| October 25, 2008 |
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World-class eatery fit for a king Brian Hayward ONE would expect a good restaurant or two when visiting the picturesque wine-making town of Paarl, but finding a world-class eatery overlooking the beautiful Western Cape mountains was as much a surprise as it was a journey of culinary opulence.... Practice makes perfect health alternatives My Weekend correspondent Bob Hopkin gets the treatment from registered homeopath Dr Arnike Redelinghuys who offers a three-pronged approach in her 21st century practice... Paying tribute to a different faith SOME time ago I received a heart warming newspaper report from Newark, New Jersey. I read it with interest and pleasure.... Wild West dead on target Ina Randall WHEN Wild Bill Hicock spread his cards in the No 10 Saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, on that August night of 1876 he held a deadman‘s hand – pairs of black aces and eights, and the nine of diamonds. Hicock was a careful man. He always sat facing the door and poured his liquor with his left hand, leaving his right free for the fast draw.... |
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Queen tribute rocks A PORT Elizabeth Opera House filled with music lovers keen to catch a glimpse of four lads from Down Under putting on their world-renowned tribute to rock group Queen, is testament to the fact that the band‘s music has spanned the generation gap.... 
ANC must act to stop the threats THE prospects of next year’s general election being as peaceful as those that have preceded post-1994 are becoming increasingly less likely as tensions continue to mount within the warring factions of the ANC. This should be a cause for grave concern within the ruling party yet there has been no sign that meaningful action will be taken to rebuke supporters who threaten violence or worse on political foes. This week at a meeting in Gauteng called by ANC rebel and former cabinet minister Mosiuoa Lekota, rival supporters of Jacob Zuma carried inflammatory placards and chanted “kill Lekota” while those who had come to hear what he had to say were assaulted by thugs carrying pro-Zuma placards.... 
Six-month extortion nightmare cost East Cape couple a fortune Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za AN Eastern Cape businessman‘s life was thrown into turmoil after a rendezvous with a prostitute turned into a nightmare in which he became entangled in a sordid gay sex extortion racket.... 
Final favours home side in tough battle at Shark tank Wim van der Berg in DURBAN THE Sharks are the favourites to win the Currie Cup final against the Blue Bulls in Durban on Saturday. There‘s no disputing that.... 
Make lemonade, advises Ford boss Bob Kernohan BUSINESS EDITOR PUTTING a positive spin on the critically stalled domestic and international motor industry is no easy task, but Ford South Africa president and chief executive Hal Feder came close this week.... |
