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SOUTH AFRICA Summer News, Jan 28, 2012

Australians love South African holidays NEWS.com.au Picture: dirtykoala/Flickr Source: news.com.au South Africans, like Australians, hear the call of the sea and pack local beaches in the summertime. Picture: mediatejack/Flickr Source: news.com.au "SEE you at the beach," waves a Cape Town friend. See all stories on this topic »

'Graceland' revisited: Sundance doc traces success, fallout of Paul Simon's ... Washington Post PARK CITY, Utah — Paul Simon recalls his return to South Africa like a family reunion — musical brothers getting back together after decades apart. The trip last summer to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his “Graceland” album was a far more ... See all stories on this topic »

Smooth jazz on a sultry summer evening Artslink.co.za News (press release) ... both American jazz and South African jazz, with classical music for a contemporary sound, offering a new take on familiar classics with special arrangements of Bach's Air on a G String and Nat Adderley's The Old Country and Summertime. See all stories on this topic » Artslink.co.za News (press release)

Sri Lanka captain Dilshan stands down after series defeats in South Africa Daily Mail By Sportsmail Reporter Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned as Sri Lanka captain in all three formats of the game, a day after his team's tour of South Africa. The Proteas won the Test series 2-1 and wrapped up the five-match one-day series 3-2, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

South Africa Losing Favor among Mine Investors Resource Investor By Roman Baudzus Considering all the developments that have taken place in South Africa in recent years, it is unsurprising to find the country's mining industry in decline. Miners are being forced to search for minerals at ever greater depths owing to ... See all stories on this topic »

2012 Africa Cup of Nations: The All-African Team Bleacher Report Lucas Radebe grew up in one of the most tumultuos times in the nation's history. The Apartheid era of the 1980's was a dangerous time to be black in South Africa. The future star was sent to Buphuthatswana by his parents to avoid the violence. See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

O'Brien vows to do 'utmost' to get back in Irish team Irish Times The 30-year-old will miss Ireland's tour to Kenya and the World Twenty20 qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates, which also involves a warm-up camp in South Africa. O'Brien was willing to travel from Bangladesh for the two one-day World Cup qualifiers ... See all stories on this topic »

Another Eskom warning on possible outages ESI Africa COM --- 23 January 2012 - South African national power utility Eskom Holdings has again warned that the risk of outages in South Africa at the current time is high, owing to extensive maintenance being carried out this summer. See all stories on this topic »

From KwaZulu-Natal to Bangor BBC News However, sometimes in the summer months the clouds will part and rays of golden sunshine will dance across the countryside. Glynn Orchin is a restaurateur and author of a book on traditional and modern South Africancuisine. He retains strong links to ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

S African Dec thermal coal imports into China reach year-high Platts South African thermal coal imports into China reached their highest of the year in December, rising to 1.87 million mt, up 14% on the previous month and nearly fourtimes the volume shipped a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data released... See all stories on this topic »

Live Cricket Score : South Africa Vs Sri Lanka - Fifth ODI Daijiworld.com Johannesburg, Jan 22: Welcome to the fifth and final ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka from Johannesburg. South Africa will look to end their home summer on a high after suffering a loss at Kimberley. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will want to win ... See all stories on this topic »

Cobras honoured with nine places in Proteas Business Day THE Cape Cobras' reward for a successful season was the selection of nine of their players in the South Africa squads to tour New Zealand next month. The franchise lost just one of their 10 matches on their way to winning the one-day cup this summer, ... See all stories on this topic »

No Afridi or Razzaq in South Africa's T20 competition ESPNcricinfo.com Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq will not travel to play in South Africa'sdomestic 20-over competition. The Pakistan duo was signed up by the Johannesburg-based Lions franchise, whose chief executive Cassim Docrat confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that neither ... See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com

Basil D'Oliveira's memory is celebrated in a perfect tribute to his remarkable ... Telegraph.co.uk D'Oliveira came of age in post-war South Africa at a time when apartheid was at its most vicious and oppressive. This meant that, though a young cricketer of brilliance, he was denied the right to play the game he loved. When he played the sport, ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Ukraine, Kazakhstan & South Africa Becoming Factors in Export Market Wisconsin Ag Connection South Africa continues to ship white corn to Mexico, however, because of contract obligations established last summer. Mexico has received just under 1 million tons of white corn (39 million bushels) in South Africa's current crop year. See all stories on this topic »

Time to impress coaches in pre-season warm-ups Independent Online The first of several Super Rugby pre-season friendlies will be played in Wellington this afternoon when Boland host the Stormers and for the next three weeks all five of South Africa's teams will tune-up with matches against each other or slightly ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

Examples of how meaning can change over time Stamford Times Essential to South Africa's history are the works of Athol Fugard. In his "Mecca," absorbing once it gets in gear, the "other" is the elderly Miss Helen (like Porgy, based on a real person), an artist whose sculptures are eyesores to the community. See all stories on this topic »

Igugu: is hot favourite to land coveted Durban July-J & B Met double Racing Post Only four horses in the past 75 years have succeeded in winning both ofSouth Africa's biggest races but for much of that time the Met was a handicap. Now it is a weight-for-age race with a 2kg (4.4lb) penalty for Grade 1 winners and this should make ... See all stories on this topic » Racing Post

South Africa Losing Favour Among Mining Investors Forex Pros By GoldMoney News Desk | Commodities | Jan 26, 2012 09:05AM GMT Considering all the developments that have taken place in South Africa in recent years, it is unsurprising to find the country's mining industry in decline. Miners are being forced to... See all stories on this topic »

Wonderbag: The eco cooker with bags of potential Metro A simple cooking product is helping South Africa fight climate change and poverty at the same time. As the Wonderbag prepares to come to Britain, Metro talks to the woman behind the goal to introduce one to every kitchen on the planet. See all stories on this topic » Metro

McCullum: Time to build on Hobart sportal.co.nz And if done convincingly, it would represent another boost towards the daunting assignment that follows later in the summer against the might of South Africa. "Hobart was the catalyst, now it's a matter of what we do from hereon in," McCullum said. See all stories on this topic »

Profile: Belinda Clark Sydney Morning Herald If Belinda Clark gets time for a backyard cricket match this summer, her nieces and nephews know she's always reluctant to hand back the bat. “That's the thing I miss, the actual base skill of hitting a ball; the sound off the bat, the feeling in your ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Cheyenne Cordes following the championship game at the International Softball ... Cal Athletics BERKELEY - While many student-athletes were spending their first half of December studying for finals and then spending time with their families, freshman Cheyenne Cordes was chasing gold in South Africa with the US junior national team. See all stories on this topic » Cal Athletics

Marsh only battling himself: North ABC Online Marsh has been a shadow of himself since suffering a back injury in South Africa two months ago, posting scores of 0, 0, 3, 0, 11, 3 and 0 in his past seven Test innings. North knows what it is like being in the selection firing line after his own ... See all stories on this topic »

Life in the Fast Lane: An Interview with Double-Amputee Athlete, Oscar Pistorius Books LIVE (blog) by Amanda on Jan 23rd, 2012 Tweet The New York Times' Michael Sokolove interviewed South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is bound to make sporting history if he qualifies for the 2012 London Olympics this summer. Pistorius is a double-amputee who, ... See all stories on this topic »

Canada's top principals use students to measure success Globe and Mail When the South Africa-born educator interviewed for a teaching job at the former North York school board, she had just arrived in Canada with $200 and a modest summer wardrobe to her name. More than 37 years later, Ms. Timol has been named one of ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Green shoots for gold SkySports ... success on the Olympic stage this summer. The 20-year-old from Kent is currently nearing the end of a month-long warm-weather training stint inSouth Africa with coach Malcolm Arnold and his fiercest foe and friend, global number-one Dai Greene. See all stories on this topic » SkySports

Cruising on the rocks? No way! Independent Online The luxury MSC Sinfonia enters Durban Harbour for its maiden summerseason in South African waters last November. The ship returns for an extended season this year. The Sinfonia clips along at a fair rate of knots and it wasn't long before the harbour ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

Young Brockville-area show jumper returns with bronze medal from international ... EMC St. Lawrence Silver went to the host nation's Arianna Ladd, while South Africa's Cameron Dawson was the well-deserved recipient of the bronze. Vasconcellos also helped the Happy Diamonds side to gold in the Team competition, ably supported by Russia's Nikita ... See all stories on this topic »

Somerset CCC sign Albie Morkel for the Twenty20 Cup This is Bristol Somerset have signed South African all-rounder Albie Morkel as their second overseas player for this summer's Twenty20 Cup in place of fellow countryman Roelof van der Merwe. Morkel is a left-handed batsman and medium-fast bowler, who has played 55 One ... See all stories on this topic »

Tsotsobe on good wicket Sowetan The left-arm quick, who lost out to Vernon Philander in the test team at the start of the summer, was yesterday moved up to No3 in the new ODI rankings for bowlers. This makes him the highest-ranked South Africanwith Morne Morkel in seventh spot and ... See all stories on this topic » Sowetan

Watch more Spanish football on Sky Sports Xtra SkySports The former South Africa coach took charge of the Falcons in the New Year following the departure of Alan Tait and a cup clash with the Sharks is first on the bill for the new boss. Corne Uys becomes the first of Gold's five changes as he returns to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Value of US playing in Central America ESPN It was in one such game -- in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Oct. 10, 2009, where Los Catrachos had been undefeated in more than six years -- that the US secured its berth for South Africa in the summer of 2010. That night, Conor Casey bulled his way to ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN

Viru, you didn't time this right sportal.co.in "If you look at even Australia, they lost the Ashes and were all out for 47 in South Africa. It happens to every team," Sehwag said conveniently forgetting that Australia underwent a sea of change after the Ashes loss and won a series in Sri Lanka and ... See all stories on this topic »

Norwalk's Meerkats Staying Through Summer The Daily Wilton They are members of the mongoose family and live in social "mobs" in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) live in cooperative societies, using a foraging strategy that includes adults taking turns to stand ... See all stories on this topic »

Cricket: Green is not what it seams New Zealand Herald By Andrew Alderson Openers Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill started well against Zimbabwe but South Africa will be a big step up. Photo / Getty Images The new four-pace-bowlers era for the New Zealand test XI has proponents hankering for ... See all stories on this topic »

Golf genius Kim is gone, but NK tournament remains Korea Times Relatively low-key, it took the form of a one-day event and was composed of a field of golfers hailing from countries as diverse as the US, South Africa, Britain, Finland, Australia, and, of course, North Korea. One of North Korea's latest attempts at ... See all stories on this topic »

United States Women's Soccer Team Heading to Summer Olympics: Fan's Take Yahoo! Sports The Olympic tournament will consist of teams from the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Sweden, Japan, North Korea, Cameroon, South Africa, France, Colombia, Canada, and a representative from Oceania. Fans may remember that at the 2011 World Cup ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Sports

The Weekly Wrap -- Jan. 27, 2012 Foreign Policy The post-1979 oil embargo against South Africa earned a smuggling fortune for Marc Rich (in addition, for O&G trivia hounds, the Dutch trader John Deuss); it is impossible to count the number of people who got rich on the post-Gulf War sanctions ... See all stories on this topic » Foreign Policy

The Road for Carla Gugino Women's Wear Daily It's less than two hours before one of the final preview performances of “The Road to Mecca,” South African playwright Athol Fugard's two-act reflection on artistic creation. Though she'll soon be onstage in peasant skirt and unassuming blouse, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sonnette Kotze Named Vice President of Finance for Maryland Live! Casino MarketWatch (press release) "Her financial expertise and leadership will serve us well during this time of rapid growth and development as we move towards our grand opening in Summer 2012." A native ofSouth Africa, Ms. Kotze began her gaming career in 1997 as the Casino ... See all stories on this topic »

Sundance sheds light on neglected US star Yahoo!7 News PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) - He was compared to Bob Dylan or the Rolling Stones, but his records flopped and his musical star faded without trace -- until he was rediscovered in South Africa. "Searching for Sugar Man," in competition at the Sundance film ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!7 News

Tom Goegebuer prepared for the London Olympic Games in South ... By lilla.rozgonyi During the European winter the great summertime of South Africa attracts many Europeans, and while they are in the same time zone the absence of jetlag makes it a unique place for training camps. Moreover, when Tom started his career as ... International Weightlifting Federation

Summer Time In Cape Town : News South Africa This is after all the place where the sun only sets at 8 o`clock in the evening duringsummer. Then the discussion starts to what you feel like doing today. Endless ... newssouthafrica.co.za/?p=5508

Summer Time In Cape Town - Topix Durbanville, South Africa. News · Forums & Polls. Summer Time In Cape T... Real -Time News. Sunday Jan 22 | Posted by: roboblogger ... www.topix.com/za/durbanville/.../summer-time-in-cape-town

  

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