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Labour

Cosatu ‘sowing seeds of own destruction’, says NUM’s Baleni

National Union of Mineworkers general secretary Frans Baleni.  Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL
8 hour(s) ago

Glaring cracks in unity among Cosatu's top brass threaten to tear it apart, warns general secretary of the NUM

Labour

NUM ‘under siege’, says Shabangu in show of solidarity

Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
4 hour(s) ago

Union faces ‘force determined to remove it from the face of the earth’, says Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu

African News

Call for ‘reflection’ on relationship between AU and ICC

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairwoman of the African Union Commission, speaks during the opening ceremony of the AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday. Picture: MARTIN RHODES
6 hour(s) ago

African foreign ministers mull resolution requesting the transferral of cases against Kenyan leaders from ICC to Kenya

National

Corruption Watch takes Guptas to campus

ON SCREEN: Corruption Watch erects an inflatable display on the campus of the University of Johannesburg on Friday. Picture: SETUMO STONE
9 hour(s) ago

NGO visits University of Johannesburg, addresses students with message: ‘Guptas fly, government jumps’

National

Minister confirms SA troops placed in Congo after CAR battle

A Rooivalk attack helicopter emerges from a Kazakhstan-registered Ilyushin IL-76, purportedly in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last month — allegedly without Parliament's knowledge. The deployment allegedly occurred after the Central African Republic killings but before Parliament approved a United Nations Congo mission. Picture courtesy of: DAVID MAYNIER
10 hour(s) ago

President, defence minister in firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Congo, allegedly without informing Parliament

National

Cosatu considers legal options to continue protest against e-tolls

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12 hour(s) ago

No freeway go-slow on Friday morning after Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court dismisses Cosatu’s application for motorcade

Americas

Obama seeks to redefine US war on terror

NEW DIRECTION: US President Barack Obama leaves the podium after speaking about his administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday. Picture: REUTERS
16 hour(s) ago

US President Barack Obama delivers major policy speech, saying the country must move on from counterterrorism policies deployed after 9/11

Trade & Industry

Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling

Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa addresses a post cabinet briefing on Thursday.  Picture: GCIS
17 hour(s) ago

Motorists have been paying the R2.30/kg levy on new tyres since February

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Organisation of African Unity’s anniversary prompts reflection

Anniversary is cause for celebration in Addis Ababa but also prompts focus on the success or otherwise of pan-Africanism in action, writes Mark Paterson

Columnists

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At times of violence and upheaval it can be helpful to listen to steadying voices, writes Anthony Butler

Optimists give us reason to be cheerful

Columnists

You’re silly if you’re doing a little happy dance at the way the rand is falling off a cliff, writes Quentin Wray

Weak rand may benefit some, but poor will suffer

African News

AU must cut financial dependency to stand politically firm, says minister

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
3 hour(s) ago

SA’s international relations and co-operation minister says organisation needs to reduce donor funding on which it depends

Politics

Litmus test for Limpopo’s interim pro-Zuma leadership

Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale. Picture: SOWETAN
16 hour(s) ago

Leaders dismiss talk of move to disband regional structures seen as hostile to Zuma, but further instability in province could affect ANC’s ability to campaign effectively there

National

Marikana commission proceedings moving at a snail’s pace

IN SESSION: From left, advocate P Hemraj, commission chairman Judge Ian Farlam and advocate B Tokota during the Marikana commission of inquiry in Rustenburg on Monday. Picture: SOWETAN
13 hour(s) ago

Lawyers concerned it may take eight months to hear testimonies, write Setumo Stone and Ernest Mabuza

Trade & Industry

Meat imports from India, Brazil raise eyebrows in South Africa

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
16 hour(s) ago

SA has imported thousands of kilograms of poultry, beef pancreas and water buffalo meat from India and Brazil, despite both countries having posed significant health risks

Energy

Electricity demand comes close to overwhelming Eskom capacity

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14 hour(s) ago

Margin between available capacity and peak demand only 0.4% on Thursday, says national power utility

Property economist Francois Viruly. Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL

Unlisted property sector ‘holds some of SA’s most prized assets’

An attractive time for unlisted property groups to list, thanks to new real estate investment trust structure and sector being expensive, writes Nick Hedley

African News

NEWS ANALYSIS: No golden anniversary for African Union

The African Union building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Picture: MARTIN RHODES
9 hour(s) ago

Should the AU be celebrating or lamenting its 50th anniversary when it has not managed to put its mantra of African solutions to African problems into practice?

Politics

ANC, DA election battle goes digital

International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman. Picture: GCIS
13 hour(s) ago

Two parties extensively employing social media and other digital platforms in bid to capture crucial youth vote ahead of next year’s election

Media & Advertising

Media industry dragging feet on transformation

Picture: THINKSTOCK
10 hour(s) ago

Media needs to hasten its pace of transformation so all cultures in the country have a voice, says Media Development and Diversity Agency CEO

Americas

Google in talks to buy sat-nav start-up Waze for $1bn

Picture: BUSINESS DAY
11 hour(s) ago

Israeli start-up Waze seeks more than $1bn and is fielding expressions of interest from parties also including Facebook

Science & Environment

Society, environment issues ‘should concern miners’, says Chamber of Mines

Picture: REUTERS
16 hour(s) ago

Chamber of Mines chairman says miners have to be aware of their impact on society and the environment, with their operations under increased public scrutiny

National

Parliament ‘not told of Congo deployment’

A Rooivalk attack helicopter emerges from a Kazakhstan-registered Ilyushin IL-76, purportedly in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last month — allegedly without Parliament's knowledge. The deployment allegedly occurred after the Central African Republic killings but before Parliament approved a United Nations Congo mission. Picture courtesy of: DAVID MAYNIER
13 hour(s) ago

President Jacob Zuma and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in the firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Land & Agriculture

Tongaat Hulett earnings rise along with higher sugar production

Picture: THINKSTOCK
14 hour(s) ago

Sugar processor reports 15% increase in diluted headline earnings per share in the year ended March, with dividend up 17.2%

Americas

Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts

VOTE FOR CHANGE: Zach Wahls, executive director of Scouts for Equality, a pro-gay group, reacts after a resolution to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts of America was passed on Thursday at the group's national annual meeting in Texas. Picture: REUTERS
15 hour(s) ago

Decision means sea change for organisation that depends heavily on faith-based groups

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May 24 2013

Travel & Food

Liliesleaf café not up to its great past

18 hour(s) ago

Cedric’s Café at Liliesleaf Farm will hopefully give its kitchen staff and waiters a few more lessons to make the meals as palatable as the menu, writes Lesley Stones

Travel & Food

Cambodia’s not-so-secret paradise

BEAUTY: The phosphorescent evening sea at Koh Rong.  Picture: SEBASTIAAN  DE VOS
18 hour(s) ago

The ocean at Koh Rong is so pristine that even hardened seaman Jack Sparrow would gasp in delight, writes Sebastiaan de Vos

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The Third Umpire

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe. Castigating and calling “sinister” all opposition parties for not reading the 30-page Guptagate report — at the same time as it was released on the internet — is hardly sporting.

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Justice Minister Jeff Radebe. Noting that no minister, nor the president, knew of the landing by the Guptas at the Waterkloof base does not in any way mitigate in their favour. They should have known.

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Justice Minister Jeff Radebe . Suspended chief of state protocol Bruce Koloane says the transport minister was given instructions “by the president to assist the Gupta family” — so which is it, Mr Radebe?

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