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ANIMAL lovers have responded well to an appeal by the Cat Protection Society (CPS) in Windhoek to offer homes to dozens of rescued kittens.
THE Swapo Party will try to rig this weekend's elections to retain its grip on power, Republican Party president Henk Mudge said on Monday.
It may only stand 36.8 centimetres tall and weigh in at only 6.175 kg, but over the next few days it will be afforded the kind of security detail reserved for visiting dignitaries and VIPs.
Cape Town's 2010 roadworks chaos and the resulting traffic delays are expected to continue until at least the end of April, says Mayor Dan Plato.
Born 79 years ago in Bobonong in the Bobirwa district, Kgati has been a loyal Red Cross servant since its maiden years. As one of the founding members, Kgati said they were barely recognisable in the community then.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Pono Moatlhodi has expressed disappointment at the emerging trend in Parliament where Members of Parliament (MPs) refuse to yield for their colleagues seeking clarification.
Poor project management is said to be a stumbling block in the implementation of project developments in the city of Francistown.
Botswana Meat Workers Industry Union (BMIWU) has ultimately split over unresolved issues that have dogged union leaders for some time.
It is commonly known that men are reluctant to go for HIV/AIDS tests. But the situation was different last Saturday when couples, married and unmarried gathered for the first time to receive counseling and undergo HIV/AIDS tests in Mogoditshane.
One of Botswana's first female soldiers, Second Lieutenant Atamelang Koboyankwe says she would not swap her army uniform for anything else.
A NEW player in the health-care industry has made its entry into the market through the acquisition of Status and QA Care.
STANDARD Bank has been granted a banking licence in Angola, opening the way for it to start operating as a full- service bank in Angola by the middle of next year .
A FIRM rand had had a negative effect on profit for the six months to September, agricultural products group Crookes Brothers said yesterday.
SUSTAINABILITY concerns have become increasingly important for JSE-listed companies, judging from the strong performance of Top 40 companies in the JSE's socially responsible investment index and the increase in the number of mid-cap companies that qualified for inclusion in the index this year.
CRATE theft was the reason bread maker Pioneer Foods' sales staff ended up discussing bread prices with rivals Tiger Brands and Premier Foods, the company said yesterday.
JSE-listed investment company Remgro yesterday said net profit for the six months to September fell as its interests in financial services, mining and industrial businesses were hit by the economic downturn.
FEWER than half of small businesses believe they will benefit directly from next year's Soccer World Cup, according to the SME Survey 2009.
FIFA will consider having extra officials on the field to help referees at next year' s Soccer World Cup, says Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Uganda's four-man amateur team finished 21st on their maiden appearance at the two-day International Teams Championship at the par-72 Maccauvlei Golf Club in Central Gauteng, South Africa which ended on Sunday.
TENSION is building across the globe ahead of Friday's 2010 Soccer World Cup Draw in Cape Town, and Bafana Bafana assistant coach Pitso Mosimane conceded as much yesterday as the countdown to the event continued.
Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers says a strategy needs to be adopted urgently to ensure that the country's top rugby players are carefully managed over the next two seasons and leading into the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
JOCKEY S'Manga Khumalo faces an extra two weeks of holiday over the festive season whether he likes it or not. The young Gauteng rider has been given a month's ban for failing to make himself available for a drugs test at Turffontein on October 10.
THE government should look at the SABC's "heavy and expensive top structure" before it considered staff retrenchments, the Broadcast, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) told the Department of Communications yesterday.
Riding bicycles and eating less meat will be good for the planet and good for your health, research published by The Lancet shows.
POLICE commissioner Bheki Cele yesterday announced the arrest of one of the kingpins fuelling the drug trade in Gauteng and North West during co-ordinated raids led by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (the Hawks) at the weekend.
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