Durbanville, South Africa News

Like most politicians, Cape Town-based Jeremy Acton is aiming for the top. But as leader of the Dagga Party of South Africa the self-confessed rooker has perhaps already reached the highest office with his eight-joints-a-day habit.

Over the years South African icon Nelson Mandela has inspired a clothing line, pricey artworks and countless cheap souvenirs, all of which have fuelled debate over the use of his image.

Directed by Brink Scholtz, the 50-minute drama is set in a compartment of a train on a long-distance journey, and concentrates on the private internal monologues of the two characters.

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma may have put the ANC's 2014 election campaign into first gear over the weekend.

ACCLAIMED: Aimee Valentine and David Dennis in Brothers in Blood, on at Artscape in a double bill with Rainbow Scars.

5pm to 9pm. Free. Tel: 082 570 5997. lThe Suburban Saints, Ashtray Electric and The Plastics are at Zula at 98 Long Street.

Wouter Basson's attorney has been firm: "There is no mention of any 'victims' on Wouter Basson's charge sheet" Wynanda Coetzee from Geyser and Coetzee Attorneys was responding to a suggestion by Professor Ted Metz of the University of Johannesburg that Basson work in public hospitals "to serve the descendants of his victims in the interest of ... (more)