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/ 11 February 2009
Provincial health budgets are in the red, and are putting Trevor Manuel under intense pressure to ride to the rescue in his budget today.
Instead of spouting more platitudes, perhaps Kgalema Motlanthe could spit it straight in his State of the Nation address.
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/ 11 February 2009
Make sure your final wishes will be carried out in a simple, practical manner.
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/ 11 February 2009
Greenies should approve Manuel’s environmental fiscal reforms, which include incentives for efficient energy use and clean development projects.
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/ 11 February 2009
The successful track record of the soon to be disbanded Scorpions was confirmed in the 2009 budget tabled by Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Too few doctors are available to treat all the patients in some departments of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
It will be a ”logistical nightmare” for the IEC to prepare for elections if expats are allowed to vote, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Planned retrenchments currently stood at 35 000 for all sectors of the domestic economy, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Government on Tuesday admitted there were ”some problems” with passport authorisation in SA, which has put an end to visa-free entry to the UK.
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/ 10 February 2009
The NPA has been called to give evidence to Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts on allegations of fraud in the arms deal.
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/ 10 February 2009
Eskom has submitted a long-awaited application for a new tariff increase to Nersa, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced that the date for the general elections will be April 22 2009.
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/ 10 February 2009
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Tuesday blasted Africa National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema, calling him an ”ill-bred brat”.
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/ 10 February 2009
Manufacturing output for December 2008 fell by 7% year-on-year, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
The British authorities have announced that South Africans wanting to visit Britain will have to have visas from next month.
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/ 10 February 2009
SA Roadlink has offered to send its entire fleet of vehicles to government testing centres, the company said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
The costs award against Altech was justified, the Competition Tribunal said on Monday.
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/ 10 February 2009
The trial of three men accused of the murder of reggae icon Lucky Dube was postponed in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Director General in the Presidency Frank Chikane will not take up a position in the Congress of the People (Cope), he said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
SA stocks sank deeper into the red by noon on Tuesday with resources leading the downside.
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/ 10 February 2009
The response to the May 2008 xenophobic attacks was "characterised by chaos", said a recent report by the Wits Forced Migration Studies Programme.
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/ 10 February 2009
Zimbabwe is not planning to adopt the rand, Business Report said on Tuesday, citing the country’s central bank.
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/ 10 February 2009
Bulls tighthead prop Rayno Gerber will miss his side’s first Super 14 match against the Reds at Loftus on Saturday, it was announced on Monday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Ignoring the axe over her head, Cope’s youth leader builds her ‘brand’.
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/ 10 February 2009
Postgraduate students are cash cows because they bring with them high government subsidies, more than for undergraduates.
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/ 10 February 2009
Even though the date for the poll has not yet been announced, the country’s media are already in election mode.
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/ 10 February 2009
As the year unfolds, BEE and employment equity are the most contested terrains. Here’s a snap-shot of where political parties stand on the issues.
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/ 10 February 2009
The denouement of the ‘second transition’ is greatly anticipated, but it may contain elements of brutal ruthlessness.
The feel-good factor is boosting the local beauty industry, regardless of the economic crisis. Thembelihle Tshabalala reports.
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/ 10 February 2009
Does Jacob Zuma’s polygamous lifestyle reflect the fundamental values of our Constitution?
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/ 9 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe has sent the contentious Broadcasting Amendment Bill back to the National Assembly unsigned.
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/ 9 February 2009
Britain’s Home Office is imposing tougher visa requirements on South Africans as it seeks to combat emerging new terror fronts.