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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Ending 48 hours of delays, Zimbabwean power-sharing talks between the country's ruling ZANU-PF party and both formations of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change got under way Thursday at an undisclosed location in the South African capital of Pretoria. Spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga of the office of South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is mediating the negotiations, said the talks had started...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A gang of eight armed men robbed a Nedbank branch in Pretoria on Thursday, police said, after which followed a high-speed car chase.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A suspected thief has been taken to hospital after he was shot and wounded by a security guard in Queenswood, Pretoria.
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Slog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Sound Transit, this is how you design a station: The Midrand Station is part of Gautrain , South Africa's future "rapid rail link between Johannesburg, Pretoria and Joburg International Airport." The power this future railway system exerts on my imagination is the same the failed train line from Cape Town to Cairo exerted on Cecil Rhodes. Gautrain, this is the rose; dance here. (Lee Pyne-Mercier sent...
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Pretoria News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pretoria has been hit by football fever as English Premier League champions Manchester United visit Loftus Versfeld for a meeting with Kaizer Chiefs in the 10th annual Vodacom Challenge final today at 3.30pm.
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TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rebecca Millar (University of Sydney Law School) has posted Jurisdictional Reach of VAT, in VAT in Africa 175-214 (R. Krever, ed., Pretoria University Law Press 2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper examines the jurisdictional reach of VATs,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
WHILE power-sharing talks between Zanu PF and the two MDC factions started on an optimistic note in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday, potential dangers which could derail the negotiations are looming.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to a power-sharing arrangement on Monday during intensive meetings at the Rainbow Towers Hotel ahead of marathon inter-party talks that started in Pretoria yesterday.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
TALKS to find a settlement to Zimbabwe's decade-long crisis started in Pretoria this week with Zanu PF and the MDC still deeply divided over what the process should produce.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Namibian invitational women hockey side competing at the South African Hockey Association President's Cup in Pretoria, South Africa has won two of their matches at the tournament so far.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Mayoral Committee of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has decided to set up an independent committee to investigate the cause of the blaze at the Kruger Park flats in Pretoria earlier this week.
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The Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
The five digital audio recordings of Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata's alleged drunken ramblings are acceptable evidence.
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Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Five cellphone recordings taken on the night of an alleged drunk driving accident involving Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata are admissible as evidence, the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court ruled today.
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Commercial Insurance Knowledge (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Roy Cokayne Pretoria - Office rentals appear set to rise sharply because of low vacancy rates, high building replacement costs and the effect of the electricity supply crisis on the flow of new office space … Bookmark To: