How South Africa Googled in 2011
Independent Online
The internet search company has released its annual “Zeitgeist”, a look at 2011 through the collective eyes of the world – and South Africa – on the web. After WhatsApp, a cellphone messaging app, the rugby World Cup and the Royal Wedding came Facebook …
Proteas on knife edge
Times LIVE
FORTRESS Newlands has shielded South Africa from defeat for five years, but that will not earn Graeme Smith’s men immunity from ignominy in the third test against Sri Lanka, which starts on Tuesday. Instead, they will need the kind of batting and …
Coal India may form JV to buy assets in South Africa
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi January 1, 2012, 13:34 IST State-run Coal India (CIL) is likely to set up a subsidiary for buying coal assets in South Africa, as part of efforts to boost its output. The government of Limpopo, the northernmost province of South Africa, …
Rajbansi a political heavyweight: Buthelezi
Independent Online
South Africa had lost a political heavyweight with the death of Minority Front Amichand Rajbansi, said Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi at his funeral in Chatsworth on Saturday. “South Africa has lost one of its political heavy weights …
The Roebuck tragedy: a tale of love, beatings and blackmail
Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘sons’ of the late cricket identity claim he had a dark side, writes Adam Shand in South Africa. THE Shona people of Zimbabwe have a saying, “Rine manyanga hariputirwe”, meaning the animal with horns cannot be wrapped. Beneath the jovial veneer of …
South Africa’s Nov credit growth up 6.22%
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN) South Africa’s Reserve Bank said that in November, credit growth rose 6.22 percent, from 5.5 percent recorded in the previous month, reported Bloomberg. The bank added that the increase was the highest since April 2009, adding that it resulted …
ANC accused of airbrushing allies and rivals out of anti-apartheid struggle
The Guardian
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, one of the most famous political movements in history, has been accused of “airbrushing people out” of the liberation past as it prepares to celebrate its centenary. The ANC, the oldest liberation …
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