Malema: Guilty as charged

2012-02-04 15:18

Guilty as charged. This was the verdict of the ANC’s appeals committee in the case of Julius Malema and his top four lieutenants, announced at Luthuli House today.

No ANCYL visit – Winnie

2012-02-04 13:43

The ANC Youth League has not arranged a visit with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, according to a statement released on her behalf.

Beyoncé offered $500m for X Factor

2012-02-04 09:47

Simon Cowell has reportedly offered Beyoncé Knowles $500 million (R3.8 billion) to be a judge on US X Factor.

 

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A good development strategy requires dialogue and debate across social groups and sectors, writes Philip Harrison

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Security guard dismembered by train

2012-02-04 13:14

A security guard was dismembered and killed by a train at Tooronga train station, Johannesburg.

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Politics

ANCYL to meet Winnie after appeal outcome

2012-02-04 10:11

The ANC Youth League’s embattled leaders will visit ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela after hearing the outcome of their appeal hearing today.

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Sport

More Zim players banned

2012-02-03 14:55

The number of Zimbabwean players banned from their national team is increasing by the day as it has now risen from the initial 80 reported earlier this week.

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Reward the real supermen

2012-01-29 10:00

I read in your paper with mixed emotions, if not disturbed conscience and conviction, about how much university bosses earn.

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Special focus

1 in 6 matrics got less than 10% for maths

One in six pupils who wrote last year’s matric maths paper got less than 10% and more than half got less than 30% for physical science, official figures obtained by City Press show.

Did this man bankrupt Limpopo?

A Limpopo tycoon is at the centre of a growing row in the bankrupt province over a health information system contract which cost taxpayers a quarter of a billion rand and has never worked.

The mayors and their mini-armies

In what could easily be seen as a show of power, mayors of major towns and cities across the country are being escorted by mini-armies.

Potch student ‘couldn’t swim’

The first-year student who drowned at North West University’s Potchefstroom campus did not know how to swim and was only warned that he did not have to take part in the activity in Afrikaans – a language he did not understand “very well”.

 

Staff dig deep to feed starving patients

Disgruntled food suppliers in Limpopo have left hospital kitchens high and dry.

Opinion – This tjatjarag nation will reveal its mettle

This week I debated the leader of the opposition in Parliament, Lindiwe Mazibuko, on whether young professionals have a bright future in South Africa. Duh! Of course they do, writes Ferial Haffajee.

Opinion – The Year of the Dragon will fire up...

This year we will throw caution to the wind and roll up our sleeves for all sorts of grandiose, exhilarating, colossal, overambitious and daring projects, says Dion Chang.

Opinion – Power to the people

An anti-corruption initiative aims to promote political accountability and bring back the voice of citizens, writes Vuyiseka Dubula.

 
 
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Education before Mangaung politics

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As Bhisho was burning this week, politicians were playing the fiddle, hoping that the Eastern Cape education ­crisis would disappear so they could resume doing more important things.

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