army ‘deviants’ Paul Kirk Dr Aubrey Levin, the army psychiatrist who ran a bizarre programme to “cure” gay conscripts, has been linked to secretly – and illegally – testing drugs on homosexuals and other “deviants” in the South African Defence Force (SADF). Human rights lawyer Jenny Wild this week described Levin’s tests on conscripts at […]
Khadija Magardie The South African Communist Party has launched disciplinary proceedings against one of its senior members, freelance journalist Dale McKinley, for allegedly bringing the party and its alliance partners into disrepute. McKinley is set to be grilled on Friday August 11 for more than two hours by a panel made up of the top […]
Thebe Mabanga in your ear Radio’s contribution to the growth in club culture over the past decade has been immense. When one thinks of the late Ian Segola and Quincy Kekana at the then Radio Metro 576MW, as well as Auldrin Mokgotsi at Radio Bop 540MW, it is hard to believe how much the phenomenon […]
The Farrelley brothers’ new filthfest Me, Myself and Irene opened last week. John Patterson hails its lavatorial lineage.
EGYPTIAN women are looking for more and more ingenious “anti-lecher weapons” to ward off bottom-pinchers and arm-strokers in Cairo’s buses and cinemas, the weekly Al-Ahram Hebdo has reported. Marwa, a 22-year-old student, told the paper she had to threaten to hit a man with one of her shoes before he stopped pressing himself against her […]
AN 11-year-old American boy was attacked and killed last month by a hyena while he was sleeping in a tent during a safari in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, a tour operator has told a local news agency. Reports yesterday named the boy as Mark Garrat Shea, from Baltimore. Bridget Hedges, a spokesperson for Botswana tour […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has suspended the listing of retailer Q Mart Holdings Ltd’s ordinary shares at the request of its directors. – Reuters 09
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday EUGENE Terre’Blanche, the firebrand leader of the far-right Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) who was jailed six months ago for assaulting a black man, is likely to be freed on bail as early as Monday. Terre’Blanche was granted bail of R5000 rand by a Pretoria High Court judge on Thursday pending […]
TWO KwaZulu-Natal policemen arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the death of ANC MP Bheki Mkhize have appeared in the Empangeni Regional Court. Captain Zeblon Dlamini, 39, and Sergeant Phiwa Nkosi Magwaza, 39, appeared on Thursday, charged with murder. Dlamini was also charged with defeating the ends of justice — according to provincial Independent […]
THE chairman of African Gem Resources Ltd (Afgem) said uncommitted shareholders were responsible for the steep fall in the group’s share on its debut on the Johannesburg bourse, but was confident its price would firm. The share opened at 400 cents but fell to a low of 245 cents. ”It looks like we have a […]