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The difficulty of creating a believable country narrative

Truth is not critical to persuasion but any story has to at least be believable, writes Itumeleng Mahabane

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    Minister confirms SA troops placed in Congo after CAR battle

    President, defence minister in firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Congo, allegedly without informing Parliament

    Politics

    • Mkhize says NUM attack meant to weaken ANC
    • Corruption Watch takes Guptas to campus

    Media

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

    Labour

    • Cosatu 'sowing seeds of own destruction,' says NUM’s Baleni
    • Union membership tussle costing jobs, Zuma warns

    Science & environment

    • Society, environment issues ‘should concern miners’
    • Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling

    Law & constitution

    • Magistrates’ raises legal, court rules
    • Black lawyer urges ‘excluded colleagues’ to ‘act against racism’

    Education

    • Parents urged to get more involved in children’s school lives
    • Western Cape takes early-bird approach to procuring textbooks

    Health

    • Setback for state’s AIDS drugs plan as investor pulls out
    • New Discovery body to research lifestyle diseases

    Opinion

    • THE INSIDER: Caring cadres will soon fill the public service
    • EDITORIAL: ANC’s default position is secrecy

    Columnists

    • The difficulty of creating a believable narrative
    • Optimists give us reason to be cheerful
  • Africa

    TOP STORY

    NEWS ANALYSIS: Despite progress, continent’s democracy record is patchy

    Africa’s association of states, the African Union, turns 50 on Saturday, writes Nicholas Kotch

    African News

    • Parliament ‘not told of Congo deployment’
    • NEWS ANALYSIS: Despite progress, continent’s democracy record is patchy
    • Swazi activists accuse SA officials of betrayal
    • NEWS ANALYSIS: No golden anniversary for AU

    African Business

    • Developing markets lift SABMiller
    • NamPower MD courts Eskom to avert crisis
    • Water scarcity threatens Namibia mining operations
    • New taxes will harm Namibian mining sector, chamber warns
    • Ghana central bank raises rates on inflation fears

    African Perspectives

    • Organisation of African Unity’s 50th anniversary prompts reflection
    • Why Nigeria and India would make excellent bedfellows
    • IN THE MARKETS: Time for African Bank to consider all its options
    • EDITORIAL: African Union should let the sunshine in
    • Nkrumah’s dream of African unity unfulfilled 50 years later
  • World

    TOP STORY

    Obama seeks to redefine US war on terror

    US President Barack Obama delivers major policy speech, saying the country must move on from counterterrorism policies deployed after 9/11

    Africa

    • NEWS ANALYSIS: Despite progress, continent’s democracy record is patchy
    • Organisation of African Unity’s 50th anniversary prompts reflection

    Europe

    • Lagarde grilled over France payout to tycoon
    • Rioters torch Sweden’s image of peaceful nation

    Asia-Pacific

    • Rosy China growth forecasts fade on more signs of slowdown
    • China manufacturing data spooks markets

    Middle East

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

    Americas

    • Obama seeks to redefine US war on terror
    • Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus

    Opinion

    • Why Nigeria and India would make excellent bedfellows
    • THE GUARDIAN: An insult to the clumsy loon

    Columnists

    • A country of illusion and deceit
    • Africans march upward to economic purgatory
  • Opinion

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    EDITORIAL: ANC’s default position is secrecy

    The powers that be realise their default option of secrecy is incompatible with the constitution, yet they still seek to manipulate the process to their political advantage

    Editorials

    • EDITORIAL: ANC’s default position is secrecy
    • EDITORIAL: A salute to FNB’s Jordaan

    Columnists

    • Auditor’s damning report on SA Express
    • Optimists give us reason to be cheerful

    BD Alpha

    • Barber’s approach is not solving economic malaise

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    • LETTER: Guptagate is a watershed for SA
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    Rand softens on consolidation

    The rand soft against major currencies on Friday as investors seek to consolidate following Thursday’s volatility

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    • Rand softens on consolidation
    • Gold heads for biggest weekly rise in a month as stocks retreat
    • Oil set for biggest weekly drop since mid-April

    Markets Blog

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

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    Marcus signals interest rate cuts could be on cards

    Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus gives surprisingly frank insight into thinking of the Bank’s monetary policy committee

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    • Hands off rates at Reserve Bank as inflation bites
    • Union membership tussle costing jobs, Zuma warns
    • Ravaged rand continues its downward trajectory for 11th straight session
    • Bright-eyed graduates start year on positive note

    Economic Indicators

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    Repo rate5%0.0ppsame
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    GDP (Q4 12)2.1%0.9ppsame
    CPI (April)5.9%0ppsame
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    Opinion

    • Embrace the biotech in your shopping basket
    • EDITORIAL: A salute to FNB’s Jordaan

    Columnists

    • Weak rand may benefit some, but poor will suffer
    • Auditor’s damning report on SA Express
  • Business

    TOP STORY

    Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling

    Motorists have been paying the R2.30/kg levy on new tyres since February

    Trade & Industry

    • Meat imports from India, Brazil raise eyebrows
    • Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling
    • Poultry group denies tariff would cause steep price rises

    Management

    • Celliers’ appointment ‘will not affect transformation’
    • Jordaan ‘likely to be missed on Twitter’
    • Phaswana appointed as co-chairman at Mondi

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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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    TOP STORY

    Developing markets lift SABMiller

    Brewer SABMiller, increasingly reliant on developing markets, reports 10% increase in group revenue to $34.5bn for year to March,

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    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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    Cambodia’s not-so-secret paradise

    The ocean at Koh Rong is so pristine that even hardened seaman Jack Sparrow would gasp in delight, writes Sebastiaan de Vos

    Arts & Entertainment

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

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    • A new paradise found — and with tea

    Business Education

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    • 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
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    Health

    • A knee-up for painful joints
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  • Sport

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    Amakhosi aim to fortify renewed glory

    The balance of power in Soweto has shifted in Kaizer Chiefs’ direction as the Amakhosi eye adding the Nedbank Cup to the PSL title in their pursuit of glory

    Rugby

    • Catrakilis in spotlight as newest Bok team member
    • Cheetahs trio called up for Bok camp

    soccer

    • Amakhosi aim to fortify renewed glory
    • German powerhouses to make history in league final

    Cricket

    • Cook expects hard work in second Test
    • Underdog Australians upbeat ahead of Ashes series

    Other Sport

    • Nadal, Williams considered French Open favourites
    • Woods finds Garcia’s ‘joke’ unpalatable

     Top Stories

    • Cup final rivals share a rich history
    • The Sharks are braced for an aerial Bulls game
    • Alex Ferguson's £2m Manchester United gig
    • Nadal could get Djokovic in French Open semis
    • Rebels upset Waratahs to claim another big scalp
    • Chiefs stay top with bruising victory over Crusaders

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  • Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling

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