Twelve lesbian women were arrested by Vosloorus police last month, in what local activists say is the latest of a series of homophobic attacks by police in the area. The <em>M&G</em> pinned down the Vosloorus police station commander for his response. Watch the video.
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/ 4 November 2010
Eskom said on Thursday it has received a loan of R15-billion from the Development Bank of Southern Africa to fund new power projects.
ANC former chief whip Tony Yengeni’s lawyer said on Thursday he has resigned all the directorships he holds in six companies.
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/ 4 November 2010
Fixing an exchange rate at a particular level does not necessarily lead to competitiveness, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday.
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/ 4 November 2010
US border police have found a sophisticated drug smugglers’ tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California with Mexico.
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/ 4 November 2010
Pakistan cricket authorities have suspended the contracts of the players who are under investigation over spot-fixing allegations, an official said.
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/ 4 November 2010
Toyota on Thursday announced a recall of almost 136 000 compact cars in Japan and Europe to fix a steering problem.
Chris Derby-Lewis’s lawyer issued a statement on Thursday saying that the convicted murderer’s cancer has spread.
Investing in green energy shouldn’t be a priority for SA as money should be spent on fixing socioeconomic challenges, a panel discussion heard.
Haiti is reeling from a spike in cholera deaths as authorities plan mass evacuations from squalid tent cities ahead of a major storm.
The IFP admitted it turned down an invitation to attend a reconciliation ceremony between the party and the ANC in Pietermaritzburg.
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/ 4 November 2010
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced on Thursday she has fired all but one member of her Cabinet.
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/ 4 November 2010
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday cut its expectations for world economic growth this year and next to between 3% and 4%.
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/ 4 November 2010
Readers react to the new science curriculum, Janet Love’s "deployment" to the HRC, asks why Mbeki does not admit to being a racist and more.
More evacuated as Indonesian volcano erupts again by Gandang Sajarwo Wukirsari Indonesia ordered thousands more people to evacuate their villages on Thursday as the country’s most active volcano erupted again, shooting deadly gas and ash high into the sky. Volcanologists said the “high intensity” eruption was the strongest yet from the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) Mount Merapi, […]
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/ 4 November 2010
You’ve got to hand it to Rupert Murdoch. Love him or hate him, his business decisions often make for interesting reading.
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/ 4 November 2010
Australia’s Qantas Airways grounded its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos on Thursday after an engine failure forced an emergency landing in Singapore.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has taken ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema to task for referring to DA leader Helen Zille as a cockroach.
Legal action may be taken against the civil society leaders who questioned the moral integrity of ANC leaders and named them, the party says.
It is possible to fix the proposed Protection of Information Bill in a way that would ensure all constitutional rights are recognised, Sanef says.
US President Barack Obama has conceded the Republicans gave the Democrats a "shellacking" in mid-terms and says he remains willing to compromise.
A complaint lodged against the City Press for calling the subject of a story a right wing group was dismissed by the ombudsman.
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/ 3 November 2010
Politics is playing a "devastating" role on campus and has made universities the terrain where "comrades and racists struggle".
Health practitioners have urged the health minister to tackle the issue safety in hospitals following the assault and gang rape of a doctor.
The ANC’s reaction to a civil society conference was "reminiscent of the paranoia of the Mbeki era", the conference co-hosts said on Wednesday.
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An SADC task team will report their findings about which digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard the region should adopt on November 22.
The impact of the R2K march to parliament reverberated loud and clear among the members of the the ad hoc committee on Protection of Information bill.
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Scientists on Tuesday presented a technique to create bioartifical organs using stem cells which they said will reduce the rejection of an organ.
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/ 3 November 2010
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted Wednesday with more force than last week’s blasts that killed 36 people.
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/ 3 November 2010
From the gang-ridden streets of Bonteheuwel to the forbidding mountains of the Western Cape — read reviews of some books from home
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/ 3 November 2010
Russian fertiliser company Phosagro is reportedly planning to bid for Potash Corp, rivaling BHP Billiton’s $39-billion offer.
Business confidence dropped in October after rallying for the previous five months, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Wednesday.