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  SCA dismisses appeal by two Constitutional Court judges on Hlophe tribunal

  The judgment means the Judicial Conduct Tribunal can continue its investigation into complaints of misconduct against Judge John Hlophe.

  Politics

  • Trollip to ‘outline a comprehensive plan’ for the bay
  • Scapegoating is all too easy — and a distraction

  Media

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

  Labour

  • Pikitup workers have until Thursday afternoon to return to work
  • Numsa pleads ignorance over Dunlop Pension Fund

  Science & environment

  • Communities in drive to clean up the Duzi River
  • Farmers left out in cold over drought intervention

  Law & constitution

  • SCA dismisses appeal by two Constitutional Court judges on Hlophe tribunal
  • LAW MATTERS: Lack of enthusiasm for Constitutional Court a worry

  Education

  • Parties blame one another for fomenting racism at universities
  • Universities must speed up progress, says Nzimande

  Health

  • Mbeki is correct about HIV/Aids, say two local Aids dissidents
  • Inquiry quizzes licensing of private hospitals

  Opinion

  • Minimum wage is non-negotiable
  • The dysfunction at the top is becoming intolerable

  Columnists

  • FRANNY RABKIN: Lack of enthusiasm for Constitutional Court a worry
  • STEVEN FRIEDMAN: To register to vote is to apply for right you already have
• Africa

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  SA and Nigeria in deal to enhance bilateral economic co-operation

  Leaders of Africa’s leading economies commit to set up SA-Nigeria Business Council to boost trade ties

  African News

  • Zimbabwe to compensate mainly white farmers who lost land in 2000
  • Zuma hails Nigeria’s contribution to the struggle
  • MTN relief from Zuma’s Nigerian trip
  • Little time left to protect Africa’s food supply from climate change
  • Zuma’s Nigerian visit seen as attempt to mend fences

  African Business

  • Protea to open two hotels in Kampala
  • Magic of maggots means survival for many poultry farmers in Zimbabwe
  • MTN relief from Zuma’s Nigerian trip
  • Continent’s capital loss is the $1-trillion question
  • SA and Nigeria seek closer trade and investment ties
  • Buhari says unregistered MTN cellphones helped Boko Haram

  African Perspectives

  • US must support Africa’s struggle for fair polls
  • The terror never stops in the war on terror
  • Continent’s capital loss is the $1-trillion question
  • Financial inclusion of women key to economically sustainable Africa
  • Farewell to UN’s bold, bitter and bright pharaoh

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  Internet startups attract cash, but worries abound

  Chinese investors of means are finding a new place to speculate: private equity funds betting on internet companies

  Africa

  • SA and Nigeria in deal to enhance bilateral economic co-operation
  • Protea to open two hotels in Kampala

  Europe

  • ECB cuts interest rates and expands quantitative easing programme
  • Europe steps back in time to revive ties with Iran

  Asia-Pacific

  • Internet startups attract cash, but worries abound
  • Consumer inflation in China hits almost two-year high in February

  Middle East

  • Iran will ‘never stop’ its ballistic-missile programme
  • Europe steps back in time to revive ties with Iran

  Americas

  • Oil producers’ meeting on output freeze postponed in Ecuador
  • Amazon to start own cargo service to serve US market

  Opinion

  • Mauritius and Madagascar: two islands worlds apart
  • Advantage of investment in accurate data is often ‘literally incalculable’

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  • SIMON BARBER: Trump’s victories put Republicans in a pickle
  • KELLY-JO BLUEN: The terror never stops in the war on terror
• Opinion

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  Minimum wage is non-negotiable

  Business must accept principle as good practice and note other capitalists regimes have implemented a minimum wage as part of their economic recovery, writes Sdumo Dlamini

  Editorials

  • EDITORIAL: The less said the better, Mr Mbeki
  • EDITORIAL: Data show up SA’s big deficits

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  Euro jumps as ECB signals end to rate cuts

  New stimulus measures by ECB offset by signal from its chief Mario Draghi that it will only cut interest rates again in the most extreme of circumstances

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  Rating cut looms as Moody’s flags risks

  Agency concerned about SA’s debt and ‘shocks’ to growth

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  • January manufacturing output falls 2.5% year on year
  • Trade conditions up slightly in February
  • Mining production falls in January
  • Government urged to meet all budget targets
  • State urged to work on constraints to growth

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  Opinion

  • Minimum wage is non-negotiable
  • EDITORIAL: Data show up SA’s big deficits

  Columnists

  • MICHEL PIREU: The real cost of holding debt
  • STUART THEOBALD: South African banks up for sale, but are international buyers interested?

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  Synchronised Ingula unit to add 333MW to grid

  Public enterprise minister says unit three of the hydro pump storage scheme will allow Eskom to undertake maintenance programme

  Trade & Industry

  • Moves to revive SA’s wobbly brandy industry
  • SA and Nigeria seek closer trade and investment ties
  • Merger regulator must tell Patel to butt out

  Management

  • Number of women in leadership roles in SA declines
  • Productivity can jack up job creation
  • BEE MATTERS: Change in BEE codes hammers construction sector

  Innovation

  • Insect protein on menu of the future
  • Even the smallest nations can benefit from space technology
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  Sibanye CEO sells shares — only to get more

  Stock bonanza for Sibanye’s CEO Neal Froneman as producer grants further R35m as performance incentive

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  • Life Healthcare asked why it does not publish data on quality of care
  • African expansion set to boost EOH
  • Sanlam’s emerging-markets unit has tough 2015
  • First of Prasa’s 600 new trains will be ready to roll later this year
  • S&P; opts to cut Barclays Africa credit rating

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  Izzard more than halfway through 27 marathons in 27 days charity quest in SA

  British comedian Eddie Izzard has raised more than R5m after 15 marathons, and his 16th will take him to Robben Island in Cape Town

  Arts & Entertainment

  • South African animation series makes mark in Africa
  • Picturing the arc of life from rural to urban

  Travel & Food

  • Dale-Roberts’ pop-up at The Saxon puts down roots
  • Mamre’s buildings steeped in stories

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  • Sunday Times launches improved mobile app
  • Bosch sets up ‘cloud’ for smart devices

  Books

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

  Health

  • Izzard more than halfway through 27 marathons in 27 days charity quest in SA
  • Margarine’s popularity against butter spreads

  Motoring

  • INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH: Mercedes E-Class miles ahead of the tech game
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• Sport

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  Confession promises to fan the flames of the Fifa scandal

  A former Fifa match agent tells a New York court he helped to pay big bribes to football officials in Central America and the Caribbean

  Rugby

  • Le Roux and Kolbe to supply the buzz
  • No Singapore holiday for Cheetahs

  soccer

  • Confession promises to fan the flames of the Fifa scandal
  • Amakhosi turn their attention to Africa

  Cricket

  • Amla shows the way, but Aussies grab the victory
  • No room at top of the innings for Amla
  • Wobbly bowlers will need to adapt, says coach
  • Lions set to challenge Titans in top-of-the-table clash

  Other Sport

  • Tennis players rocked by Sharapova’s admission
  • Simbine shines as Sunette wilts
  • Fana to defend local lightweight title against Bokolo
  • De Kock offers two runners to upcoming apprentice Murray
  • Today’s long jumpers are pathetic, says Lewis

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