{"id":15600,"date":"2012-10-16T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T08:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-16-october-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-10-16T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T08:13:31","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-16-october-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-16-october-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 16 October 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\/201210160181.html\">School Closures &#8211; MEC Donald Grant to Announce Plans to Improve Education &#8230; <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/16\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">School Closures &#8211; MEC Donald Grant to Announce Plans to Improve Education &#8230;AllAfrica.comSouth Africa: School Closures &#8211; MEC Donald Grant to Announce Plans to Improve Education Opportunities for Lear <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201210160181.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\/201210160182.html\">Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Alan &#8230; <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/16\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Alan &#8230;AllAfrica.comWe are already looking to other regions to bring tourists to the Western Cape and are focusing much of our atten <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201210160182.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.bdlive.co.za\/sport\/cricket\/2012\/10\/16\/cricket-south-africa-mulls-new-social-media-code\">Cricket South Africa mulls new social media code &#8211; BDlive<\/a> &#8211; <em>bdlive.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/16\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BDliveCricket South Africa mulls new social media codeBDliveCRICKET South Africa may implement regulations on electronic communication between players in the aftermath of the Kevin Pietersen text mess <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bdlive.co.za\/sport\/cricket\/2012\/10\/16\/cricket-south-africa-mulls-new-social-media-code\"> 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\/201210160034.html\">Bafana Coach Unruffled By Stars Threat <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/16\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Daily NationBafana Coach Unruffled By Stars ThreatAllAfrica.comNairobi \u2014 Kenya take on South Africa on Tuesday evening with Bafana Bafana coach, Gordon Ingesund using the international friendly as a <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201210160034.html\"> more&#8230; 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ABC Online<\/a> &#8211; <em>abc.net.au<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/16\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Hindu Business LineElementary to keep Watson fit, selectors sayABC OnlineWatson has been ordered to return home from the Sydney Sixers&#39; Champions League T20 campaign in South Africa after three ga <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2012-10-16\/elementary-to-keep-watson-fit2c-selectors-say\/4315784?section=sport\"> 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\/2012-10-15\/south-africas-40-billion-water-gap-threatens-economy\">South Africa&#039;s $40 Billion Water Gap Threatens Economy &#8211; Businessweek<\/a> &#8211; <em>businessweek.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/15\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s $40 Billion Water Gap Threatens EconomyBusinessweekConcrete patches on the canals snaking through Nico Greeff&#39;s vineyards betray constant repairs to an outmoded irrigation syste <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-10-15\/south-africas-40-billion-water-gap-threatens-economy\"> more&#8230; 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Africa Gold Strike Talks Fail With 50% of Output Shut &#8211; Businessweek<\/a> &#8211; <em>businessweek.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/15\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">AFPS. Africa Gold Strike Talks Fail With 50% of Output ShutBusinessweekPlatinum, iron ore and chrome mines have also been disrupted by stoppages as miners bypassed unions to demand above-inflation pay <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-10-15\/anglogold-gold-fields-wage-increase-talks-end-unresolved\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/soccernet.espn.go.com\/news\/story\/_\/id\/1190453\/south-africa-named-among-top-seeds-for-anc\">South Africa named in top seeds for ANC &#8211; ESPN<\/a> &#8211; <em>soccernet.espn.go.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/15\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">ESPNSouth Africa named in top seeds for ANCESPNAfrican Nations&#39; Cup (ANC) hosts South Africa have been named among the top seeds for next year&#39;s competition, despite being the seventh-lowest r <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/soccernet.espn.go.com\/news\/story\/_\/id\/1190453\/south-africa-named-among-top-seeds-for-anc\"> more&#8230; 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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/south-africa-municipal-workers-threaten-strike-over-pay-and-graft-piling-pressure-on-economy\/2012\/10\/15\/15feda22-16d6-11e2-a346-f24efc680b8d_story.html\">South Africa municipal workers threaten strike over pay and graft, piling &#8230; &#8211; Washington Post<\/a> &#8211; <em>washingtonpost.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/15\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa municipal workers threaten strike over pay and graft, piling &#8230;Washington PostJOHANNESBURG \u2014 A spokesman for the South African Municipal Workers&#39; Union says some 200,000 workers ac <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/south-africa-municipal-workers-threaten-strike-over-pay-and-graft-piling-pressure-on-economy\/2012\/10\/15\/15feda22-16d6-11e2-a346-f24efc680b8d_story.html\"> more&#8230; 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Tagged: Legal Affairs &middot; South Africa &middot; Southern Africa. 15 October 2012. Comment. 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