The Star Early Edition - 2015-08-05

• ‘Whites are to blame’
• Desperate student writes e-book to raise money
• Car found 22 years later
• Empire builder
• Rihanna and Lewis rev it up
• Long road for US–Cuba relations to be normalised
• Parents warned on kids, drugs
• MEC slams public silence on cop murders
• Murder accused confessed, says cop
• Spouse has assault sentence reduced
• Bara power cuts affect operations, linen supply
• 1 of 9 Macia cops off hook
• AKA fed up with fame’s drawbacks
• Surprise findings on why rhino horn is in demand
• Malema’s case struck off the roll
• Nkandla parliament­ary probe plodding on as deadline looms
• Fired labour registrar, minister lock horns
• Cosatu details factors hindering ANC support
• West Rand council merger on the cards
• Proposed laws to protect infrastruc­ture welcomed
• Outrage over tiger cub kept in backyard
• Innovative method to teach tots to read and write
• Little proactive policing taking place, says ex-top cop
• Audit on Grade R teachers disputed
• Violence rife in SA schools
• Taliban’s chief in Qatar quits
• Race to preserve Iraq’s history stored in library
• Ancestors’ virtues or vices irrelevant
• The hot summers of Hillbrow still to come
• Policing the dope cheats
• Nkandla makes less sense the more one probes it
• Prosthetic limb for chicken is a ‘no-brainer’
• Optimum Coal hits the wall over dispute with Eskom
• SA’s Agoamember­ship still not decided
• Amcu and NUM leave door open for a strike
• CONTROVERS­IAL
• DOUBTFUL INTERPRETA­TIONS
• A RAND SAVED…
• Data point leads to meltdown in logic
• It’ll take more than pennies to perk up Japan
• Parents shop for possible suitors at marriage market
• Nedbank gets hand up from Africa
• Basil Read shares surge on turnaround expectatio­ns
• Commodity stocks in multiyear low
• No more need to go shopping overseas
• Weak oil lifts case for petrol price drop
• Shrinking demand darkens outlook for coal sector
• Report urges Nigerian president to overhaul oil industry to cut losses
• Drugmaker Shire takes shot at Baxalta in $30bn merger
• Strong conviction in Libor rigging case redeems UK regulator
• Samsung to slash S6 prices after slowdown
• We must act as one to stop thugs
• Women can be abusers too
• Mantashe’s selective moral rage on job cuts
• Idiotic to think hunting adds to biodiversi­ty conservati­on
• TEENAGERS TELL THE MOST LIES
• MISS INDIA SA COMPETES IN WORLD PAGEANT
• Champ Lerena leads the way
• Azzie has plans in mind
• Tough task lies ahead for Chelsea
• We want consistenc­y, not miracles – Wallabies’ Cheika
• De Kock needs time away – Domingo
• Two teams on track for Rio
• Ten out of 10 for Black Caps as they down Zimbabwe
• Tigers are a different animal now – Amla
• Black Cats target top 10 finish
• Marnitz gets to show who’s Bos(s)hoff
• Van der Burgh breaks his own world record
• City hand youngster Barker a new five-year contract
• Embrace communicat­ion, technology changes
• Revisiting a case has its pros and cons
• Making sense
• Recruitmen­t agencies add value to businesses
• Quiz Crossword
• Double Crossword

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