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/ 4 November 2011
Six volunteers have stepped out of an isolation module in Moscow after almost one and a half years in a simulated mission to Mars.
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/ 4 November 2011
Benin, Togo and Ghana begin a three-day meeting in Cotonou next week to hammer out ways to end a recent upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
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/ 4 November 2011
Anglo American has bought an extra 40% of De Beers from the Oppenheimers for $5.1bn, giving it a majority stake in the world’s largest diamond firm.
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/ 4 November 2011
A Tunis court has confirmed that jail sentences given to family members of Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali would remain.
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/ 4 November 2011
China plans to bridge the gap between rich and poor nations by urging emerging economies to make concrete emission reduction plans.
Morgan Tsvangirai says agents loyal to Robert Mugabe are disrupting government programmes and assaulting civilians with impunity.
Schalk Burger has become only the fifth player to win the South African Rugby Union’s rugby player of the year award more than once.
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/ 4 November 2011
Lesotho will harness the power of wind and water in a $15-billion green energy project, the biggest of its kind in Africa.
Polemicist or commentator? <b>Sandile Memela</b> has been labelled both. He talks here about his new novel, <i>His Master’s Voice</i>.
Thankfully, life eventually disabuses us of activist notions to which we have clung, <b>Caroline Southey</b>.
Minors are often hardest hit by Israel’s campaign to quell resistance to its West Bank occupation, says former minister of health <b>Barbara Hogan</b>
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/ 4 November 2011
As the Russell Tribunal on Palestine meets in Cape Town, we consider the notion of ‘Apartheid Israel’.
When do we cry ‘privacy’ and when do we feel we can legitimately scrutinise a leader’s personal life, asks <b>Eusebius McKaiser</b>.
Britain’s new defence secretary, Philip Hammon, announced that British companies should head to Libya to snap up lucrative reconstruction contracts.
Speaking at the G20 meeting <b>Bill Gates</b> urges richer nations to invest more, not less.
Concerns are raised over both the logistics involved and the neutrality of the electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Business leader Sam Motsuenyane
reflects on leadership and management in
<em>A Testament for Hope: The Autobiography of
Dr Sam Motsuenyane.</em>.
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/ 4 November 2011
Readers weigh in on Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, the economy and other stories.
Eugene Terre’Blanche’s photo has been removed from the new version of his biography to "accommodate more of our readers".
World leaders meeting at the G20 summit are discussing boosting their funding of the IMF to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis.
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/ 3 November 2011
The first ever Anarchist Book Fair invites comrades, armchair anarchists, revolutionaries and book-lovers to discover this misunderstood philosophy.
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/ 3 November 2011
The Old Mutual Jazz at the Theatre sessions kicked off in April and have become meaningful gatherings for discerning jazz connoisseurs.
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Nine members of a Pretoria family who face charges related to child pornography will hear soon on whether their bail application is successful.
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The ANC’s chief whip Mathole Motshekga says the ruling party will not recognise the proposed Parliamentary Institute of South Africa.
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Small business owners from Ekurhuleni have warned of xenophobic violence if the Gauteng government does not step in.
Roux Shabangu says he will cooperate with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela should she probe another lease agreement involving him.
In the paper this week: Burma ambassador’s questionable past, Motlanthe’s airplane #fail, the New Age and Roux Shabangu. Watch our sneak preview!
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says an audit of health facilities is well under way ahead of a plan to start National Health Insurance pilot sites.
Cope has vehemently denied reports that is planning to merge with the DA now that Lindiwe Mazibuko is heading that party’s parliamentary caucus.
The number of rhinos poached in South Africa has reached a record high, with 341 of the endangered animals killed this year alone, the WWF says.
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says legislation intended to transform and restructure the legal profession will soon be tabled in Parliament.
Zimbabwean Reymond Mapakata, currently living and looking for work in South Africa, takes us north of the border to his home village of Bikita — to show us why he left, and what kind of life he is striving for.