Time for a U-turn
/ 25 March 2011

Time for a U-turn

Angry students picketing outside campus and toyi-toying on the bonnet of his car was all in a day’s work for <b>Nhlanhla Maake</b>.

With many tongues
/ 19 April 2010

With many tongues

The University of Limpopo has pioneered the country’s first and only dual-medium degree — BA in Contemporary English and Multilingual Studies.

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/ 18 February 2008

Microbicide trial failure deals blow to Aids war

An anti-Aids gel that had reached the final phase of testing was unable to prevent the transmission of HIV, research NGO and non-profit organisation the Population Council said on Monday. It said the third phase of the clinical trials into the product found it ineffective in preventing male-to-female HIV transmission during vaginal intercourse.

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/ 18 December 2007

ANC delegates have voracious appetites

With 1,5 tonnes of meat and 3 500 litres of ice cream consumed daily at the African National Congress’s conference in Limpopo, it came as no surprise that provisions had to be ”imported”. There was not enough meat in Polokwane, so it had to be shipped in from Johannesburg and kept in cold storage near the venue.

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/ 18 December 2007

ANC voting: ‘So far, so good’

A third day of cool, rainy weather in Polokwane did little to quench the fiery support for the front-runners in the ANC presidential race: Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Voting for the party’s top six officials started later than the scheduled time of 6am on Tuesday morning due to computer-related delays.

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/ 17 December 2007

The writing’s on the T-shirt

<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>Thousands of delegates to the ANC’s 52nd national conference converged on Polokwane International Airport on Saturday to register in a cavernous hangar for the event. The regi­stration hangar was a free-for-all for groups supporting either Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma.

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/ 15 December 2007

Delegates arrive in Polokwane

Delegates to the African National Congress’s Polokwane conference, some of them weary after driving through the night from other parts of the country, began registering shortly after 10am on Saturday. Registration is taking place in a cavernous and hot aircraft hangar at the Gateway Airport north of Polokwane.

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/ 14 December 2007

Mbeki: Stay true to ANC goals

In an eleventh-hour appeal before the African National Congress’s (ANC) national conference starts on Sunday, President Thabo Mbeki on Friday urged delegates to remain faithful to the party’s revolutionary goals. He said it is important that delegates fully understand the responsibility they carry on their shoulders.

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/ 6 December 2007

ANC releases consolidated nominations list

Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has declined a nomination as African National Congress (ANC) chairperson but has accepted a nomination for deputy president. This emerged on Thursday when the ANC released its long-awaited consolidated list of nominations for its national executive committee.

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/ 19 November 2007

ANC NEC to meet ahead of December conference

A special meeting will be held before the African National Congress’s (ANC) 52nd annual conference in December, the party said on Monday. ”The NEC [national executive committee] agreed to hold a special meeting before the conference to further discuss issues for inclusion in the NEC’s report to conference,” ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said.

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/ 1 November 2007

University protest results in 150 arrests

About 150 students were arrested at a South African university overnight in the latest in a series of violent campus protests, police said on Thursday. About 1&nbsp;000 students of the University of Limpopo’s Turfloop campus in the north of the country went on the rampage, breaking windows and throwing stones at passing cars late on Wednesday evening.