noseweek
news you're not supposed to know
Today, tomorrow, out to get her
Whether they are big or small, Absa treats its clients equally - badly
Pushing the boundaries
For the past year pills targetting the same part of the brain as Ecstasy, with similar effects, have been openly on sale in South Africa
Pop goes the wheezer
Noxious fumes from fake butter in microwave popcorn could be wrecking your lungs
Dear Editor
Discovery's Pile Re$pect for wealth Sad decline of Educor Damelin should close its doors Art of coarse education Rat rates Medi-clinic bill not doctored Water under ...
I had a farm in Swaziland
The legal battle over a bequest has the makings of an Out of Africa fable ...
Today, tomorrow, out to get her
Whether they are big or small, Absa treats its clients equally - badly ...
School of hard knocks
Was a Media24 announcement that it was closing down Educor just a smokescreen? ...
Pushing the boundaries
For the past year pills targetting the same part of the brain as Ecstasy, with similar effects, have been openly on sale in South Africa ...
Pop goes the wheezer
Noxious fumes from fake butter in microwave popcorn could be wrecking your lungs ...
Update: Mandela Art - Vita brevis scam longa est
While Africa’s most famous artist reportedly spends much of his twilight years hiding out in Maputo, his late masterworks, having been rejected on the local scene, are now up for grabs in San Diego. ...
The worms turn
A corporate giant in the US is using the legal system to try and put a fledgling competitor out of business ...
Mark of Fifa
Get used to it – 2010 is going to dominate our lives for years to come. As reported two months back, Fifa has applied to have various names and emblems registered as prohibited marks under ...
Mind your language
Don't get me wrong. I'm not Conan the Grammarian. But I do see good sense in basic punctuation, grammar, spelling and word choice. ...
Hanging out with Sanlam's men in grey suits
The Sanlam Fashion Journalism Awards turn out to be a bit of a let-down. The evening isn't about fashion journalism. It's about Sanlam's sponsorship of SA Fashion Week. ...
Drink yourself green
Sometimes I shudder when confronted with the nonsense that can substitute for a vaguely useful wine description. ...
Oy vay!
Don't mock me, says the rabbi. But he's so desperate he'll try anything. However unorthodox. So the dog gets up in the synagogue and sings the liturgy. ...
Endgame
Scrabble is an odd game. It uses letters and wordsin terms of numeric scores and patterns. No attentionis paid to meaning, semantics or word associationscaused by intersection, juxtaposition or wordplay.During a scrabble contest, semantic ...
Current Issue
Cartoons
|
| Gus |
A selection from Noseweek's Archives
Trapped in paradise
Three South African children under four were left stranded in Dubai after their parents were thrown into prison in Mauritius ... |
National Library going up in smoke
The management and finances of our National Library of South Africa are in such utter shambles. Employees tell a disturbing story of ... |
High Noon for rotten sheriffs
South Africans have lost billions through corrupt auctions - but now detectives are ready to pounce on the guilty. For decades ... |
Martin Welz on Twitter:
Please wait while my tweets load 
Previous Issues