One thing is certain — this will be the year of the South African. But how will the country be perceived by global viewers?
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/ 11 January 2010
The promises flowed as headily as the Moët Rose Imperial at the ANC anniversary bash this weekend. Verashni Pillay tracks the ANC’s resolutions.
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/ 11 January 2010
The Presidency on Sunday denied considering any applications for presidential pardons amid an outcry from political parties and the media.
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ANC president Jacob Zuma on Saturday mapped the way forward for the party in 2010, saying unity and beefing up local government were priorities.
South African Breweries (SAB) is making contingency plans to counter threatened strike action at its beer plants.
There are signs South Africa is recovering from the worst effects of the global economic crisis, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.
The country needs a strong tripartite alliance led by the ANC, President Jacob Zuma said at a gala dinner in Kimberley on Friday.
The Democratic Alliance wants Barbara Hogan and Siphiwe Nyanda to explain whether Sentech is operating outside its mandate.
If no one really cared back then, says Van Vuuren, no one in police management cares now. Trauma? You don’t talk about it, you drink the demons away.
No booing or ill discipline would be allowed at the ANC’s 98th anniversary celebrations in Kimberley this weekend, organiser Fikile Mbalula said.
Schabir Shaik received permission from his parole officer to recuperate in a luxury lodge following his release from prison last year.
Makhaya Ntini’s omission from the starting XI for the third Test against England was a stark reminder that the Proteas are not an exclusive club.
It used to be visible only at football matches, but the metre-long horn known as the vuvuzela has grown in popularity beyond South Africa
There were signs of hope in the South African automotive sector for modestly better domestic sales in 2010.
A Soweto high school pupil hanged herself in Emndeni on Thursday after discovering she failed matric, Johannesburg police said.
Until the end, Dennis Brutus lived as he looked, the shock of unruly white hair as irrepressible as the inveterate activist.
On Tuesday last week Moses Legodi came home to find his neighbours battling to put out a fire threatening to engulf his house.
An SABC contract dispute is threatening to black out South African television coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations, due to kick off on Sunday.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has done the right thing by stepping into the matric exam mess in Mpumalanga
SABC board members have scorned reports suggesting there is a rift between the new board and the broadcaster’s new chief executive, Solly Mokoetle.
Schabir Shaik stayed at the Zululand game lodge Thanda Private Game Reserve for three nights in June, shortly after he was released from prison.
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England’s last pair of Graeme Swann and Graham Onions survived 17 balls to salvage a thrilling draw in the third Test against SA on Thursday.
The 2009 matric results indicated there were problems throughout the education system, according to experts in the field.
2010 is still in its mewling and puking stage, but already the expectations are quite high. They are at this time every year.
England were lucky to escape unpunished from a ball-tampering controversy in their third Test against SA, according to former captain Michael Vaughan.
South Africa’s wine industry expects increased global sales in 2010, although a strong and volatile rand currency threatens its long-term prospects.
American TV network ESPN is to show football matches in 3D during this year’s World Cup in South Africa.
About 60,7% of matrics passed the 2009 exams — just less than 2% down from 2008, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday.
President Jacob Zuma’s brother has refuted reports that the president’s wives, Thobeka Madiba and Nompumelelo Ntuli are at each other’s throats.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will take no action against England players for allegedly interfering with the condition of the ball.
The DA has urged Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica to give urgent attention to making regional water boards sustainable.