The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from October 2007:
Blooming; Marvellous in Namaqualand.(Travel)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The thing about South Africa's Namaqualand flower season is that it's not just about the flowers. Sure, carpets of yellows, blues and oranges can be seen on both sides of the road, covering the gravel and between the rocks, but doing "the flower thing" is almost as much about West Coast ...
Lucca; For Tuscany's city.(Travel)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Cocooned within its weathered walls, Lucca - city of light - lies open to the Tuscan sky. Despite its 16th-century stone ramparts, all eyes incline towards the sepia bastions and giant portals that draw tourists and residents towards Lucca's ancient core. (The name probably derives from an ...
GRAND; Navajo Indians,.(Travel)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The trip was 15 years in planning and three weeks in execution, not because we were disorganised but due to the Grand Canyon National Parks permit system. More than 4-million people go annually to see "The Big Ditch" - 90% peering cautiously over the edge from South Rim's ...
Bashful BMW; The 335i is an awesome piece of machinery, writes Brendan Seery.(Life)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Aggression. Flash. Brash. All words that would come up quite quickly, I suggest, were you to play the word-association game with "BMW". And many customers of the German sporting and luxury car brand are attracted by just those attributes. So you've got to wonder why one of BMW's best cars ...
Ad accounts and appointments.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... l Advantage Asset Managers, SA Fraud Prevention Services, Ebony & Ivory Advertising and Opera Interactive have enlisted Channel Managed PR to build their communications campaigns. l Newly signed commercials director at Bouffant, Ariane Besson, has relocated to SA. l ...
Feline; Scent of a leopard.(Travel)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Londolozi: late afternoon. The atmosphere is charged as the leopard sinuously stalks her prey. This time, it's not a juicy young buck she's after but a drop-dead gorgeous Brad Pitt of a male she's had in her sights for days. She's on heat and, as our ranger James Kydd explains, will do ...
Great Buns!(Travel)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Stockholm isn't good for a man's optic nerve. Or resolve. Mine gave out within half an hour of entering the old town. Another 10 minutes and my tongue was lolling in a very worrying and uncontrollable way. For an hour, I did nothing but shoot lustful looks through shop windows ....
And fun was had by all...(Life)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brendan Seery The laughter erupting from the TV room was, you must understand, something like Middle East peace breaking out. My son - 19 and exceptionally hip-hop, breakdancing cool - and my daughter (15 and short-tempered and emotional) were playing. Together. ...
Revolutionary icons turn pop; ...and the artist behind it all is seething, writesMichael Schmidt.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The display of struggle-era posters, whether as "art" in private homes or as "wallpaper" in places like Joburg's Apartheid Museum, has been decried by one of the foremost creators of such visual propaganda. Instead, they should rather be left to rot naturally on the walls where they were ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Mar 21-Apr 21 (086 7133 501) Today: Focus on the things that affect your future. A timely manoeuvre could set an exciting trend in motion, so be opportunistic and purposeful. Do not hold back when your big opportunity appears. Tomorrow: Just when you are conscious of ...
VUSI PIKOLIAries: March 24 1958.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Vusumzi Patrick "Vusi" Pikoli, an advocate with degrees (law and arts) from the universities of Zimbabwe and Lesotho, has been suspended from his National Prosecuting Authority post by President Thabo Mbeki. Pikoli is a Sun Aries with the Moon in Taurus so he certainly is ...
Pride Film Festival.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The Pride festival enjoys its last gasp at the Rosebank Nouveau this weekend. You may be pleased to know that you've already missed the screenings of Another Gay Movie, which parodies all those dreadful teen/gay/sex comedies to have assailed our cinema screens over the last ...
Roshan plays it cool.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Hrithik Roshan has apparently signed no new projects. The actor, who is gaining interest from Hollywood producers, recently turned down a supporting role in Pink Panther and Rakesh Mehra's Delhi 6 because he is working on the script for the sequel to the blockbuster Krrish. Hrithik was ...
Tyre tips courtesy of Michelin Tyre SA.(Life)
Oct 06, 2007 ... They may not always be the first thing you think of when it comes to safety, but tyres form the only link between your vehicle and the road. Your safety (and that of your passengers) relies on an area of contact between the tyre and the road surface which is no bigger than the palm of your ...
Getting lucky without dube; Clean-living reggae artist's perseverance has made him a star.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika Lucky Phillip Dube, one of the greatest South African musicians of our generation and arguably one of the best living reggae artists worldwide, almost died as a baby. Born in Ermelo, Gauteng, on August 3 1964, his parents named him Lucky ...
Wii puts the 'we' back into family games.(Life)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin Ritchie It's small, terribly easy to operate for luddites, and hopelessly addictive for kids and parents alike. It's Nintendo's Wii, the Japanese game-maker's new offering that has taken the world by storm and which advertisements for the South African ...
This house warming couldn't be easier.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Bega Architect Braam de Villiers grimaces at a conglomeration of Tuscan-styled mansions that in the distance. De Villiers doesn't do faux Tuscan. "Our company has a sticker: 'We don't do Tuscan'." Behind him is his creation: a small cement ...
Mpshe, the new muscle behind the NPA.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith At the end of his classic polemic, the revolutionary Frantz Fanon writes: "For ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts and try to set afoot a new man." New leaf. New concepts. New man. These are the ...
Art-House DVD DoubleVenus.(Entertainment)
Oct 06, 2007 ... FFFGG Maurice and Ian (Peter O'Toole and Leslie Philips) play two ageing actors; once revered, but now sliding into obscurity in "God's waiting room". Ian decides to bring in a hired help for those bothersome tasks around the house, as he isn't quite as mobile as he used to be, ...
Poor whites find a haven in township; Residents say the police are amazed at how safe it is.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Carvin Goldstone White children playing in front of a tiny RDP house situated in a largely black township, as music by American rocker Jon Bon Jovi belts out, is quite rare in South Africa. But this is an everyday occurrence in the township of Welbedacht, ...
Manners maketh the man.(Life)
Oct 06, 2007 ... So there we were: Little John and Robin Hood at the airport. I had just landed after 18 hours of flying at Cape Town International, exhausted and pushing a trolley laden with luggage. As I got close to the exit, there he was, the Tim Robbins lookalike, who watched me pushing my load but ...
Rise in hunting of rare animals; Government not taking indiscriminate killing seriously, reports Sheree Bega.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Gangrene had already set in when Louise Joubert found the rare brown hyena limping helplessly in her wildlife sanctuary. Two months before, the elderly male hyena's left forepaw had been entangled in an illegal snare, and Joubert believes the animal had managed to escape the ...
Squatters hold up new Alex development.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali A major shopping centre development in Alexandra is being held up by illegal squatters who have invaded several rundown vacant buildings and are refusing to leave unless they are given formal housing in the area. The derelict buildings in the ...
Covergirl Kerry McGregor swops designer gear for maternity wear.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam South African supermodel Kerry McGregor will be swopping designer gowns for maternity wear. Hot on the heels of marrying provincial cricketer Neil McKenzie, it has now been revealed that the long-legged blonde is three months pregnant. This ...
Myanmar golf row; Tutu backs call for boycott of Gary Player course that is favoured by brutal dictators.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt Desmond Tutu has called for a boycott of golfing icon Gary Player's company - because a Player-designed golf course is a playground of the ruling junta in the murderous dictatorship of Myanmar. Tutu said he backed the call by fellow Nobel ...
Living on the edge of chemicaldeath; Cop's mission to save the country's children fromall-consuming drug abyss, writes Justine Gerardy.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The sour sharpness of urine is thick and overpowering. Policemen move through an unlit, dank passage to a bedroom where a barefoot, blond man is confronted with a plastic bag stuffed with tightly wrapped packets of compressed dagga. A pile grows on the bed: the powdered remains ...
Scourge worse than any other.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... There is a new scourge sweeping across our country: hideously addictive, cynically cheap drugs, which are cutting a swathe across the most vulnerable - and the most important - section of any society: the youth. Drugs themselves aren't new, as we have always had a culture of locally grown ...
Phishing conmen target SA clients.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika South African e-mail users are coming under unprecedented attack by organised crime syndicates masquerading as banks, in an attempt to trick them into divulging their confidential banking details. Known as "phishing", the conmen have ...
Maths education harming economy.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher South Africa's economy is under threat because mathematics education in schools is failing to keep up with the growing demand for the high-level skills needed to expand the market. This warning is contained in a new report by the Centre for ...
Demand dips for home loans.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: David Pincus Has the National Credit Act (NCA) reduced the amount of money being advanced for the purchase of homes? One school of thought believes it has, and is largely to blame for the dip in home loans granted, while the other accepts it played a role, but claims ...
Robots run on power from sun.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Natasha Prince South Africa's first solar- powered traffic lights, regarded as a possible solution to ending traffic chaos, have been unveiled in Cape Town. And if the pilot project is successful, solar-powered robots could become a feature throughout SA and ...
Cheap heroin is killing our children.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Justine Gerardy Highly addictive heroin available at R20 to R30 a fix is hitting teenagers across the country with devastating effects. The price of various low-grade heroin mixes - "nyaope" in Gauteng, "sugars" in Durban, "unga" in Cape Town and "pinch" in Mpumalanga - ...
Perfect storm clouds big brand fortunes; Changes in consumer trends pose a major threat to big brands. Survival rests in the realisation that women are set to rule the world.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: David Wolstenholme It's a frightening time to be a big brand. I see a bitter cold front, a hectic southeaster and a hurricane converging on us all at the same time. The cold front is being faced by major brands as a result of the glut in consumer choice. ...
Caregivers step up fight for recognition.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher The plight of thousands of home-based case-workers working under stressful conditions for meagre stipends could get easier if a plan to establish a union to fight for their official recognition as professionals comes to fruition. For ...
A lot to be said for being to the point.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Two ads that have caught my attention in recent weeks are both car-related. One is local and the other was done overseas, proving that not all ad stuff we import is junk. First, the Net#work BBDO TV commercial for Total - to promote the economy of one of its new fuels - is ...
Many educators who molest get away with it; One held for sexual assault is still teaching,while another avoids criminal charges altogether.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam A West Rand music teacher has appeared in court on charges of indecent assault and the possession of child pornography. During their investigations police also discovered that the man, who has not yet been named, is also facing indecent assault charges ...
Money causes mayhem for those at helm of the PSL.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Irvin Khoza began this week's highly anticipated press conference in the most peculiar way, by making the media listen to audio transcripts. The Iron Duke's aim was to show that the "insults" which have been thrown at his Premier Soccer League executive in the wake of the multimillion rand ...
Moeti set to join Da Gama; Pirates boss emphasises player fitness.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark John Moeti is set to become Owen Da Gama's assistant coach at Orlando Pirates this season. Saturday Star has reliably learnt that former Pirates and Bafana midfielder Moeti is currently considering the offer, which would be Da Gama's first move in ...
We play to win, says Igesund.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Gordon Igesund has promised to field a full strength side in the name of "fair play" when Mamelodi Sundowns take on CS Sfaxien in the Confederation Cup this afternoon (Super Stadium, 4pm). The Brazilians have no chance of topping Group A and making ...
Stars ready to defend title.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark The long, drawn out process that has been the Telkom Knockout last 16 finally reaches its climax this weekend. The new television deal has ensured that this stage of the tournament has been dragged out over a two-week period, doubtless lucrative ...
Trninic in line for top aquatic award.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun When Vlado Trninic came to South Africa from Croatia 15 years ago, it was immediately apparent that he was in a class of his own as a waterpolo player. No one would have known, however, just what an impact he would have on the sport in this ...
Office-bearing jobs have never been so lucrative.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... In my next life I want to come back as a member of the PSL's sponsorship committee. As you know, the PSL runs the professional soccer leagues, and its sponsorship committee runs a tidy operation. Some people call it an exclusive club of selected members who apparently only need ...
Blatter's foreign fix.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Brussels - Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants to reintroduce limits on foreigners playing in national leagues, a move which amounts to a direct challenge to European Union authorities. By the 2010-11 league season, Blatter wants to have a system where a team's starting line-up would have ...
Why it's so important to put the team ahead of everything else.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... What on earth has happened to Scottish football? A few years ago the once proud country had degenerated into something of a soccer joke. Remember when they were drawn to play the Faroe Islands and there was talk that because the opposition was so pathetic a side refused to play? ...
Manuel stands firm on PSL payouts; R50-million commissions raises ethical questions.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali The Premier Soccer League voiced concern about Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's scathing attack on its R50-million commissions earmarked for its sponsorship committee which clinched a sponsorship deal with Absa. But Manuel stood by his guns ...
Khanyi smell the desperation?(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... It took Khanyisile Mbau's performance at the launch of yet another entertainment-TV show to make me realise just how good a performer Chomee is. My reaction to Chomee had always been: a great dancer and an even better lip-syncher. But after the sheer joke of a "performance" that Khanyi ...
School tormenters to go on life-skills training.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Michael Schmidt The two Krugersdorp high school boys who abused three of their girl classmates have been referred to a police Child Protection Unit life-skills programme, with a six-month suspended expulsion hanging over their heads. In an agreement reached ...
Rijesh's ridges inspire gay SA to new heights.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos Survivor evictee Rijesh Govender has admitted on TV that he's gay, and he has also made no secret of the fact that he was as body-conscious as they come while on the island. And this, coupled with his blatantly big-headed attitude regarding his physical ...
Mystery as third Pavarotti will emerges.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Malcolm Moore A new twist has emerged in the tussle for Luciano Pavarotti's estate, after the singer's only handwritten will appeared to disinherit his wife. The latest version of Pavarotti's will was released by a notary in the singer's hometown of Modena, ...
Once again the administrators have got it all wrong with Jake.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... The 70th anniversary passed last Tuesday of what history buffs such as me regard as the greatest day in the history of the South African game. On September 25 1937, the Springboks scored five tries to nil to beat the All Blacks at Auckland Park and clinch a 2-1 series victory. Adjusting ...
Gays are targets of hate speech, crime.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith As Gay Pride comes of age today, Gauteng gays and lesbians toast civil unions, adoptions, gender-neutral definitions and a protective constitution.But with hate speech and hate crimes on the increase, these liberties are under threat. A research ...
Scorpions forced to retreat, for now.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The Scorpions came within inches of persuading Brett Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti to testify against National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi. But then it all fell apart for the elite crime-fighting body, which - instead of preparing ...
Madiba, university hail casino magnate.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Sheree Bega Sol Kerzner was mobbed by young hoteliers at the University of Johannesburg's School of Tourism and Hospitality yesterday. "They all wanted to shake hands with me. Some even wanted to kiss me," he smiled. Kerzner (72), his deceased son ...
Argentines tackle and scrum in the spirit of Che.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Brendan Gallagher Few would deny that there is a revolution going on in Argentina's rugby as they attempt to overthrow the existing world order, but it might come as a surprise to some to discover that the most celebrated revolutionary of all was a diehard rugby ...
Manto has lost her grip; it's time to retire.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... When Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was under the whip for her alleged binge-drinking episodes, liver transplant, and theft charge in Botswana 30 years ago, I held back because I felt that context was lacking in all these stories. Sure, she might have had one glass too ...
No reprieve on sentencing for convicted rapists.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Christina Gallagher Rapists will, in future, feel the full force of the law as judges sentencing powers are cut. From next year judges will no longer be able to reduce minimum rape sentences based on the rapist's cultural and religious beliefs, or the victim's sexual ...
Church could face class-action abuse suit; Writer reveals more abuse by Bishop.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam The Catholic Church in SA could face a class-action suit after another ex-Boys Town pupil came forward with allegations of molestation by the late Bishop of Joburg and founder of Boys Town, Reginald Orsmond. This week, the Saturday Star received ...
Glimmer of light for Zimbabwe; Free and fair elections in March on the cards as Mbeki negotiatesand Asmal speaks up. Peter Fabricius and Deon de Lange report.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... President Mbeki says he is confident that negotiations between Zimbabwe's government and opposition will be concluded soon, so that agreements reached can be implemented in time to enable free and fair elections as early as March. Mbeki told visiting German Chancellor Angela ...
Boost for Boks; Prop CJ's just fineahead ofFiji clash.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mike Greenaway Marseille, France CJ van der Linde, 125kg of pure gold in the Land of the Endangered Tighthead Prop, seemed a bit bemused by the throng of attention around him as he stood on the sun-drenched patio of the Springbok team hotel following yesterday's team ...
'Lazy Lisa' looking forward to a hot bath.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Susan Comrie Survivor's latest casualty, "Lazy Lisa" Atkinson, says she hates it when people complain on the show. After surviving for three weeks on Survivor SA, Lisa isn't complaining. She says that not being voted off, despite doing no work and whining about ...
Schabir shaky after appeal fails.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... Schabir Shaik's last appeal against his 15-year sentence failed this week, and prison sources said the former high-flying businessman did not look well. One of them said he "really did look sick". Another prison insider said a warder visited Shaik regularly. Shaik is ...
Hail Dale, the five-wicket sensation.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Iqbal Khan Karachi, Pakistan Dale Steyn devastated Pakistan as he took his third five-wicket haul in the Test arena to bowl South Africa to a thrilling 160-run victory in the first match of the two-Test series at the National Stadium here yesterday. Pakistan, ...
Can't agree? Arm-wrestle.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Bronwynne Esbach South African sculptor Johann van der Schijff has created a prize-winning work of art that can be used by angry South Africans to settle their differences. Van der Schijff's Arm Wrestle Podium has been named as the winning public sculpture in ...
Australia leads call for Jones to be stripped of Olympic medals.(News)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Andrew Dent Marion Jones should be stripped of the medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics following her alleged admission to steroid use, Australian Olympic chief John Coates said yesterday. "If the reports are accurate and if she does in fact acknowledge ...
Sizzling Otto on a roll with a super 67.(Sports)
Oct 06, 2007 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter St Andrews It was a stunningly beautiful day on the east coast of Scotland yesterday - golfing heaven actually, and particularly so for a big group of South Africans taking part in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The famous Old Course was ...