A man suspected of murdering his wife and then trying to disguise the crime as a hijacking has confessed to the murder, police in Durban said on Friday. On Wednesday night, the man was fished out of Durban harbour near the landmark sugar terminals after he drove his bakkie through a security boom.
Now that all the fuss and bother have died down, I find myself feeling a sort of empathy for our genial Minister of Safety and Security, Charles ”Whingers Beware” Nqakula. I have seldom seen such a flurry of outrage and hurt feelings in response to an idle remark tossed off in Parliament by the minister.
Germany’s Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla of Spain have both been withdrawn from the T-Mobile team contesting the Tour de France after they were named in an official inquiry into blood doping in Spain. Italy’s Ivan Basso and Spain’s Francisco Mancebo have also been withdrawn because of being named in the scandal.
Hype has brought us many of pop’s biggest names as well as some of its most notorious disasters, writes Dave Simpson.
"I think most people have a story to tell about bribery on the roads in South Africa. It’s almost offered as an option when you get stopped!" Rock singer Arno Carstens talks about cars and admits that he would prefer being driven around by a chauffeur.
The African Christian Democratic Party has called on Christians to boycott the Comrades Marathon after the announcement that the race is to be run on a Sunday. ”You undermine the importance of family and you undermine the sanctity of the Sunday as a special day to get in touch with the Lord of lords and the King of kings,” the party’s Western Cape leader Hansie Louw said on Friday.
Port Elizabeth-based poet Mzi Mahola, who runs a voluntary poetry project for young writers, reflects on the power of the word.
Little Louie Vega spoke to Niren Tolsi about being a master at work.
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>The White Countess</i> isn’t a staggeringly bad movie; it’s just not very good, writes .
In <i>Life and Soul</i>, Karina Turok maps the arduous journey 75 women have taken to reach who and what they are now, writes Margie Orford.