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/ 11 September 2009

Health minister spends R1,2m on two Mercs

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is in the process of buying two Mercedes-Benzes to the tune of R1,2-million, his department said this week.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

Probe into SA arms deal likely to be thwarted

A combination of the Scorpions’ demise, stonewalling by SA and a pending UK deal with BAE-Systems may finally pull the plug on the arms-deal probe.

By Sam Sole Author and Stefaans Brmmer
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/ 11 September 2009

Minister calls for more action, less talk on Aids

SA is lagging behind the rest of Africa with its HIV/Aids campaigns because it talks too much and acts too slowly, the health minister says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

No Scorpions, no case

A complainant who gave the Scorpions evidence of major tender-rigging has been told that the case was closed because the unit was disbanded.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

Nzimande: African languages under threat

The number of students taking up African languages at university level is declining, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

Standard Bank signs $1bn loan deal with Chinese banks

Standard Bank, Africa’s top bank by assets, has signed a -billion loan facility with four major Chinese banks in Macau, it said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

The 35-year-old return match

The Oxford Dictionary defines an Indian summer as a belated period of warm, sunny weather that materialises long after expected.

By Sy Lerman
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Analysis
/ 11 September 2009

How little attitudes to Africa have changed

Open letter to the Charge d’Affaires of Canada in South Africa.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

Bharti sweetens MTN offer as deal deadline looms

Bharti Airtel’s move to sweeten a -billion deal with MTN is a key step in reaching an agreement as a deadline nears, sources said on Friday.

By Victoria Howley and Michael Flaherty
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/ 11 September 2009

Malema does go ‘overboard’, says Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has said ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema does sometimes go ”overboard”, it was reported on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 September 2009

Nearly heroes

Will the Springboks return from their crucial Tri-Nations Test in Hamilton as conquering heroes or nearly men?

By Andy Capostagno
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Article
/ 11 September 2009

Video art takes wing

The rationale behind placing art videos in clothing and furniture shops is to break barriers between contemporary art, fashion and design.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 September 2009

Kriegler saddles up for rough ride

Sello S Alcock quizzed former Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler about the decision taken by the Judicial Service COmmission on John Hlophe.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 11 September 2009

Myth of the man peeled away

Wole Soyinka, the wisecracking writer with the grizzled hair, has lived a full, eventful life, as documented in a film about his life.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

The return of Dr Death

<em>Anthrax War</em> is Bob Coen’s engrossing voyage of discovery into the dark world of chemical and biological warfare.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

A shove to the right

Not so long ago the ANC leadership saw it as a duty to enact that law, however unpopular it might have been, but that seems to have changed.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

Cal and the gang

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <em>Shank</em>

By Shaun De Waal
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

MultiChoice reprimanded over foul language

MultiChoice has been reprimanded for failing to warn viewers that a movie it broadcast contained foul language, the BCCSA said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

RAF claims should be able to bypass court, say attorneys

The Road Accident Fund should be better resourced for it to be able to pay claims without a lengthy court process, an attorneys’ association said.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

ANC slams ‘irresponsible’ taxi association

The ANC on Thursday criticised Soweto Taxi Services for allegedly intimidating taxi owners who support the bus rapid transit system.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 September 2009

SA manufacturing output shows signs of recovery

SA year-on-year factory output fell for a 10th consecutive month in July, data showed on Thursday, but production was up on previous months.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

Taxi driver convicted of murder

The taxi driver who ran over and killed 16-year-old Bernadine Kruger earlier this year was convicted of murder on Thursday.

By Denise Williams
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/ 10 September 2009

Semenya to learn fate in November, says IAAF

South Africa’s women’s 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya will learn her fate in November, following gender testing by the IAAF.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

NGOs ‘must work like businesses to survive’

South African NGOs have to drop their ”cap-in-hand” approach and start working like businesses, a leading social entrepreneur said on Thursday.

By Stuart Graham
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

Govt mulls abolishing soldiers’ unions

The government is mulling banning trade unions in the defence force, despite a court ruling confirming the right of soldiers to unionise.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 September 2009

JSE drops Discovery from top-40, adds Steinhoff

South African furniture maker and retailer Steinhoff will replace insurer Discovery on the top-40 index, bourse exchange operator JSE said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 September 2009

Vorster case postponed to October

The case against a man accused of killing a 12-year-old boy was postponed in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

Sword killer Harmse sentenced to 20 years in jail

Morne Harmse was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by the high court in Johannesburg on Thursday for killing of a schoolboy with a sword.

By Mirah Langer
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

SA gold production falls in July

South African gold production fell 7,6% year-on-year in July 2009, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

Safety managers assessing Zincorp blast site

Safety managers were assessing the aftermath of a blast at Exxaro’s Zincorp plant in Springs on Thursday, which killed three people.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 September 2009

Telkom ‘not to blame’ for pigeon firm’s slow broadband

Telkom says it cannot be blamed for slow broadband services at a Durban-based company which claims a pigeon can carry its data bundles faster.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 September 2009

Pigeon carries data bundles faster than Telkom

A South African IT company on Wednesday proved it was faster to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom.

By Staff Reporter
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