The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from April 2007:
New hi-tech 4xForum website goes international.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Four-wheel-drive fundi, filmmaker and write Andrew St Pierre White is moving to take his well-known website, 4xForum, to a broader audience. The site, started about 10 years ago, was intended to be a spot for useful 4x4 information: which vehicles to buy, and why; 4x4 jargon; ...
Jungle Fever; Wringing Out the Rain Forest.(Travel)
Apr 07, 2007 ... My first encounter with a leech was on Teresek Hill, in Malaysia's Taman Negara. Little did I realise that this small worm-like creature, contracting into a glistening brown ball, was going to be the source of my nightmares as I attempted to conquer 130 million years of tropical sludge ....
Black priests allege racism; These men of the cloth claim unfair treatment and say the church needs to make some changes.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lumka Oliphant The Catholic Church is racist and needs to transform urgently. This is the view of several black Catholic priests in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria, who claim the allocation of trained priests to parishes and the induction of new priests to ...
anteaters; and other creatures.(Travel)
Apr 07, 2007 ... For many nature lovers, just spotting a bush-baby once on a night game drive, is a thrill to savour for a lifetime. To have half a dozen of these adorable nocturnal creatures swing from tree branches about three metres from your patio chair, is just awesome. This remarkable ...
Not all sweetness and light.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Looks like it's not all good in the Spice World camp, despite reports of a reunion. Mel C launched a litany of jibes against her former bandmates in a TV interview. Sporty Spice slams pals Geri, Mel B, Emma and Victoria for cashing in on their fame with autobiographies, and even claims her ...
Paris gets designer kitty.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Paris Hilton has reportedly expanded her menagerie of pets to include a dwarf cat, but has upset animal lovers with her choice of designer kitty. The socialite looked thrilled with her new furry friend when she was photographed carrying the animal out of her car. But ...
Punk'd for the last eight times.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... MTV has announced that Ashton Kutcher will no longer be terrorising Hollywood's rich and famous with hit prank show Punk'd. The eighth and final series of the hit candid camera-style show will air on MTV in the US in April with a marathon of eight back-to-back episodes, ...
Talking; It's so hot and dusty.(Travel)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The bright red material of Turkey's crescent-and-star flag flapped in the breeze above the busy border post. An ore of tension swirled around the Land Rover as we climbed out and faced the first of five Arab countries, which we'd been continually warned may not take to us kindly. ...
History laid to rest; as Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and the Democratic Unionist Party's Ian Paisley almost shake on a peace deal.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Ninety-one years ago, the Easter Rising in Ireland shook the British Empire to the core and was the harbinger of a bitterly divided island. Now, after three decades of "The Troubles" that racked Eire and Northern Ireland, the leaders of both sides have finally kissed and made up. ...
Visas required; EUROPE.(Travel)
Apr 07, 2007 ... South African passport holders need a visa to enter the Schengen area of Europe. The countries of the Schengen territory are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. If you are ...
The Night Listener.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Robin Williams plays Gabriel Noone, a public radio host, who, (like Armistead Maupin, the author of the novel upon which the film is based) is a poster-boy of San Francisco's gay cultural scene. Gabriel's currently struggling with the fact that his lover has just left him. A publisher ...
Just lock them up and throw away all the keys.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The Easter weekend is upon us and once again we gird ourselves for the annual butcher's bill from the lemming-like rush to the coast or to relatives, and then all the way back five days later. But bad driving - whether we are selfish and impatient, whether we drive drunk or ...
Inspired by Amadeus, shot right here.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The new release of the week, Shakalaka Boom Boom, has made history by becoming the first Bollywood movie to be shot in Gauteng. l The director of the movie Suneel Darshan has shot blockbusters like Andaaz, Barsaat and Dosti in Cape Town - but never before in Gauteng. ...
Creme de la creme at the Zee Cine Awards.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The creme de la creme of the Bollywood film industry rocked Malaysia a week ago with the presentation of the Zee Cine Awards. Held in the exotic Genting Highlands, the night was a huge success with the biggest names attending the event hosted by acclaimed director Karan Johar, ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Mar 21-Apr 21: (086 7133 501) Today: Your fortune appears to be into the upswing, and you may be lucky if you're sufficiently courageous during this upbeat term. You're bound to be able to effect a social breakthrough. Tomorrow: A time to exhibit your full repertoire ...
Grand old society turns 100.(Life)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The Horticultural Society celebrates its centenary this month, the first meeting of the society having taken place in Johannesburg on April 25 1907. Formed in a rough and dusty mining town, the Transvaal Horticultural Society (THS), as it was known then, was a major force in ...
The keys to sweet(pea) success.(Life)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Sweetpeas are best sown in the first two weeks of April, so now is the time to prepare the soil in a sunny flower bed. The five cornerstones to sweetpea success are to trench deeply, compost liberally, stake early, water freely and pick regularly. There are two main types of ...
CARLOS PARREIRA (Pisces: 27 Feb 1943).(Entertainment)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira, Bafana Bafana's latest coach, trained the victorious 1994 Brazilian World Cup champions, did stints with Kuwait (84), United Arab Emirates (90) and Saudi Arabia (98) - he was sacked at the World Cup after two matches - and again with Brazil in 2006. ...
Don't eat Klip River's fish, says expert; But fishermen, Department deny problem.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thembisile Makgalemele The fish-selling business is booming at informal fishmongers alongside the Golden Highway, south of Johannesburg - and no one seems fussed that the fish come from the nearby Klip River, which is polluted. And Easter time, say unlicensed ...
Nudge-nudge, wink-wink no longer.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... This column starts with "The Onion that never was". I was about to trash Mazda's TV ad for its new Mazda5, a "people mover" multi-purpose vehicle. I originally saw the ad several months ago when a male acquaintance, who would rather remain anonymous (wouldn't you, Neil?), sent ...
Big chain's response to honey sugar-coated.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... I refer to the article "Big chains say honey is safe" (March 31). I was appalled by Pick 'n Pay spokesperson Paul Connellan's statement that his company's "safety" claim was based partly on the fact that the chain "had asked each and every supplier of honey to verify their ...
Radebe keeps his cool while racists are losing theirs.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Attending the Laureus Sports Awards in Barcelona this week, Lucas Radebe must have been incensed by one question posed to him. Here he was, rubbing shoulders with the who's who of world sport and, suddenly, one cheeky reporter threw an inquiry at him about the security situation in South ...
Additional reading.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... l Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA (Macmillan, 2003) by the rather unfortunately named Richard English, is the seminal work on the IRA from its establishment until 2002. Racing through the early period up until 1963, English then goes into a detailed account of the emergence of the ...
Take responsibility for your own security.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: David Pincus Reports in newspapers and what one hears from other sources hint that the legend, a home is a person's castle, is on the verge of being relegated to the scrapheap. The sad truth is, criminals are getting cleverer and more sophisticated, and apart from a ...
Marcus Brewster goes for gold.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Marcus Brewster Publicity has won the Prisa Prism Gold Award for excellence for a Canderel campaign it implemented on behalf of its client Meribrands SA. The winners of the Prism Awards, now in its 10th year, were announced at a ceremony which took place at The Westcliff Hotel ...
Outrage as donors favour Aids orphans.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher and Sheree Russouw Children orphaned by the Aids epidemic were not given preferential treatment over other poor children in South Africa, non-governmental organisations said this week. They were responding to President Thabo Mbeki's criticism of ...
Hardcore sub becomes a love boat.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Bamford Armed with torpedoes and fitted with warheads capable of sinking a ship with a single strike, the SAS Manthatisi is one mean machine. But the German-built attack submarine, bought as part of South Africa's controversial multibillion- rand arms ...
Madiba's grandson to be new traditional leader.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sarah Lockwood The mantle of traditional leadership that was cast aside by Nelson Mandela when he dedicated his life to fighting for democracy will soon be passed on to his grandson, Mandla Mandela, at a grand ceremony in the Eastern Cape. The ceremony, on ...
MPs' salaries and how the electorate 'wuz robbed' is the issue.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Tell me if I'm alone in getting irritated with the Democratic Alliance's Mike Ellis hinting darkly at a backbenchers' revolt in the National Assembly over the fact that the poor parliamentary galley-slaves will only be re- ceiving inflation-related increases of 5,4%. That this ...
Missing girls still haunt the nation.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... There are some South African stories which will never fade away. One of the most tragic of these is the saga of paedophile Gert van Rooyen and the six missing schoolgirls. More than 18 years later, we still don't know for certain what happened to them. This week, hopes flared ...
Cocky coach eyes away win.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Just what is it about coaches called Jose and a penchant for self-love? If Chelsea's Portuguese mentor Jose Mourinho has set new standards in England declaring himself 'The Special One' then Al-Ahly would appear to have something of a doppelganger ...
Will this winter be warm?(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... It's not quite cold enough to turn the heater on but you've noticed it's a little chillier outside in your shorts. There's a nippiness to the early mornings - maybe you've even pulled out a musty blanket for the cooler evenings. Winter, it seems, is slowly creeping in. And while ...
The lighter side of Shane.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mark Chipperfield The life and times of Australian cricketer Shane Warne are being set to music by a comedian who promises to deliver a "Wagnerian tale" of sex, scandal and over-indulgence. Shane Warne: The Musical is the brainchild of the Melbourne comedian, ...
Monday.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... SA Football Association boss Raymond Hack was attacked in a robbery at his Waverley, Johannesburg, home in the early hours of Monday morning. Hack, who was alone at the time, heard noises coming from inside the house and went to investigate. He found an intruder who had apparently broken ...
Feared God but 'loved' young girls; 'Bewitched', the attractive mother-of-three changed after she met Van Rooyen, and soon she was luring children to the couple's lair.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Convicted paedophile Cornelius Gerhardus (Gert) van Rooyen was described as "flamboyant and a sexual braggart" by some people and a "God-fearing man", who claimed to be a preacher, by others. Van Rooyen (52) often told guests at his ...
Not too thrilled about Jackson sale.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Michael Jackson is considering legal action to stop the sale of more than 1 000 family items, including the gold record for his Thriller album. The sale is due to be held next month. Henry Vaccaro, who owns a building firm in New Jersey, was given the collection after a business deal with ...
Conviction brings closure; Ronald Jones was found guiltythis week of murdering Ghairoenisha, but her familyaren't celebrating just yet.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam and Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat Flashes of lightning glimmered from behind dark rain clouds that had gathered over Eldorado Park, before it started raining gently. The few street lamps around barely shed any light on the empty streets. Outside Abu and ...
Who will be Jake's bolter this season - Alberts, Cooke, Barritt?(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Heaven forbid that last weekend's sudden bursting of the bubble of South African Super 14 optimism should continue this weekend but, if it does, we have already had richer fare than that to which we have become morosely accustomed. It remains within the compass of the Sharks, ...
Jeppe the King of Queens much to White's glee.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen King Edward School There were surprises aplenty on day one of the King Edward School Easter rugby festival on Thursday, but the biggest shock of all came late in the day when Jeppe outgunned their more fancied opponents, Queens College, 8-7. ...
Grey College dazzle in10-try romp; Paul Roos hammer Aussie outfit.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum St John's College On a day of some splendid schoolboy rugby, it was somewhat ironic that the only match of the day that was weather- affected on Thursday was the one played between two sets of veterans. The final game of the first day of the ...
Boredom: SA's new challenge; Prince says middle-order need a knock.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Adrian Ephraim Georgetown After narrowly beating Sri Lanka over a week ago, South Africa's next biggest challenge during their two-week stay in Guyana has been fighting boredom. Rained-out practice sessions haven't helped South Africa's cause either as they ...
Minute of silence and then hours of scintillating games.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun St Stithians The opening day of the 24th annual FNB St Stithians Rugby Festival began on a sombre note with all the teams observing a minute's silence in memory of Ferguson Johnson, the FNB Invitation player who tragically passed away after accidentally ...
Egyptians to provide true test of Downs' class; Brazilians could be woken from.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark As monster games go, Sundowns against Al-Ahly in the third round of the MTN Caf Champions League is a Godzilla on steroids. Forget about South Africa's domestic league campaign. The Brazilians have rampaged so far in front of the rest, that the ...
Mates off the field but on - it's all business.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Good friends Jaque Fourie and Jean de Villiers come face to face at Newlands today when the Lions and Stormers clash in an eagerly anticipated Vodacom Super 14 clash. According to De Villiers, facing local opposition is a tougher job ...
Logjam for gay nuptials; Such marriages are now legal, but there's a shortage of licensed officers.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Bamford There is such a shortage of marriage officers who are licensed to marry gay couples that couples are going out of town to tie the knot. This is according to Glenn de Swardt, acting director of the Triangle Project, a gay advocacy group, who added ...
Young rugby player dies.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The St Stithians Easter Rugby Festival was struck by tragedy on Wednesday when 18-year-old Ferguson Johnson, a player in the FNB Invitation team competing in the event, drowned. Although investigations into the circumstances of his death continue, it seems he and his teammates ...
Sins of the father curse his offspring.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... "Using the Van Rooyen name nowadays is like using a swear word," Gerhard van Rooyen said in an interview in July 1991. "My whole family are planning to change the name, but I won't. "I am my father's son. We are the victims more than anyone else. We have been ...
Big Easy has a bigproblem.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter Bills Augusta He talked of a fight back, a target for tomorrow's final round to restore a semblance of credibility. But the brutal facts conflicted with Ernie Els' body language and demeanour as he crashed to a 78 in the first round of the Masters. The ...
Oscar for Pistorius.(Sports)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Oscar Pistorius capped a sensational Nedbank Championships for the Physically Disabled when he broke the world record in the 400 metres at Germiston Stadium. It was Pistorius' third world record of the championships. The 20-year-old clocked a time of 49,16 seconds, shaving 0,26seconds off ...
Telling it like it is, or isn't.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Hans Pienaar A battle of the bands, of the most peculiar sort. That is what is in store for music lovers if the country's human rights boss takes up the challenge of one of the country's leading songwriters, Koos Kombuis. Jody Kollapen, head of the SA Human ...
Taxi driver seven times over the liquor limit.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Fiona Gounden KwaZulu Natal traffic authorities were horrified when they trapped a minibus taxi driver with 16 passengers doing 160km/h in a 100km/h zone and found that his blood/alcohol level was seven times over the legal limit. The taxi driver, who was on ...
Cloudy, warm and maybe a little wet.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... GAUTENG: Cloudy to partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers. Expected UVB index: dangerous. MPUMALANGA: Morning fog patches on the highveld and escarpment, otherwise cloudy and mild to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. LIMPOPO: Cloudy in the ...
All we want is closure, say the families.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan and Michael Schmidt Noreen Breeds received a desperate phone call from her son Mark Scott-Crossley yesterday morning. The man convicted of masterminding the so-called "lion murder" of farmworker Nelson Chisale had heard that bones discovered on ...
Bones were almost lost; It was pure chancethat the skeletonswere saved, reportsKaryn Maughan.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... The bones that have re- ignited the police's 18-year-old Gert van Rooyen investigation could have been lost forever, were it not for the determination of an Addington Hospital doctor and his friends. Shockingly, an investigation by the Saturday Star has also revealed that a ...
Global warming a fact, scientists insist.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Earth faces increased hunger and water shortages in the poorest countries, massive floods and avalanches in Asia, and species extinction unless nations adapt to climate change and halt its progress, according to a report approved this week by an international conference on global warming. ...
'Ambiguities' in team's Woolmer statements.(News)
Apr 07, 2007 ... Mark Shields, the detective leading the Bob Woolmer murder inquiry, is planning to send a team of investigators to Pakistan to question the country's cricket team about "ambiguities" in their statements to Jamaican police. Players and officials with the Pakistan squad, who were ...
Your foot is an engineering miracle.(Life)
Apr 14, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brendan Seery Tom Hartge is a man for whom running is both a passion and a career. He was the co-captain of his high school track team in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and he went to university at Boston College in Massachusetts, becoming hooked by the atmosphere ...
Service with a smile.(Travel)
Apr 14, 2007 ... In my opinion, it is service that makes a great hotel. Mount Grace in the Magaliesberg provides my best hotel experience. The rooms offer lots of extras, including complimentary tea- and coffee-making facilities and homemade rusks. In the main building, a further ...
The Ring of Fire; Husband Erupts As Wife Spoons with Guide.(Travel)
Apr 14, 2007 ... - Irish Times, May 16 2006. May 1997 "Are you sure about this?" asked Verne, my wife. "It says here that Merapi is the second most active volcano in Indonesia. And one of the most dangerous." "Yeah, it's part of the Ring of Fire. Krakatoa is just across ...
Three, two, one ... launch.(News)
Apr 14, 2007 ... Mzansi Fo Sho. This is the new pay-off line for SABC1, albeit a year late due to the board refusing pitch after pitch from SABC1 and delaying SABC2 and 3's relaunches in the process. Now the story goes that the reason why Ya Mampela was whisked off air, leaving one of Africa's ...
Festivals prove the popularity of schools rugby.(Sports)
Apr 14, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The Gauteng region hosted no fewer than four schools rugby festivals over the Easter weekend, with a further one taking place 100km away at Potchefstroom Boys 'High. That all five events were able to attract big crowds over the three days of play, ...
Racist violence holds lessons; A US foundation is to use the testimonies of Holocaust survivors as teaching tools.(News)
Apr 14, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt Last Wednesday marked the 13th anniversary of the "100 Days" of massacre by machete of 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda. And tomorrow both Jews and Armenians will recall the dark days when their peoples were marked down for extinction on ethnic ...
Norbit.(Entertainment)
Apr 14, 2007 ... He tried the "serious role" approach in the underrated film, Life, but, sadly, no one paid any attention (and they ought to have). Then he went serious again for Dreamgirls, and, when no Oscars came his way, he apparently had the mutters. So, it's back to lowbrow comedy, and, while we're ...
Catholic Church falsely accused over racism.(News)
Apr 14, 2007 ... Your article "Black priests allege racism" (Saturday Star April 7) refers. As the information officer for the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference in Southern Africa, I note with concern some of the allegations made in this article. Apart from a number of incorrect ...
we will never surrender; world war ii premier sir winston churchill's legacy lives on.(Travel)
Apr 14, 2007 ... Winston Churchill was a remarkable man by anybody's standards. He was even named by some "the greatest Briton ever". As a politician with a surgical wit, a prolific writer and painter, a family man and a statesman, to this day his life continues to capture the imagination with a montage of ...