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/ 9 February 2009
Deputy President Baleka Mbete admitted on Monday that "more still needs to be done and we can do better when we work together".
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/ 9 February 2009
An American in her fifties claims she is the first woman to swim the Atlantic, after propelling herself across thousands of kilometres of ocean.
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/ 8 February 2009
Barack Obama will head to the American heartland on Monday in an attempt to win public support for his massive rescue Bill.
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/ 7 February 2009
The United Nations was on Saturday awaiting the promised return of hundreds of tonnes of food aid for Gaza that was "mistakenly" seized by Hamas.
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/ 7 February 2009
A pair of identical twins escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges in Malaysia, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit.
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/ 7 February 2009
Around 20-million migrant workers have returned to the Chinese countryside after failing to find work in the cities because of the economic downturn.
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/ 6 February 2009
The <em>Mail & Guardian Online</em> took to the streets in Jo’burg on Friday to find out what some of SA’s youth think of ANCYL leader Julius Malema.
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/ 6 February 2009
Telkom announced on Friday that it has terminated the services of its chief of operations, Motlatsi Nzeku, with immediate effect.
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/ 6 February 2009
United States lawmakers on Friday lurched towards compromise on a vast package to rescue the US economy.
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/ 6 February 2009
Stunned scientists have found the fossilised remains of the world’s greatest snake — a serpent that was as long as a bus and snacked on crocodiles.
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/ 6 February 2009
SA stocks extended gains by midday on Friday, moving in line with strong global markets as rallying metal counters continued to give an underpin.
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/ 6 February 2009
Surely a deputy minister should at least be schooled in the most rudimentary aspects of diplomacy?
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/ 6 February 2009
A spokesperson said on Friday that the former president had already made other plans by the time the invitation to the opening had arrived.
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/ 6 February 2009
ON CIRCUIT: <i>Doubt</i>, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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/ 6 February 2009
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews Mike Leigh’s new film, <i>Happy-Go-Lucky</i>.
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/ 6 February 2009
One of the positive things about the South African Constitution is that it takes the trouble to include academic freedom as an essential right.
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/ 6 February 2009
In South Africa, we fire nobody, leading to a culture of deep intolerance and impunity.
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/ 6 February 2009
Transformation of the South African actuarial profession has continued its upward trend, as suggested by enrolment and pass rates among black students
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/ 6 February 2009
While fundraisers foresee gloom, the economic meltdown may be a tonic for higher education.
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/ 6 February 2009
The Cape Town honours graduate film, Wamkelekile (Welcome back), has been entered in an international student film competition.
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/ 5 February 2009
Global protectionism fears were heightened after the US Senate voted to keep a "Buy American" clause in the huge US stimulus Bill.
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/ 5 February 2009
The UK was accused on Wednesday of hiding behind claims of a threat to national security to suppress evidence of torture at Guantánamo Bay.
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/ 4 February 2009
The JSE extended its gains on Wednesday to push up firmly after resources stocks rallied on traders looking for bargains.
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/ 4 February 2009
Rescuing Zimbabwe’s shattered economy will be the test of the unity government due to be installed next week, says Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 4 February 2009
An American inventor who plans to live for ever has been appointed head of a new school for future entrepreneurs backed by Google and Nasa.
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/ 3 February 2009
The National Union of Mineworkers on Tuesday said the Presidential Mine Safety Audit report released this week contained "extremely worrying trends".
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/ 3 February 2009
An Australian man was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his trousers as he got off a flight from the Middle East, authorities said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 February 2009
The first prime minister of Senegal, Mamadou Dia, who has died aged 98, was at the centre of his country’s first major post-independence crisis.
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/ 3 February 2009
Australia unveiled a stimulus package and Japan announced a share-buying programme to assist banks on Tuesday in efforts to buoy their economies.
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/ 2 February 2009
The DA is calling for the immediate resignation of Khaya Ngqula, the chief executive of South African Airways.
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/ 2 February 2009
The Competition Tribunal will on Wednesday be asked to ratify a consent order in terms of which Lancewood Cheese will pay an administrative penalty of R100 000 for price-fixing. Lancewood Cheese has admitted that it has contravened the Competition Act by engaging in price-fixing. It has agreed to pay the administrative penalty. It has also agreed […]
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/ 2 February 2009
The next Monetary Policy Committee meeting will hopefully see some extra relief afforded to consumers in terms of a further drop in the repo rate.