Anthony Browne Body Language ‘So many men, so little time!” The actress and temptress Mae West jested about it, but scientists – male ones anyway – are convinced they have proved it. Women – far from being naturally monogamous – are, like men, naturally promiscuous. Biologists believe that women are genetically programmed to have sex […]

Olympic leaders have shied away from tests which would expose those using human growth hormones Gavin Evans Let’s say you’re a sprinter on the verge of world class. Until now you’ve played it clean – gallons of creatine, glycogen and nitrogen, obviously, but you’ve resisted offers to take the tempting banned performance-enhancers that you just […]

A private farm watch group in KwaZulu-Natal has been accused of taking the law into its own hands Cheryl Goodenough Employees of a private farm protection organisation in rural southern KwaZulu- Natal have been implicated in a string of brutal attacks on farm labourers and rural communities that have left two dead and 16 badly […]

Michelle Matthews The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and his African Dream by Christina Lamb (Penguin) Stewart Gore-Brown was an eccentric man. He built an arched and gargoyled country mansion, complete with rose gardens, in the middle of the Zambian bush. He let his servants, attired in neat pill-box hats and […]

David Barnes soccer His name is Massimo Lombardo, he is the son of an Italian lorry driver and he could become as famous as Jean-Marc Bosman. Lombardo, a 27-year-old midfielder, played in the relative obscurity of the Swiss league at the weekend for Lausanne against Sion. He is proud of his 12 Swiss caps and […]

Hazel Friedman Love is on the air and hearts are aflame as Eugene (pronounced Oogeen) clutches a cheap engagement ring and kneels before the object of his obvious adoration. “Marry me, Pumpkin,” he pleads. The giggling, haute-coiffured, coutured, Pumpkin (her real name) seems equally smitten. “Sure Eugene, honey [giggle], but first I have something to […]

South Africa has a few realistic Olympic medal hopes – but there could be some surprises Grant Shimmin Angelo Taylor, a 21-year-old who hails from the previous Olympic host city, Atlanta, and is the fastest man in the world in the 400m hurdles this year, has a diary on the website shared by CNN and […]

On the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, we should all be grateful for Winston’s bar-room bravado Phil Craig It is 1940. Britain has a new prime minister. In Washington President Roosevelt is addressing his Cabinet. Writing in his diary, Roosevelt’s interior secretary, Harold Ickes, noted: “The president said that he supposed that Churchill […]

David Le Page Until now, if you said wireless application protocol (Wap), people instantly thought Nokia: “Ah, you’ve got a 7110.” Nokia has to be congratulated on having marketed their product so effectively that many people follow the arrival of their latest models with the same enthusiasm normally reserved for a new BMW. The 7110 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday SAPPI, the pulp and paper giant denied rumours that that it might be the target of a takeover by Finland’s UPM Kymmene. Robert Hope, Sappi’s strategic development director told a local newspaper that he was irritated by the takeover rumours, but did not comment further. However the rumours have had […]