A total of 36 new schools will be opened in Gauteng for the 2012 academic year, according to Gauteng education minister, Barbara Creecy.
Former SA cricket chief Ali Bacher will explain the alleged payment of R5-million in bonuses when the Sports Ministry’s inquiry into cricket resumes.
Around 10 000 people have bid farewell to Lefter Kucukandonyadis, one of Turkey’s top football players, who has died at the age of 86.
Pregnant women were among more than 1 500 protesters who took to Hong Kong’s streets to oppose the growing number of Chinese births in the city.
Two of Khulubuse Zuma’s companies have begun their exploration of the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of oil.
Mathews Phosa has slated Joe Phaahla and his supporters for lodging a dispute against the outcome of the ANC’s Limpopo elective conference.
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President Bashar al-Assad has issued a general amnesty for crimes committed during the unrest in Syria in the past 10 months.
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Cricket SA has announced the Proteas’ one-day team will be without Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla for the rest of their ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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Former India players and the country’s media have slammed the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India for their crushing defeat to Australia.
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Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen have seized a town close to Yemen’s capital Sana’a, seizing an ancient citadel and mosque.
The department of correctional services says an appeal for the medical parole of Jackie Selebi will be considered this week.
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Nigerian unions are due to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan to try and come to an agreement after shelved fuel subsidies resulted in a protest.
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Police officers are now not allowed to use rubber bullets or shotguns on protesters after reports of excessive violence being used on demonstrators.
Tunisia has marked the first anniversary of its ouster of despot Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a protest that gave birth to the Arab Spring.
MSF has launched a treatment and education programme to curb cholera in Haiti and is considered the deadliest cholera outbreak in the world, claiming 7000 lives
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Media have lauded David Warner after Australia’s cracking of India in the first day of the third Test, comparing him to Aussie great Adam Gilchrist.
Google says it is "mortified" to hear reports a team of its people was involved in fraud and undermined business efforts of a Kenyan mobile company.
Oprah Winfrey has come to South Africa as the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls yielded its first group of matriculants.
Due to the country’s failure to create jobs and improve economic growth, Fitch has revised South Africa’s outlook from stable to negative.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp says Steven Pienaar will not be leaving his team after reports Queens Park Rangers were looking to sign him.
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The black-and-white silent film <i>The Artist</i> has been at the head of this year’s Golden Globe nominations, holding six nods to itself.
Under the leadership of Africa’s best player,
Côte d’Ivoire are hot favourites for the cup.
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An Indian court has told Google and Facebook to have a better check system that will eliminate "offensive and objectionable" content, or face banning.
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Mosques have been burnt and two people were killed in a mainly Muslim village in the latest ethnic attack to hit Nigeria.
Sanral has announced the planned implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng has been postponed in order to address public concerns and petitions.
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The African National Congress will hold public meetings in February to invite South Africans to help the ruling party formulate its policies.
The 1950s Cuban revolution led to an egalitarian society with many admirable features.
Microsoft says PC sales fell by 1% in the fourth quarter of 2011 because Thailand floods have a lingering effect on hard drive shipments.
Striker Ronaldinho has threatened to quit his Brazilian club Flamengo unless he receives over $2-million in unpaid wages.
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The City of Cape Town is concerned about the impact of a home affairs ban on passenger ships docking at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
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Caribbean teams Jamaica and Barbados made light work of their foreign opponents on day four of the Caribbean Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s party is poised to take 45% of Egypt’s seats amid soaring public expectations but with few concrete powers to deliver reform.