In this issue

Modern Galileo or science crank?
Corruption net closes in on KZN big boys
In for a Zweli, in for a pound
Disney TV took the Mickey out of me
The evil Russians who robbed Hillary

‘I first knew there was a problem in my department when I read about it in Noseweek ‘– minister

AN INQUIRY MANDATED BY THE Constitutional Court into whether Social Development minister Bathabile Dlamini should be held personally liable for legal fees in the grants crisis, turned up at least one unassailable truth: only after reading Noseweek did Dlamini realise that there was a serious problem with her department’s planning programme.

3 mins

Corruption Net Closes In On KZN Big Boys

How tens of millions of rands were siphoned off under the guise of bringing the North Sea Jazz Festival to Durban.

7 mins

In For A Zweli, In For A Pound

Questions keep rolling in over a succession of dodgy loans involving former KZN premier and his wife.

4 mins

Radio Nose. Daysed And Confused

PLEASE, PLEASE NO MORE DAYS. No, I am not calling for the end of time – I’ll explain my plea shortly – but first, let us see what’s happening in the musical charts.

4 mins

Food, Travel And Design. Cape Town To Sydney

After the summer hols IN Cape Town, it’s back to the land of the “lounge room”. Other than a diabolical new government plan for Australia to become a top global arms exporter (almost AU $4 billion in support to local weapons manufacturers is being mooted), Adani coal mine resistance continues, private school fees have rocketed as happens perennially (they have hit the $37,000 mark), Australia Day (Invasion Day to Aboriginal people) protests were duly held, and the iconic koalas and leadbeater possums have less and less habitat because of tree clearing.

3 mins

Eden. Pawpaws The Size Of Rugby Balls

I HAD A LOVELY BIG GARDEN BACK THEN, narrow but long, street to street, and in there I had flora burgeon-ing so you’d imagine this was the 100% Fruit Juice rack in a supermarket: Tropical Temptation, Fruits of Paradise, Berry Blaze.

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