The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from August 2006:
Top sitarist for Durban.(Life)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Shujaat Husain Khan - who has been noted as perhaps the greatest North Indian classical musician of his generation - is lined up to perform in Durban for one show only this week. He will be performing from 7.30pm on Saturday at the Playhouse Opera. Brought to South ...
Crafting calls for support.(Life)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Chris Jenkins THEY play a key role in keeping tourism alive and kicking in KwaZulu-Natal, but too often rural crafters - whose work has become a trademark of the province - are overlooked and exploited. The crafters, mostly women, are clearly highly-skilled, ...
SPCA allowance from city council to increase.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE AN average of 650 stray dogs and 192 stray cats are picked up and taken to the Durban pound, run by the Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty (SPCA), every month. The pets, which range from strays to newly-born pups, put an enormous ...
Time To Take A Fresh Look At Fighting Crime.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... As the crime wave reaches tsunamic proportions surely the time has come to take a fresh look at how we can tackle some of the symptoms of the problem, while, hopefully, continuing to address the underlying causes. The army should be called out as the police can no longer cope on ...
Russell family has another sporting achievement to celebrate.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Nazli Thomas JOhannesburg: There have been families in South Africa who have made huge contributions to sport in this country. The Pollocks and Kirstens in cricket and the Motaungs in soccer come to mind - and now we have the Russells in rugby and hockey. ...
Action over Dusi commended.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... I was delighted to learn that both the national Minister and the KZN MEC for Environmental Affairs will be taking action over the Dusi, and I congratulate them for their concern. It is a wonderful river dear to all our hearts and deserves the respect of all citizens. I would ...
Tax breaks unlikely for Friends of Jacob Zuma donors.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... The report "Possible tax breaks for Zuma funders" (The Mercury, July 26) says that there is a possibility of registering the Friends of Jacob Zuma trust as a public benefit organisation and that this would qualify donors for some tax relief. The article displays a ...
Revamping an ancient classic.(Life)
Aug 01, 2006 ... A PLAY adapted from Lysistrata, an ancient Greek tragedy by Aristophanes, centred on women power, is to open on Women's Day, August 9. It will run until August 12 at the Courtyard Theatre in Mansfield Road, on the Berea campus of the Durban University of Technology. ...
A question of value . . .(Life)
Aug 01, 2006 ... SOUTH Africa is awash with cult wines. The wine shop shelves overflow with an array of choices from both established and emerging farms that make even ardent wine-lovers dizzy. Complicating the issue has been the dramatic rise in wine prices, often at levels beyond inflation or factors ...
Environmental expert gets executive post at CSIR.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: TONY CARNIE PROMINENT environmental professional Khungeka Njobe has been appointed to a senior executive position at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to beef up the country's scientific research and development capacity. Njobe, 36, is ...
Court sequel to killings, robberies and assault.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: BOB FREAN HIBBERDENE man Wade Anthony Schoeman, 20, who appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday on charges of murdering and robbing two men in three days, should consult a psychiatrist, a psychologist has recommended. The indictment before the ...
The Zuma saga timeline.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... q November 2000: State initiates investigations into allegations of corruption and fraud related to the arms deal. q October 2004 - June 2005: Zuma's financial adviser, Durban businessman Schabir Shaik, stands trial in the Durban High Court. He is convicted on two counts of ...
Patience Wears Thin.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... ISRAEL'S licence to wage war is nearing its expiration date. That was the gist of the recent news conference featuring President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, who sent a clear signal that their patience for an unrestrained Israeli campaign against Hizbollah militants in ...
This Day in History.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... 1798 Britain, under Admiral Horatio Nelson, destroys French fleet in Battle of the Nile, stranding Napoleon Bonaparte and his forces in Egypt. 1936 The Olympic Games open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. 1944 The people ...
Zuma: How I've suffered.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: INGRID OELLERMANN FORMER deputy president Jacob Zuma maintains he is "effectively unemployed and quite unemployable" given the pending corruption charges that have placed a "social pall" over him. They have resulted in him being branded a "corrupt criminal" ...
Women called on to serve selflessly.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: NOLOYISO MCHUNU LIKE their counterparts who marched to the Union Buildings to protest against pass laws in 1956, women should give of themselves selflessly and rest in the knowledge that the fruits of their labour would be celebrated in future. This was ...
Charges against detective dropped.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON FLAMBOYANT veteran Durban detective Sagie Govender walked out of the Durban Regional Court a free man yesterday after the state withdrew charges of corruption against him, conceding it had "insufficient evidence". Govender, who had 23 years' ...
Search for common ground; The solution in the Middle East lies in open communication with both sides willing to rise above their ethnocentric self-interest.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... The Greek saying: "Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad", is perhaps most applicable in the case of the Middle Eastern conflict at the present time. As Israeli and Hizbollah lock horns on Lebanon's soil they are causing havoc in the lives of ordinary citizens. ...
Readers respond.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Referring to your column of July 31 about the stepsons who go home to their mother after a weekend with their father and his wife, only to criticise the time spent with them. I have witnessed this same behaviour in a child who will spend a lovely time with her father, then on ...
Battle for the truth; Media reporting on the ANC succession battle is a lesson on how not to choose a president, writes Nomfanelo Kota.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... On the eve of the commemoration of 50 years of the women's march on August 9 1956, to the Union Buildings, once a citadel of racist power, it is worth rejoicing in the advances gained in the struggle for women's emancipation, but distressing to note that such gains are under threat ....
Sharing online window to the future.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... "Google" is a verb, a noun and an adjective. It's the powerhouse of internet innovation, and the first company to challenge Microsoft's dominance with any hope of succeeding. While Microsoft scurries to catch up and keep pace with the internet revolution, Google and the host of ...
Enter the Nexters.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... TIME flies when you're having fun. It seems just the other day that the marketing talk was all about Generation X, the one that came after the Baby Boomers, I think. After the Xers came Generation Y, the first really smart set. But from a Sunday paper I gather that Xers and Yers ...
Sardine run chances 'are nil'.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: BRONWYN GERRETSEN It is almost safe to say that this year's sardine run has been non-existent. Although one more flight over the KwaZulu-Natal coast is needed before the curtains officially close on this year's sardine run, the Natal Sharks Board has said ...
Leopards attack villagers in Zululand.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU & CHRIS JENKINS A moment of bravery saved the life of 40-year-old Thengukuphila Mlambo, of KwaMtholo, near Mtubatuba, on Sunday when he fought off and killed a leopard that attacked him. The leopard that attacked Mlambo was believed to have been ...
Blow to Pietermaritzburg as finance manager quits.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE THE Msunduzi Municipality was dealt a blow yesterday when the strategic executive manager for finance announced his resignation. Farhad Cassimjee said he had been offered a better position elsewhere in Pietermaritzburg, but could not disclose ...
Confusion ends as twins get new error-free IDs.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: NOLOYISO MCHUNU THE Durban twins whose lives became a nightmare when the Department of Home Affairs erroneously allocated the same identity number to both brothers were relieved to have their new identity books delivered to their homes, error-free, last week. ...
Young Compton stamps his class on English cricket.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Durban-born Nicholas Compton is making his mark on the English cricket circuit following a career-best 190 against Durham at Lord's on Saturday. With his Middlesex average now boasting 50 and having hit four first-class centuries and four 50s this season, Compton has been ...
Deadline set for travel accused.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Estelle Ellis The state has set a deadline of October 17 for any pleas and applications by those involved in the parliamentary travel fraud trial. After that date, which is also the day scheduled for the trial to start, senior state advocate Jannie van Vuuren ...
Oppikoppi - that's the idea.(Life)
Aug 01, 2006 ... So, did you catch any live music last week? I'm still processing the fact that there was so much on offer in Durban across such a broad spectrum of genres. As planned, I caught Madala Kunene at Vestige and Big Idea's set at the Uprising Festival at Gateway's Wavehouse. ...
Alleged police imposter in custody.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE A WOMAN who allegedly tricked people out of money by promising them jobs as an undercover narcotics police officer appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court yesterday and was remanded. Rooshi Harripersadh, 32, of Howick, is expected ...
Gregan asked to sit out tour.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Sydney: Australian captain George Gregan had been asked to consider sitting out the end-of-season tour to Europe ahead of next year's World Cup, a Wallabies team official said yesterday. Team spokesman Michael Earsman said that coach John Connolly had asked the veteran scrumhalf ...
Now the Boks aren't fit enough.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: DALE GRANGER The latest, and best, excuse to come out of the Springbok camp explaining South Africa's Tri-Nations troubles was that the players were too unfit to compete in the torturous competition. On Sunday Springbok coach Jake White told the media that ...
Springboks can relax, the Aussies' real foe is the much-hated Pom.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... And so to Sydney, for the denouement of the South Africans' (thus far) unhappy sporting odyssey in Australia and New Zealand. For your English correspondent, it is always nice to see how the old colonies are doing these days. Truth to tell, they have moved on a fair way since ...
Massive support for Zuma.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: SIPHO KHUMALO, STEPHANIE SAVILLE & SAPA CRIES of "Zuma! Zuma!" reverberated through central Pietermaritzburg yesterday as thousands of people descended on the city for the appearance of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges in the High Court. ...
Shots fired in robbery at mall.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU DURBAN businesses at the Pavilion shopping centre in Westville have expressed concern after another robbery yesterday in which shots were fired into the air. Last month three armed men walked into Arthur Kaplan Jewellers, broke the display glass ...
'Mbeki could save me'.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON JACOB Zuma says the man who sacked him - President Thabo Mbeki - could be the man to rescue him from his predicament, if only the state would take a sworn statement from him. In an affidavit filed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday, ...
For the record.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... IN A report in The Mercury on Friday, Gary Elliott was referred to as chief of the navy. ...
Rotting whale exhumed.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... THE carcass of the Minke whale that was buried last week after being beached at Kidds Beach, Leisure Bay, was exhumed yesterday after residents complained about the smell. The whale died of wounds after beaching on the rocks. It had been badly injured and by the time rescue ...
Boucher to captain South Africa.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON Colombia: Mark Boucher has been chosen to captain South Africa in the absence of Graeme Smith for the tri-nations limited-overs tournament, also featuring Sri Lanka and India, later this month. A 14-man squad was announced yesterday after the ...
Proteas remain positive.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON SOUTH Africa's tour of opportunity has got off to a rough start following their innings and 153-run defeat by Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club yesterday afternoon. The match was won and lost on the first day, after South Africa threw ...
Cricket tri-series.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... NEW DELHI: World champions Australia will clash with India and the West Indies in a limited-overs tri-series in Singapore and Malaysia in September, the Indian board said yesterday. The exact dates for the series, a prelude to the Champions Trophy tournament in India in October and ...
Hoax e-mail trial postponed again.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb Businessman Muziwendoda Kunene and former National Intelligence Agency manager Funi Madlala will have to wait until September 1 for their hoax e-mail fraud trial to begin. The start of the trial was again postponed yesterday in the Pretoria ...
B J is innocent, says Muir as prop is handed citing.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Mike Greenaway THE Sharks are confident that the citing of Brendon Botha for a stamping incident in the Cheetahs game will come to naught. The tighthead prop will be at a hearing in Cape Town tomorrow morning to determine his guilt or innocence regarding an ...
Zimbabwe dollar loses a few zeros to make life easier.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Zimbabwe drops three zeros from the end of its official currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, today - and also officially devalues it by 60% against the US dollar. The three zeros were dropped to make the Zimbabwe dollar more manageable in the face of ...
PSL champs can't wait to face Chiefs.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Johannesburg: Asked on their website to vote for the team they'd most love to face in the Telkom Charity Cup, Mamelodi Sundowns' supporters overwhelmingly selected Kaizer Chiefs. Their wish was granted yesterday, with the two giants set for a titanic clash in the second ...
Convicted traffic officer goes to jail.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba JOHANNESBURG: Although she was paralysed in a car accident last year, Lynette Breedt cried when the man responsible for her permanent injuries was sent to jail. Johannesburg Metro Police officer Thabo Makgalemele, 40, was yesterday sentenced in ...
Petrol Price Concerns.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... It looks as if consumers will soon have to tighten their belts by several notches. At first sight the 31c a litre increase in the retail petrol price of petrol, to be implemented from midnight tonight, appears to be just one more in a series of monthly adjustments. Inland ...
Government condemns Israel's Mideast attacks.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Peter Fabricius The South African government has issued its strongest condemnation of Israeli action, calling its military attacks on Gaza and Lebanon violations of international law and the Geneva Convention. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad said ...
Petrol price to rise again at midnight.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford & Matthew Savides As from midnight motorists will have to dig deep into their pockets as petrol edges towards the R7/litre mark. Taxi fares are also set to rise. Motorists along the coast will pay R6.80 a litre. Standard diesel grade will rise ...
Athlete burgled again.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Pretoria: Olympic swimming gold medallist Ryk Neethling's Lynnwood home was burgled at the weekend - the second time in two months the athlete has fallen victim to criminals. Neethling's flat was burgled in ...
Moms encouraged to breastfeed their babies.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Linda Mbongwa JOHANNESBURG: At the start of breastfeeding week today mothers are being urged to feed their infants exclusively on breastmilk. By doing so, about 1.2 million lives could be saved. This is the message the World Health Organisation and Unicef is sending out ....
Crocodile wanders on to Cape Vidal beach.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Chris Jenkins ST LUCIA: Anglers and bathers got more than they bargained for when they headed for the beach at Cape Vidal in the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park on Sunday to enjoy a typical balmy Zululand winter's day, and found themselves in the company of a 3.35m-long ...
Trial of son accused of shooting parents delayed.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev JOHANNESBURG: Answers about the gruesome murder of plastic surgeon Anwar Kadwa and his wife, Munirah, will only start emerging in two months' time. Yesterday Kadwa's son, Riaz, 23, accused of shooting his father six times at point-blank range, ...
17-man gang beats up guards during heist.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Demian van der Reijden Johannesburg: Three guards were beaten up with crowbars "for refusing to co-operate" when a 17-man gang, armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols, held up a security van. The gang robbed the van in Doornfontein yesterday and fled with an ...
Money woes told to president's office.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Mbeki had played a part in the arms deal process, while deputy president of South Africa. He said a joint investigation by the Auditor-General, the National Prosecuting Authority and a parliamentary committee had concluded that the deal was not tainted by corruption. ...
Prosecution seeks harsher sentence for man guilty of incest.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... PRETORIA: The Director of Public Prosecutions asked the Pretoria High Court yesterday to impose a sentence of at least five years imprisonment on a stepfather who, over a period of 12 years, indecently assaulted his adopted daughter and committed incest with her. The 40-year-old ...
Nigeria beat rivals Angola.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tommy Ballantyne NIGERIA signalled their intention of retaining the title they won in Egypt in 2002 when they overran continental rivals Angola 64-48 in yesterday's third day of play at the 15th Fiba Africa U18 Junior Basketball Championships being played in Durban. ...
Votes are being counted in DRC.(News)
Aug 01, 2006 ... Kinshasa: In flickering light owing to a power failure, the Democratoc Republic of Congo's electoral head informed the nation yesterday at a postponed news conference televised live that the arduous task of counting an estimated 22 million votes cast in Sunday's historic elections had ...
Soul talk.(Life)
Aug 02, 2006 ... August is women's month and a time to celebrate women. We truly are wonderful, beautiful, captivating, and all our fascinating facets allow us to shine brightly in the lives of others. The time, effort and energy we invest so willingly into family, friends and work reflects back ...
A costly coach won't guarantee success.(Network)
Aug 02, 2006 ... FINALLY the South African Football Association (Safa) has zeroed in on a coach to prepare the team for the 2010 World Cup. Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira's name must already be emblazoned on the head coach's jersey after Safa officials Danny Jordaan and Sturu Pasiya paid a ...
'Wine of origin' puts KZN on map.(News)
Aug 02, 2006 ... BYLINE: INGRID OELLERMANN KWAZULU-NATAL winemakers Tiny and Judy van Niekerk, of the Stables Wine Estate in Nottingham Road have made South African history with their pinotage claret being certified by the South African Wine Information Services as a KwaZulu-Natal wine of ...
SA needs more well-trained police officers.(News)
Aug 02, 2006 ... There have been numerous views expressed about the levels of crime and its potential to derail the 2010 World Cup. At last the government seems to have listened. I believe the basic problems are that we do not have enough policemen and women; that many of them are inadequately ...
Quiet? Not really, judging by the ship loads.(Network)
Aug 02, 2006 ... Someone passed the comment the other day about how quiet Durban Harbour was. It may have seemed so but, in fact, the port has been rather busy - although there are, admittedly, a few gaps in the berthing spots. It certainly hasn't lacked in interest. For one thing, those ...
From ship to shore - selling containers as homes is good business.(Network)
Aug 02, 2006 ... Most people are familiar with the concept of using containers for purposes other than moving cargo. The growth in Spaza shops and builders' site huts are examples of other uses; likewise the use of containers as classrooms in rural areas. Nevertheless, it is unusual to come ...
East London shipwreck declared a write-off and to be removed.(Network)
Aug 02, 2006 ... Safmarine Agulhas, the container ship that went aground off the East London port breakwater on June 26, has been declared a total structural loss and authorities have decided the wreck will have to be removed. This decision was taken at the end of last week after it became ...