Darryl Accone delves into the world of dick-lit, a world new local imprint Two Dogs is eager to dominate.
Shaun de Waal reviews James D Tabor’s <i>The Jesus Dynasty</i> and Anne Rice’s <i>Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt</i>.
A new book picks apart the mythology of Shaka, but is also an absorbing picture of his times, writes Shaun de Waal.
Niren Tolsi speaks to veteran writers about life in Durban in the Fifties — the subject of a new exhibition featuring photos from Drum magazine.
Guy Browning learns to tell his tannins from his terroir.
Colin Bower tastes the latest Indaba blends.
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The Angolan government signed a peace agreement on Tuesday with a group that has fought for self-rule in the country’s main oil-producing region, but other armed separatists said they would continue their struggle. Senior governing party politicians and military chiefs signed the deal along with Antonio Bento Bembe, who said he represented the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue.
The new Wembley Stadium, which was supposed to be finished for this year’s FA Cup final, may not even be ready to stage the showpiece game in 2007. The Australian construction firm heading the £757-million project said the first major event at Wembley was almost a year away.
Bombings and shootings killed up to 61 people in Iraq on Tuesday, including at least 26 soldiers, undermining the government’s attempts to show it can suppress unremitting violence. A roadside bomb attack on a bus filled with Iraqi troops on a road between Tikrit and Baiji, north of Baghdad, killed at least 23, the army said.