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/ 12 November 2008
The US denounced Iran’s claimed test of a new medium-range missile on Wednesday and warned Tehran to halt its missile programme "immediately".
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/ 12 November 2008
More grim news on Wednesday that Germany and UK are battling recession increased pressure on world leaders ahead of an economic summit this weekend.
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/ 12 November 2008
Singing legend Miriam Makeba on Wednesday made her final journey home, arriving in Johannesburg on Wednesday from Italy where she died aged 76.
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/ 12 November 2008
A Japanese firm said on Wednesday it would launch an internet-based slot machine game using mug shots of criminal suspects.
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/ 12 November 2008
<i>Wisdom</i>, by award-winning photographer Andrew Zuckerman, records the faces, ideas and ideals of 50 global icons over the age of 65.
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/ 12 November 2008
The Radisson Hotel, on Granger Bay, is right on the seaboard with sweeping views facing Robben Island.
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/ 11 November 2008
Lesotho’s former dictator, Major General Metsing Lekhanya, on Tuesday called the parliament "illegitimate".
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/ 11 November 2008
Europe on Tuesday marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, the last major memorial for its handful of surviving veterans.
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/ 11 November 2008
Vodacom said on Tuesday that its total customers increased by 13,1% to 35,7-million at the end of September 2008 compared with a year ago.
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/ 11 November 2008
It may be difficult to make the claim when reckless rhetoric is employed; when threats are made about the Constitutional Court in particular and the judiciary in general.
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/ 11 November 2008
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il may have had a second stroke in October that has affected his speech, a Japanese news report said on Tuesday.
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/ 11 November 2008
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said they were holding to a ceasefire despite some skirmishes.
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/ 10 November 2008
Telkom has agreed to buy all of MWeb Africa and a 75% stake in MWeb Namibia from Naspers for R610-million, it was announced on Monday.
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/ 9 November 2008
Neighbours were suspicious of the daytime silence at the maternity clinic that came to life only after nightfall.
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/ 9 November 2008
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition leaders looked set to dig their heels in on power-sharing demands ahead of a crunch summit.
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/ 9 November 2008
Proscovia Acayo lives today in a small mud and thatch hut in a village near Gulu in northern Uganda.
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/ 8 November 2008
Looking to take the first steps toward revamping a global financial system ravaged by crisis, leaders gather on Saturday seeking common ground.
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/ 8 November 2008
Digg founder Kevin Rose on Friday shined light on a stormy economic landscape, saying the climate is right for launching internet start ups.
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/ 8 November 2008
Southern African leaders need to get tough with President Robert Mugabe or ask the United Nations to step in, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
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/ 7 November 2008
SA’s gold and foreign-exchange reserves dropped from $33,6-billion to $32,1-billion in October, as the rand weakened and gold prices fell.
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/ 7 November 2008
The new upmarket Moroccan restaurant turns out to be disappointingly authentic.
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/ 7 November 2008
As Mosiuoa Lekota’s party jockeys for a space in the political landscape, it brings to mind the old story related by Hunter S Thompson.
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/ 7 November 2008
News articles are failing to keep the world informed —
it’s time for the next generation, writes Jeff Jarvis.
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/ 7 November 2008
Like the victory speech of our founding president Nelson Mandela in 1994, the acceptance speech of US president elect Barack Obama caused celebration.
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/ 7 November 2008
Edyth Bulbring’s novel <i>The Club</i> examines the nefarious activities of a privileged section of South African society.
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/ 6 November 2008
Rebels and pro-government militia clashed for a second successive day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday.
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/ 6 November 2008
World leaders have hailed Barack Obama’s triumph in the US election, and have called for the global superpower to change the way it does business.
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/ 5 November 2008
Zambia’s electoral authority on Wednesday rejected demands by the opposition for a recount of last week’s disputed presidential election.
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/ 5 November 2008
Nhlanhla Nene — who recently made the news when his chair collapsed during a TV interview — is to be sworn in as deputy minister of finance.
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/ 5 November 2008
Millions of South Africans are expected to register this weekend for the 2009 elections, the country’s electoral authorities said on Wednesday.
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/ 5 November 2008
With a slight reeling in his gait, Ashenafi Chote ventures into his plot of land and shakes his head, his eyes full of regret: "I made a mistake".
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/ 5 November 2008
At the suite-only Carlton Hotel, the reservations department is getting disturbing news daily.