Finance ministers are piling the pressure on Greece to make good on pledges to slash public spending before closing a deal on a €130-billion bailout.
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/ 10 February 2012
South Africa’s economy could win if the unfair benefits accruing to producers of synthetic fuels ended.
Football fans are gearing up for Sunday’s royal battle between Chipolopolo and the Elephants in the African Cup of Nations final.
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/ 9 February 2012
Here follows the raw, unedited State of the Nation speech delivered by President Zuma on February 9 2012.
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/ 9 February 2012
A high court judge has ruled that senior counsel status was not an honour the president could bestow on practising advocates.
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/ 9 February 2012
A rhino has died from complications after it underwent an operation to place an anti-poaching tracking device inside its horn.
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/ 9 February 2012
The Golden Lions Rugby Union has signed a multi-million rand sponsor on a three-year deal that its president says will help with its financial issues.
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/ 9 February 2012
Namibia’s Chamber of Mines is in negotiations with the government over a proposed super tax on the mining industry likely to be implemented in 2012.
Colonel Moussa Tiegboro Camara of Guinea has been charged for his role in a 2009 massacre of protesters against the former junta he was part of.
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/ 9 February 2012
Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan’s Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo.
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/ 9 February 2012
An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit hoping to derail Google’s plan to merge user data from YouTube, Gmail and Google Plus in individual profiles.
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/ 9 February 2012
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar says India should not rest record-chasing Sachin Tendulkar as part of a rotation policy in the ongoing tri-series.
Demi Jackson, the wife of slain Teazers’ boss Lolly Jackson, and a Durban manager are fighting in court over the Teazers brand.
Rioting broke out in the Maldives after Mohamed Nasheed said he was forced to give up his office at gunpoint, raising fears of a power struggle.
Ugandan politicians are debating reintroduced anti-homosexuality proposals for prison sentences but references to the death penalty have been dropped.
Greek coalition leaders failed to reach a deal on austerity cuts after marathon talks but Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is hopeful of an agreement.
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/ 9 February 2012
Armoured reinforcements poured into Homs as President Bashar al-Assad’s army attacked the city for a fourth day, worsening the humanitarian situation.
Sudan’s president has told nearly two million people displaced by conflict in Dafur to leave the refugee camps and return to their villages.
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/ 8 February 2012
South Africa’s airports company, Acsa, has won a bid for the expansion, maintenance and operation management of Brazil’s largest airport.
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/ 8 February 2012
The US’s chief envoy to Afghanistan, Marc Grossman, has met with Taliban leaders in Qatar as part of efforts to get the rebels to negotiate.
After being acquitted of all tax evasion charges, Tottenham Harry Redknapp says his five-year case should never have been brought to court.
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/ 8 February 2012
Pick n Pay has announced its CEO Nick Badminton would be leaving the company at the end of February, as it faces an up-hill from US retailer Walmart.
MPs have questioned Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s income during negotiations on her deputy’s salary, saying she earned more than most judges.
A student group says ANCYL members against Julius Malema’s suspension are scared of losing tenders, but those who approve are only after his job.
We talk to editor-in-chief Nic Dawes about what we can expect from Zuma at this year’s State of the Nation address.
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/ 8 February 2012
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says business confidence in the country dropped in January to its lowest level since May 2010.
Capitalism and education do not mix: privatising all of South Africa’s schools would only deepen the crisis, writes <b>Andrew Verrijdt</b>.
Syrian troops have pressed a relentless assault on the flashpoint Syrian city of Homs for a fifth straight day, killing dozens more civilians.
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/ 8 February 2012
The murder of the owner of a prominent Cape Town gay nightclub has not been linked to a clampdown on the bouncer industry in the city.
The Iranian Parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer a series of questions over the government’s handling of the economy.
The ANCYL in the Eastern Cape has resolved to ignore the prospect of Julius Malema’s suspension until after Mangaung in December.