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Mandelas family arrives at hospital as choir sings outside
An unidentified woman from Alpha World Social Centre in Soweto, sings after laying flowers outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria. (Themba Hadebe/Associated ...
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South Africa Shunting Hectares - Land Reform in South Africa
Greater economic and financial commitment - and a fundamental restructuring of the rural economy - are needed if South African land reform is to progress. Does a raft of new legislation signal renewed vigour on the part of the ANC? On 19th June, South Africa will mark the centenary of the 1913 Natives' Land Act, which effectively excluded the black population from the ownership of some 90% ...
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South African stocks gain but miners hit
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Israel replicating apartheid SA envoy
Jerusalem - The recently retired South African ambassador to Israel has taken a parting shot at the country's treatment of Palestinians, calling it a "replication of ...
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Winnie visits Mandela hospital again
Pretoria - Former president Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela paid the ailing statesman another visit on Tuesday, at the Pretoria hospital where he spent an 11th day of ...
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Govt welcomes US restitution decision
Cape Town - The government has welcomed a New York court's decision that South Africa be paid about R225.4m by three men convicted of importing illegally-harvested rock lobster into the US. "This is the largest restitution amount ever awarded under the Lacey Act," the agriculture, forestry and fisheries ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The Lacey Act is a US law, ...
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IFP Defection no surprise
Mangosuthu Buthelezi 's sometime speech writer and two other members to the ANC on Tuesday came as no surprise, the IFP said. "It is quite clear that they moved because they were recalled and instead of waiting to see how theprocess would go they actually deferred," said Inkatha Freedom Party secretary general Sbongile Nkomo. "It is sad [that they left the IFP] but it not ...
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Ex-South Africa ambassador criticizes Israeli policies as replication of apartheid
JERUSALEM - The recently retired South African ambassador to Israel has taken a parting shot at the country's treatment of Palestinians, calling it a "replication of apartheid." Ismail Coovadia made the statement in a letter to pro-Palestinian activists. In it, Coovadia explained his decision to reject a symbolic gift from the Israeli government -- planting trees in his honour ...
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Happy happy Twitter hearts Thabo Mbeki on his birthday
Has Mbeki's absence from the political landscape made South African tweeters nostalgic or has it given them collective amnesia? Whatever the theory, the social media platform gushed with messages of support and praise for the ousted leader. Some tweeters couldn't resist comparisons with the current administration, going so far as to claim that no one congratulates President Jacob ...
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BlackBerry SA reassures customers after UK spying claims
There is no "back door pipeline" to BlackBerry SA's platform, the company says, after reports that the UK had been monitoring e-mails and phone ...
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ANC criticises racist DA
Johannesburg - The "arrogance" displayed by DA councillor Stanford Slabbert against black people is characteristic of the party, said the ANC on Tuesday."The Democratic Alliance continues to treat black people like second-class citizens as demonstrated time and again in Cape Town and in Midvaal," ...
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Elderly gather to pray for Mandela
Nelson Mandela was spending his 11th day on Tuesday. Members of Johannesburg-based Alpha World Ministries' elderly day care, led by the institution's director Maureen Sibadela, prayed outside the Medi-Clinic Heart hospital. "We came to strengthen him. We still need him so much in this country. He fought a good fight and we are here to say that race is not yet over," ...
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Senior Johannesburg cop found murdered
Police check people arriving at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, last week. A South African police commander was found murdered in a field with his hands and feet bound in the early hours of Tuesday, a police commissioner ...
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Mpembe I pleaded with Marikana protesters
Provincial deputy police commissioner William Mpembe pleaded with protesters to lay down their weapons in Marikana, the Farlam commission has ...
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South Africas employment edges up
Johannesburg - Employment in South Africa's non-agriculture sector edged up 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous three months, although the key mining and manufacturing sectors shed jobs, Statistics South Africa said on ...
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Gauteng cop found with hands feet bound
Johannesburg - Police are awaiting an autopsy report on the cause of death of Johannesburg police cluster commander Major General Tirhani Simon Maswanganyi whose body was found with his hands and feet tied in a field near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, on Tuesday, police said."[At] approximately 03:00 this morning the body of the officer was found in a bushy area next to the road," ...
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Marikana cops were attacked - Mpembe
Pretoria - Police officers on duty in Marikana during last year's mine unrest came under attack from protesters, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday. "Regarding the 13 August tragedy, as I was there police were charged at and they defended themselves and their colleagues," North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe said. Two police officers were ...
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NGO helping in Yemen hostage search
We don't want to kick you out of SA because this is your home too. But we want your co-operation in helping to address the issues of the past, ...
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Challenge to elite South African schools that segregate by language
South African public school has drawn accusations of trying to segregate itself from the black population through its language policy, touching off a court battle that could eventually impact the racial makeup of some of the country's best public ...
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South Africas Standard Bank says to sack 148 IT staff
JOHANNESBURG, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:42am EDT JOHANNESBURG, June 18 (Reuters) - Africa's largest lender, Standard Bank, said on Tuesday it would lay off 148 people in its information technology operations to reduce duplication of roles. "Standard Bank has undertaken a thorough review of its IT operations, which has revealed areas of inefficiencies and duplication," ...
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De Villiers confident of Steyns fitness for semi-final
Dale Steyn 's participation in the Champions Trophy semi-final against England is in some doubt due to fitness concerns. The team management will take a late call on his inclusion on the morning of the match on Wednesday. The fast bowler missed a day's training and did a lighter than usual load on subsequent days because of "stiffness in the groin area" according to team ...
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DA on UK spying SA was caught with its electronic pants down
on Tuesday that the international relations minister's demand that the UK government take "strong action" against those who allegedly spied on South African delegates at the 2009 London G20 summit. He said action was unlikely as the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has a very broad legislative mandate and that the operation probably took place within the ...
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Man shot dead at E Cape initiation school
"An unknown man entered [the school] during the night and shot and killed a 22-year-old circumcision traditional surgeon," Lieutenant Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said on Tuesday. He said a 21-year-old man, who was also responsible for the initiates, was wounded. "The motive is unclear," Fatyela said. No arrests have been made and police were investigating the murder and ...
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Buthelezi spin doctor joins ANC
Mangosuthu Buthelezi 's sometime speech writer joined the African National Congress on Tuesday.Roman Liptak, who represented the IFP in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, was presented by the ANC, along with the IFP's former provincial health spokesperson Usha Roopnarain, at a news conference in Durban.Roopnarain was also a member of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature. Pat Lebenye, a former IFP ...
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Speaker slams MECs claims
Anton Bredell 's concern over Oudtshoorn municipality's financial position were unfounded, the municipality said on Tuesday. "Nothing could possibly be further from the truth. Oudtshoorn's financial position is robust and can best be described as efficaciousthe balance sheet is solvent; and the liquidity is above reproach," said speaker John Stoffels in a ...
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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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