This year bought very little cheer, so the Mail & Guardian trawled far and wide to find two handfulls of news that brought a smile to our faces.
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Quacquarelli Symonds has published its top 100 universities in the five Brics countries, of which eight are South African.
After Edward Snowden’s open letter, Brazil says it’s not considering granting asylum to him as the country has not received a formal request.
Desmond Tutu has slated the ANC’s exclusion of Afrikaners from Nelson Mandela’s funeral, saying it would have appalled Madiba.
Five opposition parties have formed a coalition, called the Collective for Democracy, to contest the general elections next year.
Stocks have booked a 1.6% gain, led by Kumba Iron Ore’s upbeat guidance for its full-year results.
A transformation group interrupted an R2K protest against the axing of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois, calling for an end to racism in media houses.
Cosatu sent greetings to the Numsa special congress but stopped short of supporting the event after not being invited to address delegates.
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/ 17 December 2013
This is the story of two South African HIV positive women who are taking care of their own health and that of their babies by breastfeeding on ARVs.