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South Africa Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for South Africa.

Results 1 - 20 of 69,140 in South Africa

  1. Zimbabwe rival parties formally start talksRead the original story

    29 min ago | Xinhuanet

    Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Changes formally started talks Thursday in South Africa's administrative capital Pretoria to seek an end to Zimbabwe's political ...

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    Related Topix: Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, World News, Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe), Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Africa, Robert Mugabe

  2. Chiefs win Soweto derby match 2-0Read the original story

    35 min ago | SABC News

    Pirates' Bongani Cashibe and Chiefs' Mabhuti Khenyeza July 25, 2008, 07:00 Kaizer Chiefs will face European champions Manchester United in the final of the Vodacom Challenge tomorrow at the Loftus stadium in ...

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  3. Refugees spend second night next to the R28Read the original story

    36 min ago | SABC News

    ... shelter in Randfontein. But the displaced foreign nationals refused to move saying they want to be taken out of South Africa. Officials then withdrew the buses as well as plans to transport and transfer the displaced foreign nationals to the new ...

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    Related Topix: Gauteng, South Africa, Krugersdorp, South Africa, World News, Johannesburg, South Africa, Randfontein, South Africa

  4. Not sober as a judge anymore - MalemaRead the original story

    36 min ago | Daily News

    By Boyd Webb and Sapa Jacob Zuma supporters have savaged the judiciary, calling into question the integrity of judges who they argue have lost the moral high ground.

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    Related Topix: African National Congress (South Africa), World News, Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

  5. ANC arms deal bombshellRead the original story

    38 min ago | Daily News

    In an explosive report by an ANC task team, President Thabo Mbeki has come under fire for his role in South Africa's controversial arms deal.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  6. 'ANC undoing own achievements'Read the original story

    39 min ago | Daily News

    Robert Mugabe, Julius Malema, the disbanding of the Scorpions and parliament's controversial proposed Expropriation Bill could all undo what the ANC government has achieved in the past 14 years, says former ...

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    Related Topix: Robert Mugabe, Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, South Africa

  7. Arms deal probe falls wide of the targetRead the original story

    39 min ago | Daily News

    ... some former employees were involved in wrongdoing, but this had nothing to do with the sale of corvettes to South Africa," said prosecutor Arno Neukirchen on Wednesday, "and we have ended our investigation". The ANC committee was set up in the days ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  8. Mbeki was never 'on the hook'Read the original story

    40 min ago | Daily News

    ... and defamatory, according to the Justice Department. "President Mbeki or any other individual or entity in South Africa were never mentioned in any of the correspondence between the German authorities and the department," it said in a statement on ...

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    Related Topix: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, World News, Africa, I.D., Industrial

  9. DA wants arms deal documentsRead the original story

    40 min ago | Daily News

    The Democratic Alliance has submitted two applications in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act to access all documents pertaining to the mutual legal assistance agreements between South Africa, ...

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    Related Topix: Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Africa, World News

  10. What will come of new arms deal report?Read the original story

    40 min ago | Daily News

    ... d British law enforcement agencies are in-vestigating corruption related to their own companies' involvement in South Africa's arms deal. This article was originally published on page 3 of The Cape Argus on May 20, 2008 NEWSLETTER

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  11. South Africa's ANC President Zuma Promises to Address PovertyRead the original story

    43 min ago | Voice of America

    The leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress party is pledging to address what he described as the perennial poverty problem in the country.

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    Related Topix: African National Congress (South Africa), Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, World News, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa, Public Relations

  12. Zuma on the white side of lifeRead the original story

    44 min ago | The Star

    By Kanina Foss The Solidarity trade union says ANC President Jacob Zuma has broken the silence around some of South Africa's forgotten people: poor whites.

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    Related Topix: Bethlehem, South Africa, World News, Free State, South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa

  13. No early end to financial squeezeRead the original story

    45 min ago | The Star

    Sixty percent of residential sales in KwaZulu-Natal are the result of tough financial times and because people have had enough of the country.

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    Related Topix: World News, Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa, Home Listing, Home

  14. Tickets for Vodacom Cup final sold outRead the original story

    45 min ago | The Star

    ... bombshell In an explosive report by an ANC task team, President Thabo Mbeki has come under fire for his role in South Africa's controversial arms deal. Subscribe today & get full access to our Premium content

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  15. Feinstein calls for fresh arms deal probeRead the original story

    47 min ago | The Star

    ... be passed granting immunity to a sitting president, but this could also be a blow to the rule of law and to South Africa's international standing. He said he did not believe that Schabier Shaik, Jacob Zuma and Tony Yengeni should be the only people ...

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    Related Topix: African National Congress (South Africa), Africa, World News

  16. Will Bush match his wits against lawmakers?Read the original story

    48 min ago | The Star

    ... bombshell In an explosive report by an ANC task team, President Thabo Mbeki has come under fire for his role in South Africa's controversial arms deal.

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    Related Topix: George Bush, US News, US Politics, John McCain

  17. Soaring fertiliser prices hit farmersRead the original story

    48 min ago | Business Report

    ... The average local price of fertiliser based on mono-ammonia phosphate (MAP), the type most commonly used in South Africa, was 103 percent higher in the six months to June compared with last year, said the NAMC. Over the same period, prices received ...

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    Related Topix: Cape Town, South Africa, World News, Western Cape, South Africa, Marketing, Agriculture, Science

  18. Steel and iron slug it out in the steamy cost arenaRead the original story

    50 min ago | Business Report

    One could almost miss two little paragraphs buried in interim financial numbers from Kumba Iron Ore that suggest relations with former sister company ArcelorMittal South Africa remain frosty.

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    Related Topix: Marketing, Africa, World News

  19. Vehicle trackers head for collusion hearing in NovemberRead the original story

    51 min ago | Business Report

    ... immobilisers and car radios. Tracetec alleged that Netstar, Matrix Vehicle Tracking, Tracker, Global Telematics South Africa and Bandit were using the Vesa committees as a platform for collusion and collective abuse of dominance in the industry. The ...

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    Related Topix: Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, World News

  20. Rights offer hammers Super GroupRead the original story

    53 min ago | Business Report

    By Roy Cokayne Pretoria - Shares in Super Group yesterday experienced their worst single-day decline in 13 years after the logistics, freight and automotive group announced a R750 million rights offer and ...

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    Related Topix: Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, World News