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Tory approach to Jewish voters angers Grits
Liberals are incensed that Conservative MPs have distributed taxpayer-funded pamphlets that suggest the Grits are anti-Semitic. Read the pamphlet here Even New Democrat and Bloc QuA©bA©cois MPs agree the latest propaganda represents a new low in the Tories' increasingly partisan use of so-called 10 percenters, mailings that MPs are ...
5 hrs ago | Pretoria News
Farmers responsible for attacks?
By Xolani Mbanjwa and Bronwynne Jooste Staff Reporters Farmers in De Doorns have rejected allegations that they are paying Zimbabwean immigrants lower than the minimum wage and are therefore responsible for the xenophobic attacks that erupted in the region this week.
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South African Oscar winner to play Winnie Mandela
South African Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will star as Winnie Mandela in a film to be made in 2010 in South Africa, Ma-Afrika Films said on Friday.
14 hrs ago | Daily News
Motsoaledi warns managers, CEOs
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi told hospital chief executives and managers on Thursday to shape up or they will be removed.
19 hrs ago | Daily News
Wives of Baghdad four appeal to JZ
The wives of four South African men abducted on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly three years ago have made an emotional plea for help to President Jacob Zuma.
Refugee group slams Western Cape leaders
The Western Cape government was more concerned about the media than the well-being of the De Doorns xenophobia victims, refugee rights group Passop claimed.
British tourists claim 600k after safari holiday nightmare
BRITISH tourists whose truck crashed in a safari park in Cape Town, South Africa managed to scare off a pack of lions by throwing their shoes at them.
Mthethwa defends cost of police jet
The cost and use of the police jet bought last year was defended by Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa in Pretoria.
A man was beaten to death by community members in Umlazi K section in Durban on Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
SA 'probing Guinea mercenaries'
South Africa's government says it is investigating reports that South African mercenaries are training supporters of Guinea's military junta.
They hate us, says Zimbabwean woman
View the gallery Natasha Prince Staff Reporter Scores of De Doorns residents, most of them farmworkers, ripped down shacks belonging to Zimbabweans this morning, accusing them of "stealing our jobs". The Zimbabwean families were forced to pack up their belongings and seek refuge in a community hall in the Hex River Valley town, which is about two ...
Woman thrown off bridge in hijack ordeal
A 24-year-old woman is in a serious condition after hijackers forced her out of her vehicle and pushed her over the Umkomaas River Bridge on the N2 south in Chatsworth , Netcare 911 said on Saturday.
Cabinet has decided to set up a new anti-corruption inter-ministerial committee to deal effectively with all incidents of corruption in the public service, government spokesman Themba Maseko announced.
Head of US international AIDS program says recession not dampening his efforts
The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said Wednesday.
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to play Winnie Mandela in a new biopic about the controversial former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela.
Mercenaries from SA 'training' Guinea rebels
By Joe Lauria A Western diplomat has corroborated French media reports that mercenaries from South Africa are training forces loyal to the coup leader in Guinea.
Anthem butcherer says 'it was beautiful'
The reggae singer the Springboks accused of butchering the anthem before the 20-13 Test match defeat to France said Saturday that he thought he had "sung beautifully". Ras Dumisani, sporting dreadlocks tucked into a huge red, green and white Rastafarian cap, was adamant that his performance - which made large parts of the Toulouse crowd burst into ...
Jailhouse talent show launched in Cape Town
Dressed in identical orange uniforms, inmates at South Africa's maximum-security Pollsmoor prison sing and act for the cameras in a new reality series where they vie to be crowned "Jail Star". Photograph by: . The Cape Town prison, best known for gang violence in one of the world's most violent countries, has launched a TV talent search for ...
Eastwood one of GQ's Men of the Year
A mom gains more than 100 pounds after having a baby, and becomes suspicious of her husband after she finds a woman's number in his pocket; a Russian man makes a shocking discovery about his love interest.
Japan chief voices vuvuzela trumpet ban desire
Japan's soccer chief has joined in the chorus of protestors wanting the noisy vuvuzela trumpet be banned from next year's World Cup in South Africa.
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