SA batsman Jacques Kallis crashed his car in the early hours of Tuesday but escaped unharmed, a team spokesperson said, denying alcohol was involved.
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/ 21 December 2010
A man who dubbed himself "the crossbow cannibal" was jailed for life on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the gruesome murder of three women.
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/ 21 December 2010
The company at the centre of the frozen chicken controversy says it does "rework" birds for human consumption.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi called on workers to prepare "for the mother of all battles" to be waged against labour brokers in 2011.
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/ 21 December 2010
G20 commitment to tackle corruption is good news — if its proposals are implemented.
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/ 21 December 2010
About 55 000 displaced southern Sudanese have returned to their homeland from the north ahead of a key referendum on south Sudan’s independence.
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/ 21 December 2010
Pakistan successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said.
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/ 21 December 2010
Kenyan police intensified security following an explosion at a Nairobi bus station which killed three people and injured dozens of others.
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/ 21 December 2010
Nelson Mandela’s son-in-law turned himself in to South African police after the United States requested he be extradited to face rape charges.
Snow and freezing temperatures continued to ground flights to and from Britain on Tuesday.
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/ 21 December 2010
The two South African media workers detained in Somaliland after authorities found military equipment on their plane have been released.
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/ 21 December 2010
Pakistan’s cricketers will continue to miss out on the Indian Premier League (IPL) bonanza.
It’s a recurring story. At the 11th hour the city authorities are at loggerheads with the associations that organise the Cape Town Carnival.
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/ 21 December 2010
Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it expects global sales to grow 3% to 7,7-million vehicles next year.
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/ 21 December 2010
In central Mexico where tequila is produced, there is an odd mix of timeless inspiring beauty and more recent modernisation.
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/ 21 December 2010
The United Nations Security Council extended its peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday.
Congress of the People founder Mosiuoa Lekota has now exposed himself as a petty dictator, the leadership of five of the party’s provinces said.
The ANCYL walked out of a meeting with the Inkatha Freedom Party on Monday, Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi said.
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Nairobi during a security search before it left for the Ugandan capital Kampala, killing three so far.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urged their supporters to shun violence ahead of elections planned for 2011.
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/ 20 December 2010
Frustrated travellers in Europe expressed fury on Monday at transportation officials’ inability to clear snow and ice from planes and runways.
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/ 20 December 2010
Trade union Solidarity has accused Standard Bank of an "arrogant slap in the face" for employees facing retrenchment.
The SABC said on Monday the Congress of the People’s national committee meeting has been postponed.
The EU decided to slap visa bans on 19 Ivorians, including incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and his powerful wife, Simone.
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/ 20 December 2010
The police said on Monday they were "surprised" by the <em>Sunday Independent</em>’s allegations that a reporter had been placed under surveillance.
They are the online equivalent of enclosure riots: the haystack-burning, fence-toppling protests by peasants losing their rights to the land.
President Jacob Zuma’s approval rating rose in November after a volatile year, a poll released on Monday has found.
Tension mounted between Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo and the international community on Monday as the UN complained of rights abuses.
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South Africa on Monday added batsman JP Duminy and left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell to their squad for the second Test.
A Zimbabwean human rights organisation urged the country’s ruling parties to allow freedom and fairness in elections tentatively planned for 2011.
Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn took a wicket apiece as SA completed victory by an innings and 25 runs in the first Test against India on Monday.
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/ 20 December 2010
The National Press Club on Monday called for an urgent investigation into a claim that a journalist was being tailed and had her phone tapped.