Inroads are being made against the construction mafia – Macpherson

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A total of 745 cases of construction-related extortion have been reported since the construction summit held in Durban last November, public works and infrastructure minister

US strips medical research funding from South Africa

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By the end of last week the US government had ordered that all research funding to South Africa be frozen. “Medical research in South Africa can be destroyed. The

Poland moves to check asylum seekers from Belarus

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Poland has temporarily suspended the right of migrants arriving in Poland via its border with Belarus to apply for asylum, the BBC reports. Prime Minister

Jewish Board of Deputies takes hateful comedian to court

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“Jewish people murder, rape, and eat children,” claims aspiring South African comedian Thomas Torr in a recent YouTube video.  The Cape South African Jewish Board

South Korea’s government sponsors match-making to boost fertility

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State-sponsored dating has become a phenomenon in South Korea. Its fertility rate has fallen to an average of 0.75 children per woman, about a third

23 trafficked South Africans brought back from Myanmar

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A group of 23 South Africans have been returned home after an ordeal in Myanmar (Burma). They had been lured there in a recruitment scam.

MTN ends sponsorship of the Springboks and FNB takes over

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MTN South Africa has ended its long-running sponsorship of the Springboks.  MTN said that the sponsorship agreement was ending after eight years of “record-breaking success”.

H&M to use digital models in advertising, social media

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The Swedish fashion retailer, H&M, has said that it is planning on digitally “cloning” 30 models, whose images it will use on social media and

Avoid VAT hike by cutting BEE premiums, IRR urges MPs

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Parliament can help resolve the contest over the budget – the first such impasse since 1994 – by cutting BEE “preference premiums” and thus avoiding

Protests in Gaza continued on Wednesday

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Palestinians took to the streets against Hamas in Gaza again on Wednesday, a day after hundreds protested, in a sign of deepening anger at the