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/ 22 October 2010
If a new Bill aimed at preventing stalking is passed, journalists’ phone calls and visits could constitute stalking and harassment.
The issue of media freedom moved squarely into the global limelight this week, with a steep drop in the country’s global press-freedom ranking.
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/ 22 October 2010
Former SABC public broadcasting division chief Lulama Mokhobo is emerging strongly as government’s candidate to succeed acting CEO Robin Nicholson.
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/ 22 October 2010
Principals and analysts have welcomed moves by the education department to introduce a policy on the promotion and progression of grade 1-9 learners.
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/ 22 October 2010
Not all offenders meet the "political crimes" requirement of the presidential dispensation.
The first national Young Scientists’ Conference in South Africa took place just outside Pretoria with a biodiversity taking centre stage.
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/ 22 October 2010
Rural development conference hears how the area can become South Africa’s bread basket.
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/ 22 October 2010
A new isiZulu/Engish dictionary helps South Africans talk to one another, writes <b>Megan Hall</b>.
First-year maths and science students perform worse than their predecessors.
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/ 22 October 2010
As usual as a World Cup year approaches, the collective focus and attention of the cricket fraternity is on what will happen in several months’ time.
A showdown over the launch date and a lack of resources appear to have been what prompted the five most senior editors at the New Age to resign.
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/ 22 October 2010
As expected, Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has insisted on taking his strongest team on tour at the end of the season.
It’s all going to the dogs, as pit bulls become the latest fashion accessory for hipsters on the hop.
It might be small but it’s on its way to making a big impact. Matthew Krouse gets down and dirty
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/ 22 October 2010
<strong>Richard Calland</strong> says: "Something potentially very remarkable, and very significant, is happening to civil society in South Africa"
Brazilian authorities were willing to send drug mule Tessa Beetge to testify in person in the sensational drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
The National Prosecuting Authority maintained a stony silence this week on the Hawks’ canning of the arms deal probe.
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/ 22 October 2010
Freedom of expression along with the vote — universal suffrage — is the basis of democracy.
Soon after the loss of director general Mary Metcalfe, key aide Ranjeni Munusamy quits Blade Nzimande’s department of higher education.
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/ 21 October 2010
The ANC is concerned that the media barely reported on the resignation of a senior DA leader in KwaZulu-Natal, the party said on Thursday.
Two grade 11 tourism studies learners from North West province have won a trip to an international tourism conference in Germany.
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/ 21 October 2010
Poet and spoken-word artist Lemon Andersen had some inspirational words for inmates at the Johannesburg prison this week.
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/ 21 October 2010
Henry Okah would on Thursday hear if his bail bid was successful, as the state was expected to produce evidence linking him to bombings in Nigeria.
South Africa’s Reserve Bank will "not necessarily" cut interest rates again next month and the decision will depend on the data the bank has.
The IRP2010 is no more than a sop to environmental and political pressures while nuclear is the star.
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/ 21 October 2010
Clicks Group posted a 27% rise in full-year profit helped by strong sales of health and beauty products.
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/ 21 October 2010
Orlando Pirates player Benson Mhlongo and five others appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court for the possession of an unlicensed firearm.
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/ 21 October 2010
While South Africa’s teachers were on strike in September, volunteers used the country’s largest social network to help students prepare for exams.
Towering black Highveld storm clouds gathered overhead as Yiull Damaso unveiled his completed "Mandela corpse" artwork on Tuesday night.
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/ 20 October 2010
The DA is to ask Auditor General Terence Nombembe to conduct an investigation into the SAPS’s firearm management system and policies.