The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from March 2007:
Draw makes it easy for Sundowns.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Pretoria: Is the rest of the Premier Soccer League colluding to hand Mamelodi Sundowns the title on a silver platter? It certainly seems that way as SuperSport United and Jomo Cosmos drew 1-1 in Pretoria last night. Second faced third in the PSL in Pretoria yesterday, ...
Journeys of personal growth.(Life)
Mar 01, 2007 ... AN EIGHTH series of the adult reality series, It's For Life, which falls under SABC's education umbrella, will be seen on SABC2 from noon on Sunday. Produced by Urban Brew Studios, the 13-part series has been described as a journey of personal growth and consciousness. ...
Fundraising scheme is inherently flawed.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Gordon Haygarth THE media has reported on a controversial ANC fundraising scheme which requires that business people pay not inconsiderable sums of money to gain access to cabinet ministers and senior civil servants for the purpose of making beneficial business contacts ...
Pride is paying off.(Life)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE Gardeners with some of KwaZulu-Natal's greenest fingers gathered at Pietermaritzburg's Dunrobin Nursery to celebrate the results of the regional round of the national Gardens of Pride competition. The competition, sponsored by Pam Golding ...
Concern for Fifa safety is telling.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... If crime is not a problem, as our government would have us believe, then why, as reported in The Mercury (February 20), ...
City ignores objections to Point project.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... In the letter by J P Purshotum (The Mercury, February 14 ) he accused the municipality of not involving the public in the decision to build the new stadium. This is not the only case where they have ridden roughshod over public opinion. The development of the Point Waterfront is ...
A1 Assessment.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... NOW that all the noise has died down, Durban can begin to take stock of the pros and cons of staging this year's A1 Grand Prix. The race brought benefits to the city and the province as spelled out by KZN Premier S'bu Ndebele. These included the free publicity that was given to ...
Changing medical aid benefits quandary.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... There seems to be a distinct possibility that medical schemes are fast becoming affordable only to the rich. What has happened to me has drawn me to this conclusion. The scheme which I belong to sent out 2007 brochures late last year. While our subscriptions went up, ...
Siting of A1 gave little thought to commuters.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Every morning for the past two weeks I have been late for work and for other appointments during the day. The traffic chaos and congestion has been awful. On Friday I witnessed three accidents, no doubt caused by the chaos as people took whatever chance they could to get along ...
A Subaru for all seasons.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Winfield Tribeca is a fashionable suburb in Manhattan, New York. It's inhabitants are trendy, stylish, well heeled and usually well connected. Actor Robert de Niro lives in Tribeca and John F Kennedy Jr also lived in the area before he tragically flew his light ...
Remember to first check for a pulse.(Motoring)
Mar 01, 2007 ... I often talk about pulsed and electronic fuel injection systems and a reader called to ask me for a brief outline of how they differ. Pulsed systems are known as electronic fuel injection (EFI) while continuous injection systems (CIS) are often called mechanical or ...
Why Convoy Drivers Are Exempt From Some Laws.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Premier S'bu Ndebele is a well-known road safety activist. As one of South Africa's longest serving former transport MECs, he initiated ground-breaking road safety campaigns. Ndebele is still passionate about road safety and believes no one is above the law. However, there are ...
New names must honour past heroes.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... While it is imperative that any city reflects and highlights the contributions of prominent individuals who played a role in its chapters of history, street naming is but one of the options to commemorate such individuals. The renaming of streets may have merit; however, we ...
Those who defy law are riding close to edge.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Every cyclist ought to know that it is imperative to wear a helmet. In an accident, especially when the front wheel is involved,cyclists will often hit the surface with the heads. I have hit a dog, gone over the handlebars and hit the edge of a pavement with the back of my head ....
Lifting the veil . . .(Life)
Mar 01, 2007 ... A PROGRAMME to accelerate the development of emerging artists, through mentorship with established artists, has been launched by Durban's Glenwood-based KZNSA Gallery, in partnership with Beiersdorf South Africa. And a fine example of this commendable collaboration is the ...
Talented teen? Head for Gateway!(Life)
Mar 01, 2007 ... IF YOU know someone cool and confident, aged between 11 and 14, and who fancies herself as a television presenter, then spread the word that Umhlanga's Gateway is the place to be next week. From next Wednesday to Saturday, auditions will be held at the mall for the Shield Teens ...
ANC leader embodied the South African dream; This is an edited version of Premier S'bu Ndebele's speech from the launch of the Albert Luthuli commemorative events in Groutville, KwaDukuza, this week.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Forty years ago a hero of our people, Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, departed for the great yonder, but his legacy remains etched in the collective memories of all who cherish the democratic ideal. In the political veins of our free country today courses the blood that Chief ...
Fate steps in as baby is found.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU A CHANCE sighting yesterday led to the recovery of a 2-month-old baby girl who had been kidnapped in January. Bonisile Shozi had been searching for her daughter for more than a month and had almost given up hope when fate stepped in. ...
Flooding at library 'may have be an act of sabotage'.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE A RECENT flooding at the Bessie Head Library, in Pietermaritzburg, that caused damage worth R60 000, appears to have been an act of sabotage by disgruntled staff. Staff at the library, speaking to The Mercury on condition of anonymity, said ...
It's Ugley, old top.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... STIFF upper lips, chaps. The bally ANC is going to rename our roads and buildings within three months, and dear old Durbs will never be the same. It's a poor show, old bean. Even Victoria Embankment is becoming Margaret Mncadi something or other. Her Majesty would not be ...
And the winners are.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Congratulations to our Mercury Challenger winners, who each won R100 in last week's Challenger Competitions: They are: Sunitha Ramdhani, who wins R100 for the Challenger competition (answer: 365 feet or 111m); Riek van der ...
Such A Warm Welcome.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The visit of Iceland's foreign minister to South Africa is another illustration of how the world has become a global village. It may come as a surprise to many South Africans that we have bilateral relations with that European island republic. But our Foreign Minister, Nkosazama ...
Mukansi set for Usuthu.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: KAMLESH GOSAI THE on-off deal between AmaZulu and former Bafana Bafana midfielder Macdonald Mukansi is likely to end with the player joining the Durban club in their fight against relegation. Mukansi reached a verbal agreement yesterday to sign for the club. ...
Haswell break-in puzzles.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: STEPHANIE SAVILLE ACTING Msunduzi Municipal Manager Rob Haswell says he has nothing to hide and is stumped as to why anyone would want to go through his office. This comes in the wake of a break-in at his office on the weekend of February 17 and 18. In what ...
Win Sharks tickets.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Mercury is giving away 10 double tickets to watch the Sharks play the Crusaders at Absa Stadium on Saturday. The kickoff is at 5pm. ...
Stone-Age Sophia Loren; The queen of Italian cavegirls shows her face 14 000 years later, writes Nick Pisa from Rome.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Although her strong jaw and hooked nose may not measure up against modern beauties such as the evergreen Italian screen siren Sofia Loren, they may have been irresistible in her time. Taller than the average Stone Age woman, and older than most when she died, Thea, who lived in ...
Sharks won't give an inch.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY At Twickenham last November, Johan Ackermann surveyed the sights and sounds of the massive crowd with heightened senses when he jogged out on to the pitch with the Springboks. He says he took it in with amazement and gratitude that he somehow was still ...
Mixed emotions at fatal accident scene as woman gives birth.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SE-ANNE RALL PARAMEDICS attending to an accident scene at Warwick Avenue in Durban yesterday experienced mixed emotions when a victim of the accident died at the scene, while a woman in the crowd that had gathered gave birth. "It seems ironic that on the same ...
Ullrich 'out of retirement' for Argus.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum There are very few cycle races in the world which can claim to have three former Tour de France champions on the start line. The organisers of the Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour confirmed this week that 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich ...
Selective culling of elephants to be reintroduced to manage growing animal population.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TONY CARNIE THE government has finally bitten the emotionally charged bullet it locked away in a cupboard in 1995 by announcing yesterday that the selective culling of elephants would have to resume in some of the country's game reserves. Environmental ...
Epic multi events battle for fans.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... JOHANNESBURG: It is not only the fast-growing Yellow Pages Ultimate Athletics that will be showcased on the track of Coetzenburg in Stellenbosch tomorrow, but the South African Multi Events Championships take place on both tomorrow and on Saturday, with athletes from all over Africa ...
Now I've seen it all, says Fergie.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: London Sir Alex Ferguson has seen virtually everything during his long and successful career, but even the Manchester United manager was stunned by his side's early goal spree in their FA Cup win at Reading. United scored three times in the first six minutes ...
R1bn to be spent improving water supply.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE THE eThekwini Municipality is to spend more than R1 billion in increasing the municipality's water supply and replacing broken concrete water pipes. The city is preparing to spend R500 million on replacing its dilapidated water system - which ...
Drug addicts can now buy online.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mercury Correspondent THE internet has become an important player in the illegal drug trade. The 2006 report of the International Narcotics Control Board, released this morning, highlights the role of "cyberpharmacies" in illegally selling a wide range of ...
Proteas depart for West Indies.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess JOHANNESBURG: Before departing for the World Cup yesterday afternoon, South Africa officially took ownership of a weighty gold and sterling silver shield signifying their status as the top one-day side in the world. "ICC One Day International ...
We must fight crime better, says Phumzile.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Angela Quintal The government was committed to fighting crime, but just needed to do it better, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said yesterday. She was replying to questions in the National Assembly, including one from DA MP Manie van Dyk, on whether ...
Watchdog to call in top KZN official.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIPHO KHUMALO KWAZULU-NATAL Director-General Mandla Mchunu is to be summoned to appear before the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) after failing to appear before the committee to table a report on several pressing issues yesterday. His failure to ...
Winnie stirs succession race pot.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare WINNIE Madikizela-Mandela has stirred up waves in the ANC's succession debate by publicly backing Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the next national president. The controversial former ANC Women's League president stunned guests at ...
Claimants have not seen payout.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIPHO KHUMALO MEMBERS of the special committee on public accounts (Scopa) in KwaZulu-Natal were shocked yesterday to hear that almost 21 years after 317 families were evicted from their land in Inanda - to make way for the construction of the Inanda Dam - they still had ...
U-19 squad named for IRB world champs.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sports reporter The South African Rugby Union has announced a 26-man squad to participate in the 2007 International Rugby Board under-19 Rugby World Championships in Northern Ireland. The squad has been whittled down from an initial group of 90 players, who ...
Name changes 'will be in one go'.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARVIN GOLDSTONE TWO hundred more street names and those of some suburbs in the eThekwini Municipality are still to be changed - and these changes will all be made "in one go". This was the message from ANC members of the municipality's executive committee ...
Lotto ticket found in the nick of time.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mercury Correspondent Cape Town: An 11th-hour check on a Lotto ticket found behind a cupboard has made a Western Cape woman nearly R900 000 richer. The woman found the ticket just five days before it expired. "I normally check my tickets in batches, ...
Parreira unfazed by pressure, media attention.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan & Jonty Mark Johannesburg: Carlos Parreira has broken his silence about his work visa woes and R1.8 million-a-month salary - and revealed that his family and friends in Brazil worry about reports of South Africa's crime problem. In an exclusive ...
Biggest ever asset seizures.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev Suspected criminal kingpin Hendrik Delport remained cool yesterday as the National Prosecuting Authority seized his private helicopter, three Land Rovers, a Jeep, a boat, a quad bike and a pair of jet skis. The NPA's Asset Forfeiture Unit began ...
Mathe escape still under investigation.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Linda Daniels Nine prison officials had been suspended and faced criminal charges for allegedly aiding Ananias Mathe's escape, Correctional Service Minister Ngconde Balfour told Parliament yesterday. MPs also heard that, while the number of escapes from ...
KZN budget supplement.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... KZN Finance Mec Zweli Mkhize delivers his budget in the provincial legislature in Pietermaritzburg today. ...
Gough leaves Essex.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... LONDON: Ex-England fast bowler Darren Gough has left Essex to take over as captain of his former county Yorkshire. Gough left Yorkshire for Essex in 2004. - Reuters MILAN: AC Milan forward Marco Borriello has been banned by the Italian League for three months after traces of ...
Steamy weather set to get worse.(News)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MATTHEW SAVIDES THE steamy weather conditions that have left KZN residents hot and sweaty this week are set to continue, with temperatures on Saturday expected to be in the mid-30s. The SA National Weather Service reported that temperatures had hovered in the ...
Hamilton hold off brave Collegians.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Durban Collegians put up a brave fight before going down 27-17 to visiting Cape Town side Hamilton Sea Point Rugby Club at the Collegians ground ...
Dolphins have only themselves to blame.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON THE Lions won their second consecutive last-ball thriller when they beat the Dolphins by two wickets in a Standard Bank Pro20 match in front of 7 700 wildly excited spectators at Kingsmead last night. The Lions, who now top the table, owed a ...
Heart-throb's triple treat . . .(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... BRAD Pitt fans can look forward to two new films starring the 43-year-old hunk this year - among them the western The Assasination of Jesse James and buddy caper Ocean's 13. The heart-throb is currentlynon screen in the Oscar-nominated, tragic and weighty Babel. Pitt ...
Crime level has tainted Durban's image.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... To add to the letter from John Steenhuisen "we need to take back our city from the criminals" (The Mercury, February 12): We recently spent 11 days in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, where we stayed at different hotels or lodges. We met many foreign tourists with whom we ...
Reality Bites.(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... What food or drink could you simply not live without? In true South African style I would have to say pizza and beer. Any food or drink you detest (and why)? I've recently grown to detest lamb. I find it very rich and the fat is quite slimy. ...
Partying with the stars.(Life)
Mar 02, 2007 ... DURBAN Africa stepped up to the plate this weekend to ensure that the high profile guests who were in the city for the A1 Grand Prix had a first-class experience of South Africa's playground. Everyone who is anyone was in Durban this weekend, and parties abounded. An ...
Confusion of comedy.(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... Durban actor and director Robin Singh, one of Durban's most enduring theatre personalities, is currently slap-bang in the centre of a whirlpool of comedy. He is the director of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's delicious comedy collage, Confusions, which runs at The Courtyard Theatre, on the ...
Into the real world.(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... A COMPUTER-GENERATED animated feature marking a collaboration between Germany, Spain and Britain, BACK TO GAYA, opening today, is perhaps of most note for marking the last score by Michael Kamen. He reportedly died before he could complete the music, his orchestrators filling ...
Stirring up the new laager mentality; The 1990s saw off Afrikaner hard power. It was coaxed into an assisted suicide. Now a new challenge has arisen: How to deal with Afrikaner soft power. Hans Pienaar comments - faithfully.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... These past few weeks South Africa suddenly woke up to a phenomenon that has been gurgling under the surface since, oh, the last century. The old South African flag has been flown at musical and other events for years now, but only when Bok van Blerk, following the example of ...
Doctors had told man he was HIV-positive.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU MARK Johannes thought he was staring death in the face when doctors told him in 2001 that he was HIV-positive. He lost his job, his family walked out on him and he gave up on life because he thought he was going to "die anyway". ...
Magnificent musical memories.(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... TOP production companies are collaborating for The Magnificent 7, an upcoming Durban show meshing mirth around the music of seven of the greatest pop and rock groups. The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Abba, Credence Clearwater Revival, Bee Gees and Queen - all will ...
Bank on a good time.(Goodlife Tabloid)
Mar 02, 2007 ... MARK Banks, considerably slimmer than in his podgy publicity photographs, is back and abusing us all again. Which is to say this is good news for the citizens of Hillcrest and Kloof (so long as you're not in the front row), and even for normally lazy Durbanites, if they can get ...
Fitting tribute to iTrump team.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... Greg Arde must be commended on a descriptive article on the work that Richard Dobson undertook at the Warwick Junction (The Mercury, February 29). The article reflects on the work that was done by him and his iTrump Warwick Team. Success was achieved in rationalising ...
Invest in people instead of names.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... While it it can be argued that the renaming of streets is an important step in solidifying the new South Africa, I can't help but feel nauseated at the costs of such a project and am forced to question its moral value. In my line of work I spend a lot of time in rundown ...
Most of us are contributing to lawlessness.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... We all whinge about crime and we are sick of the situation, but most of us are criminals, whether we like it or not. Driving to work I couldn't help noticing the number of cars going through red traffic lights. Driving through a red traffic signal is illegal in South Africa, so ...
Homophobia Based On Culture Is Still Hate Speech.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... While some sectors of society - "Same-sex marriage causes a stir at traditional Zulu culture conference" (The Mercury, February 27) - have deeply flawed understandings of the purpose of the equality clause in our Bill of Rights, the real tragedy is that these views cause unimaginable ...
Thank you for helping us to study.(News)
Mar 02, 2007 ... We are the children of the late Paddy Clift, Natal cricket captain and Rhodesian cricket player during the 1980s. It was the 10th anniversary of our dad's passing in September 2006. Owing to the overwhelming generosity of many Zimbabwean and South African family and friends, we ...