Sunday Tribune (South Africa) back issues from March 2008:
The reel deal for rating films.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... While the conversations |of moviegoers are shushed in cinemas, the internet abounds with the chatter of movie fans discussing, rating and dissecting their favourite films. Flixster.com is a fast-growing social networking site built entirely around love for movies. A virtual water cooler ...
Acres of bliss.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Myrtle Ryan Even the ceramic crocodile appeared chilled, yawning in his pond as water splashed around him. It didn't take too long before I felt just as indolent and relaxed as that resident reptile. Arriving at Indigo Fields African Day Spa in the Balgowan ...
Artist dies before she can complete unique Zulu calendar.(News)(Calendar)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Myrtle Ryan Illustrating a calendar is not all that unusual, but Barbara Knutson chose one with a difference to lavish her artistic talents on - a Zulu calendar defined by the seasons. Knutson was born in 1959 on a mission station in Hlabisa, Zululand, where ...
Lessons in love.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... For an author who has |been so matter-of-fact about life's most embarrassing subjects, Judy Blume is surprisingly sentimental. Her mould-breaking novels Deenie, Tiger Eyes, Blubber, Forever and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret may have taught four decades of schoolgirls what they ...
Turkey for the mall minded.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Waking up early on our |first morning in Istanbul, I thought I'd go for a little walk, just to get my bearings. Crossing a park in the sunshine, I noticed an elderly man attaching a string of brightly coloured balloons to a couple of trees. What on Earth was he up to? On one ...
Healthy Happenings . . .(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... CRYSTAL WORKSHOP A one-day workshop, led by Jan de Vries and designed to give you a brief but clear understanding of crystals and minerals and how and why they work, takes place on March 9 from 9am to 5pm at 10 Holstead Gardens. Topics include selecting, cleaning and caretaking, ...
Easy /as Pai.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Visitors to Thailand will always receive warm sawadees from their gracious and friendly Siamese hosts. Any holiday in that fascinating country will always include action-packed days in vibrant Bangkok. This is a metropolis with almost 10 million industrious people, continually ...
Watchdog killed, liberty at risk.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The ANC is always talking about challenges to democracy - but the biggest challenge so far must be the decision by the new leadership of the ANC to disband the Scorpions. When an important decision is made, logic dictates that there must be an important reason for it. ...
More hate than healing.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... It is probably not a bad thing to enforce a mandatory daily chant |for schoolchildren to express their appreciation of this wonderful |country. However, on reading the wording of the proposed pledge, I have a lingering suspicion that regrettably this is just another sly ploy to ...
It's another ANC decoy.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The new school loyalty pledge is a decoy; another devious ANC concoction aimed at drawing attention away from its own misdeeds and immoral conduct. It's hypocrisy of the worst kind. If this thing is to be implemented, as it surely will be, I request the following amendments: ...
Were Scorpions stung over focus on politicians, Mo?(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Getting rid of the Scorpions because they operated outside the imprimaturs of the constitution is like getting rid of the baby with the bath water. There is a remedy under the constitution, assuming the argument that Mo Shaik deploys passes muster, to bring the Scorpions to heel ...
Naik has a need for speed.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANJALI KIRPALANI and SHEETAL SCHNEIDER DEEREN Naik, 23, started racing karts in 2006 and has been addicted to the adrenalin pumping sport ever since. "I got hooked on karting when I started racing in the Fragram K1 Inter-company Karting Challenge, driving for ...
Exquisite investment.(Property)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Dubai World Africa will invest $200 million (about R1.5 billion) in the Bilene Hotel, a luxury beach |resort and eco development along 4km of prime beachfront in Mozambique. Situated in a popular holiday |village north of Maputo, the ...
Top dogs must face ratepayers' robot rage.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The article by John Murray and the subsequent reply by Mike Sutcliffe and Carlos Esteves in the Sunday Tribune of February 17 have prompted me to reply. Murray's questions are very pertinent and deserve honest answers. However, all these two people from eThekwini Municipality ...
Deja vu - pledge counts us out.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Many years ago during the era of the Nationalist Party apartheid government, mainly Afrikaner dominated but also tacitly and opportunistically supported by a large number of English, "The Pledge" was distributed to all schools for observance. I promptly shoved it away as did most ...
Shah Rukh plans film for children's market.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... SHAH RUKH KHAN is set to make a children's film which will cost R190 million. The film will use computer-generated special effects. Khan disclosed the plan for the film with the media recently. He said he was producing the film under his home banner, Red Chillies Production. It ...
Teacher waiting for justice in sex pest claim.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANNIE DORASAMY Six months after a Durban teacher had asked education and police authorities to probe claims of indecent assault and victimisation against an acting principal and his school, she is still waiting for answers. The 40-year-old teacher alleged the ...
Embattled school faces fresh probe.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: ANNIE DORASAMY Another investigation has been launched by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education into the troubled Hillgrove Secondary School in Newlands. A team is to be sent to the school this week to deal with numerous claims, including financial ...
Twitcher'streat.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The last time I was in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park I roughed it, carrying all I needed for three days on my back, eating |re-hydrated hiking food and savouring each drop of the half-litre box of red wine I'd carried up the mountain as if it were my last. We were on a hike in ...
Jackois back.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Back in December 1982, |Trevor Dann, a music reviewer for the Telegraph in London, thought the release of the new Musical Youth album was more important than Thriller. By the time he got to Jackson's album, after reflecting on the toll fame had on child stars, he gives it a measured ...
NUT of the week.(Entertainment)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Seinfeld was one of my favourite programmes along with Cheers and Fraser. Sadly none exist any longer, but the calibre of comedy akin to these greats filters through nicely in The New Adventures Of Old Christine (SABC3, Mondays, 8.30pm). It tells the tale of a recently divorced mom, ...
The holistic approach.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Is your child being BULLIED or made fun of because he or she is fat or suffers from bad acne? Do you have a child with juvenile onset diabetes who is not coping well with the required lifestyle changes? Are you at your wits' end because your child is ADD? Does your daughter ...
Hope for the addicted.(Entertainment)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Awkward business this. Seems I need to retreat from a strong position taken in this column some weeks ago. We refer, dearly beloveds, to the remark that similarities between Lynch's demonic Twin Peaks and the somewhat less demonic Pushing Daisies, are accidental. Sadly for this ...
Give it up, Hamza - you're too ugly.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Soweto was my generation's Baghdad. Every night, we saw pictures of it on the news, scenes of burly policemen cruising the streets in Chevrolets, shooting children for fun. Of mobs setting fire to buses and blocking the roads with burning tyres. Now, though, just 20 years later, ...
Being there.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The year 2007 was a crap one. Dogged with a bad case of tough luck and struggle, there was only one escape route from that misery . . . E! entertainment TV. Yes, I managed to fill up my cursed Year of the Pig imagining I was one of the wealthy and famous. Many months later, in ...
Pink and uncommonly cute.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... This has been a very interesting couple of weeks when it comes to cool electronic gadgets. First there was the iRex Iliad eBook reader I wrote about last week and which, together with other similar products, promises to change the way we read. The other interesting product was ...
Steamed up over sex show.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... It started with an uproar from residents over its cheeky advertising of a woman pulling down her panties. Then religious leaders joined the fray over a radio station hosting two controversial celebrities in its studio and finally ended with accusations that splurges at the event could have ...
Snap, crackle and POP!(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... It's amazing just how many of Thriller's contributions have become a part of our collective cultural consciousness: Jackson's "moonwalk" across the Motown stage, his red leather jacket, the instantly recognisable choreography from John Landis's epic Thriller video, even phrases ...
'Israeli' in Muslim raid.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Juggie Naran AN ISRAELI national, said to have been part of a dawn raid on the home of an Islamic scholar earlier this year on suspicion of being involved in terror activities, is now at the centre of a high court challenge. Mustafa Mohamed, 28, of Muizenberg ...
No more 2gether4ever.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora: After eight years of marriage, petite dynamo Locklear and her second rocker-husband Sambora called it quits last year when Sambora reportedly cheated on his wife with her best friend Denise Richards. Sad, so sad. Gwen Stefani and ...
You must be joking.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... I've been told double-bass players have a pet peeve - when folks see them lugging their instrument around, anyone who fancies himself as a wag will say, "Bet you wish you played the piccolo!" as if they were the first to think of this startlingly original gag. Harpists probably ...
Nothing beats rhythm of an ancient drum.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Pregalathan Singaram, is a master of the mridangham, a South Indian classical drum. It took three years of intensive study and practice in India before he graduated in 1980. He learnt how to play the instrument through the traditional gurukulavasa, a spiritual and conservative ...
Killing them/in Japanese.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... As anyone who has been to Japan will testify, the culture shock for visitors is immense, and in the video games community, the chasm between West and East is greater still. In the West, there is plenty of overlap between casual and avid gamers, whereas in Japan there is a massive gulf ...
Calendar.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Today European PGA tour: Johnnie Walker Classic, Guragon, India (live on SS1, from 9.30am) US Pga tour: Honda Classic, Miami (live on SS1, from 10pm) Sunshine tour: Mount Edgecombe trophy (highlights on SS1, Thursday, 5.30pm) Ladies African ...
Historic centre to open.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Work has begun on the multimillion-rand interpretive centre at uMgungundlovu, site of the impressive 19th century royal capital of King Dingane. It will showcase four centuries of Zulu history and lies within the 30 000ha eMakhosini Opathe Heritage Park near Ulundi. According to ...
Adventurersspread thegospel of goodwill.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: KARISHMA GANPATH After spending more than two months travelling along the African West Coast under the scorching sun and through rough terrain, eight adventurous friends who embarked on an 18-country journey in December have been hailed as heroes by families and friends ....
Moms rock - really.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... There once was a time, not so very long ago, when dutiful sons and daughters could hope to make do with little more than a bunch of chrysanthemums and a tin of Quality Street for their mom's birthday or for Mother's Day. Nowadays, with modern motherhood's insatiable appetite for ...
Pakistan hijacks YouTube.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Pakistan's attempts to block access to video-sharing site YouTube have been blamed for an almost global blackout of the site on Sunday. The two-hour blackout was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and internet service provider PCCW, according to BBC reports. ...
Turkey teens no culture vultures.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... promising them a tower to climb. Perhaps they thought the effort worth it for seeing my face turning white as I screamed, "Oh my God! No! Don't lean over!" But now our children refuse to climb towers, so my wife and I had to experience the vertigo induced by the ...
Mother City scoop.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Breakdown of four nights in Cape Town (valid until September 30, 2008) Single: R2 600 a person; Double: R1 790 a person sharing; Triple: R1 390 a person sharing; Four: R1 160 a person sharing; Five: R1 020 a person sharing; Six: R930 a person sharing. The package ...
Mud, glorious mud for thriving orphan.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Myrtle Ryan It's not just doom and gloom stories coming out of Zimbabwe - occasionally a happy, positive story wings its way down the wires. Those who have been following the tale of the slaughter of black rhino at Imire Safari Ranch near Wedza in Zimbabwe ...
Block for mining bid.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Myrtle Ryan Two animal welfare organisations are flexing their muscles as they prepare to take on a company planning to do open cast mining in a wildlife sanctuary. Those most threatened by the proposed mining are a small group of elephants which were ...
Field of broken dreams.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The broken beer bottles offer a grim, threatening welcome: the rough pieces of splintered wood lying among old, abandoned shoes speak only of decay. Beside one tree, discarded tiles have been dumped, mostly broken and chipped. Underneath the majestic trees that still line the ...
Enviro debate fumes over biofuel.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Leon Marshall As biofuel takes to the skies, there is a growing international lobby urging that the whole industry be brought back firmly to the ground. The fear is that unless properly controlled, this supposed "fuel of the future" could get out of hand and ...
Keep this scenery secret.(Lifestyle)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Lod (the Lod Caves). These are massive underground caverns, filled with limestone stalagmites and stalactites. We hire a guide and board a flat-bottomed bamboo raft, pushed and pulled by two locals along the shallow, subterranean river which flows beneath the mountain. ...
Zuma is no friend of the poor.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Zuma's key backers, while cowardly, avoiding revealing names, have always insisted there is a political conspiracy against Zuma aimed at preventing him from ascending to the presidency. Finally, the public has learned who the "plotters" are. And we are getting it ...
Kiwis suffer financial crisis.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Wynne Gray |in Auckland Apprehension levels are on the rise at the New Zealand Rugby Union. This month's conference of provinces to discuss widespread issues in the sport was billed originally as a summit meeting. That port-rayal has been downgraded to a ...
Women in black bear grave burden.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: NOMFUNDO MCETYWA South African widows not only have to bear the pain of losing their loved ones, but an alarming number are thrown out of their home by their in-laws soon after the funeral. Many are forced to quit jobs, marry their brother-in-law or suffer ...
No flavour favours.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Vanille Bistro, Bellevue Road, Kloof. 031 717 2780 We don't get a lot of new fine-dining restaurants these days, but when we do, I try to keep in touch with my inner Mother Teresa and give them a caring welcome. Fine dining is not necessarily defined by high prices, ...
Disgraced boss rewarded.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Eighty million rand went missing from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture. The head of department, Jabulani Mjwara, resigned and was paid a bonus of more than R55 000. When asked for comment on why a bonus was paid in the light of the missing R80 million, the lame reply from the ...
Hate therapy dressed in disguise.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Pledges are powerful behaviour modification tools. Mao, Hitler and the Koreans used this technique to indoctrinate the masses and prisoners of war. When an individual makes a public statement their internal thoughts and beliefs begin to realign with the statement. I read about these ...
Property value upby 840%.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Many property owners have expressed outrage about the property valuation for the 2008/09 rates year. I sympathised with the outrage when I received a valuation for a 183 square metre piece of useless land behind my house in Chatsworth. In terms of the Municipal ...
Nation needs laws which address our unique problems.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... It was appalling to watch the 3rd Degree episode on violence in schools. It depicted South Africa as a sick society that has unhealed wounds and scars from the past that will remain for generations because of our history. The laws of the country do not make things ...
Daylight saving no good here.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... when summer arrives there is inevitably bleating about daylight saving, the latest citing New Zealand. The writer might not know that the closer one is to the geographic poles, the longer the summer day. New Zealand is well south of Australia, its South Island being a only short ...
Acute musical indigestion.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nishlyn Ramana If variety is the spice of |life, then the past fortnight on the local classical scene has been something of a musical vindaloo that has included everything from Mozart to Moloi. Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday this year, and rather than ...
Be smart, buy now and reap the rewards.(Property)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Greg Arde|Property Editor To most people the forecast of slower growth in house prices this year would be a sure indicator that real estate was not the place to put their money, but for the savvy few, buying this year could prove a lucrative move. The South ...
Tax relief for some buyers.(Property)
Mar 02, 2008 ... There are no fireworks in the Budget for property owners, but there is some welcome tax relief for prospective buyers of sectional title, share blocks and time share schemes with the introduction of the new transfer duty exemption announced earlier this month. Buyers of a ...
Developers warm up to idea of going green.(Property)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Property Reporter Going "green" means different things to different people and forward thinkers in the property industry are|getting to grips with eco-friendly concepts. On one level going green means organic vegetables and solar power and, "there are plenty ...
Cold kills precious pashmina goats.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... SRINAGAR: Hundreds of rare Himalayan goats whose wool is used to make Indian Kashmir's famed pashmina shawls have died due to heavy snow and lack of fodder. The goats' pastures, spread over the mountains of the Ladakh region bordering China, have been blanketed by exceptionally ...
Consistent Frittelli favoured for SA Amateur.(Sports)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Dylan Frittelli, the No 1 amateur in South Africa, is looking for a big performance in next week's Glacier SA Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club. The 17-year-old Pretoria golfer and current World Junior Champion heads to the country's premier amateur event as a ...
Date finally set for Shivaratri feast.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... The controversy over the day on which Maha Shivaratri celebrations should be observed has been resolved after consultation between the South African Maha Sabha and stakeholders. Confusion had reigned with some religious organisations claiming the auspicious occasion should be ...
Ladysmith all set to honour Bluejackets.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Keith Ross HEROIC events of more than a century ago will be remembered with pomp and ceremony next month when Ladysmith confers the freedom of the town on the British Royal Navy. This is in recognition of the part the Royal Navy played in defending the town ...
Violence in our schools.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... In THE past few weeks there have been some horrifying examples of violence at schools. A pupil from Nkonka High, on the lower South Coast was murdered, apparently over a girlfriend. Last week two pupils of Siyathuthuka High in Inanda were shot by another pupil in ...
Racism is not warm and fuzzy: the cold fact.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: maureen isaacson In this week of racial paroxysms and shame, we learned one thing. That little has changed beneath the surface of this sunbaked corner of the earth where hatred still mars the sweet facade of reconciliation. In protest against integration at a ...
MPs turn into watchdogs.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... IT was a rare, perhaps unprecedented, happening in parliament in the Mbeki era, and long may it last. In two cases this week, ANC MPs actually did what they were elected to do and became watchdogs for the people. The MPs' newfound independence is a dividend of the ...