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/ 2 December 2011
A man — called Germany’s dumbest bank robber — who tried to hold up a bank that closed 17 years ago has been jailed for seven years.
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/ 2 December 2011
The energy department has announced that the retail price of all grades of petrol will decrease by 11c a litre on Wednesday.
There are no missing millions in the Cricket South Africa coffers, an official told a ministerial inquiry on Friday.
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/ 2 December 2011
Pick n Pay’s plans to raise its stake in Zimbabwe’s TM Supermarkets has been approved, which forms part of the retailer’s African expansion plans.
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/ 2 December 2011
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi says SA’s economic structure still remains trapped in colonialism because of overdependence on raw material exports.
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/ 2 December 2011
Australia’s Ricky Ponting led his team to a comeback with an unbeaten 67 on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand.
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/ 2 December 2011
Sol Kerzner’s Kerzner International Holdings has handed over ownership of two of its Bahama properties as part of a debt restructuring deal.
Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace. He outlines what the organisation wants to see happen here at the negotiations in Durban.
Kimberley Process-approved diamonds from Chinese-Zimbabwean venture Anjin will be put on sale on Friday, despite criticism from Human Rights Watch.
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/ 2 December 2011
Citigroup faces a day of reckoning in court over its selling of financial instruments in the run-up to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Ukuthwala is a practice that involves the abduction and forced marriage of girls who are frequently under-aged.
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/ 2 December 2011
The Freedom Charter promises free exchange of ideas, and the Bill of Rights guarantees the free flow of information, says <b>Zwelinzima Vavi</b>.
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/ 2 December 2011
From press freedom to COP17, the <i>Mail & Guardian </i> readers weigh in.
Tarek Mustafa was shot dead on January 28, a police bullet flying through the 24-year-old’s neck as he stood in Cairo’s Sayeda Zeinab Square.
The Cabinet wants an independent review of decisions made by the Constitutional Court.
Good: the executive may learn something.
The third edited extract from <i>The Devil in the Detail — How the Arms Deal Changed Everything</i>, analyses the helicopter contract.
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/ 2 December 2011
If you read the history of the development of all the great powers, it was steam then electricity generated by coal that fuelled industry and navies.
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/ 1 December 2011
Now in its fifth year, the theme of this year’s Franschhoek Magic of Bubbles Cap Classique and Champagne Festival is "black and white".
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/ 1 December 2011
The Cape Dance Company presents a repertoire of neoclassical ballet.
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/ 1 December 2011
The City of Johannesburg will have to provide emergency housing for 86 people due to be evicted from a building earmarked for redevelopment in Berea.
Wikileaks’ new project — the publication of hundreds of files detailing a global industry that gives governments tools to spy on their citizens.
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/ 1 December 2011
Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a ‘vigilance and security division’ to fight corruption in the game.
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/ 1 December 2011
The City of Durban has censored a satirical poster by <em>Amandla!</em> that suggests President Jacob Zuma will create a million climate change jobs.
President Jacob Zuma has presented a five-year plan to reduce new HIV and TB infections by 50%.
Wayne Rooney claimed victory in a legal battle with his former management firm when a judge ruled a claim by Proactive was ‘unenforceable’.
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/ 1 December 2011
Nando’s latest TV commercial featuring President Robert Mugabe has been cancelled, after threats of violence against Nando’s Zimbabwe management.
Nine members of a Pretoria family will return to the Pretoria North Regional Court on January 16 on charges relating to sexually assaulting children.
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/ 1 December 2011
Former CSA COO Don McIntosh has been grilled about bonuses in the ministerial inquiry into the CSA’s affairs.
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/ 1 December 2011
News that Sasol has decided to postpone its shale gas exploration in the Karoo has been welcomed by the Treasure Karoo Action Group.
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/ 1 December 2011
It would not be possible for developing countries, including South Africa, to immediately stop using coal-fired power generation, Standard Bank says.
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/ 1 December 2011
Daniel Vettori and Dean Brownlie have restored New Zealand’s first innings on the first day of their first Test against Australia.
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/ 1 December 2011
Harmony Gold has said it does not intend selling its Joel mine in Johannesburg after rumours Wits Gold intended on buying the operations.