Political Gamble

Political Gamble

How a fortune was lost on the KZN Lotto.

Mfayela concedes that he is a loyal supporter, but denies that had anything to do with the winning tender.

On a tight lead

On a tight lead

Banks keep lapdog lawyers well-fed but firmly muzzled.

Putting them on their legal panels allows the banks effectively to tie the hands of any law firm that counts.

 

Sharemax: blue sky investment or good old pyramid scheme?

Sharemax: blue sky investment or good old pyramid scheme?

Some property sundication arrangements are as stable as desert sand

Billion-buck biker

Billion-buck biker

A German tycoon is taking the Road Accident Fund to the cleaners for R1.6bn after he lost an arm and a leg in an accident in South Africa.

Falling for it

Falling for it

A new book leaves you wondering whether any dodgy dives on the cricket field haven't been fixed.

When the King Commission was indefinitely suspended the author felt compelled to dig as deep as possible.

I'll be the Judge

I'll be the Judge

When a court's decision defies logic.

When we reported in nose98 that the public tends to have a skewed notion of the role of forensic science in solving crimes, we hardly thought to include high court judges among the mystified – until a recent case in the Pretoria High Court came to our attention. Or was Judge Willie L Seriti just having a bad day?

Looping the Duisberg loop

Last year (in nose95) we reported how, late in 2000, Eunanda Grobbelaar in Ansbacher’s Joburg office had informed her colleague Adriel in the bank’s Caribbean office that “the Discovery Health executives would like to redeem ...
 

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Ansbacher cheques out Nine bent briefs hanging on the ... Hard Cell Making a hash of it Is the Fund fair? Accident or design Let the good ...

Political Gamble

Political Gamble

How a fortune was lost on the KZN Lotto. Mfayela concedes that he is a loyal supporter, but denies that had anything to do with the winning tender. ...

On a tight lead

On a tight lead

Banks keep lapdog lawyers well-fed but firmly muzzled. Putting them on their legal panels allows the banks effectively to tie the hands of any law firm that counts.   ...

Confidence tricksters

Discovery bosses' confidence tricks. Ought business to be terrified of losing Thabo Mbeki as president? And even more terrified of having Jacob Zuma as our new president? Relax. We suspect Jacob Zuma will be eagerly ...

Sharemax: blue sky investment or good old pyramid scheme?

Sharemax: blue sky investment or good old pyramid scheme?

Some property sundication arrangements are as stable as desert sand ...

Billion-buck biker

Billion-buck biker

A German tycoon is taking the Road Accident Fund to the cleaners for R1.6bn after he lost an arm and a leg in an accident in South Africa. ...

Falling for it

Falling for it

A new book leaves you wondering whether any dodgy dives on the cricket field haven't been fixed. When the King Commission was indefinitely suspended the author felt compelled to dig as deep as possible. ...

I'll be the Judge

I'll be the Judge

When a court's decision defies logic. When we reported in nose98 that the public tends to have a skewed notion of the role of forensic science in solving crimes, we hardly thought to include high court judges among the ...

Eat Out Awards

Eat Out Awards

I manage to eat the instructions that come inside my fortune cookie and sit there with smoke curling from my lips. ...

Jackie's smuggler pal pitches up in Jo'burg

Who should have pitched up in Joburg shortly before Christmas but Imran Ismail, the grey goods smuggler and money-launderer... ...

Hijacked by Imperial Motor

When DEON DELPORT needed a big brother for his brainchild vehicle-testing company, Imperial Motor Holdings stepped in with the capital in exchange for a 66% share. ...

Go get him, Tiger!

Say “corporate vision” and Mr Nose develops a slight twitch in the neck. When an annual report presents shareholders with the board of directors’ (invariably rosy) “vision”, spread over many lavishly illustrated glossy pages – Mr Nose knows ...

Been through the mill

What kind of business builds a fortress with gun-slit windows on a site with spectacular views of the Cape Peninsula? ...

Poisoned relationships

Poisoned relationships

Are the vineyard kings of Riebeek Kasteel dirty rascals? To many Capetonians, the small vine-besieged dorp of Riebeek Kasteel is an ideal getaway. One look at the gently sloping valley, fynbos-covered hillsides, quaint church and the ...

Reptilian Royalty

Reptilian Royalty

Queen Elizabeth, George W Bush and Boxcar Willie are said to be Reptilians. I'm not sure how believers know that to be so. ...

Not-so-green bottles

Not-so-green bottles

Expensive wines are obliged by the perverted values of the market to come in much heavier bottles than they need to be. ...

Snare and delusion

Snare and delusion

Oh dearie me, says she, I seem to have made a mistake. ...

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