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South Africa rhino dies in anti-poaching procedureNewsdayNation Newsday > News > Nation South Africa rhino dies in anti-poaching procedure Originally published: February 9, 2012 11:35 AM Updated: February 9, 2012 1:51 PM By The Associated Press DONNA BRYSON (Associated Press) JOHANNESBURG - (AP) -- An ...and more » |
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Witnessing the Start of a New Chapter in South AfricaHuffington Post (blog)But about two weeks ago, thanks to Oprah Winfrey, that is exactly what happened to me in South Africa. About 30 miles south of Johannesburg, in Henley on Klip, I saw 72 young women celebrating a monumental achievement. These women, students at the now ...and more » |
South Africa plans big infrastructure campaign
South Africa's president announced ambitious infrastructure projects Thursday, laying out his plans for creating jobs and hope in nation harder hit than most in Africa by global recession. South Africa rhino dies in anti-poaching procedure
An attempt to protect a rhinoceros from poachers in South Africa by sedating it to treat its horn ended with the animal's death Thursday in front of journalists and others who had been invited to learn more about anti-poaching efforts, conservationists said. Africa losing out on billions in trade: World Bank
Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank said Tuesday. South Africa unloved at its own mining party
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The industry executives who pile into Cape Town every year for the annual African mining conference love the sun, wine and stunning mountain backdrop the venue provides. But South Africa's once towering mining industry is no draw and investors flocking to the "Indaba", as it is called, have their sights set on alluring prizes elsewhere on the continent. ... The Five Worst Leaders In Africa
Good governance is gaining ground in Africa. But some bad eggs still linger as leaders. S.Africa bonds weaken on rates expectations, rand firm
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand held firm against the dollar on Thursday but government bonds retreated as investors priced in the chance of interest rates rising by year-end, with most of the selling coming at the shorter end of the curve. The yield on the three year benchmark added 2.5 basis points to 6.605 percent, its highest since January 27, and that for the longer-dated 2026 ... Barriers blunt trade within Africa: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South African grocer Shoprite spends $20,000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighboring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1,600 documents to cross a border in southern Africa. Another major South African retailer Woolworths pays full tariffs to transport food and clothing to its franchise stores within the Southern ... South Africa rules out nationalising key mining industry
South Africa on Tuesday ruled out nationalising its key mining industry in a reassurance to jittery investors and a blow to those in the ruling ANC calling for a state takeover. Bharti profit disappoints; Africa provides silver lining
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel Ltd disappointed investors by posting its eighth straight quarter of falling profits as the world's No. 5 mobile carrier by subscribers was hit by higher tax and interest costs, though its nascent but key Africa business improved. Shares in Bharti, nearly a third owned by Southeast Asia's biggest phone firm SingTel, fell as much as 6.5 percent on ... South Africa Rand Slides to Week-Low on Manufacturing Growth, Zuma Address
The rand slipped to its lowest in a week against the dollar after manufacturing output in Africa?s biggest economy slowed and before President Jacob Zuma?s state- of-the-nation speech to lawmakers in Cape Town.
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