Search by...
- Keyword
- Title
- Author
- Subject
- Publisher
Results should have...
- All of these words
- Any of these words
- This exact phrase
- None of these words
Keyword searches may also use the operators
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( )
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( )
Cape Times (South Africa)
Newspaper covers local and national news, business, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, opinion, and more.
Articles from August 22, 2011
All the Results
Read preview
Athletics DON LOCK MEMORIAL 8KM Claremont-Rondebosch Men: 1 Sityhilo Diko (Adidas) 24:15, 2 Michael Bailey (Asics) 24:24, 3 Asive Njenxa (Khayelitsha) 25:44, 4 Bulelani Bhebha (Acsis VOB). Juniors: 1 Njenxa, 2 Samkelo Nobakada (Acsis VOB)...
ANCYL Boss Failed to Deliver on Promises of Work, Says Driver
Read preview
JOHANNESBURG: About R3.6 million is spent each year guarding ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. But none of this money, apparently, has benefited Steve Mashala, who alleges he spent 10 months shielding Malema's life without being paid. ...
ANCYL to Take on ANC over Malema
Read preview
THE ANC Youth League is not taking the disciplinary charges brought against its top leadership lying down, calling them a political issue and seeking to meet ANC leadership to discuss the matter. In a statement issued last night, the youth league...
Buthelezi Joins Fray to Charge Malema for Insulting Party Leaders
Read preview
DURBAN: IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi yesterday suggested that ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, soon to face disciplinary action from the ANC, should also face charges of hurling insults at leaders of political parties. The ANC announced...
City Cleans Up, Says No March Today
Read preview
CITY streets were cleaned up at the weekend as the city council arranged for refuse removal, uncollected because of the strike by the South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu). The council is calling on residents and organisations to work with...
Clancy 'Operated outside of Protocol'
Read preview
IRISH referee George Clancy will control the opening match in the World Cup, but faces a warning about his no-try blunder which cost the All Blacks on Saturday in Port Elizabeth. Clancy asked for a "try or no try" verdict in Jimmy Cowan's touchdown,...
Cope Factions Bicker on Eve of Court Clash
Read preview
ON THE eve of the South Gauteng High Court's hearing of arguments aimed at settling the leadership dispute in Cope, the party's warring factions have bickered over whether the court process should go ahead. Cope spokesman Phillip Dexter, who represents...
Dark Side of Tooth Whitening Revealed
Read preview
THE Oral Hygiene Association of South Africa (Ohasa), the SA Dental Association and the SA Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry have warned against illegal tooth whitening. It became illegal in 2009 for people without a qualification to practise the complex...
Editorial: Toxicgruel
Read preview
Last week protracted deliberations around the Protection of Information Bill continued in what has become a characteristic stop-start routine. The talks apparently ended abruptly on Friday, because "people hadn't done their homework". Some good...
Facelift for City Rail System
Read preview
CAPE Town's ailing rail system is up for a major overhaul, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Cape Town City Council and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). The city is also conducting a comprehensive investigation...
Financial Resources Cannot Be Continually Plundered
Read preview
I write to express my full support for Donwald Pressly's article on wealth tax in Friday's Business Report ("The arch's wealth tax call taints his image"). Using the article penned by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in same issue of the Cape Times...
Fun Mentalist Makes Us Wonder How It's Done
Read preview
THE LIGHTS dim and the mentalist stares intently into the eyes of his volunteer. He asks her to focus on a loved one whose name already waits in a sealed envelope safely in the possession of another volunteer. Confusion, disbelief, awe and then delight...
Getting Temps Firms like Keeping
Read preview
THE demand for temporary retail staff is growing at all levels, but in some cases temp staff lack the orientation and skills to perform well. Aslam Galant, who has 30 years' operations, human resources and training experience in the retail industry,...
'He Knew Where to Find the Cash'
Read preview
THE worker robbed after withdrawing R25 000 for her employer in Salt River says her armed robber "knew exactly what he was looking for and where to find it". Maritjie Goller, a driver at Tollgate Industrial Centre, said she froze when an unknown...
Hospitality Offers Taste of Success
Read preview
THOUSANDS of matrics are preparing for perhaps the most important exams they will ever write. Not because their parents say it constantly to put the fear of all things holy into them, but because the marks achieved could determine the course of the...
I Have Observed the Sudden Rise of Comrade Simphiwe Dana into Political Stardom Via Twitter. I Actually Applaud Her for Bravery, but Believe She's Seeking Attention More Than Anything Else
Read preview
I have observed the sudden rise of comrade Simphiwe Dana into political stardom via Twitter. I actually applaud her for bravery, but believe she's seeking attention more than anything else. The issues Dana raises, such as racially based politics;...
'Julius Malema Destroyed My Life'
Read preview
JOHANNESBURG: About R3.6 million is spent each year guarding ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. But none of this money, apparently, has benefited Steve Mashala, who alleges he spent 10 months shielding Malema's life without being paid. ...
Kudos to Boks, but Will Defence and Penalties Be Enough in Cup Semi-Final?
Read preview
THIS time, the Springboks won the match on the scoreboard, but there are still major concerns ahead of the World Cup. Last week, coach Peter de Villiers made the silly statement that the Boks "only lost on the scoreboard" after going down 14-9 to...
League to Challenge ANC on Charges
Read preview
THE ANC Youth League is not taking the ANC's disciplinary charges against its top leadership lying down, saying they are a political issue and that it wants to meet the party's leadership to discuss them. In a statement last night, the youth league...
Local Teen Crosses the Ice as Part of Youth Programme
Read preview
A TEENAGER from Durbanville is trekking across a glacier in the Canadian Arctic, has seen his first polar bear and is set to meet Inuits to learn about their culture. Henko Roukema, 19, a maritime navigation student at the Cape Peninsula University...
Master the Art of Clear Communication
Read preview
"Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me, and I will understand" - Confucius LAST week I conducted a communication workshop for the Hospice and Palliative Care Association, whose mission statement is "quality of life,...
Minister Lashed over 'Slut' Tweet Firestorm
Read preview
PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba may want to tweet more carefully following a firestorm of condemnation after he said he "might get lucky" at Saturday's "SlutWalk". Responding to fellow ANC national executive member and Science and Technology...
Not United in Helping Suffering Africans
Read preview
It's one thing to accuse "The West", that great villain in African political crime stories, of acting on ulterior motives in Libya. It's much harder to level the same charges against a country like Turkey which does not carry any of the West's colonial...
Pass Mentality Is a Recipe for Failure
Read preview
When South African schoolchildren get their test scores, they ask each other "did you pass?" When they get home, their parents ask them, "did you pass?" And at the end of the year, when the matric results are announced nationally, we collectively ask,...
SA Must Get Backing of Other Nations on Climate Change
Read preview
YVO de Boer, former chief UN negotiator for climate change talks, says if the Durban negotiations are to succeed in December, South Africa must start work now on getting a "shared vision" of what could be achieved. "South Africa must plan ahead....
'Spas, Salons Offering Procedure Illegally'
Read preview
ORAL hygienist at De Waterkant Health and committee member of the Oral Hygiene Association of South Africa, Emma King, says she is alarmed at the manner in which illegal tooth whitening procedures are being conducted. According to the Health Professions...
Squaring Up ANC's Battlefield
Read preview
Once again we approach the ANC's elective congress, which will be held next year. And once again we find the country involved in a titanic battle between powerful forces in the ruling party. The previous time we had this was just after Thabo Mbeki...
Striker Tells of His Struggle to Live
Read preview
Lennox Bonile, 51, has been an administrative clerk in the revenue department for the past 10 years and a union steward for two years. His salary is R7 200 a month as against R6 700 he earned in 2008. (Samwu workers gained an average increase of...
Stylish Way to Handle Clients
Read preview
What does your job entail? The main objective in this job is to make clients feel good about their appearance - they should always leave the salon with a spring in their step. The job entails cutting, trimming, shaping, styling and colouring hair,...
Teachers Who Inspire Us to Reach Our Dreams Deserve Maximum Respect
Read preview
Education is not the easiest thing to acquire. As students we all need support, encouragement and someone who believes in us. I am in my second year of the medical degree programme at UCT through the courageous work of a great man: Siphiwe Thwala,...
The Wealth Tax Proposal by Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu Is Sentimental, Impractical and Unconstitutional Because of Its Racial Definitions and, at Best, Would Assuage the Guilt of Only a Few. It Does, However, Rekindle the Important Debate around the Need for Economic Reconciliation in This Unequal and Divided Country
Read preview
The wealth tax proposal by Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is sentimental, impractical and unconstitutional because of its racial definitions and, at best, would assuage the guilt of only a few. It does, however, rekindle the important debate...
Training for Careers Rather Than Short-Term Skills Development
Read preview
SOUTH Africa has placed significant emphasis on skills development since 1994, but its success is reliant on business commitment. Western Cape painting and waterproofing professionals, Indawo, have put their weight behind Freeworld Coatings Paint...
Treaty Gives Birth to Peace Park
Read preview
FIVE southern African presidents have signed a treaty giving birth to the world's largest conservation area - roughly the size of Sweden. The 444 000km2 Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, known as Kaza, is the latest addition to Africa's...
Two Rhino Poaching Dockets 'Go Missing'
Read preview
JOHANNESBURG: The rhino-poaching dockets against an alleged key rhino poaching suspect in Mpumalanga seem to have vanished. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has evidently launched an investigation into their disappearance. Two years...
US Tackles Fracking
Read preview
The argument over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", the technique used to extract gas from deep shale rocks, has become increasingly polarised. Some US environmental groups want a nationwide moratorium after complaints about polluted drinking water...
We Must Learn to Plan towards the Needs of a Living City
Read preview
Setting priorities is a planner's nightmare. We each have our own idea of the biggest challenges Cape Town faces, if only because the way we experience the city - what we read, who we speak to, where we go - colours what we see and how we interpret...
'We Thought Rhino Would Not Make It'
Read preview
HEAVILY armed with weapons, darting equipment, a machete and chainsaw, and carrying night and thermal vision equipment, a group of poachers jumped a fence at Aquila Private Game Reserve. They darted three rhinos and dehorned two early on Saturday...
