The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from February 2008:
Reshaped Subaru is born to; It's a smooth, seductive power plant, writes Steve Lawrence.(Life)
Feb 02, 2008 ... But right up there on the emotion scale are those privileged moments I've spent in the company of a turbocharged Subaru. As a kid I loved playing with cars and had Lamborghini posters on the wall, but in my book, none of the Italian and German supercars has as much appeal and mystique as a ...
Hitler's Lair; long-held Secrets of this eyrie.(Travel)
Feb 02, 2008 ... The liquid, turquoise beauty of the Bavarian lakes is breathtaking. Surrounded by the snow-clad, Alpine fringe of the Obersalzburg - Berchtesgaden clings to the south-eastern corner of Germany - its grand forests, towering peaks and glassy, inland seas combining to produce a stunning, ...
go; on the N2.(Travel)
Feb 02, 2008 ... It's the week before Christmas and we sit immobile in our car on the N2 highway, awaiting our turn to enter the town of Plettenberg Bay. We're staying further down the coast but have decided to visit Plett for the day. Already we're regretting our decision. Once we get into the ...
Spaced; russia's CANINE astronauts.(Travel)
Feb 02, 2008 ... 'We were the first nation in space and the first on the moon," said my guide Lyudmilla as if her country's international prestige was still at stake and the Kennedy-Krushchev era was not over. "Our monkeys beat their monkeys. Or men beat their men. It is historical fact." She ...
Identity-theft risk from pay-slip info.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika A leading life assurer has warned that some public and private sector employers are unwittingly playing into the hands of identity thieves by including detailed personal and financial product information on pay slips. As a result, an ...
Shortage of beds delays justice for many.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Justine Gerardy Families of the Skierlik shooting victims could wait months for the trial of accused Johan Nel, with an evaluation planned for the teenager in one of the country's backlogged forensic psychiatric wards. Nel's attorney, Frikkie Pretorius, said he would ...
Curio(sity) nearly killed this dog; 'Mothers wear those poisonous beads and babies often tug at their necklaces and suck them'.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Trish Beaver A curio shopping expedition to a popular Joburg craft market nearly ended in tragedy for two ex-South Africans when their pet spaniel almost died after chewing a beautifully decorated necklace they had bought as a gift. Like many other ...
Grave sites; of the anglo-boer skirmish.(Travel)
Feb 02, 2008 ... In the third and final phase of the Anglo-Boer War (September 1900 to May 1902), the Boers abandoned traditional warfare and resorted to guerrilla tactics. Relying on small, highly mobile military units, they managed to evade capture and wreaked havoc on the British army. In response, Lord ...
trunk; In the Savuti camp.(Travel)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Elephants are the most soothing of creatures. When a herd, large or small, surrounds you, you feel comforted. When you see the fleet-footed great pachyderms passing directly in front you, the mothers nudging their young, and the young sometimes so small they fit beneath the mother's ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Mar 21-Apr 21 (086 7133 501) Today: You may find the ideal diversion in taking on a challenge that exercises your creativity. You could earn cash through an artistic interest if you have the talent. Tomorrow: This is an unlikely time for trying to resolve domestic ...
Cops turn a blind eye to decaying flats in their smart north-eastern suburbs backyard.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali Two huge "slum" blocks of police flats in Joburg's expensive north-eastern suburbs are in such a state of decay that they are affecting property values in the area, local residents have claimed. And they say there are often loud parties and litter and ...
South African expats trek laer in Austin Texas.(Life)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Eva Gilliam In Texas, nood leer bak! Esme Els sits in Starbucks in North Austin, central Texas, with her cellphone, chatting causally in Afrikaans. Shortly after she closes her phone, it rings again. "More, bokkie!" and off she goes into a friendly ...
How to opt out of junk mail.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... The Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA) has launched multi-platform functionality for its Opt Out Register via SMS, internet and call centre, which allows consumers to remove their details from mailing lists used by the association's members to promote goods and services ...
Time for Steve to keep fly up and head down.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... I met Steve Hofmeyr for the first time about a year ago. I was intrigued, because he had been popping up all over in news reports - this time not because of his legendary priapism, but because of the increasingly political stance he was taking. At first, it was to do with ...
Coen brothers back on form with No Country for Old Men.(Entertainment)
Feb 02, 2008 ... After the disappointments of their last two outings, the screwball romcom Intolerable Cruelty and the lacklustre Ealing remake The Ladykillers, the Coen brothers are back with a triumphant return to form. No Country for Old Men, adapted from a novel by Cormac McCarthy, sees ...
Fiona says:.(Life)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Steve brought home the car and, like a school boy, he was all excited. I have heard nothing but "My next car, baby, is a Subaru" for the past three years. I definitely like the look of this one - I am a woman and therefore my knowlege of cars consists of: the colour, speed and ...
Busy agenda lined up for Samra indaba.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... The Southern African Marketing Research Association's 2008 conference is set to take place from May 27 to 28 at Sun International's Royal Swazi Sun and Spa in the Ezulwini Valley in Swaziland. The conference aims to bring together researchers, research users and marketers from ...
A food maven.(Life)(Restaurant review)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Do you know the origin of the name Sophia? The word means "wisdom" in Greek and was used to embrace Hellenistic philosophy and religion. In a modern world where wisdom has become a scarce commodity, the name's most common association, certainly with the film-going public of the last ...
Cross the divide to the south for major investment opportunities.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: David Pincus Many cities are divided into two by a geographical feature, such as a river or a mountain - or something man-made, like railway tracks. In Joburg, the reef that runs east to west divides the city into northern and southern Joburg, now being referred to as ...
The day a football team died; Eddie Lewis, an original Busby Babe, recalls the day his Man U friends perished.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Television soccer analyst Eddie Lewis may look like a tough guy, which he is, but on this occasion he is choked up with emotion. His companion warns me that "you're going to make him cry, you know, he always does when he talks about it", and I spot the tears welling in his bright eyes. ...
Lights on for Grootvlei after two dark decades; When Eskom mothballed its power station, it was the kiss of death. But now the town is booming, writes Thabiso Thakali.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Almost two decades ago, the small town of Grootvlei was a thriving community with a booming economy. For the quaint Mpumalanga town, 15km from Balfour, the 1970s and 80s were a boom time. In its heyday the town had a railway station, mine workshops, churches, schools and chain stores. ...
Depression needs to be taken seriously.(Life)
Feb 02, 2008 ... One of the most overused, abused and misunderstood expressions is: "I'm depressed". Certainly, in my practice, it's a phrase I hear many times a week. Over the years I have discovered that, for the patients, it has many different meanings. At times it actually means "I'm angry", ...
Cosatu's voice is preoccupied with the collective.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith You're a comrade the moment you sidestep through the revolving door. It's a bit like being a nun, too. Everyone calls you sister. The thing is, at Cosatu House in Joburg's Braamfontein, everybody has a preoccupation with the collective, so there is genuine ...
Letting the sun shine in.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Justine Gerardy Dieter Holm hasn't paid an electricity bill since 1972. His Hartbeespoort home doesn't appear on the national power grid and no Eskom technician has ever crossed his front door step. And yet, in the appliance-stocked Holm household, there is ...
Clarion call against unwantedaward; John Minto tells Kashiefa Ajam why he would do it again.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam We felt hope. We cheered when Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island prison in February 1990. Like millions of others around the world, New Zealand activist John Minto celebrated too. We continued throughout Mandela's reign as president ...
2010 just around the corner; The Fifa World Cup is two-and-a-bit years away. So there's plentytime to get your act together, as a business, and make big bucks?(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Brendan Seery When Ingrid Veysie wants to give business a wake-up call about 2010, she pulls out her amusing "Worry Curve" chart. It charts three levels of increasing concern for businesses planning for a major event in the future. First, you have the ...
A Victory for Decency.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... The best decision of the week has to have been the one to pull Jacob Zuma out of the gala dinner to honour Mike Tyson at Emperors Palace, east of Joburg, on Wednesday night. We don't particularly care what the official reasons were; the decision was a victory for decency, principle and ...
Definitely a Material Girl.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Madonna has topped the charts once again - this time by being named the world's highest-earning female musician. The queen of pop, whose hits include Material Girl, banked [pounds sterling]36-million (R536-million) between June 2006 and June last year. A large percentage came ...
Old R5 coins still okay, despite the fakes.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Babington Maravanyika The old R5 coins, which the South African Reserve Bank intended phasing out following the discovery of countless counterfeits, will now remain in circulation for a few more years because the international criminals responsible are behind bars. ...
[pounds sterling]1000bn.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... The value of Britain's public sector pension liability, which is far higher than estimated. A thinktank's report found the government is using an artificial interest rate which massively underestimates the true cost. The number of UK smokers who have kicked the habit following ...
In some ways, Ramaphosa had more freedom under apartheid.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... If there is one man who has come to symbolise this country's constitution, it is Cyril Ramaphosa. So, it was a poignant moment this week when Ramaphosa had to seek safety behind the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Ramaphosa, who chaired the Constitutional Assembly ...
KES, St John's win easily in Waite ties.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The break in the rainy weather has meant that the quarterfinal matches in the Johnny Waite knockout cricket competition could be completed during the week. The remaining sides now have two weeks to play their semifinal ties ahead of the final ...
Jacaranda FM guest accused of bias and homophobia.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam Jacaranda FM has been ordered to appear before the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) after a Joburg doctor complained that one of the station's guests was biased and homophobic. Dr John Bell complained that a regular guest, ...
Amy Winehouse checks herself back into rehab; I'm afraid all the crack, heroin and cocaine will kill her, say husband.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Amy Winehouse's jailbird husband is terrified the acclaimed singer will be dead by the time he's released from jail. Speaking exclusively to Britain's News of the World this week, Blake Fielder-Civil (25) said: "Every day I fear that the prison chaplain is going to walk into my cell and ...
Record prices at SA art auction in London.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Heidi Kingstone The amount of money spent in seconds with the nod of the head or the wave of a finger at an auction is always dazzling, no matter how frequent a visitor one is to the big sales houses. And the crowd for the second sale of South African art that ...
Boks in quarters.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Wellington - South Africa started their challenge in the Wellington leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in the most emphatic fashion when they convincingly beat Australia 24-14 in the first round and then accounted for France 29-7 to virtually assure themselves of a place in the ...
Hours and hours of practice that makes Ronaldo magical.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Did you see the goal? Ronaldo from 25 yards out against Portsmouth? It was a free kick that Sir Alex called the best ever. Poor old David James in goal looked like he wanted to applaud the Portuguese player after the ball screamed into the top left hand corner of his net. He ...
Madness, mayhem and mod motors at MPH '08.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Paul Swift, who once set a world record by keeping his family's lawnmower on two wheels for 230 metres at the age of 7, achieved his first Guinness world record for his J-turn car stunt this week. The 28-year-old Brit spun his car through 180 degrees from reversing in a straight line to ...
'Let Mbeki tell everyone why he suspended me'; Vusi Pikoli wants his case to be heard in public and hopes that the matter will be resolved soon, reports Glynnis Underhill.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... While the government wants the case of suspended National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli to be held behind closed doors, his legal team say there's no threat to national security if it's open to the public. "The bulk of the matters to be raised are already in the public ...
SA set for lame State of the Nation.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare Despite the civil service fallout as result of the ANC's succession battle, directors-general (DGs) have been reassured that their jobs are secure beyond the ruling party's change of guard next year. This comes after interpersonal clashes ...
Krok to destroy R197m Oz home.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jonathan Chancellor South African multimillionaire Maxim Krok will get the keys to his prestigious Sydney residence, Tahiti, this month after paying a record R197-million for the exotic mansion in Australia's harbour city. And then Krok will demolish the 1966 ...
Sorry Bafana, you're an embarrassment.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Matshelane Mamabolo And we're supposed to anticipate 2010 with excitement! Carlos Alberto Parreira, Aaron Mokoena and Sibusiso Zuma were unanimous in their assessment of Bafana Bafana's participation in the 26th edition of the African Nations Cup: "We're ...
Stars eye World's View.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum The importance of the Intaka Tech World's View Challenge, the five-race series that takes place in and around Pietermaritzburg today, to South African cycling took on new significance this week after the cancellation of the much-hyped Tour of South Africa ....
'We simply don't have enough quality to compete at this level'; South Africa were again eliminated from the Nations Cup at the first hurdle, so was there really an improvement in Ghana? Nkareng Matshe asks the local coaches.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Roger De Sa BIDVest Wits On Bafana's last match against Senegal: It was a much-improved performance, but we should remember that Senegal were missing some players. We were positive and went at them, but our performance in the last third was very ...
Engineer's rise to power could net him a fortune.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Mlondolozi Mbolo and Helen Bamford An electronics expert in Betty's Bay has come up with a simple way of softening the blow of Eskom's untimely blackouts. Russell Witthuhn, an electronics and software engineer, has extended the lifespan of an uninterruptible ...
Where have all the black people gone?(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... It's generally believed that Cape Town is our style capital. And I firmly believed that - what with the mountain, the white sands and the skinny models aplenty. So one can imagine the absolute shock when I went to the J&B Met, allegedly the style event of all style events and most mense ...
Sanders seeks ticket to the US; While Mabuza defends his IBO belt against hard-working Sonsona.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum It is understandable that with the visit of Mike Tyson to Johannesburg that the attention for tonight's Fire and Brimstone tournament at Emperors Palace would be focused on the final fight of the night between the biggest men on the card. But ...
The men accused of sinking Saambou; Financial experts set to testify in what could be one of SA's most complex trials.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zelda Venter When it became clear that Saambou Bank was in serious financial difficulty in 2002, it set off an unprecedented run on the bank by desperate clients who withdrew R1-billion of their savings. Fearing they would lose their money, clients converged ...
Last-minute e-filing tax-return chaos not our fault, says Sars; Confidentially of information supplied also an issue.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Carvin Goldstone, Zara Nicholson and Thabiso Thakali A massive last-minute flood of tax returns via the South African Revenue Service's e-filing system, combined with regular power cuts, has resulted in major problems with income tax submissions, according to consultants ...
Long delays at OR Tambo as passengers wait for baggage.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Bonile Ngqiyaza Chaos ruled at OR Tambo Airport yesterday on the first day that a new ramp handling company began operating, with some passengers having to wait up to three hours for their baggage. Among the flights affected were Swiss Air, Iberia and Air France and by ...
Otto leads SA's Tiger chase.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter and Sapa-AFP Tiger Woods led the Dubai Desert Classic at the halfway stage yesterday. The American shot a second round one-under 71 for a total of 136 and a one-stroke lead over Ireland's Damien McGrane who had a 69. Woods is on course for a ...
kulula's patch-up job startles boy.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam "Look mommy. There's a big hole in the wing and that man is trying to fix it." When Gail Sydow turned to see what her 11-year-old son Josh was talking about, she couldn't believe her eyes - a maintenance man had hopped onto the plane's wing and ...
Obama, Clinton mix civility and barbs as Super Tuesday looms; With almost two dozen primary contests next week, it's crunch time for the Democratic duo.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton alternated between civility and pointed swipes as they sparred over immigration, healthcare and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate ahead of almost two dozen primary contests on Tuesday. On the Republican side, Senator John ...
Former Fidentia auditor to shaft boss in plea bargain.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: John Yeld The first head has rolled in the billion-rand Fidentia financial scandal. "Deeply remorseful" former company auditor Graham Maddock (53) has agreed to a seven-year jail sentence and R6,3-million fine in return for spilling the beans on his friend, former ...
New putter puts Muller in the lead.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter Sun City Armed with a new putter, little Grant Muller carved a 67 out of the Wild Coast Sun Country Club course yesterday to take the halfway lead on eight-under-par 132 in the R1,2-million Nashua Masters. "It's a belly putter but being only ...
Zuma shifts media lawsuit.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange ANC president Jacob Zuma yesterday dropped the biggest portion of his multiple defamation lawsuits against media owners, publishers, editors, reporters, cartoonists and newspapers. Zuma had lodged claims of R65-million - the largest defamation ...
Analysts still upbeat on US economy.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Madlen Read The US manufacturing sector expanded at a modest clip last month, recovering from the contraction seen in December, an industry group survey showed yesterday. After slipping to its lowest level in almost five years, the Institute for Supply ...
Foreigners in jail after raid; Illegal immigrants given just five minutes toconsult with lawyers, reports Justine Gerardy.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... At least two dozen allegedly illegal foreigners were allowed a mere five minutes to consult with their lawyers in the holding cells of the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday before being remanded. The group was part of the 300-odd foreigners arrested in a widely condemned ...
Grootvlei sees the light; The town is booming again, writes Thabiso Thakali.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... Almost two decades ago, the small town of Grootvlei was a thriving community with a booming economy. For the quaint Mpumalanga town, 15km from Balfour, the 1970s and 80s were a boom time. In its heyday the town had a railway station, mine workshops, churches, schools and chain stores. ...
Krok to destroy R197m Oz home.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jonathan Chancellor South African multimillionaire Maxim Krok will get the keys to his prestigious Sydney residence, Tahiti, this month after paying a record R197-million for the exotic mansion in Australia's harbour city. And then Krok will demolish the 1966 ...
The men accused of sinking Saambou to the tune of R690m.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zelda Venter When it became clear Saambou Bank was in serious financial difficulty in 2002, it set off an unprecedented run on the bank by desperate clients who withdrew R1-billion of their savings. Fearing they would lose their money, clients converged on the ...
First nail in Brown's 'fraud' coffin.(News)
Feb 02, 2008 ... BYLINE: John Yeld An "ashamed" former Fidentia financial director Graham Maddock (53) says he has dishonoured himself and his family by his criminal actions, although these were not committed "for personal benefit". Explaining the background to his conviction on 109 ...
C-Class Benz is a reason to; BMW has stiff competition, writes Tracy O'Brien.(Life)
Feb 09, 2008 ... Sorry BMW, but "beating the Benz" no longer applies since Mercedes released its new C-Class. As someone who has succumbed to the alternate launches of the new BMW 3-series and the new Mercedes C-Class over the past 15 years, I'm declaring myself an expert on the two competing brands. More ...
UK BIRDS; Twitching AND TOURING.(Travel)
Feb 09, 2008 ... I've visited the UK five times and I've got to know London well. Very well in fact, from a resident's point-of-view. One occasion involved eight months living in Tooting Broadway, which is not the most desirable place in the world by any means. Anyway, most of us know that the ...
Malay muti; It provides balm for the soul.(Travel)
Feb 09, 2008 ... It's one of those excruciatingly hot Cape Town days, the kind where you're grateful for a hint of shade and anxiously awaiting the cool reprieve of late afternoon. As my car climbs the incline to the Bo-Kaap, though, I feel the mountain breeze sweep wisps of hair from my forehead, a ...