A husband and wife guiding team were attacked by a leopard at a game farm near Polokwane on Sunday morning, paramedics said.

A foreign trophy hunter had shot and injured a leopard late on Saturday afternoon, and a tracking party set out to find the animal, said ER24 spokesperson Andre Visser.

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Poor white families have been warmly received by their black neighbours at a new RDP housing complex

For many years, Koekie Beukes and her late husband Carl dreamed of owning a house. Yesterday, 57-year-old Beukes’ dream came true as she moved into her new home at Chief Mogale Gardens amid opposition from the local people’s civic organisation.

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Pollsmoor has traumatised the well-manicured Sandton widow of slain Judge Patrick Maqubela

Now Thandi Sheryl Maqubela – who has been charged with killing her husband at his Sea Point flat in 2009 – has been moved from the notorious prison, where she was held for 15 days.

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The National Prosecuting Authority has come under fire.

Their fate rests with a social worker’s report to be heard when the matter returns to court on September 16.

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Police are appealing to the public to identify those behind this shocking picture

The Hawks have launched an investigation into an image on Facebook in which a white man with a rifle poses over the apparently lifeless body of a black child – like a hunter celebrating his kill.

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ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said on Friday he was ready to face a disciplinary hearing.

“Whatever happens to us, we are ready for that … People should know that even if we are fired tomorrow, our blood will remain black, green and gold,” he said at a gala dinner for young women in Centurion, Pretoria, late on Friday.

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Gold prospecting and mining company Central Rand Gold [JSE:CRD] on Friday reported that its first-half net attributable loss narrowed 14.6%

Continuing acid mine drainage (AMD) in the central basin has become a major risk factor and an operational impediment, prompting its decision to indefinitely suspend underground mining operations in late May this year. Read the rest of this article here. (via News24)

Johannesburg – Non-executive chairperson of Naspers [JSE:NPN] Ton Vosloo said on Friday.

“We are focusing more on growing our businesses organically and on developing new technologies. This may dampen earnings in the year ahead, as the cost of developing these businesses is expensed through the income statement. However, we believe this strategy will stimulate long-term growth prospects,” Vosloo said.

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The ANC says Cosatu was “disrespectful and contemptuous” when it characterised Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan as “reactionary”

The temptation to label people does not assist in constructively engaging in debates and finding solutions to the challenges facing our country, the ANC said on Friday.

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The rand gained more than 1% against the dollar on Friday, tracking a rally in US stocks and topping the list of emerging market currencies tracked.

The rand was trading at R7.1350/$ in early evening trade, 1.3% firmer than Thursday’s New York close of R7.2325/$.

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Services at the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality are back to normal after staff members were intimidated by striking workers on Friday morning.

“Traffic and licensing centres at Korsten, Sidwell and Uitenhage are functioning after striking workers made it difficult for staff to get to work,” said Kupido Baron.

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The cancer of corruption – appropriately referred to as a crime against the poor – is eating public resources at the speed of lightning.

Addressing a conference of the Institute of Municipal Personnel Practitioners of Southern Africa, she said if the stories she had heard during the recent road show themed, “The Public Protector dialogues with the Nation”, are proven to be true, “then as a nation we are in trouble”.

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President Jacob Zuma said the African Union would not recognise the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council.

“If there is fighting, there is fighting. So we can’t stand here and say this is the legitimate [government] now.

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‘Are you really the Jo’burg mayor?” This is a question that Parks Tau gets asked a lot because of his youthful appearance

Considering the responsibility of the job, particularly that of the growth and development strategy (GDS) 2040 he’s just embarked upon, the look is a “bit of a disadvantage”. He hints that he doesn’t want to be the proverbial book judged by its cover. Read the rest of this article here. (via Mail and Guardian)

Amid warnings of more global economic turmoil, South African corporate savings are at a multi-decade high, according to research by Stanlib

The money corporate South Africa was sitting on at the end of 2010 was at its highest levels since 1995, reaching nearly 18% of gross domestic product, or roughly R479-billion. “Cash on hand has risen dramatically,” said Kevin Lings, chief economist at Stanlib. Read the rest of this article here. (via Mail and Guardian)

Optimum Coal Holdings confirmed on Friday it had received expressions of interest from unnamed third parties

Optimum, South Africa’s sixth-largest coal producer, said in a statement it had received “unsolicited, non-binding expressions of interest from third parties to acquire a controlling interest in Optimum”. Read the rest of this article here. (via Mail and Guardian)