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  Constitutional Court to disclose Nkandla decision on Thursday

  Opposition parties are set to use a possible damning outcome to heighten calls for President Jacob Zuma’s removal from office

  Politics

  • DA wants more than a parliamentary ‘pow wow’ on Guptas’ influence
  • ANC says DA delusional over committee on Guptas

  Media

  • Sunday Times launches improved mobile app
  • DA approaches High Court to set aside Motsoeneng disciplinary inquiry

  Labour

  • Stand-in waste collectors get security escort to do their job in Johannesburg
  • Labour court dismisses Amcu’s appeal

  Science & environment

  • Water withdrawals in SA likely to increase in next 20 years
  • Communities in drive to clean up the Duzi River

  Law & constitution

  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Free speech rules but not for disrupters
  • Do we want a system that allows a judge to separate justice and the law?

  Education

  • Release of ‘teachers jobs for cash’ report delayed as people’s lives ‘in danger’
  • ‘Jobs for cash’ report to be made public next month

  Health

  • WHO seeks tighter controls for China’s scandal-hit private vaccines industry
  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Inquiry hears of huge gaps in healthcare regulation

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Lack of nuclear transparency a cause for concern

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • SA’s small borrowers are subject to international credit rating standards
• Africa

  TOP STORY

  

  Egyptian president fires top auditor after alleging government corruption

  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dismisses Hesham Geneina for ‘misleading’ the public by saying corruption has cost Egypt about $76bn over a four-year period

  African News

  • Egyptian president fires top auditor after alleging government corruption
  • Hijacker releases all but about a dozen people aboard EgyptAir jet
  • Seventeen political activists jailed in Angola
  • Would-be suicide bombers claim to be girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
  • Congo police fire teargas, make arrests at opposition meeting

  African Business

  • Nigerian parliament probes whether MTN fine can be reduced
  • Nigeria expects oil output freeze at Doha meeting even without Iran
  • Algeria to negotiate directly with foreigners on oil and gas stakes
  • MPs table law to cap bank lending rates in Kenya
  • Zimbabwean banks use rand amid dollar drought
  • Egyptian stocks set to extend record streak

  African Perspectives

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • Ivory Coast attack should not cause waves of fear
  • Decision by Dos Santos to step down is good for Angola and for Africa
  • SA’s ignorance of Africa does everyone a disservice
  • Will Zuma’s visit to Nigeria bolster trade?

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  Chinese banks' profits to flatline as bad debts soar

  No end in sight to rising bad debt and slowing profit growth as central bank allows debt-for-equity swaps

  Africa

  • Egyptian president fires top auditor after alleging government corruption
  • EU to cut Burundi’s peacekeeper funding to try get it to end political crisis

  Europe

  • Tourism in Turkey drops 10% on security concerns
  • Brexit could pull Bank of England in different directions

  Asia-Pacific

  • Chinese banks' profits to flatline as bad debts soar
  • China scraps maize stockpiling as high prices have encouraged imports

  Middle East

  • Rich countries are not doing their share for Syrian refugees, says Oxfam
  • Palmyra ruins will take five years to fix

  Americas

  • Obama has harsh words for journalists over coverage of presidential nominations
  • Obama to discuss North Korean threat with South Korea, Japan and China

  Opinion

  • UK Conservatives snared by budget trap set for Labour
  • A litany of errors behind Europe’s many crises

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: ‘Barbarians’ help state keep populace in check
• Opinion

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  Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative

  Significant victory for sexual and gender-based crimes at the International Criminal Court must not be instrumentalised to entrench narrow definitions of wartime rape, writes Kelly-Jo Bluen

  Editorials

  • EDITORIAL: Stopping the spiral of violence
  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation

  Columnists

  • NEIL MANTHORP: With no cricket coming up for a while, we could have a bleak winter
  • ON THE MONEY: Revived African Bank has its work cut out to find a sustainable strategy

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  JSE closes weaker in risk-off trade after Easter break

  Market sentiment is negative on the weaker oil price, with Brent crude retreating 2.8% to $39.05 a barrel by the JSE’s close

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• Economy

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  February liquidations up 22.2% year on year

  The total number of company liquidations increased to 193 in February compared with a year ago, Statistics SA data shows

  More News

  • Manufacturing business confidence tumbles to six-year low
  • Zuma calls for greater economic cooperation with Saudi Arabia
  • Inflation surge means more and higher rates
  • Confidence in construction sector down in first quarter
  • Retail beats manufacturing in Cape Town’s 23 industrial zones

  Economic Indicators

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  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Let’s not wait for the crisis to deepen before speaking out

  Columnists

  • SONGEZO ZIBI: Leaner SA needs policy reorientation and real sacrifices
  • HILARY JOFFE: A country downgrade would be utter misery for all

  New Agenda
• Business

  TOP STORY

  

  Sanral steps up chase for debtors

  Roads agency prepares for meeting with Moody’s as concerns raised over ‘culture of nonpayment’

  Trade & Industry

  • Agoa sword will keep hanging above SA
  • Poultry crowd rubs salt in own wounds
  • US chicken imports put BEE operation under pressure

  Management

  • Don’t lose your downtime because you are working for a workaholic
  • Six steps for turning around an aggressive conversation
  • ON WORK: Why we prefer nasty bosses to be horrible all of the time

  Innovation

  • Capso rings the changes with phone talent search
  • Freedom to tailor work life to suit all your life
  • Are we right to rage against the machine?

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• Companies

  TOP STORY

  

  Yahoo tells potential suitors to present their offers by April

  Troubled internet company asks prospective buyers what assets they are interested in, how they will finance such acquisitions and what terms will have to be met

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  • Ubuntu-Botho pays R830m dividend
  • ON THE MONEY: Revived African Bank has its work cut out to find a sustainable strategy
  • The man who shaped the Silicon Valley state of mind
  • US chicken imports put BEE operation under pressure
  • Sanral to collect road charges at Beitbridge post

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• Life

  TOP STORY

  

  Capso rings the changes with phone talent search

  By using mobile technology he helps empower unknown musicians

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Capso rings the changes with phone talent search
  • The rise of on-demand viewing divides Hollywood

  Travel & Food

  • SA’s Michelin man will never again mistake ‘fowl’ for ‘breast’ in French
  • Walter Sisulu square in Soweto lacks the pulling power of Vilakazi Street

  Wanted Magazine

  Gadgets & Gear

  • The next big thing in phones may not be a phone
  • Epidemic of ‘ransomware’ is growing hacking threat

  Books

  • US author Pat Conroy dead at 70
  • BOOK REVIEW: The Boy Who Could Change the World

  Health

  • Caffeine consumption ups miscarriage risk
  • Dairy law set new fat levels for SA products

  Motoring

  • FIRST DRIVE: Worth waiting for Nissan’s new Navara
  • FUTURE MODELS: ‘Cool’ Mercedes coupe takes a bow
• Sport

  TOP STORY

  

  China to issue ‘warning penalty’ to two swimmers who failed doping tests

  The Chinese Swimming Association says three other Chinese swimmers also tested positive for a prohibited diuretic in out-of-competition tests in January

  Rugby

  • Jaguares player hurt in car accident
  • Kolbe adds to Stormers’ injury woes

  soccer

  • Bafana’s chances of qualifying are slim
  • SA to beat Cameroon, predicts Feutmba

  Cricket

  • Edge-of-seat stuff is just right for Stokes
  • Kohli prompts Sachin memories
  • With no cricket coming up for a while, we could have a bleak winter
  • Win against Sri Lankans is too little, too late

  Other Sport

  • China to issue ‘warning penalty’ to two swimmers who failed doping tests
  • Williams and Murray crash out of Miami Open
  • Mubtaahij to race on in US after second place against best in the world
  • Dominant Day hits his stride for the Masters
  • Van Zyl on track for Rio Olympics qualification

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