{"id":17183,"date":"2012-12-25T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-december-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-12-25T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:13:12","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-25-december-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 25 December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.zw\/2012\/12\/25\/mining-expected-to-tackle-south-africas-needs\/\">Mining expected to tackle South Africa&#039;s needs &#8211; NewsDay<\/a> &#8211; <em>newsday.co.zw<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">iAfrica.comMining expected to tackle South Africa&#39;s needsNewsDayJOHANNESBURG \u2014 The mining sector is faced with a choice: either actively raise its contribution to the country&#39;s developmental <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.zw\/2012\/12\/25\/mining-expected-to-tackle-south-africas-needs\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/Todays-News-3-150287-South-Africas-ANC-eases-investor-angst\">South Africa&#039;s ANC eases investor angst &#8211; The News International<\/a> &#8211; <em>thenews.com.pk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/25\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s ANC eases investor angstThe News InternationalJOHANNESBURG: South Africa&#39;s ruling ANC did not sound much like a revolutionary movement of the political left at its party confere <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/Todays-News-3-150287-South-Africas-ANC-eases-investor-angst\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/world\/article\/Asian-toad-stowaway-gets-new-home-in-South-Africa-4140434.php\">Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa &#8211; Houston Chronicle<\/a> &#8211; <em>chron.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South AfricaHouston ChronicleJOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors. South Africans are mar <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/world\/article\/Asian-toad-stowaway-gets-new-home-in-South-Africa-4140434.php\"> 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\/201212242095.html\">Will the Brics Bury IBSA? <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Will the Brics Bury IBSA?AllAfrica.comChina&#39;s presence in the leading developing nations alliance of Brazil, Russia, India and China has given the bloc an advantage that another developing nations <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201212242095.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.koaa.com\/news\/asian-toad-stowaway-gets-new-home-in-south-africa\/\">Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa  Colorado Springs and Pueblo News<\/a> &#8211; <em>koaa.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">TIMEAsian toad stowaway gets new home in South AfricaKOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo NewsAsian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa. Posted: Dec 24, 2012 1:30 PM by Lauren Molenburg. Bookm <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.koaa.com\/news\/asian-toad-stowaway-gets-new-home-in-south-africa\/\"> 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\/201212242019.html\">Minister to Promote Birth Registration Campaign <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Minister to Promote Birth Registration CampaignAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Minister to Promote Birth Registration Campaign. 24 December 2012. Pretoria \u2014 Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor and her de <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201212242019.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.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20839504\">Nelson Mandela to spend Christmas in S Africa hospital &#8211; BBC News<\/a> &#8211; <em>bbc.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BBC NewsNelson Mandela to spend Christmas in S Africa hospitalBBC NewsSouth Africa&#39;s first black President Nelson Mandela will spend Christmas in hospital, a government statement has said. Mr Mand <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20839504\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/south-africa-mandela-hospital-christmas-18055891\">South Africa: World Watches Mandela&#039;s Struggle &#8211; ABC News<\/a> &#8211; <em>abcnews.go.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">ABC NewsSouth Africa: World Watches Mandela&#39;s StruggleABC NewsA chipped street mural in South Africa&#39;s Soweto township depicts stations in the life of Nelson Mandela, each matched by a portrai <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/south-africa-mandela-hospital-christmas-18055891\"> 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\/ALeqM5gABOHtAvJM4btvarhgSayPShsahg?docId=829ecf1124be41c1b5d425276206693f\">South Africa: World watches Mandela&#039;s struggle &#8211; The Associated Press<\/a> &#8211; <em>google.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: World watches Mandela&#39;s struggleThe Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 A chipped street mural in South Africa&#39;s Soweto township depicts stations in the life of Nelson Mandela, <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5gABOHtAvJM4btvarhgSayPShsahg?docId=829ecf1124be41c1b5d425276206693f\"> 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\/201212241756.html\">South Africa&#039;s I-Shack Gives Power to the People <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s I-Shack Gives Power to the PeopleAllAfrica.comSouth Africa&#39;s I-Shack Gives Power to the People. 24 December 2012. Cape Town \u2014 The South African government boasts that it has b <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201212241756.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.huffingtonpost.com\/huff-wires\/20121224\/afr-south-africa-mandela\/?utm_hp_ref=green&#038;ir=green\">South Africa: Mandela in hospital over Christmas &#8211; Huffington Post<\/a> &#8211; <em>huffingtonpost.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: Mandela in hospital over ChristmasHuffington PostJOHANNESBURG \u2014 South Africa&#39;s presidency says former leader Nelson Mandela will spend Christmas Day in hospital. The presidency say <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/huff-wires\/20121224\/afr-south-africa-mandela\/?utm_hp_ref=green&#038;ir=green\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20838875\">Young South Africans driving aid &#8211; BBC News<\/a> &#8211; <em>bbc.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BBC NewsYoung South Africans driving aidBBC NewsSouth Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world, with a wide gap between rich and poor. BBC Africa&#39;s correspondent Milton Nkosi spent <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20838875\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/iol-shutdown-over-christmas-1.1444963\">IOL shutdown over Christmas &#8211; Independent Online<\/a> &#8211; <em>iol.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Independent OnlineIOL shutdown over ChristmasIndependent OnlineCrime &amp; Courts &middot; Politics &middot; South Africa &middot; Africa &middot; World &middot; Opinion &middot; Back Page &middot; Sp <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/iol-shutdown-over-christmas-1.1444963\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20836425\">South Africa: Scam arrests made over &#039;borrowed&#039; corpse &#8211; BBC News<\/a> &#8211; <em>bbc.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BBC NewsSouth Africa: Scam arrests made over &#39;borrowed&#39; corpseBBC NewsTwo people have been arrested in South Africa for &quot;borrowing&quot; a corpse as part of an elaborate life insurance sc <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-20836425\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20121223-south-africa-i-Shack-power-people\">South Africa&#039;s i-Shack gives power to the people &#8211; RFI<\/a> &#8211; <em>english.rfi.fr<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">RFISouth Africa&#39;s i-Shack gives power to the peopleRFIThe South African government boasts that it has built 2.8 million new homes in 18 years, each with access to electricity, water and drains, bu <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20121223-south-africa-i-Shack-power-people\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/press-release\/20121224\/south-africa-platinum-mining-market-overview-forecast-2020-trends-fiscal\">South Africa Platinum Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends &#8230; &#8211; International Business Times (press release)<\/a> &#8211; <em>ibtimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa Platinum Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends &#8230;International Business Times (press release)SummaryGlobalData&#39;s mining industry offering, &quot;South Africa Platinum M <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/press-release\/20121224\/south-africa-platinum-mining-market-overview-forecast-2020-trends-fiscal\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/gauteng\/pippie-on-the-mend-pic-1.1444914\">Pippie on the mend &#8211; PIC &#8211; Independent Online<\/a> &#8211; <em>iol.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Independent OnlinePippie on the mend &#8211; PICIndependent OnlineThe dramatic effects of the Lazarus Pill on brain-damaged patients was discovered in South Africa by chance when a mother asked her Springs, <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/gauteng\/pippie-on-the-mend-pic-1.1444914\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2012\/12\/south-africa-pair-borrow-corpse-in-insurance-scam\/\">South Africa pair &#039;borrow&#039; corpse in insurance scam &#8211; Capital FM Kenya<\/a> &#8211; <em>capitalfm.co.ke<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/24\/2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Capital FM KenyaSouth Africa pair &#39;borrow&#39; corpse in insurance scamCapital FM KenyaSouth Africa pair &#39;borrow&#39; corpse in insurance scam. 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