The Star (South Africa) back issues from December 2006:
Scorpion makes another bid for bail.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Phomello Molwedi and Sapa In what seems a desperate bid to spend the festive season outside of prison, Scorpions prosecutor Portia Kgantsi has fired her lawyer and appointed a new one to launch yet another bail application. Kgantsi (39) has been in custody ...
Woman held for kicking infant to death at hospital.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Lebogang Seale A case of murder has been opened against a woman who went on the rampage in a hospital. She grabbed and kicked a fellow patient's newborn child, and ended up killing her. Health Department spokesperson Vusi Sibiya said last night the ...
Chance for gardeners to call a spade a shovel.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Anna Louw As part of its new environmental policy, the Ekurhuleni metro is hosting its first regional garden competition early next year. Media manager Zweli Dlamini says it will become an annual event and is a way to encourage the community to maintain their ...
Scorpion boss sees red at 'harmful media probes and sensation-seeking'; Pikoli says reports are damaging NPA-SAPS relations.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli has issued a scathing letter criticising the way the media is covering the work of his organisation and its Scorpions unit. Pikoli fumed that recent reportage and comment was so harmful, it affected ...
Lions keep it tight.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Kimberley - A good line and length by their four main bowlers allowed the Highveld Lions to end the first day's play with a slight edge in their SuperSport Series cricket match against the Diamond Eagles at the De Beers Diamond Oval here yesterday. When bad light stopped play 34 minutes ...
Metro cops save two from angry mob.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Anna Louw Ekurhuleni metro police and members of the SA Police Service have plucked two men to safety before they could be lynched by a mob who accused them of practising witchcraft. Metro police spokes-person Inspector Jimmy Maboko said yesterday the ordeal ...
Hostage-taker finally gets his ID book.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber November 30 is a date that Kabelo Thibedi is unlikely to forget. On that date, exactly a year ago, he made headlines when he took Home Affairs employee Lanelle Small hostage with a toy gun after battling for two years to get his ID book. ...
Stofile slams E Cape political squabbles.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: CHRISTELLE TERREBLANCHE Fights over patronage and not ideology are behind the ongoing political wrangling in the Eastern Cape ANC, according to the party's provincial chairperson, Makhenkesi Stofile. Stofile, who is also the minister of sport, has led the ...
Barca aim to better the 'dream team' in Club World Cup.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Madrid - Barcelona are aiming to go one better than Johan Cruyff's "dream team" of the early 1990s and win the Club World Cup in Japan next month. "It's a challenge for us as we know that the dream team were on the verge of winning it," Barca midfielder Xavi told a news ...
Paper wins late-night court battle to publish Selebi story.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: BONILE NGQIYAZA and Sapa An attempt by the Scorpions to gag the Mail & Guardian newspaper failed in the Johannesburg High Court last night. The Scorpions yesterday applied for an urgent interdict preventing the newspaper from publishing a series of articles on ...
Magpies on top perch; Celta Vigo boost their chances, while rampaging fans halt Feyenoord match.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Injury-plagued Newcastle United secured the point they needed to go into the last 32 of the Uefa Cup as group winners after a 0-0 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. A perfect nine points meant Newcastle had already qualified with two games to spare ...
Sampdoria, Verona into last eight.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Rome - Francesco Flachi scored twice as Sampdoria held on to beat Palermo 3-2 and advance to the Italian Cup quarterfinals 4-2 on aggregate last night. Flachi converted off a failed clearing attempt in the 14th minute and beat Palermo's offside trap to score Sampdoria's third ...
Academics receive top honours after being A-rated by research foundation; After years of intense work two professors get accolades for their achievements.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Nomusa Cembi Two Wits University professors - an educationist and a social scientist - have become A-rated scientists. Professor Belinda Bozzoli, deputy vice-chancellor, research, and Jill Adler, professor of mathematics education at the School of Education, ...
Drastic policy shift ensures a united front.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Moshoeshoe Monare After years of indecision on its HIV/Aids policy, the government has for the first time this year reached out to non-governmental interest groups in what is said to be a drastic policy shift. And World Aids Day was due to be celebrated today ...
5,4m people infected, report reveals.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... About 1 400 new HIV infections occur and about 950 people die from Aids-related illnesses every day in SA, according to a new report by the Actuarial Society of SA and the Medical Research Council. The report estimates that by the middle of 2006: nSA's population had ...
3 years pass with Aids 'cheats' unpunished.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba Three years ago it was decided that three senior Gauteng Health Department officials who had failed to declare their interests in state-funded Aids organisations would be charged. No action has yet been taken. The Star has a dossier ...
face of hope.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Jillian Green Her gaze is strong, her demeanour confident - but six years ago, Sibulele Sibaca had no hope, no dreams and her future looked bleak. By the age of 17 she had lost both her parents to Aids and had been shunned by her community and family. ...
Murder charge: woman held for kicking, killing newborn.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Lebogang Seale A case of murder has been opened against a woman who went on the rampage in a hospital, killing a 2-day-old baby. Health Department spokesperson Vusi Sibiya said last night that the incident took place on Tuesday morning at Dr Yusuf Dadoo ...
A year later, hostage-taker gets his ID book.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber November 30 is a date that Kabelo Thibedi is unlikely to forget. On that date, exactly a year ago, he made headlines when he took Home Affairs employee Lanelle Small hostage with a toy gun after battling for two years to get his ID book. ...
'I am leaving a piece of myself'; For two weeks, The Star's Aids reporter, Jillian Green, and photographer, Thobeka Zazi Ndabula, were volunteer caregivers at the Orlando Footprints Hospice, Soweto.This is an emotional account of the time they spent with the patients and staff there.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Lydia Tebe locks her eyes onto mine. Her wide brown eyes seem to bore into me as if to say: How dare you? She lies there completely vulnerable, exposed, undignified. But she does not cower or hide. She stares waiting for me to avert my eyes. I do. It is my first day ...
Selebi 'knew about Agliotti'.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter and Sapa National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi was told in 2002 about his friend Glenn Agliotti's involvement in a R105-million Mandrax bust. This was part of a Mail & Guardian report that the Scorpions tried to gag last night. ...
Scorpion fires counsel and makes another bid for bail.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... In what seems a desperate bid to enjoy the festive season outside of prison, Scorpions prosecutor Portia Kgantsi has fired her lawyer and appointed a new one to launch yet another bail application. Kgantsi (39) has been in custody since her arrest on September 28 following ...
'Pink wedding' bells are ringing; Businesses offer special services tailor-made for same-sex couples.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan and Gill Gifford The law enabling gay marriages to go ahead is barely a day old, and already pink nuptials are big business. The ink on the Civil Union Act, which on Wednesday legalised gay marriages, had barely dried before jewellers, wedding ...
Kebble bombshell.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter and Sapa An international Scorpions investigation into drug deal- ing, racketeering, money laundering, corruption and murder is "inextricably" linked to the Brett Kebble killing. So said Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy in an urgent application ...
Selebi 'knew about Agliotti'.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Staff Reporter and Sapa National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi was told in 2002 about his friend Glenn Agliotti's role in a R105-million Mandrax bust. This was part of a Mail & Guardian report that the Scorpions tried to gag last night. But, ...
Let the flame shed some light on hope.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Charles Vundla The torch has been lit in the lead-up to the 2006 Special Olympics South Africa National Games. The torch was lit at St Benedict's College in Bedfordview yesterday before the start of the games at the school today. In all, 278 ...
Scorpions boss chides 'harmful media'.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: sheena adams and Alex Eliseev The South African National Editors' Forum has requested a meeting with National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli over his "sweeping" allegations against the media. This after Pikoli yesterday issued a scathing letter ...
Health MEC's house calls.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Jillian Green If anyone saw Brian Hlongwa walking the streets of Kliptown they would never have guessed he is the Gauteng Health MEC. Hlongwa, dressed in sporty attire, took to the streets of the informal settlement this morning to "turn talk into action". ...
'Parents' legacy is not mine, I choose life'; Sibulele Sibaca lost both her parents to Aids and now helps other orphans.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Jillian Green Her gaze is strong, her demeanour confident - but six years ago, Sibulele Sibaca had no hope, no dreams and her future looked bleak. By the age of 17 she had lost both her parents to Aids and had been shunned by her community and family. ...
Bouncer up for second killing while on bail; Teen shot in back of head at nightclub.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford Convicted murderer Jonathan Street is to be charged with another murder. He is currently serving 15 years for hacking a man to death with a butcher's knife. Street was this morning brought from Joburg Prison to appear in the Kempton Park ...
Always be cautious with Eskom.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: arthur molisiwa Never give in when Eskom technicians come to your home to cut off your electricity, especially if you are up to date with your payments and have not tampered with your meter. Last Wednesday (November 22 ) Eskom technicians arrived at my house ...
Hard truth when Belinda puts pen to paper; New aspects of nativity come to light in Grade 4 "poopeel's" essay.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: JAMES CLARKE Mrs Williams of Grade 4 at Malhurst Primary, desirous of getting at least a few class reports completed at school rather than at home, bid her class write about the imminent nativity play. Belinda Tamsen snatched up her pen. The ...
Speaker laughs at weaker sex stigma; Curious, affirmative, focused and driven, coupled with humility not often found in top jobs.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Lucille Davie Nkele Ntingane, Joburg's council speaker, spent the first six years of her career working as a radiographer; she then had a spell at the Nuclear Physics Research Unit at Wits University, where a colleague labelled her "a dark horse". She now says: "I like ...
Ideology goes beyond the food on our tables.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... At times we take it for granted that those in our society with a certain level of formal education, especially those with university degrees and their level of involvement in active politics, make them the most informed section of our society. However, I was recently shocked and ...
Maybe those who do not buckle up drive better.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... I enjoyed the bluntly rude Phillip Jarvis's view that "You're dim if you don't belt up - cops included" (Letters, November 28). Maybe he means the majority of us drivers who do not belt up (as a recent survey suggested). I cannot speak for others but can clarify my ...
7de Laan.(Verve)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Supervising producer Pumla Hopa says: Nandipha is the only character to date in Isidingo who is HIV-positive (and has recently developed full-blown Aids). As Isidingo reflects reality in the lives of South Africans and HIV/Aids is a pandemic our country is struggling with, we ...
While the Randburg police and CPF have successfully managed crime in the area, they admit there is room for improvement.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Lebogang Seale Ever escaped from criminals by using your fingertips? Well, that's what the Randburg Community Policing Forum (CPF) seeks to achieve through its project to train residents and police officers to use e-mails, SMSs and MMSs to report and counter ...
Sticking to goals, staying focussed; Young woman shares her journey from street sweeper to counsellor.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Pinky Mahakoe They say one in ten matriculants get jobs soon after they leave school. They also say one in ten matriculants complete some form of tertiary education. In both instances, I was one of the other nine. I studied hard and had great aspirations to ...
In the vanguard of the loveLife generation.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: David Harrison As a doctor, I'm often struck by our national malady of glass-half-emptitis. Typically, we frame societal issues as problems. But we tend to get stuck there - and then those problems begin to define our national identity. Crime is a case in ...
fashion against poverty.(Verve)
Dec 01, 2006 ... It was no surprise that Deola Sagoe was roped in to be part of the newly formed initiative by United Nations World Food Programme to use fashion to fight hunger. She is one of the most exciting designers to come out of the African continent and the world is slowly taking notice of her ...
Commodity boom is a curse for Africa's poor.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: ETHEL HAZELHURST Johannesburg - The current commodity supercycle offers unprecedented opportunities to sub-Saharan Africa, according to Jan Duvenage, an economist at Standard Bank's Africa Desk. "Never before has [the region] experienced such favourable ...
Egoli.(Verve)
Dec 01, 2006 ... A spokesperson for script-writing says: In the past (in 1995), Egoli had a character called Donna (Thoko Ntshinga) who took in a baby she found on her doorstep on Christmas Day 1995 and called him Lucky. Baby Lucky was later discovered to have Aids and died in February 1996 ....
EU sugar trade: bittersweet pill.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: MARGIE INGGS Durban - Liberalising the EU's sugar regime would provide opportunities for a greater share of the EU market, a higher price for local sugar and the possibility of expanding the local sugar industry, which would benefit small-scale growers. But ...
Don't tip garbage teams.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... It's that time of the year again when refuse collectors go around asking for Christmas presents in the form of cash. But the metro's media manager, Zweli Dlamini, has appealed to residents not to give Christmas gifts to solid-waste employees during the festive period because it ...
nMuddling meters.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... nSandra Hutchison writes: I am at my wits' end with an electricity meter problem and no one has any sense of urgency to get the matter resolved. I have always had three electricity meters starting with 333. In June one of these stopped working. On June 12, I phoned in to submit ...
Aids: viva to new approach.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Twenty-five years after the first Aids cases were identified in the US, South Africa finally seems to be getting to grips with the epidemic. To mark World Aids Day today, the country's HIV/Aids National Strategic Plan 2007-2011 is being unveiled in Nelspruit. Targets for the ...
A sticky problem.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Psst . . . wanna buy a cheap jar of jam? Don't be surprised if you are made such an offer in the days ahead. There's likely to be a glut of jam on the black market after the hijacking of a truck in the Free State. The vehicle, heading for Durban with jam worth ...
Remember that Tony Leon saved liberal SA.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Allister Sparks (The Star, Opinion and Analysis, November 29) makes a number of assertions about the leadership style of Tony Leon that simply cannot go unchallenged. I have had the privilege of running Tony Leon's office over the last year - during that time I have witnessed ...
Well done to Stein for telling people about his experience.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... I refer to the letter "Acsa is doing our country proud" by Lionel Stein (The Star, November 29 2006). I wish to applaud Stein for writing and telling the nation about this rare experience. It is seldom that people will find someone else's belongings and not tamper with them ....
'I am living a piece of myself'; For two weeks, The Star's Aids reporter, Jillian Green, and photographer, Thobeka Zazi Ndabula, were volunteer caregivers at the Orlando Footprints Hospice, Soweto.This is an emotional account of the time they spent with the patients and staff there.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Lydia Tebe locks her eyes onto mine. Her wide brown eyes seem to bore into me as if to say: How dare you? She lies there completely vulnerable, exposed, undignified. But she does not cower or hide. She stares waiting for me to avert my eyes. I do. It is my first day ...
Individual actions determine success of Team SA.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Trevor Manuel There are two jobs in South Africa that every person in the country thinks that they should have. The one is the Springbok rugby coach and the other is the minister of finance. I'm no exception. I'd love to be the Springbok rugby coach. So John ...
Commission clears Transpaco's Nampak deal.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: MARGIE INGGS Durban - Transpaco, the black-empowered packaging manufacturer, yesterday received unconditional approval from the competition commission for its R43.5 million acquisition of Nampak's flexible retail plastic bag business and property in Belville in the ...
Tenacity made black sister fan of the game.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... The first time I sat down and watched cricket I did not understand a thing about the game. As I sat through it I was surprised the teams even have a break, and that's years ago, when Hansie CronjA(c) was still with us. I had to understand all the rules, terms being used - and that was not ...
Escaping to the wild.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Diane de Beer Grizzly Man Director: Werner Herzog Classification: 13L Running time: 103 minutes Rating: HHHII Many may recall news of the death of wildlife activist Timothy Treadwell, a man who had spent months ...
Producer price inflation enters the double-digit zone.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: THABANG MOKOPANELE Johannesburg - October's producer inflation data were above expectations, with most pressure coming from mining products and food manufacturing prices. Data released by Statistics SA yesterday showed that producer-level inflation had ...
Good actors, perfect ingredients, yet it fails.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Magdel du Preez The Secret Life of Words Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie Running time: 113 minutes Classification: 13L Rating: hhhii It's called The Secret Life ...
Pumping power into the inner city; Rejuvenation moves indoors with the first of eight modern, quality gyms opening in Joburg's CBD.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Anna Cox The inner city is to get a major social boost with the establishment of new gyms designed especially for inner city living. The first was launched this week at Castle Mansions, a historical landmark in Eloff Street, by City of Johannesburg member of ...
$16-million to $17-million.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... NICOLE KIDMAN: This Oscar winner always eclipses her competition when it comes to the diversity in her choices. From big-budget fare with A-list directors to imaginative projects with quirky auteurs, the Australian-raised actress literally does it all. And 2006 is no different. ...
Santa runs out of steam.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Kirk Honeycutt Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Director: Michael Lembeck Cast: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin ...
Girl power loses its (Scary) Spice.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Geri Halliwell has blamed former bandmate Mel B for wrecking a Spice Girls reunion. Geri, better known as Ginger Spice while in the band, insists it was Mel B who did not want the popular girl group to reunite for last year's Live 8 charity concert. ...
War film takes sober look at US hypocrisy.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Yazeed Kamaldien Flags Of Our Fathers Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach Running time: 129 minutes Classification: 16 LV Rating: HHHHI If Clint Eastwood was the ...
Happiness is: dancing penguins.(Entertainment)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Happy Feet Director: George Miller Voices: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugo Weaving Classification: PG Running time: 106 minutes Rating: 3/5 ...
Levy's comments on the CCMA show a blatant disregard for the facts.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... In the article, "CCMA red tape costs SA billions" (November 28), labour consultant Andrew Levy claims that internal company proceedings are costing billions and that "two out of three" decisions of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) taken to the labour court ...
Imports drive the trade deficit to a record R12.9bn.(Business Report)
Dec 01, 2006 ... BYLINE: THABANG MOKOPANELE and ETHEL HAZELHURST Johannesburg - South Africa's trade deficit widened well above expectations - to R12.9 billion in October, from R175 million in September. "It is the tenth consecutive monthly trade deficit and by far the largest A ... ever ...
nRoad works.(News)
Dec 01, 2006 ... nJudith Hough of Randburg writes: A hole was dug outside our property, on the corner of Kalina and Stableford roads, during the first week of September. Since then there has been no progress. Hough writes again: Thank you so much Metrowatch. The big hole is fixed. ...