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/ 16 September 2011
Readers weigh in on the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> Literary Festival, Mogoeng Mogoeng, September 11 and more.
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/ 16 September 2011
Sam Sole’s article ‘Gatekeepers accused of predatory tactics’ drew responses from <b>Tony Mostert</b> and the Financial Services Board.
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/ 16 September 2011
I arrived in Mozambique with a pimple near my left eyebrow. I didn’t mind too much, writes <b>Jo-Ann Bekker</b>.
There has been little real progress towards Africanising our education system.
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/ 15 September 2011
Back by popular demand is the Mechanicals’ production of <em>Lovborg’s Women</em>.
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/ 15 September 2011
Jazzart Dance Theatre’s latest contemporary dance work, <em>Waiting for Rain</em>, features the company’s trademark fusion of dance styles.
We interview artist and activist Zanele Muholi on her documentary <i>Difficult Love</i>. The work provides a glimpse into her life and reveals the challenges faced by SA’s LGBT community.
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/ 15 September 2011
Ousted Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam on Thursday lost his appeal against a lifetime ban from football, world governing body Fifa announced.
Ahead of elections next year, President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party is using Zimbabwe’s churches to garner support. Watch footage exclusive to the <i>M&G</i> of church leaders preaching the Mugabe gospel to their congregations.
The Curriculum Development Project Trust, which provides safe spaces for women refugees and survivors of sexual violence across the country, is helping its wards rebuild their lives through the medium of art.
This week’s edition of the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> brings you the intelligence scuffle, the foreign minister’s pre-flight tantrum and the great pig-off. Watch the sneak preview.
At an SA-EU summit in the Kruger Park there are plenty of pachyderms outside, but Zimbabwe and Libya are the only elephants in the room itself.
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/ 15 September 2011
President Jacob Zuma has appointed a new commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in the arms deal.
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/ 15 September 2011
The United States scraped their way to a 13-6 victory over Russia, ruining the Bears’ Rugby World Cup debut.
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/ 15 September 2011
Although prices might first encounter a soft patch, gold could rally through the $2 000 per ounce level by year end.
The court ruling banning the singing of <i>Shoot the Boer</i> constituted an "absurd and drastic" infringement on freedom of speech.
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/ 15 September 2011
Busa and Cosatu have come an agreement on a joint programme that will aim to fight corruption, unemployment and spur growth in the economy.
Strategies to weaken the rand are not guaranteed to work, and such options are limited now that the state’s budget is in deficit, says Gill Marcus.
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/ 15 September 2011
South Africa battles Australia and New Zealand for the vast $2-billion stargazer Square Kilometre Array project.
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/ 15 September 2011
Inflation expectations among urban Chinese rose in the third quarter and most think consumer prices unacceptably high, a central bank survey showed.
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/ 15 September 2011
Two United States authors say an agent offered them a book deal conditional on making a character heterosexual.
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/ 14 September 2011
At least 30 people — including three Angolan generals — have been killed after a military aircraft crashed at an airport in Huambo, south of Luanda.
King Mswati III says the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank must come to Swaziland’s rescue, just as they did for Greece and Portugal.
There is nothing wrong with cadre deployment, as it gives black people operational exposure, says ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
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/ 14 September 2011
Nasa announced on Wednesday the design plans for the rocket of its next generation spacecraft for carrying astronauts into deep space.
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/ 14 September 2011
The AU is discussing ways to press for an inclusive government in Libya, with the region still refusing to recognise the new leadership in Tripoli.
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/ 14 September 2011
American-owned English club Liverpool has said it is investigating striker Nathan Eccleston for tweets he posted about the September 11 attacks.
Serena Williams says her emotions got the best of her when she berated the chair umpire during her loss to Samantha Stosur in the US Open final.
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/ 14 September 2011
A spate of ship hijackings off West Africa indicates the region could emerge as a new piracy "hotspot", a global maritime watchdog has warned.
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/ 14 September 2011
The <em>M&G</em> Critical Thinking Forum invites you to join us for a debate on the preservation of our heritage versus economic development.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has slammed ratepayer groups who refuse to pay their rates and place their money in trust accounts.
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/ 14 September 2011
Petrochemicals group Sasol said on Tuesday it would conduct a feasibility study on a potential gas-to-liquids plant in the US.