{"id":20727,"date":"2013-06-27T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-27-june-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-06-27T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T08:14:07","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-27-june-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-27-june-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 27 June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/06\/27\/us-mandela-idUSBRE95P1EW20130627\">South Africa waits after Mandela&#039;s condition worsens &#8211; Reuters<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/27\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Christian Science MonitorSouth Africa waits after Mandela&#39;s condition worsensReutersU.S. President Barack Obama is due to visit South Africa at the weekend as part of a three-nation Africa tour he <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/06\/27\/us-mandela-idUSBRE95P1EW20130627\"> 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\/opinion\/columnists\/2013\/06\/27\/chinese-soft-diplomacy-enters-south-africas-media-space\">Chinese &#039;soft diplomacy&#039; enters South Africa&#039;s media space &#8211; BDlive<\/a> &#8211; <em>bdlive.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/27\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Chinese &#39;soft diplomacy&#39; enters South Africa&#39;s media spaceBDliveCHINA&#39;s move into direct investment in South African media is a new phase in its &quot;soft diplomacy&quot; strategy. In <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bdlive.co.za\/opinion\/columnists\/2013\/06\/27\/chinese-soft-diplomacy-enters-south-africas-media-space\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/Selective+memory+South+Africa\/8584149\/story.html\">Selective memory in South Africa &#8211; Ottawa Citizen<\/a> &#8211; <em>ottawacitizen.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/27\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Ottawa CitizenSelective memory in South AfricaOttawa CitizenSelective memory in South Africa. These days, it&#39;s hard to find someone who will admit to acquiescence in the apartheid regime, but that <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/Selective+memory+South+Africa\/8584149\/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:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2013-06-27-51cb7b0c01583\/\">FIVE MINUTES: South Africa &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Independent OnlineFIVE MINUTES: South AfricaDaily MaverickA senior chief in the AbuThembu nation, to which former President Nelson Mandela belongs, says if Madiba is no longer enjoying life, then the <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2013-06-27-51cb7b0c01583\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/410056\/President-calls-for-South-Africa-to-pray-for-Nelson-Mandela\">President calls for South Africa to pray for Nelson Mandela <\/a> &#8211; <em>express.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">President calls for South Africa to pray for Nelson MandelaExpress.co.ukMr Mandela is revered among most of South Africa&#39;s 53million people as the architect of the 1994 transition to multi-racial <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/410056\/President-calls-for-South-Africa-to-pray-for-Nelson-Mandela\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20130626-confident-future-south-african-whites-praise-mandela\">Confident for future, S. African whites praise Mandela &#8211; SOUTH AFRICA &#8230; &#8211; FRANCE 24<\/a> &#8211; <em>france24.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Confident for future, S. African whites praise Mandela &#8211; SOUTH AFRICA &#8230;FRANCE 24Sinoville, in the leafy suburb of Montana in north Pretoria, South Africa, is the very image of calm. Only the dogs, w <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20130626-confident-future-south-african-whites-praise-mandela\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/recommended\/ci_23540779\">SAfrica president cancels trip amid Mandela worry &#8211; Denver Post<\/a> &#8211; <em>denverpost.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">SAfrica president cancels trip amid Mandela worryDenver PostAn unidentified woman wearing earrings bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hosp <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/recommended\/ci_23540779\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/bostonherald.com\/news_opinion\/international\/africa\/2013\/06\/south_africa_mandela_family_gathers_at_rural_home\">South Africa: Mandela family gathers at rural home &#8211; Boston Herald<\/a> &#8211; <em>bostonherald.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: Mandela family gathers at rural homeBoston HeraldJOHANNESBURG \u2014 Members of Nelson Mandela&#39;s family and tribal elders gathered Tuesday at the former president&#39;s rural hometown i <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/bostonherald.com\/news_opinion\/international\/africa\/2013\/06\/south_africa_mandela_family_gathers_at_rural_home\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2013\/06\/26\/nelson-mandela-south-africa\/2461239\/\">South Africa: Emotion builds over Mandela &#8211; USA TODAY<\/a> &#8211; <em>usatoday.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">New York Daily NewsSouth Africa: Emotion builds over MandelaUSA TODAYJOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 South Africans were torn on Wednesday between the desire not to lose a critically ill Nelson Mandela, who def <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2013\/06\/26\/nelson-mandela-south-africa\/2461239\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/wire\/2013\/06\/report_nelson_mandela_on_life.html\">Report: Nelson Mandela on life support in South Africa hospital &#8211; al.com (blog)<\/a> &#8211; <em>blog.al.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">al.com (blog)Report: Nelson Mandela on life support in South Africa hospitalal.com (blog)As a young man, Mandela fought the policy of apartheid, or racial segregation, in South Africa as an attorney a <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/wire\/2013\/06\/report_nelson_mandela_on_life.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2013\/06\/26\/bella-thorne-africa-visits-sparrow-village-orphanage\/\">Bella Thorne&#039;s Heart Of Gold \u2014 Visits Orphanage In South Africa &#8211; Hollywood Life<\/a> &#8211; <em>hollywoodlife.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Bella Thorne&#39;s Heart Of Gold \u2014 Visits Orphanage In South AfricaHollywood LifeBella Thorne took a break from filming her new film to visit the Sparrow Village Orphanage in South Africa on June 24 <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2013\/06\/26\/bella-thorne-africa-visits-sparrow-village-orphanage\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/06\/26\/world\/africa\/south-africa-mandela\">Another day of unease as South Africans await word on Nelson Mandela &#8211; CNN<\/a> &#8211; <em>cnn.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Yahoo! NewsAnother day of unease as South Africans await word on Nelson MandelaCNNPretoria, South Africa (CNN) &#8212; After hours of vigils and private family meetings, South Africans awoke to another day <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/06\/26\/world\/africa\/south-africa-mandela\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20130626-chirac-le-pen-mandela-national-front-france-south-africa\">Chirac &#039;blocked&#039; Le Pen&#039;s Mandela visit &#8211; FRANCE 24<\/a> &#8211; <em>france24.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">FRANCE 24Chirac &#39;blocked&#39; Le Pen&#39;s Mandela visitFRANCE 24Le Pen, whose party campaigns for strict limits to be put on non-European immigration, described Nelson Mandela, the former 94-year <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20130626-chirac-le-pen-mandela-national-front-france-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:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/3857792-south-africa-braces-for-nelson-mandela-s-death\/\">South Africa braces for Nelson Mandela&#039;s death &#8211; Hamilton Spectator<\/a> &#8211; <em>thespec.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa braces for Nelson Mandela&#39;s deathHamilton SpectatorIn recent days, international leaders, celebrities, athletes and others have praised Mandela, not just as the man who steered South <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/3857792-south-africa-braces-for-nelson-mandela-s-death\/\"> 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\/201306261549.html\">South Africa: Obama Matter <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: Obama MatterAllAfrica.comToday the Deputy Judge President of the North Gauteng High Court dismissed with costs an urgent application brought by the Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) that <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201306261549.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.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/photogallery\/first-ladys-2011-trip-south-africa-and-botswana\">The First Lady&#039;s 2011 Trip to South Africa and Botswana &#8211; The White House (blog)<\/a> &#8211; <em>whitehouse.gov<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The First Lady&#39;s 2011 Trip to South Africa and BotswanaThe White House (blog)A look at pictures from First Lady Michelle Obama&#39;s June 2011 trip to South Africa and Botswana, which focused on y <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/photogallery\/first-ladys-2011-trip-south-africa-and-botswana\"> 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\/2013\/06\/26\/lonmin-amcu-idUSL5N0F22UU20130626\">Strike at South Africa&#039;s Lonmin averted in favour of wider talks &#8211; Reuters Africa<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Strike at South Africa&#39;s Lonmin averted in favour of wider talksReuters AfricaJOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa&#39;s hardline miners union postponed talks with platinum producer Lonm <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/06\/26\/lonmin-amcu-idUSL5N0F22UU20130626\"> 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\/201306261399.html\">No Funeral Talk At Qunu Meeting <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">No Funeral Talk At Qunu MeetingAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: No Funeral Talk At Qunu Meeting. 26 June 2013. Johannesburg \u2014 Funeral arrangements for ailing former president Nelson Mandela were not discu <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201306261399.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.newsday.com\/news\/world\/south-africa-emotion-builds-over-mandela-1.5569911\">South Africa: Emotion builds over Mandela &#8211; Newsday<\/a> &#8211; <em>newsday.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">NewsdaySouth Africa: Emotion builds over MandelaNewsdayIn recent days, international leaders, celebrities, athletes and others have praised Mandela, not just as the man who steered South Africa throug <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/world\/south-africa-emotion-builds-over-mandela-1.5569911\"> 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\/201306261373.html\">SA Groups Want Obama Arrest Warrants <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/26\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">SA Groups Want Obama Arrest WarrantsAllAfrica.comObama arrives in South Africa on Friday as part of a three-state Africa tour. &quot;We&#39;re very disappointed in the decision and be that as it may, <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201306261373.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rssdoodle_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myza.co.za\/\" >MyZA<\/a>  news provided by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Google News<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa waits after Mandela&#039;s condition worsens &#8211; Reuters &#8211; reuters.com 06\/27\/2013 Christian Science MonitorSouth Africa waits after Mandela&#39;s condition worsensReutersU.S. President Barack Obama is due to visit South Africa at the weekend as part of a three-nation Africa tour he more&#8230; Chinese &#039;soft diplomacy&#039; enters South Africa&#039;s media space &#8211; BDlive &#8211; bdlive.co.za 06\/27\/2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,953,1649,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-20727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-online","10":"tag-south-africa-2","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}