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Five held for Cape Town protest
Johannesburg - Five people were arrested for public violence during a protest in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein, Western Cape police said on Thursday."Yesterday [Wednesday] we had reports that the community in that area was protesting about housing problems. They were burning tyres as part of their protest," Colonel Thembinkosi Kinana said.Police intervened and the five were ...
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South Africa prays for seriously ill Mandela
SOUTH Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela as he spent a second day in a hospital yesterday suffering a lung infection that has sparked worldwide concerns for the ailing peace icon. Mandela's latest health scare was splashed across the front pages of local newspapers but government officials have released no updates since announcing he was hospitalized in Pretoria early Saturday in a ...
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High-ranking South African police officer found slain
The only items missing from the body of a top South African police officer found slain in a field were his cellphones, investigators said Wednesday. Major-General Tirhani Maswanganyi disappeared Monday while he was driving to Johannesburg, where he lived during the work week, Brigadier Neville Malila, a spokesman for the Gauteng police reported. A search began when his car was found parked ...
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Video Critics worry family government are prolonging Mandelas suffering
Nelson Mandela has been in the hospital for nearly two weeks. Mandela family members are said to be trying to decide how much medical intervention is too much for an old and sick man. Mark Phillips ...
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Nelson Mandelas health Is it time to let go
In South Africa, former President Nelson Mandela has now been in the hospital for 12 days, battling a lung infection. The official word is his condition remains serious but ...
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Tshwane street names to remain as is
Johannesburg - Tshwane cannot be held in contempt of court for not re-installing old street name signs, the city said on Wednesday. "We have received a solid legal opinion, which clearly states that the city is within its rights not to reinstate the dual names signage," Tshwane Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa's spokesperson Blessing Manale said in a statement. "We believe ...
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Mandelas birthday plans on track
Nelson Mandela 's foundation has vowed to press ahead with upcoming 95th birthday celebrations, as he spends a 12th day in hospital on Wednesday. On ...
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Africa to foot bill for interim military
Cape Town - Africa will not rely on funds from former colonial powers to support the establishment of an interim rapid reaction force to respond to coups on the continent, ...
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Mpumalanga killers driven by money
Johannesburg - The killers of an Ehlanzeni district ANC leader stood to make large sums of money, the high court sitting in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court heard on Wednesday. Prior to the sentencing of ANC chief whip Johan Ndlovu's killers, the State argued his murder involved large sums of money, from unknown sources. "I just want this court to know that the accused had ...
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Protector to probe botched circumcisions
Johannesburg - Deputy public protector Kevin Malunga will help probe the issues surrounding botched circumcisions, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. "Malunga [has] offered his office as a platform for constructive and impartial dialogue to deal with the problem of deaths in the initiation schools," it said. Speaking at a youth month event in Apel, Limpopo, Malunga said his ...
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Mpumalanga cops report 2 killings
Johannesburg - Two people have been murdered in separate crimes in Mpumalanga, police said on Wednesday. A 46-year-old security guard at the Lamulelani High School, in Hazyview, was killed during a robbery at the school on Tuesday night, police spokesperson Leonard Hlathi said. They broke into the school, beat the guard to death, and stole groceries from the storeroom, he said. In the ...
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Anderson the catalyst for crushing win
Nerveless and apparently unhurried, he still managed to score at close to a run-a-ball and, in his last 12 ODIs, has now registered one century, five half-centuries and been dismissed for under 37 only once. He has averaged 75.77 in that time. He will never win over all his critics but, in this situation, there is no more reassuring sight in English cricket than Trott scrapping his ...
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A choke Not really just a thrashing
insisted they did . Maybe it's just easier for him to confront the word head on rather than argue the finer points of difference between being noosed and being nowhere. South Africa were the ...
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Cricket-England ease into final as South Africa choke again
(Adds quotes) * England to meet India or Sri Lanka in final * South Africa bowled out for 175 By Mark Meadows LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Hosts England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa 'choked' in yet another semi-final when they were bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions at The Oval on Wednesday. South Africa were favourites heading into ...
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Public protector to probe initiation deaths
"Malunga [has] offered his office as a platform for constructive and impartial dialogue to deal with the problem of deaths in the initiation schools," Malunga's office said on Wednesday. Speaking at a youth month event in Apel, Limpopo, Malunga said his office had been pained by the recent reports of botched circumcisions in the province and in Mpumalanga. "In this era of ...
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Ingram Peterson star in poor parody
The Book of Mormon is a musical parody of the Mormon Church. It takes apart the church block by block in an amusing and intelligent way as people swear, dance and sing. The crowd love ...
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Kirsten accepts that South Africa choked
Gary Kirsten did not shy away from the team's uncomfortable history of failing at pressure stages in major events, admitting they "choked" against England, a term he called "horrible", and that it does not reflect well on his time as ...
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Politicians hired killers - claim
Johannesburg - The killers of an Ehlanzeni district ANC leader were hired by politicians "too powerful to be brought to book", the Gauteng North High Court sitting in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court heard on Wednesday. Before sentencing ANC Chief Whip Johan Ndlovu's killers, defence lawyers Malanguti Malanguta and Katlego Matsego argued that the accused were used by powerful ...
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EE denies Motshekga claims
Johannesburg - Equal Education (EE) has denied claims by the basic education department that it was imposing impossible deadlines for the norms and standards for school infrastructure. "All the deadlines EE asks the [department] to uphold were agreed to by the minister in a November 2012 settlement agreement which was noted by the high court," it said in a statement on Wednesday. EE ...
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Guard shot during ATM bombings
Johannesburg - A security guard was shot and wounded when robbers bombed three ATMs in Witbank on Wednesday morning, Mpumalanga police said. "The suspects, travelling in a silver BMW and a cream white Toyota Yaris, detonated the ATMs, then shot and wounded a security guard before fleeing the scene," police spokesperson Leonard Hlathi said. They blew up three Absa ATMs at the ...
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Kirsten Leaves South Africa No Wiser About Choke Habit
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Ex-South African Israel ambassador likens Bedouin treatment to apartheid
A former South African ambassador to Israel has invited the fury of the Israeli government by describing its treatment of the country's Palestinian Bedouin community as akin to ...
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England Ease Into Final as South Africa Choke Again
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Winnie family visit Mandela hospital
Ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arrives at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The 94-year-old was hospitalized for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Themba ...
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ANC suspends North West mayor
Johannesburg - Ramotshere Moiloa local municipality mayor Afrika Thale has been suspended from the ANC for three years, the party's North West provincial disciplinary committee (PDC) said on Wednesday. "By virtue of his suspension, the respondent [Thale] will no longer be able to represent the applicant [provincial working committee] as the mayor and councillor of the Ramotshere Moiloa ...
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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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