Coetzee retained as Springboks coach despite big slump: CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Allister Coetzee has been retained as South Africa coach despite a dire first season in charge that saw the Springboks slump to a series of embarrassing losses. SA Rugby says it “reaffirmed its support” for Coetzee after a …
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Thabo Mbeki appointed chancellor of Unisa: FORMER president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki has been appointed as the new chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa). It comes after Judge Bernard Ngoepe, who served as Unisa’s chancellor for fifteen years, stepped down earlier this week.
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South Africa Faces Continent’s Wrath as Xenophobia Erupts: A resurgence of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa has sparked outrage in other African countries and spurred calls for more to be done to stamp out xenophobia. Residents of the Pretoria suburbs of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville took to the streets of …
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South Africa: ‘War Is Coming’ – Prasa Acting CEO On Media Reports: “I remain a proud, incorruptible public servant,” Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) acting group CEO Collins Letsoalo said on Monday, announcing that a war was brewing between him and those allegedly trying to destabilise the company.
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South Africa: Prasa Denies Allegations of Salary Increase: Pretoria — Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) acting group CEO Collins Letsoalo has dismissed allegations he demanded a salary which was four times his agreed salary. The claims appeared in an article in the Sunday Times at the weekend.
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Watch an exclusive clip from ‘We Are X’, the new X Japan film from team behind ‘Searching For Sugarman’: In 2012, music documentary Searching for Sugarman detailed the heart-warming and touching journey to find American musician Sixto Rodriguez – a man who had become a cult legend in South Africa without even knowing it. It went on to win several awards …
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Church condemns xenophobia: Local clerics have slammed Friday’s xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals in South Africa — demanding that their regional peers must intervene to force President Jacob Zuma’s government to stamp out the violence. A vigilante …
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South Africans On The Rampage Again, Loot 100 Shops Overnight: Xenophobic attack in South Africa Police on Monday said no fewer than 100 people ransacked shops in Johannesburg overnight, in the latest wave of looting incidents in South African cities. “We are following up on leads and we are expecting to make more …
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