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3 hrs ago | Independent Online

Holiday makers rescued in Margate surf drama

Two Gauteng men are in a stable condition after they were rescued from the surf off Kids Beach near Margate by Ubuntu Lifeguards and National Sea Rescue Institute personnel this afternoon.

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11 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

South Africa: Human Rights Day Honours Non-Discrimination

Tshwane - While waiting in one of those interminable queues at a South African state hospital, Jullian Nwadu was asked when she was going back to Zimbabwe.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, New York,

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Sunday Times

Four arrested for Hyde Park robbery

Soweto police have arrested four people for a robbery at the Hyde Park shopping centre this morning.

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Sunday Times

Three caught for stealing nappy truck

Three men were arrested in Johannesburg for allegedly stealing a truck and trailer carrying a cargo of nappies, the city's metro police said.

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AllAfrica.com

South Africa: Eight Out of Ten People Will Battle to Cope With the Mooted Electricity Price Rises

After initially asking for three annual electricity price increases of 45%, on 1 December Eskom reduced this request to 35% a year for three years.

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Sunday Times

More medical waste found

The Green Scorpions uncovered another 20 tons of medical waste, buried at an unused gold mine of Harmony Gold outside Welkom, a spokesman said.

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Star Phoenix

Zimbabwe's Mugabe organized mass rapes

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is branded one of the world's "diabolical masterminds of sexual terror" in a report to be released Thursday on rapes of Zimbabwe's opposition supporters.

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Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Robert Mugabe, South Africa, Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Daily News

Taxi operator gunned down in Dube

A taxi operator from the Witwatersrand African Taxi Owners' Association was shot dead in Dube, Soweto, the Johannesburg city officials said on Wednesday.

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SW Radio Africa

More xenophobic violence in SA leaves 6 Zimbabweans injured

A new wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa is gathering intensity, after six Zimbabwean nationals were severely injured in a vicious attack by a mob of local residents in Polokwane, South Africa.

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Independent Online

Six fired for helping Mathe to escape

The Department of Correctional Services said on Wednesday that six prison warders linked to the escape of convict Ananias Mathe from the maximum security C-Max prison in Pretoria had been dismissed in September.

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Related Topix: Prison, Maximum Security, State Prisons, World News, South Africa

Pretoria News

Moloto Road accident: Tyre burst suspected

Four people died and 62 others were injured when their bus overturned on Moloto road in Kameelsdrift outside Pretoria on Wednesday morning, paramedics said.

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Fox 8 - WJW

As S.Africa preps for World Cup, Hollywood depicts shining sports moment in "Invictus"

South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport and togetherness in racially divided South Africa provides a timely lesson as the country prepares to host next year's World Cup.

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Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Invictus, Entertainment

The Mercury

Three arrested after robbery

Three men were arrested after a robbery on the R24 highway near the OR Tambo International Airport, in Kempton Park, police said on Tuesday.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

South Africa to Treat All HIV-Positive Babies

A man passes a fence outside an office building on World AIDS Day in Johannesburg Tuesday, Dec.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, World News, South Africa, Africa,

News24.com

Refugee church 'unsustainable'

Johannesburg - Civil society organisations described Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church, where thousands of Zimbabweans have taken shelter, as unsustainable.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Activism, Africa

The Courier Mail

Are these the worst travel photos ever?

A MAN who spent nearly $700,000 visiting every country in the world as quickly as possible has returned with underwhelming snaps of his travels.

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Pretoria News

Priest shot dead in Diepsloot

A Catholic priest was shot dead in a presbytery in Diesploot, north of Johannesburg, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, World News, South Africa,

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Sunday Times

Cele tells police to use deadly force

National police commissioner Bheki Cele has again told members of the South African Police Service to "use deadly force" against criminals.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Train Disaster,

Guardian Unlimited

South African actors attack Hollywood casting of Mandelas

Union criticises casting of Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Hudson as Nelson Mandela and his ex-wife in separate films Winnie Mandela and Jennifer Hudson.

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Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Invictus, Mandela, Drama Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action Movies, The Dark Knight, Ballad, Jennifer,

The Star

Two shot after robbery

Two men were shot and wounded after allegedly holding up a business in Kempton Park on Monday afternoon, Johannesburg paramedics said.

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