South Africa in the News on 8 June 2012

Zee NewsS Africa to celebrate Mandela`s 94th birthday in styleZee NewsJohannesburg: South Africa will this year celebrate the birthday of the country's first black president and Nobel laureate Nel more…

Golf AustraliaU.S. Open tee times announcedSan Francisco Chronicle7:48 am-1:03 pm – Brendan Jones, Australia; George Coetzee, South Africa; Gregory Bourdy, France 7:59 am-1:14 pm – a-Patrick Cantlay, more…

AFPSouth Africa's Comrades Marathon, the ultra-distance raceAFPBy Claudine Renaud (AFP) – 37 minutes ago DURBAN, South Africa — South Africa's Comrades Marathon, a 90-kilometre (56-mile) r more…

The Associated PressPhillip Tobias dies at 86; South African expert on early manLos Angeles TimesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Phillip Tobias, a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and expert more…

South Africa's diamond industry no longer sparklingCreamer Media’s Mining Weekly“In my opinion, the State Diamond Trader has failed in its objectives to buy up to 10% of the run-of-mine from all more…

BBC NewsScores of SKA dishes to be made in South Africa and AustraliaCreamer Media’s Engineering NewsPhase 1 of the €1.5-billion interna- tional Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project more…

Business RecorderMarcus Says South Africa Will Act Without Fear on RateBusinessWeekProduction dropped 10.6 percent in April from a year ago, Statistics South Africa said yesterday. While manufacturing more…

Daily MailApartheid-era anthem fires up South Africa teamAlaska DispatchThey offered South Africa a “full and unreserved apology” for playing an apartheid-era national anthem before a game on Tues more…

Telegraph.co.ukSouth Africa v England: Stuart Lancaster gambles with Ben Foden on the wing in …Telegraph.co.ukIf Marler's battle with the South Africa front row represents the elemental part of more…

Free things to do in City of Gold, JohannesburgFox NewsSouth Africa's economic hub has lots to offer for free, including a worthwhile glimpse of several institutions — courts and the library — more…

South Africa Toy Fair Premieres in 2013Gifts & Decorative AccessoriesCAPE TOWN, South Africa – In response to the emerging toy industry in South Africa, the Cape Town International Convention Centre ( more…

Boycotting West Bank products: A view from South AfricaJerusalem PostThe irony of the call by South Africa to label products made in the West Bank as such, and not as those of Israel, is two-fold. The more…

The Associated PressEminent South African anthropologist Tobias diesThe Associated PressBy DONNA BRYSON, AP – 1 hour ago JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anthropologist Phillip Tobias, internationally renowned more…

ESPNcricinfo.comSouth Africa get new sponsorESPNcricinfo.comThe contract comes after a tough period for South Africa's cricket governing body, which is still embroiled in a bonus scandal that has more…

Kansas City StarRenowned South African scientist Phillip Tobias dies at 86Los Angeles TimesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Phillip Tobias, renowned South African paleoanthropologist and expert on early more…

Independent OnlineAnglo American CEO: S Africa Tax Plan Risk To Mine CompetitivenessFox BusinessSouth Africa's planned resource rent tax runs the risk of making the country's mining sector int more…

The GuardianBritain apologizes for playing apartheid-era anthemCNNLondon (CNN) — British field hockey authorities have been forced to apologize "unreservedly" to South Africa after an old n more…

RTANC's 'second transition' pushes South Africa toward tense political seasonGlobe and MailThe world applauded when the African National Congress led the fight to liberate South Africa fro more…

AllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Why Is G-Star Raw Not Stepping Up to Detox?AllAfrica.comOver the past couple of days, Greenpeace activists and supporters in seven countries, from South Africa to Hong Kong, more…

Telegraph.co.ukEngland's progress to be tested by evolving BoksSI.comDURBAN, South Africa (AP) -England's progress under Stuart Lancaster will be tested by an evolving Springboks team in a rar more…