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Ten South African miners hospitalised after chrome mine clash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine in South Africa were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesman Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by chemicals ...
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Security guards fire rubber bullets at South Africa strikers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Security guards at a South African chrome mine owned by chemicals group Lanxess fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing workers on an illegal strike, a spokeswoman for the company said on ...
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Magistrates go on strike
Johannesburg - Magistrates around the country participated in a stay-away on Tuesday, demanding improved salaries and benefits, the Judicial Officers' Association of SA (Joasa) said. "The two-day strike was for yesterday [Monday] and today," Joasa president Nazeem Joemath said. Magistrates embarked on protest action in March. They demanded a single pay structure for the ...
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Men appear for disabled girls rape
Cape Town - Two men have appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court for raping a mentally disabled teenager, The Daily Voice reported on Tuesday.The case against the men, aged 27, and 29, was postponed until next Tuesday for bail information, the newspaper reported.The 15-year-old girl was reportedly playing outside her home on Thursday when she was lured to a shack with the promise of ...
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Midrand student kidnapped still missing
The Sowetan reported on Tuesday. Philasandre Ngum, 19, was thought to have been abducted at the Boulders shopping centre on 3 May, the newspaper reported. Her mother, Catherine Ngum reportedly opened a missing person's case, distributed flyers and reviewed security footage from the mall showing her daughter entering, but not leaving. The Sowetan reported that she received a phone call ...
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Cape Town school hit by vandals
Cape Argus reported on Tuesday.Education MEC Donald Grant's spokesperson Bronagh Casey told the newspaper Beauvallon Secondary school, in Valhalla Park, had been burgled and vandalised three times this year and once last year.In the past week two classrooms and a feeding scheme room had reportedly been damaged.According to ...
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South African bishops criticize police presence at private wedding
The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has criticized "the deployment of the police flying squad and other elements of the security forces" and "the use of an air-force base by a privately-chartered jet" during a recent wedding of prominent Indian entrepreneurs. "The South African Police Services should busy itself with combating crime, for which there ...
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Gupta metro cops sue for wrongful arrest
ANC spokesperson Gwede Mantashe said the ruling party's National Executive Committee was satisfied with the report they received on the Gupta scandal. ...
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Diplomat claims blackmail after dog bite
Pretoria - The deputy high commissioner of an Asian country has claimed a Pretoria couple is trying to blackmail him after his dog allegedly bit a woman on the ...
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Striking janitors dump faeces on N2
Cape Town - Striking janitors responsible for cleaning communal toilets were responsible for shutting down a section of the N2 highway in Cape Town on Monday, ...
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ANC praises Zimbabwe border drug bust
Johannesburg - The ANC Limpopo has praised the police for arresting a man suspected of smuggling cocaine worth about R18m on the street into South Africa."We applaud the police for the swift response, because drugs are one of the contributory factors to crime in the country," ANC Limpopo spokesperson Sipho Dikgale said in a statement on Tuesday.Kudinga Bunyabvabu, 36, was arrested at ...
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Bid to halt auction of Winnies goods
The Sowetan . As a result, there would be an auction at her home in Orlando West, Soweto. The Sowetan reported that Madikizela-Mandela signed an agreement on January 11 2008, pledging to pay R40 000 in accommodation fees, but there was an outstanding amount which included interest and legal fees. Dudula was working to resolve the issue before the auction's scheduled start at ...
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Rob Walter named Titans coach
This is Walter's first coaching post. He has previously been involved as a fitness trainer for South Africa, Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors. He was selected over other applicants, including former Titans coach Richard Pybus and Zimbabwe batting coach Grant ...
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Interpol searches for missing SA chef
Cape Town - Interpol has been asked to help search for a South African chef who is believed to missing in Ireland. Cape Town resident Johan van Wyk, 30, flew to Dublin in November last year. His family's last contact with him was a postcard for Christmas, reported ...
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Black advocate challenges exclusion
Johannesburg - A junior advocate has urged black businesses and lawyers not to shy away from suing for anti-competitive practices when they are excluded because of their ...
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South Africa Jansen to Be Honoured in New York
South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly ...
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Africa DRC-South Africa Pact Paves Way for Mega Hydro-Electric Plant
With South Africa confirmed as a key partner, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced October 2015 as the launch date for construction of the first phase of what could eventually be the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The Grand Inga project on the Congo River is expected, once all the phases are complete, to generate a massive 40 000 MW of electricity, bringing renewable ...
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Obama plans tour to South Africa
Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ...
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South Africa Multi-Currency Card First for Country
South African bank Absa has launched a multi-currency travel prepaid cash card through MasterCard, which is available in four currencies and is a first for the country and the continent. The bank will also be launching an Islamic Banking multi-currency passport soon, which is a first Sharia'h compliant and unique solution for clients travelling overseas. "Although there are other ...
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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Two daughters of Nelson Mandela seek rights to his artwork and companies
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, (left) with her daughter Tukwini pose with a bottle of House of Mandela wine at their home in Johannesburg. Photograph: Getty ...
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Video of baboon burglars running riot in South African house goes viral
Footage of a gang of baboons filmed clambering through an open upstairs window of a Cape Town residence and helping themselves to food while running amok has become a viral ...
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Barack Obama to make first trip to SA
Washington - US President Barack Obama will be heading to South Africa as part of his first major African tour since taking office, the White House said on Monday.Obama will also be travelling to to Senegal and Tanzania to reinforce US ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.The president will be accompanied by his wife Michelle during the tour which takes place from 26 June to 3 ...
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Land claims Govt forks out nearly R1bn
Johannesburg - Almost R1bn in financial compensation was paid to land claimants in the last financial year, the department of land reform said on Monday. The department paid more than R993m to people who lodged land claims between 1994 and 31 December 1998, spokesperson Mtobeli Mxotwa said in a statement. There were 602 restitution claims settled during the financial year, starting 1 April last ...
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ConCourt to hear disputed arrest case
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Tuesday on the arrest of a motorist who did not stop at a roadblock because he feared the officers were impostors. The issue before the court is whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was correct in overturning a judgment of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which found the motorist, Jack Coetzee, was arrested and detained ...
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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