Denel staff die in deadly assault on UN Mogadishu compound
Denel in frantic bid on Wednesday evening to establish circumstances surrounding deaths of two employees at UN base in Somali capital
Law & Constitution
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
Politics
Too much made of alliance politics, says Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tells Business Day TV launch that tripartite alliance dynamics do not dominate policy making
Politics
Prominent IFP members join ANC
Inkatha Freedom Party speech writer Roman Liptak, health spokeswoman Usha Roopnarian, former youth leader Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi defect to ANC
Opinion
Monkey business: SA’s top 10 animal insults
Gareth van Onselen
Animal insults appear in vogue, even if animals have always played a disproportionate part in SA’s political discourse
Politics
Ramphele tells DA ‘to get real’
Dr Mamphela Ramphele says the DA just does not understand that the scars of racism have not entirely healed
Education
Unbundling of University of Limpopo nearly finalised
Unbundling of Medunsa from University of Limpopo, to be finalised in 2014, will lead to establishment of new health and allied sciences institution
Opinion
A simple test for Julius Malema
Sipho Hlongwane
If Julius Malema is hoping to exploit divisions within the tripartite alliance, he couldn’t have picked a better time
Davies says lotto tender will be strictly controlled
Minister says the tender process has started in good time to ensure a seamless transition to the new operatorNational
Denel lands component manufacturing contract for Airbus Military aircraft
State-owned arms manufacturer to assemble structural components for A400M military transport aircraft, in move expected to support local industry
National
Bizos optimistic SA’s ‘centre will hold’
Fifty years after Rivonia Trial, George Bizos says things do sometimes fall apart, but strong constitution and fearless communication system will pull SA through
Labour
Solidarity asks HRC to facilitate dialogue with SAA over cadet debacle
Trade union wants Human Rights Commission to facilitate meeting over discriminatory training programme
Labour
Business Connexion, Conscript Africa launch app for job seekers
Technology firm says SkillsMap app, Africa’s first skills-targeted online recruitment service, will attract talent and tackle unemployment
Health
Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
Extensive drug shortages at clinics and hospitals supplied by the Eastern Cape’s Mthatha depot reported
National
Foreigners urged to become part of their communities in SA
Johannesburg city council committee calls on foreign nationals to become part of South African society and transfer their skills to the unemployed
Opinion
Ramphele could help trim the ANC’s ‘absolute power’
Allister Sparks
Too long in office without a serious electoral challenge is precisely that — absolute power
Opinion
Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear
Steven Friedman
Julius Malema has no support among the poor and no sense of how to speak for people at the grass-roots
National
Marikana strife ‘sparked surge’ in panga sales
Shop owner’s assertion meant to supplement deputy police commissioner’s testimony that people in area continued to be attacked during mine unrest
Media
Huge growth prospects for BusinessDay TV
BusinessDay TV offers round-the-clock business news coverage in collaboration with Bloomberg TV, replaces Summit TV on DStv’s channel 412
Politics
ANC accuses media of bias over DA remarks
Acting ANC deputy chief whip in the National Assembly Mmamoloko Kubayi says two DA members of the Western Cape legislature racially insulted ANC members and failed to apologise
Media
Power FM goes live
Gauteng’s newest radio station began broadcasting on Tuesday and was officially launched by Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane
Law & Constitution
JSC calls for applications to fill court vacancies
However, commission says it reserves the right to recommend candidates to fill positions
Land & Agriculture
Bird-flu outbreak spreads to five more Oudtshoorn ostrich farms
Low-pathogenic H7N7 virus is not considered dangerous at this stage, although farms have been quarantined as a precaution
Transport & Tourism
Gauteng pays operator R831m in terms of Gautrain ridership concessions
Gauteng government pays Bombela Concession Company R831m in terms of agreement that guarantees the number of Gautrain passengers
National
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
National
Probe into allegations against SARS boss ‘nearing completion’
Findings of investigation into SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula will be presented to the minister of finance by the end of this month
National
Premier in appeal not to politicise Marikana
North West Premier Thandi Modise warns Lonmin to stay out of politics and calls for calm
Labour
Amcu members walk out of Marikana cleansing ceremony
Families of the people who were killed at Lonmin’s Marikana mine during an illegal strike in 2012 held a cleansing ceremony, while Amcu members walked out
National
Zuma congratulates Iran’s new leader
Zuma welcomes Iran’s newly elected moderate leader Hassan Rohani, who is expected to improve relations with the West
Politics
Use your vote in 2014 elections, Zuma tells Soweto youths
President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by an ANC entourage, visits Soweto ahead of Youth Day
Transport & Tourism
Fastjet puts off SA plans to focus on Tanzania
Airline secures bilateral agreements with Tanzanian government to fly to SA, Rwanda and Zambia, and delays launch of Joburg-Cape Town route
Labour
Amplats workers kept underground after dismissal of shop stewards
About 2,400 workers prevented by other employees from exiting underground operations at Thembelani mine near Rustenburg
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