The drinking crowd may bring in the bucks, but bad organisation and poor control are bringing the music down, writes Roshnie Moonsammy.
Police are ordering that Beijing’s galleries remove political art from their walls, writes Jonathan Watts.
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> Lloyd Gedye reviews one of the most blindingly brilliant albums you may ever hear, The Flaming Lips’ <i>At War With the Mystics</i>.
Tisha Eetgerink explores the brave new world of blow-up dolls and adult plastic.
In this season of nascent political larvae, when allegations of conspiracy and other creeping unpleasantness are to be found under every rock, supporters of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidential metamorphosis are leaving no stone unturned. Reports that the unionist-turned-tycoon is readying his campaign for the presidency are part of the plot against Ramaphosa, they charge.
Experts now believe that drinking too much water when exercising poses a far greater risk to health, reports Peta Bee in London
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The Public Protector has nearly finished his investigation into complaints over the incorporation of Matatiele into the Eastern Cape, his office said on Wednesday. The Public Protector, advocate Lawrence Mushwana, met on Wednesday with the Matatiele-Maluti Mass Action Organising Committee to discuss its complaint.
Politicians, including Free State Premier Beatrice Marshoff, have formally acknowledged they owe the defunct Bathong travel agency tens of thousands of rands, a liquidation inquiry heard on Wednesday. Bathong is one of the agencies targeted by the Scorpions in their probe into the alleged abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers, and Bathong director Mpho Lebelo will be in the dock along with more than two dozen current and former MPs on Monday when their criminal trial begins in the Cape High Court.
Nearly 1Â 800 public servants found guilty of receiving social grants they were not entitled to are not being charged interest on repayments, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. They are not required to pay a fine and were given ”extremely lenient” repayment plans, the party said in a statement. ”In some cases, people can take as long as 31 years to repay the amount owed.”