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/ 2 November 2011
S’bu Ndebele stayed in a posh hotel for 25 days last year, at a cost of R190k, his department admits. But that can’t be right, says his spokesperson.
Greece’s Papandreou has won the backing of his Cabinet to push ahead with a referendum on an EU debt bailout deal. World leaders are not convinced.
A key US senator is due to unveil a Bill that will triple US exports into Africa as China continues to expand its economic ties to the continent.
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/ 2 November 2011
Four US citizens have been arrested for plotting to attack government workers and buildings and trying to make the deadly biological toxin ricin.
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/ 2 November 2011
Impala, the world’s first commercial cassava beer, is aimed at opening up the untapped market of rural homebrew drinkers, starting in Mozambique.
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/ 2 November 2011
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive arrive in SA on Wednesday for an official five-day visit at the invitation of President Zuma.
A Japanese MP has been bullied into drinking water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to back up claims of decontamination progress.
Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray has decided not to testify in his own defence at the climax of his manslaughter trial over the star’s death.
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/ 1 November 2011
The South Gauteng High Court has found that recent amendments to the Film and Publication Act would deprive news of its value and interest.
The Kimberley Process has authorised the sale of diamonds from two mining sites in Marange, Zimbabwe where alleged rights violations took place.
A complaint has been lodged with the Judicial Service Commission against Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.
Zimbabwe police have fired teargas into Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party headquarters, blocked off the building and beat up nearby vendors.
The Durban Magistrate’s Court has heard that President Jacob Zuma doesn’t recall Daryl Peense spilling a drink on him at the Durban July horse race.
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/ 1 November 2011
The Committee to Protect Journalists says it fears for several journalists and bloggers in Syria who vanished with no response from authorities.
The transport ministry says tolls will remain suspended until consultations with the public to find the best costing method, have been completed.
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/ 1 November 2011
South Africa’s official jobless rate has eased to 25.0% of the labour force in the third quarter as the trade and finance sectors created jobs.
President Zuma would testify at the arms deal probe, likes Lindiwe Mazibuko’s new role in the DA and can’t predict if his ministers will be any good.
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/ 1 November 2011
A study has shown that women are more likely to sustain injuries in an auto accident because safety features are designed more with men in mind.
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/ 1 November 2011
Altech is in talks to pay up to $60-million for unlisted Kenyan IT firm Symphony to help revive its struggling business in fast-growing East Africa.
Three years after 300 people disappeared at Mt Elgon in Kenya, either arrested by state forces or abducted by militants, Human Rights Watch finds no action has been taken to provide victims’ families with access to justice.
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/ 1 November 2011
Fifa has sold rights to sell corporate tickets at the 2018 & 2022 World Cups for $300m to Match, which lost $50m in its 2010 World Cup venture in SA.
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/ 1 November 2011
A Hong Kong school has lost an appeal against a noise abatement order issued after a complaint about the daily ruckus emanating from its playground.
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/ 1 November 2011
We have five double tickets to give away for the Stand Up Africa Comedy Experience, which features some of Africa’s best comedy talent.
The Chinese artist who was held in detention for close to three months says he has been ordered to pay the tax but would challenge the demand.
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/ 1 November 2011
Gabon’s constitutional court has ruled that elections must take place in December, overruling ruling party and opposition bids to delay.
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/ 1 November 2011
President Jacob Zuma says he will testify at the inquiry into the multi-billion rand arms deal.
Amnesty International says Uganda is resorting to increasingly repressive measures, including the arrest and harassment of activists and journalists.
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/ 1 November 2011
The UN Security Council has condemned piracy in the Gulf of Guinea off the West African coast and backed regional plans to tackle the growing problem.
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/ 1 November 2011
A leading anti-mafia campaigner and MP is preparing to flee Brazil after receiving a barrage of death threats from Rio de Janeiro’s violent mafia.
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/ 1 November 2011
NUM has reached a wage agreement with Exxaro Coal, which included the joining of its non-member operations to the Chamber of Mines by 2013.
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/ 1 November 2011
A fourth person has died in a Benoni hospital after contracting the antibiotics-resistant superbug New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase.
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/ 1 November 2011
Media24 is to be questioned by the Competition Tribunal after a Free State media house accused it of anti-competitive behaviour regarding advertising.