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Zuma many wives many official cars
South African sources report that President Jacob Zuma's polygamy practice is costing the state dearly, as all wives want an official car. The police force denies these ...
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Zimbabweans in SA get extended deadline
Up to 1.3 million Zimbabweans living in South Africa risked deportation during the coming weeks, many because Harare authorities did not have the capacity to provide them with passports. Now, they are given a new five months to apply for a legal ...
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1.3 million Zimbabweans to be evicted from SA
South Africa is preparing to forcibly deport the up to 1.3 million Zimbabweans that did not apply to regularise their stay before the 31 December deadline. Preparations are already made for the mass ...
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Vaughans England at crossroads in South Africa series
By Charles Froggatt, CNN NOTTINGHAM (CNN) -- As South Africa reinforces its test-winning lineup with all-rounder Jacques Kallis, England and newly-appointed captain Michael Vaughan find themselves at a selection crossroads as they attempt to come back after last ...
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South Africa How Income Inequality Hurts South Africas Children
There's been a great deal of hand wringing in South Africa in the aftermath of the Marikana massacre. With the explosion of the underbelly of our society onto the international arena, South Africans have been left with little choice but to confront the demons of nearly 20 years of a failed democracy. From the fact that no woman feels safe walking alone on South African streets, to the fact ...
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Hit-and-run suspect not a flight risk
Cape Town - An alleged hit-and-run driver was released on R3 000 bail when he appeared in the Kuils River District Court late on Friday.Geoffrey Merrick, aged 51, a diesel mechanic from Brackenfell, Cape Town, faces charges of culpable homicide (manslaughter) and failure to stop after an accident.He surrendered to the police 10 days after this happened.It is alleged that his white VW Polo ...
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The beginning of the decade of the ANC cadre
"There is a difference between a member and an cadre, you have to go through a process to become a cadre," Mantashe told ANC members at a memorial lecture for the late Moses Kotane on Friday. "You must be reliable… This year, it's the beginning of the decade of the cadre." Mantashe said a party could not produce a cadre that was competent, disciplined, committed ...
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Messy Legal Fight Over Mandela Trust Goes Public
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South Africa Celebrates AU 50th Anniversary
Pretoria, May 24 (Prensa Latina) South Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) with a national program to promote the role of its successor the African Union (AU), said local media. The governing political party African National Congress scheduled seminars, lectures and published different materials aimed at highlighting the importance of Africa's ...
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ANC wants reliable cadres says Mantashe
Gwede Mantashe on Friday. "There is a difference between a member and an cadre, you have to go through a process to become a cadre," Mantashe told ANC members at a memorial lecture for the late Moses Kotane. "You must be reliableThis year, it's the beginning of the decade of the cadre." Mantashe said a party could not produce a cadre that was competent, disciplined, ...
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Pleasure executives brief MPs
Cape Town - MPs should join other respected local and international groups to push for the decriminalisation of prostitution, rights activists told Parliament's joint committee on HIV/Aids on Friday. The committee met prostitutes to gauge their views on how to prevent the high level of HIV infection. "The most important thing as MPs is that whatever is done in South Africa [that] ...
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Apology wanted over hospital debacle
Sibongiseni Dhlomo for shutting down two radiotherapy machines at Durban's Addington Hospital. The MEC's reasons for the move were "absurd", it said. "[We are] demanding a public apology from the KwaZulu-Natal health MEC rather than the absurd excuse he has given for switching the machines off in the first place," the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union ...
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Cops wife charged with his murder
Bloemfontein - The wife of a Welkom policeman killed near his office in November last year, has been arrested in connection with his murder, Free State police said on Friday. Police spokesperson Stephen Thakeng said members of the Hawks arrested Captain Mohanwe Mabaso's wife after a breakthrough this week. Mabaso's body was found in a park near his office in St Helena, Welkom, ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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