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Class of 2012: How they R doing

Rreport cards of our comrades in govermint.

Mangaung: The way forwardish

As the dust settles after December’s ANC conference, Not the M&G brings you these exclusive scoops from between the lines next to the buffet table.

Nigerian prince disillusioned by hostile internet

Prince Pianola Andabanjo is offering $1-million to any person who will send him their bank details to help him to unfreeze the funds owed to him.

Walter Kowalski s reportedly being held in a soundproof cell to spare his guards the ordeal of hearing about his trip to Hawaii

Iran captures US drone Walter Kowalksi (62)

Iran’s Revolutionary Truth Brigade Media Agency confirmed on Tuesday that the Islamic republic has captured another American drone.

The country’s foreign policy is centred on human rights, democracy, international law, peace and an Africa-first perspective. Photo: File

SA not gateway to Africa, but can solicit backdoor action

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has discovered South Africa "pretty much as far from every country on the planet as you can possibly get".

Japanese banks full of saved face

Japan’s banks revealed that, after decades of saving by citizens, the country’s vaults and safety deposit boxes have been entirely filled with face.

Earliest fossilised weave unearthed in Kenya

Archaeologists say they have been forced to revisit a hundred years of paleo-hairdressing theory, after finding a fossilised hair weave.

Spokesperson Maharaj to get spokesperson

Mac Maharaj is getting his own spokesperson to help him to deal with the increasing instances of "rhetorical overreach" by President Jacob Zuma.

The Mangaung speech that never was

We have managed to acquire a recording of a speech made by Deputy Commissar for Deputised Commissars of South-Western Free State, made at Mangaung.

Europe ‘a crouton away from barbarism’

Europeans are being faced with hardship unprecedented since the Pan-European Croissant Shortage of the third weekend of June 2006.

Mysogynists blame women

South Africa’s misogynists have blamed women for their misogyny, saying that if chicks weren’t so kak, they wouldn’t hate them so much.

Nothing happens in Canada for 77th straight year

The Canadian government has confirmed the country’s 28105th day without an incident of any kind.

Unexploded WWII cliche forces Berlin evacuation

Thousands have had to flee their homes in the midst of recurring narrative mediocrity

The four men accused of plotting the assassination of President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s elective conference will reappear in court on Friday.

What drove the alleged plotters to try to blow up the ANC’s leadership?

According to a forensic psychologist in the prison service, a journey into the mind of a right-wing bomber is "brief".

McDeputy Ramaphosa urged to run SA like McDonald’s

Supporters of Cyril Ramaphosa say his experience as owner of McDonald’s South Africa will stand him in good stead as deputy president.

Motlanthe appointed headmaster of Hogwash School for Political Wizards

Kgalema Motlanthe has revealed that he has been appointed as headmaster of the new Hogwash School for Political Wizard-Cadres.

Democratic Alliance to issue report cards for all South Africans

The DA has announced that in 2013 the party will be submitting report cards for ordinary citizens as well as for members of the Cabinet.

The City Round-up

Cavendish Square in Claremont is the greatest mall in the history of the world because Cousin Harry said that Cavendish Square is amazing

Malawi’s men to shake off ‘nice guy’ image

Malawian men say they are tired of being known as friendly, reliable, honest, hardworking, thrifty, family-oriented and articulate.

Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson during a harvest ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal.

Africa confirmed as easiest continent to draw from memory

A 13-year study funded by the World Bank has concluded that Africa is the easiest continent to get "sort of right" from memory.