South Africa

Reuters UK - JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Former South African international Mark Fish, who retired because of a knee injury in 2005 while at Charlton Athletic, is set for a comeback in the South Africa Premier League. The 32-year-old Fish, who also played in

south africa: The whites struggle with African identity
Monday Morning - Generations too late to be classified as Europeans, white South Africans are fighting for the right to be seen as African amid doubts about their loyalty, fuelled by a growing white exodus. In the 13 years since the demise of the apartheid regime

Social climbing on Cape Town’s Table Mountain
CNN - There were five others in my group: two Americans studying international relations at South Africa’s Rhodes University and three French landscape-architecture students who were working as interns at Table Mountain National Park and Kirstenbosch

Chinese president heads to South Africa, Beijing’s biggest trading
MSN UK News - Chinese President Hu Jintao heads Tuesday for South Africa, Beijing’s biggest trade partner on the continent, where President Thabo Mbeki warned last year that Africa needed to guard against allowing ties with China to develop into a “colonial

ABB wins $32 mln contract from S.Africa’s Sappi
Reuters South Africa - ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss engineering and technology group ABB said on Monday it had received an order worth $32 million from South Africa’s Sappi Saiccor to upgrade the world’s largest chemical cellulose plant near Durban. “ABB will supply all the

Rand slips up to one pct vs dollar
Reuters South Africa - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s rand slipped by up to one percent against the dollar on Monday, on general weakness amongst commodity currencies and a lower gold price. The local currency was trading at 7.24 to the dollar at 1250 GMT, 0.77

Der Spiegel - DUBIOUS DEFENSE DEAL Bribery Allegations Cloud German Ship Sale to South Africa By Georg B nisch and Markus Dettmer Prosecutors in Germany are investigating allegations that a German shipbuilding consortium paid bribes to South African officials to

Azhar Mahmood off to SA
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Pakistan All rounder Azhar Mahmood on Monday night flew to South Africa after being recalled for the remaining four one-day internationals. Mahmood will join a beleaguered Pakistan side, fresh from thumpings in the Twenty20 international

South Africa: Infrastructure Investment Boosts Growth in Corporate
AllAfrica.com - Strong growth has been recorded within South Africa’s transport, building, construction and manufacturing sectors, most likely due to infrastructure investment leading up to 2010. Brian Riley, newly appointed CEO of Wesbank, highlighted that fixed

South Africa bids to sate Asia’s abalone cravings
Reuters - CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Shipped halfway across the world to Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction. Known colloquially in

Crime rate out of control in South Africa
New Kerala - Durban, Feb 5: With a crime rate that is rapidly going out of control, no one is safe in South Africa any more, a top government official today said. “We are all potential victims of crime. We do have a problem. Let’s face it, some types of crimes

South Africa: Government Report Paints Bleak Power Supply Picture
AllAfrica.com - THE public enterprises department has taken the extraordinary step of releasing a confidential report on the state of SA’s electricity market which paints a bleak picture of the prospects for power supply in the next few years. The department’s move

Caspar Star-Tribune - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Former South African president Nelson Mandela offered his support Tuesday to Laila Ali, four days before she becomes the first female fighter to headline a boxing card in the country. Mandela, an amateur fighter in his

African league round-up
Guardian Unlimited - LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A round-up of league action from around Africa at the weekend: SOUTH AFRICA - Ajax Cape Town returned to the top of the premier league with a 2-0 win over Bloemfontein Celtic after Kaizer Chiefs lost 2-1 to champions

Kenya declines LRA call to host peace talks
Independent Online - The Ugandan rebels, fighting for two decades, had said they would not return to talks in south Sudan’s capital Juba and suggested Kenya and South Africa as alternative venues after Sudan’s president vowed “to get rid of the LRA from Sudan”. Kenya’s

SA has learnt from peer review report: minister
SABC - Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, the public service and administration minister, says South Africa has derived good lessons from a report on its assessment by the African Peer Review (APR) panel. The report strongly criticised the South African government

Looted painting may come back to owners
Independent Online - An English farmer is hoping a painting, salvaged from men looting containers from a stranded ship on a Devon beach, will be returned to its rightful owners, a Swedish couple living in South Africa. The painting belongs to Anita and Jan Bokdal of

SABC - South Africa cruised to a massive 164 run victory over Pakistan in the first MTN one-day international (ODI) at a packed Supersport Park today. Pakistan won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat. The Proteas made the most of an ideal batting strip

Uganda: No Juba, Machar, No Talks - Museveni
AllAfrica.com - For Kenya or South Africa to understand issues of Uganda, it will take them three months,” Mr Museveni said on the Gulu-based Mega FM on Saturday. “For Kenya’s case, they can’t hold the talks because they are busy with elections. Dr Machar didn’t

ASEAN Football Championship: Scores | Fixtures | Tables | Stats
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PAVEY BENEFITS FROM TOUGH TRAINING SPELL IN SOUTH AFRICA
onrunning.com - Pavey although unable to cope with the pace of Meseret Defar and Meselech Melkamu who both shattered the world indoor 3000 metres indoor record, herself lowered her three year-old Commonwealth mark. The Exeter Harrier struck over three seconds off

Preventable diseases kill SA children
Independent Online - Every hour, eight South African children under the age of five die from a preventable disease, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). Macharia Kamau, the head of Unicef South Africa, said while South Africa had taken massive

Stenson Holds Off Els, Woods, Wins Dubai
Washington Post - Woods of the US watches his tee shot on the 6th hole during the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. Woods finished the day 14-under-par, three shots off the leader Ernie Els of South Africa

Boucher onslaught sets up 164-run win for South Africa
Reuters UK - CENTURION, South Africa (Reuters) - A ferocious late onslaught by Mark Boucher set up South Africa for a 164-run victory over Pakistan in the first one-day international on Sunday. Boucher plundered 78 runs off 38 balls as South Africa hammered 392

Bangkok Post - Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand’s African elephant population got a boost Sunday with the kingdom’s first-ever birth in captivity of a baby whose parents were imported from South Africa. The male baby was born at 4.09 a.m. Sunday at the state-owned Nakhon

South Africa: Country and China to Strengthen Ties
AllAfrica.com - President Thabo Mbeki will host his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao who will be on a three-day state visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday. The two are to engage in bilateral discussions and also sign agreements involving the

Being green With the Revolving Museum’s Jerry Beck on board, art meets
Lowell Sun - Beck, along with John Warner and Amy Cannon, who are professors at UMass Lowell, touched down in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 16 to meet with about 50 scientists from all over the African continent. They weren’t there to go on a safari or to

PAVEY BENEFITS FROM TOUGH TRAINING SPELL IN SOUTH AFRICA
onrunning.com - Pavey although unable to cope with the pace of Meseret Defar and Meselech Melkamu who both shattered the world indoor 3000 metres indoor record, herself lowered her three year-old Commonwealth mark. The Exeter Harrier struck over three seconds off

World Cup fear for Aussie Symonds
BBC News - We’re still aiming for him to be at the World Cup but we’re still just looking at where he is going to be in the next one to two weeks.” Symonds has played 161 one-day internationals and starred in Australia’s 2003 World Cup win in South Africa.

Pakistan in South Africa, 2007 Calendar
CricBuzz - * All matches with icon will have live ball-by-ball text commentary on Cricbuzz. There is no audio or video coverage. ** Status on other matches will be updated as soon as the decision to cover them live is taken. Wed 07 South Africa v Pakistan, 2nd

CricBuzz - * All matches with icon will have live ball-by-ball text commentary on Cricbuzz. There is no audio or video coverage. ** Status on other matches will be updated as soon as the decision to cover them live is taken. Wed 07 South Africa v Pakistan, 2nd

Correction: Homeless-World-Cup story
Associated Press - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nearly 500 drug addicts, alcoholics, orphans and vagrants kicked off the Homeless World Cup soccer tournament Sunday, opening a weeklong event aimed at helping society’s most marginalized make a new start in life. South

Shabbir flys home with groin injury
International Cricket Council - Pakistan’s injury curse has continued with Shabbir Ahmed forced to fly home from South Africa after less than a week on tour. He picked up a groin strain during Friday’s Twenty20, his first match back since remodeling his bowling action. Darryn

Dhoni soars to 3rd, India remains 6th in ICC ODI rankings
Zee News - Meanwhile, South Africa can take themselves closest that any side has come to Australia, since the table started in October 2002, if they succeed in the five-match series against Pakistan that starts at Centurion today. If the Proteas clean

Reuters UK - LONDON (Reuters) - In the 69 days since defeat by South Africa plunged England into the depths of despair the world champions have somehow managed to generate a wave of confidence to ride into the Six Nations. The team to play Scotland in their

Correction: Homeless-World-Cup Story
Associated Press - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nearly 500 drug addicts, alcoholics, orphans and vagrants kicked off the Homeless World Cup soccer tournament Sunday, opening a weeklong event aimed at helping society’s most marginalized make a new start in life. South

S.Africa Harmony to pay Rio for Hidden Valley royalty
Reuters - Last: JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Africa’s Harmony Gold (HARJ.J: Quote , Profile , Research ) plans to pay up to $30 million to global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) to cancel royalties on the Hidden Valley project in

Dubai Desert Classic third-round scores
ESPN.com - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Scores from Saturday’s third round of the $2.4 million Dubai Desert Classic, played at 7,301-yard, par-72 Emirates Golf Club: Ernie Els , South Africa 66-65-68–199 17-under Ross Fisher, England

McKenzie content to silence doubters
Rugby Heaven - NSW rugby coach Ewen McKenzie delighted in disappointing the doubters over the Waratahs late arrival in South Africa, but admitted his side had plenty to work on after a 25-16 Super 14 opening round win over the Lions in Johannesburg. NSW scored

About Channel Africa
Channel Africa - SOUTH AFRICA‘S INTERNATIONAL RADIO SERVICE Since the advent of the new democratic dispensation in 1994, Channel Africa, the international radio service of the SABC has been engaged in the process of redefining itself and repositioning itself so that

Reuters South Africa - New vehicle sales in South Africa rose 6.9 percent in January compared to the same month last year, according to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAMSA). Bidvest owns McCarthy Limited, a motor vehicle sales company. “Vehicle sales

Brainvisa Partners with LearnScapes to Offer RapideL in South Africa
PR.com - Brainvisa (www.brainvisa.com) a provider of end to end Learning solutions based out of US, UK, India and Australia, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Learnscapes in South Africa, to sell RapideL, the rapid eLearning content

South Africa: Crime: No-One Safe Any More — Scorpions Chief
AllAfrica.com - THE silence from top government officials about the state of crime in SA has finally been broken, with National Prosecuting Authority and Scorpions boss Vusi Pikoli warning that “it’s happening to all of us now — no one is safe any more” and that

Laxman disappointed at being left out
Sify - Hyderabad: Expressing his disappointment at being left out of the ODI series against the West Indies, elegant Hyderabadi batsman VVS Laxman on Friday said his excellent performance in the recently-concluded Test series against South Africa had

Beeld - According to Professor Frank Horwitz , director of the GSB, the outstanding progress for a second year in succession is a major endorsement of the high quality education standards available in South Africa. “Achieving further international stature

Indian coal buyers struggle to find South Africa partners
Reuters India - CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Indian industrial users are keen to invest in South Africa’s coal mining sector but say they have been frustrated by the struggle to find suitable partners. India imported just over three million tonnes of coal from South Africa

S.Africa new vehicle sales begin year strong
Reuters South Africa - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sales of new vehicles in South Africa started 2007 on a strong note, rising by 6.9 percent compared to the same month last year, but vehicle manufacturers are predicting modest growth for the year. The National Association of

Southern Africa: Refugee Numbers Fall as Prospects Local Integration
ChristianNewsWire - meeting held between JRS country directors and Regional Director, Sr Joanne Whitaker RSM, it was acknowledged that all countries in the region are experiencing a decline in the number of refugees and asylum seekers, with an exception of South Africa

Corrie Sanders returns 5/5, wants both Klitschkos
Boxing Scene - Former WBO/WBU heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders (41-3, 31KOs) is returning for the second fight of his comeback at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa on May 5. The fight will fall on the undercard of the clash between Mzonke

BBC News - The LRA said they would not take part in further talks unless they were hosted by Kenya or South Africa, as they no longer felt welcome in Sudan. The talks had been seen as the best chance to end the 20-year conflict. Some 2m people have fled

President Hu starts talks with Sudanese president
Xinhua News Agency - President Hu is on the third leg of an eight-nation tour to Africa that has taken him to Cameroon and Liberia and will also take him to Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and Seychelles. Hu’s African trip comes only three months

Laila Ali wows South Africa with her charm
GG2.net - UNBEATEN world champion boxer Laila Ali is wowing South Africa with her charm, invoking two living legends: her father Mohammed Ali and Nelson Mandela. The spunky 29-year-old, who has not lost a fight since she turned professional in 1999, arrived

Harmony in talks with Rio Tinto on Hidden Valley
Reuters South Africa - South Africa’s Harmony, the world’s fifth biggest gold producer, has previously said that the Hidden Valley project could produce 280,000 ounces of gold and 3.9 million ounces of silver per year during a mine life estimated at around 10 years. Harmony

Rand a touch weaker, watches US figures
Reuters South Africa - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s rand eased a bit against the dollar early on Friday, and traders expected it to track a 10-cent range ahead of U.S. employment data later in the day. The rand was at 7.1830 versus the greenback at 0845 GMT

O’Sullivan demanding Ireland live up to reputation
Belfast Telegraph - Ireland boss Eddie O’Sullivan has demanded his side live up to the reputation established in the autumn when their RBS 6 Nations campaign opens against Wales. The Irish toppled South Africa and Australia on successive weekends in November

Business Standard Columnists
Business Standard - After entering Sri Lanka, state-run NTPC is now planning another major global foray by participating in power generation activities in Australia, Indonesia, Nigeria and South Africa. NTPC had already entered into agreements with Sri Lankan and