20100730
allafrica

Africa Action, the oldest human rights organization focused exclusively on Africa, celebrates the introduction of the Zimbabwe Renewal Act of 2010 (H.R. 5971) in the House of Representatives.

20100727
allafrica

Pretoria — The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) estimates South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be adjusted downwards to 3.1 percent for 2010.

20100727
allafrica

Johannesburg — African Peer Review Mechanism chairman Professor Adebayo Adedeji has announced he is to step down as chairman of the body.

20100727
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A tiger escaped from the back of a truck in South Africa on Tuesday and remained on the run as police used helicopters to hunt it down.

20100726
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Johannesburg — SOUTH African editors yesterday vowed to resist attempts to institute a state-appointed media tribunal and rejected legislation that they said restricted public access to information.

20100720
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's military joined police on Tuesday to patrol an impoverished Johannesburg township after assaults on foreign migrants injured at least 11 and increased concerns of a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks.

20100720
reuters

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa said on Tuesday platinum producers needed to provide tangible plans on how to curb mine accidents after they protested over new safety directives introduced last week to help reduce fatalities.

20100720
allafrica

Johannesburg — A vaginal gel containing Gilead Science's AIDS drug tenofovir almost halves the risk of women getting HIV from their male partners, according to a South African study presented today at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

20100720
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Cape Town — Scientists have proclaimed a breakthrough in research into the use of an antiretroviral microbicide which they say could prevent more than 500,000 new HIV infections in South Africa alone over the next decade.

20100719
africanews

Nobel Peace Laureate Nelson Madiba Mandela celebrated his 92nd birthday in the company of his family on Sunday. Mandela, the global icon who campaigned tirelessly for peace and emancipation of his people, stayed on in Johannesburg, South Africa, for an event he has occasionally celebrated in Qunu, the village where he grew up.

20100716
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.

20100716
reuters

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Leaders of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreed on Friday to reconsider how they share their trade duty revenues, a move that could hit Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho very hard.

20100716
africanews

The new national team coach of South Africa is Pitso Mosimane. He succeeds Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreiria, who resigned after South Africa failed to progress beyond the group stage in the just ended 2010 FIFA World Cup.

20100713
allafrica

Johannesburg — SA's banks have emerged from the global recession in a much healthier state than their UK and US counterparts.

20100713
allafrica

Johannesburg — Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and his defence counterpart Lindiwe Sisulu deployed police and soldiers in the Western Cape yesterday to clamp down on xenophobic violence which saw more foreigners fleeing their homes at the weekend.

20100713
africanews

As the Soccer City Stadium switched off its lights after the last whistle of the 2010 World Cup on July 11, football fans and sport analysts ponder over some questions: Will the 2010 FIFA World Cup benefit South Africa? Will this benefit filter down to middle-class South Africans and people living in impoverished townships?

20100712
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's investment in the Soccer World Cup will lead to increased tourism, trade and more investment after the country's succesful hosting of the sporting event, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.

20100712
allafrica

Johannesburg — South African security forces moved into townships in the Cape Town area today after attacks and threats against foreign migrant workers.

20100707
REUTERS

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that five workers were killed at Aquarius Platinum Marikana mine in South Africa after a fall of ground.

20100705
allafrica

Johannesburg — ESKOM and three trade unions struck an 11th hour wage deal yesterday, averting a strike at the power utility and preventing possible electricity blackouts in the final week of the World Cup.