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  Disgruntled EFF members leave to form splinter party

  Former EFF regional co-ordinator, Wonder Sentimile, will lead The New Economic Freedom Front until its structures are formed and elective conference held

  Politics

  • Disgruntled EFF members leave to form splinter party
  • Committee ‘cannot withdraw EFF MPs charges’

  Media

  • Parliament and media serve same boss, says Mbete
  • Round two for SABC chief on claims of lying

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  • Labour relations in SA 40 years behind the times, says US ambassador
  • SA encouraging youth employment, Nene tells IMF

  Science & environment

  • Genetic sampling raises hopes in rhino battle
  • Green economy ‘undermined by disregard for laws’

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  • Judge makes tearful appeal for transfer
  • Allen & Overy to set up office in SA

  Education

  • SA’s best universities still fail to make it into top 100
  • Sita boss shares strategy in ‘rare engagement’

  Health

  • Government set to review dispensing fees
  • SA ready to handle Ebola, says health ministry

  Opinion

  • EDUARD JORDAAN: SA now far from a leader on sexual rights
  • EDITORIAL: Money alone won’t solve problem

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  • THICK END OF THE WEDGE: Walk a mile in the other guy’s shoes
  • TWEET OF THE WEEK: SAPS and the cost of chaos
• Africa

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  Mbeki, Obasanjo worried about ‘tense’ relations between SA, Nigeria

  Observers note element of ‘bitterness’, with Thabo Mbeki saying while ‘there is sense things are not right, there are attempts … to entrench positive spirit’

  African News

  • First Ebola vaccine trial starts on African soil
  • Tunisia’s Islamists ready for coalition with old regime officials
  • ‘Many casualties’ from clashes in Central African Republic capital
  • Southern Africa cuts power deficit, says official
  • West African leaders say global response to Ebola needs to be scaled up

  African Business

  • Zimbabwe signs $1.5bn power deal with China’s Sinohydro
  • Zambia sees lower 2015 budget deficit due to higher royalties
  • Southern Africa cuts power deficit, says official
  • Mozambique eyes bigger slice of gas windfall
  • Nigeria threatens SA firms over ‘frozen’ weapons deal
  • Local banks join power plant deal in Ghana

  African Perspectives

  • LETTER FROM NAIROBI: Kenyatta’s Hague trip headlines an eventful week
  • Africa lost an unflagging peacemaker in Vogt
  • Much to be done to arrest decline in Zimbabwe
  • Ebola’s worst effect may be on struggling nations’ economies
  • LETTER FROM NAIROBI: Rebranding needs to be more than skin deep
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  Pitching tents, Hong Kong democracy protesters dig in for long haul

  Democracy movement seeks to regather momentum after the government calls off talks with its leaders

  Africa

  • Mbeki, Obasanjo worried about ‘tense’ relations between SA, Nigeria
  • First Ebola vaccine trial starts on African soil

  Europe

  • German recession fears mount as exports plunge
  • France’s Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature

  Asia-Pacific

  • Pitching tents, Hong Kong democracy protesters dig in for long haul
  • Pakistani teen, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize

  Middle East

  • Islamic State seizes one third of Syrian town Kobani, monitoring group says
  • Iranian nuclear talks set for next week in Vienna, says ministry

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  • Police, protesters clash in St Louis ahead of weekend of rallies
  • Fall in US jobless claims points to labour market strength

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  • FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER: Germany can’t close its eyes to threat IS poses
  • CYRIL BOUQUET, CHLOÉ RENAULT: Established firms missing the bus

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  • GIDEON RACHMAN: US allies must come to the party over security
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  Climate activists’ bullying tactics signify power

  Climate activists either intentionally abuse the additional dimensions of the power afforded to them or do not know how to behave properly, writes Simon Lincoln Reader

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  • EDITORIAL: Parliament failed on Tlakula

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  JSE settles at sixth-month lows on global growth jitters

  The 165-member all share index shed a hefty 2.16% to 47‚092.24 points at close‚ bringing losses to 4.55% since October 1 and just shy of 10% since its peak on July 29

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  Nene concerned about ‘significant’ rand weakness

  Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says state is concerned about significant weakness in rand, although effect on country is for now limited given lower international oil prices

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  • Economic transactions show economy is improving
  • Manufacturing and mining output drop
  • SA encouraging youth employment, Nene tells IMF
  • Hiking rates to tame inflation gets IMF nod
  • SA economy set to double by 2024, says EY report

  Economic Indicators

  Petrol price

  R13.41

  -67c

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  Repo rate

  5.75%

  0.25pp

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  Prime rate

  9.25%

  0.25pp

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  GDP (Q2 14)

  0.6%

  1.2pp

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  CPI (July)

  6.3%

  -0.3pp

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  PPI (August)

  7.2%

  -0.8pp

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  Last updated on September 25 2014

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Index shows effect of SA’s many ills
  • EDITORIAL: Judging employment equity

  Columnists

  • PHAKAMISA NDZAMELA: Black business must show it can produce a Sanlam
  • XHANTI PAYI: Agriculture’s potential for growth, jobs ignored
• Business

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  Energy minister to sign French nuclear agreement

  Spokesman for the president also confirms Mr Zuma has granted Tina Joemat-Pettersson authority to sign an earlier nuclear agreement between SA and Russia

  Trade & Industry

  • Export-training programme launched in Gauteng
  • Mining industry always under attack, says Royal Bafokeng’s Phiri
  • SA’s manufacturing sector continues to face a bleak future, says Seifsa

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  Super Group acquires UK Ford motor dealer for R606m

  Fleet management company announces it has acquired UK’s second-largest Ford motor dealer, Allen Ford

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  • Domino’s to start stamping its mark on Africa in weeks
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  Colombia is a less obvious tourist destination

  Eugene Yiga plays tour guide in the sweltering city of Cartagena, and dreams of cooler Colombian climes

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Making Mother City music for 100 years
  • Human animals too are beasts of burden

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  • SA wine must look to Old World for answers
  • WINE: Semillon, a seminal wine

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  • France’s Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature
  • AUTHOR INTERVIEW: The Texture of Shadows highlights struggle atrocities

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  • Facebook plots first steps into healthcare
  • Hi-tech answer to a low-grade knee

  Motoring

  • FUTURE MODELS: Take a voyage of discovery
  • Lamborghini reveals ace at Paris Motor Show
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  Suspended Safa boss resists boot

  Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana to be stripped of his position and dismissed on Saturday, after the football body unanimously decided to kick him out

  Rugby

  • Du Toit will pack power into Sharks’ scrum
  • Griquas want good game as Bulls try to clinch semifinal spot

  soccer

  • Mashamaite plans to give all to help Bafana defeat Congo
  • Congolese sports minister courts Samba

  Cricket

  • CSA out to find new Tsolekiles in townships
  • Domingo’s eyes are everywhere as SA’s World Cup rivals play
  • Ponting backs KP’s allegation
  • De Kock makes top five but focus is on irksome century shortfalls

  Other Sport

  • Pettigrew’s Facebook may net hat trick
  • Bianchi crash raises safety issues for FIA
  • Murray hangs on to win in Shanghai
  • Tete’s title defence delayed by elbow blow
  • Perpetual Silence fetches top price

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