Paul Kirk Transvestites are almost always men and very often hetero- sexual. They enjoy dressing as women either some of the time or permanently. They may dress up in full female regalia in public or in private. They might also be quite satisfied by wearing a single item of female underwear beneath normal male clothing. […]

SOUTH African magnet maker Tridelta Magnet Technology Holdings has been placed into provisional liquidation with the listing of its ordinary shares suspended, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Tridelta’s share was last quoted down 40 percent at three cents. It went into free-fall on July 19, when the company issued a cautionary notice saying that it was […]

Andrew Muchineripi SOCCER To most countries in Southern Africa the Castle Cup is manna from heaven, a rare opportunity for cash- strapped football associations to make money while spending none as the brewer foots travel and accommodation bills. For South Africa it is less of a blessing because the national association is extremely wealthy by […]

Jaspreet Kindra The Department of Public Enterprises is showing extraordinary sensitivity about possible leaks of its latest policy document on privatisation – the cause of tension between the government and its union allies. The department this week threatened to search the bags of people, when two copies of the still- confidential document circulated at a […]

Glenda Daniels A Thokoza domestic worker who filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is being sued in turn – for defamation – by her former employer. The domestic worker has received a lawyer’s letter from her former employer, a doctor, claiming R100 000 plus costs because she […]

Sean Cohen is urging the diamond industry to clean up its act, but has himself had dubious Angolan dealings David Le Page A leading South African figure in the international campaign to ban conflict diamonds himself smuggled diamonds out of Angola as recently as three years ago. At the time the source of such diamonds […]

Dave Simpson CD OFTHEWEEK Mexico and pop generally go together like Cliff Richard and a bottle of tequila (worm included). History throws up only Los Lobos of La Bamba fame (who were actually from Los Angeles), and Gram Parsons’ Flying Burrito Brothers – as Mexican as a beef dripping sandwich. Mexican pop has existed for […]

NicK Mallett has reshuffled a Springbok pack – but it still contains few aces Andy Capostagno It has been a tough week for Nick Mallett, the coach who could do without Mark Andrews and AJ Venter, but who thought that Percy Montgomery was indispensable. The crumbs on the floor are the last remnants of a […]

THE Pietermaritzburg Regional Court has dismissed a high profile rape case against Johannesburg tycoon Jonty Sandler, who had been accused of raping a security guard at gunpoint in a Drakensburg hotel. Magistrate Fred de Beer threw out the case on the grounds that the evidence presented against Sandler in court this week boiled down to […]

Glenda Daniels While a lower-level employee at the African National Congress headquarters said last week she was looking for another job because she did not get an increase this year and earns only R2 600 after tax, ministers who earn about R40 000 a month got a 10% increase. Top ANC officials such as secretary […]