The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from August 2007:
Talking; Pleasure and pain.(Travel)
Aug 04, 2007 ... My ears hurt! Surely it's not possible? Have you ever heard a song that goes on for three hours? Wads of tissue spew from my ears as I groan in audio agony. Kurdish music. Awful. Melancholy. A male voice pitched at tenor level lamenting the loss of love. Mehmet, a Turkish ...
Drink-spiking victim speaks out to help others.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Like many women, Karen Oosthuizen* (25) has received mass e-mails warning about the dangers of drink-spiking, but never thought it would happen to her. And yet, despite all the warnings, she ended up a victim of this growing crime. ...
Sexual predators behave like Jekyll and Hyde; Analysis of drug rape cases reveals that any guy a woman meets at a club is a potential perpetrator.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher He has it all; he's good looking, wears the most expensive clothes and smells of the best colognes. In fact, he's the kind of man most parents would be only too happy for their daughters to date. But behind the facade lurks a dangerous sex ...
Court to rule on Absa's alleged R80m sabotage; The banking giant is accused of scuppering an all-terrain-vehicle deal.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt The High Court will shortly rule on whether Absa Bank sabotaged a proposed $11,5-million (about R80-million) investment in the South African motor manufacturing industry by a member of the Bahraini royal family. And, win or lose, for motor ...
Cape; in the karoo.(Travel)
Aug 04, 2007 ... When you're heading south-west from Joeys, it's no hardship tootling through the Karoo and then Namaqualand, stopping here and there, and exploring the gems of South Africa's platteland. Of course, we all know that Namaqualand is synonymous with spectacular displays of wild ...
Saddle up; and RANCH it in queensland.(Travel)
Aug 04, 2007 ... I'm a maverick horseman in the novice class. Jasper, my chestnut horse, is an old-hand in the advanced class. He can high-kick sideways, go into reverse gear and break into a trot, canter and gallop all of his own will. The horse is in control of this ride, not I. "Hey big ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Mar 21-Apr 21 (086 7133 501) Today: You can stick with routine or break away to try original ideas and acquire new interests. Change is good for you, even if it is only temporary, and this is a splendid session for doing something very different. Tomorrow: Ask for a ...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE (Leo: July 23 1989).(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Daniel Radcliffe, alias Harry Potter, has already amassed [pounds sterling]14 million from the first five Potter movies and various earlier projects, but he still has two more Potter movies to go. Like Harry Potter's creator JK Rowling, Radcliffe is a Sun Leo, which means that ...
Mighty MINI lives up to its; If you love the road you'll love this car, writes Brendan Seery.(Life)
Aug 04, 2007 ... One of the best car ads done in South Africa in recent years was the "adrenalin" TV commercial for MINI done by KingJames agency. Remember the one? Young couple enjoying a picnic out on the coast somewhere. Suddenly she gets stung by a bee and goes into shock. Man, sizing up the situation, ...
FACE TO FACE; with the solemn Swede of serious film.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: James Kirkup 'Growing old is hard work - a full-time occupation," the great Swedish film and stage director Ingmar Bergman declared in an interview in 2000. "The fact that I must die does not bother me. Indeed, I look forward to it as an interesting ...
TEEN VIEWLicence to Wed.(Entertainment)
Aug 04, 2007 ... FFFGG A couple tries to get married in a "respectable" church; an establishment that has played a big part of the history of the brides' side of the family. But there is only one marriage booking available for the next two years - and the priest isn't about to blow it on a bad ...
Florida to face Middleburg.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The knockout stages of the Beeld Trophy schools rugby competition begin today with Florida and Monument representing the Lions region in the quarterfinals for macro Schools. Florida beat Monument 13-9 to become Lions champions for the first time ...
Being a lucky charm does vultures no good.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Bega When Sibongile Nxumalo needs a dose of luck, she heads to her local sangoma for an age-old traditional elixir: an infusion of vulture parts. "Vulture brains bring luck. It really works. Look at what it did for me," says the traditional medicine ...
History-teaching turnaround for SA pupils.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Under the former National Party government's Christian National education system, the country's history largely began with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in the Cape in 1652, and blacks were portrayed either as savages or as bit-players. ...
Slick Loeries, but many leave disappointed; Despite some glitches, an Orchid goes to the awards CEO.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brendan Seery This year's Loerie Awards thrash for advertising creative excellence - in Margate last weekend - was one of the best yet. Slick organisation (generally speaking), improved shows and presentations and, because of the drier weather, an even better vibe. So ...
South Africa 'becoming the country to watch' in advertising.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... This year's Loeries attracted a record number of entries, and the judging panel, including 100 industry specialists, chose 200 winners (excluding the student awards). There were five Grand Prix awards handed out (up from three last year), 24 Gold, 50 Silver, 102 Bronze and 19 Golds for ...
The Aids debate needs a boost.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Where do we take the HIV/Aids story? And how do we ensure that we keep the subject interesting to our readers without turning them off? These were some of the questions raised recently at an Aids conference in Cape Town, which was attended by journalists, editors and publishers ...
Lions' Predator series ready to ruck 'n roll.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The Golden Lions Rugby Union this week launched their Predator series - a semi-professional league involving regional teams drawn from their club set-up. The league is the brainchild of Lions vice-president Manie Reyneke, who said at the launch ...
Identity of slain girl still unknown after two years.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam She was someone's daughter, perhaps someone's sister, and she probably had friends. But nobody gave an eulogy at her funeral and, in fact, no one even claimed her body or has reported her missing in almost two years. The girl, believed to be no ...
Show some sympathy for Mugabe's border-crossers.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... It's amazing how time smoothes over the unpleasant cracks in your memory. Until I opened the musty yellowing clipping files of my work from 1983, I had forgotten how the pungent, sweet smell of death sticks in the back of your throat, how it settles in the membranes of your nose. And how, ...
Apartheid-era pathologists come under fire; Forensic expert wants public disclosure about their collusion in state atrocities.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Chiara Carter Veteran forensic expert David Klatzow wants the state pathologists and other forensic witnesses of yesteryear placed under the microscope to publicly explain why they so often seemed to concur with apartheid-era police versions of events. ...
Golf production moves to Germany.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Volkswagen plans to shift production of its right-hand drive Golf model for the Asia-Pacific region from South Africa to Germany, company sources said yesterday. They said production would be moved from Uitenhage to VW's main manufacturing plant at Wolfsburg from the middle of ...
Fires lay waste to land and lives.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt The timber industry - and the Lowveld - will take years to recover from this week's devastating fires. The worst fire storms in living memory, which destroyed five saw mills and laid waste to 77 000ha of prime timberland, followed hard on the ...
Northcliff on top.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Northcliff High School have started their defence of the co-ed schools athletics A League title on a positive note with good wins in the first two inter-school meetings. Results: Northcliff A 408, Sir John Adamson 218, The Hill 209, Northcliff B 94, King David Victory Park 54 ....
SA Rugby must keep an eye on the anti-Hokey Pokey laws.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Rugby fields have grown too small. The size and athleticism of professional players has turned 7 000 square metres into a handkerchief. Frik du Preez was an imposing figure in his heyday - at 1,88m and 104kg he'd be a physically unexceptional centre or wing today. When the Springboks put ...
It's the right time to drop the kicking and the time wasting.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Most players of my generation hate watching our old tapes. The games in which we played look so slow you think the speed setting is faulty. Half the time the ball is in touch and the other half of the time we seemed to be trying to put it there. How did the hookers throw the ball in using ...
Lions need more stars to stand up; Cobus Grobbelaar leads his men in atough encounter against Griquas.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum Throughout history there have been many who have seen fit to take on the lion as a symbol, most of them of royal blood. There was William the Lion, the king of Scotland who established his country as an independent state; King Richard the Lionheart of ...
Brian Ashton's 'arrogant, aging army of dads'.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Peter Bills London - You couldn't make up the mess that is English international rugby at this time. The first of England's pre-World Cup warm-up internationals takes place at Twickenham today against Wales. Coach Brian Ashton has chosen a squad that had observers ...
Dial a kwaito artist with a phone that packs real bling with its rings.(Life)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Perhaps these questions aren't really fair, considering that Danny K's use of Mandoza was career expedience, whereas Kabelo and Danny K are actually good friends who also respect each other as artists. And besides, it's just an advertising campaign for a fancy cellphone. The ...
The deadly cost of the blazing; The next few days will continue to be dangerous, writes Michael Schmidt.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... He died with his fire hose in his hands, facing a terrifying and fiery apocalypse that also swallowed up the lives of his three colleagues and at least another 18 people in two provinces. His name and those of his brave colleagues may one day be as renowned in the area where they lived as ...
Real cash splash gloom.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Madrid - Real Madrid are heavily in debt after spending millions on new signings over the past few years, the president of the Spanish giants Ramon Calderon said yesterday. But the Real president said the club were nonetheless in good financial shape, having just finished "the best season ...
Wheeler dealer Arendse heads cricket; CSA will have to tighten its belts as next two years will be lean financially.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess With a financial surplus and a seemingly united administration, it would appear that South African cricket is on a fairly sound footing. However, a period of serious "belt-tightening" awaits in the near future and it will be up to new Cricket South ...
A tragic failure of the system.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... The Siebert family's relief at the sudden confession of their son Steven's killer in the Cape High Court this week could prove to be short-lived. Theuns Olivier, the Zimbabwean handyman who abducted, raped and then throttled little Steven, also confessed to molesting 199 other boys in a ...
... Sunny skies, Chevrolet.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... The news that South Africans are paying more for meat, milk and bread is no surprise to anyone who buys groceries. What is surprising is the fact that the government isn't stepping in to stop the naked profiteering of the middlemen and regulate both the meat and dairy ...
'No Zim' in common SADC monetary system.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sibusiso Ngalwa SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has hinted that Zimbabwe might be excluded from the common monetary union that is envisaged for Southern African countries. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) aims to have a single currency ...
Is this Anglo's new vision? Outspoken CEO takes firm grip of underperforming conglomerate.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Barry Sergeant New Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll presented her first set of financial results yesterday, vowing that every individual in the group would become "performance oriented". The outspoken Carroll slammed Anglo American's safety performance for the first ...
Prison doc suspended for 'insulting' Balfour.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Helen Bamford A doctor who has repeatedly spoken out about horrific health conditions at Cape Town's Pollsmoor Prison is being sued for defamation by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour. Balfour is claiming R500 000 in damages from the doctor, after ...
Boycott looms over rape at Bara; Students at hospital threaten to downtools if 'immediate action' isn't taken.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Bega and Botho Molosankwe Medical students working at Soweto's Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital have threatened to boycott night-time duties at the hospital if security is not improved within the next two weeks. Their ultimatum comes after a 23-year-old ...
Sex-fiend shock; Steven Sieberts killer confessesto molesting at least 200 boys.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Clayton Barnes Convicted child-killer Theunis Christian Olivier has, by his own admission, sexually molested more than 200 boys. His perverted spree - which, he told the police, had spanned 30 years - finally ended in December 2005 when he was arrested for the murder of ...
Twenty-three goats and the kitchen sink.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika Thanks to the publication of a picture in a Joburg newspaper this week of 23 goats stolen in northern KwaZulu Natal and then crammed into a minibus taxi, the animals are now reunited with their delighted owner. When Muntukabuzwa Duze, who ...
oh brother!(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat From tomorrow, 12 people will spend 98 days locked in a 350sq m area, battling it out to survive Big Brother Africa 2 - and win $100 000 (about R700 000). The reality programme is set to relaunch, after a four-year hiatus, at 7pm on ...
Bamuza finally in Bafana squad.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Jomo Sono's calls for Bafana Bafana to give his son a chance were answered yesterday when Bamuza Sono was called-up for a two-day training camp with Carlos Alberto Parreira. The Black Prince claimed previously that internal politics were all that ...
Pre-season ends with Charity Cup.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Pre-season soccer overload reaches its final destination today, as the Telkom Charity Cup cartwheels into Mafikeng. Many itching for the juicy, truly competitive stuff to start may well be uninspired by this four team tournament, where teams are ...
Boy and school bus driver killed by parent.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Botho Molosankwe A Grade One pupil didn't make it to school yesterday morning. The 6-year-old and the minibus driver who was helping him cross the busy road were killed when they were run over. The accident happened on Roberts Avenue, in front of Jeppe High ...
Last-gasp attempt to foil sixth robbery fails.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev During a two-hour robbery at his Sandton home, Bryan Groenewald told his six gun-wielding attackers he was battling to breathe. In an unusual act of kindness yesterday morning, one of the robbers pulled out an asthma pump from his pocket and sprayed it into ...
'I'll beat disease and play for Boks again'.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Bulls and Springbok flank Pierre Spies has spoken for the first time since hearing his promising rugby career may be over after being diagnosed with a potentially life- ending lung illness. And, it seems, the powerfully built Spies is confident ...
Van den Berg scales new heights.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... Bloemfontein - Ulrich van den Berg looked imperious when he stepped up to receive the trophy after claiming his fifth professional title at the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour in Free State yesterday. After narrowly losing out on an Origins title at Selborne, Van den Berg sounded a ...
Fuel shortage leads to panic buying.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... As fuel shortages continued countrywide and panic buying set in, the Department of Minerals and Energy insisted it would not intervene in the strike by fuel workers. "It is a huge problem and we are not happy with it, but our hands are tied. It is a very tough one ... it is an ...
The braai is under threat from scorching meat prices.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lynnette Johns The end could soon be in sight for that great South African tradition, the braai. The price of meat is rocketing and, according to the Department of Agriculture, the price of staples like bread and maize will continue to soar as well, in line with global ...
Police link in phone seizure.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... A man was arrested at Bloemfontein Airport after he tried to carry about 20 cellphones onto an aircraft, Free State police said yesterday. Superintendent Annelie Wrensch said the 44-year-old Bangladeshi was arrested at the airport on Thursday morning after police were alerted. ...
Beef over 'insensitive' ad.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Fiona Gounden While Spur Steak Ranch's long-standing slogan has been "People with a taste for life", a recent TV advert has left the Hindu community with a distinct loss of appetite. As a result, the company has decided to cancel the national advert featuring ...
Farmers want Zim refugee camps; 'Huge' refugee influx a concern, but provincialpolice chief denies that there's a problem.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt Farmers along the border with Zimbabwe have called on the government to create refugee transit camps on South African soil to deal with what they believe is a massive and growing humanitarian crisis. The call comes in the wake of dramatic TV ...
Daughter 'pimped on the net' by dad; Both accused out on bail, while traumatised child placed into her gran's care.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat and Kashiefa Ajam He created a website where he advertised naked pictures of his 15-year-old daughter for would-be paedophiles to access and "rent" her for sexual acts at R500 a time. Yesterday, the 39-year-old father and his friend, also ...
Ochoa chases maiden Major glory.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... St Andrews, Scotland - Lorena Ochoa shot a 73 yesterday to lead by one stroke after the second round of the Women's British Open, while Michelle Wie is heading for another missed cut after hitting an 80. Mexico's Ochoa missed a 4-foot par putt at the 18th to cut her lead in ...
Editor slated on hospital report.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Boyd Webb The ANC has launched a broadside attack on an Eastern Cape editor whose paper published an expose on poor conditions for expectant mothers and newborns at Frere Hospital - the latest episode in a war of words over statistics, hospital conditions and reportage. ...
Bulls trample Cavalier approach.(Sports)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Vata Ngobeni Loftus Versfeld Blue Bulls (15) 36 Tries: Mametsa (2), Delport, Kuun, Nel; Conversions: Hougaard (4); Penalty: Hougaard Boland Cavaliers (7) 12 Tries: Peach, Nokwe; Conversion: Dollie Ultimately the Blue Bulls ...
Netcare ends rebates on inflated medical device costs.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Just a week after revelations about how some hospitals demand secret rebates on medical materials and devices were made public, one of South Africa biggest private healthcare groups announced yesterday it would stop the practice. Netcare ...
Sex-fiend shock; Steven Siebert's killer confessesto molesting at least 200 boys.(News)
Aug 04, 2007 ... BYLINE: Clayton Barnes Convicted child-killer Theunis Christian Olivier has, by his own admission, sexually molested more than 200 boys. His perverted spree - which, he told the police, had spanned 30 years - finally ended in December 2005 when he was arrested for the murder of ...
SA 'fertile paedophile breeding ground'.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lynnette Johns, Melanie Peters, Sarah Lockwood and Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat It isn't psychiatric illness which makes men commit crimes like raping and killing young children, but rather a lack of love and attention in their own childhood. And boys who grow up ...
Marketers go from spam to permission; Underhand methods shunned in favourof getting the consumer to disclose info.(News)
Aug 11, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brendan Seery Headspace. That's the Holy Grail of marketers. They want to understand what goes on inside yours and get their products and services inside, too. But as you are bombarded with millions of advertising and marketing messages every month, that's becoming ...
Aegean jewel; remote island is a rare find.(Travel)
Aug 11, 2007 ... The colours of the Mediterranean, all in one glass. A smattering of white - fluffy clouds scudding across the endless sky. Soft red - the breathtaking sunrise I set the alarm clock to watch as the god of the ancients makes his way from Turkey across the Aegean Sea. And blue - the ...
Simply the; In the LS 460, you're not able to notice the imperfections in the road, writes Brendan Seery.(Life)
Aug 11, 2007 ... In the dim past of motoring history, it was easy. When it came to "The Best Car in the World" - the vehicle which said unequivocally, "I have arrived and I am immeasurably better than you are" - there was only one answer: Rolls-Royce. Firstly, the limousines with the Spirit of ...
Go-Go.(Travel)
Aug 11, 2007 ... A glistening pool sparkled under the moonlight, seeming to drop into a cascading ocean. Its smooth splashing noises were suddenly joined by soft classical music and then ... Bang! The night sky lit up with a fireworks display. Shooting stars spun into the air and then fell ...
Dubai; In the city of gold.(Travel)
Aug 11, 2007 ... Apparently, more than 25% of the world's construction cranes are in Dubai and, indeed, everywhere you look are building sites! The cranes form part of the massive construction work which is manned by electricians, engineers, builders, designers, project managers, technicians, ...
J K ROWLING Leo: July 31 1965.(Entertainment)
Aug 11, 2007 ... Joanne Kathleen (JK) Rowling, author of the Harry Potter tales, is a Sun Leo with Scorpio Rising and has a strong Virgo overtone to her nativity. Sun in Leo instills artistic flair underscored with dramatic and comedic talent. Her love of magic and mysticism stems from having ...