blame for the tragic death. She says children should not be allowed access to guns and it is ...
Ex-back-up singer flies high solo.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho THERE'S a hub of young bona fide musicians, brewing urban sounds with the "breakout" tag. Maxhoba (pictured) is certainly one of them. Many will know him as the back-up and hook singer for HHP. He's also put his flavour on albums of Skwatta ...
Switch on to the hottest celeb news.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Munyaradzi Vomo Calling all you gossipmongers. For those who salivate at the mere mention of Khanyi Mbau or Paris Hilton and need to know who is doing what to whom in the entertainment industry, V-Entertainment, on DStv's new channel Vuzu TV, which launches today, could ...
Cops did not let fishermen pair get away in alleged heroin bust.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JACQUES BREYTENBACH THE BROOKLYN police have netted two for being in possession of heroin, minutes before the two were due to leave for a fishing trip. With fishing rods poking out of the two suspects' blue VW Jetta, the pair, one from Durban who is visiting ...
Straight outta Benoni.(Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Atiyyah Khan A blanket of silence falls over the living room. In the hometown of Charlize Theron, that farm that dare not speak its name, I am on a visit to my parents' house. In barely a whisper, my very conservative Muslim mom asks: "What time is Dave ...
I Can Walk!(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford HEr face lights up. She throws back her head in delight. She is standing on her own. Such a simple, everyday action for most people. But for Courtney Ellerbeck it's an Everest. And more important, she has reached her dream: she can walk for the first time in ...
MP warns of cronyism in the name of BEE.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Keith Ross A WARNING that increased local procurement of goods and services by government could lead to cronyism and corruption has been issued by an ANC member of Parliament, Prof Ben Turok. He said there was a growing trend in South Africa to indulge in ...
Eco activists welcome US bill on climate change.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: JOHN YELD THE greatest stumbling block to successful negotiations for a new international treaty on climate change - hardline attitudes in the US - has been significantly shifted, with environmentalists expressing cautious optimism. This follows the the US ...
Tshwane takes advertising to television and the internet.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter Tshwane has gone global with the launch of an international television advertising campaign welcoming tourists to the metropole while highlighting its key attractions and quality of the transport, health and safety infrastructure. The Tshwane ...
IOL launches innovative jobs website.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... It's going to be easier to find your career match with today's launch of the IOL Jobs website. The new www.ioljobs.co.za is based on revolutionary technology that will ensure it rapidly becomes the country's best-known jobs website. Supported by the Independent News ...
Child abuser asks for rehab ahead of sentencing.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: HANTI OTTO A MAN convicted of indecently assaulting four teenage boys wants to receive psychological and psychiatric treatment for his paedophilia in prison. Mark Lock, 47, would come out of prison one day - and prison alone would not reform him, his lawyer, ...
Racial claims in tow-truck row.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER A COURT battle between six insurance and brokerage companies and a group of black tow-truck operators took a racial turn yesterday when operators embarked on a protest outside the court displaying posters bearing racial slogans such as "Black residents pay ...
Dirk could be charged with hooliganism.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: HANTI OTTO DIRK Prinsloo might also be charged with "hooliganism" by the Baranovichi police following his arrest in Belarus on June 12 after a failed robbery attempt on a bank in Park Street there. He was charged with "the suspicion of committing a robbery" ...
Prices a bitter pill for pharmacists to swallow.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ELLA SMOOK COMMUNITY pharmacists are concerned that a new pricing structure, published recently for comment after almost four years in the making, threatens the viability of their small businesses. The proposed new fees were published in the Government Gazette ...
Positives far outweigh the negatives for national side.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe THE statistics tell of an unsuccessful mission - one win, a draw and three defeats in five matches. But Bafana Bafana's Confederations Cup run has been a resounding success that has lifted the spirits of their long-suffering fans ahead of next year's ...
Shops probe will be food for thought.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The decision by the Competition Commission to investigate South Africa's top four supermarket chains and a wholesaler-retailer to establish why food inflation continues to rise is to be welcomed by consumers. There seems little logic in the fact that prices keep going up when ...
SuperSport feature in pre-season tournament.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CHARLES BALOYI DEFENDING league champions SuperSport United will face Bloemfontein Celtic in the opening game of the Eastern Cape Premier's Cup at Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth on Saturday at 11am. Kaizer Chiefs will complete the four-team pre-season ...
Stoichkov heaven sent.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup has come and gone. With it the fantastic football that was on display. I must say that I am proud to be South African. I saw some great football for two weeks. It was great to witness the opening and closing ceremonies that were so brilliantly ...
Doctors' forum to keep up pressure over pay.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, KARYN MAUGHAN, BONILE NGQIYAZA and SIBUSISO SGWANE THE government has made some changes to the pay offer it presented to doctors last week, but uncertainty remains over whether it will be accepted by the doctors. Some doctors have made it ...
Woman turns to court in bid to see granddaughter.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER A GRANNY had to turn to the Pretoria High Court in an attempt to see her three-year-old granddaughter, whose mother died and whose father was refusing her access to the child. The parties settled the matter and Judge Bill Prinsloo made the ...
sport on tv.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... TODAY Soccer Fifa Beach World Cup, Mauritius v Nigeria, 12.15pm; Libya v Senegal, 1.45pm; Morocco v South Africa, 3pm, SS3/MaXimo Tennis Wimbledon, day 9, 1.30pm, CSN/SS2/SS5 tomorrow Cycling Tour de France, ...
Recovering Bok hero moved from the ICU.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: HANTI OTTO FORMER Springbok rugby hero Ruben Kruger's condition has improved and he was yesterday transferred from the Intensive Care Unit at the Pretoria East Hospital, to a normal ward. However, his neurosurgeon might prohibit him from ever driving a ...
Three SA soccer stars in the dock.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Botho Molosankwe, GILL GIFFORD and SAPA A fatal car crash, a murder trial and a drunken driving case. It was a bad day for soccer players yesterday. Bafana Bafana defender Bryce Moon was identified as the driver who allegedly knocked down a pedestrian who died ...
Boks to appeal ban on Bakkies.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen A tough couple of days for the Springboks - and especially coach Peter de Villiers - could be eased somewhat early tomorrow morning when SA Rugby appeal against the two-week ban meted out on second row enforcer Bakkies Botha. In a ...
'South Africa won't host rugby World Cup'.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Rugby World Cup Limited yesterday announced they were recommending England to the IRB Council to host Rugby World Cup 2015 and Japan to stage the tournament in 2019. "All the tenders were of a very high standard and each Union demonstrated that they ...
Minister refuses to review Shaik's parole.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CARIEN DU PLESSIS CORRECTIONAL Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has declined to review the controversial medical parole of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik, but she cautioned that the parole system was not "wanton licence to freedom". Delivering her ...
You can no longer hide from your cellphone operator.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Caiphus Kgosana CELLPHONE operators will have to comply from today with a new law and begin recording the details of all who own SIM cards - whether prepaid or contract. The Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication Related ...
First phase of teacher laptop initiative due to start today.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA THE Education Department was due to launch the first phase of the much-talked-about teacher laptop initiative today. The initiative was announced a few months ago, but it seems much still needs to be done before the actual implementation. ...
Venus and Serena likely to meet yet again in final.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: sapa-AP siSTERS Venus and Serena Williams are just one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final. Five-time champion Venus overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 yesterday, while two-time winner Serena followed her into the semifinals with a 6-2, ...
University for all is Nzimande's goal.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Caiphus Kgosana HIGHER Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande, who will take over the troubled Setas, wants experienced workers without matric - or matriculants without exemptions - to study at universities. Nzimande said there was a need to recognise ...
scoreboard.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Golf World rankings (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets): 1 (1) Tiger Woods 10.28 average points; 2 (2) Phil Mickelson 8.44; 3 (3) Paul Casey (Gbr) 6.91; 4 (7) Kenny Perry 6.42; 5 (4) Sergio Garcia (Esp) 6.19; 6 (5) Henrik Stenson (Swe) ...
Smith scoops top player award.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess GRAEME Smith's crowning as South Africa's top cricketer in the last year looks, on the surface, to be an obvious choice. It wasn't. Smith's batting numbers last year were prolific - over 1600 runs for the calender year of 2008, with ...
Hull City chasing Owen.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Hull City are hoping to entice Michael Owen to the Premier League club after his Newcastle contract expires today. The Tigers are one of the few English clubs to have publicly declared their interest in signing the former Liverpool and Real Madrid forward. The Magpies, ...
National health insurance will replace 'unfair' model.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Caiphus Kgosana THE CURRENT model of health funding is outdated and unfair on the majority of South Africans and as a result the ANC's new national health insurance will be introduced. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said this when he presented his ...
Selebi's contract 'won't be renewed'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO NGALWA President Jacob Zuma has written to Jackie Selebi, who is on special leave, informing the national police commissioner that his contract will not be renewed. But both the Presidency and Selebi have been mum on the matter. ...
Racism claims in tow-truck case.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER A COURT battle between six insurance and brokerage companies and a group of black tow-truck operators took a racial turn yesterday when operators embarked on a protest outside the court, displaying posters bearing racial slogans such as "Black residents pay ...
Nurse tells of Jacko's insomnia hell.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AP Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid. Cherilyn ...
Big horse race in 2010 could be delayed.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN DRACONIAN Fifa rules, barring any big event taking place during World Cup month in a host city, could see the Vodacom Durban July delayed by three weeks in 2010. The horse race, held on the first Saturday of the month since 1886, could be ...
Resident stands up to council water bill.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA AN ELDORAIGNE resident has declared a dispute with the Tshwane Metro Council. Christa Searle gave the municipality 10 days (from June 23) to resolve the matter, "upon which I will institute a claim against the City of Tshwane on July 6 2009". ...
Greens Guide.(Sports)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BGN SENIORS ASSOCIATION CBCOB Fun morning to be held at 11am on Saturday followed by bring and braai and rugby, everyone welcome. Saturday 2pm, tabs in. Duty steward: R Bird. Sunday 9am, tabs in. Nom mixed pairs: P Bailey, G Bailey v ...
Farmers union wants more support.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: METRO REPORTER THE Winterveld United Farmers Union (Wufa) wants continued support from the Tshwane Metro Council for the Winterveld Citrus Project (WCP). Gabriel Mokgoko, the WCP's chairman, said the metro council had played a key role in getting the citrus ...
Tar Soshanguve roads please.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... The tarring of roads in Soshanguve is happening but at a very slow pace. Please ask the Tshwane mayor, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, to give clarity on this matter. There are very few contractors on the job, which is very unfair to residents. An area will only be done as and when the ...
Move to keep top city library open praised.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... I refer to your article "Gauteng's best library ..." of June 25. I think it is ironic that the metro council had instigated the closure of the Waverley Community Library which has won the title of Best Library in Gauteng for the second year running. This well-run ...
Payment on eNatis system reversed.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Last week, Jackie Swanepoel wrote to Metro Watch about problems getting vehicle licences after payment for an earlier fine was not registered. Thank you very much for your help. The Tshwane Metro Police have now rectified the payment on the eNatis system and have ...
Who are more important - fans or so-called VIPs?(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... THE FIFA Confederations Cup has come and gone. Brazil and the USA brought the curtain down with an excellent display at the Ellis Park Stadium, Joburg, on Sunday with Brazil winning the match 3-2. It must have been exciting for soccer fans, especially in the Tshwane area, to see ...
Why punish those who pay rates?(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... As a regular rates and services payer in Pretoria, I am increasingly annoyed at the inability of the Tshwane Metro Council to recover debt. This is not a new issue and it takes considerable dedication to incompetence to accumulate debtors to the value of R3 billion. ...
Trauma and the long road to recovery; Families haunted by deaths find new hope in counselling/ therapy.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: LESEGO MASEMOLA IT IS almost a year since their mother took her own life and those of their two brothers in Soshanguve in September last year. Tumelo, 23, Kgomotso, 16, and Lehlohonolo Phetla, 12, are still searching for an explanation as to why their mother ...
Ruling party boots post of COO for 2010.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: PATRICK HLAHLA THE ANC has put a stop to the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO) in the Tshwane 2010 office. The party submitted a motion to the Tshwane Metro Council in which it was stated that the filling of the position contravened a recent resolution taken ...
Johnny takes hat off to thief.(Entertainment)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Johnny Depp is "fascinated" by gangsters. The Hollywood hunk, who plays bank robber John Dillinger in Public Enemies, was drawn to the role because of his interest in the charismatic 1930s US thief. Depp said: "I had a sort of fascination, not so much that he was a criminal, ...
Be no one, everyone - be the Prototype.(News)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Title: Prototype: Platform: PlayStation3, Xbox 360, PC You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory, armed with amazing shapeshifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy that created you, making those responsible pay. Key features ...