The Mercury (South Africa) back issues from June 2009:
Long-distance affair.(Life)
Jun 01, 2009 ... DREW Barrymore and her former boyfriend, Justin Long, are reportedly teaming on screen in a new romantic comedy titled Going the Distance, according to The Hollywood Reporter The screenplay by Geoff LaTulippe apparently revolves around a couple trying to maintain a long-distance ...
Ndebele should have sold his car.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Our Transport Minister, Sbu Ndebele, has returned the R1 million car he received as a gift. What a waste of money! The minister should have auctioned the car and given the proceeds raised to ...
Get your priorities right.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... It is interesting that South Africa is now officially in recession (The Mercury, May 27). However, municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe and his management continue to rip off the ratepayers with false valuations of their homes and high rates, and all objections have been ignored ....
Tamils' resentment is real, painful.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... It would be foolish to assert that a conflict that has claimed 70 000 lives has ended. It must also be made clear to the Sinhalese-led government of Sri Lanka that it is not a time for celebration. The Tamil minority have been been denied all basic human rights for 60 years. And ...
Show rocked my world.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... DURBAN has talent. Just pop out to the Barnyard Theatre at Gateway and see Broadway Rocks for yourself. It is spectacular. What an enjoyable ...
Council writes off another R142m.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON THE eThekwini Municipality has agreed once again to write off millions of rands owed in interest and penalties by defaulting ratepayers who live on land owned by the Ingonyama Trust. Two years ago, the municipality wrote off R127 million. And ...
There's definitely no place like home; An overseas visit made me realise what value we get for our money in this country and how often we take such privileges for granted, writes Greg Dardagan.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE buffet dinner set up in the dining room of the Pilgrim's Rest Hotel in Mpumalanga offered fine fare. There was a generous spread of breads, starters, main courses, vegetables and sweets galore. Particularly tempting was the roast lamb and beef carved to diners' ...
Don't forget to register domestics.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Dear Madam and Eve, Do we ever learn? Domestic contracts, UIF registration, all filed away into "lost files". We had quite a number of employers phoning in lately: "Can Women are One help? We haven't registered our domestic for UIF, forgot to get the contract in ...
Teen's Treatment Unforgivable.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... While one sympathises with the difficult conditions that our doctors and nurses have to work under every day, I find their attitude towards the Alberts family of Joburg, whose son Neo died of meningitis, disgusting and unforgivable (The Mercury, May 28). How do you say to a ...
Malema needs lots of healing.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Julius Malema's latest tirades show us more every day what lurks in his mind (The Mercury, May 27). There seems to be pure hate for everything he cannot relate to. What I find interesting is that he suggests the same strategy that the Nats used in the very early 1960s to win the ...
Seeking a modern-day Eve.(Life)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A DEFINITIVE hunt for a woman who embodies the confidence, sex appeal, spirit and true natural beauty of a modern-day Eve - that's the premise of a new series set to start on DStv's BBC Lifestyle tomorrow. The six-part series is Miss Naked Beauty, scheduled for 9.20pm every ...
Doing Durbs proud!(Life)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: DENZEL SAMUELS THE feature film being shot in Durban by Sunworld Productions, titled Florida Road, is now in the second week of its month-long schedule. And while the excitement of the stars and on-camera action continue to attract attention and capture the ...
Adding Swiss precision to ubuntu is a winning formula for 2010.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: COLLEEN DARDAGAN ON a visit to the home city of Fifa's headquarters, Zurich, it dawned on me how far removed South Africa was from the owners and originators of the 2010 World Cup and how much there was to be learnt from each other. Fifa president Sepp ...
Stay with your pet to the very end.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: The Pet Shrink A horrifying story involving our highly respected medical profession has shocked the dog-loving public. This time it originated from an e-mail being circulated by animal lovers. It seems a veterinarian in a northern suburb has been accused of cruelty and ...
Fashion at your fingertips.(Life)
Jun 01, 2009 ... I've always had a healthy passion for travelling. And being proudly African, I frequently find myself exploring the length and breadth of our fascinating continent, discovering its vast and varied landscapes, that's often only a footnote in people's travel diaries. About five ...
Intellectual freedom the lifeblood of universities; Transformation is necessary at South Africa's universities, but the way it is achieved is as important as achieving it, writes Nithaya Chetty.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... ALL South Africans who care about our future are committed to the broad principles of transformation in our higher education system, but there is strong disagreement about how transformation should be accomplished. This continues to be the biggest challenge facing our ...
Three thieves killed in crash after stolen vehicle overturns.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHARIKA REGCHAND THREE thieves died after the vehicle they had stolen overturned on the R56 near Richmond on Saturday morning. Two of the men were found dead inside the vehicle while the third was found in a nearby field. Police Superintendent ...
Little charity from Lotto.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Lyse Comins The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, a major donor to charity organisations, has added to their financial woes by being a slow payer and turning many away empty-handed to struggle to stay afloat in the midst of recession and the global economic ...
Praise for police at close of Kunene trial.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Kamini Padayachee "Thank you for all you have done, we could not have asked for better." With these words, the family of slain Ballito estate agent Lynne Hume on Friday paid tribute to the lead investigating officers who had solved the case. Hume, 47, was ...
Dancers 'shocked' at beating superstar Boyle.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... LONDON: Street dance troupe Diversity said it was still in shock after beating runaway favourite and internet sensation Susan Boyle in the final Britain's Got Talent television contest. Boyle, 48, had been heavily backed to beat nine other finalists on Saturday after clips of ...
State Of Oppression.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Any hope that bringing Israel's right-wing party, Yisrael Beiteinu, into government and making its leader, Avigdor Lieberman, foreign minister would blunt its extremist edge, has been rudely shattered. Barely had the ink dried on the coalition agreement than one of the party's ...
Queen to get invite.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday pledged he would ensure Queen Elizabeth could attend a commemoration of the World War II D-Day landings, amid a furore over her not being invited. ...
Ballack to extend his stint at Chelsea.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... LONDON: Chelsea's German midfielder Michael Ballack, only a substitute for Saturday's FA Cup final win over Everton, has agreed a one-year contract extension. "I haven't signed yet, but I have agreed for another year," Ballack, 32, said, adding he expected AC Milan's Carlo ...
Lampard pays tribute to game-breaker Hiddink.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: London Frank Lampard described Guus Hiddink as a managerial genius after the Dutchman guided Chelsea to victory in the FA Cup final before saying an emotional farewell to England. Hiddink, who has been temporary manager at Chelsea for four months, is due to ...
Bafana still have a lot of work to do.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... It was mission accomplished against Mauritius. Bafana Bafana, however, showed they had a lot of work to do in the next two weeks before the kick-off of the Confederations Cup where they meet Iraq at Ellis Park in the opening game on June 14. But not even the ...
Pietermaritzburg attractions pull in the crowds.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: SHARIKA REGCHAND SUNNY skies set the scene for this year's Nashua Art in the Park exhibition in Pietermaritzburg. Considered one of the country's premier outdoor art-selling events, the 47th exhibition, which ended yesterday afternoon, featured a rich ...
Probe after body found in burnt car.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... police in Durban are investigating after a man was found dead in a burnt-out VW Golf vehicle on the N2 near Chatsworth yesterday. Police Superintendent Jay Naicker said preliminary investigations indicated that the vehicle had not been involved in a collision. The ...
Leonardo in charge.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... MILAN: AC Milan yesterday replaced coach Carlo Ancelotti with former player and Brazilian World Cup winner Leonardo, who was the club's technical director. In announcing what was the worst-kept secret in Italian football, Ancelotti refused to confirm that English side Chelsea would be his ...
Trauma counselling for policeman who watched colleagues shot.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Nompumelelo Magwaza ULUNDI police who watched in horror as two colleagues were shot and killed by a fellow officer on Friday have been sent for trauma counselling. The officers, all of the child protection unit, were shot at a Child Protection Week event for ...
Koeberg shuts unit a second time this year.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... DESPITE the shutdown of Western Cape power station Koeberg's Unit 1 for maintenance on Saturday, Eskom is confident electricity supply will not be affected. Spokesman Fani Zulu said a part of the unit had shown "wear ...
Mandela deal denied.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Siyabonga Mkhwanazi NELSON Mandela's grandson, Mandla, has dismissed a report alleging he was paid R3 million by the SABC for exclusive television rights to cover the funeral of the former president. The DA yesterday expressed disbelief at the report, which ...
Government playing dumb over legal fees.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The government claims it has "no record" of how much President Jacob Zuma's legal battles with the state have cost taxpayers. Nor can it say how much state funding was used in president Thabo Mbeki's court attempt to clear his name of the ...
Bulls aim to keep 'family' together.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: VATA NGOBENI The Bulls may have finally struck the right cord and returned to their winning ways, but they are faced with an uncertain future as two of their key players mull over continuing their relationship with the two-time Super 14 champions. Saturday's ...
Lions look to fresh legs to spark tour.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY THE British & Irish lions are hoping that a new set of players will ignite their tour with a rousing display against the Golden Lions on Wednesday. Assistant coach Rob Howley said yesterday they were hoping that somebody might produce a moment ...
Market traders will go, vows city.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sinegugu Ndlovu THE eThekwini Municipality says that ratepayers would have had to fund the development of Durban's Warwick Junction if it had not been for private developers. This after a tense clash between Metro Police and Early Morning Market traders ...
Sad end to massive effort to save distressed whales.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: MELANIE GOSLING Kommetjie's Long Beach in Cape Town looked like a movie scene from the World War II invasion of Normandy on D-Day. A mass stranding of 55 false killer whales and groups of people chest deep in water were stretched out along the beach as far as ...
Beautician tells of her kidnapping ordeal.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY BLINDFOLDED, hands bound, and hearing her three kidnappers in the background, she fought back thoughts that she would never be found. She knew screaming for help would be useless as she had been told "no one" would hear and she feared what the ...
Brain op for Bizos.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Human rights lawyer George Bizos SC is to be operated on at Milpark Hospital in Joburg to relieve fluids around his brain. His son, Damon Bizos, said yesterday his 80-year-old father had subdural haematoma. The ...
Practice fiasco fails to dampen spirit of Proteas.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZAAHIER ADAMS LONDON: Not even the irritation of a late change to the practice venue could disguise the confidence exuded by South African skipper Graeme Smith ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Championships at Lord's yesterday. The Proteas, who arrived in ...
SA rowers earn silver at World Cup.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Banyoles: Ramon Di Clemente and Shaun Keeling took silver in the men's pairs at the World Cup Regatta in Banyoles, Spain, yesterday, elevating the South African heavyweight rowers to second in the world rankings. There was just three-quarters of a boat-length between the British ...
Bouman still too quick for Lewin.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Sports Reporter Series pace-setters Matt Bouman and Michele Eray claimed their fourth consecutive wins in the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series, winning the Hansa Five Beaches held at Marine beach after race organisers changed the course of the popular race because ...
Residents determined to save Umbilo Park.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI IRATE Umbilo residents say that noise pollution and a lack of law enforcement and environmental conservation have led to the deterioration of Umbilo Park, making the park a no-go-area for residents. Residents of the Durban suburb gathered at the ...
Total Rugby.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... THOSE South African rugby followers who insist that political forces are bent on destroying their game might want to contemplate today's reality. Right now, 15 years after democracy dawned on this country and the game began to face pressure to transform, we are world champions ...
Great day for rugby in SA.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED THE Bulls are definitely capable of creating a Super 14 dynasty in the mould of seven-time champions Crusaders after clinching their second title at the weekend. That is the view of Springbok selection convener Peter Jooste, after the Bulls ...
Thanda fight dull draw.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Thanda Royal Zulu lived to fight another day after their negative tactics earned the Durban-based PSL outfit a 0-0 draw against First Division Mpumalanga Black Aces in a dull and disappointing PSL promotion/relegation first-leg play-off final played at the Ackerville Stadium yesterday. ...
Questions in the aftermath.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Rodney hartman We have either witnessed a miracle or something disquieting in the game of rugby. Since when does a team score 60 points in a championship final? This is not any old championship. It is held by many to be the most hotly contested of them all at ...
SABC board calls for action.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... EMBATTLED SABC board chairwoman Kanyi Mkonza will go into a crunch meeting with Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda today amid calls from fellow board members that she step down and unprecedented protests planned by producers over the public broadcaster's failure to pay them for ...
King of clay Nadal dethroned by Soderling.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: Paris Rafael Nadal's hopes of a record fifth consecutive French Open title were crushed into Roland Garros's red dust by Robin Soderling's Swedish sledgehammer yesterday. In one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament, the Spanish king of clay ...
Weather strands air travellers.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: YUSUF MOOLLA & NOMAHLUBI SONJICA AIR PASSENGERS were stranded in Port Elizabeth yesterday when strong winds caused several flights to be grounded and incoming planes to be diverted to East London. The weather bureau said the maximum gusts were measured at ...
Manuel seeks legal advice over claims in Boesak's book.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: GAYE DAVIS TREVOR Manuel, the former finance minister who is now head of the National Planning Commission, is consulting lawyers over claims by Allan Boesak in a soon-to-be published book. In his book, Boesak names Manuel's family and other luminaries in the ...
Treu's Sevens Boks crowned world champions.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Edinburgh: South Africa claimed the IRB World Sevens Series title despite being pipped by Fiji to the Edinburgh crown at Murrayfield yesterday. The four points South Africa earned by reaching the quarter-finals on Saturday was good enough to cement their place at the top of the ...
Ruan favourite for No 10.(Sports)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED RUAN Pienaar, Morne Steyn and Earl Rose are set to be the three flyhalves in the Springbok squad for the British & Irish Lions Test series, with Pienaar likely to fight off Steyn's challenge for a starting spot. A 28-man Bok squad will be ...
Minister visits Home Affairs office.(News)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: GUGU MBONAMBI THE new home affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has vowed to vigorously fight corruption in the department. "The department had recognised long before (I was appointed minister) that there was corruption. A few officials have already been ...
Mboweni facing threats by union.(News)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: XOLANI MBANJWA THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is to call on Cosatu affiliates to mobilise workers in a campaign of rolling mass action against Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni and the monetary policy committee in an attempt to force another interest ...
MEC in luxury new car muddle.(News)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev The purchase - and overnight loss - of a luxury Mercedes-Benz worth almost R1 million has left Gauteng MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko with a lot of explaining to do. The controversy broke over the weekend and centred on a rare ML 63 AMG which the MEC ...
'Our challenge is to match the Bulls' physicality and power'.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY Lions backline coach Rob Howley has spoken of how a magical moment from a Lions player against the Golden Lions tomorrow night could ignite the tourists after their subdued start in Rustenburg, and who more likely a provider than Test rugby's ...
Coetzee's Golden Lions sharpen claws for ultimate catfight.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen There may be a new man in charge of the Golden Lions rugby team, but the side that will do battle with the British and Irish Lions at Coca-Cola Park tomorrow night has a very familiar look about it. The only new men in the team who ...
Ancelotti vows to bring European glory to Chelsea.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti has vowed to fulfil Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's desire for Champions League success after the Italian was appointed as Blues manager yesterday. Less than 24 hours after stepping down as AC Milan coach, Ancelotti signed a three-year contract with the ...
Time to get them pumping.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Rodney hartman The British and Irish Lions say they are having trouble with their legs. This is perfectly understandable - rugby players, after all, use their legs quite a lot. When they're not standing or running on them, they are often seen sitting down, with pained ...
'Tiger' Pienaar still No 1.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Morne Steyn's outstanding form for the Bulls in this year's Super 14 competition has earned him a spot in the Springbok team for the British and Irish Lions series, but he will be second in the queue for the No 10 jersey. The ...
Bath drugs saga.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BATH: Three Bath rugby players have quit following a series of missed drug tests. The English club said that Michael Lipman, Alex Crockett and Andrew Higgins had resigned immediately before a scheduled disciplinary hearing into the violations. Bath and England prop Matt Stevens was banned ...
Smith finds form as Proteas crush Pakistan in Twenty20 warm-up.(Sports)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: ZAAHIER ADAMS NOTTINGHAM: A phrase often used by Proteas skipper Graeme Smith relates to "ticking boxes". South Africa duly ticked the most of those boxes yesterday during their crushing 59-run victory over Pakistan in an ICC World Twenty20 warm-up at a sun-baked Trent ...
Scent inspired interiors.(Life)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: OMESHNIE NAIDOO TOUCH or texture has long been associated with interior design. It is perhaps more prominently spoken of than some of our other senses which is why when Mark and Michele Metior of M and M Design teamed up with Ambi Pur air freshener experts at this year's ...
Drivers dice with death on M13.(News)
Jun 02, 2009 ... BYLINE: Jauhara Khan Motorists have expressed outrage at the "heavies" in several letters sent to The Mercury, saying truck drivers have been using the steep route to avoid the Mariannhill Toll Plaza on the N3. Truckers have been accused of speeding, over-loading and using the ...
Dangerous Malema.(News)
Jun 02, 2009 ... It would seem that ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema wants to instigate a "black flood" into the Western Cape (The Mercury, May 28). He encourages young people to invade the Cape then set themselves up in houses (and jobs) which, he says, will alter the racial "complexion" ...