The Star (South Africa) back issues from April 2008:
Want respect? You gotta grin and bare it.(Entertainment)(Theater review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Helen Herimbi The original male strippers, The Chippendales, always manage to get the ladies' hearts aflutter. And while theirs is a hard job - having to strut your stuff while topless, trying to pull off wearing nothing but a bowtie and tight-fitting pants (that will ...
Qur'an is to be understood in the context of all cultures.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: AK Sayed Lenasia I wish to thank Mufti E Desai for his letter entitled, "Views on Islam are way off the mark", (The Star, March 19). At least he has done the decent thing by writing to the press instead of inciting his congregation, like a well-known mufti did the ...
Poetry's good for your health.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Thando started writing and performing her work just two years ago. She is a student at Wits University, in her fourth year, studying medicine. She believes her training will help her heal the body, while her art will help heal the mind and spirit. Her ambitions include recording ...
From crucifixion to checkmate.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cito's first introduction to theatre was through Jesus Christ. To many a trained actor and singer, the role of Jesus Christ (in Jesus Christ Superstar) would be daunting. But Cito, who had never acted before in his life, embraced the challenge. By the time the musical toured ...
Proteas hiding behind their thumbs.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Dumile CG Mateza Bryanston, Sandton It irks me to note that the fact Charl Langeveldt pulled out of the South African Cricket tour of India is being used to lash at politicians and Cricket South Africa chairperson Norman Arendse. When sports organisations ...
Madiba magic works for Bruce.(Verve)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Celebrity Art Project is done and dusted, with R141850 having been raised for Child Welfare from the sale of 46 celebrity artworks. Since we featured 13 of them in Verve recently, we were curious to see which ones were the most sought-after (although it's not impossible for ...
It's about interest, not cash.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ron McGregor Mowbray, Cape Town Christine Qunta argues that it's okay to drop whites from the national cricket team because they had an unfair advantage over blacks. "It was not merit or ability that got whites to play international cricket during apartheid, ...
Double trouble.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Pregnant Angelina Jolie is struggling to carry her twins - because the babies are so heavy. The actress finds the burden of having two tots inside her ex-hausting. A source close to Angelina, who has three adopted kids, Maddox (6), Pax ...
$30-million to feel like a virgin.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Madonna will only perform Like A Virgin again for $30-million. The star, who is set to embark on a tour, is tired of singing her early hits and has no desire to include them in her set lists. She said: "I'm not sure I can sing Holiday or Like A Virgin ever again - ...
Music is the food of lovers.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Johnny Depp has directed lover Vanessa Paradis' new music video. The actor also seemingly makes a cameo appearance in the video for L'incendie, which translates as The Fire in English. The video shows Paradis dancing on a stage of ...
Told ya those lines would start to show.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Kate Moss is set to be dropped as the face of Rimmel London. The 34-year-old model has fronted campaigns for the make-up company since 2001, but bosses now want to replace her with someone younger. A source told Britain's Daily ...
Meditation on life, death and community.(Entertainment)(Theater review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theresa Smith Salaam Writer/performer: Ashraf Johaardien Director: Neville Engelbrecht Where: Pieter Toerien's Studio Theatre at Montecasino When: till April 20 Rating: HHHII Ashraf Johaardien's latest ...
Staying true to Russian roots.(Entertainment)(Dance review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Tammy Ballantyne THE SLEEPING BEAUTY CASTS: Angela Malan/Oleg Kharyutkin, Sarah King/Lee Fennel and South African Ballet Theatre CHOREOGRAPHY: After Marius Petipa CONDUCTOR: Graham Scott, with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra ...
Hospitals and crime.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... We all have to be deeply concerned when a public hospital diverts millions of rands from its core business - patient care - to something else. The Johannesburg Hospital, which serves thousands in and around our city and elsewhere in Gauteng, has been forced to spend money ...
Good luck, Arch.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... We wish Thabo Makgoba, newly enthroned Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, well in his onerous task. Makgoba, who replaced Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, was on Sunday officially installed as the church's leader at a colourful ceremony attended by hundreds of well-wishers. At 47 he is the ...
Cancer peril?(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... As though we don't have enough life- threatening hazards to confront, we may now have another: the ubiquitous cellphone. According to renowned cancer expert Dr Vini Khurana, using a cellphone for 10 years or more can double the chance of developing brain cancer, presenting a ...
Hero stood up to stay behind.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Trevor Pengelly Charl Langeveldt made a lonely decision to quit the India tour. Probably everybody, including his friend Andre Nel, whom he had replaced, urged him to accept. So why would he not play in India? In Plato's Republic, written two-and-a-half ...
mining canadian gold.(Entertainment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sally Scott He's the "articulate, intelligent, razor-sharp" comedian who leaves sacred cows screaming in his wake. He's John Vlismas, and the Durban-born stand-up comic is, once again, Canada-bound - this time to the Yuk Yuk International Comedy Festival in ...
Powered-up and ready to have my say; The answer is: Fire the lot and put capable, effective people in control.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: carol lazar I am a powerer. "A powerer?" you might ask yourself. What might a powerer be? According to a definition given by an empowerment official, a powerer is somebody who actively empowers South Africa. In this case, a powerer is a person who is enabling ...
Turning East Rand 'crime den' around; Joint effort by police and residents in Tembisa sees murder and robbery figures take a significant dip.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thandi Skade It is a township notorious for its high crime rate and a place many fear to go to. But a group of dedicated community members from Tembisa, on the East Rand, together with the SAPS, are making a tremendous difference in the fight against crime. ...
Zimbabwe is certainly no Taiwan; Both recently held elections, but while one is moving towards democracy, the other is getting further away.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: patrick laurence Two elections held in the past 10 days epitomise divergent trends, the first of which was in far-away Taiwan on March 22 and the second in neighbouring Zimbabwe on Saturday. The Taiwanese election, which saw the election of a new president ...
Tandi in the swing atop leaderboard.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter For would-be golf stars, it's not a bad move to have a teaching professional for a spouse. Giving chase going into today's second round are George's Monique Smit, who won last week's ...
Lights go out on Chiefs; Brilliant Baloyi sends Amakhosi crashing out of the lucrative Cup competition.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kamlesh Gosai Kaizer Chiefs1 Khanyeza 46 Sundowns 1 Moriri 80 After extra time Sundowns win 5-4 penalties There were lights, cameras action and some more during last night's Nedbank Cup last 16 clash ...
Torres gives Reds the edge.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Liverpool - Fernando Torres put Liverpool in pole position to claim fourth spot in the Premiership and a place in next season's Champions League by scoring the only goal in the 207th Merseyside derby against Everton to seal a 1-0 win at Anfield yesterday. Liverpool, who face ...
Tendulkar out for second Test, while Kumble is doubtful.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: IQBAL KHAN There was another blow for the Indians after Sachin Tendulkar's withdrawal from the Indian squad for the second Test against South Africa today. It is also doubtful that captain Anil Kumble's availability for the second Test at the Sardar Patel Stadium in ...
SA riders are back on track; Evans and George make up valuable time on killer stage of Cape Epic.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum On a day that included a hill called Breakback Mountain, heroes bust out of the closet at the second stage of the Absa Cape Epic yesterday, as there was a strengthening and a revival for the South African challenge. The Cannondale Vredestein ...
RookieTyronewins inZambia.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: OWN CORRESPONDENT Lusaka - Rookie Tyrone Ferreira has become a winner on the Sunshine Tour with almost indecent haste. The 19-year-old from Reading Country Club, who was the No 1 amateur in South Africa last year and joined the paid ranks less than four ...
Els pulls out of Houston Open.(Monday Sports Supplement)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Houston - Ernie Els withdrew from the Houston Open yesterday because of a virus, giving him an unexpected two weeks off before going to the US Masters. "I am very disappointed to have been forced to make this decision because I was really looking forward to playing this week," Els said in ...
That static you hear is sullen Telkom shareholders.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Analysts have heavily criticised Telkom's involvement in pay TV, especially given the heavy investments Telkom Media will require, while Telkom faces fierce competition and needs to aggressively defend its market share. Some cautioned that the required returns would not be generated, since ...
Fraudster Harksen now ready for new life.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan Jurgen Harksen is a free man, newly wed and wants to return to South Africa. This and more is revealed in an exclusive interview with The Star. The fraudster says the more than six years he spent in jail taught him to take ...
An age-old story for our times.(Entertainment)(Theater review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Egoli - City Of Gold Director: Itumeleng Motsikoe Writer: Matsemela Manaka Cast: Phillip Tindisa and Kholofelo Kola Venue: State Theatre, Momentum WHEN: until April 20 Rating: HHHHI ...
Zapiro's cartoon was right on the money.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ronnie Kasrils, MP Pretoria In his misinterpretation of a Zapiro cartoon, David Saks illustrates the mindset that underpins Israel's mistreatment of Palestinians (The Star, March 28), shamelessly justifying the fascist doctrine of collective punishment of an entire ...
Economists divided on extent of repo rate hike.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ethel Hazelhurst Johannesburg Economists are deeply divided on whether, and by how much, the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee should hike the repo rate from 11 percent when it meets next week. The decision is one of the most difficult confronting the ...
Creative energy fuels an arts festival that has loads of potential.(Entertainment)(Concert review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Afrikaans is the language that drives this arts festival and yet there is a need, says the new CEO, to broaden the scope and the landscape so that they don't get stuck in their own orbit. Brilliant Jaco Bouwer, a director who enjoys challenges, and who found a play ...
Beware the possible electricity scam.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Thandi Skade Beware of criminals who may take advantage of the country's power crisis. It is vital to always check the identity of a person who knocks at your door. Do not let them in unless they can provide you with positive identification. This ...
There'sa gentleside to rugby.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sometimes, in certain places, things just happen in rugby football that make you proud to say you have an association with this game. Take the Blues v Bulls match in Auckland this last weekend. Two teams desperate for victory simply smashed the living daylights out of each other ...
Akhtar charged, faces life ban.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Karachi - Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is to face charges of violating a code of conduct at a disciplinary committee hearing today which may result in a life ban. The controversial paceman was charged after he criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for double standards in ...
Lions upbeat ahead of daunting tour.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum When the Lions headed off on the away leg of their 2007 Vodacom Super 14 campaign, few gave them a chance of returning home with more than a couple of bonus points to their credit. But they started off well, with two close wins against the ...
Big putts drop as young Welshwoman leads battle Royal.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter Twenty-year-old Breanne Loucks is Great Britain and Ireland's No1 women's amateur golfer. So it was not surprising to find her top of the second round leaderboard in the Sanlam South African strokeplay championship at Royal Johannesburg & ...
Time to pass on the ANCYL torch; The ANC Youth League will vote for a new president this week. And its outgoing leader will be well-advised to remain neutral, writes Sibusiso Ngalwa.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In 2004, Fikile Mbalula stepped up to lead the ANC Youth League, succeeding the high-flying "Gucci leadership" of his predecessor, Malusi Gigaba. Despite having served two terms as secretary, Mbalula was relatively unknown at the time. But this week, the larger-than-life ...
Bankers feel the painful pinch of M&A blight.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ambereen Choudhury London Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bankers suffered a 35 percent drop in fees during the first quarter, just weeks after cashing bonuses from a record year. Advisory fees fell to about $8.7 billion (R71.3 billion) from $13.4 billion in ...
Paulson proposes overhaul of market oversight.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: From AFP and Bloomberg Washington US treasury secretary Henry Paulson yesterday proposed a broad overhaul of financial market regulation to restore confidence after the subprime mortgage crisis that ravaged the global financial system. Under the proposal ...
Stander gang have race stolen away.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kevin McCallum Absa Cape Epic leaders Songo.info were forced to pull out of the race during the third stage yesterday after South African Burry Stander's knee would carry him no more. The 20-year-old Stander pulled out of the race at the second waterpoint on ...
Bucs need victory against Cosmos to revive title race.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Orlando Pirates have remained defiantly optimistic amid suggestions that they are out of the championship race, but they will now have to back their positive talk with results. The Buccaneers take on Jomo Cosmos this weekend needing nothing but ...
US slowdown pushes air passenger numbers to four-year low.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: William French Geneva The US economic slowdown was taking a growing toll on the airline industry as passenger occupancy rates hit the lowest level in four years, the top industry association said yesterday. The global passenger load factor (PLF) fell to 73.3 ...
Airlines form partnership.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sapa-AFP Air France and Delta airlines launched three transatlantic routes out of London's Heathrow airport yesterday, in a joint venture that took advantage of the open skies agreement to free up the market. The French national carrier and the US airline will ...
Greece will assist SA ahead of 2010.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Niels Posthumus South Africa can count on the support and assistance of Greece in order to get its infrastructure ready in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Tsiartsionis Nikolaos, a member of the Greek parliament, made this promise to 2010 local organising ...
Patel turns down ICC top job.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Dubai - The International Cricket Council announced yesterday that South African businessman Imtiaz Patel has ruled himself out of becoming the organisation's next chief. Patel indicated his decision in a telephone conversation with ICC president-elect David Morgan, cricket's ...
Cockerill to hand over Gold Fields helm to Holland.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ingi Salgado Cape Town Ian Cockerill was perceived by analysts to be a "little grey man" when he took up the post of Gold Fields chief executive six years ago. But by 2004 he had proven that he was no pushover, after successfully defending the company from a ...
Central banks face test as stagflation rears its head.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: ethel hazelhurst The global economy is facing stagflation - low economic growth and high inflation. The dilemma this creates for central banks worldwide was highlighted yesterday by inflation figures for the euro zone. Kevin Lings, an economist at Stanlib, ...
Angry wife set shack alight, killing 3.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Baldwin Ndaba A woman who allegedly burnt three people, including a 2-year-old, has told the Johannesburg High Court that her action was a bid to defend her marriage. Nonkululeko Bazana (28), of Bophelong, Vanderbijlpark, is accused on three counts of murder ...
'Fire top Ekurhuleni staff over McBride fees'; Mayor calls for proof that R6,9m has been spent on various legal costs to 'illegally appointed' law firm.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Anna Louw An Ekurhuleni metro councillor has called for the resignation of the municipality's city manager over police chief Robert McBride's legal costs. The costs - allegedly amounting to R6,9-million, paid to Roshan Dehal, of Dehal Attorneys in Durban - ...
Freed Harksen tells of past and future; After his time in jail, the convicted fraudster's life is looking rosy, writes Karyn Maughan.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jurgen Harksen is a free man, "very much in love" and ready to make a plea-bargain deal with South African justice authorities. Speaking to The Star exclusively yesterday, the convicted fraudster, whose controversial donations to the Democratic Alliance rocked the Western Cape, ...
Cape empowerment trust.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cape Empowerment Trust had acquired a stake in a number of financially "distressed" fruit farms with partner Capespan, the black-controlled value investment firm said yesterday. Executive chairman Shaun Rai said the Northern Cape grape farms on the banks of the Orange River had been ...
Free public viewing of matches.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss South Africans will be able to organise non-commercial public viewings of the 2010 World Cup free of charge. But those who charge admission to screenings will have to pay a licence fee. The SABC and Fifa announced yesterday that in ...
SA corporate.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SA Corporate Real Estate Fund has boosted its exposure to the office market with the acquisition of two complexes in Durban and Bloemfontein for a total of R170 million. It has acquired 1 Holwood Place, a three-storey property at La Lucia Ridge in Durban, for R115 million, and a two-storey ...
August SA line-up for Masters golf.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter Next week's Masters - the first of this year's four golf Majors - will have a record seven South Africans in the 94-man field. Six has been a regular number in recent times, but now Richard Sterne - winner of the European Tour's Joburg Open in ...
Chad pardons aid workers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... N'Djamena - Chad's President Idriss Deby yesterday pardoned six French aid workers convicted in a kidnapping case. State-owned Radio Chad said the president was advised by his judicial council to take the decision. The six aid workers, with a charity called Zoe's Ark, had tried to take 103 ...
Wesizwe budgets for power.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Ingi Salgado Cape Town Wesizwe is making a R168 million contingency for possible electricity supply delays to its R5.6 billion Pilanesberg platinum project. The junior platinum company made the provision in its bankable feasibility study into the project, ...
Doctors who took kickbacks must pay price.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan Two doctors who took kickbacks from radiologists have failed to wriggle out of performing community service - despite suggesting that the punishment would unfairly rob them of their R800-R1 200 hourly rates. Doctors Julius Preddy and Percy ...
Sharkshave theright tonic; To win games on tour, and doctor the sick.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY A New Zealander travelling on a flight from Sydney to Wellington last night had mixed fortunes indeed when he collapsed with a heart attack midway over the Tasman Sea. While there are few worse places to take ill, it certainly helps when you ...
SA to provide healthcare to Congolese.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Bhavna Sookha The curious eyes of dozens of health professionals from South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo peered around doors and into wards at Johannesburg Hospital. Yesterday's high-powered delegation was led by Minister of Health Manto ...
Miners' deaths cast pall over Angloplat.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sibongile Khumalo Johannesburg Shareholders at yesterday's Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) annual general meeting voiced concerns that the spate of fatalities at the largest producer of platinum was taking the shine off the valued resource. Last year Angloplat was ...
Wickets are falling so Ntini's smile is back; Getting rid of Sehwag was sweet, but Tendulkar's scalp - for a duck - was sweeter, says 30-year-old paceman on comeback trail.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: IQBAL KHAN Makhaya Ntini is never usually one for interviews with either the print or electronic media whenever he is on tour. But the 30-year-old fast bowler has been quite talkative, and full of confidence, after the drawn first Test against India on Sunday ....
Appeal court allows Guardrisk to offer gap cover for medical costs.(Business Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Pat Sidley Johannesburg The Council for Medical Schemes has lost an important test case in the appeal court in a long-running battle with Guardrisk Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Alexander Forbes, over the demarcation between medical schemes and the short-term ...