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The depressing economic environment is prompting many South Africans to make feel-good purchases such as clothing, accessories and entertainment.
Cope is a farce that has misled voters, says Lynda Odendaal, after she resigned as the party’s second deputy president and also as member of Parliament.
South Africa's mix of English and Dutch law needs to be "Africanised" to make it more relevant, Cape Judge President John Hlophe says.
Hundreds of mineworkers are still holding seven supervisors hostage underground at a platinum and chrome mine near Brits, say police.
An earthquake in a sparsely populated region of southwest China has killed one person, injured hundreds and flattened houses.
The probe into Michael Jackson's death has been stepped up as a leading police officer refuses to rule out homicide.
Could SA be a sleeping outsourcing giant, asks Simon Dingle.
Technology has allowed big corporations to line their coffers with the small change from our pockets, claims Georgina Guedes.
A couple of important weeks lie in wait for South African rugby and indeed, SARU, writes Sport24 columnist JJ Harmse.
FIREY DISPLAY: A man holding a skeleton on fire performs during the annual Caribbean festival in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. (Javier Galeano, AP)
SHARING A WORD: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, left, shares a word with US President Barack Obama at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Michael Gottschalk, AP).
INTO THE BLUE: English singer Lily Allen performs during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad, Serbia. (Darko Vojinovic, AP)
MAN IN THE MERC: Julius Malema gets into his Mercedes-Benz after his appearance at the Equality Court in Johannesburg. (Bongiwe Gumede, Beeld)
HAVE A HEART: George Clooney shows a T-shirt reading "St Demetrio in the heart" during a tour of earthquake damage near L'Aquila, Italy. (Luca Bruno, AP)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: At the zoo in Washington, Giant Panda Tai Shan licks his birthday cake on his fourth birthday. (Smithsonian National Zoo, Mehgan Murphy)
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