December 1
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Dedt?s Incompetence Nearly Cost Ithala Bank Its Trading Licence [press release]
IFP
The Inkatha Freedom Party in Kwa-Zulu Natal has lashed out at the Department of Economic Development and Tourism after its failure to bring the Ithala Bill on time to the... Read more »
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Young People Must Be Taught About HIV/Aids [press release]
IFP
December 1st marks World Aids Day, which is observed around the world. South Africa in particular is feeling the effects of HIV/AIDS more acutely than most nations and the IFP... Read more »
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Greenpeace Congratulates Green Scorpions On Exposing Eskom's Environmental Crimes [press release]
Greenpeace
Greenpeace congratulates the Green Scorpions on their exposure of Eskom as the organ of state with the highest rate of non-compliance with environmental legislation. This report... Read more »
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Nation to Attend South Africa Cricket Festival
The Herald
ZIMBABWE Cricket will next week send two age-group sides to take part in South Africa cricket festival in the Under-14 and Under-17 categories. The Under-14s, who are under the... Read more »
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Community No Longer Safe Haven for Me
Gender Links
I, Mary Mangena lived in Masoma Village with my family. The village is quite small and people know each other very well. In 2010, the village experienced many deaths and the... Read more »
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Defending My Mother From an Abusive Man
Gender Links
Well, I do not know when it all started but I think it all started when I was a young child. I recall my parents always having arguments and physical fights when they were drunk. Read more »
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Gender Links
In January 2012 I was in Soweto, South Africa and received a call from my children that finally the community had burned down my house. The reason is because they were accusing me... Read more »
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Gender Links
I am a 22-year-old woman. On 31 May 2012, I was coming from Levubu to collect money from my mother's younger sister to a few groceries. I took a taxi to Zwikwengani. When I got to... Read more »
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Government Condemns Any Talk of Violence or Vandalism Around Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) [press release]
SA Govt
Government respects the rights of any organised formation or individuals to engage in public demonstration. Government believes that those engaging in public demonstration should... Read more »
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Minister Nzimande Encourages Students to Join Government in the Fight Against the HIV Scourge [press release]
SA Govt
Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande has sent out a message of encouragement to students who will be going to higher education and training institutions to... Read more »
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Red Cross Bound to Secrecy On MEC Dhlomo [press release]
DA
The Red Cross Air Mercy Services cannot reveal any information about the use of a medical helicopter by KZN Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo. Read more »
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Draft Revisions to Bee Codes Will Entrench Elite Enrichment [press release]
DA
The DA welcomes the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI's) decision to withdraw problematic revisions to the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Codes of Good... Read more »
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Still No Clarity On Roll-Out of Digital Terrestrial Television [press release]
DA
The Department of Communications will not meet its internal project deadlines or the deadline as agreed with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for the roll-out of... Read more »
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NCOP Set to Debate Secrecy Bill That Remains a Secret [press release]
DA
Today, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will be debating the Protection of State Information Bill without having seen copies of the amended Bill. That this is allowed to... Read more »
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The DA Will Continue to Fight the Secrecy Bill [press release]
DA
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) yesterday passed the Protection of State Information Bill despite the objection of all opposition parties and civil society organisations.... Read more »
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Secrecy Bill Remains Fatally Flawed [press release]
DA
The Protection of State Information Bill has been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in post-Apartheid South Africa. Since its initial introduction to Parliament... Read more »
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World Aids Day - SA Must Build On Recent Gains in the Fight Against Aids [press release]
DA
The DA is fully committed to the global theme for World Aids Day of 'Zero New HIV infection, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths' and applauds the strides made by... Read more »
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Constitutional Court Agrees to Hear Application On Motion of No Confidence Debate [press release]
DA
My legal team has received notification today that the Constitutional Court has agreed to hear my application on the ANC's attempts to delay the debate on the motion of no... Read more »
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Joemat-Pettersson - Veld Fires the Last Straw [press release]
DA
Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson must be fired for her repeated failures, the latest of which is her lacklustre response to the veld fires that have destroyed up to 215,000 hectares... Read more »
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Scopa - Limpopo Officials Can?t Answer for Education Failures [press release]
DA
Today, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) visited Limpopo to be briefed by the provincial departments of Public Works and Education on the financial mismanagement... Read more »
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World Aids Day 2012 [press release]
U.S. Embassy Pretoria
"On World AIDS Day, more than 30 years after the first cases of this tragic illness were reported, we join the global community once more in standing with the millions of people... Read more »
November 30
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Calling for a GMO-Free Continent
IPS
South African smallholder farmer Motlasi Musi is not happy with the African Centre for Biosafety's call for his country and Africa to ban the cultivation, import and export of all... Read more »
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African Football Stars to Support Malaria Campaign
SAFA
African football stars and heads of state will join the Roll Back Malaria Partnership's United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign and pledge to distribute life-saving malaria... Read more »
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Zuma Exposed - A Tale of Power, Corruption and Lies [book review]
African Arguments
South African political life is currently on hold as the nation waits for the ANC’s conference to be held in Mangaung – the metropolis around Bloemfontein. ... Read more »
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Finally, South Africa Announces Single Pill for HIV
Health-e
Government took a major step towards improving HIV treatment compliance and cost with the announcement that the new antiretroviral (ARV) tender will include a triple fixed dose... Read more »
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