Absa may have jeopardised its case against Bob Aldworth, following the disclosure that the bank’s counsel helped frame the charge sheet, report Mungo Soggot and Andy Duffy THE Amalgamated Bank of South Africa’s (Absa) legal battle with Bob Aldworth has taken a startling twist, with the disclosure that counsel acting for the bank helped frame […]

An archaeological find that takes us back to our roots 3,5-million years ago is disappearing. But a Cape Town engineer has used a unique method to capture it for the future, writes Lesley Cowling MORE than 3,5-million years ago, three of our ancestors wandered north across the Tanzanian grasslands, following traditional game trails. Like the […]

Equipment that reveals if people have received electric shocks has forced the police to fork out or face the courts, reports Angella Johnson HUNDREDS of thousands of rands have been paid out to victims of police torture in cases settled out of court in Gauteng over the past year, following new forensic initiatives by the […]

T HERE is something ironic about the fact that the first census to be conducted in the new South Africa – a society born out of a commitment to end racial discrimination – should include a question about the respondent’s race. No one, of course, is suggesting racial categorisation in this instance is motivated by […]

While the road ahead is long and hard, Burundi’s Tutsi and Hutu leaders have at last agreed to talk of peace. Chris McGreal reports form Arusha BURUNDI’S Tutsi military leader has bowed to regional sanctions and agreed to unconditional negotiations with Hutu rebels. But a weekend summit of East African presidents remained suspicious of Major […]

higher gear Mungo Soggot A TRIP to Australia has triggered a fresh tussle between lawyers and the state over planned reforms to South Africa’s state-run car accident insurance fund. The Multilateral Motor-vehicle Fund (MMF) has sent four officials to Australia to examine an insurance scheme, despite a government pledge to freeze reform of South Africa’s […]

Max Gebhardt AN appeal was lodged on Thursday with the Publications Appeal Board in Pretoria against the controversial banning of the movie Kids. In his submission to the Appeal Board, Anant Singh, whose Videovision Entertainment owns the South African distribution rights to the film, stated that the banning by the censor board is unconstitutional and […]

Judith Watt spoke to Clive Hassell and Adam Levine, who set up a studio at Gay Pride that became the venue for interactive photographic theatre. DRAG is alive and well and living in South Africa. That we know – but what is less well known is the cutting-edge gay subculture of cross dressing, body decoration […]

Jacquie Golding-Duffy A THREE-PART documentary on transformation at the South African Broadcasting Corporation – Going Live! – was pulled off the air at the last minute by the corporation’s management, who offered no explanation to executive producers Shane Mohabier and Saths Cooper. Ironically the documentary, which was due to be aired on SABC 1 on […]

Katy Bauer PIGEON racing: boring “hobby” or mystical love story? Belgium’s national sport may fuel the first argument, but it is the second that has real substance. Johan van Deventer, a building contractor from Elandsfontein, enters one of the avaries at the smallholding of friend and fellow pigeon fancier Norman Gruar. “Kom nou. Kom nou […]