Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A search warrant served on Thursday netted drug paraphernalia and a sawed-off rifle that were within reach of a 9-year-old girl. Bret Ballinger, 44, was arrested at the residence at 405 Broadway Ave. in Johannesburg, deputies said. He was booked on suspicion of manufacturing meth, felony child endangerment and other charges.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
It's time for Americans to look beyond their borders, superstar Texas preacher T.D. Jakes said Thursday as he prepared to hold his Megafest outside the U.S. for the first time.
The Sunday Independent (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Hyde Park shopping centre in Johannesburg was the site of a different kind of electioneering yesterday morning as shoppers were invited to show their support for Barack Obama, the United States presidential hopeful.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
There are no conclusive answers about the cause of three deaths in Johannesburg, thought to have been haemorrhagic fever.
IOL (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Elevation Biotech, a Johannesburg biotechnology firm, has been awarded a one-year grant - part of a $30-million allocation by the International Aids Vaccine Initiative.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- South African and international audiences welcome Bishop T.D. Jakes during MegaFest International's electrifying gathering, which for the first time is being held in Johannesburg, ...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 11 -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has asserted claim to disputed government ministries, outraging the opposition and imperiling a fragile power-sharing agreement signed three weeks ago.
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Africa is now at the stage where China was in the seventies – ripe for investment and poised for attractive investment returns, says Anglo American South Africa head Kuseni Dlamini. Dlamini, who addressed the Nedgroup Securities second African investment conference in Johannesburg, says that in the current climate of gloom and doom in global financial markets, Africa is the continent that offers the...
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two people have been admitted for closer monitoring in connection with viral haemorrhagic fever at the Morningside medi-clinic in Johannesburg.
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deep in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, a rod-shaped bacterium named Desulforudis audaxviator lives in total darkness. Now scientists have discovered through genetic analysis that this organism also lives in complete isolation. Almost all organisms on Earth live in interdependent communities, but the lonely D. audaxviator proves it's also possible for life to go solo.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Johannesburg man has reportedly become the latest victim of the "Rolex Gang" after he was involved in a shootout in Houghton, Johannesburg.
Sound Of Cannons (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bank hoarding pushes up gold borrowing costs Jonathan Ratner Canwest News Service Thursday, October 09, 2008 Gold bullion coins known as Krugerrands are pictured in the mint where they are manufactured in Midrand outside Johannesburg. The cost of borrowing gold worldwide has surged as banks hoard the precious metal. The cost of borrowing gold has surged to its highest level since May, 2001 as central...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
An unknown disease has killed three persons in the South African capital of Johannesburg, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The first person who caught the disease was a woman living and working in Zambia. She was evacuated to South Africa and died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sept. 14, the UN agency said in a statement. A paramedic and a nurse who cared for the patient also got...
The Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Johannesburg man has reportedly become the latest victim of the "Rolex Gang" after he was involved in a shootout in Houghton.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency said Friday it was examining nearly 150 people who had contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in Johannesburg, South Africa. One hundred twenty-one known contacts of the fatal cases are being traced in South Africa and 23 in Zambia, the World Health Organization said in a statement. The South African cases are all are doing well,...
