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/ 22 September 2011
If the state goes ahead with plans to ban alcohol advertising, this will force many small and medium advertising companies to close down, says OHMSA.
In the paper this week: Disarray in local government; the arms deal that won’t go away; what happened to Puso Tladi; and the Jo’burg Art Fair. Get a sneak preview here.
In line with market expectations, Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus says the repo rate will stay at 5.5%, its lowest level in 30 years.
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/ 22 September 2011
Naspers has sold its 30% stake in the mobile instant messenger, MXit, to technology investment firm World of Avatar for an undisclosed amount.
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/ 22 September 2011
South Africans studying to be doctors in Havana, Cuba are planning to slaughter goats and a sheep to commemorate Heritage Day.
Rioters took to the streets of the two main towns in Zambia’s Copper Belt amid frustration at a delay in tallying the results of this week’s election.
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/ 22 September 2011
The ANC has been granted leave to appeal against a ruling that banned the singing of <i>Dubul’ ibhunu</i> (shoot the boer).
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/ 22 September 2011
The rand bounced from two-year lows against the dollar but remained vulnerable as investors dumped high risk assets.
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/ 22 September 2011
Suspended crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli has handed himself over to authorities and appeared in the Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria.
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/ 22 September 2011
REM, once dubbed "America’s Best Rock & Roll Band", said on Wednesday they had decided to "call it a day" after more than 30 years of hits.
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/ 22 September 2011
South Africa, a key UN Security Council member, "fully supports" the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations.
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/ 22 September 2011
Major space agencies and security officials have come together to monitor the heavens for a bus-sized spacecraft that will fall to Earth this week.
Golf star Ernie Els has split with former manager Chubby Chandler, moving management support for his career to his new office in Florida.
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/ 22 September 2011
Vint Cerf says Facebook’s closed model risks it becoming a "walled garden" unconnected from other networks and websites.
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/ 22 September 2011
One of the more exciting old wines I’ve drunk was a 1940 Libertas a few years ago, still capable of giving much pleasure.
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/ 22 September 2011
Earlier work found under artist’s 1823 portrait of Madrid judge Don Ramón Satué may depict Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother Beneath a Goya masterpiece, a
A car crash near Jo’burg could explain reports that slain Teasers boss Lolly Jackson’s lawyer had been kidnapped and murdered, police say.
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/ 21 September 2011
Service delivery protests in Pretoria turned violent, with police firing rubber bullets at residents who set the building, a car and a toilet alight.
Gauteng police say they can’t confirm reports that the lawyer of slain Teazers boss Lolly Jackson has been kidnapped and murdered.
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/ 21 September 2011
Australian beer giant Foster’s has accepted an improved takeover offer worth Aus$9.9-billion from British-based brewer SABMiller.
Bavaria-born Pope Benedict XVI faces a resounding call for changes in the Catholic Church as he heads "home" to Germany on an official state visit.
The government has decided to give the NTC in Libya the benefit of the doubt, saying it expects the interim government to include Gaddafi loyalists.
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/ 21 September 2011
A ban on bagpipes at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand has knocked the wind out of the Scotland team.
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/ 21 September 2011
South Africa and England have dropped four places to 51st and 8th respectively in the latest Fifa world rankings.
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/ 21 September 2011
What does Pravin Gordhan’s proposal to cap retirement fund contributions mean for high earners?
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/ 21 September 2011
If you want to put down roots, don’t write off becoming a homeowner.
The ANC Youth League will take to the streets in October to demand the nationalisation of mines and an equal share in the country’s mineral resources.
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/ 21 September 2011
South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation was unchanged on a year-on-year basis in August and below market expectations.
Some comrades appear determined to sow divisions in the African National Congress, said secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in a media report.
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/ 21 September 2011
Mrs Gaddafi, the First (ex) Lady of Libya, makes her first appearance on stage in Pieter-Dirk Uys’s latest satirical revue.
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/ 21 September 2011
South Korea has the world’s top internet download speeds followed by Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia, according to a study has shown.
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/ 21 September 2011
Demand for iron ore, copper and aluminium will double in the next 15 to 20 years, driven by the Brics economies, says Rio Tinto’s chief executive.