clean Eddie Koch AT least six police brigadiers and colonels, named in the trial of Eugene de Kock, have broken ranks and approached the truth commission about the possibility of applying for amnesty as they are disillusioned with the way the generals are handling their submission to the organisation. The truth body has also taken […]

Martin Welz has found out who his friends are, writes Rehana Rossouw NOSEWEEK editor Martin Welz was lauded by media institutions this week after successfully defending himself against a defamation action in the Cape Town Supreme Court. But the marathon six-month trial has left Welz disillusioned with the media industry, which he says failed to […]

Uplink Broadcasting has been granted a licence, but will advertisers support it? Jacquie Golding-Duffy reports on industry views ADVERTISERS are ambivalent about the new Christian satellite network expected to start broadcasting at year end. Uplink Broadcasting Limited, a group of about 500 businessmen, has been granted a temporary licence by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) […]

Egypt’s government is torturing the wives of Muslim militants, in an attempt to get at their husbands. Shyam Bhatia reports in Cairo AMAL FAROUK’S screams keep her three children, mother and neighbours awake every night. If she falls asleep, the nightmare returns and she wakes screaming: “No, please, I beg you, keep your hands off […]

Julian Drew THE row over the Sepeng contract is merely the latest in a series of controversies which have dogged Athletics South Africa (ASA), most of them centring on the chief executive officer of the federation, Bernard Rose. The former athletes’ agent and sales and marketing manager for a sports shoe company was appointed on […]

After the exposure last week of contracts asking athletes to `rig’ races, attempts were made this week to replace a signed contract with a `clean’ one, writes Julian Drew THE scandal over the “rigging” of races by Athletics South Africa (ASA) escalated this week with allegations that the country’s athletics chief, Bernard Rose, attempted to […]

Maurice Hamilton sees pitfalls ahead for Damon Hill in the race to realise his new team’s potential DAMON HILL has taken one or two gambles during his fight to reach the top in Formula One, but the surprising decision to join TWR Arrows is not one of them. Since his future prospects were already in […]

This year’s Booker Prize shortlist is one of the least controversial in years, reports ALEXBELLOS THIS year’s Booker Prize judges have fought shy of populism. In London this week they announced a predictable shortlist that includes four previously shortlisted authors. The judges, chaired by Carmen Callil, decided to exclude comedian Ben Elton’s satire on Hollywood […]

The biggest game in South African soccer at the moment is a slanging match. Stefaans Br?mmer and Stuart Hess look at some of the main players SOMETHING is rotten in the state of soccer. Claims of drug dealing, poison plots, bribery and corruption make for a rough-and- tumble in which the ultimate loser is the […]

Moves to grant legal recognition to customary marriages have opened the door to changes in the law’s view of who may marry whom, writes Ann Eveleth MARRIAGE law will change significantly if proposals tabled by the Law Commission last week are accepted. Yet the integration of customary and common law has complex implications for both […]