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/ 18 January 2012
Late applications for school places have dogged the first day of the school year in five of the country’s provinces.
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/ 18 January 2012
After postponing the implementation of its tolling, Sanral says its e-toll terms and conditions are fair and are not illegal.
Ernie Els has much to look forward to when he takes on several other South African Major winners at Fancourt, South Africa.
The Nicholson inquiry into the state of South African cricket has begun to show the sport is in a mess, despite the Proteas’ success on the field.
Illegal occupiers of private properties are still being evicted without alternative accommodation arrangements despite a ConCourt ruling in December.
The Market Theatre’s artistic director, Malcolm Purkey, talks about the new theatre season, with historical protest plays Woza Albert!.
Former Cricket SA president Norman Arendse says Gerald Majola should face a disciplinary hearing for his role in the IPL bonus scandal.
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/ 17 January 2012
Researchers say an increase in public sector jobs is not sustainable to drive job growth in SA, adding a 40% growth is needed to reach the target.
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/ 17 January 2012
The all-share index has hit an all-time high as commodity firms ticked higher, tracking gains in global equities after positive China growth data.
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/ 17 January 2012
As Stats SA is due to release December’s consumer price index this week, economists suggest consumer inflation is likely to have risen to 6.2%.
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/ 17 January 2012
After much infighting between the SABC board and shareholders, Lulama Mokhobo has been appointed as the SABC’s new group chief executive officer.
Thabo Mbeki has expresses his scepticism of Twitter and blogging, calling it a tool to spread "false knowledge" to advance certain groups’ agendas.
Ali Bacher’s appearance at Judge Nicholson’s probe into the state of CSA has elicited a burning question about the former cricket boss’s motives.
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/ 16 January 2012
Government officials have met to discuss the re-erection of a 150km border fence between Mozambique and South Africa.
Delivering a report on provincial finances, the auditor general has refused to be drawn on the move to place key departments under central control.
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/ 16 January 2012
South Africa’s mining and quarrying sector has seen the largest foreign direct investment for 2009, followed by manufacturing and finance.
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/ 16 January 2012
The rand is expected to have a tough week after rating agency Fitch announced its downgrade of South Africa’s outlook rating.
Enoch Godongwana insists his resignation as deputy minister of economic development is not due to a probe into how R100m in union money disappeared.
Dr Ali Bacher will today explain a R5m payout cited by Cricket SA boss Gerald Majola as a precedent for his own controversial handling of bonuses.
The Kruger National Park will get 150 additional rangers to combat poaching, following news that 11 rhino have been already been killed in SA in 2012.
Mathews Phosa has slated Joe Phaahla and his supporters for lodging a dispute against the outcome of the ANC’s Limpopo elective conference.
The department of correctional services says an appeal for the medical parole of Jackie Selebi will be considered this week.
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/ 14 January 2012
Police officers are now not allowed to use rubber bullets or shotguns on protesters after reports of excessive violence being used on demonstrators.
Oprah Winfrey has come to South Africa as the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls yielded its first group of matriculants.
Due to the country’s failure to create jobs and improve economic growth, Fitch has revised South Africa’s outlook from stable to negative.
Government says Cabinet’s January lekgotla, which will form the basis of the president’s state of the nation speech, is due to begin on January 17.
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/ 13 January 2012
The World Bank has identified South Africa and Tanzania as having some of the highest costs for remittance payments in the world.
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/ 12 January 2012
Tito Mboweni and his brother Alto have signed a memorandum of understanding to take a 20% stake in Ferrox Holdings for a consideration of $32-million.
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/ 12 January 2012
Eskom says the performance of the country’s power system has improved since Monday, with the parastatal saying it would continue to be on alert.
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/ 12 January 2012
Over R25-million in lottery winnings is unclaimed, including a R16.45 million jackpot, national lottery operator Gidani said on Thursday.
Pretoria has yet to decide how it will respond to a call by the US to decrease oil imports from Iran — the source of 25% of SA’s overall supply.
Conservationists say regulating trade in ivory and rhino horn is getting tougher because syndicates are becoming more sophisticated.