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During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of not being South African nationals, but the welcome ends when they leave the grounds.
South Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engaging men on among others HIV prevention, gender issues and alcohol abuse.
Years of working as a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV.
Surely, the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to make July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day is not a surprise to those who follow the sterling life and times of the former South African president.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to host King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway in Pretoria today.
Economists are expecting the newly rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure for the third quarter to show signs that the economy is on the mend.
LOCAL business has failed to develop a consolidated position on climate change in time for crucial international negotiations in Copenhagen next month, which could see business being left out of crucial policy decisions, observers on environmental issues are warning.
IN BELVILLE on Friday, South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials had to call security to protect them from angry taxpayers who wanted to submit their tax returns even though the office was closing. In Germiston on Saturday afternoon, police were called to the SARS office because taxpayers were demanding that officials attend to them.
STATISTICS SA says it is failing to meet needs for statistics in areas including poverty, crime, gender and education.
SMALL businesses were given an opportunity to share in the Soccer World Cup pie when Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan announced yesterday that they would be allowed to trade at Fifa's official public viewing events during the global showpiece.
As Johannesburg gears up for 2010, increased numbers of power outtages are showing up what residents' say is the council's inability to deal with what could become a crisis.
So the left-wing has made its post-Polokwane challenge to seize control of ANC policy making, and failed.
The Board of BHP Billiton has announced that Director David Morgan has resigned.
The Zain Group net profit slumped by more than half to $144 million (shs270 billion), from the same period last year due to fluctuations in global currencies against the United States dollar, according to the companies latest financial results.
The points de-merit traffic system has not yet been implemented, says the Road Management Traffic Corporation (RMTC).
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, has urged Korea to quadruple its developmental assistance to Africa over the next three years.
The North West Department of Public Safety will on Wednesday host a provincial summit to assess progress of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign.
Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will today begin work on developing a new migration policy for South Africa.
SEEFF Properties has steadily been signing up private homes in a bid to meet the huge demand for accommodation for next year's Soccer World Cup, with more than 2000 properties already on its books.
TELKOM 'S monopoly over landline communications may officially be over, but its continued control of the "last mile" of copper leading to most customers' homes will remain a stumbling block to affordable internet access in SA for some time to come.
IN AN apparent reference to controversial African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, legal luminary George Bizos said yesterday young people needed to learn to be moderate and not use violence or abusive language when addressing issues.
IN ORDER to manage a looming water crisis, SA must use water more efficiently and rely on additional supply sources, according to a report released yesterday by the World Bank and McKinsey & Co .
The Public Service Commission has uncovered another can of worms involving corruption in the awarding of government contracts of less than R200000, where no formal tender has to be issued.
WHAT does one make of the bizarre argument between the South African Communist Party's (SACP's) deputy general secretary, Jeremy Cronin, and the African National Congress Youth League's leader, Julius Malema, about nationalisation?
IN INDIA, farmers pump water from as far as 500m underground to irrigate their crops. It's a reflection of the parlous state of India's water infrastructure, which has been allowed to run down over the past few decades. Pumping the water up from the aquifer is highly energy intensive, using something like a third of the electricity India generates.
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