A court application is pending in which former chief executive of the Fidentia group, J Arthur Brown, seeks an order to stop his prosecution.
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/ 24 February 2009
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota promised on Monday that his party would not give people top jobs because ”they were on Robben Island”.
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/ 24 February 2009
This year’s Design Indaba will try to define the South African aesthetic. Nadine Botha asks what that means and how it can be achieved.
So most Idols contestants can’t sing: does that give the judges the right to humiliate them on live TV?
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/ 18 February 2009
A City of Cape Town disciplinary committee has found DA councillor Frank Martin guilty of encouraging people to invade homes at Delft in the city.
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/ 18 February 2009
The Two Oceans Marathon race office has received confirmation from the Western Cape government that Chapman’s Peak will be open for the race in April.
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/ 18 February 2009
High ranking police officers were harshly interrogated in the presence of colleagues for alleged dereliction of duty if unable to control crime.
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/ 16 February 2009
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says the pressure will be all on South Africa when the teams play for No. 1 Test team status.
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/ 13 February 2009
Although the Super 14 begins for most teams this year on Valentine’s Day, it can be assumed that there will be a minimum of love lost.
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/ 11 February 2009
Proposed adjustment to the personal income tax schedules will provide relief of R13,6-billion to individual taxpayers, Manuel announced on Wednesday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s budget on Wednesday preached his age-old message of prudent fiscal policy, efficiency and sustainability.
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/ 11 February 2009
Najwa Petersen on Wednesday escaped a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of her husband Taliep, but was effectively jailed for 28 years.
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/ 11 February 2009
According to Finance Minister Manuel, there will be R13,6-billion of tax relief for individuals in this year’s tax period. But don’t be fooled.
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/ 6 February 2009
President’s first State of the Nation speech walked a tightrope between appeasing the new, more leftist ANC and acknowledging the work done by Mbeki.
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/ 6 February 2009
There were some interesting hats at Friday’s opening of Parliament, but nothing to scare the pigeons as much as the 21-gun salute did.
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/ 6 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday during his State of the Nation address that the global economic meltdown does pose dangers.
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/ 6 February 2009
A spokesperson said on Friday that the former president had already made other plans by the time the invitation to the opening had arrived.
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/ 6 February 2009
As President Kgalema Motlanthe addresses the nation in his first, and possibly last, State of the Nation address, he will be walking a tightrope.
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/ 4 February 2009
Najwa Petersen was among the top 3% of earners in South Africa when she killed her husband, Taliep, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Will he or won’t he announce a poll date? That is the question observers are asking ahead of the president’s State of the Nation speech on Friday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to offload an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against Israel, Cosatu said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
The Sport Ministry has confirmed that regulations that would have allowed the minister to interfere with national team selections have been withdrawn.
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/ 28 January 2009
Burundian peace facilitator Jan van Eck died of a heart attack in Cape Town on January 27.
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/ 27 January 2009
Hundreds of shebeen owners and workers marched to the Western Cape legislature in Cape Town on Tuesday in protest against proposed new liquor rulings.
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/ 23 January 2009
Recent media reports that the South African judiciary is being undermined have no basis, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 13 January 2009
The ANC parliamentary caucus has asked party lawyers to review the NPA Act in the wake of Monday’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma case.
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/ 13 January 2009
The National Assembly’s battered image could be restored if Parliament reopens discussions on the arms deal, an independent panel said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2009
Construction recently started on Africa’s first state-of-the-art film studio near Cape Town, which once completed will be worthy of Hollywood status.
Ajax Cape Town and Santos played to a 1-1 draw in an action-packed derby at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night.
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/ 29 December 2008
It was a fine day in Cape Town so we thought that looking for quaggas would be a great idea.
I can’t say that our plans were well advanced.
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/ 25 December 2008
Brent Meersman goes up and down Cape Town’s cosmopolitan strip.
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/ 17 December 2008
The 2008 South African Open, which gets under way at Pearl Valley, near Franschhoek, on Thursday, will boast its strongest field to date.