
Giant pylons carrying cables from a proposed nuclear plant will trample some of the country's ecologically most sensitive areas. ...
A government IT tender has been quietly awarded for an outrageous R153m – more than double the next-best tender – to a tiny, little-known company, on the understanding that 5% of the total (R7.65m) will ...
Usually, home-owners who can’t pay their bonds have their houses repossessed and sold by the sheriff. Today there’s a fast-growing alternative: bulk auction. Speculators are picking up repossessed homes for a song at 'rapid auctions' being ...
Douw Steyn insists she's a Miss, she insists she's his Missus. After he had given his evidence, magistrate Boshoff asked him: “Mr Steyn, was the circus really necessary last time?” ...
Developers ignore the council rules and neighbours' protests. Gordon's Bay has another rogue developer who appears to have defied just about every council by-law pertaining to development. ...
Dave Dahlmann, featured in nose113 for his role in fiddling the figures in construction work at the exclusive Machangulo development in Mozambique, has disappeared from the scene – and is believed to be somewhere in ...
By now you’ve been on Facebook and clicked on what looks like a fun online invitation to test your IQ, to see how it compares with that of the likes of President Barack Obama. Big ...
The best way to deal with pushy telesales 'consultants' is to politely say 'bye' and hang up. The Premier Growth Group (PGG) are still using unscrupulous telesales people to sell to victims who are often not aware that ...
Supermarket removes toxic products from shelves but continues to sell environmentally hazardous rat poison. ...
Dieter Sauerbier scrawled a note to noseweek. “Pity that we never met,” he wrote. “Kevin has the full story. Never have I seen a corporation [Vodacom] act so deliberately in bad faith over a prolonged ...
Exclusive St Benedict’s College, in Bedforvdiew, Johannesburg, seems blessedly unperturbed that its “donation” scheme, allowing parents to claim tax deductions on half the school fees, is illegal, and, in effect, defrauds the Receiver. ...
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