Sunday Tribune (South Africa) back issues from September 2007:
Nuts to the net.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Recently a reader wrote in to express concern about pine nuts, saying that her 2-year-old son loved them, but that she had read on an internet nutrition site that they contained a chemical which could negatively affect the thyroid gland. It also, apparently, listed soya as being ...
About as funny as a dead parrot!(Entertainment)
Sep 02, 2007 ... THE dead parrot sketch. The Spanish Inquisition. The Lumberjack Song. Not to mention those silly walks. Does this sound like the pinnacle of comedy greatness to you? Well, apparently Monty Python is the most influential British comedy series of all time, according to UK viewers ...
Drugs agency surely taking the Piss here?(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... MAYBE Gary Player was right recently when he said he knew of golfers who were using drugs. Recently the Italian Olympic federation (Coni) announced that Alessandro Pissilli had tested positive for finasteride, a diuretic drug used to mask the symptoms of steroids. So ...
Cellular bird calls a hoot for owl population.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BOSTON: A professor has taken to ringing owls on his cellphone. What is most remarkable is that they return his calls in a project that could revolutionise surveys of wild bird populations. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology near Boston report ...
Felucca-ing on the River Nile.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The Tribune Travel Club's offer of a trip to Egypt set me to thinking about my own trip to that country many moons ago, and especially a trip down the Nile on a felucca. A visit to Egypt came at a time of my life when I was jaded by a seemingly endless stream of visits to ...
Come on - it's a war out there.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Meekin Are there other people who, like me, think that we as South Africans embrace some weird views, principles and laws. Why, for example do we not make HIV/Aids a notifiable disease, as are syphilis and tuberculosis? If you have either of these latter ...
That's my Durbs.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... "It's the beach that will always stick in my memory," enthuses Nicole February, a computer student. "It always has been, it is and always will be, the beach. That's my Durban.'' "Grey Street. God, I remember that was the place to shop. Oh, and the Victoria Lounge on Victoria ...
Surviving Idols.(Entertainment)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Being a partially educated piece of trailer trash with a list of resentments, real and imagined, as long as your leg, I fully identify with the schadenfreude, spite and general bad behaviour that the Idols elicits in its judges. Unlike them I used to play rugby which has fitted me with a ...
Dessert town.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... eThekwini Municipality and the Department of International Affairs are hosting "Flavours of Durban" - a weekend of culinary delights produced by some of the city's most popular restaurants, that will showcase the diverse flavours of Durban. Society, Cafe 1999, Pizzetta, Circus Circus and ...
Winehouse blues.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Oh Amy, Amy. It doesn't have to be this way. No one wants to see your pale, hollow face staring blankly from the covers of the tabloids, your thread-like body barely able to support the jet black beehive atop your head, your arms - already criss-crossed with tattoos - now branded with ...
Adrenalin for Africa.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... 1 GO FOR A RIDE Quick fix Cycle in a game park Most game parks - even the Kruger National Park - now allow cyclists to ride in lion territory. Kruger has three mountain bike trails and all set off from Olifants Camp. They are between 12km and ...
Health events diary.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... FREE TESTING During Pharmacy week, September 7 to 11, Life Westville Hospital pharmacy will be offering free blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol testing daily between 11am and noon. Call Sarika or Nafeesa at 031 265 0911 extension 2213. Crystal Healing ...
Awards for top Indian achievers.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: HERALD REPORTER DURBAN's finest will be honoured at this year's Nadaraja, Golden Peacock achiever and Corporate awards. The awards honoured the accomplishments of Indians and high achievers in the community, the director of the Indian Academy, Dr Tholsiah ...
Tests for the best!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The cappuccino hunt is in full swing and Cafe Society judges are out there tasting and judging the cappuccinos of outlets from the North Coast to the Midlands. This year, for the first time, we have separated the regions; Durban and North Coast is one area and Pietermaritzburg ...
Halo and Hell!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... There are not too many mean-looking things in Cupertino, this sleepy Silicon Valley haunt of Apple employees and overachieving middle-schoolers. Fuelled by a resurgence in heavy-metal music and its numerous dark sub-genres, guitar manufacturing company Halo makes and sells ...
Don't think about it, just write.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Weblogs? Been there, done that. Facebook? It's full of kids. Twitter? That's so 2006, darling. No, the smart thing to be doing online these days is tumblelogging, which is to weblogs what text messages are to e-mail - short, to the point, and direct. Tumblelogs are so named ...
Healing oils go to the head.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Emma Hill As the name suggests, aromatherapy is all about smell. When a fragrance travels up the nose, it triggers a response in the limbic system, the part of the brain linked with memory and emotion. Hence the marvellous feeling we get when we smell something ...
Controlling the judiciary - is it worth it?(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Paul Hoffman An issue of more fundamental importance than the presidential succession awaits the delegates at the ANC's Polokwane conference in December. They have the responsibility to vote on the ANC's planned transformation of the judiciary. It ...
Khans bear the burden of controversy.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... SCANDAL and political debate feature highly in the lives of the rich and famous in Bollywood these days. Actors have been making news for all the wrong reasons, from jail sentences to dishonouring the country's national flag. On top of the list is so-called ...
Search is on for a new Mrs India.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Herald Reporter THE search continues for dynamic and empowered married women who strongly believe in creating a platform for themselves. The popular Mrs India SA pageant will take place at Emperor's Palace in Gauteng on December 22. Organiser ...
The city in a nutshell.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: CLAIRE ANGELIQUE FACTS ABOUT DURBAN Allan Jackson Another stellar publication, also published partly with the help of the eThekwini Municipality, is written and compiled by SM's very own techie expert and Fishnet columnist, Allan Jackson. ...
Mediocrity in Arabian Nights.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The very best press trip I've ever been on - if the term "best" can be taken to include unrestrained bacchanalia - was to Turkey. And so was the worst. Now before we go any further, let me just explain that a press trip generally encompasses an all-expenses paid, or close to it, ...
A Family affair.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... He sat back, slumped and doughy. There was muscle and power there, but his posture always said "doughy". The raisin eyes in the boxer-loser's face were arched and puppylike as usual, but dead and guarded just the same. Begging you to break the silence, but ready to alpha-dog you ...
Project promises much for pistoleros.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... One of the most electrifying, progressive initiatives on the South African music scene is the Levi's Young Guns. Started in 2006, it is living up to its stated intention to discover and unchain 15 cutting-edge musical acts from the shackles of underground obscurity and bring ...
Movie creates its own magic.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: THRUSHA MAHARAJ He is a magician who wants to be called Mo Magic. But aside from the world of illusion, Mo has something very solid and visual which will not do a disappearing act. Mo is especially drawn to one of his DVDs, which he says has a strong message ...
Special Bolly premiere.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Herald Reporter REIGNING Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai brings to the big screen the stark reality of domestic violence in the season's top tear-jerker drama, Provoked. Based on the true story of a British woman jailed for setting her abusive husband on fire, ...
Lavish Eastern bridal fair for Durbs.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Juggie Naran THE spectacular annual Nedbank Eastern Bridal Fair, the eighth of its kind, is set to rock Durban with the appearance of two international artists who thrilled the audience at last month's Indian International Film Academy Awards. The fair will ...
Swami's anti-crime philosophy.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: ANNIE DORASAMY A Welbedacht Hindu priest who for years has been the breadwinner for hundreds of hungry young people has taken on a new mission. The founder and resident priest of the Sarva Dharma Ashram in Welbedacht now heads an organisation to fight crime in ...
Blooming wonderful!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Spring fever is nearly with us, and those passionate about all things green will be eager to learn what it has to offer this year. The dates to remember are Friday, October 5, to Sunday, October 7, at the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg. Several thousand visitors are ...
Abstracts and nature.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Visitors will imagine they have come straight from the Chelsea Flower Show when the Kirstenbosch-South Africa exhibit is unveiled at this year's Sunday Tribune Garden and Leisure Show in October. Recreated here courtesy of First National Bank in Pietermaritzburg, the London ...
Magical Egypt.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Experience the magic of Egypt on a 10-day tour, which can be undertaken by individuals, couples or groups. And, if dates given below don't suit you, others can be negotiated. The trip, one of an ongoing series of unique travel programmes being developed and offered to club ...
No gush, no more freebies.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... along to see the obligatory wonders of Istanbul, including the likes of the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and the Bascilia of St Sophia, which really are, I suppose, wonders. Especially to someone from a country where a 50-year-old building rates as venerable. Equally worthy sites taken in ...
Teen queen scream!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... After being stumped by a Miss Teen USA pageant question on live television last Friday night, a beauty queen has received a lot of attention for her confused, mangled response to a question about Americans' knowledge of geography. But Lauren Caitlin Upton, 18, got a chance to ...
Dippy over Nile dipping.(Lifestyle)
Sep 02, 2007 ... to beat me. This went on for about five minutes until finally our tour guide arrived from another felucca to find out what the commotion was all about. He pointed out that others were swimming and Abdul sulkily muttered. A heated exchange followed with Abdul raising his hands ...
A chance to build democracy.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... It was inevitable that groups with vested interests in the status quo would oppose proposals to rationalise the plethora of institutions established to support our constitutional democracy. But they should be ignored. An ad hoc parliamentary committee tasked to do a review of ...
Tampering with rights.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... TWO intimately linked and constitutionally protected rights, are both being hit by political meddling. Ironically the interference is almost identical to the behaviour of the National Party in the dark apartheid years. Workers' right to safety and the protection of ...
Deserved honour.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... IF anyone deserves to be honoured during their lifetime, it is former president Nelson Mandela, whose statue was this week unveiled in London's Parliament Square by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Madiba is not a saint, but even detractors would agree he is a man of ...
Incy wincy human.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... LONDON: A "Spider-Man suit" that allows the wearer to scale vertical walls just like the fictional superhero could one day be a reality. Insects, spiders and geckos all have tiny hairs on their feet that set up weak attractions between molecules that are very close together. ...
Perfect Alba.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... LONDON: Actress Jessica Alba has the ultimate sexy strut, according to a team of Cambridge mathematicians. The academics found that it is the ratio between hips and waist that puts the sway into a ...
Give me my hand back!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... LONDON: A disabled biker is appealing for the return of his prosthetic hand which was stolen after he left it gripped on the handlebar. Jack Baker, 19, lost his right arm after he was badly injured in a head-on crash with a bus in Bristol in May. He had a prosthetic hand ...
Gross inspiration for legions of baldies.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... It is an age-old question for men - how to prevent themselves from going bald. The good news is the answer may have been unearthed in a health journal published more than 350 years ago. The bad news is the cure may be just too unpleasant to consider. The bizarre remedy, ...
Britney bares big bottom.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... london: Most celebrities under fire for indiscreet behaviour and facing a custody battle might make even a half-hearted attempt to clean up their act, and their public image - but not Britney Spears. It was business as usual this week for the singer who appeared in public ...
Tamil film fest a first for SA.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Juggie Naran History has been made with the launch of the first Tamil film festival in South Africa, following decades of pleading by South Africans of South Indian descent. The festival, which started this week and runs until September 30, forms part of the ...
Baby tragedy.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... I have just finished reading the full page of reports on young mothers who abandon their babies (Sunday Tribune, August 26). One of the young girls recounts asking if she could become a policewoman. "But they ...
Painting wrong picture.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... While I support the attention to consumer welfare, I feel that "Dangerous paint still on the shelf" and the accompanying articles (Sunday Tribune, August 19) were misleading and the record needs to be set straight. There is confusion about the issue and a lack of communication ...
She snubbed the socialites.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Your article on Sonia Gandhi's so-called snub of KwaZulu-Natal begs correction. She did not snub the people of KwaZulu-Natal. She snubbed the socialites of Durban, the bling society. The same people whose photos grace the newspapers almost weekly. The poor and ...
India is impervious to lies.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Durban sociologist Ashwin Desai calls peace-loving India a warmonger ("Gandhi no-show angers KZN", Tribune Herald, August 26). India has fought four major wars, in all of which she was the victim of aggression. Pakistan launched three of them as the then-hostile CIA vouched ...
Sous rises to the occasion.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The International Wine and Food Society at Makaranga Garden Lodge, 1a Igwababa Road, Kloof Tel: 031 764 6616 Chefs Jacques Keartland and Hayley Jenkins Discovering a five-star hotel standing in 12ha of well-kept botanical gardens in the middle of Kloof - which has ...
When stars lose their twinkle.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... What do Bollywood superstars Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan have in common with American hotel heiress Paris Hilton, socialite Nicole Richie and actress Lindsay Lohan? They have all spent time behind bars. In Hollywood, prison has become almost as fashionable as sporting ...
Bircher and Galway hold the aces.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motorsport Local boys Brett Bircher and Gary Galway, both of Team Red Yamaha, hold down pole position going into the penultimate round of the Mr Price Supermoto National Championship, the Mr Price Supermoto Street Race sponsored by Vodacom, which takes place in Pinetown ...
Learn how to fade or draw like a pro.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The top touring golf professionals are able to move the golf ball in the air from right to left (a draw) or left to right (a fade) on purpose, when the situation requires these shaped shots to be played. The majority of amateur golfers worldwide on the other hand, if statistics ...
Russian couple's hard drive central to adoption.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: NOELENE BARBEAU Computer analysts are now allowed to make a mirror copy of a Russian couple's computer hard drive, after months of being involved in a legal battle. The computer allegedly contains graphic pornographic images of the couple's four children with ...
Bright season has arrived.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... THE power of spring and its regenerative effects is evidenced by the fact that every major religion includes a holiday during this season. Spring is our opportunity to begin again, a cleansing of all that has been pushed to the back, an opportunity to open the doors and windows ...
Rangers are ready to rumble.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: RENELLE NAIDOO SOCCER fever has gripped KwaZulu-Natal with not one, not two, but three representatives in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) this season. The teams that are representing KwaZulu-Natal in top-flight soccer this season are Amazulu, Lamontville ...
Unhealthy state of affairs.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... "WE URGENTLY need to improve the standard of football medicine in Africa," stated Fifa Chief Medical Officer, Prof Jiri Dvorak, earlier this year. In light of a few deaths on the field of play this week, it is evident the medical department needs improvement world-wide. On ...
Fine service from hospital.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... I would like to thank the new paediatrician at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital, Dr Naicker, for the excellent service she and her staff are providing at the hospital's neonatal unit. My domestic worker recently delivered premature twins at Prince Mshiyeni and I was impressed with the ...
Anger over La Mercy.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... I am shocked, angered and sad to hear about the thumbs up for the new airport at La Mercy. It will destroy the most beautiful stretch of coast in KwaZulu-Natal. I have never seen nor have I heard of an international ...
Straining their brains for fun.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lerato Matsaneng WHILE most people can barely remember what they had for supper five days ago, Durban's Daren Denholm can memorise the precise order of a deck of cards in just under a minute. This memory guru and founder of the PowerStudying programme is now ...
Ghei in the swing at Iskandar Johor Open.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: YUSUF MANJOO SAURAV Ghei finished joint fourth in the inaugural $300 000 (R2.1 million) Iskandar Johor Open golf tournament in Malaysia last Sunday. It concluded a positive week for Indian golfers after their players failed to make the cut in the final major of the year, ...
Cavalier McLean could have starred in ODIs.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Leonard Neill Roy McLean last strode out to a Test wicket 43 years ago, but his name has remained a sporting topic ever since - especially among those of an older generation - as the South African batsman who came closest to providing the type of cavalier cricket that ...
Making bottled water really good for you.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tribune Reporter BOTTLED water will be getting "greener" with plans to recycle the thousands of bottles emptied by South Africans daily. The South African National Bottled Water Association said sales of bottled water had increased by 34% to 290 million litres ...
Spirit comes back to haunt winemaker.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... One of the funniest demonstrations of the weird marketing prevalent in our wine industry's export attempts turned up on promotion at Makro last week. It was a failed export order of a perfectly decent Swartland cabernet sauvignon destined for California - sorry, that should be ...
Big names to show off our heritage.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Kizo Art Gallery at Gateway shopping centre is staging an art festival, which runs through September and October, and which is timed to coincide with Heritage month. The programme starts with Sculptors in Motion, which sees artists making art in the restaurant area. Their work ...
Playtime.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BEETHOVEN, IN RAPTUS (drama) Written by John Burch and directed by Arne Pohlmeier, it stars Graham Weir as Beethoven, as well as Theresa Iglich, Robyn Scott, Brendon Murray and Roshina Ratnam. Beethoven, in Raptus is a completely different take on Beethoven, going ...
Democracy stirring.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Something is stirring in Pakistan, but the full import of it is, as yet, hard to divine. We still seem to be watching only shadows on a wall. President Pervez Musharraf is talking, through envoys, to exiled former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. ...