Baldwin Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Was Sonny Liston killed by the Mob? Did he throw both his fights against Muhammad Ali? And why was J Edgar Hoover so interested in him? A new book investigates the theory that the former world heavyweight champion was controlled by the Mob, who paid him to throw crucial […]

Few South Africans look capable of ending the foreign domination in the Comrades Michael Finch It seems ironic that on a day when the Comrades Marathon is experiencing its finest hour with its largest entry ever, chances of a South African victory on Youth Day (June 16) seem as unlikely as an empty medical tent. […]

Mary Dover LIFESTYLE For all the coffee snobs out there, the latest place to hang out is the Illy Boutique in Sandton Square, a new venture launched by House of Coffees. And no, its not true that House of Coffees is closing down – the group is still going strong with more than 30 stores […]

Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein’s most important influences are Donald Duck and Jesus Christ Kate Connolly Walking along Cork Street in central London, trying to locate the Robert Sandelson Gallery, I do a double-take on seeing Mick Jagger standing at number 5a, gazing through its paneless window. He has the 1970s hairstyle, carved cheeks and angular […]

Maggie Davey CD OFTHEWEEK Whisper to the Wild Water (Universal) has enough harmony, harps and harpsichords to ensure Maire Brennan’s safe passage to heaven. Maire Brennan is from the magnificently talented Brennan family from Donegal, Ireland, who went on to form Clannad, a band which arguably produced their finest work before they became famous. Their […]

parliament Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The government is backing a proposal that, if implemented, will see seats in Parliament occupied by hundreds of South Africa’s children once a year to assess the government’s strides on youth development. The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has put the proposal forward and, according to the youth organisation, […]

The United States’s biggest selling soundtracks of all time: 1 The Bodyguard (1992, $16-million). Spawned the monster/monstrous I Will Always Love You plus four other hits, now all back with a vengeance on Whitney Houston’s current No 1 Greatest Hits set. The United States’s ninth-biggest-selling album of all time. 2 Saturday Night Fever (1977, $15- […]

The description of the game of cricket as a metaphor for life has never been as apt as now, in the midst of the so- called “Hansiegate” match-fixing scandal. As allegations and disclosures pour forth testifying to the self-serving greed which inspired these heroes of times so recently gone by, the impulse of the holy […]

Peter Robinson One by one they have taken the stand, damned Hansie Cronje with their evidence and then sought to soften the blow by declaring their respect for the fallen former captain. “The finest captain South Africa has ever had,” is typical of the sentiment. It has occurred to none of Cronje’s erstwhile team-mates that […]

The Simpsons finally has a rival for sharp, subversive, animated satire, but Zombie College can only be watched on the internet Michael Collins There’s something about the DIY aspect of a webpage that is in keeping with the punk ethic of another age, and from which sprang a million three-minute songs and equally as many […]