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/ 9 February 2010
You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else’s smoke is bad for you. Now a study says third-hand smoke is also bad for you.
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/ 9 February 2010
The Food and Allied Workers’ Union on Monday accepted a wage increase offer from Amalgamated Beverage Industries, eding a seven-week strike.
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/ 9 February 2010
Toyota president Akio Toyoda has promised the top US transportation official the troubled carmaker will be more vigilant in the future.
Although Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church was an "unsuitable" shelter for children, it was their only option amid a lack of government support.
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/ 9 February 2010
Police arrested at least 21 people for public violence in Balfour on Monday afternoon after shops were looted and roads barricaded.
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/ 8 February 2010
Siyabonga Cwele is an easy man to like. Nic Dawes interviewed him once in his parliamentary office at the height of the Browse Mole "scandal."
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/ 8 February 2010
A protest by disgruntled police reservists briefly turned violent in Johannesburg on Monday when police fired rubber bullets.
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/ 8 February 2010
Wildfires continued to rage in the Southern Cape on Monday, with firefighters beating back flames at different blazes, authorities said.
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/ 8 February 2010
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula number two Said al-Shihri has called for attacks against United States interests "everywhere".
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/ 8 February 2010
Former Goodwood police station commander Siphiwe Hewana’s interference with the Tony Yengeni drunken-driving docket was not common practice for SAPS.
People who threaten to disrupt the much-awaited Soccer World Cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned.
Cope will move for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma when Parliament resumes this week, Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa says.
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/ 8 February 2010
Britons have voted rock star Pete Doherty the country’s least desirable celebrity neighbour after a string of lurid headlines about his wild parties.
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/ 8 February 2010
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno on Monday arrived in Khartoum on his first visit to Sudan since 2004.
Nelson Mandela walked out of an apartheid prison 20 years ago on Thursday, beginning South Africa’s march to democracy and reconciliation.
Pakistan on Monday left out coach Intikhab Alam and wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal from its 14-man side to face England in two Twenty20 matches.
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/ 8 February 2010
SA’s business confidence index declined to 81,2 in January from 83,5 in December, dragged down by lower import and export volumes, the SACCI says.
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/ 8 February 2010
South Africans should not be complacent about swine flu ahead of the World Cup as it remains a grave health threat, Netcare Travel Clinics warned.
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/ 8 February 2010
Harmony Gold’s second-quarter earnings were lifted by a rise in the price of gold and declining costs despite a drop in production, it said on Monday.
Administrators are looking to this year’s Super 14 to provide a much-needed turnaround in television audience share and fan disillusionment
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/ 8 February 2010
Mamelodi Sundowns boosted their title hopes with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Ajax Cape Town at Athlone Stadium on Sunday.
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/ 8 February 2010
Violence flared up again at Siyathemba township in Balfour at the weekend where residents turned on foreign shop owners.
Iran has declared it will begin enriching its uranium stockpile to a higher level, further raising fears over the country’s nuclear ambitions.
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/ 8 February 2010
Nomadic herders who move their cattle ceaselessly across some of the harshest environments in the world are vital for Africa’s prosperity.
President Jacob Zuma on Sunday appealed for unity in the African National Congress in the wake of his apology for his sexual indescretions.
The African National Congress (ANC) had not discussed presidential pardons with President Jacob Zuma, it said on Sunday.
President Jacob Zuma must repair the damage he has done to the fight against HIV/Aids, DA leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
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/ 7 February 2010
South Africa have added medium-pacer Charl Langeveldt to their one-day squad for the three-match series against India later this month.
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/ 7 February 2010
Will the future be cyber-attacks and an uneasy balance of terror or cultural collaboration hosted by Google’s servers?
When it finally came, Akio Toyoda’s apology fell some way short of the dramatic mea culpa some had demanded from the Toyota president.
South African President Jacob Zuma apologised on Saturday for fathering an illegitimate child, in the face of a national outcry.
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/ 6 February 2010
Nigeria have sacked coach Shaibu Amodu following their third-place finish at the African Nations Cup and have begun the search to replace him.