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Gavin Foster works from Seaham. Managing editor of the Sunderland Echo, Shields Gazette and Hartlepool Mail Gavin Foster has over 725 followers on Twitter.

Professor Resia Pretorius is the recipient of the TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual.

It’s in the blood

TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual

Michael Sachs

​Betting on addiction is a sure winner

It is no coincidence that the biggest companies by far on the JSE trade on human weaknesses.

Wheeling and dealing an answer for Cheetahs

The Cheetahs’ ingenious agreement with Toyota should wake Saru up to a new way of thinking.

Emerging kingmaker: Welshman Ncube has so far refused to join a coalition.

Zim elections: Welshman Ncube is sitting pretty

If the polls go to a run-off, the MDC leader may be called on by Robert Mugabe or Morgan Tsvangirai for help.

Profiting: The Zimbabwe army has interests in diamond mining, retail and energy. (Shepherd Tozvireva)

Zim army gets down to business

The military’s increasing involvement in private enterprise has raised concern that it is preparing to back up a parallel government.

All power in Mugabe’s court

Zimbabwe’s Parliament has been dissolved and there are fears that President Robert Mugabe may abuse the legal vacuum in the lead-up to elections.

Zim: Coalition talks falter

Efforts by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations and other parties to form a grand alliance may not materialise before elections.

No more SABC for Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans have been left with no choice but to watch ZTV as the SABC has switched its channels off.

Morgan Tsvangirai

Zim: Parties consider coalition

The two MDC formations are in talks to put up a united front against Zanu-PF at the polls, or even consolidate their winnings after the elections.

Zimbabwe voters’ roll fraud exposed

The Zanu-PF is resorting to underhanded means to ensure it registers enough voters to win elections in Zimbabwe.

Cross-border traders coin it as rand plummets

Bad news for the South Africans is good for some Zimbabweans.

Drawing a fine line between order and chaos

Drawing a fine line between order and chaos

To tell you what Neil Le Roux’s monochrome work means appears to need a paradoxically massive vocabulary.

Life in the fast lane: SA’s celebrity speedsters

Life in the fast lane: SA’s celebrity speedsters

When celebrities and politicians find themselves on the wrong side of the law their excuses are often as colourful as their personalities.

Off the beaten track: Cape Town

Off the beaten track: Cape Town

You’ve probably heard enough about Cape Town to impress or disgust. We round up a few of the city’s gems handpicked by the locals.

Subaru’s castrated pit bull

The Impreza WRX comes with a full-house complement of luxury and safety features, but the interior, like the body shell, is conservatively styled.

The Jag roadster: The finest sound on the planet

The aluminium-bodied Jaguar XKR is one or the very few cars I’ve driven that feels almost like a superbike when you pour on the coals.

Ford’s friendly little Bantam gets a facelift and gains a diesel engine

The Ford Bantam always was and still remains a popular vehicle that drives and handles like a car, but does sterling service as a pick-up.

Honda: Breaking the mould

Honda, famous for building motorcycles that go very quickly, also knows how to make them stop, writes Gavin Foster.

A whale of a wagon

If you think the Mercedes-Benz ML500 is expensive, consider this; the R742 000 4×4 wagon is considerably cheaper than whale puke.

Isn’t it time for SA to take to two wheels?

It’s not often that a politician proposes a change to the law that will loosen the state’s grip on ordinary people’s lives.