A bankrupt North West municipality spent more than R7-million within eight months on two sister companies to help with its financial fortunes.
President Hosni Mubarak ruled out resigning immediately to end a violent confrontation over his 30-year-rule, arguing this would bring chaos to Egypt.
Goal-scorers scored big as outrageous spending on transfers continued in the English premiership.
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/ 4 February 2011
On the eve of Bafana Bafana’s friendly match against Kenya on Wednesday, Egypt tumbled 23 places down the Fifa rankings while Bafana jumped to 47.
In Johannesburg’s Diepsloot the backyards of RDP houses are a maze of shacks that far outnumber the formal structures in whose shadow they stand.
Calm returns after club president Motsepe lays down the law and López gets a reprieve.
Gross irregular spending, the continued haemorrhaging of municipal funds in eThekwini were just some of the auditor general’s findings.
The International Monetary Fund chief has warned that the re-emergence of global imbalances could be a threat to stability.
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/ 4 February 2011
The protests blazing across the Arab world in the past three weeks represent a radical opening up in the frozen politics of the Middle East.
SA has joined the international chorus calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down in the face of mass street demonstrations.