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  Cosatu to probe Post Office worker ‘billions’

  Workers say they were tricked into believing that the Post Office owed them an exorbitant sum of money — about R5m each — in ‘salary anomaly’ pay

  Politics

  • Limpopo premier ‘appoints loyalists’
  • Free State ANC to hold fresh elections

  Media

  • Smile radio looks to take on established Cape players
  • MPs rush to choose new SABC board

  Labour

  • Cosatu to probe Post Office worker ‘billions’
  • Unions ‘not told’ of Shanduka’s Graspan sackings

  Science & environment

  • Developing world ‘cannot duck’ climate change any longer
  • Power-hungry SKA dishes may be a grid too far

  Law & constitution

  • MP decries high cost of legal representation in SA
  • Magistrates’ go-slow in courts not causing major disruptions, says chief justice

  Education

  • Kimberley university to open in 2014
  • Private school fund to refurbish, build in Soweto

  Health

  • TB revaccination plan on the cards for SA’s teenagers
  • Matsoso defends results of health facilities audit

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: A symptom of ANC decay
  • EDITORIAL: Irony in ANC’s warning to Cosatu

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  • A nation motivated more by fear than hope
  • Two political dinosaurs in a bid for relevance
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  Barclays’ indigenisation talks fail to take place

  Zimbabwean Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere inexplicably misses a meeting he had called with Barclays Africa executives

  African News

  • Zimbabwe officials spar over bank grabs
  • Banda charged over oil deal with Nigeria
  • Developing world ‘cannot duck’ climate change any longer

  African Business

  • Barclays’ indigenisation talks fail to take place
  • Integrated African economies to lift industrial growth, says Davies
  • Renminbi on the rise in Africa, says Tshabalala
  • Africa’s trade ties with China in spotlight as Xi visits
  • Brics bank ‘would help meet Africa’s huge funding needs’

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  • Bidding a fond farewell to Africa’s finest griot
  • Industry loses as Zimbabwe politicians argue over indigenisation spoils
  • Only a politician could love a Brics bank
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  EU approach to Cyprus ‘marks new strategy’

  Cyprus rescue programme represents new template for resolving eurozone banking problems, says head of region’s finance ministers

  Africa

  • Barclays’ indigenisation talks fail to take place
  • Congolese warlord denies guilt at ICC despite turning himself in

  Europe

  • European Union says Cyprus bail-out will not serve as a model
  • Osborne criticises ‘slow’ eurozone rescue

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  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Hacking highlights dangers to Seoul of North Korea’s ‘cyber-warriors’
  • LETTER FROM CHINA: China’s new leaders on ‘painful’ reform path

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  • US should help produce Israeli anti-rocket system, Obama told on Mideast tour
  • Obama urges Palestinians to return to peace talks

  Americas

  • Fed holds firm to stimulus plan despite brighter US economy
  • Battle for gay marriage goes to US Supreme Court

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  • EDITORIAL: A rare opportunity for Zimbabwe
  • Politics threatens progress anew in Zambia

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  • Venezuela’s revolution came at enormous cost
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  EDITORIAL: Brics bank will be symbolic

  In a sense, the concept of a Brics development bank is rooted in ideology rather than practicality

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  • EDITORIAL: Brics bank will be symbolic
  • EDITORIAL: Lessons for prosecutors

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  • Give and take needed if poverty is to be tackled
  • Universities were conspicuously absent from the truth commission

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  Platinums, banks boost JSE

  Gains in the platinum and banking sectors pull the local bourse higher on Tuesday, with uncertainties about the Cyprus bail-out waning somewhat

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  • Rand strong but range bound
  • World shares rise on US data but safe havens fall

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  Gordhan signals progress as Brics bank takes shape

  Institution will be in a position to take on more risk than western institutions such as the World Bank, which should make members more self-reliant

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  • Reserve Bank’s leading indicator continues to rise
  • Small businesses’ confidence ticks up
  • Business warns Zuma on Brics free trade deals
  • Stakeholder engagement is key for mining industry

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  2.1%

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  CPI (Feb)

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  PPI (Jan)

  5.8%

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  • Business wants to go back to a low-wage regime
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  Business warns Zuma on Brics free trade deals

  SA to play gracious host to Brics Summit but local business is wary of big promises

  Trade & Industry

  • Call for meat tariffs to exclude inferior imports
  • Government moves to protect rooibos in EU — eight years on
  • SA’s wine-bottling plants cut jobs as bulk exports rise

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  Cipla Medpro South Africa sees earnings fall 32%

  Pharmaceutical group hit by fluctuations in exchange rate, slim increase in medicine prices and controversy over CEO’s resignation, but keeps market share steady

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  Umbrella fund will secure your payout

  Retirement annuity fees are too high and reduce your real return on investment

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  VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Space for the whole family — but noisy

  Audi’s Q5, its answer to the BMW X5, is a powerful, well-made, upmarket SUV … but don’t venture off the freeway with it, writes Alexander Parker

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  Barker calls for Jali’s inclusion in Bafana team

  African Nations Cup-winning former Bafana coach Clive Barker says Pirates midfielder Andile Jali’s continental experience is needed for success in crucial qualifiers

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  • Lacombe likely to leave Kings
  • Bok prop Cilliers in line to face Crusaders

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  • Barker calls for Jali’s inclusion in Bafana team
  • Pirates unbowed by Chiefs’ top ranking

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  • Proteas keep top spot as Pakistan lick wounds
  • Dark days for Australia as Ashes looms

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