{"id":37837,"date":"2014-06-14T10:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2014\/06\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-14-june-2014\/"},"modified":"2014-06-14T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T08:13:08","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-14-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-14-june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 14 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/africa\/la-fg-south-africa-downgrade-20140613-story.html\">Fitch, S&amp;P downgrade South Africa&#039;s bond rating and outlook &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a> &#8211; <em>latimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">International Business TimesFitch, S&amp;P downgrade South Africa&#39;s bond rating and outlookLos Angeles TimesTwo global agencies downgraded South Africa&#39;s bond rating and outlook on Friday as t <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/africa\/la-fg-south-africa-downgrade-20140613-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:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/s-p-revises-outlook-on-u-k-cuts-south-africa-bulgaria-1402676366\">S&amp;P Revises Outlook on UK; Cuts South Africa, Bulgaria &#8211; Wall Street Journal<\/a> &#8211; <em>online.wsj.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">S&amp;P Revises Outlook on UK; Cuts South Africa, BulgariaWall Street JournalMeanwhile, S&amp;P cut its rating on South Africa&#39;s debt, putting it one notch above junk status, citing a prolonged la <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/s-p-revises-outlook-on-u-k-cuts-south-africa-bulgaria-1402676366\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/220409\/south-africas-world-cup-advice-to-brazil-and-a-huge-waka-waka-confession\/\">been there done that South Africa&#039;s World Cup advice to Brazil\u2014and a huge &#8230; &#8211; Quartz<\/a> &#8211; <em>qz.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Quartzbeen there done that South Africa&#39;s World Cup advice to Brazil\u2014and a huge &#8230;QuartzDevelopment of our bus rapid transits (BRT), described by the then mayor as a \u201cvictory for the transpor <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/220409\/south-africas-world-cup-advice-to-brazil-and-a-huge-waka-waka-confession\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/13\/uk-safrica-strike-idUKKBN0EO0HV20140613\">Union says wage deal to end South African platinum strike is imminent &#8211; Reuters UK<\/a> &#8211; <em>uk.reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Reuters UKUnion says wage deal to end South African platinum strike is imminentReuters UKJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; The leader of South Africa&#39;s AMCU union said on Friday a wage deal with the top th <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/13\/uk-safrica-strike-idUKKBN0EO0HV20140613\"> 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\/2014-06-12\/south-african-credit-rating-downgrade-looms-chart-of-the-day.html\">South Africa Credit Rating Downgrade Looms: Chart of the Day &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a> &#8211; <em>bloomberg.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa Credit Rating Downgrade Looms: Chart of the DayBloombergSouth Africa is facing its second credit-rating downgrade from Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s in two years, if credit-default swaps are <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-06-12\/south-african-credit-rating-downgrade-looms-chart-of-the-day.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.torontosun.com\/2014\/06\/11\/south-africa-banks-on-a-bright-future-for-chenin-blanc\">South Africa banks on a bright future for Chenin Blanc &#8211; Toronto Sun<\/a> &#8211; <em>torontosun.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Toronto SunSouth Africa banks on a bright future for Chenin BlancToronto SunChenin Blanc is believed to be one of the first grape varieties to arrive in South Africa in 1655. Its usefulness in making <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2014\/06\/11\/south-africa-banks-on-a-bright-future-for-chenin-blanc\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/platinum-prices-fluctuate-after-move-in-south-africa-strike-talks-1402657039\">Platinum Prices Fluctuate After Move in South Africa Strike Talks &#8211; Wall Street Journal<\/a> &#8211; <em>online.wsj.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Reuters UKPlatinum Prices Fluctuate After Move in South Africa Strike TalksWall Street JournalPlatinum producers and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Unionhave agreed &quot;in principle <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/platinum-prices-fluctuate-after-move-in-south-africa-strike-talks-1402657039\"> 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\/2014-06-13\/south-african-credit-rating-outlook-revised-to-negative-by-fitch.html\">Fitch Lowers South Africa Credit-Rating Outlook to Negative &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a> &#8211; <em>bloomberg.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BBC NewsFitch Lowers South Africa Credit-Rating Outlook to NegativeBloombergSouth Africa&#39;s economy, the second-largest on the continent after Nigeria, is threatened with recession as a 20-week str <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-06-13\/south-african-credit-rating-outlook-revised-to-negative-by-fitch.html\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/lens.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/13\/jurgen-shadeberg-german-in-south-africa\/\">A German Rebel in South Africa &#8211; New York Times (blog)<\/a> &#8211; <em>lens.blogs.nytimes.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">New York Times (blog)A German Rebel in South AfricaNew York Times (blog)He moved to South Africa in 1949 to try his luck there, rejoining his mother, who had moved there after remarrying. But his new <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/lens.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/13\/jurgen-shadeberg-german-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.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/13\/safrica-strike-idUSL5N0OU0ZZ20140613\">UPDATE 2-South Africa mining union leader says wage deal imminent &#8211; Reuters<\/a> &#8211; <em>reuters.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">06\/13\/2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Independent OnlineUPDATE 2-South Africa mining union leader says wage deal imminentReutersJOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Reuters) &#8211; The leader of South Africa&#39;s AMCU union said on Friday a wage deal with <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/13\/safrica-strike-idUSL5N0OU0ZZ20140613\"> 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>Fitch, S&amp;P downgrade South Africa&#039;s bond rating and outlook &#8211; Los Angeles Times &#8211; latimes.com 06\/13\/2014 International Business TimesFitch, S&amp;P downgrade South Africa&#39;s bond rating and outlookLos Angeles TimesTwo global agencies downgraded South Africa&#39;s bond rating and outlook on Friday as t more&#8230; S&amp;P Revises Outlook on UK; Cuts South Africa, Bulgaria &#8211; Wall Street [&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-37837","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\/37837","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=37837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}