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Mogoeng not a devil’s advocate

The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches

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Earth Hour and a life in ruins

‘Yes, Earth Hour may be a New Year’s Eve in reverse; the global celebration shrouded in darkness devoid of fireworks and live music’

Happy New Year: Good riddance to a turbulent 2014

Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York’s Times Square to say goodbye to 2014.

A man watches President Jacob Zuma’s speech at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service

Zuma’s booing brouhaha echoes through his heartland

If President Jacob Zuma was hoping to leave the booing at Nelson Mandela’s memorial behind him with the rest of 2013, he is in for a rude surprise.

Dubai New Year’s Eve fireworks display breaks world record

Dubai’s six-minute pyrotechnic display, involving more than half a million fireworks, has broken the world record for largest display yet.

Revellers usher in 2014

Extravagant fireworks displays and massive outdoor festivities marked the start of 2014 across the world.

Ushering in 2014: Cities prepare to party

From Cape Town’s Grand Parade party to fireworks in Sydney and a long line-up of kwaito acts in Jo’burg, here’s how major cities plan to welcome 2014.

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius.

New Year’s customs: Jo’burg furniture throwing voted one of the strangest

Throwing furniture out the windows of high-rise buildings in Hillbrow came fourth in a poll on strange New Year’s customs from around the world.

Ten things about New Year

The earliest records of New Year festivities go back to the Babylonians about 4000 years ago.

Fireworks in Sidney.

Fireworks and dancing as Asian nations celebrate New Year 2013

Sydney’s skyline has erupted with fireworks as revellers cheered in the new year from the city’s harbour in the world’s first major 2013 celebration.

Hillbrow enjoys a ‘tame’ New Year’s

Cocooned in an armoured Nyala, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> brings in the New Year in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.

Hillbrow police prepare for the worst on New Year’s

Hillbrow police prepare for the worst on New Year’s

Fridges might fly and beds may fall from the sky as residents in Hillbrow see in the New Year by throwing broken furniture onto the streets below.

Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year

Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year

Multicoloured starbusts and gigantic sparklers lit the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour in a dazzling fireworks to ring in the new year.

Rain the best policeman as violence drops in Hillbrow

Hillbrow, notorious for its New Year’s mayhem, was more subdued this year after a downpour of rain. Police blockaded Hillbrow in attempt to make c