A colleague who saw Peter Roebuck just before he fell to his death says the renowned cricket writer was due to be charged with sexual assault.
The <em>M&G</em> online columnists have had an exciting year. Here are some of the best columns of 2011.
The ANC has bemoaned what it described as attempts to divide party leaders with regard to last week’s suspension of ANC Youth League leaders.
A joint petition against the planned Gauteng highway tolling system will be sent to Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele within 14 days.
Presidential adviser Zizi Kodwa is fighting to have police release his drunk driving blood sample to allow him to run independent tests.
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A woman convicted of conspiring to kill Blue Bulls rugby player Deon Helberg has been sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years.
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ANC MP Luwellyn Landers says the scheduled debate on the Protection of State Information Bill will be delayed by a week to next Wednesday.
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According to research, South Africans are being ripped off by travel agencies who do not provide the best available flight prices for customers.
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There is no legislation in place to make recycling a legal requirement and it is entirely voluntary with no incentives or rewards from government.
The ANC has taken issue with a news report that its chairperson Baleka Mbete has been slated for giving details about the cost of its centenary party.
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says the government in Damascus will not budge despite its suspension from the Arab League.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has invited all opposition parties for talks on November 25 on forming a more united front against the ANC.
We will have to wait to see if the US downturn produces anything to rival the cultural achievements that came out of the Great Depression.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says there will be more certainty about foreign direct investment in South Africa within the next year.
Anders Behring Breivik has admitted to killing 77 people in twin attacks in Norway in July, but rejected the court’s authority to hear his case.
Russia will train its army to play badminton to improve its battle prowess after the racquet sport won a surprise endorsement from the president.
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Power utility Eskom has signed a R1.9-billion loan from the World Bank that will finance the building of SA’s largest solar and wind power projects.
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Climate change compels us to recognise the complex of links between this catastrophe and our heavily commercialised and commodified economies.
Virunga National Park in the DRC is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to see spectacular eruptions of Mount Nyamulagira.
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Nigerian artists took the lion’s share of the prizes at the Channel O Music Video Awards this weekend.
After a racial slur against Tiger Woods by Adam Scott’s caddy, Greg Norman says a showdown between the two at the Presidents Cup is inevitable.
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Zac Guildford has apologised for a drunken binge that ended with him staggering naked and bleeding into a bar, and then assaulting two people.
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A farmer has been killed by his pet hippopotamus, Humphrey, once described as "loveable" but which of late had taken to terrorising the neighbourhood.
United States President Barack Obama has served notice that the US is fed up with China’s trade and currency practices.
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Witnesses have said at least three explosions hit al-Shabaab-held regions outside Mogadishu at the weekend, with some saying it was aerial attack.
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German police have formally arrested a woman suspected of founding a far-right terror organisation that authorities say murdered nine foreigners.
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Israel’s senior Cabinet members have approved a Bill limiting foreign donations to political not-for-profit organisations.
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has warned ANC leaders not to underestimate the power and influence of Julius Malema and the youth league.
An Equatorial Guinea referendum to change the Constitution and limit its presidents to two terms has been given the nod by over 99% of voters.
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France has announced that al-Qaeda released three French aid workers kidnapped in Yemen in May after negotiations with a tribal chief.
Police say cricket commentator Peter Roebuck plunged to his death from a Cape Town hotel room after being questioned about an alleged sexual assault.
Former Springbok Solly Tyibilika has been shot dead in what appears to be a random shootout at a tavern in Cape Town. He was 32 years old.