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Bheki Cele urges George families to be patient while investigation continues
Police minister Bheki Cele has asked for space for affected families as investigations into the collapse of the building in George, Western Cape continue.
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Nhleko praises Junior Boks' fight, admits work to do for world champs
Junior Springbok coach Bafana Nhleko praised their character and fighting spirit after they staged a comeback to beat Argentina in a pulsating Under20 Rugby Championship match at Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, Australia on Sunday.
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Wild West trend gets the Beyoncé boost
Years ago I wrote an article stating I don't see any evidence to support the idea that Beyoncé has had an influence on fashion that is measurable against her peers such as Rihanna. I laid out my case well, supporting it with facts about clothing sales and what, until then, had been her less than admirable record regarding style.
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'I love Joshlin,' mom in the dock says
The mother of a missing Saldanha Bay child says she had a "nice" Mother's Day on Sunday despite being in custody, and she "loves Joshlin".
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa takes aim at Eskom detractors
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa used his weekly briefing to take a swipe at Eskom's detractors and campaign for the governing party ahead of the country's seventh general elections.
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'Say goodbye to Cape Town tourists if you don't stop marine pollution,' says ActionSA
Cape Town risks an exodus of tourists similar to eThekwini if it doesn't stop pumping raw sewage into the ocean, ActionSA said on Monday.
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Pitso's toughest challenge: Abha show fight, bounce out of danger zone again
After a torrid period where they bled goals and looked to be in freefall, Pitso Mosimane's Abha Club have stabilised again, and two good results have seen them bounce out of the Saudi Pro League (SPL) relegation zone for a second time this year.
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Cape property forum wants end to speculation on cause of killer building collapse
The official death toll of the George building disaster now stands at 27, with a further 25 people still unaccounted for, the George Municipality said on Monday afternoon.
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Telkom network outage affects customers countrywide
Telkom said its services were being restored after its mobile customers experienced a network outage on Monday afternoon.
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Exclusive Books' annual Homebru campaign is an opportunity to spotlight the homegrown voices that are defining the SA literary landscape.
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Eating fruit, oats and beans: Simple but vital way to beat lifestyle diseases
While dietary fibre is key to good health, 87% of the population is not getting enough, two Johannesburg dietitians say.
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'Get counselling in your own country': Gayton McKenzie to victims of George building collapse
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has not minced his words regarding the deadly building collapse in George, Western Cape, that has left 27 people dead.
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'There's no reason we can't beat Sundowns,' says Stellies coach Barker
Stellenbosch FC can be the first team to beat Mamelodi Sundowns this season and go on to finish second behind the champions to qualify for next year's Caf Champions League.
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George disaster site contractor aware of video 'showing cleaner mixing cement'
As the death toll in the George building collapse reached 27 on Monday, one of the contractors has acknowledged claims that an unskilled worker had been roped in to prep the site.
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'He's got so many weapons': Mokwena pleads for patience for Sundowns' Nku
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena has pleaded for patience with winger Lesiba Nku, who he says has a full armoury of weapons and plenty of potential he can offer the club once he settles.
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Fortnight before elections, local and foreign Muslim bodies rally behind ANC
The ANC stance on the Gaza conflict and Palestinian solidarity seems to have won them support from the Muslim community, abroad and locally, ahead of the May 29 elections.
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'Nothing stops a bullet like a job': Alan Winde
Western Cape premier Alan Winde believes jobs are the key to waging the war against inequality and curbing other socioeconomic challenges.
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Lechesa Tsenoli says he's not coming back to parliament
Lechesa Tsenoli, the affable deputy speaker of the National Assembly, is bidding farewell to parliament after 25 years as an MP.
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'South Africa has too much office space'
South Africa has an oversupply of offices, as some companies have merged their satellite branches and others are moving to more upmarket workplaces, according to property group Redefine.
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Burning flag is a symptom of a party of white men going off the rails
The DA wanted attention. No, it was desperate for attention. It wouldn't have wanted, or been desperate for it, if it were happy with its election campaign performance so far, would it? The overzealous response to its flagburning metaphor was exactly what the wouldbe rescuers of us all craved for.
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We must vote, to protect our freedoms and fix our failures
"Vote of the century opens era of hope", read The Guardian's frontpage headline in April 1994. As a young antiapartheid activist at the time, I had never imagined that the end of apartheid would occur in my lifetime — April 1994 was a dream come true. It was a time full of enthusiasm mixed with trepidation for South Africa, stemming from the historic peaceful transition to democracy in a country...
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Artificial fertilisation ends in battle over 'co-parenting'
A gay man who verbally agreed to provide sperm to a lesbian woman seeking to conceive, believing they would coparent but live apart, has gone to court in a bid to change South African law after the mother tried to restrict access to the child.
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The compulsion to write
Body of Lies
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SA cricket on the brink
South Africa's cricketers are concerned about the future of the sport, with the player's union believing local cricket is staring into the abyss amid a changing global landscape.
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A masterclass with Dame Janet Suzman
The view from Lady Anne Barnard's former home in Cape Town, now the Vineyard Hotel, is incomparable — the mountain is arranged like a theatrical backdrop for maximum visual effect.
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T20 World Cup will be a 'big test' of Markram's captaincy, says Gibbs
The absence of the "impact player", better and deeper bowling lineups, and the possibility of turning tracks, may put the handcuffs on the kind of freescoring seen at the Indian Premier League (IPL) when the T20 World Cup tips off in the US next month.
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Defiant Helen Zille stands by 'egregious' TV campaign ad
The DA is refusing to blink amid a political storm over its TV campaign ad depicting the national flag burning, saying it has no regrets.
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How to ensure your workers are future-ready
Many human resources (HR) departments are going through a digital transformation, with transactional tasks such as payroll and recruitment being outsourced to specialists, while they focus on ensuring the workforce is adaptable and tech savvy.
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'I'm glad my son is alive': Miracle on day five of George disaster rescue
Tears streaked dustcaked faces as Gabriel Guambe was rescued alive on Saturday after being trapped for 118 hours under 3,000 tonnes of rubble in the George building collapse, one of the country's deadliest construction disasters. Sniffer dogs identified his location.