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/ 25 November 2008
A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Evita Bezuidenhout has her say.
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/ 23 November 2008
Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai met the Elders’ delegation in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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/ 23 November 2008
A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Lance Greyling of the Independent Democrats has his turn.
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/ 22 November 2008
Somali pirates holding an oil-laden Saudi supertanker will fight back should any military intervention to free the ship be attempted, they say.
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/ 22 November 2008
Wall Street enters the year-end holiday season this week with little to cheer about as the worst bear market in decades appears to be grinding on.
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/ 21 November 2008
The EU is to launch an inquiry into the cause of the Russia-Georgia conflict, papers seen on Friday show, amid growing recriminations against Tbilisi.
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/ 21 November 2008
Opposition parties are having a field day with a cop who apparently shot a tyre of a car that was a little slow to move out his vehicle’s way.
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/ 20 November 2008
The Saudi owners of the <i>Sirius Star</i> are in negotiations with Somali pirates who have demanded a ransom for the supertanker.
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/ 20 November 2008
Venezuela and Zimbabwe have signed a cooperation deal to strengthen ties in energy, agriculture, economic and social affairs and culture.
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/ 20 November 2008
How black is Barrack Obama? The answer is that he is neither black nor white. He is brown — the colour of the future.
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/ 19 November 2008
An elderly woman slowly looks around her new farmland, her wrinkled face lighting up with a shy little smile as suddenly she claps her hands.
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/ 19 November 2008
The emerging-market world is growing faster than the developed world and South Africa is no exception.
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/ 19 November 2008
A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries.
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/ 19 November 2008
Zimbabwe’s gold production plunged by 64,5% in October compared with the same period last year, underscoring the woes of the once vital industry.
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/ 19 November 2008
The JSE was almost 1% in the red at noon on Wednesday, led by declines in the resource sector.
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/ 19 November 2008
United States automakers renewed pleas on Wednesday for a government bailout to avert a "catastrophic collapse" of the economy.
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/ 19 November 2008
Inspired by ancient Alexandria’s attempt to collect the world’s knowledge, the EU launches on Thursday its Europeana digital library.
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/ 18 November 2008
An oceanarium resort planned near the world-famous Sipadan diving spot off Malaysian Borneo could spell disaster for the region’s coral reefs.
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/ 18 November 2008
Government wiretaps of opposition politicians usually remain secret. But in democracy Venezuela-style, everyone gets to listen in.
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/ 18 November 2008
It’s difficult not to fall in love with the Clio F1 R27’s eccentricities, writes Ray Leathern.
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/ 17 November 2008
A 24-year-old Norwegian appeared before a judge on Monday after he was stopped for the 61st time for driving without a licence.
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/ 17 November 2008
A tonne of ivory items and 57 suspects were netted in a four-month operation against wildlife crime, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
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/ 17 November 2008
Congolese rebel forces said on Monday they had taken new territory and threatened more attacks against government troops.
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/ 17 November 2008
(Note to postman, in case the inauguration is fast- tracked please forward this letter to the White House in Washington)
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/ 15 November 2008
A doctor has sworn a legal undertaking that she will improve her handwriting after judges complained that they could not read her spidery scrawl.
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/ 14 November 2008
Leaders at an economic summit in the US are considering a "college of supervisors" to oversee big financial institutions, it was reported.
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/ 14 November 2008
A Japanese man depressed after his girlfriend dumped him was arrested for failing to pay for a 500km taxi ride back to his home town.
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/ 14 November 2008
Ruusian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Cuba later this month, in Russia’s latest move to fortify relations with US adversaries.
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/ 14 November 2008
ON CIRCUIT: <i>Flashbacks of a Fool</i> and <i>Son of Rambow </i>, about young kids setting out to make a sequel to <i>Rambo</i>
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/ 13 November 2008
There are now more than 21,6-million South Africans on the Independent Electoral Commission’s voters’ roll.
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/ 13 November 2008
Global brewing giant SABMiller on Thursday reported 3% growth in lager volumes in the six months ended September 2008.
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/ 13 November 2008
Big emerging countries are looking to push their way into seats next to the rich nations’ club at the G20 summit in Washington on Saturday.