The Saturday Star (South Africa) back issues from September 2008:
Jade; Snow mountain.(Travel)
Sep 06, 2008 ... What does one say to a Living Buddha? Actually, one doesn't. "You must approach the Living Buddha like this," said the monk who was the appointed guardian, as I stood waiting to enter the celestial presence at Songzanlin Monastery on the outskirts of Zhongdian, in China's Yunnan province. ...
It's still a beautiful world; Seat's Cupra delivers harmonious performance, writes Brendan Seery.(Life)
Sep 06, 2008 ... My question to Max Ehrmann - were the author of the oft-quoted poem Desiderata still alive - would be: Why the hell should I take kindly the counsel of years and surrender gracefully the things of youth? Madonna, a contemporary of mine, hasn't. When Old Father Time sticks his head around ...
Child's Play; In the wilds of Botswana.(Travel)
Sep 06, 2008 ... There are few things as exhilarating as watching young animals at play in the wild. Unobserved, we watched two creatures as they rubbed themselves in the red dust. They found a pot of water, began to splash around and the dirt became mud. Then the larger one found our snack stash. ...
It's time to smell the tea leaves; New products set Five Roses on path to capturingfar greater market share, writes Brendan Seery.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Centuries ago, it was consumed in polite parlour rooms in London, or served in fine china cups by uniformed butlers to colonial civil servants and plantation owners in the far-flung corners of the empire. Today it's one of the health drinks of choice: some claim it will ward off ...
Thrill of beating the Aussies is ruined by racists.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... 'Welcome to Ellis Park," said my neighbour at Coca-Cola Park's Block 2 West last Saturday. "This is my first live Test," said my new-found friend, Pierre; "I've never been to a Springbok game before." I didn't have the heart to tell him that, to paraphrase Coach Peter de ...
Squeeze forces businesses to tighten purse strings.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali Businesses across South Africa have become more conservative, cutting training costs and advertising spend and even halting expansion programmes as the economic downturn bites. This means millions of South Africans could be left jobless until ...
Staying smart; A new hotel concept in London.(Travel)
Sep 06, 2008 ... London is expensive. Even Londoners think that London is expensive. Rent is substantial. While groceries are reasonable, eating out can be a gob-smacking affair (and not due to the food) - special occasion prices for meal mediocrity. But the city is irresistible. History, ...
ARIES.(Entertainment)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Mar 21-Apr 21 (086 7133 501) Today: Resist your urge to live it up because a show of extravagance could result in financial distress later on. You might also experience serious financial setbacks if you indulge in speculative ventures, so do not chance your resources. ...
JUICE IT UP.(Entertainment)
Sep 06, 2008 ... For many people the cellphone is a home away from home. Why else would you baptise it with its own signature tune, constantly redecorate it and accessorise it with all manner of trinkets? Because, you live there - it's where you meet new friends, surf the net, browse for music and videos ...
TEEN VIEW.(Entertainment)
Sep 06, 2008 ... FFFFG When a film inspired by an ex-veteran's memoirs is cancelled due to ballooning costs, four self-absorbed actors go to south-east Asia to keep making the movie. A tough, gung-ho muscle man, a fatuitous drug ...
Babylon AD.(Entertainment)
Sep 06, 2008 ... A mercenary is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of a post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a special destination in New York City. The "package", it turns out, is an innocent young lass raised in a monastery. Gun-boy embarks on his epic trek with the young woman and her ...
Publisher gives public 39 Clues to a series.(Entertainment)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Hillel Italie On September 9, the US publisher of Harry Potter will premiere an ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry: How big is the market for a multimedia story - and can a phenomenon be conceived by a publisher ...
It's crunch time as debt starts to bite; Consumers are abandoning cars andhomes as their extra cash dries up.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Candice Bailey South Africa's debt crisis is deepening. Consumers feeling the crunch have now started voluntarily handing over their houses and car keys to banks because they can't afford the repayments. Others are cancelling life insurances and short-term ...
Stars of the future in action.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The Potchefstroom Boys' High Heritage Cricket Festival - the traditional season-opener in these parts - is being held this weekend. Play began yesterday and continues today and tomorrow, with 12 sides competing. The Heritage Cricket ...
Couples put 'for richer or poorer' to the test.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The deepening debt crisis and economic depression have put on hold efforts by unhappily married couples to go it alone, family law experts claim. Although the latest statistics are elusive, analysts believe the economic uncertainty has made it difficult for warring couples to ...
New appointments, awards and accounts.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... l Hein Kaiser has been appointed MD of Marcus Brewster Publicity (MBP). Agency founder Marcus Brewster is now executive chair. Formerly national strategic director, Kaiser joined MBP in 2002 as Joburg bureau chief. "Hein has not only helped build MBP into a dynamic brand in the PR sector, ...
Assegai Awards will benchmark marketers.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The DMASA Assegai Awards 2008, presented by the South African Post Office, have a true international flavour this year, with three of the world's top direct marketing specialists secured as judges as well as automatic entry for Assegai winners into the second round of the prestigious Echo ...
Saving electricity - one less brain cell at a time.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... I thoroughly enjoy the TV ad for the Kia K2700 light truck, and I keep watching out for it - even though I'm not in the market for a truck! It's the one where the chappie has been blessed with an extra pair of hands. It's an old music-hall stunt, but this one is done so slickly ...
Meadowlands branches out.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Elizabeth Mashembye smiled as she cradled her new tree: a peach sapling with its first tentative burst of leaves. Although she has lived in Meadowlands, Soweto, for almost 50 years, her garden has, until now, been little more than a barren patch of dusty ground. "I'm happy ...
Big Brother Africa: who will stay and who'll go?(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Candice Bailey After 13 days of shenanigans in the Big Brother Africa house, it's time for nominations, and hundreds of viewers will decide whose behaviour will get them the boot and who will get to stay. South Africa's Thami and Uganda's Morris were nominated ...
Ornithologist's suspension clears way for development; Attempt to protect breeding site for flamingoes puts Mark Anderson on collision course with R2-billion housing scheme.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sheree Bega Suspended ornithologist Mark Anderson says he has been made to feel like a criminal for his globally recognised efforts to safeguard South Africa's only breeding site for lesser flamingoes. Last month, Anderson's long-time employer, the Northern ...
If you seek happiness, learn to choose the best options.(Life)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Last week I wrote about the search for happiness and how elusive it can be. This week I want to focus on how many of us actually choose to be unhappy. Take, for example, a man I saw some time ago. He was 30, and came in for psychotherapy because he was unhappy with his life. He ...
all shook up.(Life)
Sep 06, 2008 ... In the past, I unwrapped my monthly issue of WINE magazine knowing I would find restaurant reviews written with the incisiveness of a marshmallow. Hats off to new editor Christian Eedes. Blonde cover models notwithstanding, he has set about abolishing formulaic writing and replacing sweet ...
The National Interest.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The ANC's national working committee fired a new salvo this week in the debate over Jacob Zuma's trial on fraud and corruption charges. As the clock ticks down towards Judge Chris Nicholson's all-important decision on Tuesday as to whether the ANC president's prosecution on charges arising ...
New breed of entrepreneur; KickStart awards for those with the right kind of spirit.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali Equipped with determination, experience in computer forensic investigations and his retirement savings, Antonio Pooe founded his hi-tech fraud detection company Exactech in May last year. Barely a year-and-a-half later, the 29-year-old man from ...
Burgeoning elderly a spur to retirement home developers.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: David Pincus South Africa is becoming a nation of old toppies. If you think I'm kidding, check the the next time you go to a supermarket, a bank, a post office, or anywhere. Sure, you'll find young people and couples, but not as many as a decade ago. You will, however, ...
Don't leave SA sport in administrators' hands.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande says South Africa's international sporting woes point to the need for sport to be put at the centre of development plans and to be promoted in all schools and communities. He argues that sport's transformation and resourcing ...
youthspeak The ANCYL has just got a whole lot more articulate; League's foot-in-mouthleadership appoints Floyd Shivambu as itsnew spokesperson,writes Xolani Mbanjwa.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... While the insults remain, the hallmark grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and childish literals have dramatically vanished from the many and varied statements of the ANC Youth League. The change is certainly not attributable to eloquence on the part of ANC Youth League ...
Verster gets the best out of his Seals.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Liz Scott Bishop Bavin Seals are a relatively new swimming club started in 2004 by coach Theo Verster, and now entering their fifth season. They are based at Bishop Bavin School in Bedfordview under head coach Verster, but have satellite venues in the south at ...
Norkem shake off gutsy Grey challenge.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun Norkem Park won the fifth annual Daihatsu Challenge Cup football tournament, beating Bloemfontein's Grey College 2-0 in the final at St David's Marist Inanda last Sunday. The event, the biggest local schools soccer tournament, involved 12 Under-19 ...
Working outside institutions of governance is very dangerous.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... All roads lead to Luthuli House now. The latest proof of this is the decision by Tito Mboweni, the SA Reserve Bank governor, to call Gwede Mantashe, the secretary-general of the ANC, to brief him on his media conference on Tuesday. Mboweni called the conference to clarify ...
Northcliff still top in athletics; Celebrating their 40th anniversary, the school can look back at an excellent year of sporting success.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun Northcliff High School extended their run of victories in the co-ed schools A league athletics interhigh to 12 in a row when they finished 28 points ahead of second-placed Rand Park at Ruimsig in Roodepoort on Wednesday. The history of this event ...
130.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The number of brutal, gang warfare and drug-related killings that occurred in Mexico last week. It was a brutal week - 18 of those killed were decapitated. Mexico's drug wars have claimed the lives of 2 700 people so far this year. The size of a chunk of ice shelf that broke off ...
We can't keep on wishing it away - racism at rugby must go.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... What a day. Talk about answering your critics in the best possible way! Last week the Springboks were magnificent. There is no other word for it. Since then I have heard and read about how poor the Aussies were, that it was a dead series, and that somehow the game meant nothing ....
The truth is out there: in Zimbabwe, to be exact.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Bronwynne Jooste A series of alleged alien sightings swept through Zimbabwe a few years ago, leaving unsettled witnesses in their wake. Now American researchers are visiting Zimbabwe and South Africa to learn more about these sightings. They are visiting South ...
Nasty Nigel falls in love with pantsula.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Susan Comrie By next year, pantsula, a homegrown dance style, could be the hottest trend in the US. Nigel Lythgoe, judge and executive-producer of So You Think You Can Dance, is in South Africa to help SABC1 launch a local version of the show, and has been ...
Teams go Bok for Currie Cup points.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Phew, try picking a winner in Durban later today. And, for that matter, in Bloemfontein. Logic and history will tell you the home team always has the advantage. Somehow, it doesn't quite seem as clear cut on this occasion. ...
Something fishy about croc deaths.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Kruger Park authorities and a team of scientists are probing whether ailing fish in the Olifants River system may be behind the puzzling deaths of more than 150 crocodiles in the past three months. But as Danie Pienaar, the head of scientific services in the Kruger Park, points ...
Have we lost the plot in PE? No captain, no game plan - Afcon dreams could.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ian Williams Port Elizabeth Blustery, constantly changing, and unpredictable. And that isn't just the Port Elizabeth weather - it seems to be the case at the Bafana camp as well. Yesterday's Bafana training session was called off as torrential rain and a ...
Over-played and finally ... over here.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess No one would begrudge the South African national players if they refused to lay eyes on a bat, ball or pads, nor spoke of overs, technique and Kevin Pietersen for the next month. Battered, bruised, jaded and only barely able to raise a smile, they ...
SA prop signs for Biarritz.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... France - Biarritz stiffened up their scrum yesterday signing two props, New Zealander Campbell Johnstone and South Africa's Nicolaas Pretorius. They also added French flanker Peio Som to their roster. Johnstone (28) signed a two-year contract after leaving Canterbury Crusaders. He replaces ...
Lions' 13-try romp; Eloff's men go for the jugular as they feast on Gauteng neighbours, the Valke.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen Brakpan Valke(14) 14 Tries: Pretorius, Whittingham; Conversions: Van Rooyen (2) Lions(38) 83 Tries: Pretorius, Van Schalkwyk (2), Van Zyl, Nontshinga, Killian (2), La Grange (2), Reynecke (2), Benjamin (2); ...
The launch evening was okay, if you don't mind pepper spray.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... And the legend of Baby Joe continues to grow. He of the best parties in town was tasked to organise the launch of SABC1's So You Think You Can Dance, where the 20 finalists were announced. The venue was Movida in Witkoppen, and the usuals were all there: Iko Mash, Loyiso Bala, Miriam the ...
Merrick ingrip-it-and rip-it win.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter The 16th hole at Centurion Country Club is a 330m par-4, but for mere mortals it's a lay-up hole with the tee-shot because about 30 metres short of the green there's a nasty river that gobbles up golf balls. On the other hand, if you're Tiger ...
Hunt for SA's top model.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lebo Makete South African television viewers are in for a treat - offering the biggest TV production this country has seen and one of the biggest model searches in the world. Applications are now open for wannabe models to take part in the Model Millions ...
Dubai search fails to locate SA woman; Body tracker may be called in to help find Kerry Winter after she was dumped in desert.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Carvin Goldstone, Sheree Bega and Fiona GoundenSeveral hundred South African expatriates combed the streets of Dubai yesterday in a bid to find out whether Kerry Winter might still be alive. Aided by some British expats and a few local residents, they ...
NBA scores in Orange Farm.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Thakali Alina Bhengu is sitting on one of two little benches, eating her lunch out of a small pot. A radio is belting out music in the background while her granddaughter plays around her two-room shack. Behind her are bags of cement and window frames. Bhengu has ...
Mboweni pay hike appals unions; But 28% increase was salary 'upgrade', not annual increase.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange Unions and opposition parties have slammed Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni as being a remarkably fat cat for accepting a massive 28% salary hike while pushing ordinary South Africans to tighten their belts in the face of inflationary pressures on the ...
Designers of our Olympians' shabby attire revealed.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The secret is out about who designed the country's much reviled Olympics ceremony outfits. The clothing has been highly controversial since Team SA first stepped out at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing last month, and this week, the Paralympic team voted to ditch the gear. ...
Pot of gold awaits medallists as sponsors dig deep for Team SA.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum Earlier this week, a Sascoc representative said Pistorius was not supposed to talk to the ...
Depressed? Don't read Kombuis's blog.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Melanie Peters Afrikaans singer and writer Koos Kombuis has come under fire for criticising people with bipolar disorder, saying he did not think "shrinks" knew what they were doing and he was gatvol with people suffering from the condition. He says he has had enough of ...
'I don't recall shooting Jana'; Murder accused weeps bitterly in court.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Zelda Venter 'I loved her with my whole heart. I never planned to hurt or kill her. I would have done anything for her." This was the evidence of Richard van Ameron (33), who three years ago "emptied" his firearm on his fiancee, Jana Venter. Three of the 13 shots he ...
Mugabe plans own cabinet as talks teeter.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Special Correspondent Zimbabwe's inter-party negotiations aimed at establishing a power-sharing government are teetering on the brink of total collapse, with President Robert Mugabe believed to be very close to forming a cabinet without the main Movement for Democratic ...
It's a glorious spring weekend.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... GAUTENG: Fine and warm. Expected UVB Index: Dangerous. MPUMALANGA: Partly cloudy and warm in the lowveld, otherwise fine and cool. Morning fog patches are expected along the escarpment. LIMPOPO: Partly cloudy in the lowveld with morning fog patches along the ...
Jones outof prison.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... San Antonio - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use. A federal Bureau of Prisons ...
Racist rugby fans a ticking timebomb; Now there areplans to banbooze in grounds.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam South Africans are being assaulted in racist attacks at rugby stadiums every week - but the attacks aren't being reported. Staff at rugby stadiums and fans told the Saturday Star they blamed the uncontrolled consumption of alcohol. And now there ...
Home Affairs need you! ... to help them identify corruption.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Xolani Mbanjwa The director-general of the Department of Home Affairs, Mavuso Msimang, has emphasised that tipoffs by members of the public about corrupt officials is central to turning his dysfunctional department around. This comes after two Home Affairs officials were ...
Navy celebrates first-class fleet.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... The SA Navy's new frigates and submarines were obtained honestly, based solely on the decisions of the government and informed only by the defence review, President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday. Addressing a presidential parade as part of the first navy presidential fleet review ...
Disgruntled taxi bosses threaten 2010 chaos.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Melanie Peters and Bronwynne Jooste The taxi industry, which controls the lion's share of the country's public transport system, is disgruntled over being sidelined in the planning of transport for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Industry leaders have warned that ...
JSE dives as it tracks global markets.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... South Africa's resource-heavy bourse tumbled for the sixth consecutive session, battered by falling global markets, but the rand clawed back some of its recent losses against the dollar. The Johannesburg Securities Exchange Top-40 index dived 3.31% to 23.185.31 points, while the ...
Kenyan athlete hits jackpot.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... Brussels - Kenyan Pamela Jelimo claimed the Golden League's $1-million jackpot yesterday, while fellow Olympic champion Usain Bolt beat Asafa Powell to win the 100m at the Memorial Van Damme meeting. Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic missed out on a share of the jackpot after finishing ...
We can't keep on wishing it away - racism in rugby must go.(Sports)
Sep 06, 2008 ... What a day. Talk about answering your critics in the best possible way! Last week the Springboks were magnificent. There is no other word for it. Since then I have heard and read about how poor the Aussies were, that it was a dead series, and that somehow the game meant nothing ....
Disgruntled taxi bosses threaten 2010 chaos.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Melanie Peters and Bronwynne Jooste The taxi industry, which controls the lion's share of the country's public transport system, is disgruntled over being sidelined in the planning of transport for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Industry leaders have warned that ...
Beery boorish fans a racial timebomb; Plans to ban booze in grounds after multiple incidents at Test matches.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kashiefa Ajam South Africans are being assaulted in racist attacks at rugby stadiums every week - but the attacks aren't being reported. Staff at rugby stadiums and fans told the Saturday Star they blamed the uncontrolled consumption of alcohol. And now there ...
Mboweni pay hike horrifies unions; But 28% increase was salary 'upgrade', not annual increase.(News)
Sep 06, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange Unions and opposition parties have slammed Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni as being a remarkably fat cat for accepting a massive 28% salary hike while pushing ordinary South Africans to tighten their belts in the face of inflationary pressures on the ...