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No conspiracy: ET's death just another brutal farm murder
National | Phillip De WetNo matter that the victim was SA's top right-winger, Eugene Terre'Blanche. In the end it was just another brutal farm murder, writes Phillip de Wet.
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Another major disaster for a generic modern model
National |Another model has landed herself in hot water, this time for bragging on Twitter about bribing a Johannesburg metro police officer.
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DRDGold responds to Parliament's 'blackmail' comments
Mining | Richard DaviesDRDGold says it has sent a written submission to Parliament's water affairs portfolio committee head following comments he made about the company.
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Headline inflation for April at 6.1%
Economy |The headline inflation rate for April 2012 was 6.1%, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
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Gordhan warns of 'dark economic future' with e-tolls
National |Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made an unusual appeal to the Constitutional Court in a bid to set aside the high court order halting e-tolling.
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Hezbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping
World | Bassem MroueThe leader of Shi'ite group Hezbollah has appealed for calm after people blocked roads in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shi'ites.
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Phosa: We (still) won't nationalise
Mining |ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has moved to assure the international community that the ANC doesn't intend changing policy on nationalisation.
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Competing destinies: Egyptians ready to make history
Africa | AFPEgyptians are heading to the polls in a historic election contested by Islamists and secularists promising radically different futures.
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Bus passenger beheaded, eaten: 'I thought he was an alien'
World | AFPA man who beheaded and cannibalised a Canadian bus passenger in front of horrified travellers four years ago says he thought his victim was an alien.
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Fifa delays appointing anti-corruption officials
Sport | Graham DunbarSepp Blatter expects the Fifa Congress of World Football Nations to be a lot calmer than the last one, which became mired in corruption allegations.
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Mourinho keeping it Real until 2016
Sport | Sapa-AFPReal Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has extended his contract until June 2016 after taking the Spanish giants to victory in La Liga.
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Defaced but not defeated
While ANC supporters took to court to voice their dissent about the controversial painting of the president, two men defaced the work at the Goodman Gallery.
Smear of the nation
A giant "X" has been painted over Brett Murray's The Spear, defacing the controversial artwork that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.
To infinity and beyond
Arts and Culture Fine art and fragile egos
The M&G rounds up other artworks in SA that have ruffled the feathers of politicians.
Business Treasury takes aim at savings costs
Compulsory fund preservation and simplifying products are among the options highlighted in the treasury's discussion document.
Travel Warm-hearted hospitality sets Ethiopia apart
Whether you are gawking at 800-year-old sunken churches or gyrating in hole-in-the-wall clubs, the country's main attraction is its beautiful people.
National Welfare groups fight for survival
Non-profit organisations fulfilling many of the state's obligations are being crippled by its inefficiency and indifference, writes Heidi Swart.










