Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said on Friday she did not understand why she was charged with fraud for loans she was supposed to have secured for other people, none of whom said they shared the money with her.
Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-nominated new film, <i>Talk to Her</i>.
The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which runs in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, spreads its wings, reports Shaun de Waal.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Martin Scorsese’s <i>Gangs of New York</i>, a violent movie about history and politics.
Various: Perfecto Presents Manuel Oettl
<b>Review:</b> A Life of One’s Own: Hilda Bernstein (Jacana)
Disgraced MPTony Yengeni agreed to step down this week after being convinced by ANC heavyweights that his resignation from Parliament would favourably affect his sentencing, according to party insiders.
A national prevention and treatment programme for HIV/Aids would save three million lives and cost no more than R18-billion a year by 2015, according to a cost-benefit analysis conducted by the University of Cape Town.
Elephants in the Knysna forest are medicating themselves with "magic mushrooms" that could be used by people to counter the effects of HIV.