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Johannesburg,
Friday, May 17, 2013
A South African park ranger saved a little girl from a lion attack by shouting and throwing a coffee cup at the animal, a newspaper reported on Friday.
“I realized I would have been in a...
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Johannesburg,
Friday, May 17, 2013
The head of the dominant labour union in South Africa’s platinum sector threatened on Friday to bring the country’s economy to a standstill. Association of Mineworkers and Construction Unio...
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gold and precious material,
labour dispute,
mining,
unions
JOHANNESBURG,
Friday, May 3, 2013
Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from India to a lavish family wedding was allowed to l...
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Johannesburg,
May 3, 2013
The row surrounding a lavish Indian wedding in South Africa today got mired in another controversy after a labour union alleged “racism at its worst” against some guests attending the event.
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Johannesburg,
May 2, 2013
South Africa suspended its chief of state protocol Bruce Koloane on Thursday after a private chartered aircraft bringing guests to a wedding in an Indian-origin family landed at an air force base.
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April 27, 2013
Turmoil at the legendary National Union of Mineworkers is indicative of the unresolved contradictions in post-apartheid South Africa
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April 1, 2013
Long reviled as an artificial grouping of countries with little in common other than a sense of exclusion from the command structures of the international system, the BRICS forum has finally come...
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Johannesburg,
March 28, 2013
South Africa’s presidency on Thursday said Nelson Mandela is responding “positively” to treatment in a hospital. The former South African President was re-admitted to a hospital due to t...
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JOHANNESBURG,
March 9, 2013
Nelson Mandela, the former South African President and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up and doctors say there is no cause for “alarm,”...
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Pretoria,
February 22, 2013
Oscar Pistorius was granted bail on Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Chi...
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PRETORIA, South Africa,
February 21, 2013
Oscar Pistorius says he mistook Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder and shot her out of fear, while prosecutors say he planned the killing and attacked her as she cowered behind a locked bathroom door
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PRETORIA, South Africa,
February 19, 2013
South African Prosecutor Gerrie Nel charged Olympian Oscar Pistorius with premeditated murder of his model girlfriend at a bail hearing on Tuesday. The prosecutor said that Pistorius shot 29-year-...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
January 26, 2013
When a 16-member delegation from KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in South Africa will return back home after a week’s visit to the State, its to-do list includes plans to try out some of the successful...
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LUCKNOW,
May 3, 2013
The prominent Gupta family (of brothers Ajay and Atul) of South Africa, which has landed in a row with the authorities over a private aircraft landing at a military base in Pretoria, has strong tie...
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MBABANE (SWAZILAND),
May 2, 2013
Waterford school in Swaziland reflects on its historic role
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April 6, 2013
A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming “seriously ill” if they consume them. Sabi Sand said it had injected a mix of parasit...
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JOHANNESBURG,
March 29, 2013
South Africa’s presidency said Nelson Mandela was in good spirits and making steady progress during hospital treatment for a recurring lung infection. The office of President Jacob Zuma sai...
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JOHANNESBURG,
March 22, 2013
A lawyer for Oscar Pistorius says his appeal against bail conditions will be heard this coming Thursday, a day after the culpable homicide trial of older brother Carl begins in another South Afric...
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February 25, 2013
Buried under the headline-grabbing Oscar Pistorius case is the more complex picture of a society with alarming levels of violence against women
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Pretoria, South Africa,
February 21, 2013
The lead investigating officer in Oscar Pistorius’ shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp is facing seven counts of attempted murder, police confirmed on Thursday.The case relate to an...
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Pretoria,
February 20, 2013
Oscar Pistorius is to face an additional charge over an unlicensed firearm found at his home, the Pretoria Magistrate’s court heard Wednesday.
Police investigating the shooting
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JOHANNESBURG,
February 9, 2013
Hundreds of mourners gathered in South Africa for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and badly mutilated in an act of violence that sparked outrage across the country.The...
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Johannesburg,
January 15, 2013
The world’s number one platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) announced on Tuesday it was closing four shafts in northern South Africa, which could affect 14,000 jobs in the
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