The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from September 2007:
Tim and the hulk.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BRITISH actor Tim Roth has signed up to feature in director Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton as the bulky green meanie. The film, which will reportedly be more faithful to ...
Shedding light on the matter; Power cuts are a source of frustration and inconvenience, but the eThekwini Municipality has promised that the ageing electricity grid is being upgraded, writes Matthew Savides.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... For one KwaMashu resident and her family, being left in the dark is a regular occurrence. K Section resident Jabu Mthethwa wrote in last week saying that electricity cuts happened "at least once a week", mostly in the evenings, creating huge inconveniences. "At least ...
Umgeni dumping cover-up.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... In The Mercury of August 28 there is an article about the rubble being dumped on the banks of the Umgeni river. This has been going on for years. They are covering up the rubble including steel, blocks of concrete, long strips of cloth, wood and a lot of other unsightly and ...
Blood stocks running dry.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sinegugu Ndlovu The SA National Blood Service has sent out an urgent SOS as blood stocks run dry at KwaZulu-Natal hospitals. Government and private hospitals in Durban and Pietermaritzburg ran out of "O"-type blood last Tuesday. Dawn Neill, the blood ...
British charity boosts HIV/Aids research.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies - based in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal - will receive R217 million from the Wellcome Trust in Britain to undertake research on HIV/Aids. The centre is a joint initiative of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Medical ...
Threats reveal gross inefficiency.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The government's "threat" to curb electricity use by hiking the price has got to be the most ridiculous excuse for inefficiency that those in power have managed to come up with (The Mercury August 30). We all thought the shortage of power was caused by a flawed process whereby ...
Home Affairs Staff Gave Us A Glimmer Of Hope.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... So often I read negative comments about government departments, but I would like to relate a positive experience my family had. My father was tragically killed by a runaway truck in a construction accident on August 20. Obviously his death was a dreadful shock to the family. ...
Disappointing Data.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... NOBODY expected good news. Nevertheless, the economic data released last week was disappointing. On Tuesday figures on gross domestic product showed the economy had slowed in the second quarter - growing 4.5% after 4.7% in the first. On Wednesday we heard that the Reserve Bank's ...
Ratepayers must take tough stand on bad debt.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Your timely editorial "Debts that cripple" (The Mercury, August 30) refers. About 15 years ago the Tongaat-Hulett company produced a professional report on the Durban Functional Region (essentially the present eThekwini area). The subject was the potential success or otherwise ...
13 years on and skin colour still a factor.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... It never seizes to amaze me that, 13 years into democracy, skin colour is still a major factor in almost every facet of life "Anger of 'no whites' olympiad exclusion" (The Mercury, August 28). Besides the ageing system of BEE that has been experienced by most in this country, I ...
Public outrage at fetid foursome.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... From Hluhluwe to Hammarsdale and all the way down to Hibberdene in the south, KwaZulu-Natal seems to be bristling with vitriolic reactions to the new issue of Idols or, more particularly, the programme's judges. I promised last week that the Idols saga would continue. Not only ...
Call budding poets.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... DURBAN'S Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will host the 11th Poetry Africa, an international poetry festival, from October 1 to 6. The 7.30pm events will take place mainly at the campus's Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, where poets will read and perform ...
Big celebration.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Charlotte Fairfax EThekwini Director of International and Governance Relations Eric Apelgren is the mastermind behind the annual Celebrate Durban heritage month campaign - which sees 40-plus events being hosted in and around Durban during September. ...
Human beings? Not!(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... On, August 8, King William's Town was the scene of what must be one of the most shameful and revealing acts of abuse that our fledgling democracy has ever experienced. Although the victims were all pigs, we do know that these sentient creatures are highly intelligent and feel ...
Looking to Oz.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... South African plumbers are looking to Australia to improve regulation of their industry in response to a flood of complaints about poor workmanship and cheap Chinese imports that strip homeowners of their cash and can leave property buyers with a legacy of hidden problems. ...
Close the tap on leaky service.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... I have often warned in this column about the dangers of taking advertising claims at face value and electing service providers on the basis of plausible-sounding "approved" or "recommended by" claims. Sadly, even adverts that carry the logo of a reputable trade or professional ...
Eighth season of hit series.(Life)
Sep 03, 2007 ... SOUTH Africa's second-most watched television series returns tomorrow night, when the eighth season of Soul City starts on SABC1 at 8pm. And the channel seems confident its promise of big-name actors and music talent willdraw an even wider audience than before, giving rival ...
Charter flight group in trouble.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON One of South Africa's biggest charter flight companies is in financial trouble and owes creditors millions of rands. In the past week, several applications have been lodged in the Durban High Court against Executive Aerospace and associated ...
Man jailed for fraud involving R3.3 million.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON The shipping manager of a division of vehicle retailing giant McCarthy is behind bars after admitting to defrauding the company of almost R3.3 million in just more than a year. Gonaseelan Derek Moodley's nefarious activities ended earlier this ...
Advert is misleading, advertising authority tells fried chicken retailer.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lyse Comins The Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed arguments pleading "creative licence" when it ordered KFC to immediately withdraw a misleading television advertisement for its variety bucket of spicy wings and pops. A consumer, Glenn du Toit, ...
Pioneering newsman passes away.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Trailblazing Durban journa-list N M (Nagoor) Bissetty passed away yesterday, succumbing to the effects of renal failure. He was 75. Bissetty died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Umhlatuzana, Durban, after a three-week hospital stay and earlier surgery. ...
Clampdown on trucks 'a success'.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Proffesor Ndawonde AN OPERATION launched last week to clamp down on truck operators has been successful, with several trucks suspended for being unroadworthy. The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department's Operation "Yehla Kancane" (Slow Down) has also led to seven ...
Slow start to floor crossing in KZN.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: SIBUSISO MBOTO THE floor-crossing period, which opened on Saturday, has got off to a slow start in KwaZulu-Natal, political parties and analysts have reported. Thursday's announcement by the UDM of the expulsion of its councillor in the eThekwini Municipality ...
Galaxy Of Giants.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... The unveiling of Nelson Mandela's statue on Parliament Square in London was a poignant moment for a statesman whose humility and heroism reverberate around the world. At the ceremony Mandela recalled that in the early 1960s he and former ANC leader Oliver Tambo had walked across ...
Athletics.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... World championships Osaka, Japan Women's 5000m final: 1 M Defar (Eth) 14:57.91, 2 V Cheruiyot (Ken) 14:58.50, 3 P Jepleting (Ken) 14:59.21 Women's 4x400m relay first round: Heat 1: 1 Russia 3:23.49 Q, 2 Belarus 3:25.14 Q, 3 Jamaica 3:26.14 Q ...
Promoting our heritage; As tourism month begins today and Heritage Day approaches, we should aim to market our city, province and country.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... TODAY marks the beginning of the tourism month. On September 24 we will be celebrating Heritage Day. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether most of us will do anything to promote tourism this month; and whether we are doing anything to promote our heritage. ...
A sprinkle of fun.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... THERE should be a new spring in your step today, even if it is a Monday. I marked the start of the season by beginning a clean-up of the pile of paper piffle that I pretend is my filing system. It is a slow process, because every one of the clippings and print-outs once seemed ...
For the record.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... In A news report published on Friday, "Travelgate MPs moved down a slot", we incorrectly reported that ANC MP Priscilla Sekgobela had been convicted, along with five other ruling party MPs, in the Travelgate scam. In fact, Sekgobela was ...
Sharks' victory built on defence.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY At the beginning of the Absa Currie Cup, John Plumtree and his new-look Sharks squad agreed among themselves that ruthless defence would define the Sharks in this competition, and their ability to stop teams dead in their tracks has become a highly ...
Populists are not heroes, says Manto.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Political Bureau Health Minister Manto Tshablala-Msimang believes that were she a "populist", she too would be a media darling like her axed deputy. It is a view shared by the ANC, which has also been quick to defend her legacy, as well as that of her ...
Buoyant Boks; White's warriors fear nobody in quest for World Cup.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY The buoyant Springboks depart for Paris tonight with an unprecedented wave of public optimism and goodwill behind them. In 1995, nobody was quite sure what to expect; in 1999, there was an uneasiness that management had lost the plot over the ...
Felix rising.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AP Allyson Felix became only the second woman to win three gold medals at a single world championships meet, helping the United States to victory in the women's 4x400m relay at the weekend. The Americans won in three minutes, 18.55 seconds yesterday, with ...
Brothers rearrested on bootleg liquor charges.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY Cape Town: Two brothers from Paarl have been rearrested while out on bail and more wine has been confiscated from their farm, just two weeks after they were arrested on suspicion of selling bootleg wine in townships. On August 17, Simon Basson, ...
Timing and precision help Federer win.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-afp World number one Roger Federer answered the threat of big-serving US giant John Isner to join top challengers Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and James Blake in the US Open fourth round on Saturday. Federer, trying for a 12th grand slam crown and ...
ANC region denies dumping Zuma as candidate.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter Confusion reigned yesterday following reports that the Eastern Cape's influential O R Tambo region had opted to back businessman Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC succession race. This was reportedly to avoid a bruising leadership battle between ...
Power cut closes mall shops.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sinegugu Ndlovu Several stores at the Pavilion shopping mall in Durban were still without electricity yesterday after a blackout hit the Westville area on Saturday night. Electricity department spokes-man Thabo Kolla said the power cut had been caused by a ...
R9m house for chief justice.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Johannesburg: Taxpayers have bought a R9.25 million house in Johannesburg for the chief justice and will soon will be forking out to buy another house for his deputy. Yesterday, Department of Justice spokesman Zolile Nqayi confirmed reports that R9.25 million had been spent ...
Call for probe shot down.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... At the monthly sitting of the full municipal council, which is made up of all 200 ward councillors, the DA tabled a motion that would have seen a thorough investigation into the Electricity Department. According to the motion, communities across the metro have experienced long ...
Roadworks incomplete.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Metro Watch continues to receive letters from readers about damage to road infrastructure. Most of them have said that trenches left in the road after construction work had not been properly filled. Ian Pugh sent in images of Currie Road, showing a trench that had been filled ...
AmaHlubi delegation celebrates release.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: BABALO NDENZE CAPE Town: Mayor Helen Zille welcomed a delegation of the AmaHlubi yesterday, which included the nation's ruler, King Langalibalele II, as part of the 120th anniversary celebrations of the release of King Langalibalele I from house arrest in Cape Town. ...
Men often victims of abuse, conference is told.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sinegugu Ndlovu Men were vulnerable to an array of sometimes humiliating abuse that society would never know about unless they spoke out. This was one of the points made at the KwaZulu-Natal Widowhood, Elderly Persons and Men's Conference held at the Ocean ...
Cech, Di Clemente book Beijing berth.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sports Reporter South Africans Donovan Cech and Ramon di Clemente missed out on a medal but made sure they qualified for next year's Olympics in Beijing, after reaching the final of the men's pairs at the world rowing championships in Munich on Saturday. Cech ...
Tiger staysin the hunt.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Aaron Baddeley, Mike Weir and Rich Beem shared the halfway lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship, with Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods on their trail. Australia's Baddeley and American Beem carded second-round 66s, while Weir closed with two bogeys ...
Driver held for death of pedestrians.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: JEFF WICKS Two people were killed and another was critically injured when they were hit by a car on the southbound carriageway of the N2, near Doonside, on Saturday. Police Supt Danelia Veldhuizen said the three had been travelling towards Amanzimtoti when ...
Kallis will be missed, says Smith.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: PATRICK COMPTON Graeme Smith has admitted that it is "weird" not having Jacques Kallis in his team for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 tournament, starting in just more than a week's time. The South Africa captain, in Durban yesterday with the T20 squad to ...
Dad held for killing children.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Proffesor Ndawonde & Siphamandla Goge A KwaZulu-Natal man hacked and killed three of his children on Saturday night after accusing his girlfriend of having an affair. The woman, Bongiwe Dladla, and her fourth child escaped the attack. Police ...
Stoner dominates San Marino Grand Prix.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Reuters Casey Stoner's charge towards the MotoGP title continued yesterday when the Australian dominated the San Marino Grand Prix from start to finish. The Ducati rider's eighth victory of the season, his third consecutive win, gave him an 85-point lead over ...
Crowd helps German triathlete.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AP Daniel Unger passed prerace favourite Javier Gomez of Spain in the final sprint to win the men's title at the Triathlon World Championships yesterday. Urged on by about 250 000 spectators who lined the streets of downtown Hamburg, the German overtook ...
Officer charged after smash.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: JEFF WICKS 'Police officers are not above the law," said Metro Police spokesman Thozamile Tyala in response to news that a Metro Police constable had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol last week. The allegedly intoxicated constable was ...
Warren delivers home win.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Scotland's Marc Warren beat England's Simon Wakefield in a play-off to win the Johnnie Walker Championship here yesterday. One shot off the lead overnight, Warren sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the 18th green to close with a four-under-par 69 and ...
Boks can do it, says upbeat Smit.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter Bills & Kevin McCullum The 2007 Rugby World Cup Springboks, the most-capped South African team to date, received new caps last night at their last official function before heading to France. The South African Rugby Union decided to award the 30 players ...
Police remember fallen comrades.(News)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Graeme Hosken Pretoria: Each death of a police officer is a major and bitter blow - not only for the police service, but also for South Africa. Speaking at the annual police memorial service at the Union Buildings yesterday, Cdr Magda Stander said: "Each life ...
Determined India keep series alive.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Sachin Tendulkar returned in style to the Headingley ground, where he was Yorkshire's first overseas player, as he set up India's 38-run win against England under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the fifth one-day international here yesterday. India's ...
Cold housewarming for Rabbits.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Carl Peters Benoni Premier United had a disappointing start at their new home, Absa Stadium in Durban, before a small crowd when they went down 2-1 to Ajax Cape Town yesterday. The "Rabbits", who also intend using Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg as an ...
Chelsea suffer Midlands misery.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Jose Mourinho must be developing an intense hatred for visits to Villa Park after Martin O'Neill condemned Chelsea to another dose of Midlands misery. Debutant Zat Knight and Gabriel Agbonlahor both scored in the second half to leave Mourinho still ...
McClaren stays mum on Beckham.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Reuters England manager Steve McClaren yesterday declined to be drawn on a report that David Beckham is considering a possible return to England from the United States on a four-month loan period from January. The Sunday Express said Beckham, on 97 ...
Takeover confirmed.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Sep 03, 2007 ... London: A mood of cautious optimisim prevailed at Loftus Road after the news that Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone's recommended offer for English Championship soccer club QPR had been accepted. The confirmation of the takeover by Renault chief Briatore and Formula One supremo ...
Crime concerns aired at summit.(News)
Sep 05, 2007 ... BYLINE: BRONWYN GERRETSEN The disappearance of case dockets, the unreliability of a prompt police response to crime and the lack of resources to assist victims of crime are some of many concerns civil society organisations and people face every day. A summit was ...
What makes a South African SME competitive?(Network)
Sep 05, 2007 ... BYLINE: NETWORK REPORTER The SME Survey 2007 team has concluded its research of surveying 6 000 decision makers of small and medium enterprises (SME) in South Africa. So far, the research shows that there are common enablers which astute business owners take advantage of to ...
If Manto is the best, heaven help the sick.(News)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Out of the 45 million or so South Africans the best the government can come up with to head probably the most important ministerial office is Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. We are all aware of the dire skills shortage in the country, but if she is the best they can offer to regulate ...
New club to kick off clean-up of city.(News)
Sep 05, 2007 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN An attempt to clean up Albert Park - notorious for crime, vagrants and drugs - in central Durban has kicked off with the establishment of a new football club that received its first official kit from businessmen in the area. Vusi Khoza, ward ...
Rude remarks from Idols judges were a switch-off.(News)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Reading Terence Pillay's column "SA's most boring foursome"(The Mercury, August 27), I could not help but smile in agreement with his statement: "Rude and obnoxious are only a few words ...
We have power to make a difference.(News)
Sep 05, 2007 ... I read with interest letters to The Mercury from various people addressing an array of topics. It seems that most represent attacks in one form or another on our elected officials and the abysmal manner in which they are performing their duties. I have come to the conclusion ...
Hilton Durban celebrates 10 years of sterling service.(Network)
Sep 05, 2007 ... BYLINE: SUREN NAIDOO IN THE spring of 1997 the Durban skyline and tourism scene changed forever when the 327-room Hilton Durban opened its doors for the first time. The striking silver and blue stained-glass high-rise hotel - built at a cost of about R200 million - ...
PPE: Initial measurement.(Network)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Having discussed the concept of initial recognition of property, plant and equipment (PPE) from both an accounting and tax perspective, we will now consider the principles of initial measurement. While IAS 16 still relies on the concept of cost with respect to the initial ...