Win one of three pairs of season tickets for the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Durban City Hall. Call Tel: (031) 369E9477 between 9am and 9.15am on September 18 and answer the question: Where does the spring season take place?

Joan Smith Body Language The excuses are familiar: I’ve got a headache, I’m too tired, it’s the wrong time of the month. But now it’s not just women who are finding reasons for avoiding sex. Contradicting age-old assumptions, more and more men are going off it and some of them are prepared to say so, […]

Ivor Powell As police detectives struggle to contain a spate of so-called “Black Dollar” cons the Mail & Guardian has learned of a new dollar scam syndicate operating a confidence trick in Gauteng that puts a peculiarly literal spin on the notion of money laundering. The con operation is run by two men, one – […]

Jaspreet Kindra Former homeland leader Lucas Mangope is considering abandoning his alliance with the Democratic Party in favour of a partnership with the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania ahead of the local government elections. PAC sources said this week that Mangope, the leader of the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP), has been in exploratory discussions […]

Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu’s buffoonish and often petty behaviour is endangering Southern Africa’s largest public infrastructure project, the R25- billion Maputo Development Corridor (MDC), and is scaring away international investors, a new international study warns. The damning Lessons from the MDC Toll Road study, funded by the Canadian government and compiled by the […]

l Formed by royal charter 100 years ago, hence Real meaning Royal l One of only three clubs, with Barcelona and Osasuna, “owned” by the “socios” or club members l There are 68E000 “socios” l Dictatorial former president Santiago Bernabeu helped to organise the first European Cup, which Real won by beating Stade de Reims […]

to feedom A relocated bull elephant named after the former president keeps returning to the Kruger park Fiona Macleod When “Madiba”, the biggest bull elephant yet relocated from the Kruger National Park, was moved to a small game reserve in Northern Province two weeks ago, he decided captivity was not for him and set off […]

Andy Capostagno rugby It might not have occurred to anyone in a position of power in South African rugby, but Conrad Jantjes has just had his life rearranged. The Lions utility back, with Blue Bulls wing Rayno Hendricks, is at the centre of the row over quota manipulations. Jantjes is one of those rare talents […]

Peter Dickson On the seventh day he rose from the dead, slipped on some shades and went to collect his life policy. It was an inspired move in the desperate north-eastern Cape town of Venterstad, but not enough for another miracle in the Queenstown Regional Court last week. Former Venterstad mayor Siphiwo Nqayi, who faked […]

AFP, Harare | Friday FOUR opposition officials have been arrested after police in Zimbabwe raided three offices of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in search of weapons. One of several lawyers representing the MDC, Brian Kagoro said “they (the police) have arrested and detained” four officials after the early morning raid found […]