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/ 30 October 2011
The G20 summit will illustrate Europe’s lessening grip on the economic stage and the rise of new powers such as India, Russia, China and Brazil.
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/ 30 October 2011
Sebastian Vettel ran away with the inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday for the double world champion’s 11th victory in 17 races.
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/ 30 October 2011
Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side’s six-wicket win over India.
Bashar al-Assad warned Western intrusion in Syria could cause an "earthquake" inflaming the region after one of the bloodiest days since the uprising.
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/ 30 October 2011
A survey has shown two of five informal businesses in Soweto — such as hawkers and home-based businesses — were still in operation five years later.
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/ 30 October 2011
The Africa Cup of Nations’ main contenders Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana avoided each other and the likes of Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia in a kind draw.
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/ 30 October 2011
Conflicting reports were made after fighters from Somalia’s al-Shabaab extremist group attacked an African Union military base in Mogadishu.
Fikile Mbalula says he will not respond to a <i>City Press</i> story implicating him in a sex scandal after failing to buy more time to comment.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula ran out of time to comment on a <i>City Press</i> story implicating him in a sex scandal on Saturday.
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday, casting doubt on his political future.
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/ 29 October 2011
Investors demand high price to buy country’s bonds as Silvio Berlusconi attacks "currency that has not convinced anyone".
KZN legislature speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has invited the public protector to investigate DA claims that she was "profiteering" from her position.
Proteas’ coach Gary Kirsten remains upbeat ahead of the two Test matches against Australia despite his side losing the one-day international series.
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/ 29 October 2011
Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the Tunisian revolution, is calm once again after a curfew imposed because of violent post-election protests.
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/ 29 October 2011
Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite hit maiden half-centuries to help West Indies reach 160-2 at tea on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh.
An alleged rhino poaching ringleader who illegally used permits acquired by prostitutes to hunt rhino, has again been denied bail.
Who survives and who emerges victorious in Mangaung’s ANC electoral conference in 2012 will be determined by what happens in the next few months.
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/ 29 October 2011
Three men have been charged by Zimbabwe’s government with espionage — for allegedly leaking state secrets to the US, Canada and Afghanistan.
Outgoing JSE chief executive Russell Loubser’s recent slapping of a female <em>M&G</em> reporter’s behind at a press conference serves as a metaphor.
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/ 29 October 2011
A suicide bomber has exploded his car near a convoy of foreign forces travelling through the Afghan capita, killing three civilians and a policeman.
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/ 29 October 2011
Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, but a rise in coastal high tides will still test flood defences.
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/ 29 October 2011
The first JSC meeting under new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was not without its share of interest and possibilities for the better.
Siphiwo Mahala contrasts his experiences at two recent literary festivals — Open Book Cape Town and Macufe Wordfest in Bloemfontein.
A dispute over who should be prime minister is threatening to derail efforts to resolve Madagascar’s political crisis two years after the coup there.
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/ 29 October 2011
Australian flag carrier Qantas has taken the drastic step of grounding all its domestic and international aircraft as part of an industrial dispute.
Palestine’s President Abbas says the Arab world erred in rejecting the UN’s 1947 plan to partition Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state.
In Tanzania hundreds of school children become pregnant bringing learning to a halt. A foster child was thrown out of her rural school and home.
After counting 97% of all of South Africa’s households, census agents are set to begin "mopping up" ahead of the number-crunching, says Stats SA.
Nato has officially declared the end of its seven-month mission to Libya as the ICC seeks to bring in Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
While Nato was bombing its way to the Libyan oilfields, Turkey has been using "soft power" to assert its new-found foreign policy.
Julius Malema led a two-day march for economic freedom, handing over memorandums to the Chamber of Mines and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange along the way.
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/ 28 October 2011
The retail price of all grades of petrol will increase by 23 cents per litre on Wednesday November 2, the department of energy has announced.