Business Day (South Africa) articles from August 2006, page 5

Business Day (South Africa) archives from August 2006

White is vital to Bok World Cup squad.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Edward Griffiths White is vital to Bok World Cup squad THE first name on the Springbok squad list for next year's Rugby World Cup must be Jake White. Irrespective of whether his team rallies...

Fortune's fishy miracle cure.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Mninawa Ntloko Fortune's fishy miracle cure PITSO Mosimane must be a glutton for punishment. The national soccer team caretaker coach has once again risked rejection by deciding to select...

Mushwana's ruling on UAE trip 'ignores critical issues' Ruling on UAE trip 'ignores critical issues' WYNDHAM HARTLEY CAPE TOWN PUBLIC protector Lawrence Mushwana has sown massive confusion over what.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Julius Baumann Ruling on UAE trip 'ignores critical issues' WYNDHAM HARTLEY CAPE TOWN PUBLIC protector Lawrence Mushwana has sown massive confusion over what constitutes a gift to a member...

Sharks sink WP in Durban mud bath.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Gavin Rich Sharks sink WP in Durban mud bath Currie Cup has been blown wide open after all game plans were washed away, writes GAVIN RICH THE Sharks made better use of the inclement...

A pigfungler of a mind bender.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) A pigfungler of a mind bender I AM becoming concerned about the incidence of Pigfungler's Syndrome, said the Acrimonian Health Minister. What are the latest figures, Bertram? Out of a total population...

Giving death a new lease on life.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Katy Chance Giving death a new lease on life DESPITE the obvious disadvantages of death your weight is no longer an issue, but neither is your social life it remains popular. It also...

Picnic basket takes the cake.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Picnic basket takes the cake THIS week's winning entry was submitted by Elspeth de Wet of Johannesburg. Her early 19th-century picnic basket has most of its original pieces. These baskets were not rare...

Cinema finds its social conscience.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Peter Townshend Cinema finds its social conscience Filmmakers have discovered that controversy can work, and those with something important to say are increasingly saying it straight or...

The art of comic disrespect.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Fred de Vries The art of comic disrespect Vusi Beauchamp is carving a career using shock as an integral element of his art WE MEET at the News Cafe in Hatfield, Pretoria. I've just ordered...

Celebrations of the awkward age.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Peter Aspden Celebrations of the awkward age Artists get wiser as they get older so why do we prize youth as a virtue, asks PETER ASPDEN WHAT is the optimum age for creating a work of art?...

Dazzling tale of art and love.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Rehana Rossouw Dazzling tale of art and love THEFT: A LOVE STORY Peter Carey Faber and Faber PETER Carey is in the running to become the first author to win the Man Booker prize three times....

I understand, Mel it's the devil inside.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Lourens Ackermann I understand, Mel it's the devil inside NOW that the dust has settled on the Mel Gibson affair let's stir it up again. Mel has said he is sorry, in the only way he knows...

Pacey, non-PC page turner.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Amanda Lorentz Pacey, non-PC page turner THE JACKAL'S HEAD Paul Jaffa Dube Books DESPITE its obscure publisher, shoddy binding and incompetent cover art, this book fills a much-needed...

Clever satire or just plain useless?
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Fred de Vries Clever satire or just plain useless? USELESSLY Aryan Kaganof Jacana YOU may have spotted him in Melville coffee shops, having a lonely spaghetti for breakfast, scribbling away...

Couple who defied a nation an empire.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Sabata-Mpho Mokae Couple who defied an empire The Seretse Khama-Ruth Williams love story is intertwined with the history of Botswana's liberation, writes SABATA-MPHO MOKAE COLOUR BAR THE...

Notes in a mind's margin.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Jacob Dlamini Notes in a mind's margin It has been 31 years since the death of Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century's most influential and original philosophers. JACOB DLAMINI recently...

Taking a trip to psychedelic rock's summit.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Richard Haslop Taking a trip to psychedelic rock's summit SYD Barrett and Arthur Lee, two of the most innovative rock musicians of the '60s considered cult counterparts in the decades that...

A super car can be a real bitch to live with.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Alexander Parker A super car can be a real bitch to live with The Lotus is an intoxicating car to drive, writes ALEXANDER PARKER, if you can bear the bruises I WILL not repeat her name,...

The ancient mating habits of majestic magnolias.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Christin Stephen The ancient mating habits of majestic magnolias AMONG the many things that people who live in Joburg can boast about (name one) is the fact that we live in one of the most...

We will end up with the world we asked for.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Neels Blom We will end up with the world we asked for WHEN you come to contemplate the liquid lapse of Milton's murmuring stream, the farthest thing from your mind is the trademark...

Vespa puts wind in your hair, and fear in your heart.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Jocelyn Newmarch Vespa puts wind in your hair, and fear in your heart THIS article was supposed to be a love letter to one of my favourite design icons, the Vespa. But now I've ended up...

MOVIE SHORTS.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) MURDERBALL This violent documentary about the brutal sport of quad rugby, played by quadriplegics in reinforced wheelchairs, is blessedly free of pleas for sympathy, and replete with action. There is...

Predictable and loud.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Phillip Altbeker Predictable and loud But the driving is as thrilling as ever as The Fast and the Furious finds its way to Japan, says PHILLIP ALTBEKER ROB Cohen, who directed The Fast and...

Mapping patterns of city life.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Edwin Heathcote Mapping patterns of city life Urban development guru Ricky Burdett is plotting a three-dimensional ECG of how our cities are evolving, writes EDWIN HEATHCOTE RICKY Burdett...

Jozi diva in line for Mobo Award.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Weekend Review Reporter Jozi diva in line for Mobo Award SA's very own diva, Lebo Mathosa, has been nominated for the 2006 Mobo Awards, to be held at The Royal Albert Hall in London on...

The beginning of your life as a baize jockey.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Leigh Page The beginning of your life as a baize jockey TO THE 12 regular readers of this column, I thank you for your loyalty. Without you, it would be just a secret diary. To those...

Emmy fever to hit local screens.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Annaleigh Vallie Emmy fever to hit local screens South African viewers' interest will be piqued by the nomination of the film Yesterday, says ANNALEIGH VALLIE CINEMA has the Oscars, theatre...

Film's fast-car stars go incognito.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Phillip Altbeker Film's fast-car stars go incognito CAR enthusiasts will be more interested in the vehicles on display in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift than in its story of a...

New hero, same relentless pace.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: William Saunderson-Meyer New hero, same relentless pace Kernick stakes a claim among the masters by boldly carving out a new niche in crime fiction RELENTLESS Simon Kernick Bantam A GOOD DAY...

Hedging your bets against volatility Hedge funds are one method of securing returns and reducing risk to your investment portfolio during market instability INVESTMENT markets around the world, including SA, are currently experiencing high levels of.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Debbie Netto Jonker Hedging your bets against volatility Hedge funds are one method of securing returns and reducing risk to your investment portfolio during market instability INVESTMENT...

The hilarious side of halaal.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Annaleigh Vallie The hilarious side of halaal Comedy is a fitting career for this nice Muslim doctor, who gives ANNALEIGH VALLIE some of the best medicine RIAAD Moosa has no links to Osama...

A gruesome tale with gravy.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Kitchenboy A gruesome tale with gravy KITCHENBOY dresses up as lamb and steals around the kitchen BE WARNED, this is a gruesome story. My three rare tales of wonder will lead you,...

Dying for a life across the border.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Patrick McDowall Dying for a life across the border Illegal Zimbabweans are risking their lives to get into SA, writes PATRICK MCDOWALL ZIMBABWEAN soldiers guard the entrance to a bridge...

An intense African affair with Mozambique as mistress.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Angus Begg An intense African affair with Mozambique as mistress IT MAY be odd, but when looking back at countless years of travel, I have found myself of late unable to resist comparing the...

Let the river flow.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Janine Stephen Let the river flow JANINE STEPHEN discovers the Orange River estuary is slowly reviving, with plans to draw tourists to the internationally recognised site THE Orange River...

Much more than Namibian holiday snaps.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Lesley Stones Much more than Namibian holiday snaps SCENIC NAMIBIA Thomas Dressler Sunbird Publishing IT'S hard to take a bad photograph in Namibia. That is not intended as any slight on...

CAKE, HONEY?
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Katy Chance CAKE, HONEY? THERE are times when one gets tired of double-double chocolate fudge mousse cake. Not often, obviously, but occasionally. And then it's nice to know that the Greeks...

It should be all Greek to us.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Donald Paul It should be all Greek to us Why do restaurateurs trammel with the most simple and delightful dishes yet try pass them off as the original, asks DONALD PAUL? PANAYOTI the builder...

Still waters run deep in Groot Marico.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Patrick McDowall Still waters run deep in Groot Marico PATRICK McDOWALL takes an illicit tour around mampoer stills THE old farmer leads on. Around the back of his house he walks, a long...

ONE FAVOURITE WINE.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) ASKING Jacques Viljoen to choose one of his favourite wines is like asking a father to name his favourite child. He thinks long and hard before deciding. It's got to be my Primitivo 2004. I made only one...

REALLY REAL GREEK SALAD.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) three tomatoes one cucumber one onion one cup black Kalamata olives thee slabs of feta cheese fresh oregano olive oil sea salt Place a large salad bowl at hand. Cut the tomatoes into eight pieces and...

The old man and the seafood.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Michael Bleby The old man and the seafood The timeless tides of life are unavoidable on the island of Tilos, MICHAEL BLEBY finds IF YOU had been standing at the water's edge in Livadia on...

WEEKENDER SPECIAL.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) WEEKENDER SPECIAL FIVE nights in Athens and Santorini. Price from Johannesburg R8011 excluding airport taxes of approximately R2079. Total price: R10090. Prices vary from the coast. The price includes...

Winemakers' Choice awards deliver surprises.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Winemakers' Choice awards deliver surprises THE second edition of the annual Winemakers' Choice awards was responsible for a couple of surprising selections by the men and women who make the industry...

Wishing I wasn't here.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Tim Cohen Wishing I wasn't here Going to a luxury tented bush lodge in summer is romantic and retro. Going there in winter is cold, writes TIM COHEN THERE is a category of person for whom...

The grand old dame of York.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Cara Bouwer The grand old dame of York CARA BOUWER first visited York Minster at age 11. Unlike her, Europe's largest Gothic cathedral has changed little since then ON MY first trip to York...

Mining the depths of a good blend.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Simon Brooke Mining the depths of a good blend Zewenwacht is an old estate with a young winemaker in Jacques Viljoen, who offers SIMON BROOKE a refill LET me introduce you to my 'Let's have...

The passion for Shiraz is no fad, but keep it clean.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Michael Fridjhon The passion for Shiraz is no fad, but keep it clean THE Shiraz cult that seems to have taken possession of the minds of the winelands' vineyard planners and the appetites...

CHECK CHECK.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) CHECK CHECK THE birds found at the Orange River estuary will bring out the twitcher in you. Watch out for Blacknecked Grebes, White Pelicans, South African Shelducks, African Black Oystercatchers,...

A food philosophy to live by.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Katy Chance A food philosophy to live by TO DIE FOR Stephen Downes Pier 9 STEPHEN Downes may not be well known in these parts, but Down Under he is either a much-loved icon of the Australian...

Stress on home soil.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Rob Taylor Stress on home soil The Springboks won't have a leg to stand on if they lose Saturday's Test, writes ROB TAYLOR FACE it, the All Blacks are just too good this year, while the...

Make friends and dodge the traffic, if you dare.
August 26, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Angus Watson Make friends and dodge traffic, if you dare Inline skating tones your back, shoulders and thighs, and helps you meet new people too. ANGUS WATSON manages to keep his balance...

Massmart builds on SA's home improvement market.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Lindsay Williams Massmart builds on SA's home improvement market THIRD-largest South African consumer goods retailer Massmart, with 228 outlets, has increased sales 15% to just below...

DRDGOLD under draws fire.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Viwe Tlaleane DRDGOLD draws fire DRDGOLD's decision to defer publication of interim financial figures until September 21, and to announce only operating results yesterday, came under fire...

Growthpoint beckons.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Viwe Tlaleane Growthpoint beckons LISTED property loan stock company Growthpoint, which is the largest property company on the JSE with market capitalisation of more than R10bn and property...

Is everybody happy anybody?
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Michel Pireu Is everybody happy anybody? THE pursuit of happiness is precisely the reason it's so difficult to attain, says Darrin M McMahon, an associate professor of history at Florida...

THE INSIDER.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) THE INSIDER They really can't goon parting like this WESTERN Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool must have had that feeling of deja vu at Pollsmoor prison yesterday, when he accompanied convicted fraud and...

Energy security.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Energy security CONFIRMATION this week that government has held preliminary discussions with Sasol, among others, on the feasibility of building a fourth synthetic fuel plant in SA, highlights two vital...

Safa to call in Fifa help on stayaways.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Mninawa Ntloko Safa to call in Fifa help on stayaways Overseas players are in their sights Deputy Sports Editor THE South African Football Association (Safa) intends to unleash the full...

Surely solid proof is a minimum requirement.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Mark Smit Surely solid proof is a minimum requirement AS I see it, there is one fundamental legal principle that seems to have been entirely overlooked in all the emotional rhetoric after...

In praise of labour movement's overlooked virtues.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Neva Makgetla In praise of labour movement's overlooked virtues TO PARAPHRASE a famous paradox, many commentators love the labour movement it's unions they can't stand. Unions loom large in...

FILM.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Phillip Altbeker FILM MEETING the family of a significant other is a well-worn movie theme, but JUNEBUG offers an encounter that is poignant, insightful and filled with characters who manage...

Doubts on Doha benefits for Africa.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Michael Fleshman Doubts on Doha benefits for Africa THE suspension of global trade talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month amid bitter disagreements over reform of trade in...

Making a place for all in the cities.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Mark Napier LOW-COST HOUSING/ Making a place for all in the cities THE monotonous design of low-cost housing was highlighted in the press recently. People are now living in the settlements...

1time to sue Acsa over runway pothole.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Carli Lourens 1time to sue Acsa over runway pothole ONE of at least four private airlines becoming increasingly frustrated by Airports Company SA's (Acsa's) alleged poor service intends to...

Crime harms us all.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Viwe Tlaleane Crime harms us all IT SEEMS that the increase in SA's crime rate in the past few months is getting to some of the country's top business people and dampening enthusiasm for...

Reassuring message.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Reassuring message REASSURING news from the Reserve Bank this week was that the Bank is confident that SA's current account deficit is still being financed comfortably by foreign capital inflows. We...

Court orders release of Corpcapital report.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Rob Rose Court orders release of Corpcapital report Chief Reporter TRADE and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa (pictured) was dealt a sharp blow yesterday as the Pretoria High Court ruled...

Holcim gives SA partner Aveng R7bn BEE shock.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Carli Lourens Holcim gives SA partner Aveng R7bn BEE shock Swiss group sells most of its stake in local cement operation Trade and Industry Editor WORLD number two cement maker, Swiss-owned...

Compliance costs cripple small business, says MEC.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Edward West Compliance costs cripple small business, says MEC KwaZulu-Natal Correspondent DURBAN Small businesses spent on average 8% of turnover every year on regulatory compliance costs,...

Dismal harvest down on the farm as agriculture's share of economy wilts.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Neels Blom Dismal harvest down on the farm as agriculture's share of economy wilts Good news is that risk related to volatility 'does not mean the sector is in trouble' Agriculture and Land...

SA leisure tourism 'in its infancy'.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Siseko Njobeni SA leisure tourism 'in its infancy' Trade and Industry Correspondent A TOTAL of 14,7-million adult South Africans undertook 36-million domestic trips and spent R21,2bn last...

Lekota axes prosecutions chief following opposition outcry.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Amy Musgrave Lekota axes prosecutions chief following opposition outcry DEFENCE Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has fired newly appointed director of military prosecution, Brig-Gen Ernest Zwane,...

Cabinet approves bill opposed by editors.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Ron Derby Cabinet approves bill opposed by editors Media Correspondent THE cabinet has approved the submission of the controversial amendments to the Film and Publications Act to Parliament,...

TAC calls for health minister to resign.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Tamar Kahn TAC calls for health minister to resign Science and Health Editor CAPE TOWN AIDS activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) yesterday stepped up its civil disobedience...

Mbeki, big business to discuss crime plan.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Wyndham Hartley Mbeki, big business to discuss crime plan Parliamentary Editor CAPE TOWN President Thabo Mbeki will today discuss details of a Business Against Crime campaign with his...

ANC gives Yengeni hero's send-off.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Chris van Gass ANC gives Yengeni hero's send-off 'Appalling example' set by senior politicians flies in face of Mbeki's stance on corruption, says DA Cape Correspondent CAPE TOWN Former...

'Update all same-sex laws'.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Ernest Mabuza 'Update all same-sex laws' Legal Affairs Correspondent THE justice minister came under fire in the Constitutional Court yesterday for not moving fast enough to ensure that all...

Mufamadi faces heat on Merafong.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Zweli Mokgata and Amy Musgrave Mufamadi faces heat on Merafong SACP's West Rand branch threatens to take demarcation dispute to Constitutional Court The West Rand district of the South...

No live coverage of Shaik case.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Ron Derby No live coverage of Shaik case Media Correspondent THE Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday barred the SABC from broadcasting the proceedings in Durban businessman Schabir Shaik's...

Paper makers may challenge scrapping of duty.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Carli Lourens Paper makers may challenge scrapping of duty Trade and Industry Editor STRUGGLING paper makers Sappi and Mondi may challenge government's decision to scrap the 5% duty on...

US envoy urges Pretoria to take hard line on Iran's nuclear aims.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Jonathan Katzenellenbogen US envoy urges Pretoria to take hard line on Iran's nuclear aims Pahad says no change of position until Iranian response to incentive offer has been studied...

British appeals may result in changes to SA mercenary law.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Wyndham Hartley British appeals may result in changes to SA mercenary law Parliamentary Editor CAPE TOWN Top-level discussions between South African officials and British cabinet minister...

Bills on modernising metrology system submitted to Parliament.
August 25, 2006... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Linda Ensor Bills on modernising metrology system submitted to Parliament Political Correspondent CAPE TOWN The trade and industry department has submitted two bills to Parliament to...