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South African Breweries (SAB) said on Tuesday it is to launch a new premium brand — Dreher Premium Lager — into the South African market.
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/ 2 September 2008
The European Union on Monday froze talks with Moscow on closer ties until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia.
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/ 2 September 2008
Distraught and destitute, countless numbers of poor Indian villagers are slowly wading out of their flood-hit region in a desperate search for food.
Our 131 Olympic athletes collectively brought back five ounces of silver from Beijing. That’s worth R7 849 at the current silver price.
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A recent survey shows that, despite the present economic conditions, more South Africans plan to travel abroad.
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/ 1 September 2008
Shurame Ibira is six years old, and even after nine days of emergency treatment against malnutrition, still weighs less than 9kg.
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Officials from the G20 group of nations wrapped up a weekend meeting on Sunday that examined the effects of slowing world economic growth.
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The independence of the judiciary is generally regarded as being an essential component of democratic government. There should be no doubt about this.
For five years now the heat has been less intense and the rainfall more abundant in a small cocoa farming area in Ghana’s Upper Volta region.
Can Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s "bazooka" save mortgage finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from a calamitous meltdown?
Protests against a factory being built in eastern India to make the world’s cheapest car forced a halt to work for a second day Saturday
The TriContinental Film Festival in Cape Town features<i>The Choir</i> a film that represents the vilest of colonial anti-black representations.
South Africa has among the highest murder rates in the world, but what appears more difficult is formulating a response.
Two Christian bodies expressed concern on Friday at a court ruling that the NG Kerk had unfairly discriminated against a gay music teacher.
Scores of Swazis took to the streets to demonstrate against the king’s wives’ trip abroad while people go hungry.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> strongly disagrees with Kgalema Motlanthe’s rather feeble reasons for wanting the Scorpions disbanded.
Pope Benedict’s fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group.
Being a woman with a black eye is excruciating. Suddenly, people who were chatty at work start avoiding eye contact.
Altech announced on Wednesday that its telecommunications subsidiary, Altech Autopage Cellular, has signed a distribution agreement with Neotel.
An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden’s main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute, media reported.
China has opened a new consulate in Sudan’s autonomous south, determined to tap greater economic potential, its new consul said on Wednesday.
Sudan boosted forces outside a volatile camp for displaced people in Darfur on Tuesday as fears rose of new armed clashes.
Tropical Storm Gustav grew into a hurricane on Tuesday after emerging in the Caribbean, threatening Haiti with powerful winds.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Tuesday estimated the cost of the energy shortage to be about R50-billion.
Vodacom announced on Tuesday it has acquired shareholding in Storage Technologies Services, a company that provides storage and security services.
Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that BHP Billiton’s offer to acquire all its shares has now been referred to review by EU competition authorities.
Almost 79% of students felt that the standard of work was high, although 30% said their workload was not manageable.
Russia decided on Monday to break off some trade agreements reached during negotiations to join the World Trade Organisation.
The Bank of England’s new deputy governor warned on Monday that the global financial slowdown could "drag on for some considerable time".
One would have to be a determined news avoider not to know that Madonna has turned 50. Never mind that life expectancies have risen in the developed world, and living to one’s half-century is not the achievement it once was; this is Madonna’s half-century, and attention must be paid. The interesting thing, however, is how […]
Having lost their only income source when the Uis tin mine shut down, a community in the Namibian desert is slowly being resurrected by locals.
Cape Town is short on authentic African eateries. Actually, there’s only one from the diaspora, the Ethiopian Addis in the Cape.