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Wheels on name-dropping bus grind slowly

Jonathan Ancer looks at name dropping and finds the phenomenon is not confined to the "Guptagate" saga

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Minister’s trenchant outburst

Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula accused opposition MPs of “maiming and killing” for apartheid, but what was she doing?

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African unity in the making

Africa’s future is brighter than ever, although the risk of instability and conflict persists, write Jakkie Cilliers and Julia Schuenemann

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Wheels on name-dropping bus grind slowly
May 25 2013 at 15:43

Jonathan Ancer looks at name dropping and finds the phenomenon is not confined to the "Guptagate" saga

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Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu

Minister’s trenchant outburst
May 25 2013 at 15:41

Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula accused opposition MPs of “maiming and killing” for apartheid, but what was she doing?

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young

African unity in the making
May 25 2013 at 15:35

Africa’s future is brighter than ever, although the risk of instability and conflict persists, write Jakkie Cilliers and Julia Schuenemann

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Parents have lot to learn at school sport
May 24 2013 at 14:07

Murray Williams offers some basic tips for those cavemen parents living vicariously through their boys.

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Tradition must honour life, not take it
May 24 2013 at 09:12

To say the law must be enforced and medicine used at initiations is not to promote counter-culture, says Makhudu Sefara.

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Students are seen at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Howard College campus. Last week UKZN announced that it would be making Zulu compulsory for all first year students from next year.

File photo: Gcina Ndwalane

Whose language should SA speak?
May 23 2013 at 14:18

We need common words on rights so conversations won't be in vain, writes Judith February.

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File photo: Every year some initiates die from botched circumcisions and theres disagreement over who should be responsible for overseeing this coming-of-age ritual.

Helping boys cross over to manhood
May 23 2013 at 07:34

Communities have role to play in caring for initiates to avoid deaths, writes Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa.

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SA Indians need not apologise
May 22 2013 at 15:08

The Gupta saga has highlighted the way Indians and minority groups feel about their place in SA, says Senzo Mchunu.

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IFP MP: My bid to cure my cancer
May 22 2013 at 10:59

IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has released a statement regarding his battle with cancer.

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In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man, who then heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed, and slumped in his wheelchair as the pontiff prayed over him.

Is Pope Francis an exorcist?
May 22 2013 at 09:18

Pope Francis' fascination with the devil has taken a new twist, with some insisting he helped "liberate" a Mexican man.

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Wheels on name-dropping bus grind slowly

INLSA

Minister’s trenchant outburst

REUTERS

African unity in the making

Wheels on name-dropping bus grind slowly May 25 2013 at 15:43

Minister’s trenchant outburst May 25 2013 at 15:41

African unity in the making May 25 2013 at 15:35

Parents have lot to learn at school sport May 24 2013 at 14:07

Tradition must honour life, not take it May 24 2013 at 09:12

Whose language should SA speak? May 23 2013 at 14:18

Helping boys cross over to manhood May 23 2013 at 07:34

SA Indians need not apologise May 22 2013 at 15:08

IFP MP: My bid to cure my cancer May 22 2013 at 10:59

Is Pope Francis an exorcist? May 22 2013 at 09:18

Wheels on name-dropping bus grind slowly
May 25 2013 at 15:43

Minister’s trenchant outburst
May 25 2013 at 15:41

African unity in the making
May 25 2013 at 15:35

Parents have lot to learn at school sport
May 24 2013 at 14:07

Tradition must honour life, not take it
May 24 2013 at 09:12

Whose language should SA speak?
May 23 2013 at 14:18

Helping boys cross over to manhood
May 23 2013 at 07:34

SA Indians need not apologise
May 22 2013 at 15:08

IFP MP: My bid to cure my cancer
May 22 2013 at 10:59

Is Pope Francis an exorcist?
May 22 2013 at 09:18