South Africa take a gamble on Morkel for Dunedin test: WELLINGTON South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel has been recalled for the first test against New Zealand in Dunedin after more than a year out of the longest form of the game with back problems. The towering 32-year-old will join fellow pacemen Vernon …
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South Africa’s Q4 GDP contracts by 0.3 pct quarter/quarter: PRETORIA, March 7 (Reuters) – South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 after expanding by a revised 0.4 percent in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent on …
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Is Xenophobic Violence in South Africa ‘Politics by Other Means’?: Jean Pierre Misago of the African Centre for Migration and Society in Johannesburg believes that xenophobic violence is not only a daily occurrence, it has also become a longstanding feature in post-apartheid South Africa.
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South Africa: Targeting Immigrants, Again: “In the post-apartheid South Africa, resurgence of xenophobic violence is a symptom of the deep leadership deficit. For the fourth consecutive week now, South Africa is witnessing what many analysts call a “resurgence” of xenophobic violence in parts of …
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