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About 15 000 people gathered at the Union Buildings on Saturday to pray for the government, Rapport newspaper reported.

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Epic run to put smiles on faces

Thursday, 21 January 2010
Adventurer David Grier is braving torrential rain, extreme heat and blood-thirsty leeches in a world-first attempt to run the length of Madagascar during monsoon season. The aim is to raise money for children born with cleft lips and palates.
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Invictus premieres in Joburg

Tuesday, 08 December 2009
Director Clint Eastwood, left, Morgan Freeman, center, and Matt Damon work on the set of I
Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in a film about the former South African president's appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

"We did a good job of reinventing and bringing him (Mandela) back," Freeman told journalists at the premiere of Clint Eastwood's new film "Invictus" outside Johannesburg.

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Disposable breathalyzers will be on sale for drivers during the holiday, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Sunday.
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Rescue robot unveiled in Durban

Monday, 16 November 2009
An "impressive" search robot capable of going into concealed areas firefighters and rescue teams cannot enter was unveiled in Durban on Monday.
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Cellphone rates to reduce next year

Friday, 13 November 2009

Cellphone rates will be reduced by 36 cents from early next year, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda announced on Thursday.

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New dinosaur discovered in SA

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Scientists at the University of Witwatersrand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur.

"It's one of the big jewels South Africa has," Dr Adam Yates, from the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research, told journalists in Johannesburg.

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South Africa's first female central bank governor, Gill Marcus, began work Monday.
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Mandela to publish new memoir

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Nelson Mandela will release a new memoir focusing on the best of his personal archives and letters from his time as anti-apartheid activist and former South African president.

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South Africans upbeat, survey finds

Tuesday, 06 October 2009

South Africans are more optimistic now than they were earlier this year, a market research company said on Tuesday.

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Ngcobo appointment welcomed

Friday, 02 October 2009

The legal fraternity and political parties on Thursday warmly congratulated new Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo on his appointment by President Jacob Zuma.

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The 500 basis points rate cuts that started in December 2008 are starting to have a positive effect on house prices, FNB said on Thursday.
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Huge diamond found at Cullinan mine

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

A 507 carat white diamond was discovered at the historic Cullinan mine, Petra Diamonds said on Tuesday. The diamond, which has yet to be named, is considered to be amongst the top 20 largest high quality rough diamonds ever found worldwide and ranks alongside other illustrious diamonds recovered at the celebrated Cullinan mine.

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Part cooking method, part national obsession, the braai is a shared social custom that cuts across race and social divisions 15 years after the fall of white minority rule.

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JSC shortlists judges for Concourt post

Tuesday, 22 September 2009
The Judicial Service Commission finalised its shortlist of the seven judges for four posts on the Constitutional Court on Tuesday afternoon. Controversial Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe was among those who did not make the list.
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A law body headed by former judge Johann Kriegler intends challenging the Judicial Service Commission's decision not to probe  Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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South Africans target roots of xenophobia

Thursday, 03 September 2009
Elizabeth Mokoena pulls out a pile of simple photocopies splashed with tough anti-crime calls like "stop raping our children, you are killing our nation".

This week, armed with the leaflets, the 54-year-old social worker will hit the streets of Alexandra, the township at the epicentre of last year's wave of anti-foreigner attacks that spilled across South Africa and killed 62 people.

She'll be speaking with residents to try to ease their concerns about poor government services, lack of housing and rampant crimes, trying to stop locals from venting frustrations on foreigners, in one of South Africa's new campaigns to root out the causes of xenophobia.
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'Come home' - Zuma to SA Jews

Wednesday, 02 September 2009
In a speech seen as a gesture of outreach to South Africa’s Jewish community, President Jacob Zuma has urged skilled expatriates to return home and help overcome the country’s “social and political challenges”.
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Individuals to receive tax relief

Tuesday, 01 September 2009
Individuals will receive tax relief of R13.5bn in the 2009 Taxation Law Amendment Bills, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
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Whites to qualify for RDP houses

Friday, 28 August 2009
Free State Premier Ace Magashule has ordered that a list of poor white people in the province be compiled so that they could be given RDP houses, Beeld reported on Friday.
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US skateboard legend Tony Hawk attended the official launch of the twelfth Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Trust South Africa project partnership with Indigo Youth Movement in Isithumba, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.
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A sculpture by two of South Africa's greatest artists has been unveiled on a traffic island in the Johannesburg CBD.
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Individuals from across South Africa will be taking part in the largest ever day of social activism on the 18th of September 2009, not only offering help to those in need, but also empowering themselves by giving back.
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SA Air Force in daring rescue

Friday, 24 July 2009

South African Air Force helicopters airlifted the crew of a stricken ship to safety shortly before it sank off the West Coast on Thursday afternoon.

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Brothers Sebastian and Christiaan Vivier may seem like regular young boys as they fidget on the couch in their father’s office, but having just returned from Russia where they climbed Mount Elbrus, one can safely say that they are not your average kids. 

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Weekly Blog

SA needs a news revolution

Author: Lisa Roberts
Monday, 08 March 2010

article thumbnailIn this week’s blog, South African patriot and Saffer blogger Lisa Roberts, asks why we've become "an unthinking, unfeeling, passive herd" that consumes the (bad) news without flinching. Lisa wants to start a revolution of good news in South Africa. Read on to find out why we need a news revolution:
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