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/ 17 February 2012
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s party says the partial lifting of sanctions on members of the veteran ruler’s inner circle was "a non-event".
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/ 17 February 2012
Basic Education Minister Angie says public school teachers have to go where they are sent if they want to remain employed.
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/ 17 February 2012
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says the re-registration of more than 15-million social grant beneficiaries will begin on March 1.
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/ 17 February 2012
Zimbabwe’s unity government was formed as a stepping stone to new elections, but these seem far off as political parties continue to argue.
Dissent mars the United Nations’s celebration of its responsibility to protect — an emerging norm.
Nuclear reactors: Necessary or Wasteful expenditure?
Great-sounding policies but no implementation and developing of societies most vulnerable.
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/ 17 February 2012
Manchester City have claimed Mario Balotelli and Yaya Toure were racially abused by fans during their Europa League clash against Porto.
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/ 17 February 2012
No spin can obscure what we saw of the president’s real intentions for the judiciary in general and the Constitutional Court in particular.
Premier Cassel Mathale says future development plans in Limpopo should be coordinated with similar initiatives in neighbouring countries.
Senegal’s opposition, whose attempts to protest President Abdoulaye Wade’s third term bid have been thwarted by police, have called for fresh rallies.
Thabo Mbeki’s speech at the Dullah Omar Memorial lecture delivers a stinging attack on "contemporary foreign armed interventions in Africa".
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/ 16 February 2012
Minister of Women Lulu Xingwana will participate in Friday’s march to protest against assaults on women wearing miniskirts.
US NGO Water Defence, headed by actor Mark Ruffalo, has joined forces with the Treasure Karoo Action Group against hydraulic fracturing.
ANC branches will begin nominating candidates for all the party’s national executive committee positions in October, ahead of its elective conference.
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/ 16 February 2012
Fedusa says unions should have been consulted about plans to introduce an integrated public transport system controlled by municipalities.
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/ 16 February 2012
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called for a speedy investigation into the alleged shooting of a Soweto teenager by a police officer.
The DA says Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder needs to be reminded about the "real history" of South Africa after his comments on land.
At least 16 people have been and 10 000 forced from their homes after a cyclone tore roofs off buildings and destroyed houses in Madagascar.
One person has been killed in clashes with striking miners outside Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg operations.
Syria’s president, who is fighting an Arab Spring-inspired revolt, has called for a referendum that may end nearly 50 years of single-party rule.
The mitigation hearing for ANC Youth League members Julius Malema, Floyd Shivambu and Sindiso Magaqa is expected to continue.
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/ 16 February 2012
Striking workers from Impala Platinum have intimidated workers reporting for duty, angry with the ongoing impasse with the company.
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/ 16 February 2012
It is an election year in the US and anything, even what cannot possibly be supported by the evidence, can be said, as long as it gets votes.
Former Liberian first lady Jewel Taylor has introduced a Bill for homosexuality to be made a first degree felony, amid raging debate over gay rights.
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/ 15 February 2012
Union says government’s rejection of the full scale implementation of nationalisation in favour of a mixed economy is worrying for mining’s future.
World Bank president Robert Zoellick is leaving the job at the end of his five-year term in June, opening the door for speculation on his successor.
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/ 15 February 2012
A bail application on Wednesday by Russian strip club owner Igor Russol was delayed as he struggled to raise funds for his legal costs.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says progress is being made in education despite problems in staffing, fees and enrolment.
The Johannesburg City Library reopened its doors following a R68-million facelift. The M&G attended the opening to speak to those involved.
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/ 15 February 2012
Busa says corporate balance sheets are "strong and clean", adding that earnings growth appears to have been positive in several sectors.
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says the country will need its entire skills base for government’s R300-billion infrastructure programme.