Top Stories: Cape Town (S.Africa), Dec. 7 : Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and being raped to "correct" them, it has been claimed. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:40:04 -0500East London, Dec 7: England's new batting coach Graham Gooch has said that he expects star batsman Kevin Pietersen to be back to his best during the Test series against South Africa starting on December 16. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:16 -0500Cape Town, Dec 6 (DPA) Some of South Africa's richest citizens will be looking to add further to their wealth at next summer's World Cup by renting out their trophy homes and yachting berths to billionaires travelling to the country for the tournament. IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500In South Africa, the king of the Zulus has said he will reintroduce circumcision. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:29:59 -0500JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African actors want to stop Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a new film on the ex-wife of the nation's first black president, repor... West Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:59:09 -0500Cosatu has thrown its weight behind a group of South Africans who have brought a class action suit against five American multi- national companies which they accuse of aiding and abetting the previous... SABC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:54:16 -0500Cape Town (S.Africa), Dec. 7 : Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and being raped to 'correct' them, it has been claimed. New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:52:14 -0500Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Monday called on President Jacob Zuma to reverse the appointment of national prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane, describing it as an "aberration". "The appointment... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:26 -0500A 24-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl near Elandskraal, Limpopo. Inspector Lesiba Seopa, a police spokesman, said the incident had happened at about 7pm ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:23 -0500Fouzia van der Fort Staff Reporter An SA Airlink passenger plane missed the runway at George Airport, crashed through a security fence and came to a standstill on a major road next to the airport ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:20 -0500Eight people, including two children, have drowned in Gauteng since the beginning of December, provincial police said on Monday. "This is truly alarming," said Superintendent Eugene Opperman, indic... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:16 -0500Submit your comment The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) is backing a bid by apartheid victims who are suing US multinationals for the role they played in support of the regime. "Our decision r... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:16 -0500If you are a Cape Argus subscriber, log in now to gain full access to this website. Articles marked with are available to logged-in subscribers only. Cape Argus Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:08 -0500Submit your comment Earthlife Africa was concerned about Eskom's plans to sell off part of the Kusile power station saying on Monday that as a public entity the utility cannot make the decision by its... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:08 -0500If you are a Cape Argus subscriber, log in now to gain full access to this website. Articles marked with are available to logged-in subscribers only. Cape Argus Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:02 -0500Submit your comment The head of the UN's panel of climate scientists on Monday strongly defended findings that humans are warming the planet, after critics said that leaked emails from a British unive... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:25:00 -0500Johannesburg — RESERVE Bank figures due on Thursday are likely to dominate a barrage of data this week, which will gauge the headway that the South African economy is making as it pulls out of r... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:20:02 -0500Johannesburg — South African health care professionals are endangering the health of the country's large foreign population by routinely denying health care and treatment to thousands of asylum ... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:19:55 -0500Edition 3 HARARE: Foreign airlines have stopped using Zimbabwe's airspace because the country's meteorological service is incapable of supplying crucial weather data, officials said.The Departme... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:16:49 -0500The SA National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) says drug abuse in the workplace is costing the business sector billions each year in lost hours and reduced productivity. Sanca di... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:16:46 -0500JOHANNESBURG: A recent survey conducted among a group of returning South African executives found that their primary reason for returning was to be reunited with family and friends and to be more invo... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:16:42 -0500JumpStart and The Star Workplace are giving away 50 copies of the JumpStart career and life skills guide. The following excerpt on dealing with disabilities in the workplace comes from the career g... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:16:40 -0500South African actors want to stop Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a new film on the ex-wife of the nation's first black president, reports said Monday. The Creat... Breitbart Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:01:54 -0500South Africa offered on Sunday to slow the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent by 2020, conditional on a broader international agreement and financial aid. Africa's biggest economy... South Africa The Good News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:32:48 -0500South Africa has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 34% by 2020, but says it will need financial aid from developed countries to do so.The announcement was made as the world climate talks s... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:11:14 -0500A group of Slovo Park protesters has blockaded the Golden Highway near the Boskoppie area in an apparent service delivery protest, a Johannesburg metro official said on Monday. Spokeswoman Edna Mam... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:54 -0500The DA was expected to make an application in the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday to set aside proceedings in the Gauteng legislature that saw a member suspended for five days. "An application... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:51 -0500An 85-year-old woman was killed in Tokai, Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Monday. Superintendent Andre Traut said Elsa Brennan was found in the bedroom of her home in Forest Street with her ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:48 -0500German photographer Bernd Fischer, 68, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Monday in connection with a bomb threat at last week's World Cup draw. Prosecutor David Jacobs told the court ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:46 -0500Operations were suspended at Gold Fields' Driefontein mine on Monday morning as a massive search was under way for two miners unaccounted for after a series of seismic events at the Carletonville oper... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:43 -0500Do not put exotic pets on this year's Christmas lists, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals urged South Africans on Monday. Spokesman Alistair Sinclair said many such "enticing" gif... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:40 -0500Seven of the 10 people who died in an accident on Moloto Road were laid to rest at a mass funeral in Waterval Village, Mpumalanga, on Saturday. The seven were burnt to death along with three others... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:38 -0500Submit your comment British Airways, which is attempting to merge with Iberia of Spain, said that it carried fewer passengers in November than it did a year earlier. BA said in a brief statement th... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:04:05 -0500Pretoria — International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim will on Monday co-chair the 2nd South Africa-Switzerland Annual Consultations with the State Secretary of the C... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:58:41 -0500The President will be joined by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica, the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and senior offi... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:58:35 -0500Pietermaritzburg - One of the four policemen arrested in Pietermaritzburg on Friday for corruption is in hospital, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.“One of the four officers who were arrested for... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:06 -0500UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has called for fast-track aid of $30bn to help poorer countries ease carbon emissions and shore up defences against climate change. News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:01 -0500Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Monday called on President Jacob Zuma to reverse the appointment of national prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane, describing it as an "aberration". Mail and Guardian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:07:55 -0500As governments struggle to finalise a new, globally acceptable climate treaty, the difficulties are clear. Yet there are still grounds for optimism, mainly because we already have solutions we can use... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:59 -0500The case was on the verge of being tossed out due to opposition by both the South African and US governments, but has been saved by a change of administrations in both. SA's opposition fell away on th... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:56 -0500Johannesburg — WITH trading conditions in the local coal market expected to remain difficult, junior miner Wescoal said last week it would reposition itself as a primary producer in addition to ... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:55 -0500Johannesburg — LEAPFROG Investments, a micro insurance investment fund, said last week that it would invest R50m in AllLife, the South African insurer serving people living with HIV and diabetes... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:54 -0500Johannesburg — A MINING academy had been launched in Mankwe, in the NorthWest , to address skills shortages and raise productivity in the mining industry, Nyala Pilane, chief of the Bakgatla-Ba ... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:53 -0500Rich nations like to point to the arithmetic truth that there can be no solution until developing giants such as China take more radical steps than they have so far. But the rich world is responsible ... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:53 -0500Johannesburg — NATIONAL soccer team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has urged his charges to prove a point to World Cup rivals France, Mexico and Uruguay after the coaches of the three nations hin... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:53 -0500Cape Town — A snapshot of horrific classroom conditions across the country -- including attempted murder, possession of knives and illegal firearms, drug abuse and assault of both pupils and tea... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:52 -0500Johannesburg — GLOBAL resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto met Saturday's deadline to sign binding agreements on a 116bn mining joint venture in w estern Australia, despite speculation th... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:52 -0500Johannesburg — INSTANT Life, an online insurer, is SA's first direct insurer to function without the expense of an interactive call centre, using an automated administrative system. The company... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:50 -0500South Africa ] A 41-year-old truck driver has been killed after he reportedly lost control of the vehicle and swerved into the oncoming traffic. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:34:32 -0500I'll be there: Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said President Jacob Zuma would attend the heads of state and government segment of the UN convention on climate change. Photo: Phill Magakoe,... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:34:30 -0500Durban - A KwaZulu-Natal man was in a critical condition in hospital following a mob justice attack outside a bar in Margate, paramedics said on Monday.The man was attacked after he allegedly hit anot... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:31:16 -0500Mount Ayliff - A lone policeman managed to nab three armed robbers after a shootout with four of them in Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape.Police spokesperson Mlungisi Matidane said four men entered a ... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:31:07 -0500Johannesburg - More than a third of numbers for South African police stations do not work, the Democratic Alliance charged on Sunday after conducting a survey. "South Africans need a police service th... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:31:02 -0500Submit your comment The country's net reserves climbed in November, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Monday. According to data released, gold and foreign exchange reserves rose to $39.587 billion... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:19:56 -0500By Political Bureau Nelson Mandela has been made honorary life president of the ANC Veterans League, which was formally launched at the weekend. At the launch conference, the league also resolve... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:23:18 -0500All Bus Rapid Transit buses in Johannesburg will be running late on Monday, an official said. "Reavaya buses are running 45 minutes late because of a route blockade in Nancefield [near the bus depo... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:23:12 -0500By Luvuyo Mjekula A security system requiring people visiting The Terraces building in Bree Street to have their fingerprints and photograph taken has been slammed as "pointless and an invasion of ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:23:07 -0500Submit your comment The political fallout over the leadership succession at Transnet has taken its toll on the transport parastatal, which is in the process of an unprecedented upgrade of its rail, po... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:23:05 -0500Submit your comment Africa offers better returns than either China or India and is "at the forefront" of international investors' plans despite its "real PR challenge", a top international management ... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:52 -0500Submit your comment The leak of e-mails from a key British climate change research unit has reignited the battle of beliefs around human-induced global warming in the run-up to an international deal t... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:46 -0500Submit your comment Developing countries were "pleasantly surprised" by the pro-developmental position adopted by Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies at last week's ministerial meeting of the Wo... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:38 -0500Edition 1 LONDON: The English Football Association has denied a report in Sunday newspapers that England manager Fabio Capello has considered giving his stars Viagra to help cope with playing at... Cape Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:36 -0500Botswana must still discuss how to pay for its share of the $1 billion (R7.35bn) that shareholders agreed to invest in De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer. "The budget is already constraine... Business Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:34 -0500"It seems this BMW must have just been driving itself - that there was no driver." This is one of the poignant but most bitter remarks arising from Prince Sifiso Zulu's culpable homicide trial in the... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:53 -0500Pretoria — The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has declared its readiness to host thousands of soccer fans and teams alike during next year's FIFA World Cup. This comes as Friday's Final Draw... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:52 -0500Cape Town — Local Organising Committee boss, Dr Danny Jordaan says the 2010 Final Draw on Friday has delivered on the promise of a world-class event. "We promised the country a spectacular and ... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:51 -0500Johannesburg — With the festive season just around the corner, government will be stepping up efforts to curb road crashes during this busy period on the roads. Scores of people, including vict... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:51 -0500Cape Town — Bafana Bafana Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira remains confident that his charges will reach the knockout stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, despite being placed along the best teams in... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:50 -0500Pretoria — South Africa and Switzerland are to strengthen relations at the Second South Africa/Switzerland Annual consultations on Monday. International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Ministe... All Africa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:16:46 -0500Sport ] Joburg will host 10 group matches during the World Cup, and fans following their teams will flock to the city, bringing soccer cultures distinct to their countries. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:15:07 -0500© 1999 - 2009 Star & Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. Reliance on the information this site contains is at your own risk. Please read our... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:14:46 -0500South Africa ] The DA has called for a rethink on the travel allowance system, after members of the KwaZulu-Natal cabinet claimed more than R1,5-million in three months. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:14:41 -0500South Africa ] The DA has called for a rethink on the travel allowance system, after members of the KwaZulu-Natal cabinet claimed more than R1,5-million in three months. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:14:33 -0500South Africa ] A spot-check by the DA has found that the advertised numbers for more than a third of police station phone numbers nationwide do not work. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:14:21 -0500Edition 2 Eighteen initiates, some already ill, had been rescued from illegal circumcision schools in Libode, the Eastern Cape Health Department said yesterday.Spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the re... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:13:21 -0500Johannesburg - More than a third of numbers for South African police stations do not work, the Democratic Alliance charged on Sunday after conducting a survey. "South Africans need a police service th... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:11:05 -0500Port Elizabeth - ''What must I do with him when he gets violent, must I let him go or shoot him?'' a man asked employees of the police's 10111 emergency centre here, after officers... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:59 -0500Johannesburg - A woman was airlifted to hospital after a quad bike accident in Murray Park in Springs on Sunday afternoon, paramedics said."It seems that a group of people were out on an off-road ride... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:54 -0500Pretoria - Derik van Heerden jnr, the four-year-old boy who broke all the bones in his face and suffered skull fractures when he drove his quad bike into a brick wall, has lost interest in the bike. ... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:49 -0500Khun Samutchine - Surrounded by water, a Buddhist temple is one of the last remnants of a Thai village that has vanished beneath the sea - a scene being repeated across Asia and the world.Around 60 fa... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:43 -0500Johannesburg - South Africa offered on Sunday to slow the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions by 34% by 2020, conditional on a broader international agreement and financial aid.Africa's biggest eco... News 24 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:38 -0500(RTTNews) - South Africa's gross reserves increased to $40.49 billion in November from $39.79 in the previous month, the South African Reserve Bank reported on Monday, roughly in line with economists... Quote.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:51:48 -0500By Sibusiso Mboto Pietermaritzburg Bureau Members of the KwaZulu-Natal cabinet have run up a travel claims bill of more than R1,5-million in three months, raising concern among opposition parties ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:59 -0500Vuyisa Jantjies, a Beaufort West resident and co-ordinator of Rural Network, a national NGO, said farm workers and residents in the area were in shock. "An 85-year-old cannot be a threat to a young ma... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:55 -0500By Sipho Khumalo Political Staff The build-up to the bare-handed killing of a black bull by the young and newly anointed Izinyosi (the Bees) regiment was a well co-ordinated and dramatic spectacle... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:48 -0500President Jacob Zuma will attend a segment of the United Nations convention of climate change this month, the presidency said on Sunday. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said Zuma would a... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:44 -0500By Sipho Khumalo Political Staff Attempts to stop Zulus from holding the ukweshwama ceremony, in which a black bull was killed barehanded by a newly anointed Zulu regiment, sought to undermine the... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:41 -0500By Mary-Anne Gontsana With the festive season and heat of summer upon us, thousands are flocking to Cape Town's beaches, but the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is on high alert following two ... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:38 -0500If you are a new subscriber and you don't yet have a password, enter your subscriber number, leave the password blank and press LOGIN. You will then get to choose your own password and check that your... Pretoria News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:38 -0500Sport ] Joburg will host 10 group matches during the World Cup, and fans following their teams will flock to the city, bringing soccer cultures distinct to their countries. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:47:14 -0500South Africa ] The DA has called for a rethink on the travel allowance system, after members of the KwaZulu-Natal cabinet claimed more than R1,5-million in three months. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:47:12 -0500Sport ] Joburg will host 10 group matches during the World Cup, and fans following their teams will flock to the city, bringing soccer cultures distinct to their countries. The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:41 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> England fans might have the chance to pick up last-minute tickets for the 2010 World Cup &... Times Online Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:39:12 -0500In "Invictus," South African president Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) rallies his nation's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Matt Damon plays... MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:54:58 -0500WELLINGTON — An HIV-positive man in New Zealand has admitted injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus, a newspaper reported yesterday. It is believed the man w... The Natal Witness Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:36:34 -0500JOHANNESBURG — Police fired rubber bullets to disperse a rowdy crowd who tried to prevent DA leader Helen Zille from addressing residents at Winterveldt, north of Pretoria yesterday. About 500 ... The Natal Witness Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:35:50 -0500');" > CAPE TOWN — Buy your World Cup tickets! That was the message put out by South African officials and World Cup sponsors after Friday’s final draw. The vice president of the SAFootb... The Natal Witness Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:35:33 -0500JOHANNESBURG — Disposable Breathalysers will be on sale for drivers during the holiday, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said yesterday. “We have partnered with the private sector to e... The Natal Witness Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:35:23 -0500 | 
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