ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s reference to "coolies" at a gathering last night has sparked outrage in SA’s Indian community.
Revamping President Jacob Zuma’s official residence in Pretoria is expected to cost R191-million, the department of public works says.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema says he’s being persecuted by the ANC "for telling the truth" and doing his job by introducing radical ideas.
China has accused the Dalai Lama of "terrorism in disguise" for supporting Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest at Beijing’s rule.
Acid mine drainage poses a threat to residents and government needs to act swiftly to address the problem, says the Gauteng housing department.
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/ 20 October 2011
Paintings by a late South African artist and musician who made his mark as a pioneer of urban black art, will go on sale in London next week.
The state is set to appeal for a review of the Massmart-Walmart merger today, arguing the deal will have a potentially devastating effect on jobs.
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/ 19 October 2011
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has confirmed that a tender proposal for 9600 MW of nuclear power could be worth at least R1-trillion.
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/ 19 October 2011
An Ohio town was on lockdown early on Wednesday after dozens of dangerous wild animals escaped from an exotic farm and were on the prowl.
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/ 19 October 2011
A senior government official says Burma may release more political detainees soon — a week after about 200 prisoners were released.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it needs $220-million to hold a constitutional referendum and fresh elections at dates that have yet to be set.
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/ 19 October 2011
The Hawks say they have not been able to get concrete evidence linking Richard Mdluli and Nkosana Ximba to the disappearance of two Vosloorus men.
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/ 19 October 2011
South Africa climbed two places to 49th position in the latest Fifa World Rankings, and have moved a notch up to 8th among African countries.
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/ 19 October 2011
Fiji plans to advertise for a national rugby coach, likely making Sam Domoni the first head coach to get fired over the team’s World Cup performance.
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/ 19 October 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is expected to grow 5.25% in 2011, but if global growth slows, South Africa will be particularly hard hit, the IMF says.
Dimitar Berbatov made a plea to Alex Ferguson for more first-team soccer as Bulgarian fans urged him to come out of international retirement.
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/ 19 October 2011
A number of murder and kidnapping cases linked to suspended crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli are being investigated, some for the first time.
The same French players who narrowly squeaked past Wales have been given the chance to make history by beating the All Blacks in Sunday’s final.
The timing of President Zuma’s release of the Oilgate report has raised eyebrows, as it is said to implicate his rivals for the ANC presidency.
Just as Mandela’s young lions had ANC president Xuma removed in the 1940s, the youth league of today can topple party leaders, Julius Malema says.
Weaker iPhone sales than expected have prompted questions over the decision of Apple to release its latest smartphone model when it did.
An ex-warlord has announced that he will support Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia’s run-off election to win a second term as president.
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/ 18 October 2011
Clean audits do not necessarily mean there was no maladministration by government departments, says Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
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/ 18 October 2011
Petitions against the proposed Gauteng toll system would be heard in November, the provincial legislature said on Tuesday.
President Jacob Zuma will release the report on the involvement of South Africans in the Iraq oil-for-food programme in December.
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/ 18 October 2011
South Africa has a clear roadmap on how to respond to the problem of climate change, Water Minister Edna Molewa said on Tuesday.
The acting head of Parliament’s portfolio committee on sport wants Sascoc to aid Cricket SA deal with its Indian Premier League bonus scandal.
A Buddhist temple in Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs’s reincarnation.
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/ 18 October 2011
Russia has blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station on negligence by rocket scientists.
In a letter to a local newspaper, former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has promised damaging revelations about Sepp Blatter’s electioneering.
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/ 18 October 2011
Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that defender Patrice Evra is determined to pursue allegations of racist abuse from Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
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/ 18 October 2011
World stock markets have tumbled after China’s robust economic growth took a knock and German leaders warned that Europe’s debt crisis might linger.