The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from March 2007:
between Badplaas and Barberton; Doing the timewarp just three hours away from joburg.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Go back in time ... to when the planes game roamed in huge herds across the grasslands, when eland and blesbuck, zebra, impala and hartebeest, elephants and giraffes inhabited the veld in abundance. Go back to when Early Man greeted the sun and worshiped the moon, when he hunted to eat - ...
A place to welcome /all children; Thea Jarvis's The Love of Christ Ministries is home to about 70 abandoned children, writes Christina Gallagher.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Pregnant 13-year-old Ellen arrived at Thea Jarvis's door with her mother, looking for a safe place to have her baby. Impregnated by her mother's employer, a farmer in Limpopo, she had nowhere else to go. When Ellen went into labour months later, Jarvis rushed her to the ...
A sense of Africa; For an authentic experience head to the lowveld.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... I guess the fact that it was mid-day and rather warm outside put the dip-in-the-pool option slightly ahead of the others. And if I bathed in the evening before dinner and showered the next morning before the game drive, I could just fit all of them into my one-night stay at Lukimbi Safari ...
tunisia's sizzling; a tiny country filled with treasures on offer.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... An old woman in a white |cape and traditional|babouche shoes sits warming herself in the afternoon sun. She's surrounded by the high stone walls of the Sousse medina, or old quarter, and above her flaps a Tunisian flag in bright red and white. She sits quietly amid the bustle of shoppers ...
Pre-teen girls with sexual infections a new fear.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Reports from a Cape Town NGO specialising in sexual and reproductive health say there is a rise in the number of pre-teen girls with sexually transmitted infections - although experts believe the bigger problem lies with older youth who may not be ...
Guinea on a knife-edge; As uncertainty grows over the health of its president, a military coup appears likely.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... If you think South Africa's presidential succession battle will leave blood on the floor, spare a thought for corrupt, impoverished Guinea in West Africa, where the ill health of President Lansana Conte may yet precipitate a civil war on par with those that devastated neighbours Liberia ...
croatian coastline; Swimming the distance.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... For South Africans living in chilly Europe especially, an open-water swimming holiday in Croatia is a homecoming, a spiritual experience to some, even a re-baptism. This is a country recently wracked by terrible strife, but its waters are a haven of still unspoilt tranquillity. Like the ad ...
Perfect Perth; There's Much to see and lots to do.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Whether it's something my mother has inculcated in me or whether it is simply my nature, I'm not sure, but this I know: I love a bargain. Thankfully it's a habit that my husband Gavin and I share. And I'm convinced that this mutual commitment to value for money helps us a great deal when ...
Well-bread people say.(Life)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Believe it or not, I have unearthed |a third new bakery in three weeks - in the suburb of Linden, which has long been touted as "the next Greenside". I'm not at all sure that's a compliment. Greenside strikes me as a case study of how quickly an area can become desirable, become ...
Hummus.(Life)
Mar 03, 2007 ... 1 x 400g can chickpeas 30ml tahini (sesame paste commercially purchased) 20ml crushed garlic 10ml ground cumin 80ml lemon juice 45ml olive oil Generous pinch cayenne pepper Extra lemon juice, optional ...
Give up food and mobiles for kids.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Charitable South Africans are giving up food and cellphones this weekend to raise funds for over 46 000 poverty-stricken children in the country. The annual World Vision 40-hour famine started last night at 8pm and will continue until noon ...
belief; After you've driven the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, everything else will seem to be mired in treacle, writes Brendan Seery.(Life)
Mar 03, 2007 ... They say that the body has a "muscle memory" - things the muscles can repeat, perfectly, because they've been done so many times before. The body also has, I have discovered, a memory for the physical forces it has been subjected to. This is particularly the case when it comes to ...
FROM FAN TO LEGEND; Film pays tribute to Papale's unlikely NFL rise.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tat Wolfen These tryouts were an unprecedented window of opportunity for outsiders and were the notion of the team's new coach, Dick Vermeil, who had inherited a losing team and gone with this unconventional approach to introduce new blood to their ranks. Now ...
Starlets and silver chains.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Hudson, wearing a snug gold-beaded gown, showed up to Vanity Fair's party at Morton's just before 1am, thrusting her trophy for Dreamgirls into the air. At the same time, Best Actor winner Forest Whitaker entered the bash and was trailed by a long ...
Murphy shows he is sore loser at Oscars.(Life)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Eddie Murphy stormed out of the Oscars after losing the Best Supporting Actor award, it has been reported. When Alan Arkin was announced as the winner, the entire downstairs bar erupted into rapturous applause, but a short-tempered Eddie left shortly after with girlfriend Tracey Edmonds ....
Timeless Tunisia.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Don't Miss: The Bardo Museum, Tunis - the world's largest Roman mosaic collection (all over 3 000 years old). El Jem's colosseum - better preserved than the one in Rome. Carthage - once home to Hannibal, Carthage is a magnificent Roman site right on the ...
Saturday - March 3.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2007 ... It is the full moon weekend and if you observe carefully, you will see just how emotional people can be. I wonder if you have observed how busy hospitals are during full-moon weekends. I have heard from doctors, care workers and bartenders that when the moon is full, ...
Make your garden home for an owl to come roost.(Life)
Mar 03, 2007 ... The number of wild owls has drastically decreased due to urbanisation and industrialisation. We need to conserve these birds of prey as they play a vital role in the ecosystem. Owls are beneficial in the garden because, instead of using toxic pesticides, they will eliminate any ...
Not a bad bird, just beautiful; Superstition about owls must be overturned - they are not evil.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Russouw It was a Jim Reeves song about a man's enduring friendship with his dog that changed the way Jacob Motlhamme thought about animals. "The song [Old Tige] was about a man whose dog used to wait for him at the bus stop when he was at military ...
A whole world/of dance is open for the disabled.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Russouw "If I wanted to be put in a disabled box, I would've been a secretary or something and |hid behind a desk," says an out-of-breath Makhotso Sompane as she dabs sweat from her face. "I want to be different. That's why I'm a dancer." Sompane is ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Mar 21 (2.07am) - Apr 20 Do count your blessings this week. Make an effort to see the positive and life-affirming that enhances your life. Begin with the joy of children and the joyous discoveries of your life. Acknowledge the good and kind people who grace your path. I'm not ...
Notes on a Scandal.(Entertainment)
Mar 03, 2007 ... If you want to see explosive acting, just watch Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett ignite in this film version of Zoe Heller's 2003 novel. Director Richard Eyre (Iris) basically puts Patrick Marber's juicy script in front of these two queens and lets them dig in. Here's ...
Old-style grafter/a fish out/of water.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Ali Bacher, a former South African Test captain, played a handful of one-day provincial matches more than 30 years ago but never had the chance to play this form of cricket at international level. Would he have liked to? "Oh, yes," he says, "but on three conditions. ...
4 X Far; London to Plettenberg bay in a 13-year-old Land Rover.(Travel)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Let's say that if something is continually on your mind for a continued period of time, it could be called an obsession. Life's basic essentials become squeezed for time and only the most loyal friends and family find the energy to listen enthusiastically to your plan. They've heard it so ...
Blood and guts on stage; A brutally graphic production depicting rape and murder is causing a stir at the FNB Dance Umbrella.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Russouw 'I hope people don't like it," said Andre Laubscher minutes before a controversial live art performance, in which he features, took to the stage at the Wits Amphitheatre in Johannesburg on Wednesday night. "If they do, they're perverted." And ...
Boon for students who freelance.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Media students who are working as freelancers in the industry can now access membership and support of the Southern African Freelancers' Association with the introduction of a student membership option. Safrea has made a strategic decision to open its membership to ...
Getting a bond to become harder.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: David Pincus As with coins, property often has two sides: the side that you call and the side that gives the other guy the right to dictate the terms. Because it's still relatively easy to get bonds, it's still relatively easy to sell property, so in property's case, ...
Helen had nothing under the dress.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Dame Helen Mirren didn't have underwear on at the Oscars. The actress has revealed she "went commando" when she collected her Best Actress Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen on Sunday. Mirren, who was speaking about her customised Christian Lacroix ...
Fantasy can work in ads only if it truly entertains.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... There was an interesting debate in a friend's house the other day. He wanted me to slam the new Opel Astra TwinTop ad because, in his opinion, it's "unrealistic rubbish". He fumed: "How stupid can you get?|I mean, a car coming down a wave like|a surfer?" Then his ...
Mugabe regime truly trumped.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Embattled Zimbabweans have devised new methods of venting their anger at their increasingly unpopular leader, Robert Mugabe, who turned 83 last week. Mugabe's government has tightened the vice of repression over the past two weeks, jailing ...
Sometimes you just know when a team's going to triumph.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Remember that newspaper in Australia that got it horribly wrong? It was the day of the ODI at the Wanderers and the Aussies had just smashed their way past the four hundred and thirty mark. Being Down Under, the cricket writer had to finish his piece before the South Africans ...
Moeketsane's swimming dream continues in Melbourne.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... It might not be Thabang Moeketsane's first World Championships, but the 19-year-old swimmer from Soweto is as excited as a novice to compete at the 12th Fina World Championships in Melbourne next month. "Training is going very well and I am looking forward to returning to ...
Brazilians can /win title by the end of the month; And Gordon Igesund's men are on the verge of breaking Wits' Premiership winning record.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Consistency is the hallmark of champions and it is no surprise that Mamelodi Sundowns are about to clinch their fifth championship in 11 years. While their challengers have been dropping points constantly, the Brazilians have made winning their ...
Another BIG idea takes off.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt A version of the "Tobin Tax" that would skim funds for a basic income grant (BIG) off airline ticket purchases, large financial transactions and chief executives' pay packets has been proposed by Cosatu, the South African National Non-Governmental ...
Does anyone know the meaning of professional rugby?(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... They used to say that the only difference between rugby union and rugby league was that league teams played with two fewer players and that they actually paid tax. That was in the twilight years of shamateurism when union's stars earned more than their professional league |counterparts but ...
Fernandez fiasco shows that Chiefs need to grow up.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Whether or not Rowen Fernandez joins Mamelodi Sundowns in the most lucrative deal in South African football history next season, something is seriously awry at Kaizer Chiefs. The Amakhosi's bizarre decision to announce on their official website this week that their goalkeeper ...
Minimum sentences not the answer.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam Nine years ago the government introduced minimum sentences through the Criminal Law Amendment Act as a temporary measure. The aim was to reduce sentencing disparities for certain crimes and to manage public fear of crime. Now that it ...
'Middendorp's style not suited to Chiefs'.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Ernst Middendorp would never succeeded at Kaizer Chiefs because of him imposing a coaching style unfamiliar to the club, his predecessor said this week. Ted Dumitru, from whom Middendorp took over, said Amakhosi had regressed since his ...
Desportivo a gateway to Downs treble.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Sundowns' frenetic schedule continued apace yesterday as they trained in Maputo ahead of their African Champions League second round, first leg clash with Grupo Desportivo de Maputo tomorrow. Fresh from a tenth straight victory in all competitions ...
Cool marinades for tender chicks Marinating chicken not only helps introduce wonderful flavour but/also helps to tenderise it. Chicken with the bone in does take longer to cook but it definitely has a better flavour, and slashing the flesh a few times helps with heat penetration.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... The longer the chicken marinates, the better. It is easier to use a plastic bag. Place chicken in and pour over prepared marinade, seal well and place in the fridge overnight. Never cook chicken on|a very hot fire. For the heat to ...
Zidane's Real belief in Madrid.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Madrid - Real Madrid just need to win a trophy to reclaim their rightful place at the top of the game, according to the club's former player Zinedine Zidane. Madrid are struggling in the league this season, six points off pacesetters Barcelona, out of the Spanish cup and with a precarious ...
Fast cars get a girl all hot under the collar.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... So the Vodacom July is like, so last year's party. Durban opened up its arms to the A1 Grand Prix in fine style last weekend. The organisers turned the city into the African Monaco. I've never seen my hometown look so pretty. As for those automobiles - here's the part where all ...
Three Blind Mice could soon just be a tale.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Good news for the Three Blind Mice. It's time to throw off those nursery rhyme shackles and get down and boogie again. Get this. Reuters reports that scientists have restored vision in blind mice by transplanting things called precursor cells into their eyes. This breakthrough ...
The SA Navy is in tip-top shape with new ships.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... "Has SA invested in weak ships?" - Saturday Star February 24 refers. The SA Navy appreciates the comments contained in the article by Michael Schmidt and wishes to affirm that such articles debating the requirements of the SA Navy are most welcome. The design of the ...
Grant touted as next great white hope.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sports Reporter Former lightheavyweight world title contender Pierre Fourie was one of South Africa's|greatest boxers - now his nephew Grant (23) has turned pro to carry on the family tradition. Boxing runs deep in his veins. His father Louie was a former junior ...
Taking the bicycles /to Soweto; Professional cycling will hit the country's famous township tomorrow.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum Tomorrow's Tour de Soweto could prove to be a model for the way professional cycle races should be run in South Africa in future. A later start, longer distance, total road closure, decent prize money (R300 000) and laps around a course readily ...
SABC loses a good man; Broadcaster denies vacuum has been left, but tributes pour in for Perlman.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat He is different things to different people - an addiction to spin doctor Ranjeni Munusamy, a potential presidential campaigner for Evita Bezuidenhout, a consummate professional to journalism professor Anton Harber and always a good person to air ...
Phillips plea: More cash for referees.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Trevor Phillips believes Safa's commercial wing will have to raise another R10-million if the new management structure for referees is to operate efficiently. "The Premier Soccer League already put R10-million into |refereeing," said the PSL CEO ...
Christian tempers flare as all is lost.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Russouw "We're Christian guys but we came pretty close to losing our tempers," said Antony Ellis, the South African band manager for popular local rock outfit Tree 63, who lost valuable equipment en route to SA from the United States, where they are based. ...
Fernan-dazed; Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper denies a deal with champions Sundowns.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Rowen Fernandez said yesterday that he was "shocked" and "surprised" at Kaizer Chiefs' public declaration that he is signing for Mamelodi Sundowns. Chiefs' contract negotiations with their goalkeeper have stalled over monetary matters, and the ...
Reds hoping for Bosch spark against the Lions.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum There is a story told about Steve Biko, a keen rugby fan, once having an argument with his jailers in 1976 about who should play at flyhalf for South Africa against New Zealand on their tour here. "I wouldn't play Gerald Bosch at flyhalf, I'd pick Gavin ...
Rumblings of discontent at Oprah school; One pupil has been sent home due to mystery illness.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lumka Oliphant Just two months after its much-heralded opening, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls closed ranks this week after one of the girls was sent home "due to illness". What started as a routine inquiry by the Saturday Star turned out to ...
Put the mall mauler/in his place.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... A younger colleague and I were talking about this Romeo who is roaming around Joburg malls, schmoozing women and then robbing them silly of their hard-earned assets. An article I read described the man as a gigolo and a charmer of note, whom no woman in her right mind would be ...
Some chance of rain to cool things down.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... GAUTENG: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated thundershowers. Expected UVB Index: Very Dangerous. MPUMALANGA: Morning fog patches on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Lowveld. Isolated thundershowers are expected in the west. LIMPOPO: ...
Superstar Drogba Africa's No 1.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Accra, Ghana - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was crowned African Player |of the Year for 2006 last night, edging out Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o. The Ivory Coast forward, who is the top scorer in the English Premier League with 17 goals this season, also beat out Chelsea teammate ...
Thousands of reasons to hate crime.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Once again thousands of people are suffering because of the uncontrolled greed of a few. Once again children will go hungry and, as winter approaches, will sleep cold at night, if their mothers can still afford to keep a roof over their heads. The tragedy remains| the fact that ...
Now you see it, now you don't; Fidentia CEO played fast and loose with R93m of beneficiaries' money.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Bruce Cameron In a cruel twist of fate, money that rightfully belonged to tens of thousands of widows and |orphans - R93-million - was used by Fidentia to take control of the Living Hands umbrella trust |administration company. This latest twist in the ...
Kidnap suspect faces another week inside.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hanti Otto "My son is coming home today," Mina Harmse shouted to the Pretoria Regional Court. But the young man suspected of kidnapping 7-year-old Sheldean Human will wait another week before he can apply for his release. Andrew Jordaan (25) ...
'Harmless' centenarian murdered.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Fiona Gounden After celebrating his 100th birthday last year, a legendary resident of Richmond in KwaZulu Natal has been callously stabbed to death for his television set and some clothes. Herbert James Downs - popularly known as Bob - was described by his ...
Help us, say residents of cyclone devastated island; Mozambique's Benguerra island lost its entire indigenous forest to 250km/h winds.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin Ritchie Nine hundred people are homeless, the unique beauty of an Indian Ocean island has been destroyed - and now the owners of an upmarket lodge on the island are appealing to the South African public for help. A fortnight ago Cyclone Favio swept ...
Widows and orphans go hungry.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Glynnis Underhill In a massive pending southern African social disaster, tens of thousands of widows and orphans of mineworkers and other lower-paid workers could go hungry this month because of the Fidentia collapse. Of the more than an R1,1-billion entrusted ...
New lottery operator in the spotlight; Awarding of contract was flawed and biased, say workers.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thembisile Makgalemele A lucky Lotto player could wake up R35-million richer tomorrow, but the employees of lottery operator Uthingo will be wondering where they will get their next plate of food from - if the Pretoria High Court doesn't rule in their favour. ...
Finn Ruuttila's maiden pro glory.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... Finland's Kaisa Ruuttila claimed a victory in only her second tournament as a professional when she won the WPGA Masters at Waterkloof Golf Club yesterday. The 23-year-old Ruuttila, who is on a short holiday away from her studies, produced a final round of 69 for a seven under ...
Amazing Grace and Co swing it.(Sports)
Mar 03, 2007 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter Port Elizabeth - South Africa yesterday completed both a comprehensive and impressive 15.5-8.5 win over France on day two of the men's amateur golf Test against France at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. After being held 2-2 in the morning fourballs, the ...
Motorists face 24c petrol hike.(News)
Mar 03, 2007 ... The retail price of all grades of petrol will rise by 24 cents a litre from Wednesday, the Department of Minerals and Energy has announced. The increase was in line with expectations of a hike of between 19c and 25c on a litre of petrol, the department said yesterday. ...