The ANC is undermining its mission of creating five million new jobs through poor foreign policy, nepotism and ill-conceived legislation, the DA says.
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/ 4 February 2011
I was driven to apply for a prepaid meter from City Power after my electricity bill went through the roof, and stayed there.
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/ 4 February 2011
Just after their failure to persuade the Hawks to arrest Israeli politician Tzipi Livni, anti-Israel hardliners are clamouring at the door of the NPA.
Mass concern about Nelson Mandela’s illness is both understandable and perfectly African.
Jimmy Manyi taking over as head of government communications completes an overhaul that sees supporters of Jacob Zuma taking over top positions.
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/ 4 February 2011
For those who suspected that the feel-good times of June last year would in time bring some nasty hangover after the party, here it is.
It is unconscionable that 1,6-million learners in the Eastern Cape have been denied their right to school nutrition.
Research shows that parents do not know how to protect kids using the internet.
Parents are furious as children continue to be denied places at schools, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.
Free State minister of human settlements is facing the axe after his national counterpart Tokyo Sexwale clawed back R263-million.
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/ 4 February 2011
Absa Bank will be the new official sponsors of the Springboks, the South African Rugby Union (Saru) announced on Thursday.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new Health Professions Council on Thursday, Motsoaledi said: "We cannot afford this commercial health system."
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/ 4 February 2011
The Southern Africa Customs Union is considering an overhaul of revenue-sharing that will see SA keeping a bigger slice of pooled customs receipts.
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/ 4 February 2011
The most trusted ship in the SA navy was deployed to evacuate South Africans in Côte d’Ivoire in the event of widespread civil disorder.
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/ 4 February 2011
As the third version of the South African Open tennis tournament comes to a conclusion this weekend, it would seem that all is fine at Montecasino.
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/ 4 February 2011
On the eve of Bafana Bafana’s friendly match against Kenya on Wednesday, Egypt tumbled 23 places down the Fifa rankings while Bafana jumped to 47.
Goal-scorers scored big as outrageous spending on transfers continued in the English premiership.
Calm returns after club president Motsepe lays down the law and López gets a reprieve.
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/ 4 February 2011
Financially risky for CSA, it raises more questions about Majola’s subsequent bonus from the league
SA has joined the international chorus calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down in the face of mass street demonstrations.
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/ 4 February 2011
An eleventh-hour affidavit submitted to the Refugee Appeal Board could deal a blow to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir’s bid to stay in SA.
The seeds of the crisis in Jo’burg’s billing system were sown five years ago when a R208m tender was awarded to an inexperienced company.
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/ 3 February 2011
The department of mineral resources has not been biased in its dealings on the Sishen mining rights, director general Sandile Nogxina said.
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/ 3 February 2011
Royal Dutch Shell is facing opposition to its plans to seek shale gas in South Africa’s semi-desert Karoo region.
The response of mayors to billing problems and to the floods would influence their nomination as ANC candidates in the upcoming local elections.
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/ 3 February 2011
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Christ Embassy church from airing its claims of faith healing, following a complaint from the TAC.
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/ 3 February 2011
It will take trillions of dollars but the world can get all the energy it needs from wind, water, solar and geothermal sources by 2050, says the WWF.
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/ 3 February 2011
The ANC has staunchly defended itself against reports that its parliamentary caucus will be going soft on ministers in portfolio committee meetings.
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/ 3 February 2011
Nearly three million lives have been saved by HIV/Aids treatment, according to a new book commissioned by the United Nations.
New government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi runs the risk of being bigger news than the story he conveys, commentators said on Thursday.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has not been silenced on the 92-year-old former president’s health condition, its CEO Achmat Dangor said on Thursday.
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/ 3 February 2011
Kirsten Nematandani, the president of Safa, admitted on Thursday they had bungled Bafana Bafana’s upcoming friendly fixture, now due against Kenya.