{"id":20918,"date":"2013-07-05T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T08:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-5-july-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T08:13:11","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-5-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-5-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 5 July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2013\/07\/04\/3010043\/andre-greipel-wins-6th-stage-of.html\">Greipel wins 6th stage , South Africa&#039;s Impey leads Tour &#8211; News &amp; Observer<\/a> &#8211; <em>newsobserver.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/05\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">News &#038; ObserverGreipel wins 6th stage , South Africa&#39;s Impey leads TourNews &#038; ObserverAndre Greipel of Germany celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2013\/07\/04\/3010043\/andre-greipel-wins-6th-stage-of.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\/opinion\/columnists\/2013\/07\/05\/south-africa-lagging-africa-in-telecom-stakes\">South Africa lagging Africa in telecom stakes &#8211; BDlive<\/a> &#8211; <em>bdlive.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/05\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa lagging Africa in telecom stakesBDliveThe story of the communications industry in South Africa since 1994 is a litany of farce. And the root of this was the decision to privatise Telkom b <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bdlive.co.za\/opinion\/columnists\/2013\/07\/05\/south-africa-lagging-africa-in-telecom-stakes\"> 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\/business\/mining\/2013\/07\/05\/tribunal-approves-sale-of-rio-tintos-assets-in-south-africa\">Tribunal approves sale of Rio Tinto&#039;s assets in South Africa &#8211; BDlive<\/a> &#8211; <em>bdlive.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/05\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Tribunal approves sale of Rio Tinto&#39;s assets in South AfricaBDliveRIO Tinto&#39;s assets in South Africa are now in the hands of a Chinese iron and steel company, a Mauritius special purpose vehic <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bdlive.co.za\/business\/mining\/2013\/07\/05\/tribunal-approves-sale-of-rio-tintos-assets-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:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/sports\/56553654-77\/impey-stage-south-tour.html.csp\">Tour de France: Greipel wins stage; South Africa&#039;s Impey makes history &#8211; Salt Lake Tribune<\/a> &#8211; <em>sltrib.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Tour de France: Greipel wins stage; South Africa&#39;s Impey makes historySalt Lake Tribune&quot;Wearing the yellow jersey now is definitely going to change things for cycling, put it on the map in So <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/sports\/56553654-77\/impey-stage-south-tour.html.csp\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/palm-tree-gang-digging-up-2026784\">&quot;Palm tree gang&quot; digging them up in South Africa and exporting to Europe for &#8230; <\/a> &#8211; <em>mirror.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">&quot;Palm tree gang&quot; digging them up in South Africa and exporting to Europe for &#8230;Mirror.co.ukThe &quot;palm tree gang&quot; is targetting the valuable trees in the gold mining town of Nigel, <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/palm-tree-gang-digging-up-2026784\"> 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\/2013-07-04-51d5ebcc2f791\/\">FIVE MINUTES: South Africa &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">FIVE MINUTES: South AfricaDaily MaverickSouth Africa wants a one-off sale of some of its $1 billion stockpile of rhino horn to finance conservation and potentially flood a thriving black market. Envir <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2013-07-04-51d5ebcc2f791\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-202_162-57592347\/south-africa-presidency-denies-mandela-in-permanent-vegetative-state\/\">South Africa presidency denies Mandela in &quot;permanent vegetative state&quot; &#8211; CBS News<\/a> &#8211; <em>cbsnews.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">CBS NewsSouth Africa presidency denies Mandela in &quot;permanent vegetative state&quot;CBS NewsUpdated at 4:59 p.m. ET. The South African presidency denied a report Thursday that former South Africa <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-202_162-57592347\/south-africa-presidency-denies-mandela-in-permanent-vegetative-state\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/judaism\/rebbetzins-viewpointrebbetzin-jungreis\/thoughts-on-my-visit-to-south-africa\/2013\/07\/04\/\">Thoughts On My Visit To South Africa &#8211; The Jewish Press<\/a> &#8211; <em>jewishpress.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Thoughts On My Visit To South AfricaThe Jewish PressI have just returned from South Africa. I&#39;ve always had a special affinity for that country. It goes back to the early &#39;70s. I was speaking <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/judaism\/rebbetzins-viewpointrebbetzin-jungreis\/thoughts-on-my-visit-to-south-africa\/2013\/07\/04\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/super-rugby\/8879850\/Make-or-break-for-Blues-in-South-Africa\">Make or break for Blues in South Africa <\/a> &#8211; <em>stuff.co.nz<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Make or break for Blues in South AfricaStuff.co.nzThe Blues aren&#39;t looking at the negatives in Bloemfontein this week, but grasping the one lone positive that sees them decidedly buoyant for a tea <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/super-rugby\/8879850\/Make-or-break-for-Blues-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:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-07-04\/sprinter-greipel-wins-tour-de-france-stage-after-cavendish-falls.html\">South Africa&#039;s Impey Leads Tour de France as Greipel Wins Stage &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a> &#8211; <em>bloomberg.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa&#39;s Impey Leads Tour de France as Greipel Wins StageBloombergSouth Africa&#39;s Impey Leads Tour de France as Greipel Wins Stage. By Alex Duff &#8211; 2013-07-04T16:28:51Z. German sprinter An <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-07-04\/sprinter-greipel-wins-tour-de-france-stage-after-cavendish-falls.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.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/07\/04\/south-africa-rest-steyn-for-sri-lanka-tour\/\">South Africa rest Steyn for Sri Lanka tour &#8211; Fox News<\/a> &#8211; <em>foxnews.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa rest Steyn for Sri Lanka tourFox News&quot;We are resting Steyn as we have a very important and crowded Test season ahead,&quot; Cricket South Africa selection convener Andrew Hudson told <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/07\/04\/south-africa-rest-steyn-for-sri-lanka-tour\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/top-stories\/Cricket-South-Africa-names-Adrian-Birrell-as-assistant-coach\/articleshow\/20915548.cms\">Cricket South Africa names Adrian Birrell as assistant coach &#8211; Times of India<\/a> &#8211; <em>timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Cricket South Africa names Adrian Birrell as assistant coachTimes of IndiaCricket South Africa on Thursday named Adrian Victor Birrell the assistant coach of South Africa cricket team. Birrell, who ha <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/top-stories\/Cricket-South-Africa-names-Adrian-Birrell-as-assistant-coach\/articleshow\/20915548.cms\"> 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\/201307041378.html\">Western Cape Mec for Finance Alan Winde Meets With Hisense Global Md to &#8230; <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Western Cape Mec for Finance Alan Winde Meets With Hisense Global Md to &#8230;AllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Western Cape Mec for Finance Alan Winde Meets With Hisense Global Md to Discuss Expansion of Weste <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201307041378.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\/201307041374.html\">Western Cape Government Meets With Chinese Ministry of Commerce <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Western Cape Government Meets With Chinese Ministry of CommerceAllAfrica.comVan Rensburg said wine exports from South Africa to China have increased by 34% between 2009 and 2012. He said government su <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201307041374.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.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/video\/2013\/jul\/04\/nelson-mandela-sports-day-video\">Nelson Mandela Sports Day launched by South Africa sports stars &#8211; video &#8211; The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; <em>guardian.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The GuardianNelson Mandela Sports Day launched by South Africa sports stars &#8211; videoThe GuardianSome of the biggest names in South African sport, including Bryan Habana and Jean de Villiers, gather in <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/video\/2013\/jul\/04\/nelson-mandela-sports-day-video\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/southafrica\/content\/story\/647609.html\">Adrian Birrell named assistant coach <\/a> &#8211; <em>espncricinfo.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Yahoo! Eurosport UKAdrian Birrell named assistant coachESPNcricinfo.comAdrian Birrell has been named South Africa&#39;s assistant coach and Claude Henderson has been appointed as a specialist spin-bow <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/southafrica\/content\/story\/647609.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\/201307041301.html\">South Africa: Mandela&#039;s Condition Unchanged Government Says &#8211; Voice of America<\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: Mandela&#39;s Condition Unchanged Government SaysVoice of AmericaSouth Africa says former president Nelson Mandela remains in &#39;critical but stable&#39; condition at the Pretoria hosp <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201307041301.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\/201307041278.html\">Bafana Bafana Move One Spot Up in the Fifa Rankings <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Bafana Bafana Move One Spot Up in the Fifa RankingsAllAfrica.comSouth Africa recently played two matches &#8211; both World Cup qualifiers &#8211; winning one (3-0 against CAR) and losing the other (Ethiopia, 1-2 <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201307041278.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\/201307041177.html\">Tests Confirm Mandela Identities <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Tests Confirm Mandela IdentitiesAllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Tests Confirm Mandela Identities. 4 July 2013. Photo: Lungelwa Timla\/allAfrica.com. Mandla Mandela. Johannesburg \u2014 Forensic tests have conf <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201307041177.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.zdnet.com\/south-africa-prepares-to-launches-smart-id-card-project-7000017680\/\">South Africa prepares to launches smart ID card project &#8211; ZDNet (blog)<\/a> &#8211; <em>zdnet.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">07\/04\/2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The GuardianSouth Africa prepares to launches smart ID card projectZDNet (blog)South Africa prepares to launches smart ID card project. Summary: The South Africa government will introduce a new smart <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/south-africa-prepares-to-launches-smart-id-card-project-7000017680\/\"> 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>Greipel wins 6th stage , South Africa&#039;s Impey leads Tour &#8211; News &amp; Observer &#8211; newsobserver.com 07\/05\/2013 News &#038; ObserverGreipel wins 6th stage , South Africa&#39;s Impey leads TourNews &#038; ObserverAndre Greipel of Germany celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France more&#8230; South Africa lagging [&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-20918","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\/20918","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=20918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}