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Xingwana’s stance on porn

The brouhaha over Arts & Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana stance against what she perceived to be pornographic art exposes the danger of interest.

GALLERY: A school in mourning

Pupils from Jules High school in Jeppe, Johannesburg, came to lay flowers at the scene of the Jub Jub drag race crash. Four of their schoolmates were killed in the accident.

SABC to introduce new 24-hour news channel

2010-03-11 14:15

SABC news international operations are going to be scaled down from April 1 to make way for a new 24-hour domestic news channel.

London to auction Freedom Charter copy

2010-03-11 14:15

A COPY of the original Freedom Charter will be auctioned in London later this month, private auctioneer Bonhams said yesterday.

Afriforum takes Malema to Equality Court

2010-03-11 13:30

CIVIL rights group AfriForum’s youth division plans to hand a list of more than 1 600 farm attacks to the ANC Youth League at Luthuli House today.

Rampaging students set classroom on fire

2010-03-11 12:45

Students at the Tshwane South College in Atteridgeville, Pretoria went on the rampage and set fire to a classroom, the second day of protests, the Gauteng education department said.

Siwelele poised to upset Buccaneers

2010-03-11 12:15

Bloemfontein Celtic coach Owen da Gama is hoping to put the cherry on top of a good season by winning the Telkom Knockout.

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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito receives flowers from a Kenyan student at the Japanese international school in Nairobi. Picture: Reuters

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito receives flowers from a Kenyan student at the Japanese international school in Nairobi. Picture: Reuters
Grannies who call themselves 1996-2000 Housing waiting committee, Soweto region, were toyi-toying on the Impala Road in Soweto in the early hours of Thursday morning as traffic came to a stand still. Picture: Lucky Nxumalo (City Press)
A child runs around a Cuban artist on stilts as they entertain earthquake survivors from the makeshift camp across the street of the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince. Picture: AP
Women with painted faces shout slogans during a march to commemorate International Women's Day in downtown Lima March. Picture: Enrique Castro-Mendivil (Reuters)

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GALLERY: The accident scene

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Local musician, Jub Jub and a friend were drag racing down Mdlalose Street in Protea Glen, Soweto when one of them lost control of the vehicle and crashed into six school children. Four children died while the other two were rushed to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

Politics

No bail for Jub Jub, say PAC youth

2010-03-11 11:45

HIP-HOP artist Molemo Maarohanye, popularly known as Jub Jub, should be denied bail and his music should be banned and boycotted by all South Africans, said the PAC Youth League yesterday.

Sport

Leopards’ chance to claw back to top-flight soccer

2010-03-09 13:30

STILL reeling from the black cloud that befell them on the weekend, Black Leopards have a chance for redemption after being drawn against African Warriors in the National First Division play-offs.

Entertainment

Oscar Awards fashion

2010-03-08 17:07

We take a look at the fashion of Hollywoods' biggest stars on the red carpet of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.

Business

Women workers more resilient

2010-03-10 13:45

“Resilience has been identified by corporate leaders globally as the most critical factor in helping businesses survive in tough economic times – and the good news for the fairer sex is that women are found to be more resilient than men,” the report said.

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Xingwana’s stance on porn

2010-03-11 12:30

The brouhaha over Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana's stance exposes the danger of interest group who impose social scripts.

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Zuma compiles list of interests

Zuma has started compiling a list of his interests and is ready to declare them should legal advice indicate he has to.

Malema’s company scores – again

ANCYL president Julius Malema’s company, SGL Engineering Projects, was handed at least four multimillion-rand contracts in just one month.

Tax Dodger

Malema has not submitted tax returns since his election as ANC Youth League president two years ago, City Press has found.

Times have changed, Warns JZ

Zuma will begin to put the meat on the bones of his plan for a new moral code. And he has promised to continue his surprise visits to municipalities.

Xingwana’s stance on porn

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The brouhaha over Arts & Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana stance against what she perceived to be pornographic art exposes the danger of interest.

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Drag race involving Jub Jub kills four teens

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