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Ravele On Sars Shortlist Despite Shady Past

Van Loggerenberg’s boss in line to be commissioner.

Company Liquidation Laws Unfair

Public Protector orders liquidation law reforms – thanks to a dispute between some pretty shady characters.

The Incredible Watsons

In many ways 1994 was wonderful.

The Meal-Kit Mogul

UCook’s David Torr shares his recipe for success.

‘Racist' Maritzburg Magistrate In Hot Water Again

Pietermaritzburg magistrate Ashin Singh, who is facing the possibility of being sacked from the bench after a pleth-ora of complaints laid against him, has landed himself in hot water once again.

Jürgen Witt, Museum Man of Tzaneen

Born 26/08/1930 Charlottenburg (Berlin), Germany – died 03/01/2019 Tzaneen South Africa

Bungle Justice

Along the way the matter sank into a morass of ridiculousness, a comedy of errors, a parody of dodgy endeavours masquerading as justice being seen to be done.

Inge Lotz Broken And Betrayed

On Wednesday 16 march 2005, the mutilated body of Inge Lotz, an at-tractive and talented Stellenbosch University student, was found in her Welgevonden apartment. She was lying on her couch covered in blood.

Paedophile Priest And The Catholics' 17-year Cover-up

IN OCTOBER‚ WILLIAM SEGODISHO went public with the story of how he had been raped and sexually abused in the 1980s by Father William MacCurtain, a Jesuit priest then based at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Doornfontein, Johannesburg.

Mandela Bay

City saviour who wrote the book on ANC-looting of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro actually helped the theft.

Digging Deep To Save Lives

A charity better known for its work in Middle-Eastern war zones, has recently gone to the rescue of Afrikaner farmers and their workers in the remote, drought-stricken town of Sutherland.

Butt Of A Joke. Don't Do It

For a few years following My return from a long journey of self-imposed exile in the States, I was constantly being reminded that this is not America. I guess some people did not find it appropriate that I would do things like wear tights while jogging or cycling. Yes, absurd as it may seem, there are those who objected.

Valuation Scandal

Maverick activist exposes ludicrously low property rates for the super-rich.

Petrol Consumption Figures Pour Fuel On Ford's Fire

Doughty widow challenges advertising claims.

Hot Stuff. The Wall Game

HUNGRY? FANCY A CRISP GRASSHOPPER shank? What about a dainty ball of fat that has been knocking around in your backpack for a week or two? No?

Zabalaza Mshengu Dies At 104 – Landless

ZABALAZA MSHENGU HAS DIED – at 104 years old.

KPMG Uses Dodgy News Report To Lie In Rogue Unit Rumpus

In a desperate bid for survival, the auditing giant lied to MPs and Saica, falsely blaming its former head of forensics for having to withdraw part of its SARS rogue unit report.

A Tragedy Worse Than A Tragedy

Best-selling author Arundhati Roy takes an uncompromising position on capitalist greed, the dark path India has taken, Mohandas Gandhi and the Guptas.

Spies In The Sky

During the Second World War the British initiated a secret operation to bring back intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation in Europe – using messages folded into tiny canisters tied to the legs of homing pigeons. The following is an extract from Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera and published by William Collins, 2018.

Provocative. Fifty Shades Of Gay

Well, It’s a provocatIve title, and it’s a provocative book – though it would be unfair to suggest that Siya Khumalo’s sole aim is to provoke.

Anti-fracking Forces Triumph Again

VICTORIES ARE ROLLING IN FOR THE anti-fracking lobby in KwaZu-lu-Natal. State entities along with murky prospectors have attempted to bulldoze through exploration rights, deliberately breaking the law and making it difficult for the public to object.

A 19-ton Truck In The Gardens Of The Afterlife

You’ve pored over the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, and Der Spiegel online, now dip into the monthly ISIS publication on the dark web.

Liz McDaid Of The Nuclear Victory

Triumphant anti-nuclear campaigner believes courage works wonders.

Physician, Heal Thyself

LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE Health Professions Council of South Africa, Dr Kgosi Letlape, described medical aid schemes as “a crime against humanity” and suggested they should be abolished as they cannot co-exist with the government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.

Once Celebrated, Since Disgraced - Dines Gihwala To Pay Up Big Time

DEAR READER, this story begiNs way back in 1998, but listen patiently and keep in mind: the sting is in the tail.

King Shaka International - An Airport In Search Of Passengers

FIRST COSTED AT R3.15 BILLION, by the time Durban’s King Shaka International Airport was completed in 2010, it had cost any-thing between R7.6bn and R9bn.

Goodness Me. Keep Trying

IN A DO-GOODER FRAME OF MIND, Noseweek’s intrepid correspondent [Please God, not another one! – Ed.] last year ventured out of Sydney’s eastern suburbs to see if she could be of any use at the Asylum Seekers Centre in the somewhat less salubrious Newtown.

Turning Facebook Likes Into Action

How technology was used to upend Cape Town’s punitive water tariff.

Justice In Lalla Land

Could evaporation of sex case against St Alban’s teacher have anything to do with his father’s well-placed connections?

KZN Tenders: The Dicey Stick It To The Dodgy

Two companies – each as politically connected as the other – have it out in court over awarding of contract.