Business Day (South Africa) articles from October 2009

Business Day (South Africa) archives from October 2009

Reputation of diamond watchdog rests on Zimbabwe decision.
October 31, 2009... Byline: BHEKI MPOFU Reputation of diamond watchdog rests on Zimbabwe decision HUMAN Rights Watch has called for the suspension of Zimbabwe's membership of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme when the global diamond regulatory body...

WHAT'S UP? IN BRIEF - MEDIA.
October 31, 2009... Byline: WEEKENDER REPORTERS Sony Entertainment, Amazing Race launch joint campaign in SA SONY Entertainment Television has launched an integrated national marketing campaign to support season 14 of the Emmy Award-winning reality series The...

IN A DAZZLING eureka moment I may have figured out where Noah.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Evolution is a myth in the Mother City IN A DAZZLING eureka moment I may have figured out where Noah's Ark finally reached dry land, as described in Genesis, perched atop a mountain. Yes, there are claims for many...

We all end up paying for police brutality.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi We all end up paying for police brutality YAY for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan who wants us all to fight corruption and the wastage of public money. But when he enlists the help of various state departments and...

Political thuggery of the dumbest kind.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Political thuggery of the dumbest kind I DO not envy Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and her higher education counterpart, Blade Nzimande. I know there ain't no mountain high enough and nothing can keep them...

ONE of the most famous slogans of the student movement in the.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Safa shows the way to the ANC ONE of the most famous slogans of the student movement in the '80s was Each one teach one. I am glad to see that the head coach of the ruling party and the country, President Jacob Zuma,...

P.S.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi WHY must Minister in the Presidency for National Strategic Planning Trevor Manuel always be otherwise? Doesn't he know ubuntu dictates solidarity with Cabinet colleagues? Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe knows an...

SOME among us swear by everything they hold dear that they have spotted a shift to the left in government policy. Since this is beginning to sound like sightings of the Loch Ness monster, I have asked Sore Throat to investigate.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Let's look beyond left and right SOME among us swear by everything they hold dear that they have spotted a shift to the left in government policy. Since this is beginning to sound like sightings of the Loch Ness...

STARING at a mountain for too long has a deleterious effect on a person.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Correlation between corruption levels and competence? STARING at a mountain for too long has a deleterious effect on a person's intellectual and academic development. According to a report Sore Throat submitted a few...

When the Big Mac index goes off the charts.
October 31, 2009... When the Big Mac index goes off the charts Trick or Treat! Halloween dates back to Celtic rituals of thousands of years ago and is associated with witches, ghosts, devils and hobgoblins. Today, pumpkins are hollowed out and carved into evil...

A simple message at an unusually civilised shindig.
October 31, 2009... Byline: IAN FRANKS A simple message at an unusually civilised shindig ON MURDER She Wrote, an invitation to Jessica Fletcher's house for the weekend was really just a form of assisted suicide (try www.youtube.com/watch?v& x003D;G63_...

HERO-RATED: Pravin Gordhan.
October 31, 2009... HERO-RATED Pravin Gordhan FINANCE Minister Pravin Gordhan won plaudits from politicians across the spectrum by avoiding the leftward leap trap with a pragmatic approach to steering the economy out of recession while continuing to spend more on...

Trust is key to sound financial advice.
October 31, 2009... Byline: John Borcherds Trust is key to sound financial advice LOOKING at headlines in the financial press highlighting various corrupt investment schemes, one feels trust and ethics are absent in certain financial circles. Trust is the...

A modern son of Africa asks, what's in a name?
October 31, 2009... Byline: Jacob Dlamini A modern son of Africa asks, what's in a name? A COUPLE of years ago a wave of kas, wahas and wakas hit black South African journalists. People born Petros Sibanibani became Petros ka Sibaninabi and Motho Semangmang...

A market on the rise is a reason to tread carefully.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Mpho Mojalefa A market on the rise is a reason to tread carefully THE financial press often serves as a contrarian indicator. By the time a story hits the front pages, it is usually well discounted by the market. For example, in...

ANC paralysed by the calculated antics of Malema and his ilk.
October 31, 2009... ANC paralysed by the calculated antics of Malema and his ilk As on the global stage, it's dangerous to dismiss the local 'lunatic fringe', now a growing centre of power to which the ruling party defers NO FOOL stays in power for years when there...

Somali centenarian marries dream girl, 17.
October 31, 2009... Byline: WEEKENDER REPORTER Somali centenarian marries dream girl, 17 A SOMALIAN man, who claims he is 112 years old, says he has realised a dream" by marrying a 17-year-old bride this week. Ahmed Muhamed Dore who says his traditional birth...

Judge refuses to step down from Selebi corruption trial.
October 31, 2009... Byline: ERNEST MABUZA Judge refuses to step down from Selebi corruption trial JUDGE Meyer Joffe on Friday refused to recuse himself from the corruption trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi, saying he did not find any of the 15...

The news by Nyanda?
October 31, 2009... Byline: Alana Rank The news by Nyanda? The proposed Public Services Broadcasting Bill will give the communications minister more power, writes CHANTELLE BENJAMIN TAXPAYERS should contribute at least 1% of their personal income tax to fund the...

Zimbabwe parties must stick to agreement, says Sadc.
October 31, 2009... Byline: DUMISANI MULEYA Zimbabwe parties must stick to agreement, says Sadc SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) mediators on Friday urged Zimbabwe's political parties to comply fully with the political agreement that created the...

Society to blame for children's distorted morality.
October 31, 2009... Byline: SUE BLAINE Society to blame for children's distorted morality THE video-recorded gang rape, by three 14-year-old Katlehong boys of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, calls into question the way South African children are socialised, says...

Cutting the cost of HIV treatment.
October 31, 2009... Byline: TAMAR KAHN Cutting the cost of HIV treatment Government is reconsidering how it procures antiretrovirals as the number of people seeking treatment grows, writes WITH hundreds of thousands of new AIDS patients expected to sign up for...

Land act is against the constitution, court rules.
October 31, 2009... Byline: STEPHAN HOFSTATTER Land act is against the constitution, court rules IN A landmark ruling on Friday, the North Gauteng High Court declared as unconstitutional key provisions of a law that seeks to privatise communal land. If the...

SA wine on the green frontier.
October 31, 2009... Byline: JOCELYN NEWMARCH SA wine on the green frontier Backsberg is now one of three carbon-neutral wine estates in the world and the only one in SA, writes AGRICULTURE is likely to be the sector hardest hit by climate change, so one wine...

Hate-filled speech is not always hate speech.
October 31, 2009... Byline: FRANNY RABKIN Hate-filled speech is not always hate speech NEWSPAPER columns, media debates and highly publicised court applications that misunderstand or misrepresent the meaning of hate speech risk curtailing the right to freedom of...

Surprise trade surplus for SA.
October 31, 2009... Byline: MARIAM ISA Surprise trade surplus for SA Imports fall as local demand dwindles while higher exports are driven by Asian growth, writes SA's trade balance swung unexpectedly back into the black with a surplus of R3,87bn last month the...

Good work for idle hands.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CLIVE RUBIN Good work for idle hands Prison workshops and agricultural production are a source of funds and teach inmates skills, writes CONVICTING and sentencing criminals to long jail terms is seen as public retribution and is often...

It's our duty to reduce carbon emissions.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Rehana Rossouw It's our duty to reduce carbon emissions WE'RE going to drown in information about climate change in the prelude and aftermath of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. In SA, most of...

Youth league leader a real crowd-pleaser.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Tim Cohen Youth league leader a real crowd-pleaser AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) Youth League leader Julius Malema is the new hate figure of South African public intellectuals, who despise his boisterous tone, lack of social graces...

ZERO-RATED: Trevor Manuel.
October 31, 2009... ZERO-RATED Trevor Manuel IF IT is true that pride comes before a fall, as the old adage predicts, then Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel's face-plant was long overdue. Indeed, his redeployment as planning minister and whipping boy of the...

Bok tour to Europe has ambush written all over it.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Clinton van der Berg Bok tour to Europe has ambush written all over it YOU know the rugby world has gone dippy when everything is calm in World Cup country and the Springboks' rivals are dodging bullets. This weekend's Currie Cup...

Late bloomer returns.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CRAIG RAY Late bloomer returns Potgieter is set to rejoin the Blue Bulls next year but first he has to beat them, writes Flyhalf who took the Cheetahs to the final FREE State Cheetahs flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter has, until now,...

Digital consumers give brands a helping hand.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Chantelle Benjamin Digital consumers give brands a helping hand CHANTELLE BENJAMIN DIGITAL media can be a useful tool for marketing and many campaigns have used it, YouTube in particular, with great success, but it can also go...

Fullback conundrum.
October 31, 2009... Byline: GRANT BALL Fullback conundrum Bok coach De Villiers needs to change his selection policy regarding overseas players, writes BEFORE the British & Irish Lions series, the Springbok starting XV was predictable, bar the No15 jersey....

Charting the road to media freedom.
October 31, 2009... Byline: GLENDA DANIELS Charting the road to media freedom Free elections and constitutional changes are needed in Zimbabwe, writes THE long-awaited Zimbabwe Media Commission, launched this month, signalled new hope for media freedom in...

Soccer and rugby still divide SA along colour lines.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Edward Griffiths Soccer and rugby still divide SA along colour lines GOOD morning and welcome to another of the uniquely South African sporting days when, despite almost everyone's best intentions, blacks go there and whites go there....

Fewer draws as coaches learn to count.
October 31, 2009... Byline: SIMON KUPER Fewer draws as coaches learn to count THERE is a cliche for everything in English football, and the one for drawing a match was always: We got a result. In other words, drawing was positive. But now the English game may be...

Gloating letter supports bias of Goldstone.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Angela Lurie Gloating letter supports bias of Goldstone The letter, End of era of protection for Israel (October 24-15) was gloating in tone. The United Nations created the state of Israel in 1948. The independent Palestinian state...

We fell for Parreira scam.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Sefu Sekgala We fell for Parreira scam It seems the architects of the Nigerian scam have been beaten at their game. Carlos Parreira must be forgiven because his wife was sick when he left Bafana Bafana at a time when we needed him...

Caution on spuds justified.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Rob Small Caution on spuds justified I sincerely and earnestly object to the unquestioned assumptions buried in your editorial, Decision on super spud points to worrying trend (October 24-25). It seems to me that The Weekender's team...

More bandwidth blues.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Richard Doyle More bandwidth blues I live within 5km of the centre of the economic hub of Africa. I am trying to run a business and contribute to the economy of SA. Ignoring for a minute the whole issue of cellular call pricing, I...

Rising cost of a new engine.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CHRISTIAN SYLT Rising cost of a new engine SPENDING on the engines used by McLaren, the Woking-based Formula One team, rose 22% to GBP96m last year. However, neither McLaren nor HighPerformanceEngines, the Mercedes division based...

Parreira puts foot in mouth naming McCarthy.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Mninawa Ntloko Parreira puts foot in mouth naming McCarthy WHAT is it with these Brazilian coaches and their big mouths? As soon as these guys are confirmed as Bafana Bafana coaches, it seems, they have the compelling urge to try to...

Tax-efficient preference shares are a good bet.
October 31, 2009... Byline: WEEKENDER REPORTER Tax-efficient preference shares are a good bet DECLINING interest rates are putting massive pressure on people relying on a fixed-interest income mostly the retired. The pressure is not only from declining interest...

In total control of two wheels.
October 31, 2009... Byline: ROY COLLINS In total control of two wheels Valentino Rossi has just won his ninth world championship title reinforcing his status as the sport's greatest, writes SOME motorsport fans have paraphrased George Orwell's Animal Farm by...

A Soweto homecoming.
October 31, 2009... Byline: TELFORD VICE A Soweto homecoming But the Derby's change of venue from Loftus may leave some devotees none too pleased, writes HOW cool it must be to have a band named after you, even if they are a bunch of pasty-faced Poms from Leeds,...

Motoring memories in the making.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Alxander Parker Motoring memories in the making Cars with character are the vital ingredient but a second, sensible car is also important BACK in the 1960s, when they were new, my dad drove a Mini Cooper S. Later, he had an MG B....

The underworlds of two societies in transition.
October 31, 2009... Byline: William-Saunderson-Meyer The underworlds of two societies in transition DADDY'S GIRL Margie Orford Jonathan Ball DARK TIMES IN THE CITY Gene Kerrigan Harvill Secker PRIOR to Daddy's Girl, I had not been much of a fan of back stories,...

MOVIE SHORTS.
October 31, 2009... LITTLE ASHES An earnest telling of the formative years of Salvador Dali, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Bunuel. Of the three, Lorca (Javier Beltran), the poet and activist, comes off best while Bunuel (Matthew McNulty), the filmmaker, is...

WEEKENDER GIVEAWAY.
October 31, 2009... WEEKENDER GIVEAWAY THE Weekender and Karma Kooking are giving away cooking lessons for two to one Gauteng-based reader. The course is to be taken at a date convenient to both parties. To stand a chance to win, send an e-mail with...

Allen's wooden effort.
October 31, 2009... Byline: PHILLIP ALTBEKER Allen's wooden effort Whatever Works doesn't really, says ; perhaps it's just an idea whose time has passed WOODY Allen, who turns 74 in a couple of weeks, occupies a unique place in American cinema: at once prolific...

Where camaraderie and competitive spirit coexist.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Leigh Page Where camaraderie and competitive spirit coexist WHEN are you going to give up writing that poker column? asked Charles as we anted up for Omaha Hi-Lo on Wednesday night. Why would I give it up? I asked. It's my biggest...

No word of a lie, and that's the lip-sucking truth.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Katy Chance No word of a lie, and that's the lip-sucking truth AS YOU know, the seven deadly sins are drinking, eating meat, shopping, having sex, biting your nails, picking at scabs, and lying. Now I know what you're thinking;...

Move over New Zealand, our Sauvignons have arrived.
October 31, 2009... Byline: MIchael Fridjhon Move over New Zealand, our Sauvignons have arrived WHEN iconic white Cloudy Bay was launched in the 1980s it redefined the expectations of Sauvignon Blanc drinkers in every market it was able to reach. The sheer...

Behind the shine of BEE wealth.
October 31, 2009... Byline: PAPA MOLAKENG Behind the shine of BEE wealth Novel written for the big screen digs into the absurdity of the greed that is rampant in empowerment circles, writes SAINT BLACK DIAMOND Zakes Mda Penguin Books BLACK Diamond is a defiantly...

Cooking up a plot that rings true.
October 31, 2009... Byline: SUE GRANT-MARSHALL Cooking up a plot that rings true Fiction is the toughest endeavour that the famous chef and businesswoman has undertaken, she tells CHORAL SOCIETY Prue Leith Quercus PRUE Leith's name is synonymous with cooking,...

Amusing and inventive you'll need a dictionary and alcohol.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Lesley Stones Amusing and inventive you'll need a dictionary and alcohol RANCID PANSIES James Hamilton-Paterson Faber & Faber THIS rather bizarre book requires readers to position a dictionary on one side and a glass of something...

Beauty rises out of the Big Smoke's concrete.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CHRIS THURMAN Beauty rises out of the Big Smoke's concrete There's more to the city's aesthetic than skyscrapers, writes Bus system is moving Joburg with art, too THERE are many facets to the Joburg aesthetic. There's the minedumps...

The rise and rise of French fries.
October 31, 2009... Byline: PENNY HAW The rise and rise of French fries From their humble beginnings in Belgium, chips have become the hottest food in the world of fast food, writes GIVEN my penchant for potatoes, I was pleased to see French fries presented in a...

Art caught in two worlds.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Fred de Vries Art caught in two worlds Paris isn't all roses and croissants for an expat it's also lonely and tinged with sadness IN THEORY Fiona Pole should have at least a million followers: those people who have left the country...

CURRICULUM VITAE - Fiona Pole.
October 31, 2009... CURRICULUM VITAE 1974 Born in Benoni 1993 Bachelor of Fine Art (honours), Rhodes University 1999 Moves to Paris 2000 Diploma in printing, l'Ecole Estienne, Paris 2008 Exhibitions: The long goodbye, Atelier Leblanc, Paris; Olivier Sultan...

A city in need of some TLC.
October 31, 2009... Byline: TYLER BRULE A city in need of some TLC TYLER BRULE rues the fact that Genoa isn't taking advantage of its many attractions nor is it asking him for advice IT WAS hard to escape a weekend in Italy and make the transition back into the...

Almost clueless in the bush.
October 31, 2009... Byline: JOHN MILLER Almost clueless in the bush In deepest, darkest Mozambique, and friends find themselves lost on a road to somewhere WE HAD left the beaches of Chidenguele in the morning, heading to Hyliota Camp, a rustic birding camp on...

Karma's delicious DIY dining.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Sue Blaine Karma's delicious DIY dining Although a bit low on the hows and whys, the Karma Kooking class is a fun way to spend an evening, writes SUE BLAINE IT WAS at about the time that Indian cuisine chef Zara Kara called the class...

Mamma Mia! mania returns.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CHRISTINA KENNEDY Mamma Mia! mania returns dons her flares and blue eyeshadow and reflects on the Abba revival GOOGLE Abba and you'll get almost 20-million results. Elvis may be the King but he yields a less regal 16-million, while...

A charmed life in Donostia.
October 31, 2009... Byline: MARIANNE GRAY A charmed life in Donostia heads to San Sebastian for the film festival, and finds much more than famous people and fine food SEPTEMBER is a good time to visit San Sebastian. The tourists have left and the sun is...

Depictions of nature, with its scars and symbols.
October 31, 2009... Byline: LINDA SPARG Depictions of nature, with its scars and symbols LANDSCAPE artist Greg Schultz is furious. A neighbour is illegally pumping water out of the Kwelerha River that runs through his farm outside East London. Floating on the...

The insincerity of superficial humour.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Kulani Nkuna The insincerity of superficial humour COMEDIANS often whine about South Africans being conservative and how we need to stop taking ourselves too seriously and start laughing at ourselves. Well, it's hard to laugh at...

Searching for urchins for more than 20 years.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CAROLYN LYONS Searching for urchins for more than 20 years LOOKING at the small fleet of battered boats tethered at the far end of the marina in the beautiful harbour of Santa Barbara in southern California, it is difficult to believe...

Change in a fragile landscape.
October 31, 2009... Change in a fragile landscape THE Market Photo Workshop's 20th anniversary exhibition, Short Change, interrogates the subtle and often complex shifts that have emerged in post-apartheid SA. Since 1994, the process of socialisation and...

Choir to visit Braamfontein.
October 31, 2009... Choir to visit Braamfontein THE Chanticleer Singers perform two beautiful pieces, with wonderful soloists with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cock in Holy Trinity Church. The line-up includes Schubert's Mass in G...

Recreation of The Eagles fills the void.
October 31, 2009... Recreation ofThe Eagles fills the void HOTEL California The Eagles Experience, fills the musical void left behind when the world's much-loved rock superstars, The Eagles, disbanded in 1982. From the 1970s through to the 1980s, The Eagles were a...

Living legends honour Mama Afrika Makeba.
October 31, 2009... Living legends honour Mama Afrika Makeba A COMMEMORATIVE event, SA Pays Tribute to Miriam Makeba, takes place with a free, public concert at the Union Buildings in Pretoria ahead of the first anniversary of the music icon's death last year. ...

Nutcracker goes south.
October 31, 2009... Nutcracker goes south THE Joburg-based Mzansi Productions presents its production of The Nutcracker for the first time in the Mother City, followed by a season at the Lyric in Johannesburg. Set to the much-loved Tchaikovsky score, this proudly...

Crutchley's Charlotte returns to Cape for a rerun.
October 31, 2009... Crutchley's Charlotte returns to Cape for a rerun FOLLOWING the overwhelming success and sell-out season of Doug Wright's 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, I Am My Own Wife, starring Jeremy Crutchley, it returns to the Baxter Golden Arrow...

Wishing I wasn't here.
October 31, 2009... Byline: CHRIS THURMAN Wishing I wasn't here accidentally hoodwinks a Frenchman, and gets frog-marched to the nearest bank FOR people who have never been to Paris, the Gare du Nord is an evocative symbol: busiest train station in Europe, point...

Safa shows the way to the ANC.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Safa shows the way to the ANC ONE of the most famous slogans of the student movement in the '80s was Each one teach one. I am glad to see that the head coach of the ruling party and the country, President Jacob Zuma,...

Let's look beyond left and right.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Let's look beyond left and right SOME among us swear by everything they hold dear that they have spotted a shift to the left in government policy. Since this is beginning to sound like sightings of the Loch Ness...

Correlation between corruption levels and competence?
October 31, 2009... Byline: Aubrey Matshiqi Correlation between corruption levels and competence? STARING at a mountain for too long has a deleterious effect on a person's intellectual and academic development. According to a report Sore Throat submitted a few...

Evolution is a myth in the Mother City.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Bryan Rostron Evolution is a myth in the Mother City IN A DAZZLING eureka moment I may have figured out where Noah's Ark finally reached dry land, as described in Genesis, perched atop a mountain. Yes, there are claims for many parts...

THE ARTS.
October 31, 2009... Byline: Mpho Lukoto THE ARTS The art of capturing loss and sentiment PAGE 14

Weekend Pick 6 likely to have R6m in kitty.
October 30, 2009... Byline: David Mollett Weekend Pick 6 likely to have R6m in kitty DAVID MOLLETT Racing Editor MANY punters may desert the lotto this weekend in favour of a horseracing Pick 6 as the pool at Turffontein is expected to be more than R6m. With...

White Maize.
October 30, 2009... Byline: Peter Taylor White Maize Nov 2009 5.00 1504 1508 1505.00 Dec 2009 1.00 1521 1523 1518.00 Mar 2010 4.00 1560 1562 1561.00 May 2010 3.00 1510 1524 1510.00 Jul 2010 13.00 1506 1509 1505.00 Yellow Maize Nov 2009 17.00 1402 1404 1402.00...

Barclays BESA SA Govt Inflation-linked Index.
October 30, 2009... Byline: Peter Taylor NA