Back in 1961, at the Duke of Edinburgh’s suggestion, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was appointed President and spokesman of the World Wildlife Fund. There was much that was unaccountable and mysterious about the choice.

Sydney Press's grandson is in the foster care of a George prison warder. The child's father contends that problems in the Press family started when SA Breweries made a bid for the controlling shares in Edgars Stores, on the same day that Sydney Press was undergoing open heart surgery at a clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

The surprise appointment earlier this year of Mafia boss Vito Palazzolo’s attorney, Cyril Prisman, as an acting judge of the Cape High Court, has brought a new twist to the extraordinary story of the high-level protection that the Mafia’s top money launderer has enjoyed in South Africa since 1987.

Louis Luyt may not be a great salesman. But he is consistent. And one thing he has proved time and again: doing business with yourself can be quite as pleasurable as self-abuse.