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England’s footballers were granted the right to wear poppies on armbands as Fifa tried to ban it for Friday’s match against Spain.
"Arab Spring" and "Royal Wedding" have been deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the year’s top name.
As Conrad Murray waits to hear his sentence for involuntary manslaughter, a tv interview is due to reveal he thought Michael Jackson was an addict.
The UN has warned that human rights violations in the DRC ahead of the country’s elections later in November could harm the democratic process.
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/ 9 November 2011
Researchers say they have made new discoveries on the malaria parasites, which opens up a highly promising target for a vaccine.
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Sanef and the Right2Know campaign have welcomed the possible inclusion of a public interest defence in the Protection of State Information Bill.
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Gabon’s oil union has relaunched talks with the government about a dispute over the use of expatriate labour, averting the threat of a strike for now.
Greece’s outgoing prime minister says there is an agreement that the new interim government will ensure the country’s debt deal follows through.
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The Justice Project South Africa is aiming to ban the use of blue lights by everyone besides emergency and law enforcement vehicles with a petition.
The M&G caught up with various participants at the Qiniso dialogues to find out how they have been inspired to bring about change.
The transport minister has slammed media reports about his hotel stays, saying all monies used for accommodation have kept to the prescribed rules.
Salman Butt, convicted of match-fixing with two Pakistan teammates, has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison sentence handed down to him.
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Global warming has spread the tsetse fly, which carries sleeping sickness, down to Southern Africa, threatening tens of millions more people.
Proteas’ captain Graeme Smith has won the toss and chose to field in the first of two Tests against Australia at Newlands, Cape Town.
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Poet Zolani Mkiva says there is an urgent need for government to deal with people who undermine African cultures.
Cuba’s General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, a hero of military campaigns in Angola and Ethiopia, has been named as the country’s new defence minister.
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Rapper Heavy D, who rose to fame during the 1990s, has died at the age of 44.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he didn’t claim spy groups were out to get him — but, now that you mention it, time will tell if they really are.
A Free State game farm owner has appeared in court alongside two Thai men accused of running a rhino horn smuggling syndicate from South Africa.
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A new poll suggests New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is set to coast to a second term at a general election this month.
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The outcome of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing will be made public on Thursday, his legal counsel says.
Teenager Chad le Clos stretched his lead at the top of the Swimming World Cup standings with a four-medal haul on the opening day of the Beijing leg.
Bafana Bafana defender Bongani Khumalo has been withdrawn from the squad to face Cote d’Ivoire in the Nelson Mandela challenge due to an ankle injury.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government has no need to change the Constitution to achieve its land reform targets.
Thuli Madonsela’s office says the protector is looking into the medical parole matter of Clive Derby-Lewis, who killed SACP leader Chris Hani in 1993.
The six men who emerged from a simulated 520-day Mars mission last week say they that, rather than being sick of each other, they feel like a family.
In a report derided by Iran and likely to stir tension in the Middle East, the IAEA says Tehran has been trying to design an atomic bomb.
Miriam Makeba’s family has taken their battle with her former manager over control of her legacy to the public — three years after her death.
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/ 8 November 2011
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe suggested the ANC may heed calls from the media to write a public interest defence into the contested Cecrecy Bill.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to resign following the adoption of key economic reforms promised to the European Union.
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Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has denied a <i>New Age</i> report where he accused state security operatives of a smear campaign against him.
The public protector has released a scathing report on the Midvaal municipality, saying it had breached financial and administrative policies.