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CNN
April 16, 2018
South Africa's hops make up just one percent of the global market, but now the world's biggest beer brewer is investing half a million dollars to grow the industry. Source: CNN. CNN Original Series on CNNgo. Watch Full episode on. Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. HFR SEPTEMBER 13 -- USE FORÃâà...
BusinessTech
April 16, 2018
With petrol prices threatening to reach an all-time high in South Africa, South African motorists may now seriously consider moving to a diesel vehicle. According to April's official fuel prices, diesel motorists can save up to a R1.70 a litre compared to petrol motorists, while recent low-cost entries fromÃâà...
The South African
April 16, 2018
South Africa has made many significant contributions to the world in various fields, and some of the country's citizens have gone as far as being bestowed one of the highest honours one can receive, the Nobel Prize. Some notable names in fields such as literature and science have come from the southernÃâà...
News24
April 16, 2018
They were believed to be linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) and were allegedly planning to detonate explosives at a US embassy and Jewish institutions in South Africa, according to the charge sheet. At their previous appearance, the court ordered the brothers to foot the legal bill for the Minister of Police,Ãâà...
The Guardian
April 16, 2018
David* is perched on a stool, staring at the table in front of him. On it, a small testing stick stands in a cylinder of liquid. “I've never tested before, so I thought I should,” he says. David is sitting in a blue tent, in the middle of a busy shopping centre in Johannesburg. A kitchen timer, tied to the side of the tent,Ãâà...
BusinessTech
April 16, 2018
With 35% of all jobs in South Africa – almost 5.7 million – currently at risk of total digital automation within a mere seven years, the country could see a crippling effect compounded by a fragile economy and growing unemployment. This is according to Dr Roze Phillips, Post Graduate Diploma in FuturesÃâà...
BusinessTech
April 2, 2018
The fuel retail sector continues to grow in spite of the relatively sluggish economic growth in South Africa. This is according to a new report by the South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA), which found that the sector contributes 8.5% to the South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Moneyweb.co.za
April 2, 2018
As a result, South Africa has an oversupply of malls – 1 950 of the 2 082 shopping centres in Africa are in SA, according to Dion Chang's Flux Trends Report. Based on this, we know the mall will still be alive and well in two years' time, but the way we shop there is likely to evolve as physical and onlineÃâà...
ABC Online
April 2, 2018
Australia had the last session to face, and South Africa's sore bowlers found enough to take three wickets by stumps, with Australia posting 88 runs. On a day when national icon Winnie Mandela passed away, a South African side eyed the prospect of its first series win against Australia on home soil sinceÃâà...
The Guardian
April 2, 2018
The Pretoria government has hailed what it says is a decision by Australia to go back on plans to offer fast-track humanitarian visas to “persecuted” white farmers in South Africa. The Australian home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, triggered outrage last month when he said the farmers deserved specialÃâà...
BusinessTech
April 2, 2018
In South Africa, as with most other countries around the world, there is no guidance and regulation regarding cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Budget Review 2018 (Budget) proposes that the income tax and value-added tax (VAT) legislation be amended to deal with cryptocurrencies, which pose a riskÃâà...
HuffPost South Africa
April 2, 2018
A considerable burden of disease in South Africa is from non-communicable diseases, and concern remains with the proportion of deaths associated with diabetes mellitus, particularly in females. Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke released the 2016 Mortality and Causes of Death in South Africa reportÃâà...
NPR
April 2, 2018
More than two decades after South Africa ousted a racist apartheid system that trapped the vast majority of South Africans in poverty, more than half the country still lives below the national poverty line and most of the nation's wealth remains in the hands of a small elite. "The country was very unequal inÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 2, 2018
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81. The anti-apartheid campaigner and second wife of the late Mandela, passed away after a long illness, her personal assistant confirmed on Monday. She was married to Nelson Mandela,Ãâà...
IRONMAN
March 29, 2018
As the race season begins to really heat up, the buzz is building for the 2018 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, located this year in the seaside city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The event, held in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, features two days ofÃâà...
Irish Times
March 29, 2018
Having spent almost 50 years in South Africa, some days I ask myself, what took you so long to come back? But for all the time that I was away, my story has always been about being Irish, and about our family's strong links with Ireland. I first left Ireland in a basket crib, departing from Waterford city in 1948Ãâà...
The South African
March 29, 2018
Land expropriation, a hot topic in South Africa, has taken a new twist. Led by the governing ANC, the push is to now use the pre-colonial period as the reference date when deciding the land's rightful owners. Until now, the Natives Land Act of 1913 was considered the cutoff point. Going back further inÃâà...
News24
March 29, 2018
South Africa is currently investing in water and sanitation infrastructure, but this is not nearly enough to address the massive backlog in getting new infrastructure built and refurbishing the old. The plan said to make sure the country does not run out of water, the total estimated capital investment requirementÃâà...
Aljazeera.com (blog)
March 29, 2018
The endgame to South Africa's largest post-apartheid corruption scandal appears to now be playing itself out. South African President Jacob Zuma was forced from office by his own party, the African National Congress, in February 2018, when almost a decade's worth of corruption, bribery and racketeeringÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 29, 2018
But the former president and his state-capturing confreres are not the only ones under scrutiny in South Africa these days. We've been to examine the role allegedly played by major international companies in scandals so toxic and far-reaching, they look set to haunt the country for years to come. Source: AlÃâà...
New York Times
March 28, 2018
LONDON — If Vicki Momberg had only unleashed a high-volume tirade at the South African police officers, video of it would have been of mere passing interest. But her repeated use of a racial slur — unfamiliar to most Americans, but explosive in South Africa — made her notorious, and led to demands toÃâà...
World Health Organization
March 28, 2018
In South Africa, an outbreak of listeriosis, a serious foodborne disease, has been ongoing since the start of 2017. Between 1 January 2017 through 14 March 2018, 978 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) from all provinces.
Times LIVE
March 24, 2018
Ratings agency Moody's on Friday affirmed South Africa's investment-grade credit rating and revised its credit outlook to stable from negative, saying the previous weakening of national institutions was gradually reversing which supported an economic recovery. In a swift response, Treasury welcomed theÃâà...
eNCA
March 24, 2018
"But South Africa could have done much more. It did not send an army, but just to engage." Mugabe who ruled Zimbabwe since independence from British colonial rule in 1980 was forced to quit when the military stepped in and ruling ZANU-PF lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against theirÃâà...
BusinessTech
March 24, 2018
Smartphone unit sales in South Africa climbed by around 21% in 2017, even as South Africans reduced their spending in most categories of the consumer technology market, according to point of sale data from market research firm, GfK South Africa. Storage, media streaming device, and speaker retailÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 24, 2018
“The confirmation of South Africa's ratings reflects Moody's view that the previous weakening of South Africa's institutions will gradually reverse under a more transparent and predictable policy framework. The recovery of the country's institutions will, if sustained, gradually support a corresponding recoveryÃâà...
euronews
March 24, 2018
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa opened up a potentially match-winning lead on day three of the third test on Saturday as Australia captain Steve Smith admitted his side tampered with the ball in a confession that sent shockwaves through the sport. In an extraordinary news conference after the day'sÃâà...
BusinessTech
March 24, 2018
What do we know about wealth in South Africa? In this factsheet, we explain the different ways in which wealth can be measured and also present available data sources. Working out how wealthy someone is, means working out how many economic resources the person has. Wealth “is the value of all theÃâà...
National Geographic
March 22, 2018
Something extraordinary is happening in South Africa. The warm, dry climate that has shaped this beautiful country into such a popular tourist destination also makes water a particularly precious resource. Driven by the global problem of climate change, South Africa is positively changing its relationshipÃâà...
The Herald
March 17, 2018
LONDON. – A huge and deadly outbreak of listeria in South Africa could alter the country's approach to food-borne disease and prompt improvements in food safety standards, a leading health official said on Friday. The World Health Organisation's top specialist on global food safety likened the SouthÃâà...
New York Times
March 17, 2018
The announcement was the latest — though not likely the final — chapter in a long-running corruption case that nearly derailed Mr. Zuma's bid for the presidency and tarnished the image of South Africa's governing African National Congress. The deal under scrutiny laid the seeds of a culture of graft thatÃâà...
The Local Denmark
March 16, 2018
Frederiksen's wife, 28-year-old Anna Matseliso Molise, was due to be the key prosecution witness but was shot dead in October 2015 outside her house in Maseru, in neighbouring Lesotho. South Africa has legislation prohibiting female genital mutilation, although it is not a common practice in the country.
BusinessTech
March 16, 2018
“This has again improved surrounding the news of the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as South Africa's president. While the country still faces challenges in terms of repairing years of economic stagnation, promises of 'policy certainty and consistency' from the government seem to have had a further positiveÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 16, 2018
Pick up the new edition of Wisden Cricket Monthly, and you will find an unexpected titbit: the former Manchester United defender Gary Neville revealing that he once shared a double-century stand with Matthew Hayden in the Bolton League. Having watched Hayden lose the ball repeatedly in nearby trees,Ãâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 16, 2018
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the listeria outbreak is not yet over and that South Africa must brace itself, as more cases will emerge. The disease has killed 180 people in South Africa so far and is being recorded as the worst listeria outbreak globally. Namibia reported its first case on Tuesday andÃâà...
Fin24
March 16, 2018
Johannesburg- South Africa ranked 113th out of 114 countries in the Effective Energy Transitions Index 2018, a report by the World Economic Forum which ... The WEF's Energy Transition Index found relatively difficult conditions for the renewable energy industry with South Africa scoring 35% for policyÃâà...
Independent Online
March 16, 2018
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been forced to move on the thorny issue of large-scale land redistribution more quickly than he probably would have liked by the challenge from an upstart opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). More than twoÃâà...
The Root
March 16, 2018
Australia offered up their “civilized” help following news that South Africa had passed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to take back land from white South African farmers. The new policy, commonly referred to as “land expropriation without compensation,” is a kind of land reform thatÃâà...
CNBC
March 16, 2018
The announcement was made Friday afternoon by Shaun Abrahams, national director of public prosecutions at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), in Pretoria, South Africa. "After consideration of the matter, I am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of successful prosecution of Mr Zuma onÃâà...
Independent Online
March 8, 2018
At least five human cases of rabies have been confirmed in South Africa since December 2017. Picture: Reuters/Pichi Chuang. Johannesburg - At least five human cases of rabies have been confirmed in South Africa since December 2017. These cases were recorded in patients from Limpopo,Ãâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 8, 2018
South Africa. Five things making headlines in South Africa today. Standard Bank, Sanlam, MTN and Aspen release results; day zero pushed back to August. Moneyweb / 8 March 2018 10:28 No comments so farÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 8, 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday held discussions with Moody's on the various initiatives underway to accelerate the country's economic growth and create jobs. At the meeting‚ which comes just two weeks before Moody's is set to announce its latest outlook on South Africa‚ Ramaphosa alsoÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 8, 2018
South Africa is the largest legal exporter of living wild animals‚ birds and plants from Africa to Asia. A new analysis of wildlife trade data published on Tuesday suggests that South Africa legally exported nearly a quarter of a million live birds‚ more than 8‚000 live mammals and about 54‚000 plant speciesÃâà...
Quartz
March 8, 2018
South Africa's land—still largely owned by the white minority—is to be redistributed to black owners. The resolution in parliament on Feb. 27 is historic and emotional as it seeks address the displacement of black South Africans though four centuries of colonialism and apartheid. The motion is based on aÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 7, 2018
South Africa has just one environmental health practitioner per 30‚000 people‚ three times fewer than the ratio recommended by the World Health Organisation. In the wake of the world's worst ever listeriosis outbreak – in which at least 190 have died and close to 1‚000 infected – questions are now beingÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 1, 2018
Three suspects accused of kidnapping an elderly British couple in South Africa in a plot linked to Isil now face charges of “the infliction of grievously bodily harm” on the victims, state prosecutors said on Thursday. Rodney, 74, and Rachel Saunders, 63, went missing on February 12 near the Bivane dam inÃâà...
The PIE News
March 1, 2018
Applications for fully-funded international scholarships are now open for South Africans, the SA Department of Higher Education and Training has announced. Currently, there are two scholarship opportunities open for applications to study in China and Russia. Moscow is one of the most popularÃâà...
BusinessTech
March 1, 2018
South Africa's elite policing unit, the Hawks, have confirmed that they are currently investigating a major Bitcoin scam which may have affected thousands of South Africans. The scam is reported to have originated from a company called BTC global which is said to have had over $50 million worth ofÃâà...
CNN International
March 1, 2018
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" (2013) – "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" is the award-winning biopic based on the life of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader Nelson Mandela. The movie was also filmed in Cape Town Film Studios. Click through the gallery to find out whichÃâà...
Quartz
March 1, 2018
South Africa will now begin to reclaim land taken from black people near a century ago without payback to the current owners, dividing public sentiment along fears of a “land grab” and cries for justice. On Feb. 27, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor to amend the constitution to allow landÃâà...
