The lack of funding has led to closure of 43 branches of the National Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals nationwide
Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination
Mister Sweet workers say they will not risk their health, and the lives of others, to continue producing and packaging confectionaries
Six public-private partnerships have already been registered and approved by national treasury
Tiger Brands produces around 60 000 tons of processed meat annually, roughly 25% of the processed market in South Africa
A crash between two Metrorail trains at the Geldenhuys train station in Germiston has left over 200 commuters moderately injured on Tuesday morning.
"Opposed to this colonial idea of what a city is, townships are actually cities"
As kids, we’d risk itchy bums to watch our heroes in action. A generation later, a once-great club is on the up-and up again, writes Luke Alfred.
Patients go without key drugs as the province and suppliers trade blame for antiretroviral shortages.
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/ 21 October 2008
Four of the six people who died when their aircraft crashed in Germiston on Tuesday were employees of Deloitte, the company said.
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/ 21 October 2008
Six people were killed when an aircraft crashed near Germiston shortly after taking off from the Rand Airport, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
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/ 7 September 2008
Durban-based Olympic swim star Kathryn Meaklim chalks up seven gold-medal performances at the South African Short-Course Championships.
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/ 7 September 2008
Swimming SA management and its Olympic team members have agreed to work together in the interest of the sport.
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/ 6 September 2008
Roland Schoeman smashed two African records on the second day of the four-day Telkom South African Short-Course Championships on Friday.
A pedestrian Bafana Bafana outfit needed an own goal to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in a friendly international match at the Germiston Stadium on Tuesday evening. Gilbert Mushangazhike struck first for the visitors in the 12th minute. Sthembiso Ngcobo equalised in the 73rd minute and his feeble shot at goal deflected off James Matola late in extra time to give the hosts an unforeseen victory.
The Birds left it late — then swooped to a scintillating 3-1 Absa Premiership win over Bloemfontein Celtic with three goals in the last ten minutes of play. After Malawian defender Patrick Mabedi had equalised for Moroka Swallows, with a superbly timed header in the 79th minute, the team completed their scoring spree with late goals from substitutes Sandile Ndlovu and Alfred Phiri.
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/ 23 February 2008
Five athletes achieved the ”A” qualifying standard for the Beijing Olympic Games at Germiston on Friday night, and the men’s junior pole-vault record was also broken. Ter de Villiers won the men’s 400m hurdles in a qualifying time of 48,71 seconds, followed by Alwyn Myburgh (48,99) and Ockert Cilliers (49,18).
Moroka Swallows and AmaZulu played to a goalless draw in their Premier Soccer League clash at the Germiston Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Both teams had good scoring opportunities but neither could capitalise on the chances created in front of a vociferous crowd on a warm Gauteng afternoon.
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/ 24 November 2005
Minerals and Energy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks has launched a R106-million scheme to help the gold manufacturing jewellery industry in South Africa. Aimed at reducing ”the current high cost of financing gold working capital” in South Africa, the scheme is part of the offsets of the Hawk and Gripen fighter aircraft component of South Africa’s controversial arms deal.
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/ 7 September 2005
Moroka Swallows beat a determined Free State Stars 1-0 in their hard-fought Castle Premier Soccer League (PSL) game at the Germiston Stadium on Tuesday afternoon in front of a poor midweek crowd, after leading 1-0 at the break. As a result of this win, Swallows move from 11th to third position on the PSL log.