When disaster visited them in Zimbabwe it had a name, Robert Mugabe. Now disaster has followed white farmers into exile in Zambia but this time there is no villain, just bad luck. Hounded from Zimbabwe, things went well at first for the 200 farmers who crossed the border to Zambia.

Frank Gehry is probably the most distinctive architect of his generation. His buildings’ sensuous curves and undulating planes puzzle and surprise, challenging our notion of how a building works. What a dog will make of it all is anybody’s guess.

If corruption was the lubricant that in the past oiled Kenya’s politics, it is now the enfant terrible that gobbles up its progenitors. Three weeks ago, this horrible child of Kenya’s politics strolled into town, scalping no less than three of President Mwai Kibaki’s ministers and his personal assistant.

British former pop star Gary Glitter, charged with committing "obscene acts with children" in Vietnam, has fallen a long way since his 1970s heyday as the leader of the glam-rock gang. Glitter (61) was the dazzling king of the glam era, characterised by performers in sequinned dress and extreme make-up.

Sizwe Mathabula (not his real name) lives in a high-rise building in Hillbrow. He works as a nightwatchman, guarding an inner-city office block three nights a week. He supplements this income by selling vegetables on the city’s pavements. In a typical month, he clears about R800, which he uses to support his wife and their two young children.

Six teenage rugby players rush forward to protect their teammate, who is charging into the opposition with the ball tucked under his right arm. Within seconds, they are all on the sodden ground, laughing. ”No, no no,” hollers their coach in a northern-English accent. ”You’ve got to stay on your feet.”