NEW: Mbeki: Bond between state and higher education destroyed

It is the African political class’s doubt in universities’ crucial roles in the development of the continent that is holding universities back, former president Thabo Mbeki told a summit at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Thursday.

Mbeki said one of the major tasks that universities faced was convincing the “so-called political class in Africa that they are indeed situated at the centre of the African development agenda” and needed new investment to significantly improve their capacity to discharge their responsibilities.

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NEW: Khune rejoins Kaizer Chiefs, reaches agreement 'in principle'

Kaizer Chiefs have confirmed in a statement that Itumeleng Khune is back with the club.

"The Club has reached an agreement in principle with goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune and he will be rejoining us. Some internal procedures still need to take place though and then the deal will be 100% finalized," said Chiefs.

Talks over Mandla Masango are still ongoing, and the club said an update will be issued soon.

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NEW: Mbeki visits ailing Tutu

Cape Town - Former president Thabo Mbeki visited ailing Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in a Cape Town hospital on Thursday.

In a statement from Tutu's foundation, his daughter Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu said he and his family were "very moved by the support over the past few weeks from people across the world".

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NEW: Fan describes Ellis Park racist attack

Cape Town - A Johannesburg-based rugby lover has told a disturbing story of an alleged racist exchange that he experienced at Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash between the Springboks and All Blacks at Ellis Park.

Reports of incidents of racism surfaced when several match goers voiced their concerns to Radio 702 on Tuesday afternoon, and now another spectator has come forward with what is a chilling story of racial and verbal abuse.

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NEW: Malema's office at Parliament is burgled‚ files missing: EFF

The Economic Freedom Fighters have laid a criminal charge with police in Cape Town over a burglary in the Parliamentary office of its leader‚ Julius Malema.

The EFF has also written to the Speaker of the National Assembly to report the burglary.

When the EFF Parliamentary support staff arrived at the office this morning‚ “they found that the office door locks had been changed and doors left opened‚” ‚ the party said in a statement.

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NEW: Ehrenreich: Cape Town Cup Was A Spectacular Disaster

CAPE TOWN - The African National Congress (ANC) in council has accused the City of Cape Town of wasting R30 million of public money on what it’s labelled a ‘failed soccer tournament’.

The Cape Town Cup, a four-team soccer competition, was held over the weekend at the Cape Town Stadium.

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NEW: Chester Missing is now missing - Air France loses South Africa’s favourite puppet

Comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch‚ the man behind Chester Missing‚ has confirmed that his favourite puppet has vanished.

Koch recently performed at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.

But it seems Chester Missing may have decided to extend his stay in Canada or take a detour to Paris. Koch made it back to South Africa safely this week‚ but his outspoken and politically incorrect puppet together with Hilary the Ostrich were lost by Air France.

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NEW: Church Factions Exchange Blows For Seat Inside Court Room

Johannesburg - Members of two factions of the Shembe church exchanged blows outside the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Monday, over who could enter the courtroom to attend a hearing, eNCA reported.

In a video recorded outside the courtroom, members of the church are seen fighting one another. They then stand at what appears to be one of the entrances into the courts, forcefully removing a police officer standing guard at the door.

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NEW: SA Cricketer Clive Rice Dies

CAPE TOWN - South African cricketer Clive Rice died from septicaemia during the early hours of this morning.

The Rice family confirmed to EWN Sport that the 66-year-old passed away after being admitted to hospital on Sunday night and developed septicaemia.

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NEW: Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina dead at 22

Los Angeles - Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, died Sunday aged 22, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub.

"She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months," a family statement said.

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NEW: SA’s Water Crisis Is Already Here, Warn Engineers

SA’s water crisis has already begun, with "water shedding" taking place in parts of KwaZulu-Natal as a result of drought, Wiero Vogelzang, MD of engineering consultants GIBB, said on Friday.

SA’s water shortages would not be as immediately visible as the load shedding arising from electricity shortages, he said. Rather, a water crisis would creep up gradually and by the time the dams were dry it would be too late.

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NEW: Harness The Social Media Wave For Good

The rise of social media provides ample material for offence and distraction but also a powerful tool for social change...

As someone with a personal and professional interest in communication and marketing, I'm fascinated by digital and social media, and how it can not only drive business growth, but also be a force for good.

If there was any doubt that this is the information age, just look at the statistics: as a species we humans have created more information in the last 30 years than we created in recorded history.

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NEW: ‘There’s A Low Chance Of Load Shedding For Now’

JOHANNESBURG – Eskom on Monday said it had replenished reserves after implementing stage two load shedding during evening peak periods over the weekend.

The utility said it needed to refill its water and diesel reserves after one of its major suppliers, PetroSA, encountered difficulties with a supply pipe.

Eskom said 70 percent of its reserves had been refilled and the chances of load shedding would remain low ‘for now’.

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NEWS: Man, three kids killed as brand new car sliced in half

Johannesburg - The proud owner of a new car was killed with three of his neighbour's children when his car was sliced in half when he crashed while taking them for a drive to show off his new wheels.



The 39-year-old man's 10-year-old son was also in hospital fighting for his life after the accident on a curve near the Dros restaurant in the Mpumalanga city of Middelburg.

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NEWS: I told Zuma to prepare himself for repayment, says Mac Maharaj on Nkandla

The improvements were officially justified on security grounds but have been widely criticised for the lavish price tag, as well as the additional extras like a vast swimming pool, amongst other enhancements.


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NEWS: The innovators: how tiny amounts of wind energy could light up Africa

While the cost of electricity is a constant bugbear in many countries, South Africans face a bigger problem: keeping the lights on. These blackouts prompted Cape Town native Charlotte Slingsby to seek out a solution after her family home was found to be unsuitable for solar panels.



The result was Moya (wind in the Xhosa language), a new energy generation system: sheets of plastic have wave-like filaments attached that capture tiny amounts of wind energy that can then be stored in a battery.

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NEWS: The SA army wants you(th)

Johannesburg - As soon as June next year, young people could find themselves forced to become part of a youth military programme as government tries new ways to contain spiralling unemployment.



Over the past few weeks, the presidency’s national steering committee has held marathon meetings amid pressure to finalise details of a youth service programme that could see government sending young people, from the age of 18, to the army for military training.

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NEWS: Helping others help themselves can change SA

A GRADUATE of Harvard and Oxford University, Yusuf Randera-Rees could have remained at Credit Suisse in New York and Zurich, where he was a trader, earning a dream salary.



Instead, he chose to return to SA to help small business owners grow and succeed in their ventures.
Randera-Rees was only 11 years old in 1994, but loved the idea of a new SA — especially its promise that everyone would be treated equally. Although the country is free of racial segregation, he believes that unfairness still exists, particularly in giving everyone an equal opportunity to grow within the business sector.

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NEWS: Baby duty for proud dad AB de Villiers

Cape Town - Proteas star AB de Villiers has become a father to a baby boy.



De Villiers' wife Danielle gave birth to the bundle of joy on Wednesday.

Twitter was abuzz with pictures - and congratulations - for the proud parents.

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NEWS: Stress is good for women's memory

Bouts of stress could be good for your memory, especially if you are a woman.



These are the findings of University of Cape Town academic Christopher du Plooy's five-year research.

As part of his doctoral thesis, Du Plooy conducted a study into whether acute stress affects the memory. He found that while acute stress does not impair people's visual and spatial memory [memory related to information such as pictures], exposure to it does appear to improve verbal memory [memory related to verbal information such as words and stories] in women.

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NEWS: It's a miracle, says shark attack survivor

Johannesburg - Australian surfer Mick Fanning has described a shark attack on him in Jeffreys Bay at the weekend as a "very humbling" experience, expressing his gratitude to those who sped to his side to help him as he fought off the predator.



"I guess someone was looking out for me... to walk away from a shark attack without a scratch on you, it's a miracle really," Fanning said at a media briefing in Sydney, Australia, broadcast live on television on Tuesday morning.

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WATCH: Surfer Mick Fanning fights off shark attack at J-Bay Open

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Surfer Mick Fanning makes a lucky escape after being attacked by a shark during the final of the J-Bay surfing competition in South Africa on Sunday.

The shark is seen swimming up behind the surfer and knocking him off his board. Fanning punched the animal on the back before swimming to safety.

The final has temporarily been placed on hold.

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NEWS: Unlimited data for Gauteng township schools as they go digital

Johannesburg - From Tuesday thousands of pupils at township schools around Gauteng will have tablets, smartboards and unlimited mobile data during specific hours.



"I am proud to declare that as from tomorrow your life will never be the same again," Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi told thousands of Grade 12 pupils at the Grace Bible Church in Soweto on Monday afternoon.

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NEWS: Woman pilot gets Africa's first drone licence

Johannesburg - A female pilot has been awarded the first drone licence on the continent, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said on Sunday.



“The licence was issued on July 10 to Ms Nicole Swart, making her the first person to receive such a licence in South Africa, the continent, and most parts of the world,” spokesperson Phindiwe Gwebu said in a statement.

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NEWS: Methodist Church evictees 'still trying to regain stability'

JOHANNESBURG – Foreign nationals evicted from the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg earlier this year say they're still trying to regain some sense of stability.




The church initially housed at least 500 destitute people after the 2008 xenophobic attacks.

Trouble began in January when foreigners were given notice to vacate the church.

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NEW: SPCA Investigates 'Snake Pastor'

JOHANNESBURG – The SPCA has warned a Soshanguve pastor that it may take action against him for allegedly feeding snakes to his followers.

Penuel Mnguni is the understudy of another pastor, Lesego Daniel, who made his followers eat grass and drink petrol claiming to turn rocks into bread, snakes into chocolate and even members of his congregation into snakes.

The SPCA’s Andrew Kekana said they would investigate if Penuel Mnguni was cruel to animals.

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NEW: Mom finds 'live worms' in Nestlé baby cereal

A mother has expressed shock after finding what she thought were maggots in Nestlé's Cerelac cereal. Nestlé sets the record straight, and an expert has advice about insect infestation in your kitchen.

An unhappy mom and dissatisfied customer was outraged after making a shocking discovery when preparing breakfast for her daughter. "I found worms in my baby's cereal," said the worried mother. "We noticed the maggots whilst preparing her breakfast."

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NEW: SA must raise tax on rich to lift revenue - OECD

Johannesburg - The government should increase taxes on wealthier individuals to help boost revenue needed for the nation’s growing demands, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommended.

“The tax base is narrow and revenues are too small to meet future spending needs,” the Paris-based group of 34 developed nations said in its Economic Survey on South Africa, released on Friday.

“The public sector will face considerable resource needs in the years ahead to expand social and economic infrastructure. Meeting these needs will require increased revenues.”

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NEW: Graeme Joffe flees South Africa

Cape Town - Former TV and radio sports presenter - and Sport24 columnist - Graeme Joffe fled South Africa three months ago.

Writing on his Sportsfire Daily blog on Friday, Joffe spoke of how his life in South Africa changed forever following a late-night phone call earlier this year.















'I was about to go to sleep in my apartment in Grahamstown. My phone was on silent, but after three calls in quick succession, something told me to answer it. Just as well I did. The call was from an acquaintance, who said: “Graeme, they’re coming to get you, get to a place of safety, don’t go to any public places, get out of your apartment. Call me if you need any help”', Joffe wrote.

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NEW: Itumeleng Khune makes a u-turn, wants to go back to Kaizer Chiefs

Itumeleng Khune wants to go back to Kaizer Chiefs and his UK-based representative has already requested a meeting with football manager Bobby Motaung to renew talks regarding a sensational comeback, according to a report on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old Khune, who is currently training by himself since he is out of contract, is reportedly eager to re-open talks with the Chiefs – a club he first joined as a 13-year-old, according to a Daily Sun report.

The source said: “Itu and his UK based agent Dan Lichman have formally put in a meeting request with Bobby to set up a date and hope that it could be done as soon as possible. Only after this can there be a green light to consider other options.


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