Recently added articles from The Saturday Star (South Africa):
Cinque; tiny cubist Villages.(Travel)
Aug 30, 2008 ... Pinned to the cliffs above the Gulf of Genoa close to the top of the Italian boot, the Cinque Terre - the five lands - is the sort of landscape that causes hearts to beat a little faster, even Italian hearts. This is one of the scenic miracles of the Mediterranean - five small ...
Chilling Out; in the southern Drakensberg.(Travel)
Aug 30, 2008 ... The cold months are KwaZulu Natal's "brown season" when deciduous maples and oaks flank the placid waters of trout dams. It's a time when farmers burn the grass so that the fire smoke embraces the Drakensberg in an ethereal, mysterious haze. The big plus, of course, is those ...
Come; Kenya is safe again.(Travel)
Aug 30, 2008 ... The open air room at the hotel is empty except for a vocal group of ex-pats having an earnest discussion about neighbourhood issues. Beyond the stone barrier on the beach a woman with a baby hawks her patterned sarongs holding them up like sails in the breeze to a disinterested clientele. ...
The pangs of guilt vanished fast in this lap of luxury; Make way for a great American car, writes Zingisa Mkhuma.(Life)
Aug 30, 2008 ... At first I felt silly - stupid even - for driving such a huge car, obviously a petrol guzzler because of its V8 engine. Each time people, especially poor men in nondescript cars or pedestrians with worn-out shoes, gazed longingly at it, the more I was consumed by pangs of guilt. ...
Sometimes they get it just right.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... I'm no great fan of advertising for parastatal organisations, mainly because many executives in these organisations are - like many of their colleagues in government - filled with a sense of their own importance. And that importance means a personality, and not a marketing message, often ...
Thieves easily unblock stolen cellphones as handset security remains a challenge.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... BYLINE: Clayton Barnes Having your stolen cellphone blacklisted doesn't make it useless to criminals. In fact, after scanning your cellphone for important information such as banking details, criminals can easily unblock any blacklisted cellphone by having its International ...
An unusual alliance of women and patriarchs.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... The ANC was primarily urban-based and that is where it drew most of its Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits. But it had made organisational gains in parts of the rural areas at various times. The rural areas included numbers of past and potential supporters. But they were more isolated, ...
walking tall.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... On August 25 1998, Bruce Walsh stood at the epicentre of the Planet Hollywood bomb blast in Cape Town's V&A Waterfront. His two colleagues on either side of him died in the blast. Walsh lost his legs below the knees, sustained massive internal haemorrhaging, a severely fractured skull and ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Aug 30, 2008 ... Mar 21-Apr 21 (086 7133 501) Today: Senior relatives and associates could prove to be allies during this cycle - an expansive interval for benefiting from considerate and experienced people. Some among them could help you to pursue your goals. Tomorrow: This is a ...
Happiness elusive, but we all want more.(Life)
Aug 30, 2008 ... In my fifth year of studies at varsity in Maritzburg, I recall being given an academic paper to read. It was a serious proposal to declare happiness a mental illness. It was almost 21 years ago, so I don't remember the details, but the gist of the article was that happiness was achieved by ...
Called to the BAR.(Life)
Aug 30, 2008 ... I am not a bar person. Call me antisocial, but I've never found pleasure in male bonding over beer and TV sports, seen the point of futile flirting over lethal cocktails or (thankfully) ever been lonely enough to beg the Piano Man to sing us a song. My tipple of choice is good ...
Other attractions.(Entertainment)
Aug 30, 2008 ... Starting at 7 tonight in Newtown, catch: Mark Fransman, Camagwini, Tord Gustavsen, Simphiwe Dana, 9th Avenue, Mbongiseni Ngubeni, Original Stars of Jazz Fusion, Standard Bank NYJB, Denise Jannah, Abigail Khubeka, ...
Caligula Uncut; How Penthouse publisher created epic porn.(Entertainment)
Aug 30, 2008 ... When it was produced in 1979, the film Caligula was meant to be the most lavish historical drama of its day, designed for an art-house audience with star casting and spectacular sets. The cream of British cinema was enlisted, including Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, Peter O' Toole ...
Fuelling a partnership.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... Hugo Chavez is a name which probably means little to most ordinary South Africans. Yet, when he arrives here on an official state visit at the beginning of this coming week, he could be bearing gifts. Chief among those might be cheaper fuel, which would benefit all of us. ...
Shoot the coach - it's that time of year again.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... Another season, another coach, another set of defeats, another clamour for a blood sacrifice. Sometimes it seems South African rugby was always thus. The augurs for the future don't look much better either. I'm no scholar of the game, unlike some of my learned colleagues - I'm ...
Appointments, awards and accounts.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... l Gareth Chilton has been appointed client service director of HKLM Digital; Ross Ventress is the new executive creative director of HKLM Connect; and Lauren Robertson has been promoted to creative director of HKLM Exchange. l Since its launch six months ago, Coley Porter Bell ...
Homebuilders cemented down by credit crunch.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... BYLINE: David Pincus Given that the residential market hasn't yet recovered from the pounding it has taken from the National Credit Act and the spate of rate hikes, it comes as no surprise to learn that homebuilders are having a torrid time. Many would love to build ...
airborneUpgrade revolutionises handling of passengers; After years of construction, dust and scaffolding, it appears the patience oftens of thousands of travellers to OR Tambo has paid off, writes Kevin Ritchie.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... By Wednesday, 80 000 people a day will realise there is light at the end of the tunnel as they make their way in and out of Joburg. In four days' time, the Airports Company of SA (Acsa) will quietly inaugurate the first phase of its R2.2-billion central terminal building (CTB). ...
Bare-all photograph wins top art contest; Would you give a prize ofR60 000 to this picture?(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith A prize-winning photographic artwork showing a man's genitals and a woman's naked breast has the competition's sponsors running for cover, and the artist delighted. Potchefstroom-based photographic artist Richardt Strydom' s Familieportret 2 ...
It's all about the customer; Keep those you've got, and attract new ones.(News)
Aug 30, 2008 ... BYLINE: Bernd Schmitt Customers are every company's most valuable asset. Now more than ever, companies need to retain existing customers and attract new ones in order to survive and grow. Yet, customers are often treated badly, despite all the protestations to the ...