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Gauteng revives manufacturing industry
Gauteng will focus on manufacturing to revive its industrialisation... read more>>
Continued action needed to address rhino poaching
Following the release of the 2014 statistics for rhino poaching in South Africa, WWF South Africa has expressed the need for continued strategic action along the entire illicit horn trafficking network to address the crisis... read more>>
Comments sought on draft irrigation water regulations
The public is invited to submit written comments on the draft regulations for irrigation water... read more>>
SAA to receive government guarantee
National carrier South African Airways (SAA) is to receive an additional R6.488bn guarantee, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday, 22 January... read more>>
Africa wants its own air transport market by 2017
African Ministers of Transport have declared their full support for the African Union Commission's proposal for the establishment of a single African air transport market by 2017... read more>>
Muthambi vs Davis... Shock, horror, race
Minister Faith Muthambi has responded to an article on 19 January in Politicsweb by Gavin Davis, DA Shadow Minister of Communications... read more>>
SABC fights back
NEWSWATCH: The SABC is fighting back after being stung by media and opposition reports, and the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) is happy former SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala has resigned... read more>>
Mpumalanga Education raises the bar for 2015
Aviation
SAA cancels New York flights
South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled flights to and from New York, due to bad weather, it said... read more>>
Government
Gauteng invests in 10 community sports centres
Westbury in the south of Johannesburg will be the first to benefit from a flagship project to build 10 multimillion rand state-of-the art multipurpose sports centres across Gauteng over the next five years... read more>>
Law Enforcement
90 looters to appear in court
At least 90 of the 178 arrested looters from Soweto and Kagiso are expected to appear in court this morning... read more>>
Presidency accepts SIU head resignation
New vehicles for Gauteng police
Charges dropped against two SANDF officials
International
Turkish court orders Facebook to block pages 'insulting' prophet
ISTANBUL TURKEY: A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block pages deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, threatening to shut down the social media network indefinitely... read more>>
WikiLeaks accuses Google of handing over emails to US government
LONDON, UK: WikiLeaks has accused Google of handing over the emails and electronic data of its senior staff to US authorities, and not notifying them of this for almost three years... read more>>
Journalist linked to Anonymous gets five years' prison
WASHINGTON, US: A journalist also known as an informal spokesperson for the hacker group Anonymous was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday... read more>>
Email scam nets $214m in 14 months: FBI
WASHINGTON, US: An email scam, which targets businesses with bogus invoices, has netted more than $214m from victims in 45 countries in just over one year... read more>>
Kuwait shuts newspaper critical of government
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT: Kuwait has scrapped the commercial licence of leading newspaper Al-Watan, which has been highly critical of the government... read more>>
South African national sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug-related offences
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Africa
Ghana opens probe after government websites hacked
ACCRA GHANA: Ghana launched a probe on Wednesday after most of the West African government's websites fell victim to hackers... read more>>
Ethiopia clamps down on independent media
AfricaWatch: The Ethiopian government is clamping down on independent media, claims HRW, as reported by Mail & Guardian (Video)... read more>>
Political billboards a security threat?
AfricaWatch: A Ghanaian researcher reckons billboards (in Ghana) depicting Nigerian political personages, are a threat to security... read more>>
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