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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South Africa News.Net http://www.southafricanews.net/ en-us Thu, 15 May 2008 05:32:36 -0400 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:32:36 -0400 30 South African residents of the Alexandra township in Johannesburg have been attacking immigrants. http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359442 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:49:47 -0400 South Africa News.Net http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359442 Harare/The Zimbabwe government has extended the period within which a run-off presidential must be held to 90 days from the announcement of the results of the first round on May 2, a government source and South African media said. http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359515 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:00:16 -0400 South Africa News.Net http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359515 London/Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom firm, Wednesday entered into final stages of merger talks with South Africa's largest telecom operator MTN in a deal that is estimated to be worth nearly $45 billion, according to highly placed sources. http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359386 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:16 -0400 South Africa News.Net http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359386 London/Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom firm, Wednesday entered into final stages of merger talks with South Africa's largest telecom operator MTN in a deal that is estimated to be worth nearly $45 billion, according to highly placed sources. http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359369 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:00:39 -0400 South Africa News.Net http://www.southafricanews.net/story/359369 South Africa ] A heavy police presence is reportedly monitoring the situation in Diepsloot in the wake of suspected xenophic attacks in the area. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837313&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:52 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837313&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] A minibus taxi driver is facing a charge of culpable homicide after a policeman was killed on the R612 in Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837308&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:42 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837308&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 May 15, 2008 By Donwald Pressly and Samantha Enslin-Payne Cape Town and Durban - Alec Erwin, the public enterprises minister, has bowed to public and political pressure and made a U-turn on previous s... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837606&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:21 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837606&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] TOKYO (Reuters) - Gold inched lower on Thursday, dented by weaker crude oil, but held off a one-week trough below $860 an ounce marked the previous day. Spot gold was at $862.90/863.90 an ounc... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838416&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:12 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838416&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 © 2008 Star & Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. Reliance on the information this site contains is at your own risk. Please read our http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837312&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:11 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837312&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 2 HOLYHEAD, Wales: A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended se... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14836975&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:02:25 -0400 Cape Times http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14836975&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] LONDON (Reuters) - SABMiller, the world's biggest brewer, beat forecasts with a 19 percent rise in annual earnings but added beer volume growth in its current first-half will be hit by high inpu... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838415&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:11 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838415&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Bobbi Scheckle, Die Burger East London - "Wild animals will always remain wild," said National Parks vet Dr David Zimmerman after a Canadian tourist was attacked by a "tame" wart... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838409&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:41 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838409&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] SA Municipal Workers' Union is reportedly turning to the labour court following an alleged deduction of workers' salaries by the Ekurhuleni Municipality. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837311&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:38 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837311&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Buks Viljoen, Beeld Nelspruit - A traditional healer who's well-known in the Lowveld was taken into custody on Friday with a sack full of monkey and baboon feet, and the hooves of assorted small... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838408&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:37 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838408&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG, May 15 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Thurs... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838413&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:10 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838413&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown was examined by a doctor and a psychiatrist on Wednesday after being beaten up by fellow prisoners, The Times reported on Wednesday. Brown's att... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838406&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:31 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838406&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A truck driver was abducted by two men pretending to be traffic officers in Delmas, Mpumalanga, on Tuesday, said police. Spokesperson Abie Khoabane said on Wednesday that the truck dri... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838403&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:23 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838403&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 May 15, 2008 By Garth Theunissen New York - Government bonds fell for a third day after central bank governor Tito Mboweni said interest rates might have to be raised to curb inflation. The drop pu... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837608&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:13 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837608&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] MAPUTO (Reuters) - Vodacom Mozambique, a unit of South Africa's Vodacom, plans to invest $50 million to expand infrastructure in rural areas and win market share, the company said on Wednesday. ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838417&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:12 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838417&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Ken Borland JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ian McGeechan's experience of guiding a winning British and Irish Lions team in South Africa will be invaluable, Springbok coach Peter de Villiers said ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838419&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:13 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838419&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Linda de Nysschen , Beeld Nelspruit - A Germiston businessman's honeymoon turned into a nightmare at the weekend when an angry warthog mauled his arms. Hugo van Niekerk, 52, was discharged from... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838407&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:35 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838407&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] A heavy police presence is reportedly monitoring the situation in Diepsloot in the wake of suspected xenophic attacks in the area. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837309&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:53 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837309&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] LONDON (Reuters) - South African investment banking and asset management group Investec Plc said on Thursday annual pretax operating profit rose 15 percent, but missed expectations after being h... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838414&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:10 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838414&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Two people were killed on Wednesday night in Diepsloot in what was believed to be another xenophobic attack, the SABC reported. Metro police spokesperson Superintendent Wayne Minnaar h... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838399&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:45 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838399&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Msimelelo Njwabane, Beeld Johannesburg - The ANC in Alexandra was accusing the IFP and the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) on Wednesday of being behind the violence against immigra... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838410&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:43 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838410&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 May 15, 2008 By Thabiso Mochiko Johannesburg - The imminent $13.9 billion (R106 billion) takeover of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) by Hewlett-Packard (HP) was expected to strengthen both companies' op... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837609&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:06 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837609&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 PRIVATE hospital group Medi-Clinic aims to derive more than half its revenue for the next financial year offshore as private healthcare regulations cast uncertainty over the sector. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835879&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:47:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835879&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] SA Municipal Workers' Union is reportedly turning to the labour court following an alleged deduction of workers' salaries by the Ekurhuleni Municipality. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837315&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:37:32 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837315&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] A heavy police presence is reportedly monitoring the situation in Diepsloot in the wake of suspected xenophic attacks in the area. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837310&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:55 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14837310&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A union representing South African soldiers is to take the country's armed forces to court on Thursday for alleged discrimination against HIV-infected personnel, it said Wednesday. ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838401&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:17 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838401&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The Waterkloof Four will head back to the Pretoria High Court on May 28 to ask for leave to appeal to the supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein against the confirmation of their murder and assault c... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838231&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:17:07 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838231&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG, May 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand was largely steady against the dollar on Thursday and should track overseas market activity in the absence of domestic economic data to influ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838418&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:14 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838418&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The outgoing administration of President Thabo Mbeki could leave a vastly expanded role for the state in the economy if Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin gets his way. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835880&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:47:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835880&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Tisha Steyn, Die Burger Knysna - Heinrich van Rooyen's arrogance did not impress him in the least, said Judge Nathan Erasmus on Wednesday when he sentenced the disc jockey to serve two life term... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838405&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:27 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838405&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The reactive policy of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants in South Africa needs to change, the SA Institute of Race Relations said on Wednesday. "What we want is for gover... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838404&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:25 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838404&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Judge Nathan Erasmus has sentenced former night club disc jockey Heinrich van Rooyen to two terms of life imprisonment for the 2005 murders of a waitress and law student - and denied him leave to appe... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838234&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:17:04 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838234&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Caryn Dolley Police have offered a substantial reward for information about a gang of three men who abducted, raped and assaulted a student on her way to class at Tygerberg Hospital. The youn... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838235&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:16:56 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14838235&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 1 Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka: Called on rational South Africans to stand up and be heard regarding the xenophobic attacks. She was disturbed by the ongoing violence in wh... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835116&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:18 -0400 Pretoria News http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14835116&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 2 Actress Drew Barrymore was rear-ended during a hit-and-run car accident but managed to follow the other vehicle to get its licence plate, authorities said. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14834387&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:13 -0400 Cape Times http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14834387&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 2 LONDON: British judges abandoned the 300-year-old tradition of wearing horsehair wigs to a chorus of mockery from fashion critics and traditionalists, who say the new robes have tur... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14834386&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:10 -0400 Cape Times http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14834386&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sport news & features section. It was last updated at 00:11 on May 15 2008. Next year's British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is already destined to be an unmissable experience. The 36 or 37 ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826024&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:54:07 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826024&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Kimberley - A four-month-old baby boy burnt to death when a fire broke out in the bedroom of his home in Galeshewe near Kimberley, Northern Cape police said on Saturday. Captain Tony Modise said it w... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829372&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:52 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829372&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Plaintiffs representing black South Africans are claiming $400 billion (SFr420 billion) in damages from 50 prominent companies they say violated international law and supported South Africa's aparthei... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826819&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:36:58 -0400 Swiss Info http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826819&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 While there are sentiments against the idea of the continuation of Community Policing Forums (CPFs) in fighting crime, the KZN government has plans to support CPFs by introducing payment for their mem... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828814&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:04 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828814&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > Traffic officers from the Public Transport Enforcement Unit (PTEU) harassed a woman in an attempt to snatch her cellphone away from her after she took photos of them issuing fines in what she ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828816&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:10 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828816&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Dali Mpofu . Gabriel Mampone, acting as head of the SABC, said this to employees on Wednesday morning, adding that this showed something was seriously wrong. Mampone and the chairperson of the SABC ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829375&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:30 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829375&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > THE annual KwaZulu-Natal Matric Art exhibition opens at the Tatham Art Gallery in the main exhibition room on May 20 at 6 pm. It will be opened by Jannie van Heerden, senior subject adviser fo... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828813&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:43:58 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828813&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Several white journalists were recently barred from attending a briefing with Jacob Zuma at an event hosted by the Forum of Black Journalists, on the grounds that black journalists need a forum from w... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828817&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:43:41 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14828817&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Tharine Geldenhuys Kroonstad - "Help! We're here. Just help us! Gina, where are you? Can't you see us?" These were the last words that Joey Koekemoer, 51, shouted to her neighbour... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829371&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:55 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829371&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Rex Gowar LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - IRB president Bernard Lapasset is in Buenos Aires hoping to kick-start Argentina's march into professional rugby, an International Rugby Board official ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829378&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:33:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829378&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Michael Hamlyn Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance believes that the bill abolishing the Scorpions and amalgamating them into a police directorate will dramatically undermine the fight against crime... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829376&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:19 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14829376&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 (AFP)--The South African government Wednesday hit back at critics who have been urging the country's state-run power producer to cut its exports to conserve electricity for the domestic market. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826028&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:54:41 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14826028&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Police are offering a reward of up to R50 000 for any information that will lead to the arrest, conviction and sentencing of the suspects that are sought for the murder of IFP councillor Peter Nxele (... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824489&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:46 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824489&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > WHEN a Pietermaritzburg businessman found a bundle of bank notes on a city pavement, he could hardly believe his luck, but it turned out that he was the victim of an elaborate scam, and ended ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824483&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:28 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824483&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A man who raped his 11-year-old niece in July 2006 yesterday escaped a term of life imprisonment and was jailed for 16 years for the crime by high court Judge Piet Koen. Koen found there were compe... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824486&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:34 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824486&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A woman was arrested after reporting a false hijack at Boksburg police station, police said on Wednesday. Captain Mack Mngomezulu said the woman went to mislead police on instructions ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825072&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:35 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825072&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > Nursing deep cuts to his buttocks that prevent him from lying on his back, 62-year-old James Chiripanyanga told a group of diplomats visiting him in hospital on Tuesday how he was targeted as ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824490&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:48 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824490&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A new apartheid mentality, which had led to the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra township, was killing South Africa, said Archbishop of Johannesburg Buti Tlhagale on Wednesday. "A ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825064&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:24:18 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825064&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Siphiwe Nyathi Acornhoek - A disabled teenager has been stuck in an RDP house for 10 years since his parents died in 1998. Mogau Maile, 18, spends all day alone at home in Mamelodi village in Acorn... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825062&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:24:06 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825062&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - African National Congress president Jacob Zuma's corruption case will not be heard in August this year, but in 2010, said ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Wednesday. He ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825066&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:39 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825066&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The search is on for local competitors to audition for a Bollywood movie. Veteran show producer Pinky Mothie is staging her Bollywood idols challenge 2008, which culminates in a movie production to... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824485&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:28 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824485&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > A grade 12 pupil from Eastwood Secondary School will be jetting off to London this Saturday on an all-expenses-paid trip, courtesy of Abbott Labs, to take part in their annual conference. She ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824487&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:41 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824487&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - A skin care product manufacturer has been slapped down a second time by the Advertising Standards Authority over its Nivea Goodbye Cellulite gel. The ASA rulings follow a complaint by con... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825059&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:58 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825059&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Grahamstown - A 31-year-old man who murdered his common law wife and her two friends after she taunted him about his HIV status was given a 25-year jail sentence on Wednesday. Grahamstown High Court ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825075&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:15 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825075&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 An Eastern Cape department of health worker was arrested on a fraud charge on Wednesday, police said. "Sindiswa Hammong, 55, working for the department of health in King William's Town, was arreste... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824869&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:51 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824869&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Richard Sydenham LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - New international cricket chief Haroon Lorgat said on Wednesday it was important that the expanding Twenty20 format did not begin to dominate the... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825079&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:28:04 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825079&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 After a series of trials on Monday, six Midlands hockey squads were named to play in the Youth Day Festival in late June. Thereafter the Under 18 and 16 teams to take part in the National Weeks dur... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824484&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:15 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824484&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Ian Davidson said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that MPs could see nothing wrong in stealing public funds when the country faced a massive challenge in building enough schools, hospitals, roads and... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825071&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:37 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825071&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The electoral commission is targeting young people in a massive registration drive in the hope that voter apathy will not be the order of the day next year. Chief electoral officer advocate Pansy T... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824870&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:43 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824870&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Believing that his lawyer and a prosecutor were "plotting" to convict him, child-rape accused Johannes Andreas Mowers had the start of his trial postponed in the Cape High Court ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825069&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:48 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825069&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 After a heated debate at a parliamentary committee meeting, the jury is still out on whether it is acceptable for a convicted killer to play provincial rugby. On Tuesday Parliament's sports and rec... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824872&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:40 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824872&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - A 16-year-old girl was gang-raped in a dense forest after being kidnapped during a house robbery in northern KwaZulu-Natal's KwaMbonami area, police said on Friday. Captain Jabulani Mdle... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825077&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:19 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825077&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A man from Memago township near Port Alfred, who was assaulted over the weekend, had died of his injuries in hospital, Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday. "He and his female companion were on th... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824871&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:45 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824871&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - An alleged serial housebreaker's demand for a free senior lawyer to defend him on 40 charges on Wednesday again delayed the start of his trial in the Cape High Court. The man was accu... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825065&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:51 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825065&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 guardian.co.uk on Wednesday May 14 2008. It was last updated at 18:41 on May 14 2008. Wales today announced a 27-man squad for next month's two-Test tour to South Africa. It includes three uncapped pl... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14821451&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:52:25 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14821451&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Malani Venter, Die Burger Hermanus - Police have arrested a man believed to be a notorious Cape serial rapist - rescuing two girls from a large underground burrow where at least the teenager was kep... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825070&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:41 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14825070&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Members of the close-knit Abader family wept openly at the Cape High Court as Moegamat Yusuf Abader son of Pagad security chief Salie Abader was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder. The accu... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824868&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:37 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824868&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 As Alexandra township outside Johannesburg on Wednesday braced itself in fear of another night of violence, the national government condemned what it called "dastardly" attacks on foreigners. Howev... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824867&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:14:29 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14824867&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thabo Mbeki was waiting for a report from the Generals on the violence before considering appropriate action. "If there is any substantiation of the violence coming from the Generals' report... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820677&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:51 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820677&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sydney Masinga Nelspruit - The controversial head of Mpumalanga's Health Department, Dr Confidence Moloko, has resigned. His resignation, which was handed to Premier Thabang Makwetla this week,... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820672&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:47 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820672&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election has been delayed and will now be held within 90 days of May 2, when official results of the disputed vote was released, Zimbabwe's gove... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820688&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:51 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820688&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The city of Kimberley will be home to a R100 million factory that will focus on the production of gold and silver chains for export, announced the Northern Cape Premier's office earlier this week. ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820675&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:39 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820675&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela apologised to foreigners in Alexandra on Wednesday after they fled their homes out of fear for their lives. "I am sorry ... It is not all South Africans that are like t... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820678&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:57 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820678&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - Six men - believed to have chopped up a Durban grandmother - have been arrested, police said on Wednesday. Constable Siwe Nxumalo said one of the six suspects - aged between 18 and 27 - was ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820668&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:26 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820668&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - A 53-year-old Durban man was shot dead outside his house before robbers took his cellphone and R100, police said on Wednesday. Captain Khephu Ndlovu said the man was shot dead outside his ho... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820670&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:35 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820670&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A 65-year-old grandmother has been murdered in front of her 11-year-old grandson at Good Hope Village in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape, police said on Sunday. "The woman was asleep w... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820667&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:16 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820667&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Six people were killed and 13 seriously injured after a bus burst a tyre, struck a tree, overturned and then began to burn at the Marloth Park turn-off near the Lebombo border post, Mpu... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820681&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:06 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820681&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - A bus crash that killed one woman and injured 87 is one of the biggest accidents Pretoria has seen this year, an emergency spokesperson told News24 on Wednesday. "It is one of the big... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820679&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:10 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820679&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Main Duties: - Report into the Operations Manager and will take responsibility of all Incidents. - Manage human and material resource allocation and availability. - Manage incidents and escalations... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820682&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:02 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820682&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Fouzia van der Fort The home of a Bishopscourt couple was ransacked shortly after they arrived home as an armed gang of thieves gained access via their driveway. Three men held the husband up... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820531&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:01:22 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820531&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu was presented with the Lincoln Leadership Prize at a gala dinner in Chicago on Tuesday. Awarded by the Abraham Lincoln ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820673&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:37 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820673&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South African's managed to achieve a 7% saving in electricity for the month of April, said Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga on Monday. Maroga made the announcement at a briefing with President Thabo Mbeki... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820674&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:38 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820674&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala will appoint the judge for the corruption trial of African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma immediately after meeting lawyers and the National... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820528&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:01:07 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820528&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 2 Sipokazi Maposa Cape Town's wealthy taxi boss Junaid Peters, who is one of the city's 10 worst traffic offenders, settled most of his outstanding fines this month at more than a 50%... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14818889&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:48:37 -0400 Cape Argus http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14818889&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Niclas Mika CAIRO (Reuters) - Improving Internet access in Africa is a fight on several fronts -- building undersea cables, setting up regional exchanges and bridging the last mile to homes... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820687&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:54 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820687&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Four men were arrested on Thursday after a botched armed robbery in Kempton Park, said police. Constable Zenzile Morudi said five armed men allegedly robbed a man coming from a bank at... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820669&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:28 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820669&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Zimbabwean nationals who wish to be repatriated back to their country, following the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra, should approach their Consul General's office, said a spokesper... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820676&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:42 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820676&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By CANDICE BAILEY Child pornography on cellphones is a growing threat to the youth of South Africa as ever more content of this kind is being made available through this medium, reports placed befo... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820536&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:59 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820536&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Some locals were seen moving their furniture into shacks from which foreigners had fled. Wednesday's outbreak came after a long night of violence. On Tuesday night hundreds of people gathered on... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820530&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:53 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820530&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The reports were commissioned by a ministerial task team on child pornography. One of the findings emerging from the first study, which is a report on Internet usage and the exposure of South Afric... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820529&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:50 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=14820529&cat=371b1b8643d479c1