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/ 4 June 2009

Illegal mining: More bodies found at Free State mine

Harmony Gold on Thursday confirmed that the bodies of another 15 illegal miners had been brought to surface at its Eland shaft.

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/ 4 June 2009

Zimbabwe prepares for new Constitution hearings

Zimbabwe will in 10 days time start hearings on a new Constitution, a condition of the power-sharing deal that ended the country’s political crisis.

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/ 4 June 2009

Catholic Kama Sutra

The correct Roman Catholic sexual position is not, as many might imagine, missionary, infrequent and with the lights out, but "saucy and surprising.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

NUM points fingers at Harmony over mine deaths

The NUM on Wednesday called for Harmony to take full responsibility for the death of illegal miners at its operations in the Free State.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Zuma sets help for poor as priority

SA must act now to minimise the impact of the financial crisis on the poor, but still has to spend wisely, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Slip-up lays bare US secret nuclear sites

The US accidentally made public a secret report detailing its nuclear sites and exact locations of nuclear stockpiles, it was reported on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Illegal mining: ‘We need to target the syndicates’

Reports this week that more than 60 illegal miners died in an accident in an abandoned gold mine has underlined the human cost of SA’s recession.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Not hell on earth but a place rotting from within

The <i>Guardian</i>’s David Smith travels to Zimbabwe and finds Harare, on first glance, full of ordinary lives in quiet desperation.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Honouring top scientists

Often referred to as the "Oscars" of South African science, the NSTF Awards celebrate excellence in the country’s research and development community.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

A starman in every sense

Special Award recognising an outstanding contribution to science, engineering, technology and innovation

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Leading the way to regeneration

Category E – Innovation developed through an SMME

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Nuts over toxins

Category A — Award for an individual over a lifetime

By Staff Reporter
Science: More than what meets the eye
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/ 2 June 2009

Science: More than what meets the eye

Category G — Award for research capacity developers

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

A sparkling succcess story

Category D – Award for innovation developed through a corporate organisation or institution

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Helping the children of Africa

Category H — The NRF-sponsored TW Kambule Award: Senior black male researcher over the last five to 10 years

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

The best of science and technology: the 2008 finalists

A list of the 2008 National Science and Technology Forum Awards finalists

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Keeping invaders at bay

Category B –Award for research and its outputs in the last five years or less

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Mission impossible

Category K — Award sponsored by SAASTA for science communicator for Public Awareness over the past five years.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Making maths and science a must

Category F: Award for Innovation developed through an NGO/not-for-profit organisation or community-based organisation.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Tiny glow making a big impact

Category J –- The NRF-sponsored TW Kambule award for distinguished young black male researcher in the past five to 10 years

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Genes that dislike iron

Category J — The NRF-sponsored TW Kambule award for a distinguished young black female researcher in the past five to 10 years

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Sales of new vehicles plummet

Sales of new vehicles in May were down 34,7% year-on-year (y/y), compared with a fall of 43,1% y/y in April, figures showed on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

How Tetris conquered the world, block by block

That addictive puzzler Tetris — created 25 years ago by Alexey Pajitnov — has a legitimate claim to being the videogame that conquered the world.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 June 2009

Mending broken lines

It was no ordinary meeting between faculty dean and undergraduate student at the University of Pretoria, recalls Jonathan Jansen.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 June 2009

Dialogue with the Ivory tower

The first scholarly journal, it is believed, was the Journal des Scavans (in modern French, savants: "those who know" or, persons of learning.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 31 May 2009

The ABCs of South Africa’s GDP – down but not out

The drop in GDP in the first quarter of 2009 made headlines last week. It shows that South Africa is not immune to the global economic downturn.

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/ 30 May 2009

Zim gold output plunges by nearly 50%

Zimbabwe’s gold production fell by 49% last year due to an adverse operating environment and lack of working capital, the Chamber of Mines said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 May 2009

Time Warner and AOL to demerge at end of the year

Time Warner and AOL are to go their separate ways by the end of the year, a decade after the pair came together in a disastrous deal.

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/ 29 May 2009

Cheeky parrot pinches passport

A cheeky New Zealand parrot — perhaps with a desire to spread its wings further afield — has pinched a Scottish man’s passport in a bag snatch.

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/ 29 May 2009

More cannot be asked, says Fiat of bid for Opel

Italian car giant Fiat on Friday said it could not improve its offer to buy Opel against a rival bid and would not attend key talks on the takeover.

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/ 29 May 2009

Tutu calls for urgent solution to Israel-Palestine conflict

The Israel-Palestine crisis is the most urgent problem for the world to solve, according to Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town.

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/ 29 May 2009

Microsoft gets into search — with a Bing

Described as a "decision engine", Bing is an attempt by Microsoft to gain popularity in the search market and wrestle back momentum from Google.

By Staff Reporter
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