The Star (South Africa) back issues from February 2007:
State exarcebated teacher shortage.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... I am in full agreement with the letter by Sentsho Modise titled "Shortage of teachers is the fault of the ANC government" in The Star of January 22 2007. Since the establishment of our democracy in 1994, our ANC government's short-sightedness in drawing up a national education ...
Yamaha's latest R1 gets sharper styling, more horses despite returning to four-valve head.(Motoring)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Motoring Staff Yamaha has unveiled its 2007-spec R1 superbike, available from South African dealers this week. Perhaps the best-looking bike in its class, or any class, the new R1 receives a technology boost and sharper styling. It features an all-new engine ...
Question everything, ban nothing, think dangerously.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Reviewed by James Mitchell What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Edited by John Brockman Simon & Schuster R189,95 Dare to question. Most don't. Indeed, many people get alarmed, agitated, when difficult questions are posed. Questioning ...
Oscars not in the bag, freebies neither.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... As the Oscars draw near, I'm always interested in those freebies the nominees are bombarded with. As if they don't have enough already and aren't obscenely overpaid. This year, surprisingly, due to some telling comment from actor Edward Norton and others with a conscience, the ...
'Next time' is not good enough; One would think that the UN would have learnt from its mistakes in Rwanda. Now Burma is suffering.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: graham bailey January 2007, opened a new chapter in South Africa's history: we became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. On January 12, SA recorded its first, historic, vote in that body. What a pity that maiden vote was such a travesty and embarrassment ....
Peer review process was totally objective.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ross Herbert of the South African Institute of International Affairs claims, among other things, that in conducting its African Peer Review Mechanism (ARPM) process, South Africa "bent the rules ... and produced a national self-assessment and plan contrary to the letter and spirit of the ...
Keeling, McCann steal show; Jeppe, St Mary's continue domination.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Metrosport Correspondent The annual Victoria Lake sprint rowing championships were held in Germiston over 1 000m last weekend and attracted over 35 junior and senior rowing clubs. Junior rowers watched in awe as former national under-19 champions Shaun ...
Delving into the politics of laughter ...(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Emma Nicholson Loyiso Gola for President! Who: Loyiso Gola Where: Market Theatre, Newtown When: Ends Sunday Rating: hhhhi It's not often that politics is entertaining. Well, not intentionally anyway. But when Loyiso Gola gets ...
J keep winning, while Ugandan takes Lenasia to victory.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Terry Dennis For the second weekend in succession Lenasia proved to be the busiest of Gauteng's Premier League cricket clubs, drawing their one-day fixture against Old Parktonians and persevering by one-wicket in their limited-overs match against Vaal University ...
Parastatals urged to use local suppliers.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SAMANTHA ENSLIN Durban - The government has urged Eskom and Transnet to use local suppliers in their huge capital expenditure projects. Last week the cabinet approved the state-owned enterprises' competitive supplier development policy. Sean ...
Children's charity hit by weather damage, burglary in two weeks.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba It has been a bad two weeks for a Joburg centre that helps children with cancer. First, torrential rains destroyed the roof of their residential centre in Saxonwold, forcing the Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa (Choc) to move the ...
Saving lives is the issue.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Abortion has always been one of society's most troubling and divisive controversies. No matter where it is debated - in Portugal, say, where a referendum on the issue is soon to be held - or in South Africa, where some nurses and doctors still launch legal objections to it, it stirs ...
A new tune.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's really good news that the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra has achieved some form of financial stability with a powerful patron, business mogul Cyril Ramaphosa, willing to push the classical music agenda. A full-time orchestra for the city of Johannesburg, and a cadet ...
Beware the 'miracle'.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... An unfortunate situation has developed in Greece over claims that olive leaves have miraculous healing properties. The nation is in a frenzy after media reports about the leaves' alleged ability to cure even life-threatening illnesses. Television has even featured people saying they had ...
If you're lost in the wild, a compass will help you find your way. What if you're lost in your career?(Workplace)
Feb 01, 2007 ... You can't find your way if you don't know where you are headed. The old saying is particularly true when it comes to establishing and thriving in a career, says Ari Katz, CEO of Boston City Campus and Business College. "The first step in choosing a career or making a ...
Lucky 100 set to get skills in the East.(Workplace)
Feb 01, 2007 ... A group of 100 learners has recently embarked on learnerships at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It is the largest number of learners this municipality has engaged since embarking on the learnership route in 2004. "Through these interventions we aim to skill ...
How South Africa can do its bit to slow global warming; Study suggests a dual approach to promoting energy efficiency for poor and wealthy city dwellers.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Leon Marshall It's time for our country to think seriously about energy efficiency. Cities and towns should begin a mass rollout of solar water heaters, efficient lighting programmes, building designs that will ensure better use of sunlight and provide better ...
Designs on Becks.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... David Beckham is to help redesign the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer kit. The Briton, who soon moves to the US with a five-year deal, is pitching his ideas to revamp the team's garish yellow ...
Britney wants sexy back.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Britney Spears wants sexy ex-lover Justin Timberlake back, it has been claimed. The blonde singer - who lost her virginity to Timberlake - is desperate to rekindle her romance with the SexyBack singer now that she has filed for divorce from Kevin ...
Damme fine girl that Kylie, reckons actor.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Jean-Claude Van Damme had an affair with Kylie Minogue. The action hero romanced the pop star when they filmed the 1994 movie Street Fighter together. Although Van Damme regrets appearing in the much-derided movie, he is glad he did, because he got to get up close and personal ...
'Lost' star wants to die kilt up.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Josh Holloway wants his Lost character, Sawyer, to die in a grisly, "Braveheart-style battle". Although Josh is not sure about Sawyer's fate, if he does get killed off he wants to go out with a bang, just like Mel Gibson's character William Wallace did in the epic ...
Sienna's good time Diddy.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sienna Miller has been out partying with Diddy. Sienna and rapper Diddy were spotted at various New York nightspots, before heading home at 9am the next day. Before ...
Gloved One may convert.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Michael Jackson is being urged to convert to Islam by his brother Jermaine. Jermaine says the religion will protect Michael from "false attacks". ...
Soccer needs to get with the times.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... On Tuesday, I phoned the Mamelodi Sundowns FC offices to book VIP tickets for their match against Kaizer Chiefs. I was told to phone the next day after a decision about whether or not VIP tickets would be sold to the public or would have been taken - two days before the match. ...
Concussion in schoolboy rugby not all one big headache.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun There were 160 reported cases of concussion among schoolboy rugby players in Johannesburg last season. Figures from SA Rugby indicate that 12-15 percent of boys playing rugby in any given season will be concussed and that there is a 50 percent ...
Corrupt cops one of major causes of crime; Why would anyone not want police to probe a robbery attempt?(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: max du preez There are indeed facets of the crime wave plaguing our society that we won't be able to fix in the short term. Like poverty, unemployment and a culture of violence inherited from our past. But the problem is that we're not doing much about those aspects that ...
A Long Goodbye.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Martha Irvine At 7 years old, Nicholas Chamernik had rarely seen his parents cry. So he felt a pang of worry when he looked up one evening to see his father wiping away tears. "Dad, what's wrong?" he asked. Jim Chamernik was too choked up to ...
Tons of runs as youngsters Mecherder, Conway shine.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun There were three centuries scored in schools cricket matches at the weekend. The three to make hundreds included two 15-year-olds - Craig Mecherder of St Stithians, who was 116 not out in his side's drawn match against St David's Inanda, and Devon ...
Time to feast with Nigella.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tonight Reporter Nigella Lawson is back with a special BBC Food premiere of her delectable new series, Nigella Feasts The 13-part series is a total immersion in Nigella's food life and the delicious feasts she cooks for herself, her friends, family and ...
women have the right to choose.(Verve)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Rebecca Sindane had just turned 17 when she discovered she was pregnant. Still at high school and with dreams of studying further, having a child was the furthest thing from her mind. Unable to speak to anyone in her family about the pregnancy, Rebecca visited a public health ...
Portugal goes to referendum on the controversial question.(Verve)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Daniel Silva Official campaigning began on Tuesday in Portugal in a referendum on a proposal to relax the country's abortion law - one of the most restrictive in Europe. Voters will be asked on February 11 if they agree with the legalisation of abortion for ...
The Code is great, in theory.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: geoff hughes The resignations of John Perlman and Nikiwe Bikitsha from the SABC represent a fatal blow to the credibility of SAfm, South Africa's self-styled "News and Information Leader". These crucial losses of competence are part of the fallout following ...
Gautrain to cost R1bn more.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Gautrain will cost 4.6 percent more than initial estimates after the rand dropped against the dollar, increasing costs of machinery ...
A Mom's Will.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... He also frets that a new step-mom might throw away his Pokemon cards, which he calls "one of my most prized possessions". His sister's reactions are often more emotional. "Emily sometimes will run up to me and throw her arms around me so tight and say, 'Oh, Mommy, I ...
Brait adds R6.1bn to its buyout war chest.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tonny Mafu Johannesburg - Brait had raised R6.1 billion from overseas and local investors for its new private equity fund, adding to its already big pool of money chasing investment, it said yesterday. Analysts said Brait's new fund, the biggest in South ...
Beat the skills trap by employing mentors and mentees.(Workplace)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Workplace Correspondent Employ two instead one and help the economy to grow says a local recruitment agency. The Professional Assignments Group (PAG) has taken the traditional concept of mentorship one step further and is advocating a somewhat different ...
It's time for Super Bulls to rampage; With their tremendous depth, Pretoria side are capable of ending South Africa's title drought this season.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jacques van der Westhuyzen They may be missing Pierre Spies, Bakkies Botha and a recognised second-choice hooker, but such is the depth at the Bulls that Heyneke Meyer was yesterday able to announce a starting side with no fewer than 566 Super rugby caps between them - ...
Is it better to burn out ... than to fade away?(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lara de Matos These days famous faces like Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston and, of course, Kate Moss are better known for their hard- partying, substance-abusing ways than they are for their career achievements. And with Colin Farrell, Britney Spears and Nicole ...
Fists of fury and voices from heaven.(Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith As the marketing machine that is Hollywood goes into full-on Oscar mode, we in SA are finally starting to catch some of the better releases from last year. While we still have a way to go before we get to see all of the nominated films this year, we are ...
Titans just a few overs from title as Lions and Eagles keep up the chase.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess The Titans resume their inexorable march towards the SuperSport Series title today, and, come Monday, Martin van Jaarsveld could have his hands on the trophy should their nearest rivals, the Highveld Lions and the Diamond Eagles, lose their matches. ...
Mozambicans rebuilding their lives after heavy rains; Residents are bracing for further misery in annual deluge.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Lee Rondganger The heavy rains have eased and the aid workers have left. Now the people of Mutara, in the province of Tete, northern Mozambique, whose homes have been washed away are starting from scratch. Every year between December and March, incessant ...
Rand's decline spurs Sappi to report profit.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Godfrey Mutizwa Johannesburg - Sappi may say first-quarter profit advanced as a weaker rand boosted local exports and the firm cut costs. Profit through December before one-time items and goodwill amortisation rose to $0.12 (R0.88) a share, according to the ...
Hooked by a jabbing card; Klaasen in first defence, Baloyi aims for fifth title and Sanders returns.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum In among the hype ahead of Saturday's Ali-O'Neil fight at Emperors Palace has come the news of the relaunch of one South African boxer's career in the ring and the next stage of another. Former world heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders has been ...
Anglo Coal eyes five new SA collieries.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: JUSTIN BROWN Cape Town - Anglo Coal South Africa could spend R13 billion on building five coal mines in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Free State to meet rapidly growing demand from Eskom and the international export market, chief executive Ben Magara said yesterday. ...
Of all his feats, novels were his love; Author won awards in three fields - theatre, film and TV - before his first book.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: BOB THOMAS Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers - Broadway theatre, movies and television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels has died. He was 89. Sheldon died on Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical ...
Zimbabwe now slashing money supply to counter inflation.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: From AFP and Reuters Harare - The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono, yesterday unveiled a battery of belt tightening measures, including slashed money supply, to curb inflation. Gono, however, did not devalue the currency, saying it was no ...
SA's first trade surplus in a year is a surprise.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: ETHEL HAZELHURST Johannesburg - South Africa unexpectedly produced a small trade surplus in December, the first since December 2005. The SA Revenue Service reported that exports exceeded imports by R388 million in the month, following a deficit of R10.5 billion in ...
Namibia's Oranjemund is Eskom's light in the darkness.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... The sorry state of South Africa's electricity supply could give impetus to negotiations with Namibia for a power purchase deal to kick-start a long-awaited power station at Oranjemund. The plant, due to come on stream in 2010, will produce power using gas from the giant Kudu ...
China's rise a challenge unprecedented in annals of capitalism.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Margaret Legum China may be about to destroy the basic theoretical premise of the free market capitalist system. By that theory, each person or nation should produce what they can make most cheaply, so that trade in all products maximises the use of all inputs, and ...
Football Academy trials.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Amathole Football Academy will be holding the second round of trials for the under-15, under-17 and under-20 age-groups on Saturday at 9am. Players attending should bring their boots, training kit and something to eat, drink and shade themselves with from the sun. Trials will be held at ...
Ipsa shares plunge 6.7% after report of PS1m loss.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Mochiko Johannesburg - Shares in Independent Power Southern Africa (Ipsa) fell 6.7 percent to R8.44 in afternoon trade after the company said it had posted a PS1 million (R14.2 million) loss in the 15 months to September. Ipsa listed on the JSE's ...
Former JSE chief dies at 63.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Paul Ferguson, who was twice the president of the JSE, died of a stroke in a Johannesburg hospital on Monday at the age of 63. He first ...
Cement murder carried out on third attempt; Court hears how Icelander's 'friends' meticulously plotted to rob and kill him.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba Gisli Thorkellson's murder had been planned in minute detail and executed using money stolen from his account, the Johannesburg High Court has been told. Desiree Oberholzer, serving a 20-year jail term for her premeditated role in the murder of ...
Booming car sales result in more crashes.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Edward Nawotka Americans make 16 billion trips to the petrol station and pump an average of 4 043 litres per capita annually. Yet few of us understand the ramifications of such consumption, Lisa Margonelli observes in Oil on the Brain: Adventures From the Pump to the ...
Smash and grab WC places; With squad for Caribbean showdown all but named, fringe players aim instead for Pro20 World Cup team.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess One week before his 30th birthday Alfonso Thomas will make his first appearance for South Africa, though he won't be getting overly excited ahead of tomorrow evening's Standard Bank Pro20 international against Pakistan. After eight seasons as a ...
African leaders offer support to SA.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Beauregard Tromp Addis Ababa - In less than 10 days' time, South Africa will host the first of a series of African regional seminars aimed at improving soccer administration and launching academies ahead of the 2010 World Cup. African leaders at the African ...
How to make your point.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Asking questions is our business. We ask all sorts of questions which are intended to elicit information. We are a bit like lawyers, only we don't drive Porsches. There are more types of questions than meets the eye. There are, for example, open-ended questions (what's going ...
Field workers are ready to tackle community survey.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... In just under a week, 6 000 field workers from Statistics South Africa, using more than 1 800 vehicles, will fan out over the country and collect information on 280 000 households. For Stats SA, and for the country as a whole, this is no ordinary statistical survey. It is the ...
Safa farce heralds Parreira's big day.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonty Mark Carlos Alberto Parreira is set to name a Bafana Bafana squad for the first time this morning, though exactly whose squad he is announcing remains open to debate. The Bafana coach refused to discuss football matters in detail yesterday as he made a ...
Efficient energy now a necessity for success in the city.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SAMANTHA ENSLIN Durban - Sustainable energy interventions, such as solar power, efficient public transport networks and building regulations, could reduce South Africa's carbon dioxide emissions by up to 864 million tons over the next 20 years. To achieve ...
SAA considers recapitalisation funding options.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: AUDREY D'ANGELO Cape Town - SAA and its advisers at Rand Merchant Bank were considering whether it would be best to raise funds for recapitalisation from the government or from financial institutions, Jacqui O'Sullivan, the head of communications at SAA, said yesterday ....
SABC resignations raise purge suspicions; Departure of Perlman leaves blacklisting inquiry cloud.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: Tanya Farber Is there a purge going on at the SABC? This is a question on the minds of media analysts and members of the public alike in the wake of various resignations. John Perlman's resignation earlier this week has brought the recent "blacklisting" ...
Vodacom to shortlist black suitors.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Cellphone network provider Vodacom said yesterday that next month it would submit proposals to the board on suitable black entities to take up a stake worth R7.5 billion in Vodacom South Africa. Rand Merchant Bank, which is advising Vodacom Group on the transaction, is expected ...
I was drugged last time I fought Ali, says O'Neil.(News)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: SHEENA ADAMS Just days before her world title bout, challenger Gwendolyn O'Neil has made astonishing claims about having possibly been drugged the last time she faced world champion Laila Ali. The camp is taking the threat so seriously that O'Neil's husband, ...
Inadequate laws are a red light to power changes, distributors warn MPs.(Business Report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... BYLINE: MICHAEL HAMLYN Cape Town - Both Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI) Holdings and the first regional electricity distributor (RED) under its wing yesterday blamed their early troubles on the lack of a legislative framework for establishing the REDs. State-owned EDI ...