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The Internet is making it "very easy" for syndicates to share stolen bank card information, according to Jerome Hardenberg of the police's Commercial Crimes Unit.
A Cape Town woman had a narrow escape when she fiercely resisted being bundled into her car in Gardens.
Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa. As a child, she sang at the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she attended for eight years.
HARVARD University President Prof Drew Faust and University of Johannesburg (UJ) vice-chancellor Prof Ihron Rensburg yesterday announced their universities were collaborating in establishing an institute that would train South African school principals.
IT is getting clearer that the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, did not know why it hired Coach Shuaibu Amodu who surprisingly qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Road Less Travelled - the American poet Robert Frost's iconic metaphor - has been much on my mind these past days; this, and the idea of fashion -- political fashion.
THE economic crisis took its toll on Dubai earlier than its steely rulers might like us to believe. The economy of the emirate was built on expatriate labour -- just 10% of the city- state's population are Emirati.
PRESIDENT Zuma's decision to appoint Menzi Simelane as the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is an inexcusable blunder. Simelane lacks both actual and perceived credibility, independence and integrity. This is particularly disappointing after a raft of admirable judicial appointments including, most notably, of course, Justice Sandile Ngcobo as the new head of the Constitutional ...
HUMANKIND is part of nature. This is what we tend to forget when we engage in acts of destruction such as the devastation of rain forests, the choking of our atmosphere with carbon dioxide and the annihilation of animal and plant species.
WHY would anyone in their right mind try to kill a bull with their bare hands? I am not Zulu enough to know the answer. I am certainly not brave enough to have a go either. But this ritual appears to be a part of the fresh fruits festival called Ukweshwana, which takes place in early December in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
EMPOWERMENT firm Sekunjalo yesterday posted an operating loss of R28m in the year to August, but CEO Khalid Abdulla said it now had a strong balance sheet to "cherry-pick" assets being sold by cash- strapped owners.
SIMMER & Jack yesterday applied for an urgent interim court order to stop an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders from being convened, in the latest twist in the boardroom battle between the company and its empowerment partner, Vulisango.
FOUR months into the first half of its financial year ending in June next year, Bidvest yesterday warned trading conditions "remain reasonably tough".
JUST before 2pm on Wednesday, thunder was ominously rumbling. Anxious not to endanger my electronic lifeline, I disconnected the PC from the main and unplugged the ADSL line. Just after 2pm, while my communications system was in limbo, Murray and Roberts Holdings (M&R), the first counter bought by the Private Investor portfolio, published its disappointing trading update for the half-year ...
THERE is a danger that the commitment by governments to reform financial systems after the global financial crisis will fade in the euphoria of rising stock markets and asset prices this year.
MEMORIES of disappointment and anger from the British and Irish Lions series and Ireland's burning desire to finish the year unbeaten are expected to turn what would have been an intense clash into a vicious encounter against the Springboks at Croke Park tomorrow.
FORMER national soccer team striker Shaun Bartlett yesterday boldly predicted that leaders SuperSport United would have the domestic premiership title race wrapped up by Christmas.
TRAINER Alec Laird won the Summer Cup three years ago with Malteme, and he is hoping for an action replay tomorrow with his rising star, Captain Scott.
SA RUGBY will celebrate the magical 2009 rugby season early next year with a countrywide champions trophy tour to allow rugby fans a close-up view of some of the most treasured trophies in world rugby, writes Zeena Isaacs.
AFTER an overwhelming response from previous runners and novices alike, the Comrades Marathon Association will reopen entries to accommodate 2000 more participants.
THE Democratic Alliance in Gauteng is accusing the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of avoiding accounting to the public for money spent by the provincial government.
PRICES at the gates of SA's factories, farms and mines have fallen for six months running, but the rate of decline has slowed.
ECONOMIC Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has identified deindustrialisation as a major threat to the South African economy and says the government is going to come up with a plan to fix it.
NORWAY was a critical market in Europe that would help SA diversify its trade away from its traditional dependence on European Union (EU) countries and towards the Balkan states and Russia, Trade and Investment SA chief operating officer Riaan le Roux said yesterday.
THE SABC's financial collapse has stalled the business future of TV's hottest young writer just as she's nominated for an International Emmy award. Yet Portia Gumede still sees the future of her industry in the export market, and has several more potential winners waiting for funding next year.
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