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/ 7 December 2011
The departments of home affairs in Cape Town and Durban did not follow procedure and instead lured asylum seekers under false pretences.
The CSA probe has been adjourned until January, when it will hear from more witnesses, including former cricket administrator Dr Ali Bacher.
The public protector is investigating the relationship between businessman Roux Shabangu and the suspended acting director-general at public works.
The probe into Cricket SA’s bonus saga concludes today, after an emotional CEO Gerald Majola broke down in tears during testimony on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch released a report on the violence that underprivileged, black lesbians and trans men face on a day to day basis.
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/ 6 December 2011
Bidvest Wits’ Roger de Sa is not worried about the age of his players in the team to face Orlando Pirates in the Telkom Knockout final at the weekend.
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/ 6 December 2011
Banyana Banyana and striker Nompumelelo Nyandeni are both in line for the Confederation of African Football awards, due to be held on December 22.
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/ 6 December 2011
The treasury is considering issuing Islamic bonds to diversify its investor base, aiming to get its first sukuk approved by next financial year.
As high level negotiations kick into gear, M&G environmental journalist gives a clear analysis of the major developments and issues facing cop17.
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/ 6 December 2011
The intervention in the running of Limpopo is an attack on the province’s current leadership by opponents within the ruling party, the ANCYL says.
The man at the middle of the CSA bonus saga, Gerald Majola, is appearing before the ministerial inquiry into alleged financial mismanagement today.
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/ 6 December 2011
The Eastern Cape education department will save R90.9-million after 101 000 ghost pupils were uncovered in a school audit.
The government has taken direct control of several provincial administrations in a clampdown on profligate spending and terrible service delivery.
Twelve heads of state and 130 ministers are set to attend the high level segment of the COP17 conference to broker a new climate deal.
Business Unity SA has been sharply criticised by Cosatu for calling for greater public and private partnerships in 2012 to bolster SA’s economy.
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/ 6 December 2011
Three Greenpeace activists will be deported after they were arrested for trespassing while trying to abseil from the roof of a Durban hotel.
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/ 5 December 2011
Jub Jub Maarohanye has denied that his car was the one that crashed into and killed a group of school children in Protea North last year.
A former audit committee chairperson for the CSA has said Gerald Majola should have known that the Indian Premier League bonuses had to be declared.
Malusi Gigaba says Transnet is soon due to announce its new expansion plans to ease the load on the country’s overcrowded rail networks.
Former Springbok and Bulls player Victor Matfield has been taken on as a line-out and general forward specialist coach for the Bulls’ 2012 season.
Former top cop Jackie Selebi has been placed in the custody of correctional services at the Pretoria Central Prison’s medical facility.
A committal warrant for Jackie Selebi is out, but it is up to his doctor to decide whether he may be moved from hospital.
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/ 5 December 2011
Human Rights Watch says SA’s lesbians and transgender men in townships and rural areas live in constant fear of harassment and "corrective rapes".
While Jacob Zuma has congratulated the DRC for successfully holding its elections, protesters have accused him of overlooking election fraud.
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/ 5 December 2011
Agricultural bodies and government have discounted reports of pending doom due a shortage in South Africa’s maize stocks.
The Cape High Court will hear an application by the IFP and Cope about whether it was constitutional for the state to bar the Dalai Lama entry.
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/ 5 December 2011
South Africa is home to some of the most beautiful beaches, but is also the site of fatal shark attacks which have experts puzzling over the cause.
China says it will commit to a binding agreement on climate change, even as calls grow for the US to stop hindering negotiations and leave the talks.
The probe into Cricket SA’s finances is set to hear from two key figures in the saga this week: audit chair Colin Beggs and CEO Gerald Majola.
In a joint statement, legal advocacy bodies said that South Africa’s record as a beacon of democracy was being tarnished by the Secrecy Bill.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, which is set to provide job opportunities.
President Jacob Zuma has said that government is to invest billions in mass transport systems as a way of ‘greening’ the South African economy.