GURGAON (India): Jbe Kruger of South Africa clinched his maiden European Tour title when he held his nerve in a tight finish to win the $2.4 million Avantha Masters golf in India on Sunday. On a dramatic last day when hot contender Peter Whiteford of Scotland was disqualified for a moved ball in the third [...]
JOHANNESBURG – The 60-year-old beloved South African musician shows up five days a week to sit behind a scarred desk in a bare-bones classroom, studying for the high school diploma he missed when he dropped out to pursue a career in rock, funk, soul and jazz. And Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse wants the faith he is [...]
February 10, 2012, 10:22 AM EST By Mike Cohen (Updates with comments from Anglo American in ninth paragraph.) Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — South Africa is ramping up spending on railways and roads to lure mining investment as the government fights off calls from within the ruling African National Congress to nationalize the country’s mines. State-owned [...]
South Africa’s liberation movement will kick off its 100th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a huge multimillion-dollar jamboree and a stadium filled with 100,000 cheering loyalists, along with dozens of heads of state and other dignitaries from around the world. The African National Congress, the oldest liberation party in Africa, is planning a full year [...]
Unable to play first-class cricket in South Africa, he moved to England in 1960, and pursued his career there. In 1968 he was eventually included in the England squad for the tour South Africa, which was then cancelled when the South African government refused to accept his presence. In January 2000, South African cricket belatedly [...]
Graeme Smith looked in good touch, with successive boundaries off Peter Siddle in the 14th over taking the score on to 59 for one. However, his partnership with Amla yielded just 16 more runs and ended when Smith (36) sliced a Nathan Lyon delivery to Phil Hughes at point. Jacques Kallis struggled to make an [...]
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa could learn from the “transparent, open and honest” approach of the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in facilitating foreign direct mining investment, says Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs. Briggs, who was speaking to the media after Harmony posted its highest-ever quarterly profit of R1.3-billion, tells Mining Weekly Online that [...]
South Africa posted a 2.5 billion rand ($320 million) trade surplus in September, the first in three months, as exports of metals and precious stones climbed, offsetting higher machinery imports. The surplus compared with a deficit of 3.7 billion rand in August, the Pretoria-based South African Revenue Service said in an e-mailed statement today. The [...]
The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index advanced for the first time in three days, gaining 143.15, or 0.5 percent, to 31,197.35 by the 5 p.m. close in Johannesburg. The following were among the most active stocks in the South African market today. Ansys Ltd. (ANS) , a designer of transport and defense- monitoring systems, fell [...]
South Africa’s FA (SAFA) has decided that it will not appeal against their failure to qualify for the African Nations Cup. • South Africa to appeal ANC failure Bafana Bafana missed out on the continental championship in dramatic fashion when they drew 0-0 with Sierra Leone on October 1, thinking it was enough to get them [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]