Sri Lanka Breathes New Life After Test Victory Over South Africa
New York Times
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — For the first time since Muttiah Muralitharan retired, Sri Lanka has finally won a test. The team did it convincingly, by more than 200 runs, and in a country where it had never won in the long format before. …
Boucher axed as South Africa make ODI changes
Cricketnext.com
Johannesburg: Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was one of three players dropped on Friday when South Africa named their squad for next month’s one-day internationals against Sri Lanka. Boucher, 35, who holds the world record for most Test dismissals (540), …
Record poaching in South Africa as rhino horns exceed gold prices
DigitalJournal.com
Home to 90 percent of the rhinos in Africa and the largest rhino population in the world, rhino poaching in South Africa has reached record proportions, with 50 percent of rhinos being taken from within Kruger National Park. Whenever there is a market, …
South Africa Stocks: AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Sasol Move
Bloomberg
Ltd. (HAR) , South Africa’s third-largest gold producer, climbed 0.3 percent to 95.00 rand. DRDGold Ltd. (DRD) advanced 2 percent to 4.60 rand. Beige Holdings Ltd. (BEG) , a cosmetics maker, had its biggest gain since June 30 after saying Lion Match Co …
Indian-origin political leader dies in South Africa
Northern Voices Online
Pretoria, (IANS) Indian-origin political activist Amichand Rajbansi, leader of the Minority Front party in South Africa, has died at the age of 69, state-run news agency BuaNews reported. Rajbansi, nicknamed the “Bengal Tiger”, was a former chief …
Hunt for Gas Hits Fragile Soil, and South Africans Fear Risks
New York Times
KAROO, South Africa — When a drought dried up their wells last year, hundreds of farmers and their families flocked to local fairgrounds here to pray for rain, and a call went out on the regional radio station imploring South Africans to donate …
A century of sport highlights
Independent Online (blog)
The event is to celebrate the coronation of King George V and is a forerunner to the Commonwealth Games South Africa’s Kenneth McArthur wins gold and Christian Gitsham the silver for the marathon at the Stockholm Olympic Games. …
South Africa November Monthly Budget Deficit 28.6 Billion Rand
Bloomberg
South Africa posted a budget deficit of 28.6 billion rand ($3.53 billion) in November, the National Treasury said. Government revenue was 50.8 billion rand last month, while spending reached 79.4 billion rand, the Pretoria-based Treasury said in a …
South Africa: Illegal Liquor Trading Hours to Be Monitored
AllAfrica.com
Pretoria — Police have been urged to clamp down on non-compliance with the Liquor Act and stamp their authority against illegal liquor trading, violation of trading hours and illegal bashes ahead of New Year festivities. North West MEC for Public …
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