Friday, September 21 2018
THE BIG STORIES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Bring it on, says Thuli to sobbing Ajay Gupta
Release the audio of our meeting and everyone will soon know whose version of events is correct, says Madonsela
Cold, hard crash: lawyers are a pain in the assets, says RAF
With 50,500 attachment orders against it, the accident fund says it's taking an unnecessary hit from lawyers
'It's a whitewash': Whistleblower slams report on political killings
Moerane findings are 'weak and vague' and don't reveal anything new, he tells Times Select
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Parktown Boys moms: We will rise up and fight
Mothers vow to end 'paedophilic grooming culture' they says exists at elite school
Con artist who even swindled his own family is ‘a pathetic liar’
Judge lambastes graduate who splashed out on a R1m sports car with ill-gotten gains
Relax, sugar: This 'miracle' sensor takes the prick out of diabetes
Finger pricking is a painful way of monitoring a disease, but a new device saves diabetics from all that trouble
Game, set and perfect match: teaching dream born on a tennis court
Reporter who spotted Gansbaai youngster's talent helped make his education dream come true
Turns out 'No sick note' isn't a good enough reason to fire someone
Insurance company Hollard forced to reinstate employee who took three days off without telling employer
IDEAS
TO FEED YOUR MIND
It's been a checkered career, but he stuck it out and triumphed in the end
Lubabalo Kondlo, a draughts wonder, has finally won the world championship
Inbred southerners put a sting in the tale of a waspish word
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
Nile Rodgers dishes dirt on Madonna, drugs and a missing Bowie credit
The legendary producer doesn't get why Elton John and Paul Simon are retiring when the end of Nile seems nowhere near
SNAPSHOT
Six things about SA you need to know
Man who called Cyril the k-word to faces 7 charges
Dodgy churches put cash in sacks, zip over border
Pupil arrested after ‘humiliating’ teacher
Another cop arrested in rhino horn crackdown
Babies still in unit where six died of Klebsiella
Case against ‘serial killers’ postponed
VISUAL SIDE
THE WORLD
The news you don't normally get to hear
Dating show star and his lover ‘drugged and raped women’
Pair used their good looks to lure victims to their home from bars and restaurants before drugging and raping them
Britain's Schindler: the quiet spy who saved 10,000 Jews
Statue unveiled by the Duke of Cambridge belies a remarkable tale of wartime heroism
Act of gods: how Egypt’s ancient temples were rescued 50 years ago
For four years about 800 labourers and 100 technicians worked to achieve a remarkable archaeological feat
Allergic boy dies after cheese was thrown down his T-shirt
London 13-year-old was severely allergic to wheat, gluten, all dairy products, eggs and all nuts
SNAPSHOT
SIX THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD YOU NEED TO KNOW
Now that’s a reel incentive for gender parity
Pray, or else, bureaucrats told
Kitty serial killer is actually a foxy opportunist
No desert too big for a wall: Trump
Home ssssssweet home
Horse-eating gator gets his ‘gran’ comeuppance
THE BUSINESS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
At long last, we can expect some results from Steinhoff
Full-year 2017 numbers due in December, before which the company desperately tries to service its debt
Remgro’s margarine deal: A case of good, butter, best?
CEO of investment giant cagey on details after buying Stork, Rama and Flora brands from Unilever
How FirstRand continues to tear Standard Bank a new one
Growing in the local market at a lower cost is the trick, as FNB has shown. Investors seem to like it
MTN roars back after Nigeria backs away from the standoff
Authorities say they are working towards an amicable solution to the small matter of that $10bn dispute
LIFESTYLE
CULTURE COMES ALIVE
The name is Fukunaga, Cary Fukunaga
James Bond’s new director may sound unfamiliar, but his top work on ‘True Detective’ got him the job
Watch this for two hours and become a better person
Life lessons from the latest sporting miracle man
Won’t you take us to the bioscope?
The films opening in our cinemas this week
SPORT
FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS
SPORTS DAY: Plucky little Belgium kiss French at the top
Your roundup of the sporting news of the day
Pity the poor soccer lovers as PSL and Safa bicker like kids
Are these two bodies not meant to represent the interests of the same sport? It does not appear so
Blasts from the past: Broke ‘Loop en Val’ trots off to Texas
Today in SA sports history: September 21