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hilip Steele has liberated sex ads from dark alleyways and dingy corners, giving them new homes in contemporary temples of culture

The Portfolio: Philip Steele

Artist Philip Steele collected street ads from various cities and evolved them into artworks, currently exhibited as part of Three way, a group show at the KZNSA Gallery

Fake weddings: More fun than the real thing

Guests get all of the fun of a big party with none of the commitment.

Argentina’s President is cancer-free

Argentina’s President is cancer-free, after all

Argentina’s President has been found not to have cancer after all, in a reversal as dramatic as the diagnosis that resulted in removal of her thyroid.

An afternoon in Argentina

An afternoon in Argentina

Not even a run-in with muggers could distract <b>Anelde Greeff</b> from Buenos Aires’s colourful cuisine.

Legendary Buenos Aires cafe to make way for Nike shop

Thousands have signed a petition against opening of Nike branch on the site of Cafe Richmond, once frequented by Graham Jorge Luis Greene and Borges.

City of spit and polish

City of spit and polish

Welcome to friendly Buenos Aires — but remember to keep your distance and watch your step.

Dakar Rally ‘will weather crisis’

Dakar Rally organisers remain optimistic amid a global economic downturn that has raised doubts about competitor turnout in 2010.

Nowhere near Senegal but still a roaring event

The bizarre nature of the Dakar rally, which started a fortnight ago, can be summed up by the fact that the route will go nowhere near Senegal.

Scotland end losing run against Pumas

Scotland ended a run of seven successive defeats against Argentina by winning Saturday’s second Test 26-14.

Maradona throws punch in scuffle with reporters

Diego Maradona threw a wild punch and some insults at a crush of local television reporters on Wednesday, who crowded him as he left a courthouse following an arbitration hearing…

Olympic torch cruises through Buenos Aires

The Olympic torch, a magnet for anti-China protests, cruised smoothly under heavy guard through Buenos Aires on Friday with nothing more serious than a couple of tossed water…

Guarded Olympic torch to blaze through Buenos Aires

Argentine police mobilised on Friday to guard the Olympic torch through Buenos Aires, bracing for protests against the human rights record of Olympic Games host China. The torch…

Argentina sees comeback of tango

Tango impresario Juan Fabbri can’t get a table at the 500-seat dinner theatre he runs. That’s because Esquina Carlos Gardel in Buenos Aires is packed with tourists every night.…

Pichot slams state of Argentinian rugby

Former Argentina captain Agustin Pichot slammed his federation chiefs on Friday declaring that the domestic scene was a disgrace. The 33-year-old scrumhalf told Argentine daily…

Fernandez succeeds husband as president

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took office as Argentina’s first elected female president on Monday in a rare husband-to-wife handover Argentines hope will sustain an historic…

Passengers escape after Antarctic ship hits iceberg

More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after their cruise ship struck an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean and started to sink, an Argentine coast-guard official and a…

Prison blaze kills at least 29 in Argentina

A fire set by inmates swept through a prison in a north-eastern Argentine city, killing at least 29 people, authorities said on Monday. Many of the deaths were caused by…

Bargain nip and tuck draws tourists to South America

Canadian lobster and tuna fisherman Everett Condon had never travelled further south than the United States until this year, when he spent his off-season going to tango shows and…

Tango lovers, gay tourists drive boom in Buenos Aires

It wasn’t that long ago that the air in Buenos Aires was heavy with anguish prompted by a collapsing national economy. Now it seems the breeze is filled with the tunes of tango…

Argentina’s First Lady cruises to victory

Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband’s popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country’s…