South Africa in the News on 7 April 2012

Outdoor gyms fight fat in South AfricaSin Chew Jit Pohby Sibongile Khumalo SOWETO, South Africa, April 7, 2012 (AFP) – Sweat drips down the face of a woman as she shuffles between exercise machines an more…

How detention without charge links Israel and apartheid South AfricaInstitute for Middle East UnderstandingThe apartheid regime in South Africa similarly enacted various laws that imposed indefinite d more…

Thanh Nien DailySouth Africa bars Vietnam hunters as rhino poaching surgesThanh Nien DailySouth Africa has barred Vietnamese nationals who have applied to hunt rhinos in the country because it hasn&#3 more…

University of South Africa educators visit HCCCLittle Falls Evening TimesEducators form the University of South Africa as well as educators from the SUNY system are pictured at Herkimer County Communi more…

Channel 4 NewsSun-kissed French beach is actually… South Africa – Today's World NewsSan Francisco Luxury NewsThe French tourism board has been left red-faced after using photos of South African more…

South African Shantytown Opera Singer Takes NYC by Storm (Video)Huffington Post (blog)Mteto Maphoyi (Mthetho Mapoyi), a kid from a small Xhosa township in South Africa's Western Cape and a subject more…

Tuareg rebels in Mali declare independent stateLos Angeles TimesREPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Tuareg rebels who recently captured northern Mali in a stunning military advance declared t more…

Zee NewsTata Power in talks for buying stake in South Africa coal projectEconomic TimesJOHANNESBURG/NEW DELHI: Tata Power today said it is in talks with energy company Sekoko Resources to acquire stak more…

Africa: UNCTAD Shows Signs of Spunk AgainAllAfrica.comThese five countries-the "BRICS" states- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are home to forty per cent of the world's pe more…

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)Where is South Africa Going?Council on Foreign Relations (blog)(Siphiwe Sibeko/Courtesy Reuters) Seventeen years ago South Africa transformed itself into a “non-ra more…

Seeing South Africa Aboard a Floating HotelAllAfrica.comBy Susan Wong, 6 April 2012 Going on a cruise has surged in popularity as a holidaying option. Whether you're a family will toddlers and tee more…

Mother Nature NetworkOutdoor gyms fight fat in South AfricaMother Nature NetworkBy Sibongile Khumalo, AFPThu, Apr 05 2012 at 5:20 AM EST PUBLIC EXERCISE: People are seen working out at new outdoor gym more…

South African coal mining project rejects bid by Tata PowerThe HinduExploration company Firestone Energy has rejected a bid by Tata Power for a 30 per cent stake in a coal project in South Africa, cit more…

SuperSport.comVan der Merwe draws South Africa evenSuperSport.comRuan Roelofse lost the first match to Blaz Kavcic before Van der Merwe drew South Africa level heading into Saturday's crucial doub more…

BBC SportTiming change can help South African clubsBBC SportBy Mohammed Allie BBC Sport, South Africa South Africa's football season is set to change to a calendar-year season from 2014 in a bid t more…

Financial TimesOn Raw Edges of Cape Town, Adventure High and LowNew York TimesCAPE TOWN — I've made my way to South Africa, a country that has rapidly been evolving into a paradise for adventure more…

'Cricket in South Africa still riven with racial prejudice'NDTVPTI Johannesburg: Former Cricket South Africa selection panel chairman Rushdie Magiet has alleged that sport is still riven with more…

Mbeki Downplays Prospects of Full Scale War Between Two SudansAllAfrica.comJuba — The chair of the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP), former South Africa President, Thabo Mbeki, on Thu more…

Globe and MailSKA Goes Into Referee's Optional Extra TimeAllAfrica.comBy Alex Eliseev, 5 April 2012 If the Square Kilometre Array bid was a rugby game between South Africa and Australia, the lates more…

Globe and MailSouth Africa and Australia fight for mega radio telescope projectThe Africa ReportSouth Africa and Australia are the two contenders for the project, known as the Square Kilometre Array ( more…