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/ 7 December 2011
Growth in South Africa’s retail sales has slowed more than expected in October, suggesting interest rates will stay low for longer.
We visit communities with local water project Umphilo WaManzi. Helping people adapt to climate change and educating them on how to protect their water supply.
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/ 7 December 2011
The departments of home affairs in Cape Town and Durban did not follow procedure and instead lured asylum seekers under false pretences.
Troops in the DRC have been on standby as tensions rise amid voters waiting for election results, which have been postponed for 48 hours.
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/ 7 December 2011
A FinScope survey has shown that these South Africans don’t use financial institutions and choose rather to borrow from friends and family.
Just hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Burma last week, property prices began to soar.
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/ 7 December 2011
Join the award-winning team of reporters at the Mail & Guardian.
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/ 7 December 2011
It was a good night for Britons at the awards ceremony with Colin Firth and Tilda Swinton, Terry Gilliam and Stephen Frears winning prizes.
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/ 7 December 2011
Leone challenges country’s conservative attitudes to pornography by staying on best behaviour.
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/ 7 December 2011
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says business confidence stabilised in November — but at low levels.
Ricky Ponting has no regrets about quitting the Australian captaincy and welcomed having fewer responsibilities ahead of the Test against New Zealand.
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/ 7 December 2011
Chinese police have arrested 608 people suspected of selling children and freed 178 children in a crackdown on 10 provinces on child trafficking.
The public protector is investigating the relationship between businessman Roux Shabangu and the suspended acting director-general at public works.
The Islamist party that won Tunisia’s first post-revolution election says it will elevate a decades-old gender equality statute to a basic law.
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/ 7 December 2011
Two Swedish journalists on trial in Ethiopia have admitted contact with an outlawed rebel group but reject accusations they received weapons training.
Masked gunmen have released a video in which they threaten to execute a British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria if their demands are not met.
Human Rights Watch has revealed that between 20 000 and 40 000 children work in artisanal gold mines in Mali, Africa’s third-largest producer.
A confidential paper, circulated by European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, proposes empowering the commission to impose austerity measures.
The probe into Cricket SA’s bonus saga concludes today, after an emotional CEO Gerald Majola broke down in tears during testimony on Tuesday.
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/ 6 December 2011
Businessman Roux Shabangu has challenged the public protector’s probe into a lease agreement for police headquarters in Pretoria.
Human Rights Watch released a report on the violence that underprivileged, black lesbians and trans men face on a day to day basis.
Ahead of the announcement of the election winner in the DRC, tensions reached boiling point and police had to fire teargas at opposition supporters.
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/ 6 December 2011
Banyana Banyana and striker Nompumelelo Nyandeni are both in line for the Confederation of African Football awards, due to be held on December 22.
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/ 6 December 2011
The treasury is considering issuing Islamic bonds to diversify its investor base, aiming to get its first sukuk approved by next financial year.
As high level negotiations kick into gear, M&G environmental journalist gives a clear analysis of the major developments and issues facing cop17.
A high court application on whether it was constitutional for the government to bar the Dalai Lama entry in SA looks to be "dead in the water".
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/ 6 December 2011
The intervention in the running of Limpopo is an attack on the province’s current leadership by opponents within the ruling party, the ANCYL says.
CSA chief executive Gerald Majola says his contentious bonus after the IPL series in 2009 was determined by operations officer Don McIntosh.
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/ 6 December 2011
Freedom, S&M and our cabinet report card: the M&G end of year edition is better than ever.
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/ 6 December 2011
A study by an advocacy centre has found the media is failing to sufficiently cover the laws, issues and policies relating to violence against women.
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/ 6 December 2011
Scottish artist Martin Boyce, whose works include a modernist reworking of a library table and artificial trees, has won Britain’s Turner Prize.
Pravin Gordhan says swift action will be taken against officials involved in mismanagement in three provinces placed under government’s control.