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    TOP STORY

    Parliamentarians lock horns over Guptagate

    Justice minister unsuccessfully sought to stymie opposition criticism of the controversial landing of a Gupta family aircraft at Waterkloof Air Force Base, when he released the report into the matter

    Politics

    • Claims of improved services decried by opposition
    • ANC ‘sidelines’ Cosatu in bid to rescue ailing unions

    Media

    • SABC presenter Mbuli hailed as patriot and ‘zealous newshound’
    • Dawes leaving Mail & Guardian for Indian paper

    Labour

    • ‘Significant’ wage gap fans fears of sugar strike
    • Bank forecasts higher 2013 wage settlements

    Science & environment

    • Whale watchers must watch for minister
    • DA warns of acid mine drainage in three more regions

    Law & constitution

    • Black lawyer urges ‘excluded colleagues’ to ‘act against racism’
    • Maritime law’s little closed shop of ‘racial horrors’

    Education

    • Report highlights keys to maths skills in young children
    • Equal Education decries delays in norms and standards for schools

    Health

    • Pharmacies get tough on codeine abuse
    • Firms are ‘ill prepared’ for malaria risks on the continent

    Opinion

    • EDITORIAL: State must act to end labour strife
    • Name-dropping is corruption and should be punished

    Columnists

    • Guptagate a serious blow to Zuma’s credibility
    • Survé must come clean on funding and owners
  • Africa

    TOP STORY

    Eritrea’s Issaias revered and reviled

    The ‘isolated and mercurial dictator’ has become increasingly paranoid, fearing assassination attempts he said were backed by the CIA

    African News

    • Eritrea’s Issaias revered and reviled
    • Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law
    • Impoverished Malawi sells presidential jet for $15m
    • NEWS ANALYSIS: Top lawyer risks paying high price fighting for human rights
    • Nigeria asks Niger for help against Islamist insurgents

    African Business

    • New taxes will harm Namibian mining sector, chamber warns
    • Ghana central bank raises rates on inflation fears
    • Authorities probe Zambia Sugar for tax evasion
    • Mr Price still committed to Africa agenda

    African Perspectives

    • Nkrumah’s dream of African unity unfulfilled 50 years later
    • Africans march upward to economic purgatory
    • Can Africa’s lions match Asia’s tigers?
    • How Africa can deliver on its promise
    • Are good values good for business?
  • World

    TOP STORY

    Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus

    US Federal Reserve needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says

    Africa

    • Eritrea’s Issaias revered and reviled
    • World Bank promises $1bn to Congo

    Europe

    • European leaders tackle tax avoidance by large companies
    • Hague warns of increased backing for Assad

    Asia-Pacific

    • China factory activity shrinks for first time in seven months
    • Bank of Japan targets bonds

    Middle East

    • Ahmadinejad to challenge aide’s ban from election
    • Hague warns of increased backing for Assad

    Americas

    • Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus
    • US tax official uses Fifth Amendment

    Opinion

    • FINANCIAL TIMES: Rethinking the ‘war on drugs’
    • What is your company’s foreign policy?

    Columnists

    • Africans march upward to economic purgatory
    • Nkrumah’s dream of African unity unfulfilled 50 years later
  • Opinion

    TOP STORY

    EDITORIAL: State must act to end labour strife

    It is incumbent on the government to take decisive action to end the current labour turmoil in the country

    Editorials

    • EDITORIAL: State must act to end labour strife
    • EDITORIAL: Independent, or not really?

    Columnists

    • Evraz and atoms — a mystery tale
    • IN THE MARKETS: Time for African Bank to consider all its options

    BD Alpha

    • Barber’s approach is not solving economic malaise

    Letters

    • LETTER: Cronin offers a school of red herrings
    • LETTER: Aircraft details missed

    Blogs

    • Toyota’s new promotion: fancy that!
    • Jolie’s preventive mastectomy opens a medical Pandora’s box

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  • Markets

    TOP STORY

    Rand falls for 11th straight session

    Rand spirals for 11th consecutive session on Thursday morning after the US Federal Reserve hints at scaling back its quantitative easing programme

    More News

    • Rand falls for 11th straight session
    • JSE softens as world markets tumble
    • Hawkish Bernanke sends Asian stocks tumbling, dollar soaring

    Markets Blog

    • Spanish government between a rock and a hard place
    • Stricter rules needed to support growth of African bourses

    JSE Today

    All Share 41174.61-1.58% down
    Top 40 36641.86-1.79% down
    Financial 15 11760.21-1.77% down
    Industrial 25 46779.08-1.34% down
    Resource 10 46504.12-2.33% down
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    Commodities

    Gold 1390.67001.64% up
    Platinum 1462.0000-0.20% down
    Silver 22.47000.89% up
    Palladium 737.5000-0.47% down
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  • Economy

    TOP STORY

    Weaker rand fans inflation

    If sustained, the rand’s latest losses will push inflation up for longer, making it harder for the Bank to justify an interest rate cut to stimulate the flagging economy

    More News

    • Higher-than-expected consumer inflation dashes rate cut hope
    • All eyes on Bank after rand falls to a four-year low vs dollar
    • FW de Klerk takes swipe at ‘prophets of gloom’
    • ‘Urgent’ for SA to project positive story about its economy
    • Fall in leading indicator shows economy under pressure

    Economic Indicators

    Petrol price (95)R12.47-73c/lsame
    Repo rate5%0.0ppsame
    Prime rate8.5%0.0ppsame
    GDP (Q4 12)2.1%0.9ppsame
    CPI (April)5.9%0ppsame
    PPI (Mar)5.7%0.3ppsame
    Last updated on May 22

    Opinion

    • Jordaan ‘likely to be missed on Twitter’
    • EDITORIAL: State must act to end labour strife

    Columnists

    • IN THE MARKETS: Time for African Bank to consider all its options
    • Evraz and atoms — a mystery tale
  • Business

    TOP STORY

    Private sector needs ‘bigger role’ in economic zones

    Organised business strongly urges that private sector be given greater role in the process of setting up and managing special economic zones

    Trade & Industry

    • Poultry group denies tariff would cause steep price rises
    • Severe lack of supply chain skills ‘hindering trade for SA’
    • Meat group cries foul over poultry body’s secret figures

    Management

    • Jordaan ‘likely to be missed on Twitter’
    • Phaswana appointed as co-chairman at Mondi

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    • Energy
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    • Industrials
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    Green Business

    • Is greener company travel still stuck in the slow lane?
    • ASK THE EXPERT: Independent eco-ratings for products in SA
    • SA’s green jobs: how are they growing?

     

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  • Companies

    TOP STORY

    Amcu optimistic on reaching deal to cut Amplats job losses

    Amplats, Department of Mineral Resources and four unions will hold talks at the CCMA to ensure that all alternatives to retrenchment have been explored

    More News

    • Actis could be a suitor for Adcock Ingram
    • Authorities probe Zambia Sugar for tax evasion
    • Taste seeks to open 100 new food outlets across South Africa

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  • Personal Finance

    TOP STORY

    Absa says miscalculated interest on car loan was ‘isolated error’

    South Africa’s largest retail bank overcharges customer for almost two years, by mistake

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    • Retirement dream need not be a nightmare

    Columnists

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  • Life

    TOP STORY

    Disrupting the cosy conceptions of art

    The art of Johannes Phokela, who will represent South Africa at next month’s Venice Biennale, is not always earnest, writes Chris Thurman

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Disrupting the cosy conceptions of art
    • FILM: The Sapphires; 360; Fast and Furious 6

    Travel & Food

    • A new paradise found — and with tea

    Business Education

    Gadgets & Gear

    • TECHNOLOGY: New gadgets not required at the Google jamboree
    • The antisocial network is not good for the soul

    Books

    • Putting a much-needed smile into S&M
    • BOOK REVIEW: The Stuff You Can’t Bottle

    Health

    • Cancer immunotherapy medicines could rake in $35bn a year
    • Veggies: fresh versus frozen

    Motoring

  • Sport

    TOP STORY

    Baxter calls for improvement in officiating

    Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter wants a review system to be put in place to improve the standard of refereeing in domestic top-flight football

    Rugby

    • Cheetahs trio called up for Bok camp
    • Bulls ‘doing best’ to keep senior players

    soccer

    • Baxter calls for improvement in officiating
    • Dortmund shows how to beat the odds

    Cricket

    • Underdog Australians upbeat ahead of Ashes series
    • Warner’s Twitter rant earns him maximum fine

    Other Sport

    • Woods finds Garcia’s ‘joke’ unpalatable
    • Els hails belly putter for British Open win

     Top Stories

    • Baxter eyes the double
    • Clark future uncertain if PGA follows anchor ban
    • Stadium bosses step up security for Cup final
    • Beating Mourinho 'extra motivation' for Barca's Xavi
    • Bulls name team but fear mass exodus of top players
    • Dominant Serena fearful of enemy within

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STOP LICKING: if you are an average user of lipstick, you may ingest about 24 milligrams of the product a day. If you reapply lipstick or lip gloss frequently, you could ingest as much as 87 milligrams each day. Picture: THINKSTOCK

Ugly picture of the beauty industry

Research shows ingestion of lip products could cause toxic metal exposure, blogs Marika Sboros

Health

The low-down on erectile problems

There’s no getting away from the mental anguish ejaculation problems cause in men and their partners, but that’s not the same thing as mental illness. Picture: THINKSTOCK
2 day(s) ago

Marika Sboros puts paid to myths and common misconceptions on the more-common-than-thought problem of erectile dysfunction

Health

Jolie’s preventive mastectomy opens a medical Pandora’s box

Angelina Jolie
6 day(s) ago

While many believe the actress was right to have healthy parts of her body removed, others believe she was ‘duped’ by her doctors, however well-meaning, and by medical science, blogs Marika Sboros

Motor

Toyota prices could soon start looking very appealing

Picture: REUTERS
14 day(s) ago

South African buyers could benefit as Japanese car maker takes advantage of a weak yen and focuses on shifting vehicles out of Japan, blogs Alex Parker

Health

Frolicking in the sun may not be as dangerous as it is made up to be

Don’t overdo it, but don’t avoid the sun altogether because it can extend your life by improving your health overall, say researchers. Picture: THINKSTOCK
13 day(s) ago

New research suggests that exposing your skin to sunlight may actually improve your health overall, blogs Marika Sboros

Politics Blog

The Guptas’ sway on South Africa’s leaders

Brothers Ajay, left, and Rajesh Gupta, right, arrive in Bloemfontein as VIP guests at the ANC Mangaung elective conference in December last year.   Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
19 day(s) ago

Over the years, the Gupta brothers have been steadily extending their influence over South Africa’s political elite, blogs Paul Vecchiatto

Motor

Nigeria: a market big enough to sweat the (serious) challenges

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
15 day(s) ago

The possibility of preferential access to the Nigerian vehicle market in exchange for South African technical expertise is not to be scoffed at, blogs Alexander Parker

Health

Dementia research takes a big step forward for — but at snail’s pace

20 day(s) ago

Research on sea snails shows cell-training technique holds promise, but until treatment for people is ready, B-vitamins can help, blogs Marika Sboros

Health

Vitamin E — paying more than lip service to benefits of not smoking

Picture: THINKSTOCK
21 day(s) ago

Vitamin E supplements could help ex-smokers speed up the healing of their cardiovascular systems from the ravages of smoking, blogs Marika Sboros

Toyota’s new promotion: fancy that!

Buy a Toyota and win a bike ... co-incidence?

Health

First steps in making friends with death

Picture: THINKSTOCK
9 day(s) ago

Death is integral to life and therefore it makes sense to cultivate a friendship with it, instead of fearing it, writes Marika Sboros

Health

Lose weight and give your system a break by fasting

DOWNSIZING: You don’t have to eat this little, but regularly reducing the amount of food on your plate is one way to boost your health. Picture: THINKSTOCK
17 day(s) ago

Far from a fad, fasting is a time-honoured practice that can fight inflammation, improve levels of sugars and fats in circulation, and reduce blood pressure, blogs Marika Sboros

Motor

Electric cars and bonfire of DTI’s vanities

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies at the launch of the electric vehicle at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO
19 day(s) ago

A thriving electric vehicle industry in South Africa will remain a pipe dream until South Africans actually want to buy them, blogs Alexander Parker

Politics Blog

Motlanthe’s power wanes

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe during an interview in Pretoria at the weekend. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO
21 day(s) ago

In a system in which a deputy is perceived as a threat, President Jacob Zuma has neutralised any threat posed by his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, blogs Stephen Grootes

Politics Blog

ANC may want to play apartheid card in 2014 election

Planning Minister Trevor Manuel. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
41 day(s) ago

Blaming current woes on apartheid is not only politically useful now but could also enable ANC to lump DA in with Trevor Manuel, writes Stephen Grootes

Politics Blog

Fisheries department muddies waters of maritime administration

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL
49 day(s) ago

Paul Vecchiatto blogs: Has the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries become so good at failure that it appears to be its main goal?

Politics Blog

Zuma has central role to play in reforming police

Picture: BUSINESS DAY
65 day(s) ago

Only President Jacob Zuma has the power to drive wholesale change in a police culture that desperately needs to change, blogs Stephen Grootes

Politics Blog

New ANC leaders’ attempts to rebuild youth league are embarrassing

Picture: BUSINESS DAY
49 day(s) ago

African National Congress has long used celebrities in campaigns but some of the rumours about potential youth league leaders are ridiculous, blogs Setumo Stone

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