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South Africa

Type: Country

Name: South Africa

population: 48,051,580

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 4 reports

Nelson Mandela

South Africa launches Mandela Day

Nelson Mandela Day was officially launched on Wednesday. Members of the former South African leader?s family joined with diplomats and celebrities in Johannesburg to announce the plans. ... [Published CNTV - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Johannesburg

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 28 reports

England beat Proteas to reach final

Jonathan Trott hit 82 not out from 84 deliveries on Wednesday as England beat South Africa to reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy.Joe Root added 48 before being bowled by Jean-Paul Duminy, as England easily chased down their target of 176.Earlier ... [Published Big News Network - 20 mins ago]

Entities: England, South Africa, Rory Kleinveldt, Jean-Paul Duminy

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 8 reports

England smash South Africa in Trophy semi

By their own admission, South Africa have choked in their Champions Trophy semi against England, after the host nation scored a comprehensive seven wicket victory. ... [Published Herald Sun - 2 hours ago]

Entities: South Africa, England, Host Nation

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 5 reports

Nedbank Group Ltd

Current account deficit narrows in first quarter

Home >> South Africa >> Pretoria - South Africa’s current account deficit narrowed from 6.5% in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 5.8% gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2013, said the Reserve Bank on Wednesday.Consistent with the ... [Published SAnews.gov.za - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Nedbank Group Ltd, South Africa, Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Labour Strike

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 9 reports

watch England vs South Africa Champions Trophy 2013 1st Semi Final Highlights 19 June

England 179 for 3 (Trott 82*, Root 48 ) beat South Africa 175 (Miller 56*, Kleinveldt 43, Tredwell 3-19, Broad 3-50) by seven wickets. Highlights 19th June 2013. ENG vs SA Cricket Highlights 2013. England and South Africa had not met in a major ICC semi-final ... [Published Now Public - 6 hours ago]

Entities: South Africa, England, Kookaburra, Abraham de Villiers

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam

Muhsin Hendricksi: 'The Koran doesn't use the word homosexuality'A gay Muslim cleric in South Africa, one of the few openly gay imams in the world, says it’s important to be open about your sexuality in order to have an “authentic” life.Speaking to the ... [Published Pink News - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Qur'an, Gay, Islam, South Africa

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 reports

UPDATE 2-Weak rand boosts export demand to shrink South Africa current account gap

PRETORIA, June 19 (Reuters) - Higher global demand for its exports unexpectedly shrank South Africa's current account deficit in the first quarter of the year, a trend that could continue if the sharply depreciated rand remains weak.Consumer inflation ... [Published Big News Network - 8 hours ago]

Entities: South Africa, Pretoria, Gross Domestic Product

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

US travel warning for SA slammed

News24 readers have hit back at a US travel advisory - which labels Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town as "critical" crime threat spots. ... [Published News24.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Durban, Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 21 reports

Police offer reward in Maswangwanyi murder case

Gauteng police have offered a reward of R100 000 for information leading to the arrest of those who murdered Major-General Tirhani Simon Maswangwanyi. His body was found on Tuesday in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria.Gauteng police Chief Mzwandile Petros ... [Published SABC - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Mzwandile Petros, Homicide, Police, Johannesburg

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 reports

Declaration of Economic War in South Africa

For all the sound and fury of the current fight between poultry producers and meat importers, their dispute may turn out to be only a minor skirmish in what promises to be a war of words and protest action aimed at securing the high ground of economic ... [Published Individual.com - 15 hours ago]

Entities: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, Irvin Jim, African National Congress, Julius Malema, South Africa

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 4 reports

Employment: Non-agri sector edges up 0,1%

JOHANNESBURG â Employment in South Africaâs non-agriculture sector edged up 0,1% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous three months, although the key mining and manufacturing sectors shed jobs, Statistics South Africa said yesterday ... [Published The Witness - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Johannesburg, Mining, South Africa

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 6 reports

SA platinum industry could shed 145 500 jobs by 2015

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s embattled platinum industry is at risk of losing 145 500 jobs by 2015, an analyst from Nomura said on Tuesday. Assuming a breakeven platinum price of $1 500/oz for 2014 and ... ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Platinum, Johannesburg, South Africa

Quotes

"So you work for a company that doesn’t have an office anywhere in the world?"

Methodical scrutiny in US of Sean Dunne finances extends to wardrobe [Published Irish Times - 14 mins ago]

Mr Dunne had been managing director of Mavior until he resigned in 2010. When asked by Mr Coan why he resigned he replied: "My wife wanted me to resign. She wanted to have her own financial affairs totally independent of me."

Seán Dunne not ‘au fait’ with wife’s business affairs [Published Irish Times - 14 mins ago]

"We have presented the SHOUT message to thousands of school-goers and, at every opportunity, we pound away at how a better "ME", makes for a better WE. It's easy to say it's the other guy's problem but, until we understand that we are all in the same boat with a hole in the hull, we're all going to go down."

Shouting for a better SA [Published Times Live South Africa - 14 mins ago]

Cartoonist Jerm (@mynameisjerm) said: "Feminists won't like Die Antwoord's new video Cookie Thumper. That said, no one will. It's rubbish."

One tough 'Cookie' [Published Times Live South Africa - 28 mins ago]

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South Africa launches Mandela Day [Published CNTV - 19 mins ago]
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One tough 'Cookie' [Published Times Live South Africa - 28 mins ago]
Standing up for Saatchi [Published Times Live South Africa - 28 mins ago]
Technology used to produce fastest film in SA [Published ABN Digital - 28 mins ago]
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Recently released market study: Bottled Water i... [Published UK PRWire - 52 mins ago]
'Obama not wanted here' [Published Times Live South Africa - 54 mins ago]
Zuma on the Guptas: My pals, my business [Published Times Live South Africa - 54 mins ago]
SA no longer asylum favourite [Published Times Live South Africa - 54 mins ago]

Blogs

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Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will... [Published MBA @ UNC - 5 hours ago] How does a company in an emerging market like China, Brazil or India build a global brand? What is the best route? The new book “ Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global ” identifies eight paths that emerging-market firms can follow ...
South Africa ambassador rejects gift from Israe... [Published Dogma and Geopolitics - 7 hours ago] Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 06/19/2013 http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/south-africa-ambassador-rejects-gift-israel-condemns-replication-apartheid South Africa’s former ambassador in Tel Aviv has publicly rejected a gift from the ...
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Gugulethu™: revolution for neoliberalism in a S... [Published DiVA - Academic Archive On-line - 10 hours ago] This paper analyses the impact of neoliberalization on post-apartheid spatial practices at the new Gugulethu mall in Cape Town. It examines this impact at two levels: first, from the perspective of neoliberal processes and their ability to adapt to the ...

Audio/Video

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Technology used to produce fastest film in SA [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - 12 hours ago]
Getsmart: Online Education Company for professi... [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - 14 hours ago]
Mandela's ex-bodyguard critical of medical trea... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Jun 17 2013]
South Africa's 'democratic luxury' [Published CNN.com - Video - Jun 17 2013]
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Press Releases

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