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Kimberley (South Africa)

Type: City

Name: Kimberley (South Africa)

Country: South Africa

Latitude: -28.75

Longitude: 24.77

population: 142,105

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Resources, graft and Africa’s curse

AFRICAN countries have often been accused of turning conferences into talk shops which fail to come up with meaningful policy proposals and resolutions to tackle the myriad of problems bedevilling the continent, including poverty, disease and human rights ... [Published Zimbabwe Independent - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Sydney SEKERAMAYI, ZANU-PF, Partnership Africa Canada, Mining

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Vavi warns against tensions between SA workers and immigrants

Zandisile LuphahlaCosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has warned against the growing tension between South African workers and immigrants.This, he said, fuelled xenophobia attacks and the highly monopolised big business cartels that pay minimal prices ... [Published The New Age Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Zwelinzima Vavi, Workers, Immigration

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Wendell Teacher Receives Grant to Study in South Africa

Troy Hamilton, an adjunct history professor at the College of Southern Idaho and history and government teacher at Wendell High School, received a national award to study in South Africa.He is one of 25 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer ... [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: South Africa, David Adler, Kimberley (South Africa), Civil Rights

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UK Home Office

Joy for Burnley dad as visas arrive for children

A FATHER whose two young children were facing being deported to South Africa is celebrating after visas allowing them to live with him in Burnley arrived.Eight-year-old Seth Tutt and his six-year-old sister Leigh were brought here by their father Justin ... [Published Lancashire Evening Telegraph - May 16 2013]

Entities: South Africa, Deportation, Kimberley (South Africa), UK Border Agency, UK Home Office

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Southern African Development Community

Statement on Cabinet meeting of 15 May 2013

1. Cabinet’s position on prominent issues in the current environment1.1. Cabinet expressed concern at recent labour unrest at Lonmin’s Marikana Mine which has led to the downing of tools and a disruption of productivity. The dispute is reported as centering ... [Published South African Government - May 16 2013]

Entities: South Africa, Southern African Development Community, Food Security, Lonmin PLC

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Facts about kimberlites

Kimberlite is a type of igneous rock. It forms from the cooling of magma like other igneous rocks, but is unique because it forms over 100 miles (150 kilometers) beneath the Earth's surface and, in a matter of hours, travels to the top. It is also unique ... [Published Helium - May 14 2013]

Entities: Olivine, Kimberley (South Africa), Intrusion, Mineral, South Africa

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Why The Kimberley Certification Process For “Conflict Free Diamonds” Must Be Abandoned (Part One)

The Kimberley Process Certification is fatally flawed, providing cover for serious human rights violations while purporting to guarantee conflict-free status. Part One of a two-part series examines the problems.Submitted by: Marc ChoytTags: conflict ... [Published CSR Wire - May 13 2013]

Entities: Kimberley (South Africa), Certification, Jewellery

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Another rare blue diamond found

A rare 25.5 carat blue diamond was found at the Cullinan Mine, the third biggest diamond producer in South Africa, last month. Blue diamonds are among the rarest and most highly coveted of all diamonds and the Cullinan mine is the most important source ... [Published Biz Community - May 13 2013]

Entities: Cullinan (South Africa), Cullinan Heritage Diamond, Kimberley (South Africa), Petra Diamonds Ltd

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Rolling in the Big Apple

BY REBECCA HOEFFNERroheffner@tylerpaper.comNew York.Dozens of movies are filmed there. They say if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.New York is a lot of the things you've heard: It's big and loud and crowded.But it's not as unfriendly as ... [Published Tyler Morning Telegraph - May 12 2013]

Entities: Impressionism, Concierge, Construction

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Northern Cape to showcase its tourism diversity at INDABA 2013

The Northern Cape Tourism Authority is showcasing the immense tourism diversity of South Africa’s largest province through INDABA 2013, Africa’s largest travel and tourism event. The destination marketing organisation will introduce visitors to the 2013 ... [Published Travel News - May 12 2013]

Entities: Kimberley (South Africa), Upington (South Africa), Adventurer, Skateboarding

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Interim Management Statement

: 1818Petra Diamonds Limited 08 May 2013 ? 8 May 2013 LSE: PDL Petra Diamonds Limited ("Petra" or the "Company" or the "Group") and Q3FY 2013 Production and Sales Report Petra Diamonds Limited announces its Interim Management Statement ("IMS") for the ... [Published TrustNet - May 08 2013]

Entities: Shadowing, Koffiefontein (South Africa), Cullinan (South Africa), Petra Diamonds Ltd, Kimberley (South Africa)

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 13 reports

'The DA will always be donkey'

Criticism of the Democratic Alliance (DA) dominated speeches delivered by political parties and union leaders at Workers' Day rallies across the country on Wednesday.Speaking at a rally in Sharpeville, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the DA was synonymous ... [Published iafrica.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Democratic Alliance, Congress of South African Trade Unions, African National Congress, Donkey

Quotes

...to teach civil rights, be it a Supreme Court case, or a social movement, I want to be able to give my students a deeper perspective," he said. "The institute will allow me to integrate a deeper perspective into the classroom, to increase my students' levels of engagement."

Wendell Teacher Receives Grant to Study in South Africa [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

It is worth going back to the Civil Society Conference which we organised in 2010, which declared that "South African citizens have a constitution and laws which give better guarantees of social justice, human rights and equality than almost anywhere else in the world. Yet in practice millions are denied these rights, especially socio-economic rights."

There is far more that unites us than divides us - Zwelinzima Vavi [Published Politicsweb - May 16 2013]

...suffers from concentration of the means of production and power in the hands of white capitalists," he said in a speech prepared for delivery. "The main reason why we have failed to create employment is that we remain trapped in an economic structure which we inherited from the days of colonialism and apartheid." Vavi was speaking at the launch of the SA Informal Traders Alliance in Kimberley

Big business is the obstacle: Vavi [Published The New Age Online - May 16 2013]

Adds Campbell: "Rockwell is seeing indications of improving sentiment among buyers, as evidenced by attendance at our monthly tenders, which continues to increase. Of particular relevance to Rockwell is the continued interest by higher net worth individuals in high-valued diamonds, both for their investment and fashion appeal. With the majority of our diamond production profile falling into the high-valued gem category, where demand outstrips supply, we are particularly well positioned to benefit."

ROCKWELL SEES 19% GROWTH IN Q4 DIAMOND SALES [Published Diamond Intelligence Briefs - May 13 2013]

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