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Gasas murderer granted leave to appeal
Nhlanhla Gasa , was granted leave to appeal his 30-year sentence in the Durban Regional Court on Friday. Magistrate Anand Maharaj said the situation required another court to step in and make a decision on whether the sentence was fair and just. Mbulelo Arthur Ntlauzana, 25, was sentenced in April to 20 years for murder and 10 years for robbery and malicious damage to property. Ntlauzana ...
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23 young men dead in initiation rites in South Africa
July 7, 2006 - FILE photo of an unidentified initiate, with his face caked in white lime clay, eating rice from his blanket during his rite of transformation from a boy to manhood near Port St. John's, South ...
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PLATINUM WEEK-South African mines cannot afford pay rises -Impala
Fri May 17, 2013 12:43pm EDT * Tough talks to start in next couple of weeks * New AMCU union has poached members from established NUM * Anglo Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs By Clara Denina LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry can ill afford to offer wage rises during talks that are about to start with a new and unpredictable union, so it may well face fresh strikes, ...
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South Africa Highlights its Relations with China
Pretoria, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Relations between South Africa and China are beneficial to both countries, said the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, in a speech published here today. Agreements between those countries are being constantly reviewed and renegotiated to make them convenient for both sides, said Ebrahim during the speech at Witwatersrand ...
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Ramaphosa companies adopt schools
Cape Town - For many it was the first day in years they spent back in a classroom when 40 companies across South Africa went back to school on Friday.Staff from various companies visited more than 80 schools in the annual Back to School for a Day initiative, established in 2012 by ANC deputy ...
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2 gunned down in Cape Town
Johannesburg - Two men were killed in separate incidents in Steenberg, Cape Town, police said on Friday. A 29-year-old man was walking home with a friend around 05:00 on Friday when two men approached them and shot him dead, police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk said. A second man, aged 38, was shot on Thursday night. He died in hospital. The two victims were reportedly members of the ...
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SA UAE ties intact despite Karabus ordeal
Marius Fransman said on Friday. "I must reiterate here a point we have made on previous occasions, that the South African government respects the independence of the judiciary and its processes in the UAE.We are committed to maintaining our cordial diplomatic and trade relations with the UAE." He addressed media at the Cape Town International Airport, where Karabus landed before ...
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South Africa Cape Towns Asylum Seekers Struggle to Get Documented
Cape Town - When Jean Baptiste*, a medical student from Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arrived in South Africa in September 2012, he headed straight for Cape Town, where he knew he would be able to stay with his brother. No one at the border told him that it was no longer possible to apply for asylum in Cape Town. He has since approached the city's Refugee Reception ...
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Putin reaffirms willingness to help South Africa with nuclear power
Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his country's willingness to aid South Africa in developing its nuclear power industry, officials said. "Russia stands ready to help create a comprehensive nuclear power industry in South Africa," Putin said Thursday during a meeting with South African ...
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Karabus Your support has been fantastic
Cyril Karabus thanked South Africa on Friday for its support, and said this had been critical for his release from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "I really must thank everybody. Your support has just been fantastic," the 78-year-old, who wore a checked shirt and jeans, said at Cape Town International Airport. Karabus touched down just before noon, looking exhausted, but ...
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Marikana unrest labelled Amcu unrest
Rustenburg - Police officials had labelled last year's Marikana unrest as an "Amcu unrest", the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Friday. Amcu lawyer Heidi Barnes said police documents spoke of "clashes between Amcu and security guards" and "clashes between Amcu and police". She was cross-examining Major General Charl Annandale, who headed the police ...
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Witness not warned of ritual killing
Johannesburg - A youth present when a teenager was set alight in an apparent satanic ritual, was not warned he would witness a killing, a State witness said on Friday. Jeremy King, 20, told the South Gauteng High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court the youth was only told King and his friends would perform a "soul-selling" ritual. Kirsty Theologo, 18, and her ...
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UPDATE 3-Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to standstill
Fri May 17, 2013 8:31am EDT * Mineworkers union leader demands meeting with Zuma * ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on * Rand slides to four-year low against dollar By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 17 (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and ...
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Nelson Mandelas Grandsons Ndaba Mandela and Kweku Mandela Amuah Launch Social Network Mandela.is
Former South African President Nelson Mandela (L) and former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Their ...
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Karabus greeted with cheers dancing
Cyril Karabus walked through the terminal doors just after noon on Friday. His family, old colleagues and members of the public scrambled to see him as he emerged. A group of Cape minstrels spontaneously broke into a jovial song, causing SA Zionist Federation members to grab hands and dance around in circles. The 78-year-old paediatric oncologist has been detained in the United Arab ...
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Reddy complaint against MG dismissed
Vivian Reddy and Edison Power Gauteng about a Mail & Guardian article on a contract they were awarded."The complaint is dismissed in its entirety," ombudsman Johan Retief said in a statement on Friday.Reddy and Edison had complained that the article created the impression they were corrupt.It was published on 18 January 2013, under the headline "Joburg's R1bn ...
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Man held for Cape Town pupils death
Cape Town - A man has been arrested for the murder of 18-year-old schoolboy Enrico Martin, Western Cape police said on Friday.Captain Frederick van Wyk said a 19-year-old from Athlone was arrested on Thursday evening. He would appear in the Athlone Magistrate's Court on Monday.Martin was shot shortly after 08:00 on Wednesday while entering the Spes Bona High School's premises in ...
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Joburg man dies in hit-and-run
Johannesburg - A man died in a hit-and-run accident in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, on Friday, paramedics said. The man appeared to be in his 40s, ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said. "[He] was found lying in the middle of the road and he was in a critical condition." He succumbed to his injuries and died on the scene, she ...
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South Africa Is Aid Drying Up
Johannesburg - Commentators and business leaders in South Africa believe that the recent announcement of an end to the United Kingdom's aid programme to South Africa may be the start of a new trend to cut back on aid to this country, and possibly to the rest of Africa. "This British announcement was not entirely unexpected," Neren Rau, the head of ...
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South Africa Madiba Wanted Daughters to Back Off From Business - Report
Johannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela did not want his children to be involved in the management of his money and artworks, The Star newspaper reported on Friday. The revelation was contained in a replying affidavit submitted by Mandela's lawyer Bally Chuene in the High Court in Johannesburg. Chuene reportedly argued that Mandela's former lawyer Ismail Ayob had influenced ...
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South Africa Mail Guardian Editor Resigns
Johannesburg - Mail&Guardian editor Nic Dawes has resigned to join the Hindustan Times in New Delhi as its chief content and editorial officer, the weekly newspaper reported on Friday. He would leave at the end of September after nine years, half of them as editor. "My time at the Mail&Guardian both as a frontline reporter and as editor has been the most fulfilling of my ...
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South Africa Endangered Frogs Get Luxury Suite At Pretoria Zoo
Johannesburg - The Pretoria zoo is going to start a breeding programme with 10 critically endangered Pickersgill's Reed Frogs to help save them from extinction, Beeld reported on Friday. A special "frog room" had been equipped for the six-month project, the zoo's reptile expert Mike Adams told the newspaper. According to Beeld, the small, yellow-green frogs, are smaller ...
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South Africa Calitz Gave Order to Shoot
Rustenburg - Brigadier Adriaan Calitz gave the order for police to shoot at striking Marikana miners in August last year, the Farlam Commission heard on Thursday. A video clip taken from a helicopter that Calitz was in during the police's dispersal operation at Marikana was played to the commission. "Shoot at the target, shoot at the target," Calitz was heard saying on the ...
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Tsotsobe switches to Lions
Lonwabo Tsotsobe will represent his third franchise in as many seasons after he decided to move to the Lions for the 2013/14 summer. Tsotsobe originally hails from the Eastern Cape and represented the Warriors for seven seasons before changing allegiances to the Dolphins over the past season and will now play for the Lions. How frequently he turns out for the Johannesburg-based franchise ...
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Karabus arrives in Cape Town
Loud cheers echoed through the arrivals hall of Cape Town International Airport when Cyril Karabus's plane landed just before noon on Friday. Photo: Cindy ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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