{"id":14236,"date":"2012-09-04T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T08:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-4-september-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-09-04T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T08:15:37","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-4-september-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-4-september-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 4 September 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209040124.html\">Comedy Series for Community TV Being Produced in Port Elizabeth Uses Interns <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Comedy Series for Community TV Being Produced in Port Elizabeth Uses InternsAllAfrica.comThe show is reportedly the first of its kind in South Africa, as community television stations rely mostly on c <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209040124.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.bernama.com\/bernama\/v6\/newsworld.php?id=691847\">South Africa Facing High Level Of Water Wastage &#8211; Bernama<\/a> &#8211; <em>bernama.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa Facing High Level Of Water WastageBernamaPRETORIA, Sept 4 (BERNAMA-NNN-SANEWS) &#8212; Despite being a water-scarce country, South Africa faces extremely high levels of water wastage with lose <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bernama.com\/bernama\/v6\/newsworld.php?id=691847\"> 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\/09\/04\/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE8820FM20120904?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;rpc=71\">South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads &#8211; Reuters<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Wall Street JournalSouth Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreadsReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mi <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/09\/04\/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE8820FM20120904?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;rpc=71\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.supersport.com\/rugby\/springboks\/news\/120904\/South_Africa_will_focus_on_their_own_strengths\">South Africa will focus on their own strengths &#8211; SuperSport<\/a> &#8211; <em>supersport.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">SuperSportSouth Africa will focus on their own strengthsSuperSportSouth Africa will spend to week in the build-up to their Rugby Championship clash with Australia focussing on their own game-plan rath <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.supersport.com\/rugby\/springboks\/news\/120904\/South_Africa_will_focus_on_their_own_strengths\"> 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\/201209040048.html\">The South African Police Service and the Public Order War <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The South African Police Service and the Public Order WarAllAfrica.comThis violence against political dissent can be considered as a front in what many independent social movements are calling the &#038;qu <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209040048.html\"> 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\/201209040045.html\">End Poverty to Achieve Social Cohesion, Nation Told <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/04\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">AllAfrica.comEnd Poverty to Achieve Social Cohesion, Nation ToldAllAfrica.comCape Town \u2014 Human community is impossible in conditions of poverty and inequality, and unless current levels of inequalit <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209040045.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\/2012-09-03\/south-africa-mine-deaths-show-wealth-gap-inciting-tension\">South Africa Mine Deaths Show Wealth Gap Inciting Tension &#8211; Businessweek<\/a> &#8211; <em>businessweek.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Voice of AmericaSouth Africa Mine Deaths Show Wealth Gap Inciting TensionBusinessweekSouth Africa&#39;s worst mine violence since the end of apartheid in 1994 has highlighted one of the world&#39;s bi <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-09-03\/south-africa-mine-deaths-show-wealth-gap-inciting-tension\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2012\/09\/03\/3105866\/south-african-universitys-student-council-votes-to-boycott-israel\">South African university&#039;s student council votes to boycott Israel &#8211; Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a> &#8211; <em>jta.org<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">YnetnewsSouth African university&#39;s student council votes to boycott IsraelJewish Telegraphic AgencySeptember 3, 2012. PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) &#8212; The Student Representative Council of the Univ <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2012\/09\/03\/3105866\/south-african-universitys-student-council-votes-to-boycott-israel\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/main.omanobserver.om\/node\/108391\">South Africa&#039;s Oosthuizen takes lead after third round &#8211; Oman Daily Observer<\/a> &#8211; <em>main.omanobserver.om<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Oman Daily ObserverSouth Africa&#39;s Oosthuizen takes lead after third roundOman Daily ObserverSouth Africa&#39;s Oosthuizen takes lead after third round. Tue, 04 September 2012. NORTON, Massachusett <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/main.omanobserver.om\/node\/108391\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/south_africa_mine_strikes_and_shootings_spread\/1500787.html\">South Africa Mine Strikes, Shootings Spread &#8211; Voice of America<\/a> &#8211; <em>voanews.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Voice of AmericaSouth Africa Mine Strikes, Shootings SpreadVoice of AmericaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa \u2014 Illegal strikes have spread to gold mines in South Africa, weeks after platinum miners launche <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/south_africa_mine_strikes_and_shootings_spread\/1500787.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.foxbusiness.com\/news\/2012\/09\/03\/south-africa-gold-strikes-spread-4-protesters-hospitalized\/\">South Africa Gold Strikes Spread, 4 Protesters Hospitalized &#8211; Fox Business<\/a> &#8211; <em>foxbusiness.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa Gold Strikes Spread, 4 Protesters HospitalizedFox BusinessSouth Africa&#39;s second-largest gold producer, Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI), also said Monday that workers continued an illegal strik <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/news\/2012\/09\/03\/south-africa-gold-strikes-spread-4-protesters-hospitalized\/\"> 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\/09\/after-platiunum-mine-shootings-south-africa-warns-mining-companies-to-do-more-for-workers.html\">After shootings, South Africa warns mines to do more for workers &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a> &#8211; <em>latimesblogs.latimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Voice of AmericaAfter shootings, South Africa warns mines to do more for workersLos Angeles TimesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa \u2014 The mineral resources minister of South Africa warned mining companies o <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/world_now\/2012\/09\/after-platiunum-mine-shootings-south-africa-warns-mining-companies-to-do-more-for-workers.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/worldnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/09\/03\/13638521-oscar-pistorius-sorry-for-timing-not-content-of-angry-outburst-at-paralympics?lite\">Oscar Pistorius sorry for timing, not content, of angry outburst at Paralympics &#8211; NBCNews.com (blog)<\/a> &#8211; <em>worldnews.nbcnews.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">ESPN.co.ukOscar Pistorius sorry for timing, not content, of angry outburst at ParalympicsNBCNews.com (blog)Oscar Pistorius of South Africa (L) and Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira of Brazil shake hands <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/worldnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/09\/03\/13638521-oscar-pistorius-sorry-for-timing-not-content-of-angry-outburst-at-paralympics?lite\"> 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\/201209031550.html\">Universities, Civil Society Join Major Bid to End Poverty <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Universities, Civil Society Join Major Bid to End PovertyAllAfrica.comCape Town \u2014 Poverty and inequality are named routinely among the key challenges facing South Africa today. This week a conferenc <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209031550.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.chicagotribune.com\/news\/sns-rt-us-safrica-minesbre8820fm-20120903,0,3391723.story\">South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads &#8211; Chicago Tribune<\/a> &#8211; <em>chicagotribune.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Bangkok PostSouth Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreadsChicago TribuneJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/sns-rt-us-safrica-minesbre8820fm-20120903,0,3391723.story\"> 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\/201209031533.html\">Marikana &#8211; Govt Assures Business <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South African Broadcasting CorporationMarikana &#8211; Govt Assures BusinessAllAfrica.comPretoria \u2014 The incident at Marikana was not a reflection of the business environment in South Africa, the Inter-Min <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209031533.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.vancouversun.com\/sports\/2012-summer-games\/Oscar+Pistorius+apologizes+outburst+after\/7182810\/story.html\">South Africa&#039;s Oscar Pistorius, seen here in a file photo, won silver in the &#8230; &#8211; Vancouver Sun<\/a> &#8211; <em>vancouversun.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">ESPN.co.ukSouth Africa&#39;s Oscar Pistorius, seen here in a file photo, won silver in the &#8230;Vancouver SunLONDON \u2013 Oscar Pistorius apologized today for raining on rival Alan Fonteles Oliverira&#39; <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/sports\/2012-summer-games\/Oscar+Pistorius+apologizes+outburst+after\/7182810\/story.html\"> 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\/201209031516.html\">South Africa: Five Minutes &#8211; South Africa <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">CBC.caSouth Africa: Five Minutes &#8211; South AfricaAllAfrica.comThe police killing of the strikers last month at the Marikana mine, run by platinum producer Lonmin, was the worst such security incident th <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209031516.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\/09\/03\/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE8820FM20120903\">South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads &#8211; Reuters<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Wall Street JournalSouth Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreadsReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/09\/03\/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE8820FM20120903\"> 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\/201209031398.html\">HIV Programme &#039;Saving Babies&#039; Lives&#039; <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">09\/03\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">HIV Programme &#39;Saving Babies&#39; Lives&#39;AllAfrica.comMotsoaledi added that the rate at which tuberculosis was being cured in South Africa was slowly going up and now stood at 73%. &quot;If we <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201209031398.html\"> more&#8230; 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