Joburg Chamber signs MOU with Chinese Trade Council:
Joburg Chamber signs MOU with Chinese Trade Council:
The Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance co-operation between their members, South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday. The agreement was signed on Monday at the SA-China Zhejiang Trade and Investment Symposium in Sandton, which was attended by a business delegation from China's Zhejiang province under the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
Ramaphosa’s Bid to Lead South Africa Buoyed by Zuma Missteps:
After months of playing coy about his aspirations to become the next leader of the ruling African National Congress, the deputy president has started crisscrossing the country speaking out against corruption. He's picked up endorsements from labor unions, church leaders and some of the ANC's most respected leaders, including former president Kgalema Motlanthe and ex-finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
Rioters and police clash in Johannesburg protest:
Protesters sing and chant in front of a burning barricade in the Ennerdale, Johannesburg township, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Violent protests have erupted in South Africa's biggest city for a second day, with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators who blocked roads and burned tires.
Protesters over lack of jobs, houses clash with South African police:
Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at protesters in southern townships of Johannesburg on Tuesday to quell the latest violence over lack of housing and jobs, piling pressure on President Jacob Zuma's government. Residents in the Eldorado Park and Ennerdale townships in South Africa's economic hub pelted police cars with stones and blocked a highway with burning tires and rocks, prompting riot police in protective gear to fire back at them.
Scientists in South Africa reveal more on human-like species:
A species belonging to the human family tree whose remnants were first discovered in a South African cave in 2013 lived several hundred thousand years ago, indicating that the creature was alive at the same time as the first humans in Africa, scientists said Tuesday. A meticulous dating process showed that Homo naledi , which had a mix of human-like and more primitive characteristics such as a small brain, existed in a surprisingly recent period in paleontological terms, said Prof.
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