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/ 24 September 2010
The ANC has defended its push for a controversial media tribunal and called on Parliament to consider the press oversight body.
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/ 24 September 2010
Thirteen policemen were arrested in connection with the escape of eight awaiting-trial prisoners from court on Thursday, police said on Friday.
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/ 24 September 2010
Members of a special task force were at a leafy Kempton Park suburb on Friday, where a man had been holding his son hostage.
Although the ANCYL has reached its goal of keeping nationalisation on the agenda, it will have an uphill battle convincing ANC policy gurus.
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/ 24 September 2010
Rebuilding the image of a sport battered by almost 11 months of bad publicity is a priority of the newly elected Athletics South Africa (ASA) board.
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/ 24 September 2010
Sascoc has expressed concerns about the staging of the Commonwealth Games ahead of the SA team’s departure on Sunday for New Delhi.
Distaste for the media hung thick at the ANC’s national council, much like the moisture that stuck to our backsides, writes <b>Mandy Rossouw</b>.
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/ 24 September 2010
Caster Semenya, the women’s 800m world champion, will be central to SA’s medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games.
Direct personality clashes at the ANC’s national general council were avoided but found intense expression in policy disputes.
<b>Nithaya Chetty</b> describes the excitement of developing computational material science in Africa.
What is so unreasonable about the prelim-exam demands of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas)?
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/ 24 September 2010
Dr <b>Layla Cassim</b>’s first two articles on postgraduate study elicited a flood of queries from students keen on making the jump.
Notorious for racist videos, the University of the Free State is sending students to the United States for leadership training.
A recent study of education offers an antidote to the toxic
pre-democracy diet of unreflective texts.
Pupils weren’t the only victim of the strike; teachers’ ethics also came under siege.
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is an enclave for research where scholars can explore ideas, think — and get a good lunch.
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/ 24 September 2010
Students at the University of Cape Town now have free access to classes in Chinese culture and language.
Comment period on new school syllabus ‘ridiculously short’, say experts.
All ranking systems have flaws and biases that might ignore local needs, writes <b>Max Price</b>.
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/ 24 September 2010
Archbishop Desmond has added his voice to calls for the University of Johannesburg to sever academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University.
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/ 24 September 2010
Dr Anna de Jager received her doctoral degree in religious studies last week during the spring graduation ceremony at UFS.
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/ 23 September 2010
The taxpayer appears to have contributed to the first edition of the <em>New Age</em> newspaper, which is peppered with government advertising.
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/ 23 September 2010
Sanef called on the police on Thursday to apologise for detaining two photographers and a cameraman at the court appearance of alleged rhino poachers.
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/ 23 September 2010
Rea Vaya workers who staged a two-day illegal work stoppage this week once again brought the issue of labour brokers to the fore.
When it comes to the ANC, jobs for the girls are one thing, but gender equality for the nation is a much bigger issue.
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/ 23 September 2010
Free copies of the <i>New Age</i> newspaper were distributed at the venue of the ANC’s national general council (NGC) in Durban on Thursday.
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/ 23 September 2010
Mvelaphanda Resources reported a sharp drop in full-year headline earnings on Thursday, hit by an accounting change.
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/ 23 September 2010
A pioneering initiative to enable learners from poor backgrounds to attend South Africa’s top schools celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) revealed on Thursday that it planned to set up a "corruption watch".
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s official residence in Johannesburg has been burgled, the provincial government said on Wednesday.
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/ 23 September 2010
The <i>New Age</i>’s ad campaign nicely sums up its avowed editorial standpoint, as well as the sadly limited philosophy of its de facto master.
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/ 23 September 2010
Faced with mega-messes in education and joblessness, the ANC conference this week thought it could make easy headway with regard to media freedom.