Hasso Plattner donated R1.2 million at the last minute to''save' the Cape-to-Rio yacht race. But the usual festivities - traditionally the biggest on the SA yachting calendar - were muted this year, apparently by a lack of funds. So where did Plattner's moolah go?

Please note: David Gant - a director of Boating Partners (Pty) Ltd - has called on noseweek to dispute some of the facts and imputations in this story. "There was no pocketing of dosh by anybody" Gant told us. We'll be looking at the story again, and following up in the next issue.

 

Cousins Nkosi Patekile and Bantu - the troublesome Holomisas - talk about their relationship and how it has weathered political upheavals.

Gangsters took potshots at his suburban home, and then firebombed it. But that was just the start of Edgars' accountant Chris Crowthier's troubles. He still had to deal with his insurers, Stanbic.

The dismemberment of the once vast Frame business empire revolved around the greed and venality of a small group that was aided and abetted by the likes of SA's 'Mr Clean', Mervyn King, and Sydney Kentridge SC, who applied themselves to subverting Philip Frame's wish to protect the tens of thousands of jobs he had created.