South Africa in the News on 10 March 2012

Report: South Africa ahead in race to host giant space telescopeTimes LIVEAustralian officials were unavailable for comment Saturday on a press report that South Africa is the favourite to host the wo more…

Yahoo! Eurosport UKSouth Africa vs New Zealand 1st Test: Batsmen set up absorbing final dayNDTVSouth Africa need eight wickets to take the series lead, while New Zealand require another 264 runs to co more…

Explosives from South Africa seized in LagosDaily SunThe cartons, labelled cartridge powder devices and chargers were flown in from South Africa since February 24, 2012, but vigilant personnel at the more…

Nigeria IntelNigeria, South Africa's new colonial territoryDaily SunSo, I declare my full and total support for the action so far taken to reply South Africa on the humiliating treatment meted out more…

New York TimesUnions call nationwide protests in South AfricaVentura County StarAP JOHANNESBURG (AP) – South Africa's biggest trade union federation found unusual allies and put itself in oppositi more…

Independent Community NewspaperSouth Africa declares, NZ need 401 to winIndependent Community NewspaperSouth Africa's Alviro Peterson goes on the drive. New Zealand wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk pla more…

Telegraph.co.ukCricket: South Africa tightens its grip on first testNew Zealand HeraldBy David Leggat Jacques Kallis of South Africa has been dismissed for 113 in the second innings of the cricket tes more…

Nigeria IntelSouth Africa wise to reverse decision on deported travellers, says SarakiThe Nation NewspaperSouth Africa sparked off a crisis between it and Nigeria recently by deporting 150 Nigerians o more…

Stuff.co.nzSmith, Kallis centuries put South Africa in controlArab NewsSouth Africa was 268-3 at stumps on the third day with a lead of 233 runs. Smith's 23rd Test century and Kallis's 42nd le more…

AFPWal-Mart gets go-ahead in South AfricaThe Associated PressThe Wal-Mart-Massmart partnership has been operating in South Africa since last year pending Friday's ruling. Wal-Mart is entering Afri more…

ESPNcricinfo.comSouth Africa: Inquiry Finds Prima Facie Case Against Cricket SA BossAllAfrica.comBy Nthambeleni Gabara, 9 March 2012 Pretoria — The ministerial committee of inquiry into the financia more…

Ann Taylor's Earnings Fall, Wal-Mart to Enter South Africa, German Newspaper …Wall Street Journal (blog)By WSJ Staff Bild Zeitung, Germany's biggest tabloid newspaper, is discontinuing the p more…

Nature.comSouth Africa wins science panel's backing to host SKA telescopeNature.comSouth Africa has already built seven radio telescopes as prototypes for the proposed Square Kilometre Array. A sc more…

MyBroadbandS.Africa cuts 2012/13 power rate hike to 16 pctReuters… Eskom, minister, analyst comments) By Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG, March 9 (Reuters) – South Africa's energy regulator said on more…

Press TVSouth Africa highlights Israeli apartheidTehran TimesActivists in Johannesburg have concluded a week of programs highlighting the similarities between the Apartheid regime in South Africa and more…

MyBroadbandS Africa Eskom Set To Lose ZAR11 Billion Revenue As Price Hike Is ReducedFox BusinessJOHANNESBURG – South Africa's annual electricity price rise will be lower than previously planned, more…

ESPNcricinfo.comSouth Africa turn screws, batsmen dominateStuff.co.nzTwo master practitioners offered New Zealand's cricketers a batting lesson as South Africa eye a target of 300-plus to snuff ou more…

Fox NewsSouth Africa goes big on nuclear a year after Japan's FukushimaMinewebChances to build reactors grew fewer after the Fukushima accident, with many developed states trying to wean themselve more…

MyBroadbandS.Africa cuts 2012/13 power rate hike to 16 pctReuters AfricaBy Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa's energy regulator said on Friday it had cut the increase in electri more…

ESPNcricinfo.comMajola should face possible criminal charges: committeeReuters AfricaPRETORIA, South Africa (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola should face possible cr more…