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/ 23 January 2009
The tentacles of the deepening global recession are reaching Africa’s largest economy, which is at risk of slipping into recession in 2009.
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/ 23 January 2009
As the Pope’s man in Washington, Cardinal Pio Laghi formed close ties with the White House.
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/ 23 January 2009
Incumbent is likely to be the first emailing president as part of sweeping changes to the way the White House uses technology.
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/ 23 January 2009
Yahoo! said on Thursday it is freezing employee pay as it works to curtail costs and improve the pioneering Internet firm’s fortunes.
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/ 23 January 2009
Never mind apartheid South Africa, for many of our compatriots, rural life is still feudal life.
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/ 22 January 2009
Telkom’s expansion into Africa took another step forward on Thursday with the acquisition of the remaining 25% of Multi-Links.
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/ 22 January 2009
Stocks continued to recover and were more than 300 points firmer by midday on Thursday.
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/ 22 January 2009
Finalists — Non-profit Organisations Award: Social Change Assistance Trust (Scat).
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/ 22 January 2009
The move by the Reserve Bank to bring its monetary policy committee meeting forward has led to suggestions that it’s keen to cut rates aggressively.
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/ 22 January 2009
An extract from the novel <i>Till We Can Keep An Animal</i>, for which Megan Voysey-Braig won the European Union Literary Award 2007/08.
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/ 21 January 2009
A barber has named his shop Barack Obama, an Indonesian lookalike has cashed in and thousands have invaded a Kenyan village as Obamamania peaks.
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/ 21 January 2009
The JSE sank deeper into the red by noon on Wednesday with resources and precious metals leading the downside.
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/ 21 January 2009
China offered a nervous welcome on Wednesday to US President Barack Obama, expressing concern over the direction he may take Sino-US relations.
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/ 21 January 2009
The defunct health system and growing humanitarian crisis have had a devastating impact on children, and Unicef warns that child mortality will rise.
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/ 21 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks are close to collapse after Robert Mugabe refused to relinquish control over the key security ministries.
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/ 20 January 2009
The JSE recovered from this morning’s low levels but remained in negative territory by midday on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2009
Barack Obama made history on Tuesday as he was sworn in as the 44th president of the US. View some pictures of this celebrated journey.
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/ 20 January 2009
A nudist club near Washington DC is offering to bail out people stuck for accommodation during the inaugural period of President-elect Barack Obama.
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/ 19 January 2009
Eight rebel groups in Chad have joined to form a unified insurgency that is preparing fresh military action, one of its members said on Monday.
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/ 19 January 2009
The JSE remained positive by noon on Monday with resources still leading the upside in what a trader said was a "quiet session".
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/ 19 January 2009
"What must we do if we can’t drink? We’re poor; it’s our only way of having some joy."
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/ 18 January 2009
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "alive and kicking", Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Saturday.
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/ 17 January 2009
South Korea’s armed forces ordered a border alert on Saturday after North Korea’s military threatened an "all-out confrontational posture".
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/ 17 January 2009
German sex-shop owners and erotic filmmakers, badly hit by the economic crisis, are pushing for state aid, a press report said on Friday.
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/ 17 January 2009
Bruised and battered at the start of 2009, Wall Street looks ahead to the inauguration of Barack Obama as president with hope.
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/ 16 January 2009
Ailing US banking giant Citigroup reported on Friday that it was splitting into two businesses to restore profitability.
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/ 16 January 2009
The Pekoppa toy, which looks like a small plant just starting to sprout from a pot, flutters its two leaves when it senses someone is speaking nearby.
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/ 16 January 2009
Stocks remained in positive territory by noon on Friday, tracking movements in global markets with resources and precious metals holding firmly.
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/ 16 January 2009
In a breakthrough that could signal a new era for human technology, researchers said they are a step closer to creating an invisibility shield.
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/ 16 January 2009
Jacob Zuma’s lawyers say they intended applying for leave to appeal against the SCA ruling that could revive his prosecution on corruption charges.
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/ 15 January 2009
South African stocks came off the day’s lowest levels but remained in negative territory by midday on Thursday.