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ANC fumes over Zuma's Spear

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The ANC has expressed outrage at a painting entitled the The Spear which depicts President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed, saying the representation of its leader is distasteful and indecent.

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Mdluli: Paper denies police bribes

2012-05-17 16:41

The editor of the Sunday Times has denied allegations that the newspaper’s journalists accepted money from senior crime intelligence officers to write a report discrediting other officers.

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SARU hunting S15 solution

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SARU is determined not to damage any of SA's Super Rugby franchises, but is yet to find a solution regarding their participation.

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E-toll appeal plans condemned

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Cabinet's decision to appeal against the High Court in Pretoria's interim order against e-tolling was condemned by opposition parties.

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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE: French porn actress Celine Bara poses in Belesta with a campaign poster to announce she will run in parliamentary elections. (Pascal Pavani, AFP)
MADE FOR PROTESTING: A protester with boots sits on a tree and watches an anti-capitalism demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst, AP)
WETLAND: Deputy water affairs minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has urged communities to take responsibility for water resources. (Duncan Alfreds, News24)
SMART STUFF: Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma shows her ID smart card during a news conference organised by the National Press Club in Pretoria. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)
PARCHED: A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains. (Biswaranjan Rout, AP)
DEFIANT: Bangladeshi main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists shout slogans from behind a police cordon during a general strike in Dhaka. (Sazid Hossain, AP)
STILL STRANDED: The Eihatsu Maru is seen on Clifton’s First Beach in Cape Town. The trawler has been stranded since the weekend. (Nielen Bottomley, News24)
BABYSITTER: Solo the sheep dog is best friends with all the animals in the Seaview Lion Park in Port Elizabeth, and keeps the baby hyenas busy with ball games. (Deon Ferreira, Die Burger)
ON GUARD: Sri Lankan Special Force commando soldiers on motorcycles take part in a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Colombo. (Ishara S Kodikara, AFP)
ON GUARD: A Burundian soldier serving with the AU Mission in Somalia mans a position along a defensive line in the area surrounding Baidoa airstrip in central Somalia. (AFP)
MONEY AIN'T A THING: A vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes at a wholesale vegetable market in Allahabad, India. (Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP)
SMOKED OUT: Smoke from a wild fire can be seen from Spring Valley as the sun goes down and firefighters try to protect the town of Crown King in Arizona in the US. (Tom Tingle, The Arizona Republic, AP)

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Judge gives dept textbook deadline

2012-05-17 16:17

A High Court judge has given the basic education department until June 15 to supply missing textbooks and to set up a remedial programme to help students make up for lost time.

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17 sentenced to death in Somaliland

2012-05-17 16:13

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US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran

2012-05-17 16:03

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