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South Africa

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/ 21 November 2008

Blue-light controversy

Opposition parties are having a field day with a cop who apparently shot a tyre of a car that was a little slow to move out his vehicle’s way.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 November 2008

A healthier future

Rarely in South Africa can a minister have come to power carrying such a weight of expectation as Barbara Hogan.

By Belinda Beresford
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/ 21 November 2008

A steady erosion

HIV is thought to have a kill rate of close to 100%, higher than even the notorious haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola.

By Belinda Beresford
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/ 21 November 2008

‘Fund will boost growth in province’

The Gauteng finance department’s response to allegations levelled against the Gauteng Fund.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 November 2008

Mashatile’s mystery fund

Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile has created an equity fund in the provincial fiscus that could see contracts being outsourced without public tenders.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 21 November 2008

Radebe: Media out to get me

The man involved in the the “blue-light terror” rumpus — social development minister Meshack Radebe — says the media has blown it out of proportion.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 21 November 2008

Against all odds

Two months into his new job as ANC chair in the Western Cape, Mcebisi Skwatsha is confident that the ANC will win the province in the next election.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 21 November 2008

End of the giant farms

There is no place for large farms in South Africa and some areas of game parks should be distributed to the landless, says a top land official.

By Yolandi Groenewald
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/ 21 November 2008

On the way down

The tie between health and wealth has held true for most of the world, and for as long as there appear to have been economists to notice it.

By Belinda Beresford
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/ 20 November 2008

Bangladesh crash against SA pace attack

Bangladesh were forced to follow on after collapsing against South Africa’s pace attack on the second day of the first Test on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Three airport drug busts in six hours

A woman was arrested at Cape Town International Airport on Thursday after cocaine was found in her possession, Johannesburg police said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Eskom to revisit tariff-hike plan

State-owned utility Eskom is to review its plan to raise tariffs on power in light of the global financial turmoil.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

‘Drunks’ disrupt ANC meeting

An ANC meeting has been called off after a reportedly drunk group of outsiders caused a disruption.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Cope refuses ANC’s demand for name change

The Congress of the People (Cope) has refused an ANC demand to stop using its new name, the ANC’s attorney said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Pikoli report to be made public

The Ginwala commission’s report on suspended prosecutions head Vusi Pikoli could be made public at the end of next week.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Save your SMSes

A recent court ruling found that SMSes are legally binding.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Zuma not part of bid to change court date, says lawyer

Jacob Zuma has nothing to do with an application to change the date of the appeal against the dismissal of his corruption charges, his lawyer says.

By Jenni Ogrady
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/ 20 November 2008

Eto’o a no-show for match honouring Mandela

Cameroon and SA officials traded accusations on Wednesday after Samuel Eto’o failed to arrive in SA for a match honouring Nelson Mandela.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

All eyes on Cope name contest

The deadline for breakaway party Cope to respond to a demand from the ANC that it stops using the name Congress of the People expires on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Digging deep into the heart of the plattelande

<i>Heartfruit</i> is a highly readable farm saga set in the fruit farming area of the Western Cape and extends through three generations.

By Jane Rosenthal
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/ 20 November 2008

Bafana end year on high note

Bafana Bafana claimed a fourth consecutive international victory on Wednesday by edging Cameroon 3-2 in a Nelson Mandela Challenge thriller.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Mining is in the trenches

Minerals and precious metals are casualties of financial crisis, report Lynley Donnelly and Percy Zvomuya.

By Lynley Donnelly and Percy Zvomuya
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/ 20 November 2008

Zille: In for the long haul

People often tell DA leader Helen Zille that she is in the ”wrong party”. ”It’s madness,” she says. ”Of course I’m not ­- there’s no alternative.”

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 20 November 2008

Time for a two-horse race?

Bantu Holomisa elicited frenzied cheering at Cope’s recent national convention, underscoring his continued popularity with disaffected black voters.

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 20 November 2008

Aye aye captain

Like Barack Obama, president in waiting Jacob Zuma will be inheriting a different economy to the one over which his predecessor presided.

By Maya Fisher French
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/ 20 November 2008

Waking to the realisation

Zachariah Rapola’s Noma Award-winning short-story collection could be the beginnings of a dream literary life. Percy Zvomuya talks to its author.

By Percy Zvomuya
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/ 20 November 2008

Finding the plot

An award-winning sculptor’s work redefines African masculinity, writes Anthea Buys.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Saving for a rainy day

Putting aside a nest egg may be the best gift you can
give your loved ones, writes Maya Fisher-French

By Maya Fisher French
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/ 20 November 2008

Govt caught napping on renewable energy

A week after parliamentarians handed in a private members Bill on feed-in tariffs, government has promised to have a strategy by February.

By Yolandi Groenewald
Comfortable skin
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/ 20 November 2008

Comfortable skin

International photographer Jodi Bieber writes about seeking beauty beyond media cliches.

By Jodi Bieber
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/ 20 November 2008

The quiet despair of a dying nation

Binyavanga Wainaina: To win an election, our political classes released the beast. This beast is exactly as bestial as something out of Revelations.

By Binyavanga Wainaina
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/ 20 November 2008

Just can’t get enough

Government clings to JSE investments and places its role of policy director in question.

By Lloyd Gedye
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