R50m WesBank legal battle: Two decades of car purchase dispute

Don Makatile|Published

A former senior government official's R50 million legal battle with WesBank over an alleged fraudulent car deal enters its 20th year, with the Constitutional Court ...

Slaying the Dragon: One man’s battle against opioid addiction

Don Makatile|Published

Soon he is no longer able to live without Oxy and goes through two years of hell trying to wean himself off the drug, an on-and-off pendulum of trying to quit.

Former government official hauls bank giant to court over alleged fraud

Don Makatile|Published

A former senior government official who purchased a vehicle through a scheme financed by Wesbank is taking his legal tussle with the bank to the highest court in ...

The Sweetest Taboo

Don Makatile|Published

I started reading the book but found myself going back to the Swazi story a few times.

Top achiever: taxman’s loss is big real estate win

Don Makatile|Published

As agent of the year for 2023 in his neck of the woods, he achieved over R100 million sales turnover in property value over 12 months.

Life Lessons

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Alan Knott-Craig – the son, not the father – has a knack for these things. He writes an internal email meant for staff in 2008. It goes viral and ends up as a book! ...

Interior designer Ngoasheng has a ‘Sheeq’ touch

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Mosima Mpho Ngoasheng runs Sheeqliving Interiors, a name that derives from ‘chic’. It is not exactly rocket science that she is passionate about fashion, a fact ...

‘I don’t need drugs to be high; dance is my opium’

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Celebrated dance teacher Nomsa Manaka has come full circle, in almost all areas of her life, thanks to her craft.

A gift from my father: how a childhood passion to ease pain turned into a fulfilling career

Don Makatile|Published

Vuyiswa Poppie Bolani-Matlanyane tells a fascinating story about how she started her business, Maphodi Massage Therapy.

LOOK: An artist is born, not made

Don Makatile|Published

His father’s ID is the canvas of a lot of his work. It suits his style as he studied lithograph.

SA artist finds Zürich market challenges, suits her fine

Don Makatile|Published

Her website shows her oeuvre inclusive of paintings, photos and textile works.

LOOK: Art inspired by the hand of God - Zimbabwean artist Keith Zenda taking the world by storm

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Today, people all over the world are falling over themselves queuing to buy his artwork.

Supermarket chain’s township deal leaves bitter taste in the mouth

Don Makatile|Published

Pick n Pay made money, the township entrepreneurs lost money through this deal that was punted as the biggest thing ever to happen to the township economy by the ...

Livid axed government official returns to work after court victory

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A highly decorated government official with vast experience in media and communications who was dismissed last year from his high-grossing position has been vindicated ...

Helping pupils reach for the stars

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Now in their eighth year, and punted as a platform where “the ideas of school teams are heard, tested and supported”, the Step Up 2 A Green Start Up National Youth ...

Game of golf to fight joblessness in Limpopo

Don Makatile|Published

Picture: suppliedMention the game of golf and people immediately think of big international stars and equally large sums of prize money. Rarely is the game associated ...

Business duo have their heads in the right place

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Two boys meet at film school with ideas of being the next Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee or Quentin Tarantino, and to make the greatest movies ever. Eddie Seane and ...

Medical trailblazer builds on her childhood dream

Don Makatile|Published

Were she inclined to be vain, Dr Aobakwe Segwe could easily have used her looks to earn a living, comfortably. She chose to go with her brains instead. Today, the ...

Little time to rest when building a body to die for

Don Makatile|Published

If we all deal with grief differently, it cannot be fair that other people handle adversity so admirably, and to good effect. Maite Makgatho started her body-building ...

Serial writer was baptised in ink to preach to the reading masses

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Many people start singing in church. Thabile Mange started writing in the house of the Lord!This was in the 1990s at the Roman Catholic Church in Kagiso, his hometown, ...

Ex-hawker enters world of fashion with 100% local brand

Don Makatile|Published

Local is indeed becoming lekker as a home-grown fashion label joins the mainstream.

Book explores the deep roots of black South Africans’ relationship with Kruger National Park

Don Makatile|Published

Safari Nation, A Social History of the Kruger National Park looks at the respective status of the black man with the park — from the native police, ranger, squatter ...

SA Literary Awards recognition for first-time author

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Sihle Bolani on shortlist for SA Literary Awards for her book exposing bias in the corporate workplace.

OPINION: We can’t fight racism by excluding whites from the conversation

Don Makatile|Published

It is white supremacy that spawns racism so the perpetrator and the victim need to be brought around the same table to thrash out the problem and find solutions, ...