The Independent on Saturday (South Africa) back issues from August 2007:
'Crooked' lawyers, doctors ripping off victims.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika SOME crooked Durban attorneys, in conjunction with greedy doctors, are looting the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in a well-orchestrated scheme involving the compensation of people with no injuries at all. According to sources close to the ...
'Rehab royalty' flocking to SA; Substance abusers from abroad becoming 'addicted' to world-class treatment centres.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: HELEN BAMFORD SOUTH Africa is fast gaining a reputation for world-class drug and substance rehabilitation, with scores of foreign addicts jetting in to face their demons at local treatment centres - at a fraction of what it would cost them abroad. Minor ...
'Bogus centres putting lives at risk'.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika Unregistered rehabilitation centres had mushroomed in KwaZulu-Natal and particularly in Durban, taking advantage of the increase in the number of people seeking rehab- ilitation from drug abuse, said the director of the South African National ...
Libraries work hard to move with the times.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika THE eThekwini Municipality is working hard to overcome a shortage of staff and resources to adequately equip its libraries with the latest technology. According to Finola Quarsingh, a communications officer with the municipality, ...
Youngster realises dream of going fishing.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nondumiso Mbuyazi A YOUNG man from the Transkei has realised his dream of becoming a commercial fisherman and today, thanks to his former employer, he's the proud owner of a twin-engined skiboat. Sam Mofoking, 28, never dreamed that he would one day be his own ...
McBride's change of fortune.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: From: T MARKANDAN Silverglen ROBERT McBride is never out of trouble or controversy. He cannot shake off his infamous past as the Magoo's bomber and walk a straight path in life. Having been involved in an accident after a party, he is whisked away by his ...
Task team hauls out big guns for RAF fraudsters; Police warn of lengthy jail terms for false claims and instant arrests for touts.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FIONA GOUNDEN A SPECIAL task team has arrested a further 41 alleged Road Accident Fund (RAF) fraudsters in KwaZulu-Natal in the past four weeks and eight suspects, including four doctors, are due to appear in the Durban Magistrate's court next week in connection with ...
Chance of finalising fireworks policy.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FIONA GOUNDEN The eThekwini Municipality is now seeking "to move forward in terms of finalising and approving the proposed fireworks policy" and claims to have received substantial proof that more than 5 000 submissions against the policy should be discarded. ...
SA law falling pitifully short in protecting people and animals.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: From: Toni Brockhoven Cape Town A COUPLE of months ago we had a slap-on-the-wrist sentence for a farmer who killed a child "in error" as he intended shooting a dog. Now we have a magistrate who has freed a clearly dangerous man, who first took the time to ...
Parkside Primary's 50th anniversary.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: From: Kumaren Naidoo Parkside Primary School ALL ex-pupils, staff and parents are invited to Parkside Primary's 50th anniversary celebrations, starting at 8am today. ...
Where is Africa's offer of aid to the UK?(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: From: FRANK HARTRY Kingsburgh DURING the 10 years of the Blair administration, the taxpayers of the United Kingdom have donated billions of rands in debt relief, aid and donations to Africa and continue to do so. Many of those same UK taxpayers have recently ...
The body image battle; An increasing number of older women are developing eating disorders and are in urgent need of professional help.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... KELLI Smith was nervous as she walked into the Philadelphia treatment centre, seeking help at last for her anorexia. Looking around at the other patients, she was struck by how young they seemed. "I just kind of looked around and I thought: 'Where is someone my age?' ...
Singing the praises of Durban's hip-hop Indian music mix.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Carvin Goldstone CLINT Grove, a music producer and frontman of top Durban pop group Spin The Flava, is probably one of the city's biggest promoters through his music and influence. Grove, who is the founder of the South African Music Awards-nominated outfit, ...
Dangerous temptation; Easy access to painkillers and sedatives is one reason for the growing abuse of drugs, writes Helen Grange.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... TENS of thousands of "ordinary" South Africans are addicted to over-the-counter painkillers and sedatives like Codis, Stopayne, Nurofen-Plus and Valium. The latest research by the Medical Research Council (MRC) among 73 drug-treatment centres countrywide - conducted over the ...
Here's 237 other reasons why people have sex.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... SOME do it to keep warm on a chilly night. Others think it might burn off a few calories after a heavy dinner. The spiritual among us might even feel it brings us closer to God. But the main reason for having sex is seldom as straightforward as passion, it is claimed. ...
Lack of Aids treatment strategies specific to women under review.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Sydney: Nearly half of all people living with HIV/Aids globally are women, but there is alarmingly little research into their unique medical needs. Speaking at a conference on Aids recently, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur in Paris said: "There are about 40 ...
Fiends behind the faces at a party; Investigator paints grim picture of drug rape scene.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher HE HAS it all: he's good-looking, dresses in the most expensive clothes and wears the best colognes. In fact, he's the kind of man that most parents would be only too happy for their daughters to date. But behind the facade lurks a ...
I never thought it would happen to me, says victim.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher LIKE many women Karen Oosthuizen (not her real name), 25, has received mass e-mails warning about the dangers of drink spiking, but she never thought it would happen to her. And yet, despite all the warnings, she ended up a victim of this growing ...
Two cars seized by police.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FIONA GOUNDEN TWO KwaZulu-Natal motorists have had their vehicles confiscated during speed-timing operations conducted by traffic authorities in the past three months. During May, June and July alone operations conducted by the Durban Metro Police and the ...
Humans never learn.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: From: G Norton Pinetown Has the human race forgotten to think? The public keeps hearing that poverty creates crime. Thinking people know that some of the financially poorest people across all cultures are in essence (soul) at the same time among the richest. ...
Motel Vacancy of good chills; Antique plot lacks snap and crackle.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Film: Vacancy Director: Nimrod Antal Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley Ethan Embry, Scott G. Anderson, Mark Cassella, David Doty Reviewer: Kirk Honeycutt Acouple checking into a desolate motel when their car breaks down is to ...
Your chance to join elite group of punters.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... ARE you interested in horseracing? Would you like to become a member of an exclusive club with a host of benefits - including having breakfast with selected trainers and jockeys at Summerveld and watching the horses work out, receiving an exclusive membership jacket, betting account ...
Date rape drug boom; Durban centre of 'industry'.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FIONA GOUNDEN NEW date-rape drugs are now being manufactured by syndicates in Durban using chemicals obtained from a network within the country and supplied to nightclubs in the city. In a frightening new development, police say these new designer drugs are ...
School open.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... TEACHERS and pupils have returned to classes at Lamontville Secondary School in Durban where learning was brought to a halt this week after security guards locked the gates of the school in protest after not being paid for more than a month. The guards, ...
Naidoo should fire himself.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FROM: SAHBIR UJALA Westville Deputy mayor Logie Naidoo is not interested in the needs of the citizens of Durban - he is too busy attending Bollywood awards ...
Spur cancels Bollywood advert.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: FIONA GOUNDEN While Spur Steak Ranches' long-standing slogan has been "People with a taste for life", a recent TV advert has left the Hindu community with a distinct loss of appetite. As a result, the company cancelled the national advert yesterday, featuring ...
It's a case of stop, ewe b-a-a-a-a-d thieves.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika THANKS to the publication of a photograph in a Johannesburg newspaper this week of 23 goats stolen in northern KwaZulu-Natal and then crammed into a minibus taxi, the animals are now reunited with their delighted owner. When Muntukabuzwa ...
Indians a crime target; Blacks, coloureds least affected: survey.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE Indian South Africans are bearing the brunt of crime in South Africa, according to a national survey. In the survey it is also revealed that close to 90% of whites, Indians and coloureds believe that very little, or nothing at all, was being ...
No fuel shortage in KZN - yet.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika KwaZulu-Natal motorists do not have to worry about the fuel shortage that has hit other parts of the country - at least for now. That's the message from the chief executive officer of the Fuel Retailers' Association, Peter Morgan, who ...
Let's change two things in rugby as a matter of urgency.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Most players of my generation hate watching our old tapes. The games in which we played look so slow you think the speed setting is faulty. Half the time the ball is in touch and the other half of the time we seemed to be trying to put it there. How did the hookers throw the ball in using ...
Oppenheimer is being 'un-neighbourly'.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE TOUGH-TALKING security boss Norman Reeves and Rhema Church leader Ray McCauley have accused their La Lucia neighbour Bridget Oppenheimer of "un-neighbourly behaviour". They have accused the widow of De Beers mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer ...
White to glean England's condition from clash against Wales.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mark Keohane Jake White will see today if anything has changed within the England squad who take on Wales in a World Cup warm-up at Twickenham this afternoon. White's Springboks drew a series 1-1 in London last November and smashed a third-rate English side ...
Out-of-touch officials like 'parents who won't acknowledge kids'.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Once again an emotional decision has been taken by elected officials who invariably are not in touch with the day-to-day operational workings of the profession. To make a policy decision restricting the Springbok coach of 2008's selection options is a poor business decision and ...
Mayor 'driven' to waste money.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Delmas mayor Jack Rapatsa has been accused of wasting R48 000 of taxpayer's money by taking his driver along to a week-long course at the University of the Witwatersrand. "I am like the president. Wherever I go, I must be driven by my official driver," the mayor said this week. ...
Name changes.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... A list of 600 "genuine submissions" on the proposed road name changes in Durban has been finalised by eThekwini council's task team headed by municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe said the list was created this week after a number of meetings held in the past few weeks ...
Spies thrives on adversity; Lanky forward is always ready to rise to the occasion when the chips are down.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI Will Pierre Spies have to hang up his rugby boots and find another passion? Ballroom dancing, perhaps? This was one suggestion after the talented loose-forward was found to have blood clots in his lungs and ruled out of the World Cup squad. ...
Balfour sues.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... A doctor at Pollsmoor who has repeatedly spoken out about horrific health conditions at the prison is being sued for defamation by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour. The minister is claiming R500 000 in damages from the doctor. The lawsuit stems from a recent ...
Sharks like the taste of winning.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZAYN NABBI Sharks coach John Plumtree says his charges have got used to the taste of winning and this afternoon against the Free State Cheetahs in Durban, the home team will be going all out to keep their momentum going in the Absa Currie Cup. After initially ...
Boks in exile; Dismay over decision to ban overseas-based players.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen South Africa's leading rugby players and their agents have reacted with dismay to the South African Rugby Union's (Saru) decision to ban overseas-based players from playing for the Springboks. And one agent even went so far as to ...
Pretorius ready to join the Boks.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: ZAYN NABBI Springbok coach Jake White says the injury-prone flyhalf, Andre Pretorius, should be ready to be integrated into the national team tomorrow. Pretorius has been in Germany for the past week consulting a specialist, Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth, ...
Housemates to enter new 'Big Brother' house.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat "It was a lengthy process involved . . . We needed to be sure that the contestants would be up to the challenge. We needed robust individuals. The truth of the matter is that you can only keep up the pretence for so long, and in time your true self ...
Tour of Hong Kong takes toll.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... THE CSC/Marcello team members had to suffer yet another long road transfer lasting over four hours in sweltering heat before the 3pm start of Stage 4 of the Tour of Hong Kong. Chemspec-Spiga rider, Dean Edwards, who is the designated sprinter on the Cape-based team, said the ...
Cricket SA to tighten belt; New leaders make united start, but will face 'choppy waters'.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess With a financial surplus and a seemingly united administration, it would appear that South African cricket is on a fairly sound footing. But a period of serious "belt-tightening" awaits in the near future and it will be up to new Cricket South ...
Bamuza finally in the Bafana squad.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Jomo Sono's calls for Bafana Bafana to give his son a chance were answered yesterday when Bamuza Sono was called up for a two-day training camp with Carlos Alberto Parreira. The Black Prince claimed previously that internal politics were all that ...
All in a good cause.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Pre-season soccer overload reaches its final destination today, as the Telkom Charity Cup cartwheels into Mafikeng. Many itching for the juicy, truly competitive stuff to start may well be uninspired by this four-team tournament, where teams are ...
ASP qualifying series hots up.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... The ASP World Qualifying Series is well and truly under way with the real "meaty" section of the tour, a six-week stint of four 6 Stars, a 5 Star as well as a Super Series event on the cards. Under way is the 6 Star Yumeya Billabong Pro Tahara in Japan, where a major typhoon ...
Top line-up for Breede race.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... The Breede River K2 Canoe Marathon, an event started approximately 40 years ago by Worcester's Deon Krige, has proven to be one of the classic river races in South Africa. Each year the race attracts paddlers from all over the country to the fabulous part of the Cape - the ...
Teeing up for a worthy cause at Umdoni Golf Club.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... SA Guide Dog Association is holding a Golf Day at Umdoni Golf Club on August 24. It is a Four Ball Better Ball Stableford Competition. The cost is R160 a player, which includes Green fees and snacks at the prize giving. Golf carts are available, ...
Italians snub cup.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Italian challenger Luna Rossa will not enter the 2009 America's Cup race in Valencia, captain Patrizio Bertelli of Prada said yesterday. "We've had 10 very intense years," Bertelli said. "It was an unforgettable ...
I abused 200 boys, says killer; Trial shows need for paedophile list.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: CLAYTON BARNES Convicted child killer Theunis Christian Olivier told police after his arrest that he has sexually molested more than 200 boys. His perverted spree, which he told police had spanned 30 years, ended in December 2005 when he was arrested for the ...
Fun-loving gorilla Kimi swerves spy saga claims.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso kept a low profile in the run-up to tomorrow's Hungarian GP, apparently on the advice of their team so they would not be subject to "trial by media" over the spy saga. Ferrari and McLaren have exchanged heated words this week ....
Alonso sets the pace; Spaniard clocks fastest lap in second free practice.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... McLaren's Fernando Alonso set the pace yesterday in free practice for a Hungarian Grand Prix that could send the Spaniard back to the top of the Formula One standings. The double world champion laid down the fastest lap of the day on a sultry afternoon at the Hungaroring. ...
Schumi turns talent scout.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Michael Schumacher was revealed as the man who first alerted Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger to the talents of his team's new signing, Sebastian Vettel. Vettel was confirmed at the Hungarian Grand Prix as one of the Ferrari-powered team's drivers for 2008 as well as the ...
Bulls return to winning ways . . . and collect maximum points.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... By VATA NGOBENI Blue Bulls . . . . . . . . . .(15) 36 Boland Cavaliers . . . . (7) 12 Ultimately the Blue Bulls achieved what they wanted, a win and the bonus point. It was not necessarily pretty, but it was well and truely effective. ...
Russians on a charge; Sharapova leads compatriots into quarter-finals.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Maria Sharapova put aside worries over an aching shoulder to spark a Russian charge into the quarter-finals of the San Diego Classic. Russians claimed five of the eight spots in yesterday's quarter-finals of the concluding edition of this event, which will fall victim to a WTA ...
Van den Berg in imperious form.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sports Reporter Ulrich van den Berg looked imperious when he stepped up to receive the trophy after claiming his fifth professional title at the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Free State yesterday. After narrowly losing out on an Origins title at Selborne, Van ...
Troubled Leeds United hit with 15-point deduction.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Fallen giants Leeds United have been hit with a 15-point deduction as the price for being allowed to play in the English Football League next season. The points deduction has been challenged by the Yorkshire side and their appeal will be heard at a yet-to-be-arranged meeting of ...
Cutting back a 'smokescreen'.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... Smokers who cut down rather than quit in the hope of improving their health might be wasting their time, say British researchers. They reviewed a series of studies and found there was no evidence that smoking fewer cigarettes reduced the risk of developing potentially fatal ...
Eating fruit 'may not help cancer'.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... Eating more than the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day does not improve the survival chances of breast cancer sufferers, according to an American study. Researchers found that women who had been treated for early stage breast cancer and who had increased ...
Scam fraudsters take it up a notch; Conmen become even more cunning.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE CONMEN stealing millions of rands in "reverse deposit" scams are becoming more slick in their operations and are now using the names of legitimate businesses to ensnare their victims. In the most recent incident a shipping company was taken ...
Sars spills beans on tax whistle-blowers.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika THE South African Revenue Service (Sars) receives an average of 1 800 tip-offs a month from informers reporting individuals or companies they believe to be defaulting on paying income tax. Communications officer Yolisa Zeka said once the ...
Making waves in a man's world.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nondumiso Mbuyazi "ANYTHING a man can do, I can do better" - that's the attitude Ngenzi Ntimbane had when she decided that she wanted to study for a National Diploma in Marine Study. The profession, which has previously been dominated by men, is slowly ...
If we had the death penalty the number of felons killed would shock rights groups.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... THERE is a growing outcry for the government to call a referendum regarding the reintroduction of the death penalty. Proponents contend that in view of the country's alarming crime rate such a move would act as a deterrent, or at the very least prevent the miscreants from committing the ...
A Bourne-again winner; It's the ultimate high-energy, chase-laden spy saga.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2007 ... Film: The Bourne Ultimatum Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Romeriz, Joan Allen, Albert Finney Reviewer: Kirk Honeycutt The Bourne Ultimatum, the culminating film of ...
Bright lights of Joey's no match for Durban's warm vibe and soul.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: Carvin Goldstone Jayloshini Naidoo is one of the country's leading entertainers, but she has opted to stay in Durban despite the lure of Johannesburg's bright lights which have drawn many of her fellow performers. Naidoo, who was born in Chatsworth, has lived ...