The Durban High Court reserved judgement on Friday in a bid by arms company Thint for immediate further particulars on the corruption charges it is to face alongside former deputy president Jacob Zuma. Thint and Thint Holdings filed papers in the court last month seeking to compel the prosecution to make available further particulars on .the indictment
Former world featherweight boxing champion Naseem Hamed was jailed on Friday for 15 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving. The former WBO champ was sentenced at the city’s Crown Court by Judge Alan Goldsack, who also banned the 32-year-old Hamed from driving for four years.
Australia’s Queensland Reds finished off another under-par Super 14 rugby season with a dour 22-16 win over New Zealand’s Otago Highlanders in Townsville on Friday. The Reds chalked up their fourth win in 13 matches to send coach Jeff Miller out on a winning note.
Organised events are helping graffiti break into the art mainstream, writes Tisha Eetgerink.
Old favourites Live have a new album out, and newcomers Fall Out Boy and Hard-Fi make the headlines too, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
The awards have become too similar to all the others, writes Maria McCloy.
A major retrospective of artist Cyprian Shilakoe unearths hidden treasures, writes Alex Sudheim.
b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the latest release from Kevin Reynolds, <i>Tristan and Isolde</i>.
Elza Miles reviews the <i>Complete works Of Eugène Nielen Marais</i>.
William Mervin Gumede is the next blip on the plagiarism radar that is sweeping South Africa, writes Colin Bower.