Despite its importance to development and human health, the quality of South Africa’s water is fast degrading.
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/ 9 November 2010
The world of acid mine drainage is filled with myriad characters with competing interests. Follow this guide to see who’s who.
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/ 9 November 2010
Prominent Judge Kathy Satchwell has warned that the South Gauteng High Court was slowly "creaking to a halt" due to bad management.
Chiefs’ strongest side meets Santos in their PSL match, while keeping the Soweto Derby game against Pirates at the back of their minds.
The world needs to deal with the rapid movement of capital flows, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 November 2010
The SA National Roads Agency is set to implement its open-road tolling system in April next year, and the cost structure has come under the spotlight.
President Jacob Zuma’s wife, MaNtuli, has solved a labour dispute with her domestic worker, Doris Ngobese.
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/ 9 November 2010
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane confirmed that two people taken hostage from a yacht off the coast of Somalia were South African.
The ANCYL has been stepping up its support for North Korea, Pyongyang’s media said, ahead of President Zuma’s visit to the G20 meeting in South Korea.
Former Proteas coach Mickey Arthur has denied suggesting a one-day international against Pakistan in 2007 was fixed.
Cosatu has welcomed the decision by a United Kingdom auditing body to launch a new investigation into South Africa’s arms deal.
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/ 8 November 2010
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance is considering amending the budget to allow for a zero-rating of VAT on books.
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/ 8 November 2010
Cosatu voices their anger over Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza’s decision not to consult them on the provincial executive reshuffle.
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/ 8 November 2010
Finance union Sasbo filed papers with the Labour Court on Monday to obtain an urgent interdict against Standard Bank retrenching staff.
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/ 8 November 2010
Two boys suspected of drugging and raping a Johannesburg schoolgirl have been arrested, the Gauteng education minister said on Monday.
Any agency probing the arms-deal matter would be assisted in their investigations if it is requested, national police said on Monday.
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/ 8 November 2010
Cellphone operator Vodacom said on Monday first-half earnings rose 38,4% and lifted its interim dividend 64%.
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/ 8 November 2010
Banyana Banyana are just 90 minutes away from reaching a place in the 2011 women’s Soccer World Cup.
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/ 8 November 2010
The new traffic demerit system will negatively effect owners of company vehicles and their drivers, a consultant said on Monday.
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/ 8 November 2010
As bank customers, we’re not as loyal as we used to be — we’re guided by price and we’re not afraid to shop around.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday warned former South Africa coach Mickey Arthur not to repeat his controversial allegations of match fixing.
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/ 8 November 2010
Three boys accused of drugging and raping a Johannesburg schoolgirl have not been arrested yet, the provincial education department said.
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/ 7 November 2010
US law enforcement authorities have issued an extradition request to South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s son-in-law, Isaac Kwame Amuah.
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/ 7 November 2010
Weigh up the pros and cons very carefully before you consider cutting short-term insurance.
In a rehearsal studio one afternoon in 1986, a white South African musician wrote an international hit — partly in isiZulu.
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/ 7 November 2010
Get paid to pee. That’s the deal on offer in Durban, where the city is looking to buy liquid waste to encourage residents to use dry toilets.
Alliance partners in the ANC, SACP and Cosatu brushed aside any suggestions of a split at a meeting in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
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/ 6 November 2010
Northern Cape ANC leader John Block failed on Friday in yet another high court bid for freedom, a day after being sent to prison by the same court.
The South African cricket team faces further controversy next week when former coach Mickey Arthur’s autobiography is released.
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/ 5 November 2010
The ANC is shocked by the arrest of Northern Cape minister of finance John Block, but believes he is innocent until proven guilty, it said on Friday.
Former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni has shown "good leadership" by resigning the directorships he holds in six companies, the ANC said on Friday.
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/ 5 November 2010
In a first for South Africa, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has established a chair of rural education.