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/ 5 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe will announce the election date next week, presidential spokesperson Thabo Masebe said on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2009
The JSE edged into positive territory by noon on Thursday after starting the day in the red.
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/ 5 February 2009
A fire on a Putco bus was extinguished by the quick action of its driver, a Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson said on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2009
SA’s Izak van der Merwe upstaged Germany’s Benjamin Becker at the SA Open on Wednesday evening to progress to the second round.
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/ 5 February 2009
SuperSport gave notice that they are not giving up their Absa Premiership crown easily after they scored a 3-0 win over Bay United on Wednesday night.
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/ 5 February 2009
IEC chairperson Brigalia Bam said the IEC would be ready to stage general elections in April, SABC radio reported on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe faces an awkward time on Friday as he delivers a State of the Nation address after only five months in office.
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/ 5 February 2009
Leaders of three of the most popular political movements talk about how they are planning to get their constituencies to the ballot box.
An ‘affordable’ safari often means a gaggle of 4x4s circling a lone animal, but you’re guaranteed to be outnumbered by wildlife in the Great Karoo.
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/ 4 February 2009
SA is to get some ”exciting and hip” new coins, but what they will look like is still under wraps, says government spokesperson Themba Maseko.
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/ 4 February 2009
Najwa Petersen was among the top 3% of earners in South Africa when she killed her husband, Taliep, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Samwu is sending a ”strong warning” to substitute employees from provincial licensing centres to not undermine the JMPD strike.
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/ 4 February 2009
Will he or won’t he announce a poll date? That is the question observers are asking ahead of the president’s State of the Nation speech on Friday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Scopa, which decided last year to examine what further evidence has become available in the controversial arms deal, faced another delay on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Two student leaders were arrested at Wednesday’s protest action at the Westville campus of UKZN, for allegedly inciting public violence.
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/ 4 February 2009
Khutsong residents may have to vote in North West if Parliament doesn’t finalise in time legislation facilitating the township’s relocation.
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/ 4 February 2009
A witness wanted to give police information on the murder of Lucky Dube but was warned that she could be killed, a court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Moroka Swallows will have their credentials as championship contenders examined when they face Kaizer Chiefs in an Absa Premiership clash on Saturday.
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/ 4 February 2009
The African National Congress on Wednesday confirmed that it would join Jacob Zuma in his legal battle as friends of the court.
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/ 4 February 2009
Researchers say it’s high time that political parties begin to better understand the next generation.
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/ 4 February 2009
The housing market will start recovering gradually in the second half of this year, Absa’s latest House Price Index released on Wednesday showed.
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/ 4 February 2009
On a rain-interrupted programme at the SA Open on Tuesday, SA’s Kevin Anderson went down 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in the first round against Ivo Minar.
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/ 4 February 2009
At the M&G and Xstrata’s recent Critical Thinking Forum on youth politics, it was the crowd — as much as the panel — that stole the show.
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/ 4 February 2009
The youth will get a whole new government agency this year. But will it be just more of the same, asks Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 4 February 2009
ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma will emerge from the forthcoming election with a criminal prosecution hanging over his head.
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/ 4 February 2009
The president must launch an urgent inquiry into alleged corruption within the Correctional Services Department, said the IFP on Wednesday.
South Africans should stop the hypocrisy and start engaging one another honestly about what kind of society we want.
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/ 4 February 2009
Put a group of Johannesburg youths on Constitution Hill each Saturday to talk about democracy and the conversation goes large.
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/ 4 February 2009
New research indicates that a record 3 000 tons of abalone was poached from South African waters and sold in Asia last year.
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/ 3 February 2009
Judgement in an urgent application to declare unconstitutional certain laws excluding South Africans abroad from voting will be given on Monday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Around 150 guests including government and media set off from Midrand on Tuesday on the first trip aboard the rapid-moving Gautrain.
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/ 3 February 2009
The ANC is keeping some of its leaders from serving in Parliament to strengthen the party’s headquarters, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said.