{"id":83789,"date":"2016-12-12T10:13:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T08:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-12-december-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-12-12T10:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T08:13:10","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-12-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-12-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 12 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.newera.com.na\/2016\/12\/12\/namibia-needs-a-stable-south-africa-geingob\/\">Namibia needs a stable South Africa \u2013 Geingob &#8211; New Era<\/a> &#8211; <em>newera.com.na<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/12\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">New EraNamibia needs a stable South Africa \u2013 GeingobNew EraPresident Hage Geingob believes neighbouring South Africa has enough ammunition in its armoury to fend off the advances of marauding econom <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.newera.com.na\/2016\/12\/12\/namibia-needs-a-stable-south-africa-geingob\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/147143\/5-things-you-need-to-know-in-south-africa-today-103\/\">5 things you need to know in South Africa today &#8211; BusinessTech<\/a> &#8211; <em>businesstech.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/12\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BusinessTech5 things you need to know in South Africa todayBusinessTechThe Department of Basic Education has defended its 20% maths mark condonation. This follows the news that all Grade 7 to Grade 9 <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/147143\/5-things-you-need-to-know-in-south-africa-today-103\/\"> 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\/201612120029.html\">South Africa: Zuma&#039;s Retirement Plan &#8211; to Become Nkandla Mayor <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/12\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">AllAfrica.comSouth Africa: Zuma&#39;s Retirement Plan &#8211; to Become Nkandla MayorAllAfrica.comPresident Jacob Zuma plans to be the mayor of Nkandla after retirement, he said at the funeral of late strug <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201612120029.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.smh.com.au\/rugby-union\/cape-town-sevens-england-upset-south-africa-in-final-australia-lose-semifinal-20161212-gt9co7.html\">Cape Town Sevens: England upset South Africa in final, Australia lose semi-final &#8211; The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> &#8211; <em>smh.com.au<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/12\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">The Sydney Morning HeraldCape Town Sevens: England upset South Africa in final, Australia lose semi-finalThe Sydney Morning HeraldCape Town: England have upset home favourite South Africa 19-17 in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/rugby-union\/cape-town-sevens-england-upset-south-africa-in-final-australia-lose-semifinal-20161212-gt9co7.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\/business-38264362\">South Africa&#039;s scrubland plant entrepreneur &#8211; BBC News<\/a> &#8211; <em>bbc.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/12\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BBC NewsSouth Africa&#39;s scrubland plant entrepreneurBBC NewsSouth Africa&#39;s Western Cape has more botanic biodiversity than the rainforests of the Amazon. Most of this is composed of &quot;fynbo <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-38264362\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2016-12-12-a-view-from-south-africa-angela-merkel-the-reluctant-world-leader\/\">A view from South Africa: Angela Merkel, the reluctant world leader &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/11\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Daily MaverickA view from South Africa: Angela Merkel, the reluctant world leaderDaily MaverickGermany&#39;s ambassador to South Africa Walter Lindner says the chancellor had to \u201cgive in a few thing <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2016-12-12-a-view-from-south-africa-angela-merkel-the-reluctant-world-leader\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2016\/dec\/11\/england-sevens-south-africa-australia-cape-town\">England seal Cape Town sevens after South Africa miss final-kick conversion &#8211; The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; <em>theguardian.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/11\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">CNN InternationalEngland seal Cape Town sevens after South Africa miss final-kick conversionThe GuardianEngland beat South Africa 19-17 in Cape Town to win the second round of the 2016-17 World Rugby <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2016\/dec\/11\/england-sevens-south-africa-australia-cape-town\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2016-12-12-groundup-op-ed-school-funding-south-africa-can-learn-from-the-world\/\">GroundUp Op-Ed: School funding \u2013 South Africa can learn from the world &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/11\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Daily MaverickGroundUp Op-Ed: School funding \u2013 South Africa can learn from the worldDaily MaverickIn previous articles we have suggested that South Africa&#39;s school funding model is perpetuating <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2016-12-12-groundup-op-ed-school-funding-south-africa-can-learn-from-the-world\/\"> 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\/201612110453.html\">South Africa: City Lifts Tko Crown <\/a> &#8211; <em>allafrica.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/11\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">South Africa: City Lifts Tko CrownAllAfrica.comPolokwane \u2014 CAPE Town City beat close rivals SuperSport United 2-1 to clinch the 2016 Telkom Knock-Out championship in a thrilling encounter strongly c <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201612110453.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.gulf-times.com\/story\/524346\/Exploring-South-Africa-through-art\">Exploring South Africa through art &#8211; Gulf Times<\/a> &#8211; <em>gulf-times.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">12\/11\/2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Gulf TimesExploring South Africa through artGulf TimesThe embassy of South Africa made school children here do exactly that. Through an art competition held across local schools, the embassy aimed to <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.gulf-times.com\/story\/524346\/Exploring-South-Africa-through-art\"> 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>Namibia needs a stable South Africa \u2013 Geingob &#8211; New Era &#8211; newera.com.na 12\/12\/2016 New EraNamibia needs a stable South Africa \u2013 GeingobNew EraPresident Hage Geingob believes neighbouring South Africa has enough ammunition in its armoury to fend off the advances of marauding econom more&#8230; 5 things you need to know in South Africa today [&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":true,"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-83789","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\/83789","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=83789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}