Hundreds of Swazi protesters returned to the streets a day after violent clashes with police, as a funding crisis shut down schools in the kingdom.
How will the secrecy Bill affect SA? How is the youth league dealing with Juju’s disciplinary hearing? And how is Norway coping after the terrible massacre earlier this year? Take a behind-the-scenes look at the stories we’ve packed into this week’s paper.
Cabinet has approved the Road Accident Benefit Scheme policy, paving the way for the transformation of the current Road Accident Fund.
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Business Unity SA says it is looking forward to working with the newly-formed Black Business Council, which split from Busa on Wednesday.
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More than 50 foreign-owned mining firms risk losing their licences after failing to submit acceptable indigenisation plans, media reports say.
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A moose has been discovered entangled in an apple tree in a Swedish man’s garden, seemingly intoxicated from eating fermented fruit.
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South Africa’s murder rate dropped by 6.5% to 15 940 murders in 2010/11, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, in conversation with the Mail & Guardian, says she will not be happy until “each and every South African is food secure” and has a balanced diet.
Barack Obama is due to unveil a jobs package in a speech to Congress. What might his bold plan to reduce the country’s unemployment rate consist of?
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SuperSport Rugby World Cup anchor and Jacaranda 94.2 breakfast show host Darren Scott has resigned amid a racial row.
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Elizabeth Turner talks about how she is raising her son, born two months after her husband was killed in the World Trade Centre.
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Johannesburg is one of the worst cities in the world in which to commute, says an IBM-sponsored survey of 8 192 people in 20 cities.
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Three Iranian men were hanged in the south-western city of Ahvaz on Sunday "for acts against the Sharia law and bad deeds".
Black businesses have suspended involvement with Busa, saying a united voice is needed to achieve meaningful black involvement in the SA economy.
More than 16 000 Eskom workers are getting ready to strike after a deadlock in wage negotiations, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
The AU has denounced reports of racist attacks in Libya, urging the new rebel government there to disassociate itself from the violence.
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Acting group CEO Phil Molefe says the SABC is out of the woods after a two-year cash crisis, but the funding model needs urgent attention.
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A top US space scientist has pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for selling secret material to an undercover agent he thought was an Israeli spy.
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It is the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that changed the US forever. Tell us your story.
Somali pirates have released a Danish family kidnapped from their yacht in February during an around-the-world voyage, amid reports of a $4m ransom.
At least 44 people were killed when a Russian plane carrying hockey players to a match in Belarus crashed on takeoff near Moscow.
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Protesting residents of Thembelihle set fire to three load centres, causing damage of R1.5-million during this week’s service delivery protests.
The conduct of some private companies is fuelling the debate on nationalisation, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday.
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Gold has reached $1 921.41 per ounce and FTSE staged ‘marginal’ recovery as double-dip recession fears sent Japan’s Nikkei index falling.
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Margaret Chin has been trying to help the area and its residents around the vicinity of the World Trade Centre to recover from the devastation.
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Frank Lione had cancelled his NYPD shift on September 11 — but he ended up ferrying body parts from Ground Zero in the small hours.
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Dr Paula Madrid was 25, newly qualified with a doctorate in clinical psychology, when the events of 9/11 kick-started her career.
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After losing her brother, Edie Lutnick found that caring for others helped her to heal.
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Richard Clarke recalls his feelings on the day of Osama Bin Laden’s death and reveals his anger at the way the aftermath of 9/11 was handled.
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"I saw a mushroom cloud. I was thinking nukes": a civilian employee recalls the moment American Airlines Flight 77 smashed into the Pentagon.
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One of 3 000 boys and girls who lost a parent during 9/11, Eamon Stewart wanted nothing more than a normal childhood.
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Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned a cellphone company commercial which featured a cartoon Jesus who winked and gave a thumbs-up gesture.