Just Style (Free subscription) | yesterday
One week after negotiating a ZAR190m (US$25m) wage deal for clothing industry workers in South Africa, wage increases have now been agreed for the country's textile sector.
Just Style (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taiwanese company Tai Yuen Textiles has been fined ZAR17m (US$2.26m) - thought to be the highest fine ever imposed on a non-compliant employer - for underpaying 393 workers.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Africa still has some way to go before convincing its people to fall in love with football if Manchester United's tour of the 2010 World Cup host country is anything to go by.
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
source: News24 23/07/2008 22:24 - (SA) Parys - ANC leader Jacob Zuma would lead the party from prison if he was ever arrested, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Wednesday. Malema reiterated at the ANC provincial conference in the Free State that Zuma would lead the ANC in its election campaign for 2009. “If [...]
londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Both KTM factory riders Max Nagl and Jonathan Barragan were on top of their game in Nelspruit, South African on Saturday coming in second and third behind Steve Ramon of Belgium in Time Practice ahead of Sunday's MX1 Grand Prix of South Africa.
thisislondon (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Africa still has some way to go before convincing its people to fall in love with football if Manchester United's tour of the 2010 World Cup host country is anything to go by.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Johannesburg - South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki was due to travel to France later Thursday for the first South Africa- European Union summit, which was expected to be dominated by the situation in Zimbabwe and the status of international trade ta...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Talks on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis began in earnest at a secret location in South Africa on Thursday.
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Internationally acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza will be in Durban, South Africa for the Durban International Film Festival on July 24 to 29, 2008 to field his "Foster Child" in competition and "Tirador" in the official selection.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Earlier today, the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) made a submission to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) calling for the hearing to investigate the alleged misconduct of the Constitutional Court Judges and Cape Judge President John Hlophe to be held in public. The FXI further supported the broadcast media's right to broadcast the hearing live. The Constitutional Court has laid a complaint...
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
source: Standay Standard by Sunday Standard Reporter 22.07.2008 7:08:19 P Botswana and South Africa on Thursday extended their bilateral relations by signing a cross boarder water agreement, aimed at improving the living standards of the people of the two southern African states. “Our people have been more kind to each other and diplomatic to each other than we have [...]
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
source: News24 23/07/2008 09:02 - (SA) Marelize Barnard, Die Burger Cape Town - Consumers have been warned of possible unexpected power cuts after unit two at Koeberg nuclear power station was switched off. Eskom had to switch the unit off on Monday night after a technical fault with power generation. An Eskom statement said the unit’s nuclear reactor was [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Thousands of striking South African workers brought mines and businesses to a halt across four provinces and snarled traffic in Johannesburg yesterday to protest against a jump in electricity, food and fuel prices. The one-day walkout is part of a series of rolling strikes being held around the country by labour unions to protest against rising inflation, high interest rates and likely job cuts after...
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londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Red Bull KTM duo Tommy Searle and Tyla Rattray took the first two places in Qualifying Race One in Nelspruit on Saturday ahead of the MX2 GP of South Africa. The team's third KTM factory rider Rui Goncalves was fifth in the second race won by arch rival Antonio Cairoli. Riders battled in extremely hot conditions on the track in the north east of South Africa where Rattray on Sunday will go into his...
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news rage uk | 20/05/2008
Every time I hear about terrible things that happen in Africa I probably naively think to myself that at least South Africa is sorted out now. At least Apartheid is over and the power has shifted back to the blacks where it belongs without too much bloodshed or economical disruption like in Zimbabwe. In fact things in South Africa have started to look very positive lately. I presume they are dealing...
