At least 19 Yemeni civilians, state troops and dissident soldiers have died in the wake of President Saleh’s latest pledge to resign.
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/ 26 October 2011
Cape Town has trumped Bilbao and Dublin to be named Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.
Property tycoon Roux Shabangu says the suspension of national police commissioner General Bheki Cele is President Zuma’s business, not his.
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/ 26 October 2011
Actor and musician Zola has been released on R1 000 bail after he allegedly assaulted a journalist at the weekend.
A new study has put Archaeopteryx back on its perch, re-establishing its status as the earliest bird — and not just another bird-like dinosaur.
South Africa’s plans to cut its budget deficit to 3.3% in 2014/15 are realistic and will be met, insists treasury director general Lungisa Fuzile.
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/ 26 October 2011
A TV advert depicting angels falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant has been given the chop after raising Christian ire.
Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the UN has received the full backing of South Africa, which has called for a speedy decision on the matter.
The disciplinary hearing of ANCYL leader Julius Malema is set to resume today, where the final witnesses are expected to testify in its sixth sitting.
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/ 25 October 2011
The funeral of deceased MotoGP star Marco Simoncelli has been set for Thursday in his home town of Coriano, Italian press reported Tuesday.
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/ 25 October 2011
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says acting national police chief Major General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi must ignore criticism on his temporary appointment.
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/ 25 October 2011
Fifa have agreed to allow Brazilians over 65 to attend World Cup matches for half price at the 2014 finals, clearing
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/ 25 October 2011
Kaizer Chiefs has named goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune as their new captain on Tuesday as Jimmy Tau was dismissed as captain but remains in the team.
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/ 25 October 2011
The JSC says it’s concerned at the low number of women being nominated as judges, as the names of candidates were submitted to President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 25 October 2011
Two people died and hundreds were stranded in Northern and Eastern Ireland after torrential rain closed roads and put Dublin on an emergency footing.
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/ 25 October 2011
Thailand has announced a five-day holiday to give people the chance to escape floods closing in on Bangkok.
Muammar Gaddafi has been buried in a secret desert grave, ending a wrangle over his body that threatened to derail post-liberation plans.
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/ 25 October 2011
An endangered Javan rhinoceros found dead with its horn removed in Vietnam was the country’s last, rendering the species all but extinct.
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/ 25 October 2011
Central Rand Gold has been temporarily allowed to resume operations after its mining licence was cancelled last month.
Kenny Kunene celebrated his 41st birthday by dressing up as the late Muammar Gaddafi, accompanied by models in camouflage bikinis.
Political parties have welcomed President Zuma’s decision to axe ministers Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Sicelo Shiceka and suspend top cop Bheki Cele.
State institutions are being used to intimidate people wanting to join the ANC Youth League’s economic freedom marches, says Julius Malema.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will deliver his medium-term budget address in Parliament today amid increasing pressure to enable job growth.
No-nonsense opposition leader Helen Zille has become the subject of a global trending topic on Twitter. Here are the best and worst tweets.
M&G is giving away ten double tickets to WineX, South Africa’s biggest wine expo.
Apologising for the past or paying a tax merely demobilises claims for reparation from blacks, says <b>Andile Mngxitama</b>.
Springbok Sevens player Cecil Afrika has been named player of the year after being the top try and points scorer in the 2010/11 World Sevens Series.
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/ 24 October 2011
People skills. Some of us have them; some don’t. How people behave in restaurants is a fairly good indicator either way.
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/ 24 October 2011
World markets rose and the euro rallied as investors reacted to the weekend’s EU summit, where "good progress" on the sovereign debt crisis was made.
Venturing into Dharavi, well known as the setting of the award-winning film <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i>, <i>Mail & Guardian</i> gets a taste of what life is like in one of Asia’s biggest slums.
A grenade attack in a Nairobi disco has injured 14 Kenyans, in an attack police linked with threats made by Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents.
The ANCYL has publicly said it will back Kgalema Motlanthe and Fikile Mbalula to replace Zuma and Mantashe as ANC president and secretary-general.