The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from January 2007:
Early diagnosis can prevent diabetes complications.(Life)
Jan 02, 2007 ... ABOUT 18.2 million people in Africa are diabetic. Early diagnosis and monitoring prevents a number of diabetes complications such as Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy. While the focus is generally on sensory neuropathy which can lead to amputation, Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy is ...
Heavenly healing cinnamon.(Life)
Jan 02, 2007 ... YOU can't possibly think of Christmas and not be buoyed by the prospect of all the delicious aromas that emanate from kitchens and bakeries at this most magical time of year. And cinnamon seems to be a key ingredient for many of these tantalising goodies. Of all the herbs, ...
Festive season left you bloated?(Life)
Jan 02, 2007 ... FEELING bloated after the excesses of the festive season? Try this yoga posture which helps stimulate the abdominal organs like the liver and kidneys, thereby aiding in digestion and the detoxing of the body. This rejuvenating twist also relieves tight shoulders and achy backs, ...
Last year's high notes.(Life)
Jan 02, 2007 ... With no Mercury out last Tuesday I did not get a chance to preview all the excellent end of year entertainment that happened around the province this past weekend. Here's hoping you had a safe and jumping start to 2007 and that somewhere you managed to include a bit of live original music ...
Fighting /global terror; The UKZN's Harold Wolpe lecture recently hosted an anti-war critic who /gave his analysis of war against international apartheid, writes Shannon Walsh.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... THE University of KwaZulu-Natal's Harold Wolpe lecture recently played host to staunch anti-war critic and anti-imperialist George Galloway. Spectators overflowed into the aisles as the powerful orator inspired and provoked the audience with his analysis of the current war on ...
Could speeding have caused bus accident?(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... It was with great sadness that I heard of the tragic accident involving an SA Roadlink "luxury" bus, which caused the death of 12 people . I travel on the N3 between Durban and Pietermaritzburg regularly. On two separate occasions this month, I encountered two SA ...
Cricket bosses need introspection.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... The Proteas were found wanting after the first Test and, as usual, the public wanted the offending players sacked - namely Smith and Gibbs. However, we have Barry Richards to thank for pointing out the obvious problem with SA Cricket |- our dear administrators. As ...
Community aid benefits 33 000.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... On the day of Eid, |October 24, which marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadaan, the Muslim community of Durban had planned to feed 25 000 people in underprivileged areas. Thanks to the generosity of the community, food was distributed throughout our ...
Port landmark's meaning lost.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN THE massive rotating cowl on Durban's multimillion-rand Millennium Tower is not working, with port authorities saying they are not sure when it will be repaired. The cowl, designed to indicate wind direction, was struck by lightning last year ...
Tower a source of vital data.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO THE cone-shaped Millennium Tower on the Bluff is a familiar sight to many Durbanites. But only a handful know about the amazing technology - although now in disrepair - that the tower possesses, and the information it relays. Completed in 2002, ...
Midlands ambush /leaves two passengers dead.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE A DRIVER'S dash to get his |injured passengers to hospital after an ambush on Sunday ended in tragedy when his car broke down and two women died. Police Supt Joshua Gwala said that seven friends and relatives were travelling from Khatha to ...
Rocky New Year.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... THE good year Twenty O'Seven is but a pup, and already it has a hero: Rocky Balboa, making another comeback to the boxing ring for the sixth movie of the series. The |final instalment has already been dubbed the season's holiday hit |by critics. Yet when the director and star, ...
Time to spring clean that PC again.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... Happy New Year! I hope 2007 brings you much peace, happiness and prosperity and a chance to make a fresh start where necessary. In keeping with this line of thought over the holiday |period, I decided to tidy up my own year-old Dell Latitude laptop for a change. Over the past ...
It's prizegiving time as we remember rugby's highs and lows in 2006.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... My end-of-year column handing out the awards for 2006 won't find favour in every quarter. But they might strike a chord with some of you. Springbok Player of the Year: Pierre Spies. South African young player of the year: Francois Steyn. Mr Consistency ...
Sad end to Rovers' year with passing of two renowned personalities.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jos Robson It was something of a gloomy end to an otherwise successful sporting year for the Berea Rovers Sports Club after the passing of two of their renowned sporting personalities, Ferdie Nel and Dudley Sparks, in the closing days of 2006. Born in 1927, ...
Success Is Dictated By More Than Matric.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... Over the past few days the media has been dominated by stories of the 2006 matric results. In today's world a tremendous amount |of emphasis is placed on academic achievement. Young people are under pressure to produce stellar results, which will presumably open ...
Golden Mile has been reclaimed.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... WhaT a wonderful job our |city has done to reclaim |the Golden Mile from |bottle-throwing revellers. Thank you to all of the departments that have |worked long hours to ensure that the Durban beachfront is clean and secure for us all to enjoy! Durban residents, come ...
Two to answer to beach killing.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: KARISHMA GANPATH TWO men will appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court today in connection with |the murder of a 40-year-old Welkom man in a parking lot at South Beach on New Year's Eve. Khotso David Lekhoayane was stabbed three times in the chest and stomach ...
Proteas well placed to win series.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: MICHAEL OWEN-SMITH THE Proteas came out of Durban last week on understandably their biggest Test match high of 2006. The mood in the Indian camp was much more sombre, taking into account that they had thrown away their lead in the series much as they did at Melbourne ...
Clark/shows/Harris/the way.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: MICHAEL OWEN-SMITH Cape Town: Australia's Stuart Clark was nine months ago the last cricketer to make his Test debut at Newlands and he went on to be one of the biggest success stories of 2006. So much so, that he has already risen up to No 12 in the ICC Test ...
Now Langer joins Warne, McGrath.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... SYDNEY: An emotional Justin Langer yesterday announced that he was joining his Australian teammates Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath by retiring from international cricket after the final Ashes Test. Langer, 36, said he had agonised for months and that while he wanted to keep ...
Ponting/praise for/Buchanan.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... SYDNEY: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has praised the work of coach John Buchanan for much of the team's success and believes his successor has an enormous role to fill. While the headlines ahead of today's fifth and final Ashes Test against England have |been dominated by ...
'England players are not divided'.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... SYDNEY: Captain Andrew Flintoff has dismissed reports of a split in the England camp, insisting the team was still united in trying to salvage something from their disastrous Ashes tour of Australia. There has been increasing speculation about the mood of England's players after ...
Time To Face Reality.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... Let us not beat about the bush when it comes to the 2006 matric results - they are bad. In fact, they have been bad for the past three years. In 2004 the pass rate was 70.7%, from 73.3% in 2003. In 2005 it dropped to 68.3% and continued to fall to 66.6% in 2006 . Out ...
Rescue services kept/busy off KZN coast.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: SE-ANNE RALL & CRAIG MCKUNE THREE people were rescued by helicopter yesterday after a skiboat capsized at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. National Sea Rescue Institute Durban Station Commander Paul Bevis said that |the Vodacom Netcare rescue ...
Festive crowds earn praise.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: LIZ CLARKE, CHRIS JENKINS |& MERCURY CORRESPONDENTS POLICE and tourism |authorities in Kwa-Zulu-Natal are holding their breath after initial reports showed that this festive season has been one of the "best behaved" on record. Although heavy rain, damp ...
Death of ambassador.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... PRETORIA: South Africa's High Commissioner to Namibia, Tim Maseko, died in hospital in Johannesburg yesterday after a heart attack. Foreign MInister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced the death yesterday ...
Boeta is back.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... Cape Town: Boeta Dippenaar returns from a temporary spell in the wilderness for the Rest of South Africa's three-day tour match against Pakistan, starting in Kimberley on Saturday. Dippenaar was not given a single game in the ODI series against India despite being selected for the squad, ...
Cross-border hijackers hold up St Lucia tourists.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: CHRIS JENKINS POLICE in Maputaland, on the Mozambique border, are searching for a gang of well-armed hijackers who held up two groups of visitors in a remote area of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park on Friday. The seven gunmen stopped two Gauteng-registered ...
Oprah fulfils /dream of giving poor girls a break.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nomusa Cembi The dream of United States philanthropist Oprah Winfrey to build a school for poor girls has finally come true. Today, Oprah officially opens the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley-on-Klip near the Vaal, south of Johannesburg. ...
Escapers at large.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... PRETORIA: Sixteen awaiting-trial prisoners are still at large after escaping from police cells at Lehurutshe Police Station, near Zeerust, on New |Year's Eve. Police spokeswoman ...
Rubbish/lies around uncollected at new mall.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: KARISHMA GANPATH SHOPPERS and tenants at a newly opened shopping mall in Howick, in the Midlands, have complained about the increased number of flies and the foul smell from accumulated rubbish from restaurants which has been left to decompose for more than a month. ...
Alcohol wreaks havoc on SA roads.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: MATTHEW SAVIDES MORE than 60% of the drivers and pedestrians killed on South Africa's roads since December 1 were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accidents, the national TransportDepartment estimates. The latest figures released by the ...
Spaniards execute clean sweep at Hopman Cup.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... PERTH: Spain's Tommy Robredo and Anabel Medina Garrigues outclassed their Croatian opposition in the Hopman Cup by completing a 3-0 sweep of Mario and Sanja Ancic at the Burswood Dome yesterday. Medina Garrigues drew first blood for the Spaniards with a two-set win, before world ...
Fight harder against poverty, says Mbeki.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thokozani Mtshali South Africa must dedicate this year to the fight against crime, unemployment and poverty, says President Thabo Mbeki. In his New Year's message yesterday, Mbeki also expressed concern about the high number of deaths on the country's roads, ...
Widow arrested after brutal slaying.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev JOHANNESBURG: At his |memorial service, Mulalo |Netshisaulu wept for her slain husband, Avhatakali, son of City Press Editor Mathatha Tsedu. Today, a couple of weeks later, she is expected to make her first court appearance in connection with his ...
Gow hat-trick sets up Falkirk for convincing win.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2007 ... GLASGOW: Falkirk beat Dundee United 5-1 in their Scottish Premier League |tussle yesterday with a hat-trick from Alan Gow. Pat Cregg put Falkirk in front with |a penalty in 15 minutes, but United equalised as Barry Robson sent a 40th-minute header into the top left. ...
Festive crowds earn praise.(News)
Jan 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: LIZ CLARKE, CHRIS JENKINS & MERCURY CORRESPONDENTS POLICE and tourism authorities in Kwa-Zulu-Natal are holding their breath after initial reports showed that this festive season has been one of the "best behaved" on record. Although heavy rain, damp ...
One-on-one for Grey's star.(Life)
Jan 03, 2007 ... A naked woman with a red ribbon around her neck was a recent surprise awaiting Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey when he entered his dressing room. The actor thought it was a prank, but a US report has it that it was all for real - the woman, a busty blonde, was a fervent fan ...
Saving the world /with our wobblies!(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... I LOVE the familiar. There's comfort in sitting in the same chair outside and sipping from my old coffee mug. Sometimes I surprise myself by buying different magazines from my usual supply. Two articles recently disturbed me. Not only do women need repotting every 10 years, but ...
DStv signal unreliable.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... Yet another evening with DStv minus a signal right in the middle of one of the few things worth watching. I am sure I am not the only one who is sick of DStv crashing at the merest suggestion of inclement weather. ...
Road Safety.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... The carnage on KwaZulu-Natal roads continues, albeit in the face of concerted efforts to bring |motorists and pedestrians to their senses. While, unfortunately, one can always expect some misguided individuals to break the law, it is the scale of lawlessness - which translates ...
Medical Aid Council not protecting public.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... ThE Council for Medical Aid Schemes, which acts as a watchdog to protect medical aid members, is ineffective. A few weeks ago the council turned down proposed changes for 2007 that had been put forward by Discovery Health. But now all options have been approved without any ...
Gratuitous act of barbarity.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... President George W Bush, arising on January 1, believes himself free of an irritant - Saddam Hussein. In reality, though, it is to a more violent world than his delusion could conceive. He will not be able to wash his hands of the blood of the 653 000 deaths that have resulted ...
The Message is Clear.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... Every day we see evidence that humankind's |ingenuity and technical skills seemingly have no bounds. Yet now and again we are reminded of how puny such achievements appear when they are confronted by Mother Nature. The latest illustration of this truth came last week when a ...
Johannesburg Is Definitely Cleaner Than Durban.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... Durban's tourism authorities and the eThekwini Municipality sell the city as a prime beach resort worth visiting. I have many happy childhood memories of Durban and its surrounding areas. After not having visited the city in a decade, I have in the past year had the opportunity ...
Packed with suspense.(Life)
Jan 03, 2007 ... WOLF CREEK is a horror film with an eerie realism about it, brought about by amateur cinematography and good performances by the four lead actors. Set in the western Australian outback, it is the story of Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi), two ...
Cox headlines Splashy.(Life)
Jan 03, 2007 ... World-renowned acoustic finger-style virtuoso Tony Cox has been confirmed as the "super-headline" act for Splashy Fen Music Festival 2007, to be held over the Easter weekend, April 5to 9. Although a veteran of the inaugural Splashy gathering in 1990 and the festival's early ...
Awhirl in a whacky world.(Life)
Jan 03, 2007 ... A YOUNG man's survival |of a nightmare childhood, while retaining his senses |of humour and forgiveness, is at |the core of this cluttered and chaotic comedy-drama from director Ryan Murphy, who |makes his big-screen debut after having created TV's popular Nip/Tuck. Murphy has ...
Top events for Pietermaritzburg.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE TWO unique events to be staged in Pietermaritzburg this year are expected to help the city shed its "Sleepy Hollow" image and to rev up the entertainment calendar. Melanie Veness, the Director of Pietermaritzburg Tourism announced, yesterday ...
Some bad tidings.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... WILL 2007 be the year that sinks the bottled water fad? Perhaps. In Britain, the stuff is being boycotted by the government's food and drink watchdog, the Food Standards Agency, which has decided to offer only filtered tap water in its offices because it is a "greener" option. ...
Task team set up to deal with rabies in KZN.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU a provincial task team has been set up in response to the spread of rabies inland from the KwaZulu-Natal coast. The Rabies Action Group comprises officials from the provincial departments of Health and Agriculture, and from the SPCA. ...
Out silly season, /in swop season.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI FATHER Christmas may be back in Lapland, but for staff at major retailers, his presence is still being felt - with staff having to cope with a flurry of post-festive exchanges. An interesting spin on this season's January shopping spree is that ...
The truth about Butch's substitution.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY Butch James has cleared up the mystery of his shock substitution towards the end of the first of the two Twickenham Tests against against England in November and in the process has exonerated coach Jake White for what looked to be a substitution that cost ...
Retired Cape bishop suffragan George Swartz dies.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... CAPE TOWN: The former bishop suffragan of Cape Town and bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman, George Swartz, has died. He was 79. Swartz was born in Potchefstroom in what was then |the Transvaal, on September 8 1928. He was educated at the |Umbilo Road High School in Durban and later ...
Search for teen's body continues.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... A 14-year-old boy was |swept out to sea while swimming in the Umkomaas River mouth yesterday. The boy, from Magabheni, had been dropped off with his friends at the beach when the incident happened. Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said that, according to onlookers, ...
Pearls advert irks/ratepayers' group.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO UMHLANGA residents who have objected |to the controversial Pearls of Umhlanga skyscraper resort's Pearl Dawn phase are upset over the placing of a newspaper advert during the Christmas period, which gave members of the public just 10 days to lodge a notice ...
Renowned artist dies.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: LEANNE RAYMOND CAPE Town artist Eleanor Esmonde-White, a gifted easel painter, graphic authority and a mural designer, died in her sleep yesterday, the day after her 93rd birthday. Born in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, Esmonde-White, together with Le Roux Smith le ...
Police win crime battle in Mkhuze area.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: CHRIS JENKINS THE vast Mkhuze area of north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal enjoyed a relatively crime-|free festive season, thanks to intense crime-prevention activities by the police over Christmas and the New Year. Supt Jay Naicker said Mkhuze police had been "very ...
Consumer Affairs puts R2m back in consumers' pockets.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: LYSE COMINS PROVING that it pays to complain, consumers who took their complaints to the Economic Development Department's Consumer Affairs division last year enjoyed redress from suppliers and service providers worth more than R2 million. The outgoing ...
Road fund reels as claims soar.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: VUSUMUZI KA NZAPHEZA SOUTH Africa's booming car sales have hit the Road Accident Fund hard with an increase in the number of accidents and more people claiming compensation. The fund's annual report says about a million new vehicles have been added to the ...
Widow becomes accused number six.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev When Avhatakali Netshisaulu met Mulalo Sivhidzo through mutual friends, his family felt he had met his "companion for life". Yesterday, however, in |a shocking development, |Netshisaulu's widow appeared at the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court and ...
Injured Philippoussis bows out of Cup.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2007 ... PERTH: Australia's Mark Philippoussis retired with a knee injury in his Hopman Cup match against Jerome Haehnel to hand France victory in their Group-A encounter yesterday. The 30-year-old, who had surgery three times on his left knee between 1999 and 2001, pulled up his right ...
Questions over McBride blood test.(News)
Jan 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford JOHANNESBURG: Almost two weeks after Ekurhuleni Metro |Police Chief Robert McBride crashed his car after attending a year-end function, police refuse to say whether a blood test was taken. Police took over the investigation to ensure that there ...
Compton called up.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2007 ... DURBAN-born Nick Compton, who was educated at Clifton and DHS, has been included in an England A squad to tour Bangladesh next month. Compton, 23, the grandson of famous England batsman Denis Compton, enjoyed a prolific 2006 season with Middlesex, winning his county cap at the end of the ...