Mandela Meets Renowned Author in South Africa The New York Times | Filed at 11:15 a.m. ET | JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The Nelson Mandela Foundation says renowned Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman has met with the South African icon and former president at the foundation's offices. | Dorfman, formerly the cultural adviser to the late Chilean leader Salvador Allende...
South Africa launches travel promotion campaign in China China Daily | South Africa is launching a travel promotion campaign in China to introduce new products to its trade partners. | The new campaign sponsored by South Africa Tourism (SAT) is being spearheaded by a series of workshops held in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong respectively to highlight the rich and v...
South Africa: Sisulu Warns of 'Terror' Threat for Joining AU Forces Newsvine | Johannesburg — SA could become vulnerable to the type of terrorist bomb attacks that rocked Kampala, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu warned yesterday. | SA could become vulnerable to the type of terrorist bomb attacks that rocked Kampala during t...
Kenya, South Africa tops medal chart in Africa Athletics Championships Newsvine | On the third day of the Africa Athletics Championship here on Friday, host Kenya and South Africa remained even at the top of the medal standings with five gold apiece. | Kenya is keeping a firm grip on its middle and long distance races while Sout...
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Longtime Mugabe foe dies in exile in South Africa Herald Tribune | JOHANNESBURG - A veterans' group says the last white commander of forces that opposed the guerrilla armies that swept Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to power has died. | Grou...
South Africa eager to see speedy roll-out of AIDS gel DNA India | Vienna: South Africa is considering rolling out use of a vaginal gel which can protect women against HIV during sex before it is officially licensed by drug regulators, the count...
South Africa ex-students fined over 'racist video' BBC News Four white South Africans have been fined $2,700 (£1,700) after making a video humiliating five black university workers and posting it online. | The former students at the University of Free State pleaded guilty to crimen injuria at the trial on Tu...
Starbucks' partner in South Africa raises eyebrows Seattle Times | While the orange, the Johannesburg Mail & Guardian raises questions about why Starbucks chose Emperica Marketing as the business partner for its in that country. | "David Taylor, director of Emperica Marketing, which secured the Starbucks contract for the South African market, is at the centre of a controversy surrounding the liquidation of Tiffi...
SOUTH AFRICA: Government greenlights three-month supply of ARVs IRINnews web | JOHANNESBURG, 13 July 2010 (PlusNews) - In a bid to ease pressure on South Africa's over-burdened public health sector, the government has given hospitals and clinics permission to give patients on HIV/AIDS treatment a three-month supply of their antiretroviral medication (ARVs). | In a recent memo the Department of Health said there was no l...
Poachers kill last female rhino in South Africa's Kruger park for prized horn The Guardian | Record levels of poaching is endangering the survival of white rhinoceros in South Africa The last rhinoceros cow in Kruger park, South Africa, bled to death on Wednesday after poachers hacked off her horn. Photograph: Reuters | Fears are growing for the survival of the rhinoceros as the last female in the popular Krugersdorp game reserve near Jo...
