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I haven’t a clue about balance sheets but I can feel the right breeze blowing to put the past decade’s misery to rest, writes Jeremy Thomas

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  Pistorius’s lawyer continues ‘attack’ on police investigative methods

  Advocate Barry Roux continues to attack methods used by police in their investigation of the crime scene at his client’s Silver Woods Estate

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  • Ramaphosa to run economy, execute NDP, say sources
  • Premier Mokonyane overlooked on ANC list

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  • Blade Nzimande weighs in on Independent row

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  • Miners proclaim support for state-brokered pay talks
  • Draft employment equity regulations flawed, Zille says

  Science & environment

  • Howard Buffett gives SA R224m to fight rhino poaching
  • Acid mine drainage project opens on East Rand

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  • FW DE KLERK: Unfair discrimination an affront to constitution
  • RAY HARTLEY: The day the military threat to the new order evaporated

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  • SIPHO HLONGWANE: Police work is the real weakness in SA’s legal system
  • ANTHONY BUTLER: Drawbacks to wonderful spectacle of electoral list
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  Consumers in Africa enjoy shopping the most — survey

  Report shows that only 30% of consumers say they ‘already have enough things’

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  • The Amazon warriors of Monkey Island
  • Sudanese violence condemned by US
  • Life sentence sought in Rwandan trial
  • SA treads softly over Rwanda murder claims
  • NEWS ANALYSIS: With training and partnerships, US military treads lightly in Africa

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  • Consumers in Africa enjoy shopping the most — survey
  • PIC wants Ecobank to refocus on governance
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  • Zambia’s Eurobond costs rise on soaring deficit
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  • Motor industry needs African ‘common market’ — Ford

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  China envoy warns EU against Russia action

  China’s top envoy to Germany warns West against punishing Russia with sanctions for its intervention in Ukraine

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  • The Amazon warriors of Monkey Island

  Europe

  • Bayern president Hoeness accepts jail term for tax evasion
  • China envoy warns EU against Russia action

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  • Investigators focus on foul play behind missing aircraft, sources say
  • China cracks down on payments using quick response barcodes

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  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Amid the stand-off in Ukraine, US flexes newfound oil muscle
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  • THE TELEGRAPH: Israel-Palestinian deal vital

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  LAST WORD: Give those knees a break, and speak up

  Many executives have seemingly abstracted themselves from the wider society and absolved themselves of the responsibility to speak out when they see something wrong, writes Rob Rose

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  JSE weakens at close as Naspers knock dampens sentiment

  JSE ends week on two-week low as media group Naspers sees rare one-day fall on Tencent troubles, with China growth concerns and Ukraine tensions offering little comfort

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  Rate hikes should be moderate, says Marcus

  Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus says rate movements will depend on data

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  • Heavy rains take economic toll
  • Slow start to mining, factory output this year
  • Manufacturing production up in January, though challenges remain
  • Mining production rises in January at slower rate than month before
  • February trade activity index improves

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  • ISMAIL DOCKRAT: SA needs to invest in composites
  • EDITORIAL: CCMA should take heed of Chamber’s concerns

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  • IN THE MARKETS: Good, but limited, news on current account deficit
  • LEON LOUW: Helping save power helps to keep us in the dark
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  Black Management Forum gets a new MD

  The BMF, which has been without a managing director since middle of last year, appoints former Icasa CEO, Themba Dlamini as its new leader

  Trade & Industry

  • SA needs to invest in composites
  • Bilateral trade with China on the increase
  • Chrome ore export tariff plan shelved

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  Naspers takes a beating after investors hammer Tencent

  Diversified internet company heads towards biggest one-day loss since 2011 after halt to mobile payment methods in China leads to sell-off in Tencent Holdings

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  Standard Bank’s Angolan unit upbeat after breaking even

  Standard Bank Group broke even in Angola last August after law requiring oil companies to use local banks boosted revenue, assets and credit at the unit of Africa’s biggest lender

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  Odyssey in a classic Airstream

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  Lorgat behaviour ‘not bribery’

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