They call it ”the border”: the railway track cutting through a grimy section of the Cape Flats. On one side live blacks, on the other coloureds.
Elizabeth Toll has a million-dollar view. But as the sun dips behind the mountains enclosing the cove where she lives, she shivers inside her shack.
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/ 10 February 2009
SA is expected to launch a slew of spending to shore up its economy against the downturn when Finance Minister Trevor Manuel unveils his budget.
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/ 5 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe faces an awkward time on Friday as he delivers a State of the Nation address after only five months in office.
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/ 5 December 2008
SA has called for an end to political squabbling between Zimbabwe’s feuding political leaders amid growing concern about a cholera crisis.
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/ 19 October 2008
A year after a setback in the hunt for an HIV/Aids vaccine, researchers say their defeats have forced them to look for new ways of creating a defence.
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/ 8 September 2008
Angola’s ruling MPLA on Monday savoured an overwhelming victory in the country’s first peacetime election, even with some votes still to be counted.
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/ 4 September 2008
José Eduardo dos Santos, a soccer fan who has become one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, shows little sign of retiring after 30 years.
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/ 4 September 2008
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Wednesday promised a government shake-up if his ruling MPLA wins Friday’s landmark elections.
Leaders of the ANC are trying to fix its image ahead of the 2009 elections, but it is battling to speak with one voice, analysts say.