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/ 10 September 2010
Labour and business must unite to meet the country’s human resource development imperatives, said Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday.
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/ 10 September 2010
The police’s claim that the number of murders had declined last year was "plausible" but the problem of violent crime still had to be addressed.
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/ 10 September 2010
President Jacob Zuma and the ANC’s national executive committee are not assured of Cosatu’s support at the next elective conference of the ANC.
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/ 10 September 2010
The public-service strike was suspended for 21 days this week because it was losing public support and members could not afford to forfeit more pay.
Former police chief Jackie Selebi is pinning his hopes of staying out of jail on a criminal probe into Glenn Agliotti’s tax affairs.
"Being a democratic South African is a troubled relationship, but true citizens don’t quit, they seek new solutions"
Police chief defends his tightening grip on the purse strings, saying he smelled a rat in the awarding of contracts.
Attacks on President Jacob Zuma are continuing to polarise the Young Communist League.
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/ 9 September 2010
Neither the government nor the unions made use of a mediation mechanism that could have avoided the recent month-long strike.
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/ 9 September 2010
The latest rate cut makes property more affordable and goes some way to offsetting the carbon emissions tax on new cars.
The ANC Youth League was eyeing changes to the property clause in the Constitution after its ardent push for the nationalisation of mines.
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/ 9 September 2010
The Reserve Bank cut its repo rate by 50 basis points to 6% as expected on Thursday to give further boost to a stuttering economic recovery.
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/ 9 September 2010
The future of the Defence Amendment Bill still hangs in limbo amid allegations that Lindiwe Sisulu misled the speaker of Parliament.
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/ 9 September 2010
It is "bizarre" to call for the scrapping of Setas, said Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) held "tense" talks with the ANC in Johannesburg on Thursday about a proposed media appeals tribunal.
There are doubts that Angie Motshekga’s plans will yield the desired results, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala</b>.
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/ 9 September 2010
The strike may be over but the anxiety has only just begun for matric students. We talk to pupils from public and private schools.
With such little time left I have serious reservations that we will finish the syllabus. Even if we try to, it would be a rushed process’
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/ 9 September 2010
Pirates coach Ruud Krol will be hoping to solve his goal-scoring problem ahead of Saturday’s MTN8 semifinal clash against Kaizer Chiefs.
Many mothers-to-be do not know that drinking excessive amounts of alcohol while they are pregnant is dangerous to their unborn baby.
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/ 9 September 2010
Violent crime declined last year in South Africa, the police minister said on Thursday, with murders down 8,6% to under 17 000.
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/ 9 September 2010
South African insurer Sanlam reported flat first-half earnings on Thursday.
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/ 9 September 2010
Thirteen taxi commuters died and two others were seriously injured in an accident on the R716 road near Heilbron in the Free State on Wednesday.
The notion of ZEE, as opposed to BEE, had President Jacob Zuma flummoxed in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
The proposed media tribunal is intended to "strengthen, complement and support the current self-regulatory institutions", President Jacob Zuma says.
Strike action to curb rampant corruption may be on the cards, according to a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) discussion document.
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/ 9 September 2010
It’s a re-run: rather than only reporting on South Africa, the SABC is itself once again a news story. And for all the wrong reasons.
<i>M&G</i> books editor <b>Darryl Accone</b> shares his views on the event that occurred over the weekend.
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/ 8 September 2010
A "thorough public inquiry" into the arrest of <i>Sunday Times</i> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika, is needed, Cosatu said on Wednesday.
World news agencies have voiced concerns to President Jacob Zuma that controversial regulations for tighter media controls may hurt press freedoms.
Most of SA’s 1,3-million striking state workers returned to their posts on Wednesday as union leaders struggled to persuade members to accept a deal.
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/ 8 September 2010
South Africa’s manufacturing output grew by 7,5% year-on-year in volume terms in July compared with an upwardly revised 9,3% expansion in June.