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Pretoria should remain Pretoria, while the greater metropolitan area should be named Tshwane, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said in a report.
Jesus Christ wears high heels in the sculpture Beezy Bailey will present to the public at the Infecting the City festival in Cape Town next week.
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Neither side in the Western Sahara stand-off budged during informal talks Thursday aimed at reviving negotiations to try to end the dispute.
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Cricket has taken a major stride towards potential inclusion in the Olympics after Games chiefs on Thursday voted to recognise the governing ICC.
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/ 12 February 2010
Photoshop, the ubiquitous photo manipulation program that is 20 years old, is now so popular it’s a verb in common usage.
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/ 12 February 2010
President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address lacked "recognition" of the unemployment crisis, Cosatu said on Thursday.
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen (40) was found dead at his London home on Thursday, after apparently committing suicide, police said.
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/ 11 February 2010
Mining companies and the Department of Water Affairs have agreed to cooperate to fight acid mine drainage, the department said on Thursday.
Cezanne Visser, also known as Advocate Barbie, was "psychologically imprisoned" when she committed sex acts with underage girls.
The European Union on Thursday announced a $13-million fund to help thousands of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> took an insiders’ tour of Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. This was our chance to explore the areas the ordinary soccer fan won’t see — the players’ change rooms, the view from the VIP areas and the other side of the players’ tunnel.
Nonkululeko Mhlongo was the mother of President Jacob Zuma’s two daughters and she was well respected in the family, a relative said on Thursday
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Malawian officials said on Thursday that they have moved scores of villagers from land where US pop diva Madonna plans to build a girls academy.
Roger Federer is in the running to take his fifth sportsman of the year title after being named on the shortlist for the Laureus Sports Awards.
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Fifa president Joseph Blatter has lashed out at critics of South Africa’s ability to host this year’s World Cup.
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/ 11 February 2010
South Africa’s manufacturing output grew by 3,2% year-on-year in volume terms in December compared with a revised 4,6% contraction in November.
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/ 11 February 2010
A group of survivors and descendants of victims of the Holocaust are suing the Hungarian state railroad company in a US court.
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/ 11 February 2010
Don’t underestimate your ability to choose positively in your work and personal relationships.
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/ 11 February 2010
Iranian security forces clashed with opposition supporters on Thursday as huge crowds marked the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
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/ 11 February 2010
Walter Rautmann dropped a bombshell on Wednesday by quitting Mbabane Swallows ahead of their African Champions League clash with SuperSport United.
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/ 11 February 2010
The situation in the Siyathemba township in Balfour was calm on Thursday morning after violent protests during the week, Mpumalanga police said.
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/ 11 February 2010
De Beers bolstered its balance sheet on Thursday with a $1-billion rights issue and bank refinancing as it swung to a $220-million underlying loss.
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/ 11 February 2010
Chubby oil platform workers in Norway will have to start watching their waistlines or run the risk of losing their lucrative jobs.
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/ 11 February 2010
DRDGold reported a 4% rise in gold production for the quarter to end-December and a return to profit owing to lower operating costs.
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/ 11 February 2010
The African Union on Thursday urged the military in coup-prone Nigeria to respect a decision to hand power to the country’s deputy leader.
India’s seasoned batsman Venkatsai Laxman will return for the final Test against South Africa after recovering from a finger injury.
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There will be little tax relief in this year’s budget, Nedbank economists say.
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Haiti has raised the death toll from January’s quake to more than 217 000, while the focus turned to providing shelter for the homeless.
SA on Thursday marks the moment that Nelson Mandela emerged after 27 years behind bars, ushering in a transition from apartheid to democracy.
The US military freed a Reuters photographer in Iraq on Wednesday after holding him for almost a year and a half without charge.
A survey conducted in November 2009 found that most South Africans believed President Jacob Zuma was doing a good job.