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AFRICA News, Apr 28, 2013

S.Africa sees record number of tourists - Business Recorder
Business Recorder (blog)
image JOHANNESBURG: A record 9.2 million tourists visited South Africa last year, President Jacob Zuma said Thursday, revealing a surge in visitors from China. The number of tourists travelling to South Africa grew by more than 10 percent, despite the...
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Business Recorder (blog)
S African Air enhances customer product
Travel Weekly
S. African Air enhances customer product. By Natalia Thomson. South African Airways (SAA) announced three product enhancements it said will offer consumers a world-class experience when traveling to South Africa. SAA customers now can flip through the ...
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East Africa region could
Coastweek
East Africa 's hospitality tourism players have therefore agreed to collaborate in order to tap its huge tourism potential and attract at least 10 million tourists in the short term horizon, “ Mureu said during media briefing on the upcoming East ...
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Mercy Ships Provides Guidance for New Leaf Africa´s Project Blue Designed to ...
Environmental Expert (press release)
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 /PR Newswire/ -- New Leaf Africa (NLA) (www.NewLeafAfrica), leading provider of preservation, restoration, renewable energy and population health initiatives to least developed countries, has united with Mercy Ships to bring ...
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S.African parliament passes controversial secrecy bill - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
South Africa's parliament voted Thursday in favour of a fiercely contested secrecy bill which critics say will muzzle the media and provide cover for government corruption. The Protection of State Information Bill, which would replace apartheid-era ...
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S.African leaders at odds on C.Africa troop re-deployment - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
Enlarge. (Globalpost/GlobalPost). What do you think? South Africa's president and his deputy contradicted each other on Wednesday on plans to re-deploy troops to the troubled Central African Republic, where 13 South African soldiers were lost last month.
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S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection' - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on Wednesday for tests related to an ongoing infection, his foundation said. "Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town hospital for the treatment of a persistent ...
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S.Africa's Tutu hospitalised for second day - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
South Africa's peace icon, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu spent a second day in hospital Thursday for treatment and tests related to a persistent infection. Tutu on Wednesday checked into a Cape Town hospital to receive treatment for an undisclosed ...
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Number-saving comes to Nigeria mobile phone market
Las Cruces Sun-News
Staff of MTN s Nigeria, during the launch of mobile number portability in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, April 22, 2013. Mobile phone users in Nigeria can now keep their old number when switching services, a major shakeup in the West African nation s ...
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S.Africa police probe PetroSA over Ghana oil deal - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
South Africa's special investigations police unit Friday said they are probing alleged irregularities at the state-owned oil firm PetroSA in connection with an oil deal with Ghana. Paul Ramaloko, spokesman for the elite police unit known as the Hawks ...
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S.African court delays Malema graft case - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
Julius Malema, the expelled leader of South Africa's ruling ANC youth wing will return to court in June after his corruption case was postponed on Tuesday. Magistrate Janine Ungerer delayed the case until June 20, when she is expected to set a date for ...
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S.Africa to get first porn channels - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
What do you think? South Africa's broadcasting regulator has granted a local satellite television service permission to air the country's first pornography channels, amid resistance from religious and community groups, a statement said Wednesday.
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South Africa wants a bigger slice of Bollywood - Zee News
Zee News
Filmmakers are increasingly recognising South Africa`s value as a high-quality production site for their movies, Phaanla said, adding, "We are extending support and assistance to an increasing number of Bollywood producers." To further leverage on this...
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Zee News
New porn channels welcomed
Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The Free Society Institute on Wednesday welcomed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa)'s decision to allow three new adult channels to air in South Africa saying if people are over-protected they risk ...
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ANC suffers losses in S.Africa by-elections - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
South Africa's ANC suffered the heaviest losses in this week's countrywide by-elections, results showed Thursday, with the ruling party losing three seats in polls seen as a key barometer ahead of next year's general polls. The African National ...
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South Africa's PetroSA Investigated by Anti-Corruption Police
Bloomberg
South Africa's anti-corruption police unit, known as the Hawks, is investigating PetroSA, the national oil company. “The Hawks are investigating PetroSA,” Captain Paul Ramaloko, a spokesman for the elite unit, said today by phone. He declined to ...
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South African Wheat Declines Most in 3 Weeks as U.S. Prices Fall
Bloomberg
South African wheat futures dropped the most in three weeks as prices for the grain fell in the U.S. after Russian exports and plantings increased. Wheat for delivery in July, the most active contract, decreased 1 percent, the most since April 2, to 3 ...
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BRIEF-S.Africa's Altech says FY revenue up nearly 5 pct
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, April 25 | Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:40am EDT. JOHANNESBURG, April 25 (Reuters) - Allied Technologies Ltd : * S.Africa's altech says FY group revenue up 4.7 percent to R10.4. billion *S.Africa's altech says FY adjusted headline EPS of 290 ...
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African Property Fund to Raise $85 Million as Retailers Eye Land
Bloomberg
As South Africa's commercial property market becomes saturated, retailers are looking to other countries on the continent for expansion, Vassilopoulos said. Sub-Saharan Africa is also attracting European retailers struggling in their home markets, he said.
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UPDATE 1-S.Africa's struggling Pick n Pay to cut prices
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - The new chief executive of South Africa's Pick n Pay said he planned to win back market share by cutting prices, a risky strategy for a retailer already hurt by weak margins. South Africa's second-largest grocer has ...
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Where are SA's first cabinet ministers?
Independent Online
President Nelson Mandela and deputy president FW de Klerk are flanked by the members of South Africa s first democratic cabinet. Cape Town - In May 1994, 30 people got the call of a lifetime: a call to be part of South Africa's first democratic cabinet.
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Independent Online
S.Africa stocks book biggest rise in 7-weeks
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - South African stocks booked their biggest rise in seven weeks on Tuesday, advancing 1.7 percent after luxury goods maker Richemont soared on a rise in full-year profit. Shares of SABMiller jumped 3.2 percent to ...
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S. Africa Corn Gains Most in 6 Weeks on Bets Output Estimate Cut
Bloomberg
White corn for July delivery, the most active contract, gained 2.7 percent, the most since March 11, to 2,177 rand ($234) a metric ton by the close on the South African Futures Exchange in Johannesburg. The yellow variety for delivery in the same month ...
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S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection'
AFP
S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection'. By Justine Gererdy (AFP) – 2 days ago. CAPE TOWN — Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on Wednesday for tests related to an ongoing infection, his foundation said.
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S Africa stocks sour as gold companies hit again
Economic Times
S Africa stocks sour as gold companies hit again. By Reuters | 26 Apr, 2013, 09.44PM IST. Post a Comment. 0. Share More. READ MORE ON » SABMiller | Nick Kunze | Gold | gdp | economy | British American Tobacco | Africa ...
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S Africa: tourism from Brics on the rise
Financial Times (blog)
Europe remains the highest source of overseas tourists to South Africa, growing by 9.5 per cent and attracting more than half the total number of overseas tourists. The number of UK tourists, SouthAfrica's biggest overseas tourism market in 2012, was ...
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UPDATE 2-S.Africa's Eskom may resort to blackouts this winter
Reuters UK
JOHANNESBURG, April 22 (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom said it was prepared to introduce rolling blackouts this winter in some parts of the grid to prevent a complete system collapse, which would inflict far greater damage on the economy.
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S Africa: vote of confidence from BP
Financial Times (blog)
When one of the biggest energy companies in the world says it will invest half a billion dollars, that's nothing to sniff at. British oil giant BP announced on Wednesday it will invest R5bn ($550m) in SouthAfrica. It might not be the biggest deal, but ...
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S. African Tourist Arrivals Reach Record as Asian Visitors Surge
Bloomberg
“A few years ago we took the decision to begin actively marketing South Africa in emerging markets, which has yielded extremely positive results,” President Jacob Zuma told reporters in Cape Town today. “This phenomenal tourism growth is evidence that ...
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S. Africa Power Supply-Demand Gap Tightest In at Least 15 Months
Businessweek
Eskom has had to defer some maintenance that it usually does in summer months to the winter, which runs from about May to August, because of unreliable power imports from Mozambique, labor strikes at coal suppliers and a faulty unit at Africa's only ...
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S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection' | Capital News
By AFP
CAPE TOWN, Apr 24 – Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on Wednesday for non-surgical treatment and tests related to an ongoing infection. “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town ...
Capital News
Many Upsets at South African Champions Day | BloodHorse.com
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Turffontein Racecourse in South Africa hosted one of its biggest racing festivals April 27 with four group I events in the card. But one of the afternoon's greatest ... BloodHorse.com | Horse RacingNews · Register | Sign In · Click Here! Subscribe ...
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Samsung launches Galaxy S4 in South Africa - IT News Africa
By Charlie Fripp
Electronics maker Samsung unveiled their latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4, at a launch event in Johannesburg, South Africa last night. The event was attended by.
IT News Africa news alert
S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection' - Vanguard
By adekunle
S.Africa's Tutu in hospital for 'persistent infection'. On April 24, 2013 · In News. 4:01 pm. Tweet. CAPE TOWN (AFP) – Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on Wednesday for non-surgical treatment and tests related ...
Vanguard News
BP earmarks $540m for S.Africa, Mozambique - Vanguard
By adekunle
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – British energy giant BP said on Tuesday it has earmarked $540 million to ramp up its operations in South Africa and Mozambique over the next five years. ... Citizen stories: Report news as it breaks near you!
Vanguard News
Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa: STOP BIG GAME LION HU ...
By Nancy C.
"As the price of bones is rising steadily, some breeders have started slaughtering their own lions, without obtaining a permit or getting a vet to put the animal to sleep," says a fraud inspector. "But with the present wave of rhino poaching, we've.
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South Africa passes secrecy bill - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's parliament has passed a bill designed to protect state secrets despite the concerns of some ...
news.yahoo.com/south-africa-passes-secrecy-bill-155656244....
South Africa: Elephant handler trampled to death - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the ...
news.yahoo.com/south-africa-elephant-handler-trampled-deat...
Weak S.Africa fundamentals likely to cap rand gains - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand traded firmer against the dollar on Friday as high-yielding emerging markets came back ...
news.yahoo.com/weak-africa-fundamentals-likely-cap-rand-ga...
STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-S.Africa's MTN up as it lifts subscribers ...
Shares of South Africa's MTN Group rise about 2 percent after the telecom company says its subscribers increased by 3 percent to 195.4 million in Africa and the ...
www.cnbc.com/id/100671984
S.Africa police investigate PetroSA over alleged graft | TVC NEWS
TVC NEWS, SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's police anti-corruption unit reported on Friday, which kicked - off an investigation at state oil company PetroSA, ...
www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/safrica-police-investigate...
Storm clouds gather over South Africa's consumers - Africa - nation ...
Consumers, it seems, are increasingly borrowing to survive -- and often to pay for conspicuously ostentatious lifestyles -- creating what many worry is a time ...
www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Storm.../-/index.html
New Zealand, India, South Africa: Education News | Top Universities
Winners of the Robotics World Championships, language learning 'turf war' in India, skull discovery prompts research into 'racism in science'.
www.topuniversities.com/.../new-zealand-india-south-africa-ed...
South African court again blocks helicopters donation to ... - Fox News
A South Africa-based civic rights group says a court in that country has again blocked a donation of surplus military helicopters to Zimbabwe's military.
www.foxnews.com/.../south-african-court-again-blocks-helico...
ANC suffers losses in S.Africa by-elections - howzit MSN News
South Africa's ANC suffered the heaviest losses in this week's countrywide by- elections.
news.howzit.msn.com/anc-suffers-losses-in-safrica-by-elections
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