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President Jacob Zuma has condemned the practice of using his name and that of Cabinet Ministers to secure privileges or flout government procedures.

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2013-05-23 17:00

The families of mineworkers killed during the Marikana unrest have walked out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry during the continued cross-examination of national police commissioner Riah Phiyega.

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2013-05-23 17:06

Springbok captain Jean de Villiers is set to eclipse Corné Krige as the most capped Stormers captain in Super Rugby.

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N Cape opposition stay away in protest

2013-05-23 17:01

Two Northern Cape opposition parties have stayed away from a provincial budget sitting in Kimberley because it was being attended by two MECs accused of fraud.

SHY: A one-week-old baby giraffe is pictured at the Giraffe House in the Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest, Romania. (Attila Kisbenedek, AFP)

SHY: A one-week-old baby giraffe is pictured at the Giraffe House in the Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest, Romania. (Attila Kisbenedek, AFP)
HOT! An Indian man cools off his horse in Jalandhar, where temperatures have been hovering around 45°C. (Shammi Mehra, AFP)
HERE COMES THE GROOM: A groom who is a member of the Central Security Forces wears a traditional outfit and holds a sword along with other grooms during a mass wedding for members of the security force in Sanaa, Yemen. (Hani Mohammed, AP)
TAKING AIM: A man masquerading as a "terrorist" takes part in an anti-terrorism exercise at the Israeli embassy in Kiev. (Sergei Supinsky, AFP)
BRIEFING: Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor addresses journalists during a media briefing in Pretoria. (GCIS)
HOMAGE: A card on a floral tribute is displayed at Woolwich Barracks in London a day after a British soldier was murdered in an attack by two suspected Islamist extremists. (Justin Tallis, AFP)
FALLEN HERO: A 'Help for Heroes' T-shirt and floral tributes in memory of the victim lay on the pavement outside the Royal Artillery Barracks near the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, London. (Sang Tan, AP)
TRIBUTE: A man wears African print fabric trousers bearing the image of the face of the late author Chinua Achebe, in Awka, Nigeria. (Jon Gambrell, AP)
MISSION: US Secretary of State John Kerry boards his plane in Amman for his flight to Tel Aviv, as he heads to Israeli to keep up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace. (Jim Young, AFP)
DESERT ROSE: Newly graduated Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers attend their graduation ceremony at the Afghan National Army training centre in Kabul. (Shah Marai, AFP)
PREPARATION: Sri Lankan taxis are seen lined up during an event where Buddhist flags were placed onto the vehicles ahead of the country's main Buddhist festival of Wesak. (Ishara S Kodikara, AFP)
ANIMATED: Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota speaks during the debate in the National Assembly on the Gupta debacle. (Lerato Maduna, Foto24)

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