South Africa in the News on 25 August 2012

South African BDS – or Just BS?American ThinkerThe government of South Africa has defined the State of Israel as not including Beersheva, Yad Mordechai, Acco, Afula, and Nahariya. It creates an " more…

Haaretz (blog)25 years after slapping sanctions on South Africa, tables have turned on IsraelHaaretz (blog)25 years ago, on September 16, 1987, South Africa's ambassador in Israel was summoned to more…

Asiagate On Spotlight At Cosafa/Fifa and Interpol WorkshopAllAfrica.comZimbabwe/South Africa: Asiagate On Spotlight At Cosafa/Fifa and Interpol Workshop. By Petros Kausiyo, 25 August 2012. Comment. Jo more…

Govt to Investigate Police Brutality ClaimsAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Govt to Investigate Police Brutality Claims. 25 August 2012. Comment. Amid anger over police using excessive force to quell violen more…

Witness Links Dewani Murder Accused to Convicted Taxi DriverAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Witness Links Dewani Murder Accused to Convicted Taxi Driver. By Sandiso Phaliso, 24 August 2012. Comment. A new more…

Myciti Expands to Woodstock, Salt RiverAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Myciti Expands to Woodstock, Salt River. By Peter Luhanga, 24 August 2012. Comment. Woodstock and Salt River are next in line to benef more…

City Opens Fourth Assessment Centre for the HomelessAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: City Opens Fourth Assessment Centre for the Homeless. By Francis Hweshe, 24 August 2012. Comment. In bid to reduce homele more…

Zambia/South Africa: Mbesuma ReloadedAllAfrica.comcolumn. BY signing to Orlando Pirates, South Africa's top soccer team, one-time Zambian hot shot striker Collins Mbesuma proves that he is still v more…

AFPSouth Africa, EU call for end to Syrian violenceTwoCircles.netBy IANS,. Pretoria: South Africa and the European Union (EU) Friday called for an immediate end to the growing violence in Syria. The a more…

Eurosport.com ASIARugby Championship Argentina v South Africa Odds and Betting PreviewBet AsiaMENDOZA, ARGENTINA – History beckons for Argentina on Saturday when they host their first Rugby Championsh more…

Platinum prices rise on South Africa unrestFinancial TimesPlatinum prices hit a four-month high this week as spreading unrest among mineworkers in South Africa – which accounts for nearly 80 per cen more…

Telegraph.co.ukSouth Africa mourns as efforts to save Solly the hippo failLos Angeles TimesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was supposed to be one be of those feel-good stories that make a nation smil more…

Record rhino slaughter in South Africa tied to VietnamNBCNews.comIn South Africa, more and more rhinos are being killed illegally. In 2007, 13 rhinos were poached, this number rose steadily to a recor more…

Does South Africa Have A Foreign Policy?The PropagandistAt first glance, South Africa is a first-world country. It's when you take a deeper look at the country today, some 20 years since the peace more…

Voice of AmericaSouth Africa Trial Ends in Prison Sentence for LifeVoice of AmericaJOHANESSBURG — While South Africa mourned the deaths of more than 30 striking miners last week, a black farmworker, more…

Recommended: South African Cartoonist on the Lonmin MassacreNBCNews.com (blog)In South Africa, the country has been gripped by an deadly incident last week that has been dubbed the “Hill of Horror. more…

Kapsch Falls as South Africa Lawsuit Halts Start of TollBusinessweekKapsch TrafficCom AG (KTCG) headed for an almost 11-month low in Vienna trading after the Austrian maker of road-toll systems report more…

Kapsch Falls as South Africa Lawsuit Halts Start of TollBloombergThe start of a road-toll system in South Africa's Gauteng province was postponed indefinitely in April because of a lawsuit, elimin more…

National PostSouth Africa Policy on Occupied Palestinian Territories Angers IsraelAtlanta Black StarWhile a spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry called South Africa's new policy “unaccept more…

Telegraph.co.ukEngland-South Africa One-Day Cricket Match Washed Out by RainBusinessweekPlay began at 3:10 p.m. following a 5-hour rain delay with South Africa bowling after winning the toss and the t more…