The Sunday Independent (South Africa) back issues from September 2007:
Stock theft strangles progress of emerging meat producers.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: SLINDILE KHANYILE Durban - Stock theft is an escalating problem that is hampering the entry and expansion of new meat producers, according to a co-operative of emerging farmers. Between March 2006 and April this year, 178 416 livestock worth R554 million were ...
Biko's message of consciousness goes beyond race.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... In 10 days time, it will be the 30th anniversary of Steve Biko's death. What is remarkable when one reads his writings and trial testimony is the lucidity of his thoughts. He uttered these thoughts with such courage and fearlessness it is no wonder the apartheid government felt ...
Berg River pollution imperils Cape's farm exports.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: RONNIE MORRIS Cape Town - If pollution of the Berg River, the lifeblood of the Western Cape, was not brought under control, South Africa's fruit, vegetable and wine exports to the EU and the US would be in danger, the Cape Regional Chamber has warned. This ...
Trickle of rating cuts shows derivatives have caught agencies with their pants down.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Watching the rating cuts trickle out of the derivatives forest is akin to searching for elephant dung on a path to work out how many pachyderms are in the jungle. There's clearly a herd in there. And it's probably much bigger than the ordure you have seen so far would suggest. ...
Offsets scheme spins R11.4bn in investments.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: DONWALD PRESSLY Cape Town - The offset programme related to South Africa's multibillion-rand arms deal has notched up R11.4 billion in returned investment since 1998, about R550 million more than the target set for the end of the 2007 financial year, official figures ...
FSB sets bar higher for hedge fund managers.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Vernon Wessels Johannesburg - South Africa has set stricter regulations for hedge fund managers, separating them from regular money managers to protect investors and inform them better. Managers must have a "track record of managing particular hedge fund ...
'Material items' sink Simeka-Sahara union.(Business Report Weekend)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thabiso Mochiko Johannesburg - The R867 million wedding between AltX-listed technology group Simeka BSG and computer firm Sahara is over, four days after the agreement was announced. On Friday Simeka said the parties had "mutually decided to cancel the ...
Defending the cave, man.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... 'What was that?" My left eye flicked a gaze in the general direction of the bedroom windows. "I'm certain I heard something ..." The right eye expertly scanned the room without a blink. "Yup, Jason Bourne has nothing on me." I am defender of house and home, the brave soldier of ...
Exploration of love brought to the fore in this strong collection.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The 21 stories collected here represent work from across the continent and most of them - although not as many as the acknowledgments page suggests - appear in print for the first time. Bizarrely, there is no indication on the book's cover that all 21 authors are women, although ...
Unlikely duo tickle the funny bone in this sequel.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... A critic is bound by honesty. So, at the risk of eternal humiliation in the internet stockade, I must admit I laughed - and was even touched by - Rush Hour 3. It's true. I could take the coward's refuge and claim that a steady summer diet of Sparrow, Potter and Spidey has ...
Global warming fuels drought and the looming threat of conflict.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Doug Struck Steve Johnson scans the hot, translucent sky in Fresno, California. He wants to make rain - needs to make rain - for the parched farms and desperate hydro companies in this California valley. But first he must have clouds. The listless sky offers no hint of ...
Pity is for the birds; Experts say action is preferable to talk. But men and women react differently, writes Laura Sessions Stepp.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Drop by a high-school cafeteria at lunch time some day and listen to the girls' conversations. One may be commiserating with another over how much schoolwork they have. A couple of others might be fretting over how tired they are and how they're putting on weight through stress. ...
Zane Beer of Fino.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Zane Beer, although not born in South Africa, was raised and has spent most of his time in and around Johannesburg. He has been in the restaurant industry for the past 12 years, working for and managing several top restaurants, including Yamato and Assaggi. Beer bought Fino ...
Arnold Tanzer of Food on the Move.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Arnold Tanzer did not come from a cooking family and his introduction to the kitchens of the rich and famous was not the result of any vocation. When he was a child, Arnold, who was born in the Netherlands, wanted to be a vet. Later he studied to be a medical technologist and ...
Fortunato Mazzone of Ritrovo.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Fortunato Mazzone is co-owner of the award-winning five-star Ristorante Ritrovo in Pretoria with his father, Giovanni Mazzone, who is a well-known chef and Italian food pioneer in South Africa. Fortunato is also involved in the olive oil and wine businesses. He is a collaborator ...
Coco Reinarhz of Sel et Poivre.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... The African culinary renaissance is upon us and Burundian chef Coco Reinarhz is at the forefront of the modern African food movement. Reinarhz is the chef patron of Sel et Poivre restaurant in Sandton, Gauteng. His unique, innovative, fine-dining Afro-fusion culinary style ...
Cristina Sato of Yamato.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Chef Cristina Sato was born in Hokkaido, Japan and has lived and travelled abroad extensively. In 1995, she opened Yamato Japanese restaurant in Illovo and, 12 years on, it is still going strong and providing fresh, high quality food to its patrons. In mid-2006, Sato took over ...
Local experts jib at flu jab theory on childhood cancer.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Janet Smith Pregnant women in Britain are to be given influenza vaccinations from next year in a drive that could protect their unborn children from leukaemia. But there is dissension among South African experts over whether such a mass vaccination could, ...
The awesome legacy of the tyrant who forged China; The scale of Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb has astounded the modern world, as do the tales of his brutal reign. Clifford Coonan recalls one the most extraordinary men who ever lived.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... His ruthlessness was legendary. His armies went in fast on horseback, running rings around their cumbersome opponents, firing arrows from the saddle and causing deadly mayhem. Then, when the defeated enemy was still trying to work out what had happened, the infantry moved in and ...
Violence Represented; Mary Corrigall speaks to cultural producers to discover the ways in which they are depicting violence.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Front page stories might reveal all the grisly and salacious details in their blow-by-blow accounts of the violent acts that perpetually occur in our society, but rarely do they shed light on the questions that haunt our collective consciousness. When will South Africa be free of violence? ...
truly great karoo! Vague memories of a flat and barren driveby landscape were swept aside when Arja Salafranca visited one of the region's game lodges.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... There was ice hanging from the branches. The crystal-clear tears framed the panorama of mountains and Karoo, coating a bench in a surreal web. We snapped photos enthusiastically and hurried to escape the icy morning air and eat breakfast in a cosy dining room. The day had barely ...
Beauty andthe Beast.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Betty Suarez, or "Ugly Betty" as she is dubbed, with her scraggly, limp, misshapen hairdo, a lumpy silhouette, a dowdy dress-sense, braces, bushy eyebrows and prominent facial hair, seems an unlikely TV star among the size-zero, pristine beauties who normally steal attention on the box. ...
Fans will love this new Buble.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible My first jazz column for The Sunday Independent was on June 8 2004, and I kicked off with Michael Buble's first album dedicated to some big-band standards. This new Buble CD is in a similar style, which will raise a cheer from ...
Jo'burg Feast fest.(Life)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Taste of Jo'burg takes place for the first time in South Africa on the fields of the Wanderers Club, from September 6 to 9. The event involves 17 of the city's most talented chefs, who will be preparing and serving their signature dishes outdoors over the four days. The restaurants and ...
Commanding work dominates urban landscape; Clive van den Berg's huge concrete Eland was designed to bring a feeling for the land to Jo'burg's bustling streets, writes Mary Corrigall.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... A new public artwork is always going to capture attention - at least initially. Public art doesn't just engender a visual statement but it re-orders and redefines the spaces it inhabits, conferring it with an invasive presence. So it makes sense that a new addition to the ...
Sadly, this cinematic confection flops in the middle.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... I've recently had to sit through a number of films in preview that intriguingly tried to have it both ways. What I mean is that the films appear to espouse one standpoint or viewpoint on one specific issue (usually a hot topic) but then try to add in another. This is usually ...
German events make the power of art more public; Two mega art exhibitions, Documenta 12 and Sculpture Projects Munster, signal that African artists more than hold their own on the international stage, writes Melvyn Minnaar.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... It is easy to pin the relevance of the two mega international art events in Germany - continuing as they do until the end of the northern summer, drawing enormous crowds from all over the world - to the vast potential of cultural tourism in Southern Africa. Of greater ...
Lascivious lesson in love is ultimately about the basics.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... There's been a cover-up for the masses. The whimsical indiscretions at the local strip joint are not really about sex at all, but about sex education, and projecting desire onto ordinary men and women in disintegrating relationships. At least this is the lesson of Nipple Caps & ...
Discovery of sunken treasure sparks international legal battle; Half-a-billion dollars of booty found by a United States salvage company somewhere in the Atlantic is being sought by Spain as part of its cultural heritage, writes John Ward Anderson.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Returning 200 years ago from the New World to a Europe engulfed by the Napoleonic wars, Spanish Rear-Admiral Don Jose Bustamente led a fleet of four frigates to a tragic homecoming. South of Portugal's Cape St Mary, British warships spotted the Spaniards in October 1804 and ordered them to ...
Feed body, mind and soul at this year's Arts Alive festival.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Museums, galleries, parks, theatres and music venues are some of the locations in Jo'burg where the Arts Alive 2007 September festivities will be taking place this year. A diverse line up of national and international cultural events is on offer. Running until the end of the ...
Kenyans take stock in a growing African economy; Investing in land and cattle is a tradition being challenged in this East African country, where shares, stocks and bonds are the latest harvest, writes Stephanie McCrummen.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... One ordinary afternoon in a bright, marble-floored lobby in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, the following conversation took place between two women, a government worker and a self-employed soapmaker. "I bought KenGen at 9,90 shillings," said Josephine Nduta, the government worker, ...
Blood feuds bind Albania to a bitter past.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jonathan Finer Their simple stone houses stand a hundred paces apart in the Albanian hillside village of Kurcaj, where men ride donkeys sidesaddle on slopes too steep for cars. The Shima and Allushi families were good neighbours for generations, sharing meals ...
Death lures the seabirds that take the bait The longline fishing industry is pushing the world's greatest pelagic birds to the brink of extinction. Trish Murphy explores the dangers that confront them.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Out in the Southern Ocean, a female wandering albatross on the lookout for food glides behind a fishing vessel. Sure enough, tempting morsels are dropping off the boat's stern. Along with other birds - white-chinned petrels, shearwaters, other albatrosses - she enters the fray and swoops ...
On land, little predators have devastating effects.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Trish Murphy As if the longlining catastrophe isn't enough, many pelagic species face a double-whammy that is driving them even more quickly to extinction: alien species introduced to the subantarctic island where they breed. Species such as rats, cats and ...
Gore's awkward and politically decent doorstop.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... "My own experience," Al Gore explains in his new book, "tells me that extended television watching can be mind numbing." Really, Sherlock? Former vice-president Gore, the son of a Tennessee senator, possesses more than his fair share of political Kryptonite: the ...
Digging is in the family, Joyce Carol Oates has discovered.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Katy Guest Joyce Carol Oates's latest book, The Gravedigger's Daughter (Fourth Estate), is her 35th novel. That's if you don't count the dozen she has written under the pseudonyms Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly, or the eight novellas, the 30 collections of short ...
Highlights on Classic fM 102.7.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Today's Classic fM Soiree sold out within a matter of days so don't delay booking for the next one on Sunday September 30 at the Pretoria Sheraton hotel. The Promenade Ensemble will treat you to a wonderful selection of classics and movie favourites, including music from: Il ...
Prizes, a new journal and a look at crime.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Shaun Johnson's The Native Commissioner (Penguin) has won the Nielsen Bookseller's Choice award 2007. The prize is awarded to the book South African booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Native Commissioner, Johnson's debut novel, won the M-Net Award, the Commonwealth Award: Africa ...
Madiba takes his place among the greats; Chris Chivers was at the unveiling of Mandela's statue in London andfinds himself again being reminded of what it means to be human.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... As the first mists of an early autumn morning lift, the sun bursting through the skies above central London reflects the upbeat atmosphere in Parliament Square. Thousands are gathering to witness an event unthinkable even 25 years ago and the excitement - from veterans of the ...
Visitors flock to Munster for art treasures.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... A month after it was officially launched, the efficient visitor centre in the heart of Munster, a town in northwest Germany, had distributed more that 150 000 maps for tourists to go on treasure hunts for the 30-odd art pieces, specially made and installed by artists from around the world, ...
Traffic flow on Gauteng M1 to be tackled.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Eleanor Momberg Traffic lights have been installed on a number of on-ramps to the M1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria to speed up traffic flow on the congested freeway. The installation of the robots comes as the government mulls over what price to charge ...
Gateway to a dungeon of the soul; Putting young people in prison is the best way to ensure that we have a continuing crime problem, writes Don Pinnock.(Dispatches)
Sep 02, 2007 ... This week an inter-planetary probe named Cassini-Huygens will swan-dive through the rings of Saturn, having earlier sent down a probe to the surface of the moon Titan. It arrived at the giant planet in 2004 with perfect precision and is currently sending back faultless and astounding ...
Rational self-interest and critical thinking needed.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... It is very disturbing to read about the extent to which the so-called "moral code" of selflessness and self-sacrifice that is being preached and practised in this country and this government is ruining the lives and minds of South African citizens. For example, Jeremy Gordin's ...
Darwin's theory is about death, not creating life.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... "Dragons in the Garden of Eden", (The Sunday Independent, August 26) refers. Normally, people are faced with two options, either creation in accordance with the Bible, or Darwinism, but the two are opposing perceptions. Evolution and creation have the same meaning; they are ...
The media is not beyond scrutiny.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... In its early years, the ANC had a president and two secretaries-general who were newspaper editors. John Dube, the founding ANC president-general, was the founding editor of Ilanga laseNatali. Sol Plaatjie, Dube's secretary-general, published and edited Koranta ea Bacoana in Mafikeng and ...
Good ideas don't promptgood actions.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Could last Sunday's fluke pincer movement consisting of orthodox Judaism (Don Krausz) and polemical atheism (Laurence Berman) be a first for The Sunday Independent? In reply may I reassure Don Krausz that Jurgen Habermas understands "Christianity" to mean "Judeo-Christianity". A ...
Seal slaughter 'killing ecotourism industry'; Conservationists claim culling quota in Namibia is unsustainable, causing drastic reductions in seal numbers and a potential loss of tourist revenue.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Eleanor Momberg The culling of seals at Africa's best-known seal breeding colony has been halted because there are no more seal pups and bulls to kill. That is according to a manager at the Cape Cross Lodge along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, which markets ...
Opinion shifts to Zuma as Mbeki's star wanes.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Patrick Laurence Anecdotal evidence over the past three-and-half months points to a shift of public opinion in favour of Jacob Zuma and away from Thabo Mbeki in the succession struggle in the ANC. Sociologists who study the minutia of electoral trends and ...
Scientists ready to zap the planet's 'most dangerous insect' on nose.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Steve Connor Scientists believe they are close to finding the weak point of the anopheles mosquito, which has been described as the most dangerous insect on the planet because of its role in spreading malaria. Researchers have drawn up a detailed anatomical ...
Super-rich furry beneficiaries live on in the lap of luxury; When Leona Helmsley, a New York socialite, left the balance of her fortune to her poodle rather than her grandchildren, she was following in a long - if eccentric - tradition.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Rob Sharp The American property billionaire Leona Helmsley was not known as New York's "queen of mean" for nothing. With her devilish reputation as a ball-crusher, she epitomised 1980s greed and indifference. But she did care about at least one living ...
Three reasons why minister of health should go.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... If Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the minister of health, had any respect for the people of South Africa and the democratic process, she would resign. By the same token, Thabo Mbeki, the president, should fire her. Tshabalala-Msimang should go - not because she might like the odd ...
Paranoia in the parastatal as nights of passion come to an end.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... On the boulevard of broken dreams, spring has sprung, the health minister's gone to pot and the condoms are leaking. Pregnant schoolgirls are shouting at their teachers. Babies are popping up in classrooms - where classrooms are still classrooms. In schools these days, anyone who's anyone ...
Pedlars of lies wanted ANC hero Tshabalala-Msimang, whom history will honour, to die.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Thabo Mbeki Not long ago, our minister of health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, underwent a successful liver-transplant operation at the public Johannesburg General Hospital. It restored her to full health and enabled her to resume her public duties. On behalf of ...
Ten years later: How the key figures have fared.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Gordon Rayner WILLIAM Aged just 15 when his mother died, he became the adopted son of almost every mother in the country as they watched him following Diana's coffin, which bore a card with the single word: "Mummy". His popularity remains undimmed, helped ...
Never mind about mamparas, the true loonies are running around loose!(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Chewing on my Sunday morning bacon a couple of weeks ago, I became incandescent with rage when I noticed that the Sunday Times - a small Sunday newspaper with which some readers might be familiar - had chosen the great Talk Radio 702 anchor John Robbie as its mampara of the week. ...
Aussie pace ace Lee a racing certainty; Wonder Down Under slots in for retired McGrath for T20.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... In Brett Lee's world, everything moves fast. He runs quickly, drives one of those snazzy, slick and very quick Ferraris, and most famously of all, he lets go of a cricket ball at speeds of over 150km/h when he bowls. He seems perfect then for the rapid, accelerated format that ...
Time to find out if Benni's the real deal for Bafana; 'Prodigal son' to run out for SA in his home town.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Paul Martin The presence of Cape Town's prodigal soccer son Benni McCarthy in the team to play nearest group rivals Zambia at Newlands next Sunday could be just the tonic for Bafana Bafana to book their place in the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana. One can ...
Silence on Bloem front ahead of Celtic, Stars derby.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Paul Martin Success brings about silence among coaches! Bloemfontein Celtic coach Khabo Zondo and his Free State Stars counterpart Kinnah Phiri were men of few words ahead of today's Castle Premiership Free State derby, at the Seisa Ramabodu stadium, near Bloemfontein ...
History suggests it's a semi at best for Boks.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Mark Keohane John Smit, in trumpeting the Springboks' prospects, said it would be a tragedy if they did not win the World Cup. His use of the word "tragedy" shows how much he cares about the challenge, but it is too strong a word should the campaign not culminate in ...
Manto, victim of vicious media, vows to tell all; But instead, the health minister rails against the unfairness of it all, the lies about her new liver and the digging-up of the past.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Fiona Forde "If it's a question I'm capable of answering, I will answer that question," Manto Tshabalala-Msimang promised. But, minutes later, the health minister refused to confirm or deny that there are further allegations of theft and misconduct waiting to ...
Biff's Arsenal Bash.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Our admiration for Graeme Smith knows no bounds after he showed no fear in dealing with an inappropriately-dressed journalist at a T20 World Cup press conference on Friday. Our own Stuart Hess is, Lord help him, a fan of Arsenal and arrived at the press conference dressed in a replica ...
Four years of expectation set to reach climax; All efforts have been put into lifting the Webb Ellis trophy in October.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY Australians are the undisputed masters of sledging, but Wallaby captain George Gregan took the art of oral insults to a new level at the 2003 Rugby World Cup when, at the final whistle of his team's shock semifinal win over the All Blacks, he stood over ...
Our universe shrinks to a grain of sand or shake of a lamb's tail.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Surveying cyberspace is a pursuit most of us don't care to involve ourselves with. Recently, a few intrepid researchers at Discover Magazine took it upon themselves to calculate the weight of the internet. Data, although it consists mathematically of noughts and ones, is also possessed of ...
Devastating forest fires 'worst ever'; South Africa now faces a severe shortage of commercial timber and must import it, driving up construction costs.(News)
Sep 02, 2007 ... BYLINE: Jeremy Gordin The raging fires that in recent weeks devastated vast swathes of the country's plantations and forests have been called "forestry's own 9 /11". Sawmillers, land owners and lumber analysts say that the fires, which destroyed timber plantations in ...
Khan doubtful for India.(Sports)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Leeds - Zaheer Khan's fitness is in doubt as India head into today's fifth one-day international against England at Headingley. The fast bowler twisted his ankle while batting during Thursday's three-wicket defeat at Old Trafford, a result that left India 3-1 down and needing wins in all ...