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South Africa : South Africa won't nationalise mines: official
on 2012/2/7 14:10:34
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South Africa's government sought to reassure investors as a major mining conference kicked off Monday that it has no plans to nationalise its mines despite the radical rhetoric of some in the ruling ANC.
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South Africa : S. Africa's ANC dismisses youth leader's suspension appeal
on 2012/2/5 11:29:20
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South Africa's ruling ANC suspended fiery youth leader Julius Malema on Saturday, dismissing his appeal against a disciplinary finding and quashing one of President Jacob Zuma's biggest headaches.
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South Africa : Suspended SAfrican youth leader gets 2nd chance
on 2012/2/5 11:26:11
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African youth leader who has stirred furious debate over race relations and economic policy is guilty of serious discipline violations, but will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension from the country's governing party, party officials said Saturday.
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South Africa : A failed province: Cautionary tale for S.Africa
on 2012/2/5 11:23:57
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GIYANI, South Africa (AP) — The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago to villages across the region.
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South Africa : ANC youth leader gets 2nd chance on suspension
on 2012/2/5 10:51:48
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A controversial South African youth leader will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension.
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South Africa : S. Africa court throws out Dalai Lama visa challenge
on 2012/2/4 13:41:18
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A South African court on Friday dismissed a case brought by two opposition parties challenging the government's failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visa last year.
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South Africa : Mandela to return to Johannesburg home
on 2012/1/29 11:30:24
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Nelson Mandela is to return to his Johannesburg home on Sunday from his native village, South African authorities said, adding that the 93-year-old anti-apartheid icon was well.
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South Africa : S. Africa's ANC concludes Malema's appeal hearing
on 2012/1/25 11:11:25
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Tuesday finished hearing the appeal by Julius Malema and other youth leaders seeking to overturn their suspension from the party, officials said.
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South Africa : S.Africa's Malema makes last stand with ANC appeal
on 2012/1/24 9:03:19
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An appeal that will determine the future of South African political rebel Julius Malema started on Monday, giving the firebrand a last chance to retain his influential position in the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
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South Africa : Cape Verde names airport after Nelson Mandela
on 2012/1/17 10:57:04
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Cape Verde has decided to rename its Praia International Airport after South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, an icon for freedom in Africa, a government statement said Monday.
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South Africa : S.Africa deploying more rangers against poachers
on 2012/1/16 11:30:00
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is hiring 150 more rangers to try to stop rhinoceros poaching in its flagship Kruger National Park.
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South Africa : Fitch revises South Africa's outlook to negative
on 2012/1/15 11:05:07
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Ratings agency Fitch on Friday revised South Africa's outlook from stable to negative, citing the country's failure to create enough jobs and to speed up economic growth.
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South Africa : University stampede kills one in S. Africa
on 2012/1/11 12:33:15
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A stampede broke out as thousands tried to enrol at a Johannesburg university Tuesday, killing one woman and injuring at least 22 people, university and police officials said.
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South Africa : South Africa new car sales grow 16 percent in 2011
on 2012/1/11 12:29:36
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New vehicle sales in South Africa grew almost 16 percent in 2011, but exports fell short of expectations, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAMSA) said Tuesday.
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South Africa : 1 dead after South Africa university stampede
on 2012/1/11 12:28:34
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Women screamed, but the crowd of South Africans desperate for a chance to study kept pushing at the university gate. Tuesday's stampede killed a mother who had accompanied her son to an in-person application day at the Johannesburg campus, and two other people were seriously injured, officials said.
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South Africa : Mandela's life story to be turned into TV series
on 2012/1/10 13:14:42
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Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's life story is to be turned into a six-part television mini-series co-created by his grandson, the producers behind the multinational project said Monday.
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South Africa : S.Africa's ANC accused of living in past after centenary
on 2012/1/10 13:09:09
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South African media criticised the ANC on Monday for celebrating its past at the expense of the present as the last merrymakers from the party's 100th anniversary celebrations headed home.
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South Africa : SAfrica: Joy, sadness as Mandela's party turns 100
on 2012/1/9 11:31:03
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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as Africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, though many South Africans say the party hasn't delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994.
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South Africa : S.Africa's Zuma warns on ANC divisions in 100 year bash
on 2012/1/9 11:26:56
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President Jacob Zuma vowed Sunday to stamp out divisions in South Africa's ruling ANC, at a massive rally to celebrate the centenary of Africa's oldest liberation movement.
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South Africa : South Africa's Zuma hails ANC legacy
on 2012/1/9 11:14:46
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President Jacob Zuma on Sunday celebrated his ruling ANC's achievement of leading South Africa into all-race freedom at a mass rally for the party's 100th anniversary.
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