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Annual consumer inflation was unchanged at 3.2% in February at 3.2%, with increases registered in housing and utilities, food and alcoholic beverages and restaurants and accommodation offset by decreases in the services sector, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Relief: Government must guard SA’s poor against inflation’s assault

It could prove difficult for government to loosen its grip on the public purse, but economists say the current extraordinary circumstances require intervention

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
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Finally, California gays, lesbians marry legally

California performed its first legally recognised same-sex weddings on Monday and opened its doors to gay and lesbian couples from around the country.

  • Peter Henderson
  • Amanda Beck
4 min read
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San Francisco braced to greet Olympic torch

Thousands of protesters were expected to line the route of the latest leg of the Olympic torch’s ”Journey of Harmony” on Wednesday as officials in San Francisco braced themselves…

  • Dan Glaister
3 min read
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‘Switch off, save planet’ message goes global

The Sydney Opera House to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge went dark as people switched off lights in their homes and skylines dimmed around the world on Saturday to show…

  • Jeremy Lovell
  • Eric Auchard
3 min read
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Tiger escapes US zoo to kill visitor

Investigators were combing San Francisco zoo on Wednesday to find out how a 136kg tiger with a record of attacking humans managed to escape from its cage, kill one man and maul…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read