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Ramphele could help trim the ANC’s ‘absolute power’

Too long in office without a serious electoral challenge is precisely that — absolute power, writes Allister Sparks

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  MPs clash over time to finish controversial Legal Practice Bill

  At issue before the justice committee is whether the bill can survive the succession of one parliament by another

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  • Ramphele tells DA ‘to get real’
  • ANC accuses media of bias over DA remarks

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  • Irish parent approves Independent News & Media SA sale

  Labour

  • Government now sees importance of facing mining constraints
  • Amcu members walk out of Marikana cleansing ceremony

  Science & environment

  • Farm goods to go up, says FAO
  • DA opposes plans to introduce carbon tax

  Law & constitution

  • MPs clash over time to finish controversial Legal Practice Bill
  • JSC calls for applications to fill court vacancies

  Education

  • Courts should ‘not have say’ in school closures, high court hears
  • Sadtu’s involvement in school closures ‘not political’

  Health

  • Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
  • Government replaces circumcision device

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Poll a battle for the ‘born-frees’
  • SIPHO HLONGWANE: Have a little sympathy for Igesund and Bafana

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  • STUART THEOBALD: Hard for whingeing Shuttleworth to win
  • PALESA MORUDU: Don’t forget to send in the clowns
• Africa

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  AU head invokes rule of law to back Mugabe

  AU breaks ranks with Sadc’s hardline stance against President Robert Mugabe’s elections push

  African News

  • Ethiopia plays down dam fears
  • AU head invokes rule of law to back Mugabe
  • Court may thwart Sadc stance on election
  • Mali to sign ceasefire with Tuareg separatists

  African Business

  • Kenya’s fuel costs may soar on refinery spat
  • Zimbabwe ‘cattle bank’ takes deposits
  • SABMiller is digging in at new brewery in Namibia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa ‘a key investment opportunity’
  • Fastjet sets off on new flight path

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• World

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  Rousseff moves to defuse mass protests sweeping Brazil

  President Dilma Rousseff expresses sympathy with ‘the voice of the streets’, promises to address grievances including poor public services and corruption

  Africa

  • AU head invokes rule of law to back Mugabe
  • Mozambique blames Renamo for deadly attack

  Europe

  • Shareholder anonymity set to continue
  • Dozens in detention after Turkish police raids

  Asia-Pacific

  • No mention of Assad’s future in final communiqué on Syria
  • NEWS ANALYSIS: China launches first carbon exchange for high-emission industries

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  • Rohani pledges Iran will ‘win back trust’
  • US to meet Taliban for talks aimed at bringing end to Afghan conflict

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  • Swiss government faces uphill battle to pass US tax accord bill
  • Obama hints at Bernanke retirement

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  • JEFFREY SEHUME: Moving beyond the Cartesian revolution
  • FINANCIAL TIMES: ERT switch-off a good start

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  • DIANNA GAMES: Will Zimbabwe poll be more of the same?
  • MARK BARNES: Some things must be private, even in hi-tech world
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  Exchange controls send wrong signal to investors

  Mark Shuttleworth’s case against the constitutionality of exchange controls is important for all South Africans, writes Leon Louw

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  • EDITORIAL: Electronic snooping: throwing stones in glass houses
  • EDITORIAL: A repeat of 2008 is looming in Zimbabwe

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  • LEON LOUW: Exchange controls send wrong signal to investors
  • STEVEN FRIEDMAN: Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear

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  Fed comments could roil domestic markets, warns Gordhan

  Clues on Fed’s plans to taper off quantitative easing could upset local markets, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

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  • Rand flat ahead of inflation, current account data

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  Fed comments could roil domestic markets, warns Gordhan

  Clues on Fed’s plans to taper off quantitative easing could upset local markets, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

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  • Employment inches up in first quarter
  • Credit regulator warns consumers to take better care of their financial health
  • ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Fresh concerns over current account gap
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  • CHRIS LOGAN: Association wants to pluck cash-strapped consumers
  • NICK VAN GIESEN: Africa holds key to tackling global food crisis

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  • JEREMY THOMAS: The smart cash goes surfing
  • TONY LEON: Doublethink one area of major growth
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  Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate

  National Credit Regulator quarterly data show bad debts among consumers in South Africa are growing faster than the number of new accounts and of credit-active clients

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  • Association wins court bid to supply more data on chicken tariff battle
  • ‘Chicken wars’ set to produce only losers
  • Poultry tariff hike unfair, says Argentinian ambassador

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  Aspen aims to buy Glaxo’s thrombosis drugs, plant

  SA’s biggest generic drug maker says deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline’s thrombosis drugs and manufacturing site could lift turnover by £300m

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  • Insurance firms’ rally ‘boosted by equity markets’
  • New leader in Iran may offer respite to MTN, Sasol
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  Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate

  National Credit Regulator quarterly data show bad debts among consumers in South Africa are growing faster than the number of new accounts and of credit-active clients

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  VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Humble station wagon draws attention

  Unlike in Europe, there is a dearth of these family-friendly cars on South Africa’s roads, writes Alexander Parker

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  Safa asks Fifa to investigate graft charges

  South African Football Association asks Fifa to probe damaging claims of financial mismanagement made in anonymous dossier

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  • Boks plan to master breakdowns
  • De Villiers may miss Test against Samoa

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  • Safa asks Fifa to investigate graft charges
  • Safa insists Bafana coach will keep his job

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