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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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  SA calls on Britain to probe alleged spying at G-20

  Guardian newspaper reports that documents leaked by former American spy Edward Snowden show that Turkish and South African officials had been targeted

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  • ANC accuses media of bias over DA remarks
  • POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Mandela’s health still to dominate headlines

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  • Hacktivists hit IOL over praise of Mugabe

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

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

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  • JSC calls for applications to fill court vacancies
  • JSC taken to court over judicial appointments

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

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  • Alcohol advertising: in the eye of the beer-holder
  • Most people with mental disorders ‘not getting care they need’

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  • 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
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  Kenya’s fuel costs may soar on refinery spat

  From July 1, fuel supply into Kenya is at risk and perhaps supply costs will spike due to an increase in demurrage costs

  African News

  • Mali to sign ceasefire with Tuareg separatists
  • Cloud over talks on Ethiopia’s Nile dam
  • Scavenging for a living in Sudan
  • Mbeki team spotlights loot flowing from Africa

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  • 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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  • Dali Tambo’s ethical vacuum
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  Shareholder anonymity set to continue

  G-8 leaders sign up for list of aims firm but pledges do not include the establishment of registers of true owners of companies

  Africa

  • Kenya’s fuel costs may soar on refinery spat
  • Zimbabwe ‘cattle bank’ takes deposits

  Europe

  • Dozens in detention after Turkish police raids

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  • 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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  • French cultural demands hit US-EU trade talks
  • US to meet Taliban for talks aimed at bringing end to Afghan conflict

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

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  • 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: 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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  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
  • Prostitutes point way to economic insight

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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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  ‘Chicken wars’ set to produce only losers

  The minister of trade and industry needs to make delicate call, writes Amanda Visser

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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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  Credit regulator warns consumers to take better care of their financial health

  National Credit Regulator concerned that number of impaired records rising faster than new accounts and warns consumers to monitor their credit health

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  Is the internet the engine of humanity?

  Its power for good is less than techno-utopians — who underestimate its ability to help oppressive states — think, writes Richard Waters

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  Safa insists Bafana coach will keep his job

  South African Football Association president Kirsten Nematandani reiterates support for Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, despite failure on World Cup mandate

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  • De Villiers may miss Test against Samoa
  • Baby Boks and Kiwis look set for another final

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  • The veteran and the firebrand seal Italy’s victory

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  • Spinners hold their own in the fast lane
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