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/ 10 November 2011
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has launched its iPad edition, downloadable from the Apple store.
SA desperately needs to address the health risks posed by overcrowded detention centres and migrant deportation processes, a rights group says.
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/ 8 November 2011
Four chefs promoted peace in the Middle East at an event "Taste of Peace", recently held in Johannesburg.
The Presidency announced on Tuesday that Pansy Tlakula is the new chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
SA’s population hit 50-million this year, but the country’s population growth is considerably slower than that of Africa’s 39 high-fertility countries
Teenage pregnancy is common in rural Ingwavuma. Doctors at the nearby hospital say half the estimated 180 women who give birth are 18 and younger.
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/ 3 November 2011
The New Delhi superbug causing alarm in a Benoni hospital is probably more prevalant in SA than originally thought — but not especially dangerous.
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/ 1 November 2011
The Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, which has helped more than 5000 women in the past two years, may be forced to reduce its services — or close.
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/ 31 October 2011
Twitter had mixed reactions about reports of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s affair with a model. Here’s how it played out.
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/ 28 October 2011
Yvonne Mokgoro will no longer be heading the Cele inquiry commission, while Willem van der Merwe has stepped down from the arms deal probe.
The Sexual Offences Act of 2007, which criminalises consensual sex and kissing from 12 to 16-year-olds, is not helping HIV rates, a forum has heard.
Gaddafi met an ignominious, ghastly death at the hands of his own people, but SA farmer Charl Senekal has only fond memories of the slain ex-dictator.
The ANC has said any pronouncements by its youth league about who it is backing in the party’s leadership succession race are "void of impact".
President Zuma has fired Sicelo Shiceka and Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde as Cabinet ministers in his latest reshuffle, and has also suspended Bheki Cele.
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/ 21 October 2011
The officers investigating the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche made several crucial blunders.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial has been postponed until January 2012, after another day of court testimony revealed details of his grisly end.
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/ 19 October 2011
More police bungling became clear in the Ventersdorp High Court on Wednesday in the trial of the pair accused in Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder.
It is not known whether Terre’Blanche had been drinking at the time of his death, as blood tests have still not been finalised.
A police witness gave damning evidence to strengthen the state’s case and cast doubt on one of the suspect’s self-defence arguments.
Blood patterns on Terre’Blanche’s bedroom walls, curtains and door indicate he was killed lying on his bed, and with great force, an expert says.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial enters its seventh day today, after a series of police blunders were picked apart by the defence on Monday.
Testimony in the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial has for the first time linked the teenager accused of killing the right-wing leader to the crime.
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/ 14 October 2011
Analysts say a South Korean company’s interest in buying 20% of Telkom may offer the ailing company some much-needed strategic vision.
The only thing that gave away what was going inside the Ventersdorp courthouse as a row of media cars and a police van here and there.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial enters its fourth day in the wake of a key police witness’s confession that he had lied about certain details.
The fifth witness in the murder trial of AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche has taken to the stand, also testifying to the suspect’s admission of guilt.
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/ 11 October 2011
The health department has launched a human resource plan to deal with the public sector’s severe lack of doctors and nurses.
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/ 10 October 2011
Millions of BlackBerry users in Africa, Europe and the Middle East have been unable to use their BlackBerry messaging services and email since midday.
While a great many people around the world are wishing the best for Archbishop Tutu on his 80th birthday, the cleric still has a fair few detractors.
The moratorium on deporting illegal Zimbabweans has quietly been lifted by the department of home affairs, prompting an outcry from rights groups.
Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi says the people of Burma seeking reconciliation have been inspired by SA’s great men: Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
SA doesn’t always stand up for human rights the way some of its citizens such as Archbishop Tutu do, Burma’s Dawn Aung San Suu Kyi has observed.