South Africa in the News on 9 October 2012

Limpopo Task Team Report – President Stance Unclear Over Key …AllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Limpopo Task Team Report – President Stance Unclear Over Key Recommendations. 8 October 2012. Comment. press more…

Annual Report Is Grounds for Joemat-Pettersson's DismissalAllAfrica.comThis goes some way to explaining the sorry state of animal health in South Africa today and the consequent billions in lost r more…

BDliveGolf: South Africa's Grace wins Dunhill LinksPakTribune.comGolf: South Africa's Grace wins Dunhill Links. 09 October, 2012. ST ANDREWS: Branden Grace of South Africa won the Alfred Dunhi more…

Simelane – the Next StepAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Simelane – the Next Step. 8 October 2012. Comment. press release. The DA will this week ask the Justice Portfolio Committee to set time aside to disc more…

eTurboNewsSAA in Crisis – Privatise or Be GroundedAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: SAA in Crisis – Privatise or Be Grounded. 8 October 2012. Comment. press release. Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba more…

Breakthrough in Safe and ATM BombingsAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Breakthrough in Safe and ATM Bombings. 7 October 2012. Comment. press release. Over the weekend, members of Crime Intelligence and the H more…

Sri Lanka inherit South Africa's "chokers" tagChicago Tribune(Reuters) – South Africa's inability to win a major tournament despite having teams packed with talent has long earned th more…

Independent OnlineSouth Africa state workers join strike bandwagonChicago TribuneJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa's local government workers' union said on Monday it would launch a strike more…

Silicosis rampant in South Africa's minesWorld Socialist Web SiteAccording to the Department of Health's Tuberculosis Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007–2011, the gold mining industry may more…

South Africa Crowns a Black Idol, and the Soul-Searching BeginsNew York TimesBut in South Africa, which for decades separated the races under the brutal apartheid system that put blacks at the bottom more…

Champions League in South AfricaPakistan Daily TimesISLAMABAD: Two of the teams at this year's Champions League in South Africa would have made their first appearance in at the inaugural edition o more…

IMF cuts South Africa's 2013 growth forecastMoneyweb.co.za"South Africa, strongly linked to Europe, would be particularly affected, with possible repercussions for some economies in southern more…

Business Recorder (blog)Sri Lanka inherit South Africa's 'chokers' tagBusiness Recorder (blog)srilanka COLOMBO: South Africa's inability to win a major tournament despite having teams more…

Sri Lanka inherit South Africa's 'chokers' tagTimes of IndiaSouth Africa's inability to win a major tournament despite having teams packed with talent has long earned them the tag of i more…

Telegraph.co.ukSouth Africa violence echoes nation's angerTelegraph.co.ukThe group of miners gathered in scrubland by a hill close to the Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mine shafts outside Rust more…

Telegraph.co.ukSouth Africa: Union accuses platinum producer of racismFox NewsThe National Union of Mineworkers accused Anglo American Platinum Monday of "racism" as the impasse between stri more…

Media regulation in UK and South Africa: two sides of the same coin?editorsweblog.org (blog)UK Prime Minister David Cameron will sit down in the next month to consider his response to the Leveson Inqu more…

CNBC.comSouth Africa Stocks Downgraded as Mining Troubles SpreadCNBC.comIn August clashes at the Lonmin mine in South Africa left 44 people dead and that unrest has now spread to other companies acros more…

Shack Living Goes GreenAllAfrica.comEnkanini — The Plaatjie family – like more than a million households in South Africa – lives in an informal settlement. But unlike most such households, the Plaat more…

Voice of AmericaSouth African Crime Falls as Security Firms FlourishVoice of AmericaJOHANNESBURG — Violent crime has dropped in South Africa while the country's private security industry has flo more…