{"id":10687,"date":"2012-05-25T10:03:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T08:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-may-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-05-25T10:03:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T08:03:47","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-may-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-may-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 25 May 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/entertainment\/153719465.html\">A Fugard drama about a cruel South African prison &#8211; Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> &#8211; <em>philly.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">A Fugard drama about a cruel South African prisonPhiladelphia InquirerBy Toby Zinman Frank X (left) as John and UR as Winston, inmates of South Africa&#39;s notorious apartheid-era Robben Island. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/entertainment\/153719465.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/05\/25\/us-lesotho-election-idUSBRE84O0AN20120525\">Lesotho heads for tense, open election &#8211; Reuters<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Lesotho heads for tense, open electionReutersBy Ed Cropley | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho go to the polls on Saturday in a wide-open election that analyst <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/05\/25\/us-lesotho-election-idUSBRE84O0AN20120525\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/commoditiesNews\/idAFL5E8GP1PB20120525\">South Africa&#039;s rand steadies on euro zone concerns &#8211; Reuters Africa<\/a> &#8211; <em>af.reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s rand steadies on euro zone concernsReuters AfricaJOHANNESBURG May 25 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa&#39;s rand steadied on Friday against the dollar but remained under pressure from a wea <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/commoditiesNews\/idAFL5E8GP1PB20120525\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/MyNews24\/South-Africas-Future-in-Divine-Harmony-20120524\">South Africa&#039;s Future in Divine Harmony &#8211; News24<\/a> &#8211; <em>news24.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s Future in Divine HarmonyNews24Just because you don&#39;t see it doesn&#39;t mean it isn&#39;t there, for Destiny is not a place, but a state of being. If you are still confused abou <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/MyNews24\/South-Africas-Future-in-Divine-Harmony-20120524\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205250085.html\">Govt Backs South Africa&#039;s Candidate for AU Elections <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">FinalCall.com NewsGovt Backs South Africa&#39;s Candidate for AU ElectionsAllAfrica.comHe was speaking in Cape Town on Wednesday after the 8th South Africa-Nigeria Bi-National Commission (BNC), which <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205250085.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2012\/5\/23\/Protest-Divestment-Apartheid\/\">Students Protest Investment in Apartheid South Africa &#8211; Harvard Crimson<\/a> &#8211; <em>thecrimson.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Students Protest Investment in Apartheid South AfricaHarvard CrimsonEven after Harvard tried to placate critics with a policy of \u201cselective divestment,\u201d student activists continued to protest any <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2012\/5\/23\/Protest-Divestment-Apartheid\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205250065.html\">South Africa: The Leadership Race Opens Up <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: The Leadership Race Opens UpAllAfrica.comThe battle for succession in the African National Congress is getting nastier as its outcome looks more uncertain. Supporters of the main protago <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205250065.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5go9B_AM0s_kMBTepqeTYbo-BYUpg?docId=afce62d8dffb40369cb87756b9cf2d32\">South Africa&#039;s Soweto gets its fashion week &#8211; The Associated Press<\/a> &#8211; <em>google.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The Associated PressSouth Africa&#39;s Soweto gets its fashion weekThe Associated PressBy DONNA BRYSON, AP \u2013 2 minutes ago JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 Struggling but deserving designers got a chance to sh <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5go9B_AM0s_kMBTepqeTYbo-BYUpg?docId=afce62d8dffb40369cb87756b9cf2d32\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/world_now\/2012\/05\/south-africa-jacob-zuma-portrait-lawyer-weeps.html\">South African president&#039;s lawyer weeps in court case over painting &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a> &#8211; <em>latimesblogs.latimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The AtlanticSouth African president&#39;s lawyer weeps in court case over paintingLos Angeles TimesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa &#8212; A white man&#39;s painting of a black president, genitals exposed, slas <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/world_now\/2012\/05\/south-africa-jacob-zuma-portrait-lawyer-weeps.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2012\/05\/24\/3625666\/pistorius-confident-of-qualifying.html\">Pistorius confident of qualifying for Olympics &#8211; Kansas City Star<\/a> &#8211; <em>kansascity.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Kansas City StarPistorius confident of qualifying for OlympicsKansas City StarBy KAREL JANICEK AP South Africa&#39;s athlete Oscar Pistorius smiles during a press conference in Ostrava, Czech Republic <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2012\/05\/24\/3625666\/pistorius-confident-of-qualifying.html\"> more&#8230; 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Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a> &#8211; <em>jta.org<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Kansas City StarSouth African Jewish leaders say trade minister is adamant on West Bank labelingJewish Telegraphic AgencyPRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) &#8212; The South African Jewish Board of Deputies was <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2012\/05\/24\/3096446\/jewish-leaders-meet-with-south-africa-trade-minister-over-west-bank-labeling\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205241118.html\">South Africa: Mdluli Suspension a Matter for &#039;Employer and Employee&#039; <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: Mdluli Suspension a Matter for &#39;Employer and Employee&#39;AllAfrica.comJohannesburg \u2014 Police crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli is still at work and his possible suspension is <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205241118.html\"> more&#8230; 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<em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">WorldStageNigeria, South Africa Partner On Crude Oil SuppliesAllAfrica.comBy Oluwaseun Oluwarotimi, 23 May 2012 With the uncertainty over supply of oil from Iran, South Africa is partnering with Niger <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201205241100.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-05-24\/south-africa-reduces-corn-output-forecast-for-the-season\">South Africa Reduces Corn-Output Forecast for the Season &#8211; BusinessWeek<\/a> &#8211; <em>businessweek.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">05\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Independent OnlineSouth Africa Reduces Corn-Output Forecast for the SeasonBusinessWeekBy Tshepiso Mokhema on May 24, 2012 South Africa, the continent&#39;s biggest corn producer, reduced its forecast <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-05-24\/south-africa-reduces-corn-output-forecast-for-the-season\"> more&#8230; 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