A South African man has become the world’s fastest blind driver after barrelling down an airstrip at an average speed of 269kph, a newspaper reported on Friday. Hein Wagner set his record at the Mafikeng airstrip in north-western South Africa on Thursday, topping the previous record by 33kph.

Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla has terminated the contract of the provincial director general advocate Stanley Soko, who has been implicated in a bribery scandal involving a multimillion-rand tender. Lebona Mosia, the provincial government spokesperson, confirmed this week that Makwetla would not renew Soko’s contract when it expires.

It has taken about a month for Dali Mpofu, the new South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) chief executive, to figure out how hot his 28th-floor seat is, and stamp his authority on the corporation. The times seem to be, as the Chinese might say, interesting ones at the SABC’s Auckland Park headquarters. Someone’s head seems always to be on a chopping block or already rolling.

Mining magnate Brett Kebble may be cowering from the spotlight after his recent business setbacks, but his art awards are about to scale new heights. The Brett Kebble Art Awards will be judged next year by the art world’s biggest show-off: America’s high priest of kitsch, Jeff Koons.