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Zimbabwean healer tries magic chastity potion to help curb Aids
A ZIMBABWEAN healer wants to promote the use of a traditional spell that ensures fidelity, alongside the more conventional methods of condoms and abstinence, to curb the spread of Aids in the country. Healer Mutsa Chikede came up with the idea of...

A hero beyond reproach
Argentine ex-football star Diego Maradona is all set to play his last game. Or is he? Few believe the tribute match on November 10 will be the last in Maradona's turbulent career. By JORGE SAN PEDRO. DIEGO Armando Maradona looks at the camera and...

Wild, wet and windy
East London Grand Prix Circuit brings out best in racing THERE was drama even before the wet and windy motor races at the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Circuit in East London. Sarel van der Merwe's Mustang racing car caught alight during official p...

End of the road for Geoff and Gerry
TWO characters of South African motorsport -- the legendary Geoff Mortimer of track and rally driver/manager fame, and Gerry Gericke who settled in East London a few years ago to set up a bed-and-breakfast establishment at Gonubie -- recently ann...

Scheckter wins last F3 race
TOMAS Scheckter won the final race in the 2001 Formula Nissan Championship in Valencia (Spain) at the weekend, but had to settle for second in the 16-race international series behind Frenchman Franck Montagny. Consolation for the 21-year-old f...

Disgusted driver
I FIND it rather pathetic that the last two meetings in East London have not had regional races. Up-and-coming young drivers can't get exposure or sponsors as they are pushed aside on national race days like the one we have just had. Nobody is go...

Fox drops 9 points
DESPITE wet weather and other events, the Trials Club had an excellent turnout at the Riding Club, Thornpark. Masters was again won by Mark Fox, experts by Russell Heger after breaking his leg. 3rd place was claimed by Mike Diaguiar, from George...