SOUTH AFRICA Summer News, Feb 04, 2012

South African show-stoppers for the garden This is South Wales BLUE skies and crisp winter mornings are something that I welcome most of the time, although stepping off the plane from South Africa and being greeted with this fresh weather is something of a shock. What comes as a bigger shock and a more welcome ... See all stories on this topic »

South Africa's surreal horticulture inspires Vancouver Sun Why do I want you to come with me on a unique 15-day garden tour toSouth Africa in October? There are spectacular gar-dens to see, naturally.South Africa has no shortage of fabulous, world-class gardens: Kirstenbosch, Old Nectar, Stellenbosch, ... See all stories on this topic »

Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea? BBC News By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Suid Bokkeveld The world has developed a taste for South Africa's rooibos tea in recent years, mainly because of its perceived health benefits. Annual exports have quadrupled since 1999 to 8000 tonnes, proving a rare lifeline ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Michelle Goldie: Representing SA on the fashion scene TheSouthAfrican But hitting the streets looking for South African influences turned out to be hard work. From sewing her own party outfits to selling in Topshop and dressing celebrities, South AfricanMichelle Goldie has made a success with her brand Goldie London. See all stories on this topic » TheSouthAfrican

Vincent Hogan: Time for new warriors to step forward Irish Independent A week before the Lions left for South Africa that summer, I met him while working on Eddie O'Sullivan's autobiography. As we chatted in the Montrose Hotel, he confided that his shoulder was really in no condition for the ferocity of combat looming on... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

Olympic Preview Lane Lines to London Looks atAfrica in February Issue SwimmingWorldMagazine.com This month's edition looks at the African region, while we also feature South Africa's Chad Le Clos as a Darkhorse Medal Contender for the 2012 London Olympics. This issue is truly interactive with nearly 50 links for Premium Subscribers to get the ... See all stories on this topic » SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

Australian cricket and tennis both have exciting times ahead The Roar While there have been bad patches more recently (47 againstSouth Africa in Cape Town, the loss to New Zealand in Hobart), the home summer has seen an increasing sense of ruthlessness about the squad. A combination of new players (David Warner, ... See all stories on this topic » The Roar

Doc and Lolly Pig, course characters alive in memory Brisbane Times Doc McGirr, a rotund medico, was a sportsman in the true sense of the word and steered our first world boxing champion, Jimmy Carruthers, to a world bantamweight title in South Africa. He also gave apprentice jockeys learning the trade under Theo Green ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

The new Soccer Czars The Nation Newspaper By AKINLOYE AT LARGE 18 hours 33 minutes ago When Spain emerged as the world champions in South Africa in 2010, we saw the Europeans toppling Brazil on the FIFA rankings. The South Americans have sat on the number one spot as long as one could remember ... See all stories on this topic »

Boucher puts Cobras on top SPORT24 Cape Town - Mark Boucher handed a timely boost to South Africa'sselectors with a fine century that helped the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras end day three of their SuperSport Series match against the Chevrolet Knights on 515 for eight in Cape Town on ... See all stories on this topic »

Okoro getting all jazzed up for Games The Sun But after warm-weather training in South Africa she is now back on track and today competes for the first time since making the semi-finals at lastsummer's World Championships. Okoro, 27, a talented gospel and jazz vocalist who sings at Glory House, ... See all stories on this topic »

England rated, man-by-man Scotsman The uncapped centre from South Africa qualifies for England through his grandparents. He played for his native country's under-21s and Emerging Springboks, but moved to Saracens in 2008. He played in England's non-cap match against New Zealand Maori in ... See all stories on this topic » Scotsman

Triangular shapes as big series for India ESPNcricinfo.com ... the quality of competition over a whole summer. Eventually the triangular gave way to more focused bilateral series, based of course on some market survey. It started as a big success with a competitive series between the hosts and South Africa, ... See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com

Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey must bat on: John Benaud Herald Sun After the West Indies tour Australia enters a six-month Test void, with no matches scheduled until the 2012/13 summer begins against South Africain November. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Recommended Coverage Hodge bid war nets $440000 ... See all stories on this topic »

'I can get back in the side': Johnson Fox Sports It is no more than a year since he was an Australian teammate of all three of them, and barely a matter of months since he Siddle and Harris were touring together in Sri Lanka and South Africa. But what's significant in Johnson's case is that all three ... See all stories on this topic »

The Irish Times - Saturday, February 4, 2012 Irish Times If budget or work were no restriction, what would be your dream holiday? The biggest luxury nowadays is having time, so I'd go on an extended holiday. I'd love to travel through some African countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia andSouth Africa. See all stories on this topic »

CULTIVATING KIWI U-T San Diego From there, kiwi vines made their way to California and eventually to Italy, Chile and South Africa. The fruit was known as Chinese gooseberry until New Zealand commercial production started in the 1970s, at which point, some brilliant marketer decided ... See all stories on this topic »

Ireland v Wales: The back-row battle BBC Sport (blog) Ireland duo Jamie Heaslip and Stephen Ferris have already played for the Lions, in South Africa in 2009, while team-mate Sean O'Brien and Wales opponents Sam Warburton and Toby Faletau (plus the injured Dan Lydiate) are also strong contenders - fitness ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport (blog)

Cricket: New coach will make it all Wright New Zealand Herald So far, so good, but the fab four need to sustain their fitness and accuracy into the coming three-test series against South Africa. Maintaining decent bowling workloads without over-exertion is a hard balance to find. Martin and Boult will likely play ... See all stories on this topic »

Give equal rights to women: Sri Sri IBNLive.com South African dignitary Lulama Xingwana, Minister for Women and Children who was with Union minister corroborated with the latter's statement, said even in South Africa their government is thinking on the same lines and has already been sending ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive.com

It's time to start theTest World Cup The Hindu At this time of year the two main grounds in the Gulf have cool weather. Simultaneous games at Dubai and Abu Dhabi in January would quickly reduce the numbers. England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and the teams from the ... See all stories on this topic »

VIDEO: Live updates, 2012 Hertz Wellington Sevens, Day 2, HSBC IRB Sevens Series 3News NZ But security ain't nothing to mess with after last night's shambles in the final game. 8:51pm - South Africa have won the plate in convincing fashion, downing Tonga 24-0. Time for the crowd to "Twist Again". It's surreal being able to see the stadium ... See all stories on this topic » 3News NZ

Thorrington ready to work for Jenkins Eurosport.com AU Team GB have failed to attain a top three berth since the sport made its debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but the Ipswich athlete, currently training in Spain, is aiming to be part of the three-women team in Hyde Park this summer to change that ... See all stories on this topic » Eurosport.com AU

Jacksonville resident receives teaching award Florida Times-Union Jones, a senior at Southeastern University in Lakeland, even spent hersummer vacation teaching in a community day care program. Her latest accolade is receiving the Florida Association of Teacher Educators' Fanchon F. Funk Scholars Award. See all stories on this topic »

Terry should never have regained armband Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) He was England's best performer in South Africa, although admittedly he did not head a particularly strong field. It will be interesting to see who is appointed to the role now. Given the way such issues have been handled in recent times, ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)

Cricket: Bates and Nethula to get chance New Zealand Herald If successful, Nethula will be a candidate to get a test run later in thesummer against South Africa and during the year on spin conducive pitches in the West Indies, India and Sri Lanka. By Andrew Alderson | Email Andrew. See all stories on this topic »

Bid-by-bid coverage: IPL-5 auctions MSN India Craig McDermott did wonders with for Australia this summer down under as their bowling coach, sadly his son, Alistar McDermott fetched no bids. South Africa's Ryan Mclaren had no takers and so does Nicky Boje. Merchant de Lange is SA now up - KKR has ... See all stories on this topic »

Postcard from Laura: Trip explored Swedish heritage Rockford Register Star This trip down memory lane and a look at all things Swedish came at the perfect time. Barbara Lunde and John Nelson of the Öland Club of Rockford had asked me to speak at the club's meeting, which takes place the last Tuesday of every month at ... See all stories on this topic »

Glenda Barretto wants to cook tinola for Obama Philippine Star Her culinary expertise has led to events on various continents (Antarctica being the sole exception, naturally) and countless countries many times over such as the various Philippine Food Festivals in Beijing, Brussels, Cologne, Hannover, Haohsiung, ... See all stories on this topic »

The sparrow? There is no bird so sweetly rude Irish Times It's found north to the Arctic Circle and south to north Africa, the Middle East, India and Sri Lanka, and is abundant, thanks to introductions, in North and South America, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In much of Asia, it is replaced by ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Kim Zimmer Back On Stage In CRT's "Odysseus DOA" We Love Soaps He was also the director of the University of Miami Summer Theater Academy, an eight-week summer intensive theater program for children in kindergarten through eleventh grade. His play Odysseus Died from AIDS (original title), was developed in Miami ... See all stories on this topic »

Malaria News: WHO criticizes new report that doubles malaria death estimate GlobalPost A young Sudanese woman uses a piece of carton to fan her feverish son aling from malaria in South Sudan, on November 10, 2011. One in seven children die in South Sudan before their fifth birthday, according to UN figures. In this remote village, ... See all stories on this topic »

Lancaster looks to restore pride of English game Yorkshire Post The RFU will name a permanent head coach before the summer tour toSouth Africa but plan to have one in mind by the end of February. Lancaster would gladly embrace that opportunity just as wholeheartedly as he has taken on the challenge of picking ... See all stories on this topic »

Top Chef Interviews | Aliya LeeKong JustLuxe.com After a trip to South Africa years ago where I learned some incredible cultural dishes, I came back home and put my own spin on them. I think that was the inception – when I realized my culinary perspective and passion were unique and that I wanted to ... See all stories on this topic » JustLuxe.com

Golf tournament May 17 allows Lions statewide to serve children with disabilities Your Houston News Every summer, children with physical disabilities, Type 1 diabetes, cancer, burns and Down syndrome attend one of several Texas Lions Camp weeklong sessions in Kerrville. The residential camp gives children special memories and instills in them a “can ... See all stories on this topic »

Transparency leads to less corruption Financial Post She spoke with Diane Francis at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week about Transparency International and the issue of corruption which has risen to the top of the geopolitical agenda, sparking the Arab Spring, Indian Summer, Chinese protests, ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Post

Andalusia: A celebration of all the senses The Malaysian Insider We then weave in and out of steep cobbled lanes, and are greeted time and again by impeccable abodes from which the same glorious smells arise. The only letdown is that this sleepy village only truly awakes in summer, there being no need in winter to ... See all stories on this topic » The Malaysian Insider

International Canoe Federation SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST 2012 AFRICAN CANOE SLALOM ... Kayak & Canoe News Lausanne, Switzerland February 1, 2012 – This weekend Ash River, Bethlehem in South Africa will host the 2012 African Canoe Slalom Championships. The event which is organized by Canoeing South Africatakes place from 3 – 4 February and will also serve ... See all stories on this topic »

Summer Time In Cape Town - Topix Stellenbosch, South Africa. News · Forums & Polls. Summer Time In Cape T... Real-Time News. Sunday Jan 22 | Posted by: roboblogger ... www.topix.com/forum/za/.../TQM9TB6S30JGH5MH8

Australians love South African holidays | 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 ... www.news.com.au/travel/.../story-e6frfqai-1226253123362

Summer Time In Cape Town | News24 Summer Time In Cape Town| News24|MyNews24| Being a full hearted Capetonian, ... Join the News24 Community to be involved in breaking thenews. .... I have been watching my fellow South Africans for some time, and I have to ask: when ... www.news24.com/.../Summer-Time-In-Cape-Town-20120123

  

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