Joshlin Smith: mother was “selling” her children

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Joshlin Smith, whose disappearance shocked South Africa, planned to have her children “taken away”. This is according to testimony in the ongoing case against her

British economy shrinks by 0.1% in January

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The British economy had an unexpected contraction in January. It shrank by 0.1%. This was primarily because of a decline in manufacturing in December, the

Polish President calls for nuclear weapons to be placed in Poland

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Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland, has reiterated his call for US nuclear weapons to be stationed on Polish soil. Speaking to the BBC, Duda

US court reinstates federal staff fired en masse by Trump administration

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Judge William Alsup, who ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse by the Trump administration last month,

Motsepe re-elected CAF president

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South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). This is his second term in his office,

What does BEE really cost in terms of jobs and investment, IRR asks ministers?

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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has written to key ministers to ask them “to urgently clarify the cost to jobs and investment imposed by

MK takes ward off ANC in southern KwaZulu-Natal

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Jacob Zuma’s MK Party surged in a by-election held in Richmond in southern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday, taking a ward off the ANC. On Wednesday MK

Food derived from hemp and cannabis banned by health minister

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Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health, has gazetted regulations which ban food derived from cannabis and hemp. Last week regulations were gazetted which said:

South Africans oppose VAT hike “for good reason”, says IRR

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Hiking VAT by R39.2 billion and personal income tax by R19.5 billion “to keep paying for BEE premiums that go to millionaires and billionaires is

Acres of rainforest cleared to build road for climate summit

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Tens of thousands of acres of protected rainforest in the Amazon are being felled to make way for a new four-lane highway leading to the