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Spies In The Sky
During the Second World War the British initiated a secret operation to bring back intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation in Europe – using messages folded into tiny canisters tied to the legs of homing pigeons. The following is an extract from Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera and published by William Collins, 2018.
5 min |
October 2018
Noseweek
Provocative. Fifty Shades Of Gay
Well, It’s a provocatIve title, and it’s a provocative book – though it would be unfair to suggest that Siya Khumalo’s sole aim is to provoke.
3 min |
October 2018
Noseweek
Was SARS Right To Establish That ‘Rogue Unit'?
SARS’s so-called rogue unit was not unlawful. That was the finding of retired judge Robert Nugent’s commission of inquiry last year. ‘While the National Strategic Intelligence Act prohibits the covert gathering of certain intelligence, that applies to intelligence concerning threats to the safety of the state, which hardly applies to intelligence relevant to collecting tax,’ reads Judge Nugent’s final report. The judge concludes: ‘I see no reason why SARS was and is not entitled to establish and operate a unit to gather intelligence on the illicit trades, even covertly, within limits.’But did Judge Nugent get it wrong? Weren’t the establishment and operations of the rogue unit specifically designed to counter the threat to the safety of the state from organised crime that was running riot and sapping countless billions of rands annually from the fiscus? And what were/are those ‘limits’ to what SARS may covertly do? We examine the conundrum.
9 min |
July 2019
Noseweek
Letter From Umjindi
55 And loving it
3 min |
August 2019
Noseweek
Le Big Bash
Why Tshepo Mahloele’s Lebashe has bought Tiso Blackstar’s media jewels.
8 min |
August 2019
Noseweek
Struck-off GP Finds New Way To Exploit Elderly
Doctor guilty of unprofessional conduct has developed a profitable alternative speciality; preying on old women.
10+ min |
January 2019
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Twitter War About SARS - Rogue Or Right?
It all began with two tweets that Noseweek Editor Martin Welz posted to announce the arrival of the magazine's December issue.
7 min |
January 2019
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Please Explain, Judge Spilg!
Judge claims SARS’s Top Debtors List with his name on it is a forgery – without seeing it. And why would anyone have wanted to forge such a SARS list in 2002?
9 min |
December 2018
Noseweek
Spooks Galore
As top SARS officials face charges, Noseweek takes another look at the secret world of Johann van Loggerenberg and his friends in the media – a world of intrigue and subterfuge that is generally but not always in a good cause
10+ min |
December 2018
Noseweek
ANC Spooks In VBS Deals: The Fallout
Mutual Bank under scrutiny for corruption.
7 min |
December 2018
Noseweek
Waterpark Deaths Not Explained
Bereaved families fight for answers from ZambiBush waterpark and police long after the deaths of their children
9 min |
July 2019
Noseweek
Klein Constantia And The Two Exhumed Baboons
A primate murder mystery puts one of South Africa’s best-known wine estates on the spot
9 min |
April 2019
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Ravele On Sars Shortlist Despite Shady Past
Van Loggerenberg’s boss in line to be commissioner.
10+ min |
March 2019
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Company Liquidation Laws Unfair
Public Protector orders liquidation law reforms – thanks to a dispute between some pretty shady characters.
9 min |
March 2019
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The Incredible Watsons
In many ways 1994 was wonderful.
10 min |
March 2019
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The Meal-Kit Mogul
UCook’s David Torr shares his recipe for success.
10+ min |
March 2019
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‘Racist' Maritzburg Magistrate In Hot Water Again
Pietermaritzburg magistrate Ashin Singh, who is facing the possibility of being sacked from the bench after a pleth-ora of complaints laid against him, has landed himself in hot water once again.
3 min |
May 2019
Noseweek
Jürgen Witt, Museum Man of Tzaneen
Born 26/08/1930 Charlottenburg (Berlin), Germany – died 03/01/2019 Tzaneen South Africa
3 min |
May 2019
Noseweek
Bungle Justice
Along the way the matter sank into a morass of ridiculousness, a comedy of errors, a parody of dodgy endeavours masquerading as justice being seen to be done.
7 min |
May 2019
Noseweek
Inge Lotz Broken And Betrayed
On Wednesday 16 march 2005, the mutilated body of Inge Lotz, an at-tractive and talented Stellenbosch University student, was found in her Welgevonden apartment. She was lying on her couch covered in blood.
8 min |
February 2019
Noseweek
Paedophile Priest And The Catholics' 17-year Cover-up
IN OCTOBER‚ WILLIAM SEGODISHO went public with the story of how he had been raped and sexually abused in the 1980s by Father William MacCurtain, a Jesuit priest then based at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Doornfontein, Johannesburg.
6 min |
November 2018
Noseweek
Mandela Bay
City saviour who wrote the book on ANC-looting of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro actually helped the theft.
10 min |
November 2018
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Digging Deep To Save Lives
A charity better known for its work in Middle-Eastern war zones, has recently gone to the rescue of Afrikaner farmers and their workers in the remote, drought-stricken town of Sutherland.
10 min |
August 2018
Noseweek
Butt Of A Joke. Don't Do It
For a few years following My return from a long journey of self-imposed exile in the States, I was constantly being reminded that this is not America. I guess some people did not find it appropriate that I would do things like wear tights while jogging or cycling. Yes, absurd as it may seem, there are those who objected.
3 min |
August 2018
Noseweek
Anc Fatcats Nobble 103-year-old Land Claimant
Vultures delay transfer to wrest rightful ownership from centenarian and his family.
4 min |
July 2017
Noseweek
A Land Claim, Some Hard Luck...Stuffed
Before i try to explAiN whAt happened when I sold my farm to the Land Claims people, I need to make it clear: I never wanted to sell. First, the story behind the story.
4 min |
July 2017
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Plan Z
The social grants crisis is a secret machination to get Nkosazana Zuma elected president.
9 min |
April 2017
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Courting Disaster
Pietermaritzburg advocates to mark the seventh anniversary of a notorious brawl at the Bar with another round in court.
10+ min |
April 2017
Noseweek
The Road Less And Less Able To Be Travelled
Previously in Noseweek, Riversdale farm owner Stephen Pain described how he had been vilified by his neighbour, former DA MP Theuns ‘Leuens’ Botha, who for years accused him of a litany of crimes and even had him arrested. Botha also used his position and influence to have a weir and piping installed to deliver water to his property at taxpayers’ expense. Likewise he had an electric fence erected and used his bodyguards to do his bidding in the feud with his neighbour.
10 min |
April 2017
Noseweek
Suave Charmer. Mum's The Word
The real hero of trevor Noah’s autobiography is his awe-inspiring mother.
2 min |