Japan’s ambassador to South Africa, Toshiro Ozawa, on Wednesday thanked South Africans for their condolences.
The JSE’s long-time CEO will resign at the end of the year and will be replaced by his deputy, Nicky Newton-King.
The Presidency issued a statement on Wednesday evening saying that President Jacob Zuma is not ambiguous on the issue of Libya.
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/ 25 February 2011
Washing hands until they’re raw, lining up cans in alphabetical order, hoarding every newspaper you’ve ever bought: welcome to the bizarre world of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Watching Jack Nicholson in his Oscar-winning performance as Melvin Udall in the 1997 hit movie, As Good as it Gets, had millions of people chuckling at the eccentric […]
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/ 25 February 2011
It is possible that renewable energy could supply 100% of the world’s needs by 2050.
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/ 24 February 2011
Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi was under fire on Thursday for saying that the Western Cape has too many coloured people.
The department of labour needs to give employers more support and guidance.
An article on Zwelinzima Vavi’s absence from the ANC’s anniversary celebrations was "deliberately designed" to "manufacture" schisms, Cosatu says.
According to a secret US diplomatic note, former president Thabo Mbeki was involved in the creation of Cope policy — a claim he has denied.
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/ 20 December 2010
Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it’s actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
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/ 17 December 2010
Eskom’s former CEO Jacob Maroga — who last week lost his court bid for reinstatement — has now appealed the ruling.
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/ 9 December 2010
The SA Literary Awards has withdrawn its award for Annelie Botes, writer of <em>Thula Thula</em>, for saying she did not like black people.
Elections in East and Southern Africa have left fewer women in politics, placing countries at risk of not meeting equality targets, the UN said.
British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen is the only South African on the list of nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards.
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/ 7 December 2010
Public Works Minister honoured a controversial R500-million lease for police’s headquarters in Pretoria, the <i>Star</i> reported.
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/ 3 December 2010
An Afrobarometer survey on political opinion has showed that white people do not feel more vulnerable to crime than other population groups.
Media houses were granted access to the trial of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s alleged killers at the Ventersdorp Circuit Court on Thursday.
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/ 26 November 2010
Judges threw questions at President Zuma’s lawyers over the decision to keep secret the controversial 2002 Zimbabwe election report.
Claims by businessman Robert Gumede that <i>M&G</i> reporter Sam Sole was corrupt are "appalling", <i>noseweek</i> editor Martin Welz says.
The Literary Festival will include a tribute to the renowned writer and intellectual Es’kia Mphahlele.
Moeletsi Mbeki has lambasted the ANC as a "party of the black middle class" following the massive public-sector strike.
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/ 30 October 2006
The first film festival to take place as part of the Sithengi film market will happen in Cape Town from November 9 to 14.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> reports in its latest edition, available on Friday, that the African National Congress has misled the nation on the Oilgate scandal. Documents in the possession of the <i>M&G</i> make it clear that Imvume Management — the company that channelled R11-million in state oil money to the ANC before the 2004 election — was effectively a front for the ruling party.
Online publishers in South Africa took a giant leap last week with the announcement of an Internet measuring system that will sort out, once and for all, who’s reading what. The beauty of the system, which will be used to find out how many people are surfing local sites, is that it is almost completely accurate.
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reporters continue to reap awards for outstanding journalism. Nawaal Deane, the <i>M&G</i>’s health reporter, has won a US/SA Excellence in Health Reporting Award.
Collect-a-Can, a pioneer of corporate environmental best practice in South Africa, celebrated its 10th anniversary in April this year. Valli Moosa commended the company on its efforts to increase public awareness about the importance of waste management.
Experts say operating an effective global protected areas system would cost at least $45-billion a year, yet current expenditure on the existing protected areas network is in the region of $6,5-billion. This is one of the issues to be addressed at the Fifth World Parks Congress next month.
Universities worldwide are increasingly conscious of their responsibility for harnessing intellectual capital for the creation of wealth and economic development. The University of Stellenbosch has been at the forefront in translating the rhetoric of the debate about "academic entrepreneurship" into concrete action.
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/ 7 November 2002
The Mail & Guardian’s editorial of October 25, "Stop beating the war drums", is welcome. Political tensions in KwaZulu-Natal are high, and the Inkatha Freedom Party’s reported intimidation of IFP councillors during the two-week window for defections should not be tolerated.
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