| South African President condoles Fatima Meer's death South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed codolence over the death of anti-apartheid stalwart Fatima... | |
| South African President Condoles Fatima Meer's Death Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela, died Friday at a hospital in Durban after suffering from a stroke for the past two weeks. She was 81. "Our condolences go out to her family,... |
| Mandela's Ex-wife Denies Criticising Him In Interview BILL CORCORAN in Cape TownNELSON MANDELA’S ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has denied harshly criticising the former South African president in an interview published by a British... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>anc To Punish Its Bad Boys</font> JOHANNESBERG — Disciplinary action will be taken against any ANC leaders who engage in public spats, trading insults and personal attacks, party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said yesterday.... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>special Memories: Entire Wedding Party Ends Up In A Dam</font> JOHANNESBURG — Every bride-to-be worries about the possibility of rain spoiling her big day. However, newlyweds Hoffman and Marli van der Walt never imagined they’d end up in a dam while... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>ice Fishing: Four Die During Rescue</font> MOSCOW — Four people were confirmed dead yesterday, after a group of Russian anglers on the Pacific island of Sakhalin were carried out to sea when the ice they were fishing on broke free from... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>zoo Gets Funding After 11 Tigers Die</font> BEIJING — A municipal government in north-eastern China has allocated $1 million to improve conditions at a local zoo, after the recent deaths of 11 rare Siberian tigers and other... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>u.s. Woman In Terror Plot</font> ');" > DUBLIN — Four people, including an American woman, arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, but three others remain in... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>seekers Of The Truth <font Color="green">[p]</font></font> BECAUSE this is my second- last column as editor of The Witness, seeing that I step down at the end of this month to take up an editorial management position, I would like to say something about... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>england On Course For Victory In First Test Against Bangladesh</font> ');" > CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) — England put themselves on course for victory in the first Test against Bangladesh yesterday after building a huge 434-run lead on the third day, despite losing... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>lange Outsprints Elite Group To Win The Argus</font> JOHANNESBURG — Team Medscheme’s Malcolm Lange outsprinted a high quality breakaway group to win the 109km 2010 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour in Cape Town yesterday. South African... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>nadal Cruises Into Third Round, Top Seed Kuznetsova Toppled At Indian Wells</font> ');" > INDIAN WELLS (California) — Reigning champion Rafael Nadal breezed into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-4 6-4 win over Germany’s Rainer Schuettler on Saturday. ... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>psl Champs United Sink Relegation-threatened Stars In Telkom Clash</font> ');" > WITBANK — PSL champions SuperSport United coasted into the quarter-finals of the Telkom Knock-out when they destroyed Mpumalanga Black Aces 5-1 in their first round clash at the Puma... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>els And Schwartzel Share Doral Lead</font> ');" > MIAMI — South African duo Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel headed into yesterday’s final round of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral tied for the lead on 12-under par. Schwartzel... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>mokoena Leaps To Silver In Doha</font> JOHANNESBURG — South African defending champion Khotso Mokoena earned a silver medal in the men’s long jump final, placing second behind in-form Australian Fabrice Lapierre on day two of... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>pacquiao Easily Outclasses Clottey To Retain Title</font> ');" > ARLINGTON (Texas) — Filipino Manny Pacquiao produced a dominating display to outclass Ghanaian Joshua Clottey and retain his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title, with a... |
| <font Color=#666666 Class=indexarticles>johnson Bemoans Lack Of England Discipline, Which Cost His Side A Shot At Six Nations Title</font> EDINBURGH — England manager Martin Johnson admitted that poor discipline had cost his side a shot at the Six Nations title, after their Saturday game ended in a 15-15 stalemate with Scotland. ... |
| Surfacing: New Life In A Johannesburg Suburb Johannesburg ’s Central Business District, was celebrated for three key cultural institutions the Civic Theater, the Alexander Theater and the University of the Witwatersrand ... |
| Taxis Could Be Deregistered If Left Unchanged By Bronwyn Gerretsen and Shain Germaner More than 2 000 new taxis are unsafe for passengers and require modification, but no one seems prepared to pay for the changes. Taxi owners say they... |
| Zuma Slams 'animals' Who Attacked Paramedics The men who attacked two female paramedics, raping one who had been attending to a burnt toddler, behaved like animals, President Jacob Zuma said in Johannesburg on Sunday. "It was very disturbing... |
| Ukzn Probed After Leaked Letter South Africa ] The Council for Higher Education is searching for the source of a leaked letter stating that an "extensive and debilitating climate of hostility" exists at the University of... |
| Spunky Mcgilvray Rides For Glory South Africa ] Have BMX bike, will ride - and beat most men who come her way. That seems to be the motto of Pietermaritzburg resident Sharlene McGilvray, the only adult woman BMX biker in South... |
| Malema 'making Mockery Of Struggle' Julius Malema as a "mockery" to the legacy of the apartheid struggle. He was speaking at his sister's funeral in Durban on Saturday. In an obvious reference to Malema, Meer said there is a young man... |
| Barbie Victim Died Of Overdose Johannesburg - Jeannine du Plessis, 21, one of the victims of Cézanne Visser (also known as Advocate Barbie), died of a medication overdose before she was able to hang herself.Beeld reported earlier... |
| Eagle Mistakes Yorkie For Dassie Patensie - A Yorkshire terrier from the Free State nearly died at the weekend when he was snatched by a martial eagle, only to be dropped onto a gravel road, breaking his ribs.The eagle's claws also... |
| Da Will Oppose Land Scheme Two political parties and a cultural organisation on Sunday vowed to oppose attempts by the government to change the country's land ownership system. "The Democratic Alliance will vehemently... |
| No More Public Rows, Says Anc Disciplinary action will be taken against any African National Congress leaders who trade insults or engage in public spats or personal attacks, party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday.... |
| Eight Arrested For Kidnapping South Africa ] Eight people, five men and three women, have been arrested in Strand in the Western Cape after allegedly hijacking and assaulting a... |
| Telkom South Africa Level Three Championships: Day Three EAST LONDON, South Africa, March 14. FIFTEEN-year old Vanessa Mohr of Northern Tigers was in record breaking mood on the third day of the Telkom SA Level 3 National Aquatic Championships in East... |
| Winnie Denies Jibe At Mandela, Says Nadira Naipaul A Liar JOHANNESBURG: Winnie Mandela has labelled writer Nadira Naipaul "a liar and a fraud" following a controversy over an article written by her in which the estranged wife of South Africa's apartheid... |
| South Africa Faces Strike Against Power Tariff Hike Johannesburg: The Congress of South African Trade Unions, the nation's largest labour federation, plans to strike against a government decision to allow state power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd to... |
| Anc Regrets Scopa Comments Johannesburg - The ANC chief whip's office on Sunday said it "regrets" comments one of its MPs made about ministers having to appear before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa).... |
| 8 Held For Strand Hijacking Johannesburg - Eight people, five men and three women, have been arrested in Strand in the Western Cape after allegedly hijacking and assaulting a man, police said on Sunday. They allegedly hijacked... |
| Wedding Party In The Drink Johannesburg - Every bride-to-be worries about the possibility of rain spoiling her big day.However, newlyweds Hoffman and Marli van der Walt never imagined they'd end up in a dam while a wedding... |
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| Zuma Visits Roodepoort Fire Station President Jacob Zuma has appealed for anyone who can identify the attackers of two paramedics to come forward with the information. About two hundred people singing struggle songs have gathered at... |
| Mpumalanga Residents Hold Councillors Hostage Residents of Chochocho near White River in Mpumalanga are holding councillors and municipal officials hostage at a local community hall. The councillors and officials had been invited to a community... |
| Shembe Celebrates 100 Years The Nazareth Baptist church popularly known as Shembe, one of the largest independent churches in Southern Africa has celebrated 100 years. Today thousands of Shembe followers gathered at the... |
| Rugby: Old Truths About Tough Tours In South Africa Still Stand How things change in the Super 14. When the Hurricanes departed for the South African segment of their itinerary they had ridden out some tough times and were unbeaten. Cohesion in the pack had... |
| Truckers Die In Limpopo Crash Johannesburg - Two drivers were killed when their trucks collided head-on outside Lebowakgomo, Limpopo police said on Sunday. The trucks, one carrying a load of tomatoes, the other empty, collided at... |
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| Meer's House 'a National Heritage Site' The late activist, Fatima Meer's house should be declared a national heritage site, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said on Saturday at her state funeral at the Durban exhibition centre. "I feel she was... |
| Anc 'regrets' Mp's Scopa Comments South Africa ] The ANC chief whip's office on Sunday said it "regrets" comments one of its MPs made about ministers having to appear before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public... |
| Party Slams 'despicable' Attack On Paramedics South Africa ] The men who attacked two women paramedics, raping one, attending to a burnt toddler, behaved like animals, President Jacob Zuma... |