20110721
Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - Hopes of rescuing a small trade deal from the ashes of the Doha round of global talks are likely to be dashed, several trade negotiators said on Thursday.

20110719
Reuters
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's fuel workers union has rejected a minimum 8 percent wage increase and is holding out for a double-digit hike, the union's chief negotiator said on Tuesday, signalling a week-long industry strike is likely to drag on.

20110719
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday with songs by millions of children and calls for public service, but the nation he led out of apartheid is divided by poverty and his ANC movement seems to many to be losing its moral compass.

20110717
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has set the stage for the mass deportation of more than one million Zimbabwean immigrants later this month in a move that could alter its status as the world's largest country of refuge.

20110715
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's most prominent corruption buster accused the police and bureaucrats on Thursday of improper behaviour in $265 million lease deals that have embarrassed President Jacob Zuma's government.

20110713
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nationalisation of South Africa's mines needs to be debated and not dismissed, the head of Africa's top gold miner said on Wednesday as he warned about the damage such move could have on the country's economy.

20110713
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it was heading for a strike at the world's second largest platinum producer, Impala Platinum (Implats), because of a wage dispute.

20110707
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A century ago, it was the explorers and infantrymen of Europe's great powers slugging it out for slices of Africa. Now, it is the agents of Chinese and Brazilian capital, but the competition is just as fierce.

20110705
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The person regarded as the most credible alternative to replace South Africa's President Jacob Zuma as the head of the ruling ANC has denied claims he will seek the party's top job when it elects leaders next year.

20110702
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes South Sudan will split smoothly from the North when it declares independence on July 9 but the two sides face tough economic and security challenges that could threaten further violence, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

20110702
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Prince Albert of Monaco married a South African Olympic swimmer in a modest civil ceremony on Friday, a day before a lavish church wedding in the small Mediterranean state.

20110701
Reuters
PRETORIA (Reuters) - The biggest risk to South Africa's inflation outlook in the near future remains global food and oil prices, the Reserve Bank said on Friday.

20110701
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African union representing workers in the petroleum, pharmaceutical, chemicals and consumer good sectors said on Friday it will launch a nation-wide wage strike next week after talks failed.

20110630
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African mobile phone operators Vodacom and MTN Group suffered network outages on Thursday, frustrating users who tried to make calls or use the Internet.

20110630
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, June 30 (Reuters Life!) - South Africa's national taxi service, often derided for its reckless drivers, shoddy vehicles and cramped interiors, aims to launch a budget airline in September, one of its officials said on Thursday.

20110629
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The debate about nationalisation of South Africa's mines could hit companies' ability to raise capital for sustaining or growing output, the Business Day reported on Wednesday.

20110623
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans on Wednesday to fight for women's rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband's "yes, we can" campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent.

20110623
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama said on Wednesday former South African President Nelson Mandela appeared strong and happy during a meeting with her and her family.

20110621
Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Excitement was mounting in Pretoria on Monday night as South Africans awaited the arrival of U. S. First Lady Michelle Obama at the city's Waterkloof Air Force Base.

20110616
Reuters
MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa's controversial ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema on Friday dismissed claims he would oppose President Jacob Zuma's re-election as leader of the ruling party.