The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from May 2007:
Sharon's time to shine.(Life)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: OMESHNIE NAIDOO SHARON Martin's life is wrapped in layers of responsibility. As a single mother, raising her son and taking care of her ailing mother while holding down a permanent job, her own well-being has been lost in the fold. She married young and, ...
Pray for end to school violence.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... We need to pray for the violence in our schools to end. I believe that banning prayer in schools was a mistake. Our children need the protection of God and His guidance. I come from the old school. Every morning we prayed. Corporal punishment should also be ...
Trying to make a difference; Strip your life of plastic to save our planet that is fast /hurtling towards catastrophe, writes Peter Machen.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... I was born in the early seventies. It was an era that was |defined by the energy crisis, and also by a rising awareness that the actions of humankind were destroying the planet. Even as a child, these themes were on the edge of my consciousness. The energy crisis was in the news ...
Fanning the flames of liberal democracy; Despite some premature obituaries, the DA still has a role to play as a champion of non-racialism and equal opportunities for all, writes Mark Steele.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... It can safely be said that the Democratic Alliance is not considering political self-immolation, nor is it content to be merely an opposition echo of discontent to everything that the ANC does in government. Tim Hughes's attempt to write the premature obituary of the DA puts ...
KZN pupil shines in international debating.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI Durban pupil Fatima Abba Omar, 17, has proved a force to be reckoned with in international school debating circles. The Ridge Park Girls' High deputy head girl was the only KwaZulu-Natal representative among 12 delegates who made up a South ...
Responding to climate change has benefits.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Mike Atkins's letter "Before Action on Global Warming, We Need Truth" (The Mercury, April 23) must answer the question: What will happen if he is wrong? Atkins is correct when he notes that the Earth has warmed and cooled many times before. However, he remains sceptical that the ...
Pet food company should pay vet's bills.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... My dog was fed about 15% of a contaminated batch of Vet's Choice pet food by my house-sitter. Three days later we noticed that our dog was not himself. He didn't want to eat and vomited twice in one day. We thought he was just depressed because we had been away, so I fed him ...
Proteas had no Plan B in place.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The reason why South Africa played so erratically in the cricket World Cup is patently obvious. They went into each match with a plan - call it Plan A. |If Plan A worked, they did extremely well, as in the |nine-wicket win over the England side. But if Plan A fails, ...
Cele Flouts Laws He Is Paid To Enforce.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... I assume that democracy and equal rights still remain enshrined as fundamentals of our constitution. If I am late for a meeting, and exceed the speed limit |to make up time, I must expect to be punished if I am caught. MEC for Transport Bheki Cele believes he is ...
Buthelezi's role should be honoured.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The intention to remove Mangosuthu Buthelezi's name from a street in KwaZulu-Natal demonstrates a complete disregard for history by the political rulers of the province. It also suggests that the country is moving down the slippery slope towards the eradication of all voices ...
A feel-good invasion.(Life)
May 01, 2007 ... Entrepreneur and entertainer Stuart Mey has done it again - he has once more accumulated a team of talented singers and musicians for a feel-good show which pays tribute to many of the leading British pop stars and bands of the 1960s until the present time. But - and it is a big ...
The handicap system explained.(Goodlife Golfer Supplement)
May 01, 2007 ... Hello golfers and all those of you out there who are thinking about taking up the game. Many of you send me e-mails regarding the South African handicap system, asking how handicaps are calculated and where to take your strokes, so this week I will discuss the system and explain how it all ...
So who /is number one then?(Goodlife Golfer Supplement)
May 01, 2007 ... Have you ever wondered how a golf equipment manufacturer comes up with the information to be able to claim that they have the number one driver on the PGA Tour or perhaps the number one ball on the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Tour? The information is basically ...
Haig wins Shot of the Month for March.(Goodlife Golfer Supplement)
May 01, 2007 ... South Africa's Anton Haig's stunning approach to the 72nd hole at Blue Canyon Country Club during the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket, Thailand, has been recognised as The European Tour Shot of the Month for March. Needing a birdie on the last to force his ...
Cranking up the action.(Life)
May 01, 2007 ... IT HAS been punted as an action film, but I found Crank's racy cinematography and creative editing more outstanding than its content. Every now and then a |film with unusual conceptualisation by a director or editor comes along to juxtapose the norm and Crank falls into this ...
Capital earns notorious status.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: INGRID OELLERMANN PIETERMARITZBURG is |gaining notoriety as the drinking-and-driving capital of the province, according to statistics released by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport at the weekend. Of a total number of 113 alleged drunk drivers arrested ...
Make this trio a habit.(Life)
May 01, 2007 ... Attending last Tuesday's album launch concert by Habit To at Musgrave's Dockyard Theatre proved a good move. Not only did it provide further positive affirmation for my passion for live original South African music, but, on the negative side, it indicated that we still have a ...
Beaches reopen, but temperatures set to drop.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The Natal Sharks Board has reinstalled shark nets along the KwaZulu-Natal coast. This follows their removal last week ahead of predicted bad weather and rough seas. According to the board, the nets were removed to avoid damage from high swells. Greg Thompson, ...
Public pay to watch coaches' mind games instead of rugby.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... So the cat plays with the mouse, and the mouse scurries off into the tiniest holes to frustrate the cat. Isn't that the game the rugby chiefs of South Africa and England are now engaged in - and have been now for the best part of seven months? As for the paying public, they are ...
A breath of blarney.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... SHOPAHOLISM takes different forms. Some |people can't walk past a boutique or a bathroom |sale without rushing in to get their fix. My addiction is to second-hand bookshops. They are my Aladdin's Caves, and the open sesame to their treasures costs a pittance. For instance, I ...
Enjoying benefits of a global internet.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... Eel is not all it's made out to be, you know. It's chewy and full of bones. I should have had the rattlesnake. A bit of home cooking soon will go down very well - I've had my fill of food bought "off the hook", dead or alive, here in Hong Kong. I leave for London late tonight, so I've ...
Virtual Revenge.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... There will doubtless be no shortage of participants in the latest game to hit South African |computer screens. Taxi Wars, devised by an online advertising agency, allows frustrated motorists to vent their fury on inconsiderate and aggressive taxi drivers without resorting to ...
Still glitches in licence system.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU TWO weeks after the National Traffic Information System (eNaTIS) was launched by the Department of Transport, complaints from the public are still rolling in about its efficiency. eNaTIS, which is meant to fast-track queries and licence bookings, ...
We won't take it easy against Chelsea, warns Wenger.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... London: Arsenal manager |Arsene Wenger has warned Jose Mourinho that his side are out to kill off Chelsea's fading hopes of retaining the Premiership. Mourinho's team will have to win at the Emirates Stadium next weekend to have any hope of overhauling leaders Manchester United ....
It's risk or ruin for Rafa's Reds.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: London A place in the Champions League final is Liverpool's for the taking, but to claim it they will have to take risks to get past an ailing but stubborn Chelsea today. Liverpool were lucky to|escape with a 1-0 defeat from a first leg in which they seemed ...
Milan/can spoil English party.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... London: AC Milan stand in the way of a first all-English|Champions League final when they seek to overturn a 3-2 deficit against Manchester United at the San Siro tomorrow. By the time they do battle, the latest round in the long-running battle between Liverpool and Chelsea will ...
Back to business for Sundowns.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Owen Da Gama's Silver Stars ended Mamelodi Sundowns' domestic winning streak last week but, ahead of their Absa Cup semi-final tomorrow, he still sees his team as no match for them. "They are ahead of us, favourites," the Stars' coach said, ...
Demoted Maritzburg United in name only.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Outside forces and under-performing players are to blame for Maritzburg United's exit from the Castle Premiership, according to club owner Farouk Kadodia. Describing himself as |"devastated and frustrated" |after United's demotion at the ...
Lee takes over as manager at Bolton.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BOLTON: Bolton promoted |assistant Sammy Lee to take over as manager yesterday |following the sudden departure of Sam Allardyce on Sunday. Lee, 48, has been given an open-ended contract and his immediate task is to guide Bolton into the Uefa Cup, with the club sitting in fifth ...
Attack by fans sends Barthez packing.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... NANTES: France's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has quit his club Nantes for safety reasons following a violent post-match run-in with a group of disgruntled supporters. "I'm not going to play for Nantes again. I don't feel ready to live like that," said the ...
South Africans have a hero on board.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON VALENCIA: One of the miracles of Team Shosholoza's America's Cup challenge is undoubtedly mastman Charles Nankin. It was a short eight months ago that the 29-year-old yachtsman, who hails from Cape Town, broke his back in a yachting accident. ...
N2 biker caught at 243km/h.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: XOLISWA ZULU KWAZULU-NATAL motorists are not known for their sensible driving, but those from outside the province seem to take the prize for travelling at the speed of light on KZN roads. Drivers from Midrand and Meyerton spent the long weekend in jail after ...
Council 'yes' to steeper city rates.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Greg Arde DURBAN ratepayers are going to have |to tighten their belts. The eThekwini Coun-cil yesterday approved a series of rate and tariff increases that exceeded inflation, particularly on water prices, which would rise by 15% from July. The council's ...
Agriculture head quits under pressure.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIPHO KHUMALO THE embattled Head of Agriculture, Jabulani Mjwara, has finally resigned. This followed a damning report on the financial management of the department that recommended he should face charges for violating the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act ....
'Equal blame' for Proteas, poll shows.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Raymond Silinga After his return from the Caribbean, South Africa's cricket coach, Mickey Arthur, has |defended the Proteas' performance and said he would not have changed anything. But IOL's readers believe that the players and administrators are to blame ...
AmaZulu target fourth win.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: KAMLESH GOSAI INSTEAD of a late fixture change being considered a nuisance, AmaZulu have welcomed the rescheduling of next weekend's Castle Premiership match against Black Leopards to this Saturday. The shorter working week because of today's public holiday ...
Fourth placefinish for KZN.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Patrick Compton THE combined KwaZulu-Natal/Midlands men's team had a disappointing weekend in the inaugural National Hockey League Franchise Tournament at Rustenberg when they finished fourth out of the five teams participating. The KZN side beat Gauteng A ...
A 'tour de farce' say Australian media.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sydney They might have walked away with the coveted World Cup |title, but Australians were shaking their heads yesterday at the bizarre ending to the biggest event in one-day cricket. "Victory in tour de farce", trumpeted Sydney's Daily|Telegraph, which ...
'South Africa has too many holidays'.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI There are too many holidays. That is the opinion of local business people who believe that a string of "free" days is having an adverse effect on the |economy. Not that any of that is |worrying the thousands of |employees who are looking forward ...
Top contenders to contest African leg of BG Triathlon World Cup.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tommy Ballantyne AMONG the 85 elite female triathletes who will participate in the African leg of the BG Triathlon World Cup at Richards Bay on May 13 will be a squad of half-a-dozen South Africans who will be there strictly on merit, as entry is |dependent solely on ...
Royal Household Trust Bill passed.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... The Royal Household Trust Bill, which seeks to mobilise funds for the running of the Zulu royal house, was unanimously passed by the legislature yesterday. Talking during the tabling and |voting, Premier Sbu Ndebele, who is the political head of the household, said that for the ...
Mugabe calls on war veterans to fight his cause.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Zimbabwe's militant war veterans, staunch supporters of President Robert Mugabe, have been formally integrated into Zimbabwe's army as the ruling Zanu-PF party prepares for elections next year. The war veterans have helped Mugabe win the past ...
Nqakula 'should start at home'.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter Fabricius Opposition parties have called on Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula to do a national roadshow to try to convince South Africans - in the same way he s he is apparently convincing foreigners - that he is winning the war against crime. ...
Name changes 'will continue'.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Greg Arde The eThekwini Mayor, Obed Mlaba, said yesterday that the changing of names in Durban would continue until 2010. He was responding to the howls of protest about the city council's controversial name-changing policy. The issue was tossed ...
Tournament left an 'enduring legacy'.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... Bridgetown: International Cricket Council Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said an enduring legacy of the World Cup would be a series of new and rebuilt grounds across the Caribbean. The 2007 World Cup, the first to be staged in the West Indies, has been widely criticised for its ...
Focus on pressures facing region's pregnant teenagers.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO It is not unusual for a girl as young as 10 to be sexually active in sub-Saharan Africa and, before the age of 18, more than 40% of girls become mothers. Those are some of the startling statistics emerging from the 19th World Congress on ...
Dismissed UKZN academic vows to fight back.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO "I will go to court and I will win," a defiant Fazel Khan said after his dismissal from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The sociologist and acting Combined Staff Association (Comsa) president was fired for bringing the university into disrepute ....
'Brave Cricket' too simplistic and limiting.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... SOUTH Africa began the World Cup as the No 1 limited-overs team in the world. They ended it, once again, flat on their backsides looking up at their all-too-familiar conquerors, Australia, as they disappeared into the distance. Cricket supporters in this country tend to be harsh ...
World Cup rumours 'are just hot air'.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lebogang Seale JOHANNESBURG: Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 Fifa World Cup local organising committee, has laughed off reports that there are contingency plans to host the soccer tournament should South Africa fail. He was responding to statements attributed ...
Humans may be at risk from pet food additive.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: DAVID SPETT CAPE TOWN: Melamine, the chemical blamed for killing at least 25 dogs in South Africa, may have been used in pet food for years, a professor emeritus at Pretoria University has said. Worse still, human food may also be contaminated by the ...
Fuel price goes up /again at midnight.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... TODAY is the last day to fill up your tank before the petrol price increases by 34c at midnight. Diesel will go up by 30c a litre and illuminating paraffin by 18c a litre. The increase is the third consecutive increase and follows a 69c ...
Judge president faces subpoena.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: FATIMA SCHROEDER CAPE Judge Siraj Desai wants to subpoena Cape Judge President John Hlophe to produce a list of detailed documents he hopes will get to the bottom of Hlophe's relationship with Oasis Group Holdings when he gave it consent to sue Desai for defamation. ...
Focus on cutting HIV infection rate.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Shaun Smillie JOHANNESBURG: The infection rate slashed by 50% and better care for HIV/Aids sufferers are just some of the |targets the South African National Aids Council (Sanac) will have to achieve. Yesterday, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka launched ...
'Polite' hostage-taker released.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY CAPE TOWN: A polite and well-|spoken KwaZulu-Natal man - accused of holding the provincial head of the Human Rights Commission hostage at gunpoint earlier this month - was released on a warning from the Cape Town Magistrate's Court yesterday because he could ...
Three Agliotti robbery suspects arrested.(News)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev JOHANNESBURG: Police have pounced on three men they believe are behind the armed robbery at the Johannesburg home of alleged criminal mastermind Glenn Agliotti. The suspects, from Alexandra township in Johannesburg, made their first court ...
Sharks ready for Stormers ambush.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY THE sharp focus in the Sharks camp on their match against the Stormers this week is |emphasised by coach Dick Muir's assertion that the game amounts to a "Super 14 quarter-final" for the Sharks and, accordingly, the trip has been given do-or-die status. ...
Final for Kimberley.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... CAPE TOWN: The South African Rugby Football Union has confirmed that the 2007 Vodacom Cup final between Wildeklawer Griquas and the Vodacom Blue Bulls will take place at Absa Park in Kimberley at 3.30pm on Friday. It will be the third time in 10 years that the country's diamond capital ...
De Villiers's injury leaves Stormers negotiating frantically.(Sports)
May 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: GAVIN RICH JEAN de Villiers is definitely out of Saturday's clash with the Sharks at Newlands, but the Stormers are still negotiating with Springbok coach Jake White in the hope that Schalk Burger can be available for |the final Super 14 match of |the season. ...
New lease for old buildings as demand for space surges.(Network)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: network reporter Recycling of old buildings is the future of the industrial and commercial property market in Durban, says veteran commercial broker and investor Max Dales. Dales, 74, who returned from retirement two years ago to start Dalmax Properties, was ...
Man's best friends are also great colleagues.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: BRONWYN GERRETSEN Udain and Butch are not just working dogs to top police dog handler Jack Haskins. They are like family to him and, together, the trio is one of the most formidable police investigative teams in the country, providing closure to families of ...
School reunion.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... Please will 1957 matriculants of Pretoria Girls' High School contact me in connection with our 50th reunion, on Saturday October 6 in ...
Everyone's a winner; The Mercury and Flora Pro.Activ challenged five readers to reduce their cholesterol levels by switching to a healthy lifestyle. Here are the results.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: OMESHNIE NAIDOO After three weeks of substituting their regular fats and oils with Flora Pro.Activ, the contestants underwent a comprehensive lipogram test. The results are out. Anthony Bouffe Lipogram result: 7 to 5.1 Cholesterol level ...
Swipe card system for paid parking a possible solution.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... How about having a swipe card system for parking meters, similar to that of public phones? One swipe equals R1. The parking display receipt can remain the same. In this way no cash is involved, no more vandalising of the parking meters occurs and there is no need for ...
'City needs to communicate with its people'.(Network)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Greg Arde If Durban is to become the super "events city" that the eThekwini Council has proposed, then the city needs to sell this vision to residents and turn them into proud company shareholders. This was the upshot of a discussion hosted recently by The ...
It's okay to have bases in neighbouring countries, says Fifa.(News)
May 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN FIFA has given South Africa the go-ahead to allow visiting soccer teams during the 2010 World Cup to base themselves in neighbouring countries, provided stringent host city requirements are met. The request was made last year and, according to ...