ANCYL President Julius Malema has told the Scwetla informal settlement that he has declared an "economic war" against the "white minority".
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/ 10 September 2011
The Johannesburg Metro Police Department is considering prohibiting private cars from certain parts of the city centre.
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/ 10 September 2011
Fresh overnight attacks killed at least 15 people in Nigeria, the latest in a wave of recent killings in an area beset by sectarian violence.
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/ 10 September 2011
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will formally submit his candidacy on Sunday for re-election at polls scheduled for November 28.
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/ 10 September 2011
At least 43 people died when a ferry capsized off the coast of Zanzibar, but around 300 people are feared still missing, a Zanzibar minister says.
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/ 10 September 2011
A ferry sank overnight between two islands in the Zanzibar archipelago, off Tanzania, and a number of people are feared dead, a minister says.
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/ 10 September 2011
Egypt declared a state of high alert on Saturday as police clashed with protesters who raided a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
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/ 10 September 2011
Southern Africa has moved forward with regional economic integration, but challenges remain, say trade experts.
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/ 10 September 2011
Claims of corruption in the Eastern Cape housing department, two municipalities and a public hospital will be probed by Thuli Madonsela.
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/ 10 September 2011
Request for proposals to supply soul buddyz clubs promotional materials.
The ANC has opted to keep secret the new venue of disciplinary hearings against Julius Malema and four other youth league leaders.
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/ 9 September 2011
Blue Bulls rugby player Bees Roux has been given a suspended sentence on charges of culpable homicide for the murder of Sergeant Ntshimane Mogale.
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/ 9 September 2011
Business Unity South Africa has cut its economic growth forecast for 2011 from 3.4% to 3.1%, saying a cut in the repo rate could soon be necessary.
The SIU insists it is working to achieve employment equity, after unions accused unit boss’s Willie Hofmeyr’s of failing to address transformation.
Gay rights in Africa are in the spotlight again after the arrest of two men in Cameroon, allegedly for "looking feminine".
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/ 9 September 2011
About 13 Sudanese policemen were killed and 33 injured in clashes with armed groups in the troubled region of Darfur, officials said on Friday.
Many would argue it an impossible task; changing the farmer to consumer cycle in such a way that we effectively feed the poor, create employment and reduce our impact on climate change.Yet from within Cape Town’s poorest areas, a farming revolution is underway.
Again, students will bear the brunt of changes that have not been properly considered.
The continent’s science research needs the right amount of exposure to matter on the world stage.
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/ 9 September 2011
Experts share their thoughts on teams to watch out for during the Rugby World Cup.
Service delivery protests in Thembelihle continued on Friday, with police firing rubber bullets at the township’s residents.
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/ 9 September 2011
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> readers weigh into the whiteness debate, Mogoeng Mogoeng, the ANC and more.
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The Springboks are an important ingredient in "the medicine" used to treat "wounded South Africans", says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
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/ 9 September 2011
Alex Clarke, who chairs the September 11 UK Families Support Group, recalls the day her daughter Suria died.
In the village of Tooseng in rural Limpopo a ‘miracle’ tree is changing the lot of a community struggling with food security and malnutrition. We uncover the story of the moringa tree.
"Despite modern scientific advances, no scientist has been able to incorporate immune protection into formula milk." — <b>Aaron Motsoaledi</b>.
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/ 9 September 2011
Call for applications for the second annual fellowship in social justice reporting.
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/ 8 September 2011
Creative puppetry at the Out The Box Festival is on the menu, along with fine wine and cuisine at the Botriviera Spring Pink Festival.
The African National Congress won the majority of wards in the national by-elections held on Thursday, the party said.
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/ 8 September 2011
In support of the Springboks and for those who can’t tell their hookers from their hakas, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has compiled a guide to the game.