The Star (South Africa) back issues from October 2008:
Alcohol, the great destroyer.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: clive percival You can give up drinking more easily than you can give up smoking. So why not give it a try? Drinking - even doing so in moderation - is dangerous. Your brain needs blood to function and when you drink, the toxins in the alcohol get into the ...
Rule of law a fairytale, so where's the happy ending?(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Linmeyer, Joburg Once upon a time, long long ago, the South African criminal justice system worked. It was an unsophisticated system. Allegations were investigated by the police and the docket forwarded to the public prosecutor. It was the old system of "Law ...
Opinion alone will not help you win a hearing; This is part 10 of a series of articles on the issue of substantive fairness in dismissals.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... One of the fundamental pre-requisites for considering the admissibility of opinion evidence is that an opinion expressed by a witness must be based on facts. For example, a witness cannot merely state at a disciplinary hearing that the accused employee was intoxicated (an ...
One door closes, will others open?(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Are you surprised that you were voted off? I can't say I was surprised. I'm happy that I'm out of the house, though. You're happy? Yes, I'm happy. I was a bit tired of the house. Why do you think you were voted off? I don't know. The ...
SA artists lay it on the line.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A core sample of dynamic South African performing arts, and the stormy issues which surround them, are being unleashed on Dutch audiences and critics this week. The week-long 2008 edition of the Afrovibes Festival started in Amsterdam on Monday. This edgy biennial event, founded ...
Set a goal, go like Google.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Is your dream large enough? Is it possible that you have set your career sights far too low? After studying many of the world's most successful businesswomen and men, I've found a common thread in all their stories - they all had inspiring visions and dared to dream big. ...
Breaching barriersin medical science; Marietha Nel is a research scientist at Wits Medical School. Theo Garrun spoke to her about her job.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Describe your job In general a medical research scientist would work in a laboratory equipped to perform medical research, using a wide variety of scientific methods. Examples are biochemical and molecular methods, in fields such as general surgery, pharmacology, ...
Trust is crucial in negotiations; Meet the leader: Roelf Meyer - chief negotiator for the previous National Party government in 1994 - now a business and civic leader.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... It is hard to describe my feelings and thoughts while meeting with Roelf Meyer. I could not stop thinking about his remarkable journey through life thus far. He is the epitome of being in the right place at the right time. In his own words: "I must say that I was ...
Leadership comment: changing your attitude.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... In last week's article Pieter Uys, the incoming CEO of Vodacom, mentioned the wisdom of stepping back from a situation to get some perspective. He used the example of one's boss calling one in for a "hiding". He suggested that while one should take the hiding it was also ...
The many faces of Terry.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Terry Pheto is fast becoming one of the most recognisable faces in the South African entertainment industry. And most of it, thank goodness, isn't related to the Sunday tabloids. Instead, the 27-year-old beauty has relied on her acting talent to land her a leading role in the ...
Know what you like before choosing a career; Pupils usually not ready to make a choice at Grade 9.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Dennis Stead Pace Career Centre has been involved in career guidance for 18 years. Most of the focus has been on high school learners - Grade 9 for subject choice and then grades 11 and 12 when a learner exits school. Over the years we have become more and ...
Untapping talents of people with disabilities; Staffing company has now embarked on project to recruit them for workplace.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Workplace Staff The PAG staffing organisation has launched a recruitment strategy for people with disabilities. The idea is to increase the number of job opportunities available to people with disabilities, while at the same time helping companies to meet ...
ID campaign in run-up to elections.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nontobeko Mtshali For most people, the words "Home Affairs" conjures up images of long queues and piles of paperwork. With the general elections not far off, even more people will need to get their ID documents to register for voting. "For anyone ...
Chance for pupils to spend day at work; Partnership aims to address critical skills shortages in Gauteng.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Workplace Staff The Gauteng Department of Education, in partnership with Editworks and Kelly, recently hosted a skills pipeline development orientation workshop for 1 000 top pupils. The pupils came from 50 public schools in Gauteng. The ...
BUILDING CONFIDENCE AFTER SURGERY.(Verve)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The loss of a breast is traumatic for any woman. Whether young or old, body conscious or not, no woman wants to face the rest of her life minus a breast. Fortunately, significant strides have been made in the field of breast reconstruction, says South African plastic surgeon Dr ...
Seat owners stranded as car is pulled from market; VW's cold response to concerns is inadequate.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The reason Volkswagen SA chose to give for its decision to withdraw the Seat brand from this country was couched in typical corporate-speak. "It was a strategic decision and is as a result of a new business strategy for VWSA." Translation: the sexy Spanish brand is too marginal ...
Marshoff deserves no mercy.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Stanley Letsoko Rockville, Soweto I'd like to comment on the issue of Free State Premier Beatrice Marshoff, who is one of those now facing the axe. Her departure is overdue, and I doubt that anybody will be sad to see her go. She was one of the ...
When dust settles, SA will note his good work; In this edited version of a speech made during a public debate at Wits, Achille Mbembe questions the way Mbeki was axed.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Thabo Mbeki made too many enemies during his long political career in exile and when he came back home. He made enemies of people who could have been his friends and of those he could have easily won over either by charm, persuasion, or simply by carefully listening to them. He ...
SACP's sly power grab.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Almost two years ago, the South African Communist Party registered as a political party with the Independent Electoral Commission. It did so at the height of strained relations with the ANC under then president Thabo Mbeki, at a time when the SACP and Cosatu were out in the cold and Jacob ...
Chinese spacewalk.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... When the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed the Shenzhou 7 spaceship landing under clear skies in the grasslands of China's northern Inner Mongolia region on Sunday afternoon, it sent the nation into throes of ecstasy and pride. Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule upon a ...
Now hear this.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Why are hearing aids so expensive? It seems incredible that this instrument can cost more than R10 000, a sum far beyond many of those who require one. The issue has been raised by a reader who compares the extraordinary price of a hearing aid with that of a cellphone and ...
A career in biochemistry.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... What will I do in this career? Biochemists are research scientists who deal with phenomena that distinguish the living from the non-living, in animals, plants or micro-organisms, in chemical and physical terms. Different fields of biochemistry determine the nature of ...
Productivity is a score to be orchestrated; High morale and harmony are vital factors in getting things done well.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Theo Garrun The 15th World Productivity Congress was held at Sun City last week, making South Africa the first African country to host this bi-annual event. The congress was organised by Productivity South Africa, on behalf of the World Confederation of ...
ANC supporters unhappy.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: N Malatji Wilgeheuwel, Roodepoort When the media and the nation were briefed by Gwede Mantashe after the decision by the ANC NEC to recall former president Thabo Mbeki, the reason was that the ANC needed to heal itself and achieve unity. This stance was ...
'Affectionately' known as Nozeambique; Pupils mean well when they give nicknames to their teachers.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: james clarke To commemorate International Teachers Day which falls at the weekend I would like to recount another day in the life of Mrs Williams, who takes Grade 4 at Malhurst Primary. She decided to keep her class busy by getting them to write a letter to an aunt to ...
Name-calling a new game to silence critics.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Herman Lategan Sea Point, Cape Town It has by now become so boring. If a black person wants to stigmatise whites or shut them up, brand them as racists. Cape Judge President John Hlophe has lashed out at "racist" elements that are downplaying his court triumph against ...
Have pride, will conquer.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Zebra & Giraffe's Greg Carlin is a young artist who gives us hope for the future. A multi-talented musician, he played all of the instruments (except drums) on his debut album, Collected Memories. He is a Fine Arts graduate and an IT trainer. He works at top indie label, Just ...
See the music - bigger and better.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Like never before will South African gospel music fans now be able to watch their favourite musicians on the big screen! From October 10, Ster-Kinekor will run an entire musical compilation of the Grammy Award-winning group Soweto Gospel Choir (pictured right) on their circuits ....
Hip-hop architects head back this way.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kgomotso Moncho Cast your mind back 15 years. Do you remember loving Arrested Development's song Mr Wendal, not only for the content, but also because of its hook? Do you remember thinking you were so conscious that you'd watch Spike Lee's Malcolm X just so you could ...
Holding out for a hero.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Therese Owen The first time I heard Paul E Flynn's solo album, Fields, Theo Crous was playing it loudly as we drove through the Cape Town suburbs. That was in 2006. Since then Paul E (pictured right) abandoned music and fled to the west coast of Ireland ...
Court refuses to reinstate apartheid-era police bomber; Employing former brigadier 'won't promote reconciliation'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan and Louise Flanagan An apartheid police bomb expert and multiple killer won't get his job back, thanks to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Five appeal court judges yesterday dismissed Brigadier Wybrand Andreas Lodewikus "Wal" du Toit's second court ...
Arbitration can be roller-coaster ride; The process is often complex - even legal brains get baffled.(Workplace)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Arbitration hearings at the Commission for Concilia tion, Mediation and Arbitration were designed to be quick and inexpensive. The objectives of the Labour Relations Act were to make an informal process available to parties to the extent that, in most cases, they could represent ...
Fix hospitals' problems first.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: R Telford Three Rivers, Vereeniging Ho hum - here we go again. Another jerk of the knee and wallet, renaming three hospitals. It didn't help Chris Hani-Baragwanath. It's still a wreck and everyone still calls it Bara. Hasn't the Gauteng Health Department enough ...
Bailout won't save debt slaves; Those who created the financial Frankenstein will be rescued from themselves, and ordinary people will suffer.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: joseph edozien The bailout package that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tried to sell to Congress wouldn't have prevented the breakdown of the financial system based in New York and London. The breakdown is terminal. We are entering a new epoch of ...
Nel brings passion to Lions side; Gauteng team aiming high this season.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Stuart Hess With stock markets crashing and credit being crunched, surely the chance to earn some big bucks quickly cannot be easily passed up. You can if you're Andre Nel. As his former Titans teammates start eyeing up the Twenty20 Champions League in India ...
This time St Andrews owes one to the Big Easy.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Grant Winter St Andrews, Scotland - On the green for two and down for seven. It doesn't sound like Ernie Els, but that's what happened to South Africa's favourite golfing son a year ago here in perhaps the most spectacular meltdown of his long and brilliant career. ...
Fifa, Uefa reject new Polish FA board.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Warsaw, Poland - Fifa and Uefa will not recognise the newly-appointed administrator for the troubled Polish football federation, possibly endangering the country's right to co-host the 2012 European Championship. The governing bodies of world and European football said yesterday that the ...
Joy as Ramadan ends.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Anna Cox Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid today. This celebration marks the end of 30 days of fasting and worship. According to Moulana Ebrahim Bham, secretary-general of the Council of Muslim Theologians in Joburg, the day brings with ...
Chinese products in SA melamine-free.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss The chemical milk additive melamine, responsible for the deaths of at least four Chinese babies, has not been found in any products tested so far in South Africa. This is according to the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, which said goods ...
Angry Marlboro residents up in arms over service delivery.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Gill Gifford Rocks, burning tyres and other debris were scattered in the streets of Marlboro as residents protested against housing delivery. Old Pretoria Main Road was blockaded early yesterday as were several side streets while metro police officers battled ...
Improved Stars to show theirmettle.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Miguel Gamondi has promised more improvement from his Platinum Stars as they take on BidVest Wits tonight (Olympia Park, 7.30pm). Stars have collected four points from three Absa Premiership matches to languish in mid-table obscurity, but their ...
The truth about OJ's 'injury'.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Confusion still reigns over the real reasons why Mbulelo Mabizela did not report for the Bafana Bafana camp at the weekend. It emerged yesterday that Mabizela was involved in a car accident in his hometown in KwaZulu-Natal, but his club Mamelodi ...
Joburg first in line for Fifa's 2010 assessment; SA's unfazed stadium directors say they're ready for evaluation.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Lebogang Seale Fifa's inspection team was today due to kickstart its evaluation programme to gauge the country's readiness for the 2010 World Cup. First, Fifa will assess the four Confederations Cup sites. These are Joburg's Ellis Park (Coca-Cola Park), ...
ANC irate at Shilowa radio interview.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Shaun Smillie It has become a war of words between the outgoing Gauteng premier and the party he has served so long - and the media has become the battleground. The ANC yesterday criticised Mbhazima Shilowa for speaking out about the party's dismissal of ...
229 illegals in one boat.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Madrid - Spanish coast guards have rescued a boat carrying 229 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands, the biggest group in a single boat ever intercepted off the islands' coastline, a government official said yesterday. Coast guards found the 30m fishing boat south of Gran Canaria ...
Africa urged to use proper malaria tests and drugs.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Anso Thom Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has called for the wider use of newer and more effective anti-malaria strategies to save lives. Malaria kills a child every 30 seconds worldwide. Nine out 10 of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, ...
'You got it wrong, judge!'; NPA hammers Nicholson for the judgment that felled Mbeki.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Karyn Maughan The "political meddling" inference by Judge Chris Nicholson that cost Thabo Mbeki his job should never have been made. This is the contention of Jacob Zuma's prosecutors, who have slammed the judgment that stopped Zuma's prosecution for ...
Relief as fuel prices drop.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Commuters and drivers breathed a sigh of relief as fuel prices dipped at midnight. The retail price of petrol dropped by between 25c and 29c a litre. The price of 91 ULP decreased by 29c a litre, 93 ULP and LRP by 27c and 95 ULP and LRP by 25c a litre. The wholesale price of diesel with a ...
ANC rejects DA's 'new' Scorpions model.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Deon de Lange The ANC wants the organised crime-fighting unit that is to replace the doomed Scorpions to have no independent crime intelligence-gathering capabilities and says it must report to the minister of safety and security, be subjected to stricter vetting ...
Call centre besieged by indebted worriers.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH More and more South Africans are seeking counselling as they worry about the nation and their own economic plight. According to the National Credit Regulator, 26 791 South Africans are currently receiving debt counselling as provided for by the ...
Very sick and tired leopard put down.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A leopard that attacked a woman in the holiday town of Marloth Park near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga has been killed. Rangers from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) found the leopard very ill and lying under a tree. "He was in very bad condition. By my own ...
Beleaguered Bucs back coach; Krol gets more time to sort things out.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Sapa Orlando Pirates are not pushing any panic buttons just yet. Bucs have suffered their worst start to an Absa Premiership season in years but new coach Ruud Krol's job is not on the line at this stage. Bucs have collected one point from their ...
Cops surprise crime syndicate; Hijacking report led to arrest of suspects in seemingly routine stop.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Alex Eliseev To anyone in Vilakazi Street, it would have seemed like nothing more than metro police officers pulling over a white VW Jetta. But the encounter in Orlando West, Soweto, led to the arrest of three suspected members of a crime syndicate that had ...
Mom tortured before being killed, court hears.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: TANIA BROUGHTON Teacher Riekie Lotter was shocked with a "shock" gun, her hands tied with cable ties, and her mouth gagged with a sock and taped with duct tape before her killers tried to inject her with air bubbles. She died in a pool of her own blood on the ...
Be afraid, but don't be very afraid, say experts.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan Don't panic! That's what economists are telling South Africans who are watching the US economic crash. SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry economist Richard Downing recommends that consumers get good investment advice on how to minimise their ...
Con man facing rape, robbery charges denied bail.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nontobeko Mtshali A man who allegedly lured women with promises of getting them modelling contracts and jobs in show business has been denied bail. The 29-year-old, who allegedly called himself Sean Parys and claimed to be the CEO of a top modelling agency, is ...
Refugees now have to go it alone.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss The last food queue at the Glenanda camp in southern Joburg formed at 3.25pm. Next to it, a deflated red soccer ball lay discarded in the dust. It wasn't a time for playing but a time for gathering possessions and wondering where the night would ...
Bucs confident that Krol will steer ship to calmer waters.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Orlando Pirates are not pushing any panic buttons just yet. Bucs have suffered their worst start to an Absa Premiership season in years but new coach Ruud Krol's job is not on the line at this stage. Bucs have collected one point from their three opening games ...
The truth about OJ's 'injury'.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Nkareng Matshe Confusion still reigns over the real reasons why Mbulelo Mabizela did not report for the Bafana Bafana camp at the weekend. It emerged yesterday that Mabizela was involved in a car accident in his hometown in KwaZulu-Natal, but his club Mamelodi ...
Zim deal looks dead in the water.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Basildon Peta Zimbabwe's much-vaunted power-sharing deal seems to be on the rocks, after Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai again failed to break the deadlock over the allocation of cabinet portfolios. Tsvangirai and Mugabe met in Harare yesterday after the ...
229 illegals in one boat.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Madrid - Spanish coast guards have rescued a boat carrying 229 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands, the biggest group in a single boat ever intercepted off the islands' coastline, a government official said yesterday. Coast guards found the 30m fishing boat south of Gran Canaria ...
Chinese products in SA melamine-free.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Kanina Foss The chemical milk additive melamine, responsible for the deaths of at least four Chinese babies, has not been found in South Africa yet. This is according to the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, which said goods implicated in the scandal and ...
Africa urged to use proper malaria tests and drugs.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Anso Thom Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has called for the wider use of newer and more effective anti-malaria strategies in order to save lives. Malaria kills a child every 30 seconds worldwide. Nine out of 10 of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan ...
Ailing leopard put down.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A leopard that attacked a woman in the holiday town of Marloth Park near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga has been killed. Rangers from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) found the leopard very ill and lying under a tree. "He was in a very bad condition. By my ...
Another executive takes SABC to court.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BYLINE: Louise Flanagan The SABC was due back in court today to face another angry executive - this time one demanding a top job after the appointment process was bungled. SABC group executive for content enterprises Mvuzo Mbebe was to ask the Johannesburg High Court ...