A former nurse’s determination to succeed led her to build a business from floor polish up.
Under-fire Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has survived to lead the team on their end-of-year Grand Slam tour after reprieve by the SA Rugby Union.
World Contraception Day puts spotlight on limited reproductive health information for South African women.
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/ 28 September 2010
Print media in SA was a threat to democracy, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said in a report published on Tuesday.
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/ 28 September 2010
If you want to know which way the JSE is likely to move each day, look to the East not New York
Civil organisations left out in the cold at a multimillion-rand conference hosted by a province that allegedly owes them thousands.
This was one of many positions Mohlala had discussed as an option with Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi.
South Africa will spend billions of rands to improve healthcare by renovating dilapidated hospitals, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.
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/ 27 September 2010
The state has declined to prosecute businessman Atul Gupta, who was arrested for allegedly refusing to be searched by police, his spokesperson says.
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/ 27 September 2010
Kumba Iron Ore said on Monday it was willing to hold fresh talks with the National Union of Mineworkers, which plans to a strike next week.
It can revolutionise access in remote areas, but its
implementation is tricky and time-consuming.
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/ 27 September 2010
A seminar of students over the weekend showed massive support for proposals calling for graduates to perform community service.
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/ 27 September 2010
Two former police officers were on Monday found guilty by a court of killing four men, apparently following an argument over the size of genitals.
Teachers and learners can now take virtual field trips to areas of importance using the local Google Street View Teachers’ Guide.
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/ 27 September 2010
The process of testing the market for a high-speed train linking Durban and Johannesburg will start next month, said Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele.
Labour federation won’t go it alone even though its economic policies contradict those of the ANC.
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/ 27 September 2010
Orlando Pirates coach Ruud Krol believes his side are in for a tough match when Bucs tackle Moroka Swallows in the MTN8 final on Saturday night.
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/ 27 September 2010
South Africa’s strategy heading into the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is simple: dominate swimming and athletics.
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/ 27 September 2010
One of the world’s largest retailers Wal-Mart has offered to buy JSE-listed wholesaler Massmart, the South African company said on Monday.
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/ 27 September 2010
Businessman Atul Gupta, the publisher of the <em>New Age</em>, was arrested at the weekend for refusing to be searched by police.
President Jacob Zuma has criticised the ANC Youth League’s push for a change in the ruling party’s top leadership structures.
Public healthcare needs to be jacked up before an
NHI can be implemented, experts warn
South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday he would ask his Cabinet ministers to set their own performance targets.
Clive Derby-Lewis, the man who helped kill Chris Hani, remains too ill to be transferred back to prison after an operation to treat gangrene.
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/ 26 September 2010
The ANC Women’s League has labelled youth league leader Julius Malema’s past criticism of opposition leader Helen Zille as sexist.
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/ 25 September 2010
The ANC Women’s League wants an Equality Bill that will extend the ANC’s 50:50 gender quota to government institutions and the private sector.
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/ 25 September 2010
The government had provided R11-billion in funds to the Department of Economic Development which had saved and created more than 20 000 jobs.
The ANC Youth League may be have been defeated at the ANC’s national general council, but the loss was far from permanent, an analyst said on Friday.
South Africa has more coal than it can ever burn, right? If you think this, as many of us do, think again.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.
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/ 24 September 2010
President Jacob Zuma said on Friday that South Africans should draw a lesson from the World Cup with regards to national unity.
It turned out to be a national general council (NGC) of compromises for the ANC, as President Jacob Zuma delivered his closing address on Friday.