Friday, February 1 2019
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Revealed: The dodgy politicians behind the Bosasa code names
Thursday’s witness furnished the inquiry with a list of names of politicians who received huge upgrades to their homes
‘How Bosasa lawyer pressured Jake White to make Luke Watson a Bok’
Strong-arming Bok coach, alongside Zondo evidence, shows how Watson family flaunted its political muscle
Explainer: Why the Coligny pair could win on appeal
A trial that has torn a small SA town apart could have been based on false information
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Zille’s tax revolt: It may be tempting, but ...
Times Select asks the experts whether Helen Zille's latest proposal is one of her worst or better ideas
Shock to the system: Gauteng intern doctors not paid
Health department blames an admin slip-up that affects interns and community service doctors across the province
Those blood-boiling hospital queues could easily be fixed
The long lines could be cut by 80% with an easy solution, say experts after studying the problem
8 years + lots of tinkering = 0: School maths still fails varsity students
Those who were taught from a knowledge-based curriculum did no better that their outcomes-based counterparts
Say it out loud: reading to your kids is a brain-booster
It's also a powerful way for children and grown-ups to bond, and builds a 'priceless' foundation for success at school
IDEAS
TO FEED YOUR MIND
What the Dickens?! Look what they dug up near dull old Durbs
It's the last place you'd expect to dig up a priceless portrait of a great writer - I mean, it doesn't even have attics
Why an alien rolled an apartheid death machine over a banana
There are two pretty sensible reasons to blow R23m on ultra-militarised Casspirs that are synonymous with apartheid
Getting to the bottom of those creepy Michael Jackson claims
‘I want to speak the truth as loud as I spoke the lie,’ says Wade Robson, who previously denied sex abuse stories
Lee Miller: a life too colourful for black and white
Photographer, actress, model, journalist and Surrealist muse - she blurred the line between fiction and fact
SNAPSHOT
Six things about SA you need to know
Ramaphosa outlines priorities for government
Tshwane mayor Msimanga resigns
Dam levels dropping in drought-hit EC
Disabled teen ‘sold into marriage’ to man, 61
Scramble to fix ‘ticking time bomb’ dam wall
Mpum Bitcoin ‘kidnappers’ remain behind bars
THE VISUAL SIDE
WORLD
THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR
‘Brutal and evil’: Rose West’s lawyer reveals what she was really like
The English serial killer had many unexpected sides to her character that still haunt him
‘Eavesdropping’ glitch adds to many troubles bugging Apple
Apple built a reputation on the rarity of such mistakes, but that perception is now hanging on a balance
Brekking news: breakfast isn’t the most important meal after all
It might not be a good strategy for weight loss - in fact, you could end up weighing more, new research reveals
‘Stick your job’: Graduate says interviewer was like an abusive ex
She says she was baffled to be offered the position after company chief tore into her personality
SNAPSHOT
6 things you need to know about the world
Lovers run into trap when they go Commando
Anglophile puts fizz into champers row
Fear wears a leash in Tehran
A canoodle is worth 17 lashes
Iron Lady still isn’t safe at home
New Yorkers spy killer KGB gadgets
THE BUSINESS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Is that really life we see in the JSE listed property index?
After the worst annual performance in more than two decades, the sector beat all comers in January
Rocket from the crypt: What breathed Group Five into life?
Ghoulish scenes as zombie construction stock rises nearly 60% this week for little to no concrete reason
A comfortable winner in the tattered JSE furniture sector
Unfancied Lewis dodged credit squeeze by buying the UFO chain that sells furniture and appliances for cash
LIFESTYLE
CULTURE COMES ALIVE
Won’t you take us to the bioscope?
The films opening in our cinemas this week
‘Funny Girl’ cracks Richard E Grant up all over again
A letter he sent Barbra Streisand when he was 14 finally got a response, bringing the old luvvie to tears
Now Disneyland brings you a truly otherworldly experience
New ‘Star Wars’ ride could be half an hour long
SPORT
FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS
SPORTS DAY: SA adds piquant flavour to French Cup Final
Your roundup of the sporting news of the day
Nobody’s laughing any more at Benni McCarthy’s chances
What a breath of fresh air he has brought to the Premier Soccer League, both on and off the pitch
Blasts from the past: Hekkie hoiks Diaz out the park
Today in SA sports history: February 1