Drop in murder rate ‘won’t bring my daughter back’

2010-09-09 17:15

The drop in South Africa’s murder rate is little consolation to the family members of murder victims, among them Elsie Rapitso, whose daughter Shadi’s throat was slit in October 2009.

‘Take councillors who abuse tender system to court’

2010-09-09 13:30

Government needs to tighten the tender system in municipalities to fight corruption and take politicians and councillors who abuse it to court, a parliamentary report on service delivery protests recommended.

Carnage on SA roads

2010-09-09 13:30

About 74 people have been killed and 203 injured in accidents involving minibus taxis countrywide since the beginning of August.

Tough talks between Sanef, ANC over media tribunal

2010-09-09 13:46

The SA National editors Forum (Sanef) held “very robust” talks with the ruling ANC about the proposed media appeals tribunal in Johannesburg.

Vitamin B ‘could delay onset of Alzheimer’s’

2010-09-09 13:00

Large daily doses of B vitamins could delay – or even halt – the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests.

Columnists

Vuvuzela deserves to be red-carded at all our soccer pavilions

Victor Dlamini

Europe’s football authorities have done the right thing by banning the vuvuzela at their elite tournaments.

 

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Crime stats worth knowing

2010-09-09 15:25

A wrap of the police's crime statistics for 2009/2010, which were released today in Pretoria by Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa.

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Politics

Relations with Swaziland is illegitimate, says ANCYL

2010-09-09 09:29

South Africa’s “illegitimate” relations with Swaziland’s absolute monarchy would be raised at the ANC national general council (NGC), its Youth League (ANCYL) said last night.

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Sport

Tickets for Sun City golf on sale

2010-09-09 17:07

Ticket sales for the much-awaited 30th Nedbank Golf Challenge teeing off at Sun City from December 1 to 5 opened today.

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Entertainment

Lawsuit over Beyonce music video filming dismissed

2010-09-09 09:39

A Los Angeles man who sued Beyonce Knowles claiming a music video shoot “shattered” his privacy has dropped the case.

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Business

Repo rate cut

2010-09-09 15:32

The SA Reserve Bank (SARB) has cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 6.0%, governor Gill Marcus said today.

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Good comes from all difficulties, even tragedy

2010-09-03 10:00

Death is a gift, writes Nancy Bulla from the US after her daughter’s fatal riding accident in South Africa.

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Special focus

Big fish in Joburg east is ‘no hood’

Fugitive Czech billionaire ­Radovan Krejcir scoffs at ­suggestions that he is “some big mafia boss from the Eastern bloc” and says he has “nothing to hide”.

R320m-hospital left to rot

New facility stands half built and abandoned as psychiatric patients languish in prison.

SABC: The inside story

Suspended CEO tells of a board from hell.

Living in the shadow of death

When police arrested three ­municipal officials for the ­murder of anti-corruption ­crusader Dumisani “Bomber” Ntshangase last week, many of his SACP colleagues were not too surprised.

 

Polokwane purge claims last victim

The last remaining member of the Limpopo old guard, director-general of the provincial government Nelly Manzini, has been suspended from her job.

Billionaire denies paying cop boss

Fugitive Czech billionaire Radovan Krejcir says the head of police crime intelligence in Gauteng, Major-General Joey Mabasa, was not on his payroll.

Zuma’s fiancée has wife status

Gloria Bongi Ngema, President Jacob Zuma’s fiancée, turned heads when she accompanied him on the state visit to China this week, but in terms of the government’s spousal policy, she has full wife status.

Will Zuma survive?

Jacob Zuma has three weeks to mend relations with labour federation Cosatu and the ANC Youth League or face a revolt at the party’s national general council.

 
 
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