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/ 6 September 2011
The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
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/ 6 September 2011
The rand was softer against the dollar in early morning trade as it tracked a jittery euro, and analysts say they expect the rand to keep weakening.
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/ 6 September 2011
Glencore, the world’s largest commodity trader, has said that it had almost doubled its stake in South African takeover target Optimum Coal to 23.9%.
Lock Bakkies Botha could miss the Springboks’ opening match of the Rugby World Cup against Wales because of an Achilles injury.
Ernie Els’s final round 70 was enough to move him up to 68th in the FedEx Cup standings, along with opening rounds, for a total of eight under par 276
Advocacy groups are questioning whether the JSC properly applied itself to the consultation process of appointing a new chief justice.
The Protection of Information Bill is a step closer to becoming law after MPs adopted a final draft, despite opposition threats of a legal challenge.
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/ 5 September 2011
Business Unity SA has asked to meet with the SA Local Government Association regarding a proposed tax on business to help raise additional funds.
The ANCYL in Limpopo says it paid for the buses that took Malema supporters to his hearing, but isn’t responsible for all the violence that ensued.
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/ 5 September 2011
Kopeng Obed Bapela has called for the decryption of BlackBerry Messenger-type services should there be an increase in cybercrime in the space.
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/ 5 September 2011
Rio Tinto and Anglo American have said they plan to sell their stakes in Palabora Mining, SA’s only refined copper producer.
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/ 4 September 2011
The boy in a Facebook picture lying apparently lifeless while a white man stands over his body with a rifle is alive, the <i>City Press</i> says.
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/ 4 September 2011
The JSC’s interrogation of Mogoeng Mogoeng resumed with the commission wrangling over whether to accept a late submission from Cosatu.
Despite the initial swagger of the only contender for the chief justice title, a flurry of JSC jabs has left Mogoeng bruised (but still standing).
The state has the power to bring balance to SA, but is instead acting as "a bodyguard of whiteness", Andile Mngxitama told the M&G Literary Festival.
Chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng has defended his "intellectual depth" in his interview with the Judicial Services Commission.
Cosatu is calling on the Judicial Service Commission to recommend against Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng’s appointment to the position of chief justice.
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/ 3 September 2011
Bafana Bafana are confident they will hand Niger their first home defeat in more than three years in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
Julius Malema and other ANC Youth League leaders seem set to be tied up in disciplinary procedures at Luthuli House "for a long time" yet.
The University of the Free State has inaugurated its new student representative council after its first non-political-party elections, held this week.
More than winning a silver medal at the World Championships, Oscar Pistorius said he wished he could have run in the 4 x 400m relay final.
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/ 2 September 2011
There was some relief for Bafana Bafana when top striker Katlego Mphela went along with them for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger.
Despite objections to Mogoeng Mogoeng becoming chief justice, the Zuma-friendly Judicial Service Commission is unlikely to reject the president’s man.
President Zuma has called for action to be taken against those involved in trashing property during a protest in support of Julius Malema.
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/ 1 September 2011
Fans in green and gold lined the streets of Sandton to bid farewell to the Springboks as they depart for New Zealand ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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/ 1 September 2011
The Right 2 Know campaign says the Protection of Information Bill remains a threat to freedom and transparency, and should be scrapped and redrafted.
President Zuma is boycotting a meeting of world leaders being held in Paris to discuss Libya’s future, but Norway says it will convey SA’s stance.
Jon Qwelane has won his case to have the hate speech verdict against him for a column set aside, but this does not mean he is off the hook.
What made children violently riot for Julius Malema outside Luthuli House? <b>Ayanda Sitole</b> thinks it’s the value systems instilled in our youth.
While on a two-day visit to discuss climate change and Libya, President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the 77 people killed in a massacre in Norway.
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/ 1 September 2011
The NUM says Eskom’s "unilateral" implementation of a two-year, 7% wage agreement is a declaration of war, and it would put up a fight.
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius led off his 4 x 400m relay team at the World Championships and was "extremely proud" to help SA qualify for the final.