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Africa News
- Did the World Cup Wreck South Africa? – Newsweek Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:42 pm
ReutersDid the World Cup Wreck South Africa?NewsweekThe sound of vuvuzelas became so ubiquitous in South Africa during the World Cup that, lying in bed at night in my Cape Town apartment, …Fuel Indu. […] - SOUTH AFRICA : Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:34 pm
Source: IRIN South Africa will resume the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, ending its 17-month moratorium, the Cabinet announced on 1 September. - South Africa Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:29 pm
South Africa has moved to ease the pain the economic downturn has had on the manufacturing industry, with the Treasury releasing details of a new package of tax incentives designed to boost industrial. […] - SOUTH AFRICA : Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again – IRINnews.org Friday, 3 September 2010, 12:49 pm
Washington PostSOUTH AFRICA : Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin againIRINnews.orgJOHANNESBURG, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) – South Africa will resume the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans on 1 Jan. […] - S.Africa’s rand hits new 2-1/2 yr high, stocks up – Reuters Africa Friday, 3 September 2010, 12:08 pm
Reuters AfricaS.Africa’s rand hits new 2-1/2 yr high, stocks upReuters AfricaJOHANNESBURG, Sept 3 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand hit a fresh 2 1/2 year high against the dollar on Friday, gaining mome. […] - South Africa Equities Advance, Led by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and MTN – Bloomberg Friday, 3 September 2010, 11:39 am
South Africa Equities Advance, Led by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and MTNBloombergSouth Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose 101.91, or 0.4 percent, to 27942.89 in Johannesburg, …Anglo Ame. […] - How can Africa feed itself? – BBC News Friday, 3 September 2010, 11:02 am
Myjoyonline.comHow can Africa feed itself?BBC NewsFor Africa, the task of feeding itself is one of its more intractable problems and one which the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is seeking. […] - South Africa seeks value-added China investment – Christian Science Monitor Friday, 3 September 2010, 9:56 am
Myjoyonline.comSouth Africa seeks value-added China investmentChristian Science MonitorZuma ended a three-day trip to China last week with a raft of trade deals intended to shore up South Africa’s sta. […] - Beware Niger, warns South Africa star Pienaar – AFP Friday, 3 September 2010, 9:30 am
Times LIVEBeware Niger, warns South Africa star PienaarAFPJOHANNESBURG — English Premiership star Steven Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they cl. […] - Africa’s first refugee phone network launched in Uganda Friday, 3 September 2010, 9:25 am
Africa’s first ever refugee social network was launched in Uganda on Friday on a pilot basis where refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) will be able to trace their family or friends throug. […] - S.Africa gov’t, strikers brace for new wage talks Friday, 3 September 2010, 9:19 am
S.Africa gov’t, strikers brace for new wage talks - Africa: Fisheries Must Deal With Threats, Opportunities Friday, 3 September 2010, 9:09 am
The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are central to the survival of millions in Africa, but the resource is under threat, yet the region should exploit market possibilities. - South Africa consider resting players Friday, 3 September 2010, 8:44 am
South Africa need to start planning their run-up to the World Cup and decide whether to rest senior players, captain John Smit has said. - South Africa finding it hard to balance player burnout against rare Grand Slam – The Canadian Press Friday, 3 September 2010, 7:40 am
Brisbane TimesSouth Africa finding it hard to balance player burnout against rare Grand SlamThe Canadian PressBLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — South Africa faces a difficult decision regarding whether t. […] - Two new tropical waves off Africa’s coast – Palm Beach Post (blog) Friday, 3 September 2010, 7:07 am
Two new tropical waves off Africa’s coastPalm Beach Post (blog)But two more waves have come off the coast of Africa and bear watching over the next week, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 am. […] - South Africa: Country Close to Joining BRIC Group Friday, 3 September 2010, 4:54 am
South Africa is confident that it could become the newest member of BRIC, a powerful economic coalition of the four largest developing nations in the world – Brazil, Russia, India and China. - Rugby-S. Africa need to start planning for World Cup, Smit says Friday, 3 September 2010, 4:09 am
After a disappointing Tri-Nations campaign, South Africa need to start planning their run-up to the World Cup and decide whether to rest senior players, captain John Smit said on Friday. - FIFA panel hails Rooney’s World Cup performance – ESPN Friday, 3 September 2010, 3:39 am
Daily MailFIFA panel hails Rooney’s World Cup performanceESPNBut Rooney failed to find the net in South Africa and was lambasted for his surprisingly uninfluential performances and for openly criticis. […] - U.N. delays report on massacre in Africa – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Friday, 3 September 2010, 12:00 am
… Congo has been delayed by a month, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said Thursday. The … slaughtered 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, which was ended by. […] - South Africa unions unhappy with government’s wage offer – Los Angeles Times Thursday, 2 September 2010, 8:26 pm
… as unions signaled that they would reject the government’s latest compromise offer, a … COSATU, said his organization had rejected the offer but that talks continued. Unions representing nurses. […] - Striking workers reject South Africa government’s wage offer – Gulf News Thursday, 2 September 2010, 12:40 pm
… morgues and thrown cold water on the national euphoria over hosting the June-July football World Cup. It also has … continue to work for a solution,” Cosatu Secretary-General Zwelinzima Vavi tol. […] - S. Africa withdraws migration deal for Zimbabweans Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:22 am
South Africa will at the end of the year scrap a special policy allowing Zimbabwean nationals without proper documentation to enter its territory, a government spokesman said Thursday. - Report Finds Some Donated Malaria Drugs Are Being Stolen, Resold In Africa – Medical News Today Thursday, 2 September 2010, 6:57 am
… Africa by international donors are “being stolen and resold on commercial markets,” according to a study to be released Thursday in the journal Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine … Tido v. […] - Tullow, Africa Oil Sign Pact To Develop East Africa Blocks Thursday, 2 September 2010, 3:04 am
Tullow, Africa Oil Sign Pact To Develop East Africa Blocks - Ponzi scheme shakes Africa’s Benin – ninemsn Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 10:14 pm
… Benin’s power pyramid and now threaten President Boni Yayi, who appeared on television with ICC managers … Electrician Lambert Saizonou, 40, planned to use his investment earnings to buy his fir. […] - Drake football: Bulldogs stoked about trip to Africa – Des Moines Register Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 7:30 pm
… playing in Africa … Moshi, conducting football clinics for youth, going on a safari and taking a six-day climb of the 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro. The game was the brainchild of Drake coach Ch. […] - Hope for end to South Africa strike as unions vote on new offer – Earthtimes Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 6:44 am
… 1 million public servants canvassed their members on a new pay deal and called off a secondary strike. The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union, the National Education, Health and Allied Worke. […] - Virus related to smallpox rising sharply in Africa, UCLA researchers find – Science Centric Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 5:25 am
Anne Rimoin, an assistant professor … as human monkeypox have increased dramatically in the rural Democratic Republic of Congo, with sporadic outbreaks in other African nations and even the United S. […]