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/ 15 December 2011
Readers weigh in on the debate on the viability of having provinces, World Aids Day, nuclear power, Jackie Selebi and more.
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/ 15 December 2011
<b>Brian Aldiss</b> has always been fascinated by the arbitrary nature of the world we live in.
Shortly before the 2002 Zimbabwean elections, Justices Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe was appointed to assess the issues relating to the elections
The correctional services department says apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock is to be considered for parole.
President Jacob Zuma and his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza have agreed to raise the status of the relationship between their countries.
Alleged drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda called her uncle, Mthetheli Mbewu just after she was caught with drugs at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport on Monday.
DRC opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s party has called for mass protests to "protect" the victory he claims to have won in presidential polls.
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/ 14 December 2011
A British fantasist who sneaked into a French luxury villa to prepare it for a romantic night has ended up facing charges after flooding the property.
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/ 14 December 2011
Victims of sexual abuse by priests in Belgium should be able to claim up to €25 000 in compensation from the Church, a new commission has found.
England’s FA has begun a disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez racially abused Manchester United’s Patrice Evra.
A rowdy Parliament session in war-torn Somalia degenerated into fistfights and kicks after disagreements over the sacking of the speaker.
Kgalema Motlanthe has declared December 27 a public holiday after Fedusa asked the presidency for an extra day as Christmas falls on a Sunday.
The latest National Credit Regulator statistics indicate a 13.36% increase in new credit granted to consumers as compared to June 2011.
The ANC hopes to mobilise 100 000 people to take part in its centenary celebrations in Bloemfontein which will be attended by various heads of states.
The collective ‘protester’ is <em>Time</em> magazine’s person of the year, citing change brought by movements from Arab countries to New York.
Frik Vermaak has been named chief executive of Athletics South Africa after holding off 25 other candidates for the post.
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/ 14 December 2011
Trade conditions moved into positive territory as the trade activity index, which measures trade conditions, improved by 3 points to 53 last month.
Fifa has invited broadcasters in more than 40 European countries to bid for rights to show the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
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/ 14 December 2011
Analysts have disagreed whether this weekend’s Limpopo ANC election will be influenced by a power struggle between factions of the ruling party.
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/ 14 December 2011
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has outlined a framework for licensing of high demand spectrum for broadband.
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/ 14 December 2011
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the developmental mandate will be fundamental at the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial conference.
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/ 14 December 2011
South Africa’s consumer price index, expected to lift to 0.2%, has increased by 0.1% in November, settling at 6.1% for November.
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/ 14 December 2011
Despite the circulation of forged matric certificates, the education standards council insists its security and quality measures are up to scratch.
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/ 14 December 2011
Slower growth in China and the debt crisis in Europe is worrying Brazil’s huge agribusiness sector, its national Confederation of Agriculture says.
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/ 14 December 2011
Cricket great Sunil Gavaskar has said India’s cricket board owes him $1-million for sitting on the governing council of the Indian Premier League.
A violent 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, shaking buildings and causing panic in the highlands.
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/ 14 December 2011
The sisters of the SA woman executed in China this week say she was strapped to a chair during their last visit, and forbidden from speaking Zulu.
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/ 14 December 2011
The All Blacks and Canterbury Crusaders’ Zac Guildford has been banned from the first Super 15 game next year after a drunken spree in November.
Luke Donald — the first player to win the US and European tour money titles in the same year — has been named US PGA Player of the Year.
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/ 14 December 2011
The Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab is matching its guerrilla campaign against the Kenyan army with a peevish war of words on Twitter.
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/ 13 December 2011
The Democratic Alliance has appointed Mmusi Maimane as the party’s new national spokesperson, replacing Lindiwe Mazibuko in the role.
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/ 13 December 2011
New research shows that tanning beds can raise the odds of developing the most common form of skin cancer – including the deadliest type.