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Local dance lovers braved the cold recently to learn how to salsa at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Watch the amateur hip-swingers take to the floor.
The City of Joburg figures the best remedy for South Africa’s post World Cup hangover is a cocktail of dance, poetry, theatre, music, visual art and film at the 18th annual Joburg Arts Alive International Festival.
While members of the Public Servants’ Association of South Africa embarked on strike action today, Cosatu-affiliated unions might also go on strike from next Thursday if a revised offer by the government is rejected.
South Africa is mulling sending the army and navy to Somalia to reinforce the troubled African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in war-torn Mogadishu, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has said.
Fans will pay more to watch Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches this season, PSL chairperson Irvin Khoza has said.
Police in Swaziland say they have arrested three traditional healers for allegedly desecrating graves to retrieve human skulls and bones for healing rituals.
Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was a “desperate man” who saw no way out of his problems other than to end his life, his former security chief, Clinton Nassif, told the Johannesburg High Court.
The media’s shifty reaction to the SA Communist Party’s (SACP) online newsletter Red Alert – making the case for proper oversight over the fourth estate – was hardly surprising.
Soldiers of China's counter-terrorism special forces practice their skills at a training field in Dongguan, China, on Tuesday (July 27, 2010). Some 150 soldiers attended the six-month anti-terrorism training for the upcoming 16th Asian Games which will be held in November 2010. Picture: Xinhua/Chen/AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Fan)
A man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun, China, on Wednesday (July 28, 2010). Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege areas of the country. Picture: AP
Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday (July 28, 2010). A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. Picture: Irfan Haider/AP
Artist Lucy McRae of Australia poses after she placed safety pins on part of her body during “Rojo Nova work in progress” at the Museum of Image and Sound in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday (July 27, 2010). Picture: Nacho Doce/Reuters
A workman sits in front of an advertisement for a new international clothing store at a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia, on WEdnesday (July 27, 2010). Global retailers, facing sluggish sales at home, have their sights set on Australia as they reach out to new markets but it could prove a tougher sell next year than they anticipate. Picture: Mick Tsikas/Reuters
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left) and performer Aretha Franklin acknowledge applause after their performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia, on Wednesday (July 27, 2010). Picture: John Randolph/Reuters
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James Brabazon speaks about his memoir, My Friend the Mercenary.
The Nafcoc executive council has decided to break up its investment holding arm, Nafhold.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gives the A,B,C of why OBE had to go.
Hlubi Mboya on her latest film, Isidingo and what it means to be one of the faces at the forefront of 46664.
They hitched a lift on a truck and travelled 1 400km, fleeing a possible outbreak of xenophobic violence.
Julius Malema is a business partner of the man at the helm of Thermopower Technologies.
Lights could go out on boxing broadcasting at the SABC after it spent over R30 million during the soccer World Cup.
Is it taboo to portray former president Nelson Mandela in a negative light?
A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Nigel for alleged possession of uncut diamonds.
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Limpopo today warned residents of Seshego, outside Polokwane, about a Julius Malema Park scam.
The iconic 2010 World Cup final stadium, Soccer City, will keep its name until the high court makes a decision on its naming rights, the stadium’s management company has said.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has agreed to suspend their strike action at Impala Platinum.
City Press is giving away five copies of Mandela – The Authorized Portrait and A Prisoner in the Garden.
World Cup kingpin Danny Jordaan and three other soccer bosses have had their movements tracked over the last few months without their knowledge.
Lehlogonolo Masoga says he will use the ANC Youth League’s upcoming national general council to settle “all political disputes”.
Axed communications DG Mamodupi Mohlala rejected a payout offer of a year’s salary of R1.6 million.
South Africa is somewhere between an open and a closed society, writes DA leader, Helen Zille.
North West’s Premier Maureen Modiselle will soon be the recipient of a brand-new R1.1 million BMW 750i, while her old BMW is gathering dust.
Scant justice in Thohoyandou.
Criminals involved in hijacking dilapidated buildings in the Johannesburg inner city are operating with impunity.
Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi will have to find R15 million to pay legal fees.
I’m not an avid sports fan – for the very simple reason that people invest their emotions in something they have absolutely no control over.
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