Tourism numbers fall

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Tourist arrivals have fallen slightly in 2019, compared with the same period in 2018, according to Stats SA. The most recent statistics on tourism and

Steenhuisen becomes new DA parliamentary leader

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The feisty former chief whip of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen, has been chosen as the party’s parliamentary leader. Annelie Lotriet, chairperson of the

Boks head for final

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Cheering broke out wherever South Africans had gathered yesterday when the final whistle blew on the Springboks vs Wales game in Yokohama. South Africa will

Name the journalists you say you paid, Mantashe urged

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Mining minister Gwede Mantashe is under growing pressure to name two Sunday World journalists he claimed to have paid to drop a story on allegations

Irony in Mbeki’s warning on race

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Former president Thabo Mbeki weighed in on this week’s Democratic Alliance (DA) leadership crisis, saying all parties had ‘an absolute obligation’ to contribute to the

R1.5bn Skills Fund surplus criticized

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Parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education, science and innovation rounded on the National Skills Fund (NSF) – intended to support priority infrastructure projects, and finance

Ceiling leak repair leads to discovery of lost masterpiece

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A painting thought to be a lost masterpiece by the Renaissance artist Caravaggio was found under an old mattress in the attic of a house

Pierneef slump as Jooste sells off treasures

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A mass sale of art by former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has caused a slump in the price of paintings by famed South African artist,

Editors disappointed, Malema pleased, at court decision

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The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) expressed its disappointment at losing its case against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Equality Court, a

Radio stations silenced by regulator’s inflexibility – R2K

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Civil society organisation Right2Know Campaign noted ‘with great sadness’ reports of ‘the switching off of over 29 community radio stations’. R2K said lack of funding