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/ 19 October 2010
The sheriff has visited ANC youth leader Julius Malema’s Sandton home to make a list of his assets after he failed to pay a R50 000 fine.
Tessa Beegte, imprisoned in the drug-trafficking case involving Sheryl Cwele, was not surprised when drugs were found in her luggage, court has heard.
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/ 18 October 2010
Security forces in Madagascar on Monday used tear gas to break up a demonstration staged by supporters of the island’s ousted president.
Higher education and training department Director General Mary Metcalfe is to leave the department.
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/ 18 October 2010
The future of Wayne Rooney dominated media reports on Monday as speculation mounted that the he was set to leave Old Trafford.
Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa has been removed from his positions as the party’s chief whip and accounting officer, Cope announced on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2010
China’s rise was never going to be entirely peaceful. But recent disputes have shown that the forces that drive China remain poorly understood.
A report on Clive Derby-Lewis’s medical condition will be submitted to the Parole Board to supplement his parole application, his lawyer says.
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/ 18 October 2010
Somali government troops and allied forces retook the south-eastern town of Bulo Hawo on Sunday after defeating al-Shabaab Islamists, witnesses said.
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/ 18 October 2010
The NUM said on Monday striking workers at Northam Platinum are expected to return to work on Tuesday following a revised pay rise offer.
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/ 18 October 2010
One in a hundred people has epilepsy, but most are too ashamed or afraid to discuss it with friends or colleagues.
The murder trial of hip hop artist Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala was on Monday postponed to December.
ANCYL president Julius Malema has begun the process of appealing an Equality Court order against him, his lawyer said on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2010
Brewing giant SABMiller on Monday reported a recovery in beer sales.
Many scientists are now focusing on the power of environmental factors.
Burma said on Monday it would not allow any foreign election observers or international media into the country for its first election in two decades.
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/ 18 October 2010
Liverpool’s new owners watched their team slump to a comprehensive 2-0 defeat at Merseyside rivals Everton.
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/ 18 October 2010
An inquest docket has been opened into the death of controversial Mpumalanga politician James Nkambule, Mpumalanga police confirmed on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2010
A second successive century from Hashim Amla took SA a to a resounding eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Sunday.
Parties have called for an intervention into the selection of the National Youth Development Agency board — said to be dominated by the ANCYL.
Zanu-PF women’s league told Robert Mugabe at an annual meeting that they want him to stand in elections likely next year and rule Zimbabwe "forever".
The salaries of state-owned enterprise board members, like the SABC, is to be reviewed, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has said.
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/ 17 October 2010
The DA will ask the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for an urgent special hearing into the termination of the investigation into the arms deal.
Siphiwe Nyanda on Sunday said his former director general Mamodupi Mohlala had "crossed the line" following a <I>Sunday Independent</i> report.
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/ 17 October 2010
Cope has appealed to the ANC to deal with its Youth League’s leader, Julius Malema, over a remark that the World Cup was an "imperialist activity".
Anxious relatives of 11 miners trapped underground by an explosion in China have gathered outside the site as rescuers fight to reach the workers.
At a critical meeting with the media, Kgalema Motlanthe said a review of the Press Ombudsman would influence a decision on the Media Appeals Tribunal.
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/ 16 October 2010
Western Province reached the Currie Cup final for the first time since 2001 following their awe-inspiring 31-7 win over the Free State Cheetahs.
Hundreds of men wore red fishnet stockings, polka-dot suspenders, rainbow wigs and trucker caps as they ran along Johannesburg’s streets for cancer.
A "jovial" two-day indaba between government and the media has kicked off, with promises by Kgalema Motlanthe not to undermine press freedom.
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/ 16 October 2010
A coal mine accident in China has killed 20 miners and left another 17 missing underground, amid fresh concerns over the country’s lethal mines.
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/ 15 October 2010
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