‘Murder in the Zambezi’ retells horror of airline passengers shot dead
It was a shocking news story at the time: in September 1978 an Air Rhodesia Viscount on a flight from Kariba to Salisbury was shot down by rebels.
A heart mender and a heart breaker
Driven Barnard came from behind to perform world first heart transplant
Across my desk: Spire, Season of Crimson Blossoms, Guide to Sieges of SA
A selection of the books that landed on Vivien?s desk.
Who was Jane Austen?
Britain?s new plastic £10 note, issued by the Bank of England last week, bears the image of writer Jane Austen.
Watchman is not the book Mockingbird is
But the first half is highly readable with some funny parts, writes Vivien Horler
Pleeze, call me Cleese, not Cleez or Chee-eese!
If you’ve ever been puzzled whether to pronounce John Cleese’s surname as “clees” or “cleez”, this first volume of his autobiography makes it clear.
The man who made the environment ‘sexy’
After a career in journalism spanning 37 years, Cape Argus Environment and Science Writer John Yeld retires today.
SA tables global oil spill pacts
Two bills aimed at incorporating the conventions into South African law are due to be tabled in Parliament.
Skeleton may bring past to life
The centuries-old remains of a teen could provide us with valuable insight into those who once lived in the Western Cape, writes Vivien Horler.
To the rescue of SA’s rhinos
A private game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is taking no chances with the risk posed by poachers, and has assigned guards to their special charges, writes Vivien Horler. ...
The people behind the wine
A new book recounts the tales of the workers on Cape wine farms