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			 / 16 February 2010
			
		
		Absa expects impairments to slow in 2010 and forecast muted growth as the economy recovers from recession.
		
	 
	
		
		The passing of 20 years since FW de Klerk’s monumental speech has provided the occasion for much public evaluation of our constitutional progress.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		Swine flu will be one of the Health Department’s "biggest nightmares" during the Soccer World Cup, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		Trade union Solidarity’s anti-crime campaign will take another step on Tuesday when it delivers 16 000 letters to President Jacob Zuma.
		
	 
	
		
		Opposition parties on Monday voiced strong criticism of the ANC and President Jacob Zuma following Zuma’s State of the Nation speech last week.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		KwaZulu-Natal’s uMsunduzi Municipality, incorporating provincial capital Pietermaritzburg, has enough money to operate for just one more week.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday presents SA’s budget, days after Jacob Zuma pledged to spend R846-billion on public infrastructure.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		New evidence suggests that kwaito artist Mandoza was not the driver of a Mini Cooper that crashed on the weekend, metro police said on Monday.
		
	 
	
		
		The government will introduce a new draft policy on land tenure aimed at speeding up its programme to give land to landless black South Africans.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		South Africa’s growth recovery is expected to continue, the Bureau of Economic Research said on Monday.
		
	 
	
		
		Solidarity union launched an anti-crime campaign at the weekend aimed at sending at least 10
		
	 
	
		
		The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> asks Toyota South Africa public relations manager Leo Kok 10 tough questions about the company’s vehicle recalls.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		You’ve got to love white people. They’re so very white. Especially in South Africa. You see, I’m something of a connoisseur.
		
	 
	
		
		Mamelodi Sundowns are down but not out of the championship race and determined to fight to the bitter end for the Absa Premiership title.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 15 February 2010
			
		
		Toyota South Africa on Sunday condemned the illegal conversion of its panel vans into taxis.
		
	 
	
		
		Former Vodacom chief executive Alan Knott-Craig on Sunday denied being paid R1-million a month by the network operator.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 14 February 2010
			
		
		Robben Island held its tenth annual Valentine’s Day wedding ceremony on Sunday in which 25 couples tied the knot.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 14 February 2010
			
		
		DA leader Helen Zille on Sunday described Western Cape Community Safety minister Lennit Max’s alleged extramarital affair as a "private" matter.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 13 February 2010
			
		
		IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Saturday rebuked dissenters within his party and called for unity ahead of the local government elections.
		
	 
	
		
		The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference on Friday criticised Jacob Zuma and decried the use of culture to "defend bad moral behaviour".
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 13 February 2010
			
		
		One of Nelson Mandela’s Rivonia lawyers confessed on Friday how he tried — and failed — to stop the ANC leader using one of the most famous phrases.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 13 February 2010
			
		
		The Bulls defeated the Cheetahs 51-34 in a clash on Friday to begin the Super 14 season where they ended the last one by topping the the table.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 February 2010
			
		
		Feverish preparations to receive the jailed leader could never have been perfect — there was no precedent.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 February 2010
			
		
		From empty shops to half-full theatres, restaurants, concert halls and hotels, the signs are everywhere: economic crisis has come to Greece.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 February 2010
			
		
		The 2010 national budget, the first to be tabled by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, is likely to present a number of challenges for the government.
		
	 
	
		
		Commitment of post-Zuma security establishment in question as NPA chief ‘reallocates’ prosecutors.
		
	 
	
		
		The IFP on Friday lambasted ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema for his remarks about the IFP and former president FW de Klerk.
		
	 
	
		
		David Smith takes a trip to the historically unique
Sterkfontein Caves to look for the Garden of Eden.
		
	 
	
		
		Not only does South Africa’s new prosecutions chief have problems with spelling, he is also a bad manager.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 February 2010
			
		
		So now it’s clear: BAE Systems paid bribes to sell its weapons — and prosecuting bosses in the United Kingdom are as politically pliant as our own.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 12 February 2010
			
		
		The GCB is expecting to hear from the Justice Ministry soon on its complaint over the appointment of Mokotedi Mpshe as an acting judge.
		
	 
	
		
		How green is your St Valentine’s Day bouquet? Are you, for example, thinking about indigenous proteas as the environmentally friendly option?