Ryan Bubear is all Zuma-ed out; Ebrahim Moolla calls a fellow journo stupid; Rob Peters can hardly contain his excitement at the prospect of the IPL; and Nils van der Linden is pleasantly surprised by Snow Patrol's performance at Coke Fest.

Yip, it's been a (short but) busy week on iafrica.com!

News editor Ryan Bubear:

Jacob Zuma went on the defensive this week, launching a lawsuit against a British newspaper over an article, which was soon removed from the paper's website. Staying with the Zuma theme, it emerged that the NPA's statement explaining its decision to drop charges against the ANC president was 'plagiarised'.

Overseas voters got the chance to have their say mid-week, with a poor turnout in Australia and a stronger showing in London leading to mixed views of the process. The iafrica.com team also revealed who they will not be voting for on 22 April.

ANCYL president Julius Malema slammed UCT on Thursday, insisting that the university is "opposed to our revolution".

Business editor Ebrahim Moolla:

I happened to mention that I have some Nigerian friends at a staff meeting the other day. My sniggering colleagues didn't need too much prompting to begin the inevitable round of 'Do you have a drug problem?' barbs. So I was well pleased when I came across this uplifting little piece on the tireless efforts of a Nigerian businessman to rid PE's seedy downtown of crime.

The man who outscores Paris Hilton in the celebrity stakes is back. Look for analysis on how Barack Obama will contend with pressing world issues in 'Hope personified'.

I'm not going to use any gentle euphemism. I'm not going to try to paper over the gaping holes with any PC claptrap. The curious case of how a leading columnist was fired for reviewing a pirated copy of the new X-Men movie, I put down to sheer stupidity. If you're going to advertise piracy, rather do it with an AK-47 and a molotov cocktail off the coast of Somalia, and not in your couple of inches of newsprint.

A landmark US judicial decision to allow the victims of apartheid era rights abuses to sue complicit multinationals is generating a lot of debate. Was GM, IBM et al a party to apartheid atrocities, blood money marketeers or just doing a spot of apolitical business? The word apolitical doesn't exist in my dictionary. Reparations must be made.

Sport editor Rob Peters:

All eyes are on the cricket this week as the IPL kicks off at Newlands in Cape Town! Even the final ODI between South Africa and Australia has taken a back seat as the IPL fever continues to grow with each passing day…

Other big 'news' this week in sports was the constant bickering between rival football managers Rafael Benitez and Alex Ferguson, but you would have to say Fergie had the final laugh after Manchester United progressed into the semifinals of the Champions League.

And Liverpool? Well, we all know how that turned out…

The Super 14 continues to roll on as it enters the home stretch, and while the Bulls lost out to the Brumbies early on Friday I am backing the Sharks to stay on top against the Crusaders on Saturday.

Entertainment editor Nils van der Linden:

Another short week but that doesn't mean it's been a quiet one, or — if you're a celebrity — a particularly good one. Mel Gibson's wife has filed for divorce and the Australian actor/director/anti-Semite could see half his estimated $1-billion fortune go her way. And the legendary music producer/part-time madman Phil Spector has been found guilty in his murder retrial — he'll be hoping he can take his wigs into the slammer.

Better news closer to home. Despite the last-minute no-shows and a less-than-involved performance from Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, the Coke Zero Fest wasn't quite the disaster some of you were predicting. Snow Patrol were surprisingly good and the South African bands held their own. Check out a review and video footage of the show.

Also catch up with Barry Hilton as he tells us about his first foray into film, being recognised 100 times a day and why life is like a bowl of pasta. There's plenty of other stuff too — the latest from 'Idols', the cinemas and the music stores — to help you slide into another short week.

Cooltech editor Gideon Nieuwoudt:

Like interesting images? Then take a look at this week's website of the week. You might also want to brush up on your keyboard shortcuts for Windows, watch people cause public stirs, and/or find out whether 'Rise of the Argonauts' is a game worth buying.

Then you can read all about archaeologists getting close to finding Cleopatra's grave, Twitter fighting off a worm, cloned camels in the UAE, NASA defying a comic, loo power, and SA's cyber elections.

Personal finance and property editor Kabous le Roux:

Personal finance:
In the past week a new survey by the Association for Savings and Investment SA confirmed that South Africans are dreadfully ill prepared for retirement. Our banking expert, Sbusiso Kumalo, gave an explanation of the most common types of online banking fraud and what you can do to protect yourself. We also provided 20 tips to help you save money when you go shopping.

Property:
In the news last week was Chris Pearson, owner of RE/MAX, who blames estate agents and the banks' reluctance to lend as the main factors destabilising property prices. We also invited those in the market for a new home to browse our massive database for the perfect property. If you're a non-South African interested in buying property here you'll be happy to learn from this article that doing so is an uncomplicated process.

Motoring editor Nils van der Linden:

This weekend China plays host to the next round of the F1 season which, so far, has provided plenty of action, surprises and off-track wrangling. The legal soap opera continued this week with Brawn GP's bodywork deemed legitimate, paving the way for Jenson Button to dominate his third successive race of the year.

Unless, of course, there's another surprise.

Surprises abound when the Cars in Action team get to grips with two high-performance modified cars — one a privately-owned road going BMW M3, the other the SA Rally Championship-winning VW Polo of Hergen Fekken.

And speaking of VW, their Citi Golf is getting just a little long in the tooth. So Michele Lupini takes a look at two possible replacements for the car that's still selling well after 25 years.

Both should be capable of maintaining the vintage Golf's popularity.

The beggar gauntlet Rebekah Kendal reckons that begging is bad for SA because it fosters a culture of dependency.

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Behind closed doors Rebekah Kendal reckons that the real losers in the Percy saga are victims of domestic abuse.