Grant Wahl: Travel guide to 2010 World Cup in South Africa
The United States is in. So are Brazil, England, Spain and 15 other nations. Yet with eight months to go before the 2010 World Cup, more tickets have been purchased by people from the U.S. (11.7 percent at last count) than from any other country except the host nation, South Africa (47.9 percent).

U.S. closes embassy in South Africa after 'possible threat'
The United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a "possible threat" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said.

Sci-fi apartheid film 'District 9' opens in South Africa
The futuristic South African sci-fi that has taken the U.S box office by storm opened in its home country this weekend.

And Jarrett's destination is ...
Well, the people have spoken, and more than 40 percent of those who weighed in voted for South Africa.

Clinton stands by South Africa on Zimbabwe policy
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday stood by South Africa's much-criticized quiet diplomacy with neighboring Zimbabwe.

Cable makes big promises for African Internet
An undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections.

Brooklyn kids give back in South Africa
It's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto, South Africa. Services, complete with African and traditional music, have just finished and a catchy drum beat with a distinctly American hip-hop sound is coming from the stage.

South Africa fights rape crisis
Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, is a densely populated melting pot with some of South Africa's worst social ills: poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and crime.

A look at some of South Africa's parties
There are 40 parties vying in South Africa's elections, with 26 participating nationally and 14 provincially. Though South Africa's opposition parties remain generally weak, the ruling African National Congress worries that, collectively, they may eat away at its majority.

Zapiro: Satirising South Africa
He's been drawing conclusions about South African politics for over 15 years: cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, aka Zapiro, talks about the power of the pen.

Dalai Lama denied visa for South Africa peace conference
South Africa has refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg this week, a presidential spokesman said.

Texts used to tackle South Africa HIV crisis
One million free text messages will be sent every day for 12 months from Monday in South Africa in a bid to raise HIV awareness and encourage testing for the disease.

Zimbabweans ill and dying from cholera crossing border
Doctors worry about the woman sitting on a bed inside the large tent, an IV in her arm. Chipo Matewe, 23, is eight months pregnant and stricken with cholera.

World Soccer: Slowly but surely, South Africa readies for 2010 Cup
South Africa will be ready for the World Cup in 2010 and, as much as is necessary, will be ready for the Confederations Cup this June. How South Africa will cope is, of course, another matter entirely.

South Africa's AIDS Truthsayer
Reversing years of inaccurate government policies, South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan is spreading the truth about AIDS

South Africa Will Sell Ivory to Japan, China
The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade

A married name, a singular headache
Shaun Francis' daughter has the wrong name on her airline ticket. It's her married name, and her passport still has her maiden name. The airline is happy to fix the ticket -- for a $400 fee. But is that right?

South Africa's Removal of Health Minister Praised
AIDS activists on Friday celebrated the removal of South Africa's health minister, accused of causing countless unnecessary deaths by promoting nutritional supplements instead of conventional medicine for people with HIV

South Africa's Ruling Party Ousts Mbeki
South Africa's president has agreed to resign after the country's ruling party called on him to step down

Children of South Africa
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

South Africa HIV Rates Dropping
South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies

South Africa Violence: Beyond Racism
Analysis: Economic inequality, not racism, drove the wave of anti-immigrant violence that shook the post-apartheid order. And that's a global problem

South Africa Battles Xenophobia
Just out of sight of the tour buses that flock to the Cape of Good Hope, more than 2,000 foreigners are crammed into a makeshift refugee camp on the shores of the Atlantic

South Africa dorm closed over urine stew video
A South African university said Tuesday it will close the dormitory where white students tricked black workers into tasting stew laced with urine, an incident that sparked protests when revealed earlier this year.

South Africa: Violence 'Under Control'
A wave of violence against immigrants that left 56 people dead and forced 30,000 from their homes has subsided, South Africa's safety and security minister said Monday

Violence spreads across South Africa
The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.

Zimbabweans Fleeing South Africa
They fled poverty and violence. But now even the plight of their home country seems preferable to the anti-immigrant mobs

Savior for South Africa's Persecuted
Bishop Paul Verryn spent the 1980s defending apartheid's victims. Now, he protects the immigrants on whom some of those former victims have turned

Hostels raided in South Africa clampdown
South African police and military units raided three hostels Thursday in a clampdown on xenophobic attacks that have left more than 40 dead, authorities said.

South Africa's Wake-Up Call
The army is deployed to suppress anti-immigrant violence, but damage to the country's image -- and psyche -- may linger

Anti-Immigrant Terror in South Africa
A pogrom against migrants reveals the social strain of a post-apartheid "miracle" that did not help the poor

'Anti-foreigner' violence kills 22 in South Africa
South Africa's police chief said Monday that violence directed at foreign nationals had killed 22 people over the past week.

Foreigners Attacked in S. Africa
Police fired rubber bullets and made arrests Monday to try to quell outbursts of anti-foreigner violence in and around Johannesburg

Supreme court upholds apartheid-era lawsuit
The Supreme Court - apparently handcuffed by possible conflicts of interest - has allowed a multibillion-dollar federal lawsuit from South African blacks and others to proceed. The suit claims U.S. and foreign companies should be held liable for helping the former white-led apartheid government.

Ship bound for Zimbabwe may return home, says Chinese official
A Chinese ship that was blocked from unloading its cargo in South Africa may return to China because of difficulties at African ports, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday.

Song for Zimbabwe
Singer Eli Amor is a Zimbabwean who has found work in South Africa. Like 13 million of his countrymen, Eli hopes the political and economic situation in his homeland will improve. He offered up a song about a greedy man who refuses to give up power to his fellow Zimbabweans in their shared time of need.

Government: Racism still strong in South Africa
A video of white students humiliating black workers shows that racism remains entrenched in South Africa, 14 years after the end of apartheid, its government said Thursday.

Whites tricked blacks into consuming urine, university says
White students at a South African university tricked black residence hall workers into eating stew containing urine, prompting a march Wednesday in which five people were arrested, university officials said.

Racist Video Spurs South Africa Riots
South African college campuses are in turmoil after anti-integration white students are shown humiliating black service staff

Dismiss apartheid suits, White House urges Supreme Court
A series of lawsuits against companies that did business with the former apartheid regime of South Africa should be dismissed, the Bush administration told the Supreme Court Tuesday.

Zimbabwe refugees 'ran in terror'
South African police raided a Johannesburg church early Thursday and took away large numbers of Zimbabwean refugees who had taken shelter there, according to witnesses and video footage.

South Africa's mobile money
Jaccqueline Mathe, unemployed and 22, has just signed up for a bank account in Nellmapius, a black township near Pretoria. All she needed was a government ID and a mobile phone. Mathe hopes to save a quarter of the monthly $28.54 government grant she receives for her toddler, Khothasto, who is riding in a sling on her back.

Face lift, luxury safari -- bargain price
Colleen Hiltbrunner spent two years researching her dream trip to South Africa. But she wasn't looking for the perfect safari lodge. She was hunting for the right cosmetic surgeon.

Oprah Scandal Rocks South Africa
Is the country in the middle of a child sexual abuse epidemic? The troubles at the talk-show host's celebrated school raises broader questions

Ex Oprah School Employee Arrested on Abuse Charge
Police in South Africa have arrested a former employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy on charges of physical and sexual abuse, a police spokesman tells CNN.

Abuse alleged at Oprah Winfrey's South African school
South African police are investigating abuse allegations at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, the talk-show host's $40 million school for disadvantaged girls near Johannesburg.

South Africa's AIDS orphans
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

South Africa's Succession Fight
The justice system becomes a battleground for a power struggle within the ruling party

Witnesses: All gold miners freed from South Africa mine
The last of 3,200 gold miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface late Thursday after nearly two days underground, witnesses reported.

Mine rescue: 1,000 out, 2,000 waiting to be freed
Hundreds of workers from a South African gold mine returned to the surface Thursday morning after power to the mine was restored, following an accident that kept them underground for more than a day, the company operating the mine told CNN.

Stranded in South Africa
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

South Africa goes shopping
The Palms shopping center in Lagos is the largest mall in sub-Saharan Africa. It's managed by a South African company, Broll, and most of its stores - Game, Shoprite, NuMetro, Nandos - are South African brands. The largest mobile-phone company in Nigeria? It, too, is South African: MTN, which has captured nearly 50% of the market.

Killing time in South Africa
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

Josh's blog: Settling in to South Africa
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

Engineers without borders
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has operations in countries across the world, each committed to engineering for international development.

South Africa recalls 20M condoms
South Africa's health department said on Tuesday it has recalled 20 million potentially defective condoms approved by an official accused of taking bribes from a manufacturer.

South Africa's health department recalls 20 million condoms
South Africa's health department said Tuesday it has recalled 20 million potentially defective condoms approved by an official accused of taking bribes from a manufacturer.

Strike Brings South Africa to Halt
Tens of thousands of public sector workers marched Wednesday to government offices across the country, escalating a 12-day-old strike

My World: Trevor Immelman
Feud for thought

School program helps South Africa's most vulnerable
The janitors at a rural secondary school in the eastern South African town of Jeppe's Reef are letting their curiosity get the best of them.

South Africans: 'Leave' is no answer to violence
Charles Nqakula, South Africa's minister for safety and security, has a message for people complaining about his country's rampant crime rate: You can pack your bags and go.

From big business to big cats
Pushed onto planes, hassled in airports, and constantly called by head office, business travelers could be forgiven for feeling hunted.

'It's going to be a good day'
"It's going to be a good day."

Gay couple wins S. Africa ruling
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled the country's marriage laws unfairly discriminate against same-sex unions.

MEET THE TRUMP OF SOUTH AFRICA
WHEN MARTHA STEWART GETS HER own edition of The Apprentice this fall on NBC, she will not be the first boss with a prison record to take command of the reality TV program. Tokyo Sexwale, host of th...

WHO urges more leadership on AIDS
The three countries that are farthest behind the goal of getting AIDS drugs to those who need them are South Africa, India, and Nigeria, an official of the World Health Organization has said.

Keeping conservation on track
Keeping track of the thousands of animals, plant species and birds that inhabit South Africa's Kruger National Park is no simple task, but thanks to a GPS device, the job has become a lot easier.

From murder comes reconciliation, hope
In South African townships rife with violence and poverty, thousands of children find comfort and knowledge daily after school by dancing, playing, painting and eating. They study math, reading, music, theater and more, while their older countrymen learn first aid, safe-sex practices, vocational and other life skills.

Rethinking the nuclear option
Koeberg Power Station, 27 kilometers north of Cape Town on South Africa's Atlantic coast, is the only nuclear plant on the African continent.

Taking to the skies in comfort
I take planes like most people take buses.

S. Africa neo-Nazi freed from jail
South African white extremist leader Eugene TerreBlanche, jailed for attempting to murder a black security guard in 1996, has been released from prison on parole.

Sudsy brouhaha to court: Miller sues Bud Light
A brewery brouhaha has shifted from the ad room to the courtroom.

Sources: S. Africa stymied suspected mercenaries
In the multinational effort that may have averted a coup attempt in Equatorial Africa, South Africa alerted Zimbabwe that a planeload of 64 "suspected mercenaries" was to land in Harare, sources close to the investigation said Thursday.

8 tourists die in S. Africa crash
Eight British tourists were killed in South Africa when their bus swerved to avoid a pedestrian on the road and crashed.

Dung deal At a new safari school in South Africa, Scott Gummer learns to think like a ranger, walk like a lion, and watch where
It was the travel writer's equivalent of a Willy Wonka golden ticket: an invitation to the first Bush Skills Academy at the Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa. Hosted by Conservation Corpo...

South Africa: Firms That Stayed Thrive
Politically incorrect is an understatement. Those U.S. companies that remained in South Africa despite economic sanctions in the 1980s and the early nineties -- including Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson...

FINDING NEW MEANING AND OLD TIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
BUZZ COOPER, 52, AND ALEECE TYLER-Cooper, 38, believed in South Africa's future even before the fall of apartheid. The family, including daughters Chanel, 19, Eboni, 15, and son Andre, 9, moved fro...

INTO SOUTH AFRICA WE'LL DOUBLE IN A DECADE
NEXT YEAR MARKS THE CENtennial of $6.7 billion South African Breweries, the nation's dominant beermaker and biggest consumer company with divisions in soft drinks (including a Coke franchise), fash...

THE MANDELA BULL MARKET IN SOUTH AFRICA
Nelson Mandela can claim to be a patriot and peacemaker in South Africa, but he's also a pretty good market mover. Since the president of the African National Congress called for an end to economic...

RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA
It could all come unstuck in one mad moment, but what has happened so far in South Africa is something of a miracle. In October, black leaders will begin sharing power with the white government, ga...

Coming up
The first socially responsible stock fund that invests worldwide debuts this month: Calvert World Values Global Equity Fund (4.75% load; 800-368-2748). The fund won't buy tobacco, alcohol or nuclea...

NOT THERE YET
In mid-October racial discrimination became illegal in South Africa's libraries, swimming pools, bathrooms, and other public facilities. At about the same time, in Natal province the government sus...

THE SURPRISE ABOUT APARTHEID Much of the world thinks South Africa's abhorrent system is the creation of greedy capitalists. Tha
The dramatic recent events in South Africa give new urgency to an old question: What kind of government might a democratic South Africa have? Now that the African National Congress is legal and Nel...

Adam Smith on Smoking, Whizzer White on Drinking, Liberals on Feeling Good, and Other Matters. Feeling Good About South Africa
The obituaries of Alan Paton, South Africa's most eminent liberal and an eloquent critic of apartheid for several decades, had a curious note in them. They sounded a bit embarrassed. The obituary w...

Go for the platinum
It probably won't result in folk songs or legends, but the platinum rush of '88 is on. The first U.S. platinum mine -- in Stillwater County, Montana -- produced its initial batch last September and...

Goodbye to the Sullivan Principles
The exodus of U.S. companies from South Africa is almost certain to accelerate. Leon Sullivan, the Baptist minister and General Motors board member who established the Sullivan Principles for guidi...

The Case for Avarice, Sex in Canada, Playing Tambo's Tune, and Other Matters. Two Questions About South Africa
We must weigh in again on South Africa, especially with respect to two large questions that keep getting answered wrong in the New York Times and Washington Post. Question No. 1 is whether sanction...

INVESTING '87 How to Get the Most from Gold This Year
Okay. You are sure there won't be a nuclear war before Easter. You are certain inflation will lay low, and Uncle Sam will not default on his bonds. So why invest even a dime of your money in gold, ...

Signals
As the corporate exodus from South Africa grows, each new departure seems more urgent and drastic than the one before. Less than a month after General Motors and IBM said they were selling their su...

SHOOTING DOWN THE EAGLE
The American Eagle had a spectacular maiden flight. Introduced on Oct. 20, an astounding 480,000 of the one-ounce gold pieces were sold in two days -- at premiums of 10% or more over the price of g...

Big Action in Platinum, the Pollution Fighter
Is it time to buy platinum? The price has shot up, to a recent $445 per troy ounce on the spot market, following a strike by South African miners in January. The strikers were fired and replaced, b...

A Most Disorientating Datum, Radicals Inc., Counting the Stars in Court, and Other Matters. Fact Evasion
A sentence in a New York Times editorial the other day got us going again on the weird inability of the Times to look a certain proposition in the eye. Proposition: the African National Congress is...

Circling the wagons in South Africa
The state of emergency that a defiant President Pieter W. Botha declared in South Africa inspired near-unanimous criticism abroad -- and redoubled pressure for economic sanctions against Pretoria. ...

Trying to cope in South Africa
U.S. corporations in South Africa keep looking for better ways to deal with the country's unrest. Some 30 companies have packed up and left in the past year. Others are contending with intense pres...

Ideology on Madison Avenue, True Tales of Revlon Receptionists, Not Counting Communists, and Other Matters. Up From Underwear
Look in any sizable dictionary and you will find ''unmentionables'' as a synonym for ''underwear.'' That quaint locution is sitting there because there actually was a time when genteel folks could ...

South Africa gets some breathing room
South Africa and its major European and American creditor banks agreed to an interim plan that would end the debt-repayment freeze imposed by Pretoria last September. Over the next year South Afric...

Platinum problems
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. of South Africa, the world's second-largest producer of platinum, summarily fired 23,000 striking black workers at four mines in Bophuthatswana, about 100 miles northw...

Black South Africans find a new voice
South Africa's white minority government faces a potentially powerful new challenge on the labor front. Meeting near Durban, 34 unions representing some 500,000 black workers formed the Congress of...

South Africa sits tight
After a meeting in London with creditors, South African officials say the four-month freeze they imposed on repayment of $13.6 billion in short-term foreign debt in September may be extended indefi...

The laager leaks
The government of President P. W. Botha, who has stubbornly drawn a laager, or circle of wagons, around the South African system of apartheid, suddenly looked fragile. After foreign bankers decided...

Xenophobic Attacks Draw Condemnation From UN Agency
The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the latest xenophobic attacks that have driven some 3,000 foreigners, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe, from a community in South Africa.

Refugee Agency Clarifies Repatriation Plan
The United Nations Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has denied running a repatriation programme that promised Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa R7000, computers and other equipment to start up businesses once back home. Last month it was reported the refugees signed up for the programme on the back of these promises but once back home nothing was delivered.

Farmers Responsible for Attacks?
Farmers in De Doorns have rejected allegations that they are paying Zimbabwean immigrants lower than the minimum wage and are therefore responsible for the xenophobic attacks that erupted in the region this week.

Committee Positive of 2010 Preparations
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) tasked to oversee government's preparation for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup has expressed satisfaction at the progress made ahead of the tournament.

Soldiers' Time-Bomb Report Needs Action, Says Opposition
A report describing soldiers' service conditions as a "ticking time bomb" demanded urgent action and should be made public, Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier said yesterday.

OECD Predicts Economy to Grow 2,7 Percent Next Year
A TOP think-tank sharply raised its forecasts for the global recovery yesterday, and gave a surprisingly upbeat assessment of SA's economy over the next two years.

'Worst Three Months for Newspapers' As Circulation Dives
DAILY and weekly newspapers have all lost circulation, except for the Afrikaans daily Die Son, and the Zulu daily Isolezwe, according to the third-quarter year-on-year figures released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).

Defiant Armscor CEO Suspended On Full Pay
Armscor CEO Sipho Thomo has been suspended on full pay pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing after defiantly refusing to accede to yet another request by the corporation's board for him to resign.

Govt Will Not Tolerate Attacks on Foreign Nationals - Gigaba
Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba, has reiterated that government will not tolerate any form of violent attack on people from other countries.

Semenya's Tests to Be Kept Private
The results of Caster Semenya's gender testing will not be revealed to the public, the Department of Sports and Recreation has announced.

Men Must Stand Up, Fight Women and Children Abuse
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on men to not only stop abusing women and children, but also stand up and be counted in the fight against these violent acts.

Nqakula to Table Report on Burundi Peace Process
Chief Mediator, Charles Nqakula, is expected to table South Africa's final report on the Burundi Peace Process at the summit to be held in Arusha, Tanzania on Friday.

Pienaar's Sterling Performances Earn Him Bafana Player of the Year Award
INJURIES may have limited his appearances for the national team over the past few weeks, but that still did not stop Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar from walking away with the Bafana Bafana player of the year award last night.

Miss World Contestants Can Change the World - Zuma
President Jacob Zuma believes that the Miss World contestants can play a significant role in addressing challenges face the world.

'Beaches Are a Privilege'
Summer is here, it's time to whip out the sunscreen and surfboards, and head for the beach for some fun in the sun.

'He Brought Her Naked to Me'
The grandfather of two-year-old Randoline Fortune, who was raped and murdered, allegedly by a neighbour, has testified to the bruises on her naked body in the last moments he saw the little girl alive.

Juba - Building Market Not Way Out for Country
Parliament is in a tag-of war with the Foreign Affairs Ministry over Shs 17 billion the ministry needs to build a market for Uganda traders in Juba, Southern Sudan.

Thousands Scramble as Tax Deadline Looms
Thousands of taxpayers are this afternoon scrambling to file their tax returns ahead of the deadline.

Piennar Voted Bafana Bafana Player of the Year
Bafana Bafana midfielder Steven Pienaar has been voted the 2009 Senior National Team Player of the Year by local football supporters.

Managers Ordered to Keep Hospitals Clean
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has lashed out at hospital managers for failing to keep their hospitals clean.

Country Could Have First Nuclear Plant By 2020
South Africa could have its first nuclear power plant by the year 2020 if Cabinet approves a proposal expected to be put forward by the Ministry of Energy.

KZN Govt to Assist Nkwezela Storm Victims
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has set aside R20 million to rebuild houses for the families who were left homeless after a storm hit the Nkwezela area on 6 November.

On Track to Host Memorable 2010 Ahead of 200-Day Milestone
With just over 200 days to go before the kick-off of the world's biggest soccer event to hit African soil, there is no question that the country is ready to host a spectacular and memorable extravaganza.

Mpumalanga to Tackle Water Crimes
The Mpumalanga Department of Water Affairs is to launch a water compliance, monitoring and enforcement campaign in Malalane to help deal with the province's water crimes.

Motorists Urged to Slow Down in Wet, Rainy Weather
Motorists across the country have been warned to drive with care and reduce their speed with the cold and wet weather expected to persist throughout the weekend.

Broadband Below Standards, Says Minister
South Africa's internet broadband penetration is at 2 percent below the global average of 22.5 percent, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Thursday.

Mpumalanga Police Ready for Festive Season
Mpumalanga's MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison Sibongile Manana says her department and the police are ready to fight crime this festive season.

Police Need Help Finding Toddler
Eighteen-month-old Marathino Christiaan Ohlssom was left to sleep alone in a house tucked away in a vineyard on a Worcester farm one Friday morning, while his great grandmother fetched pepper from a neighbour.

Sharing in Mandela's Legacy
WITH the decision of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declaring July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day", we all now have the historic opportunity to share in the legacy of the legendary Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

New Housing Beneficiaries Come Under Attack
Four new state-subsidised houses in a Khayelitsha housing project were attacked by local backyarders on Tuesday night (17/11/2009), a week after they were handed over to beneficiaries from Gugulethu.

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Obedience Doesn't Pay: inside the new revolt

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Illegal evictions: Does the law apply to housing agents?

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South Africa: The Next Zimbabwe
Despite the global boom, most South Africans were left behind. Fourteen years after the end of apartheid, widespread discontent is fueling communism, and economic collapse looms.

The Treasure Tankers of Africa
Where will they sail, and why?

South Africa's Lame-Duck President
Once the jewel of Africa, this nation is now going the way of the rest of the continent. A new president won’t help matters.

Black on Black in South Africa
Tensions erupting in Johannesburg reveal a much larger fault line running through Africa’s future.

The Weekend Web
A “red state” shocker and Ehud Olmert’s survival rating; plus, Ahmadinejad decries the “martyrdom” of Palestinians even as his own people freeze to death.

Don't Expect Jacob Zuma to Fix South Africa
Once the jewel of Africa, this nation is now going the way of the rest of the continent. The new leader of the ruling party won’t help matters.

Chinese State-Owned Bank Continues Strategic Shopping Spree
China Development Bank announced this week its intent to purchase a stake in British banking giant Barclays.

Zimbabwe Population Plummets as Millions Flee Mugabe
Border officials have described a “human tsunami” flowing across borders as economic conditions worsen.

South Africa Begins Forced Land Redistribution

Week in Review

The Week in Review
Among the most significant news from the past seven days was the flare-up of violence in the Old City of Jerusalem.

South Africa Approves Same-Sex Marriages

P.W. Botha: Last of South Africa's Statesmen
As the left-wing media had little positive to say about P.W. Botha, elder statesman of South Africa, following his death on Tuesday, his real legacy goes largely unnoticed.

Russia Strengthens Ties With South Africa
Vladimir Putin is resurrecting Russia’s special relationship with the ANC that has lain dormant for several years. Why?

"Almost Untreatable" Tuberculosis Very Deadly, Has Global Potential

World Drifts Toward Nuclear Catastrophe
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” Sixty years later, Albert Einstein is still right.

South Africa: Leaders Tolerate Plague of Violence
Twelve years on from apartheid, South Africa is losing the fight against violent crime.

South Africa Threatens Farmers With Compulsory Eviction

UK, South Africa Increase Same-Sex Couples' Rights
Tying the knot around the traditional family unit

South Africa and Zimbabwe Strengthen Ties
Many are concerned that South Africa is heading down the same destructive path as its northern neighbor Zimbabwe. Recent South African expressions of admiration for Zimbabwe bolster those fears.

South Africa Assists Iran?
As the relationship between South Africa and Iran strengthens, just how far will Pretoria go in its support of Tehran?

South Africa in Prophecy
Since the handover of government to Nelson Mandela in May 1994, the euphoria which greeted the new president’s inauguration has soured as crime runs rampant in the major cities, the country’s health services unravel, educational standards adjust downward and the rand plummets. The vision outlined by South Africa’s new government included many promises in the areas of housing, welfare, education and employment. These promises have yet to be largely fulfilled. What does the future hold for South Africa?

Failed Promises

Democracy or Anarchy?
Zimbabwe’s problems are spilling into the rainbow nation.

A Continent in Chaos
Is there any hope for Africa? This great land mass, home to millions living in misery, is slipping out of its third world category into a classification of its own—the Nth world—defying comparison with conditions extant in any other area of the developing world.

South African Runner’s Sex-Verification Result Won’t Be Public
One of the most public and controversial cases of sex verification in sports has apparently been resolved, but the results may never be made known to the public.

South Africa Is Divided on Gesture by Educator
A pardon of four white students who were expelled for a racist video has incited outrage across South Africa.

Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal
Even as Nelson Mandela fades from view, he retains a vital place in South Africa’s public consciousness.

Airbus Loses Customer for Troop Transport Plane
South Africa canceled a multibillion-dollar order for the Airbus A400M troop transport plane, dealing a painful blow to the program.

Zuma Rallies S. Africa to Fight AIDS
President Jacob Zuma acknowledged the viral cause of AIDS and the role of antiretroviral drugs in treatment, saying knowledge would overcome “denialism.”

Doubles Stars Share a Complex Heritage
Growing up in South Africa, the world’s top-ranked doubles team Cara Black and Liezel Huber share a common background and point to that as part of their success.

African Pair Reigns as Doubles Queens
This week, Cara Black and Liezel Huber will attempt to win their third straight Tour championship against a field that includes the Williams sisters, who are in pursuit of their No. 1 ranking.

Love of Designer Threads Adds Flair to Trial
Prosecutors charge that South Africa’s longtime police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, accepted designer clothes and cash in return for sensitive information.

In Failed Merger, a Lesson in Global Politics
The collapse of talks between Bharti Airtel of India and MTN Group of South Africa illustrated the difficulty of striking deals in emerging markets.

Bharti and MTN Abandon Talks on Potential Merger
The Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel said that talks on a possible merger with MTN Group of South Africa have ended.

South African Children Push for Better Schools
Children are taking into their own hands responsibility for trying to reform the education system.

Mixed Verdict in S. African Lesbian’s Murder Trial
The sexual orientation of Eudy Simelane, a lesbian activist and soccer player, was never acknowledged as being a factor in her murder.

Eager Students Fall Prey to Apartheid’s Legacy
Schools in South Africa are bursting with hopeful students, but the education system often fails those who most need it.

Terms of Engagement
As the Obama team fends off accusations that it is rushing into Russian, Iranian, Syrian or even North Korean arms, it needs to get the logic and definition of engagement right.

Finely Drawn Lines Tell Powerful Stories
A comprehensive touring exhibition of William Kentridge’s most recent work, presented alongside his earlier art from the 1980s and 1990s, reveals the full scope of the South African artist’s career.

Minister acts on hospitals
A team of senior government officials is to assess the state of South Africa's 354 public hospitals "because our public institutions are not doing well", Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says.

Kids love Madiba, Machel
Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been named as winners of a children's rights prize in a vote involving more than 7 million children worldwide.

Saps in R55m deal for Sudan
The SA Police Service has signed a R55m agreement with the Norwegian embassy to support a police-training project in Sudan.

IAAF keep mum on Semenya
The IAAF held their silence over SA's gender row over 800m world champion Caster Semenya during the first day of their annual congress.

Floods devastate UK
A British police officer has been swept to his death as raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain.

Man critical after shooting
A 32-year-old man is in a critical condition after being shot in the chest several times in his shop in Ficksburg in the Free State.

Oprah: This feels right
Oprah Winfrey says that she will end her popular TV show because "it feels right" after 25 years.

Madiba, Machel bags another accolade for children's rights
Madiba continues to weave his magic after he and his wife Graca Machel was given the nod from more than seven million children across the globe for the role they have played in fighting for children's rights.

KZN hit hard by flooding
Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal over the past two days has left seven people dead and destroyed hundreds of homes. The damage caused could run into hundreds of millions of rands, but the provincial government may not have the money to rebuild the infrastructure.

Bishop Verryn defy govt order on Zimbabwe refugees
Bishop Paul Verryn insists that he will keep the Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church open to Zimbabweans and others needing shelter.This, despite an order from the Gauteng government to close his doors. Verryn appeared before a government health and safety committee to discuss the growing number of Zimbabwean refugees residing in his church.

Mantashe says Northern Cape answer to Eskom power crisis
ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe says Northern Cape is the answer to Eskom’s power crisis. Mantashe who addressed the provincial alliance summit in Galeshewe, Northern Cape, says provinces should capitalize on its resources and stop replicating provinces like Gauteng.

Public health sector needs complete overhaul: Motsoaledi
Addressing managers from coastal hospitals in Durban today, the Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the public health sector needs a complete overhaul. Motsoaledi lashed out at staff members at hospitals who fail to perform their duties, warning them that there will be consequences if they don't give quality healthcare.

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium pitch to be revamped
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium management says they are planning to change the pitch after tonight's game between Santos and Kaizer Chiefs in order to improve its standard.

Heavy rains continue throughout Gauteng
Pretoria has joined Johannesburg in issuing flood warnings, as steady rain continues in Gauteng. The Tshwane Community Safety department says it's on high alert for cases of flooding.

SARS tax submission process in Jo'burg disrupted by power cut
The submission of tax returns in Johannesburg has been severely disrupted by a power cut, which has affected most of the CBD area. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has however implemented emergency measures to cope with the problem.The cut-off time for submission is 4pm and strict penalties for late payers are to be imposed from Monday.

Activists call for more funding for HIV/Aids
HIV/Aids activists have called for increased funding for treatment of the disease. They also want more investment in the health system. The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has cited a shortage of antiretrovirals as an example of why more funds should be allocated to HIV/Aids

Calm returns to Mdantsane Township after violent protests
Calm has been restored in Mdantsane Township in East London - after hundreds of disgruntled residents from the township went on the rampage this morning, barricading roads with stones and burning tyres.

KZN hit hard by flooding
Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal over the past two days has left seven people dead and destroyed hundreds of homes. The damage caused could run into hundreds of millions of rands, but the provincial government may not have the money to rebuild the infrastructure.

Bishop Verryn defy govt order on Zimbabwe refugees
Bishop Paul Verryn insists that he will keep the Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church open to Zimbabweans and others needing shelter.This, despite an order from the Gauteng government to close his doors. Verryn appeared before a government health and safety committee to discuss the growing number of Zimbabwean refugees residing in his church.

Mantashe says Northern Cape answer to Eskom power crisis
ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe says Northern Cape is the answer to Eskom’s power crisis. Mantashe who addressed the provincial alliance summit in Galeshewe, Northern Cape, says provinces should capitalize on its resources and stop replicating provinces like Gauteng.

Zuma urges Miss World contestants to be pioneers of change
President Jacob Zuma says Miss World contestants must champion the causes of vulnerable people. He told the 112 beauty queens to use their status to highlight the world's social ills such as poverty, diseases and conflicts.

ANC redeploys embattled Nelson Mandela Bay Metro mayor
The ANC has decided to redeploy the mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Nondumiso Maphazi. The announcement was made by the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Council after consulting with the NEC. Maphazi will be succeeded by trade unionist Zanoxolo Wayile.

Calm returns to Mdantsane Township after violent protests
Calm has been restored in Mdantsane Township in East London - after hundreds of disgruntled residents from the township went on the rampage this morning, barricading roads with stones and burning tyres.

Chaos erupts at F State township amid march
Chaos erupted at Seretse Township near Boshoff in the Free State yesterday - following a march by residents to the municipality to seek a response to the memorandum of demands which they handed over to authorities last week.

IFP denies targetting mayors backing Magwaza-Msibi
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has denied allegations that it is targetting mayors supporting the party's national chairperson Zanele Magwaza-Msibi. She is regarded as one of the favourites to take over from party president iNkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

ANC wins Eastern Cape by-elections convincingly
The ruling ANC has won convincingly in yesterday's by-election in Mount Ayliff under the Mzimvubu Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. Ward 15 was contested by Nkululo Kwapuna of the ANC and independent candidate Ntandazo Giwu. The seat became vacant following the resignation of an ANC councillor.

SA Govt looks for alternative funding for Eskom
Government is looking at ways to help power utility Eskom bridge its funding gap without having to rely on its requested annual 45% rise in power tariffs for the next three years.

Helderberg Wine Route
Stretching north from Somerset West to Stellenbosch and southeast to Sir Lowry's Pass, the Helderberg Wine Route incorporates the majestic Helderberg Mountains, on the slopes of which some of South Africa's finest vineyards flourish. The Helderberg region is truly one of the Western Cape's treasures well worth exploring. Not only is it exquisitely beautiful, but as home to some of the oldest wineries in South Africa, the Helderberg Wine Route is steeped in history and culture, with some of the wineries having been family-run businesses for generations.

Dana Bay along the Garden Route
Dana Bay is a wonderful destination in Mossel Bay that is often overlooked by visitors, as they are under the impression that it is merely a suburb of the picturesque coastal town. But there is so much more to Dana Bay than meets the eye, and it is one of the few destinations in South Africa where the animals have the right of way, and people live their lives in accordance with nature. It is a community that strives to conserve and protect the wildlife and vegetation of Dana Bay, and is therefore a wonderful attraction and breathtaking part of the Garden Route.

Vaal Meander
Usually when creative people get together to brainstorm an idea, one can expect a masterpiece, and in the establishment of Vaal Meander this is just the case. A mere hours drive away from the bustling city of Johannesburg awaits a world of beauty, creativity and relaxation that has become a popular getaway for locals, the perfect venue for special occasions and a chance for tourists to discover the quieter side of South Africa, while being close to towns and cities.

Witness Hilton Arts Festival
KZN’s foremost arts and culture festival - the annual Witness Hilton Arts Festival comes to the Hilton College from 18 to 20 September with a glittering line-up of cutting-edge drama, comedy, music and cabaret, as well as an impressive array of arts and crafts in a bumper programme that features an enticing mix of hot South African performers and artists gleaned from the most prestigious stages around the country including the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July.

The Jane Goodall Institute's Chimpanzee Eden
Just outside the city of Nelspruit is a unique sanctuary and attraction in South Africa that protects and conserves through educating the public and offering a safe environment for chimpanzees. It is the only chimpanzee sanctuary in South Africa. The institute takes in chimpanzees from around world, that have been taken from their natural environments at a young age and now find themselves lost and without refuge. The Jane Goodall Institute’s Chimpanzee Eden rescues and takes care of these chimpanzees, and through their efforts they save countless lives each year.

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
Nature lovers bound for South Africa’s Northern Cape Province will likely find themselves being drawn to the Richtersveld. This mountainous desert landscape is unlike anything most people have ever seen – some even choose to describe it as ‘martian’. It is a place where craggy, sharp mountains rise steeply from flat, sandy plains and where the dryness of these places is contrasted sharply with the lush vegetation growing on the banks of the Orange River. This all comes together to form the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape.

Vodacom Tour de Soweto Cycle Challenge
Vodacom Tour de Soweto Experiencing Soweto on a Bicycle Both local residents and tourists alike are invited to enter the Vodacom Tour de Soweto, a unique cycling event that will allow people of all ages to experience the vibe of this colourful Johannesburg township up close.

Bombyx Mori Silk Farm
A rather unique treat in an otherwise tradition-laden tourist market, the Bombyx Mori Silk Farm is both educational and inspiring. You’ll find this great attraction near the Swadinin turn off on the R531 near Kampersrus.

R62 Brandy Route
Combining the beauty of the South African landscape with the legacy of the country’s rich brandy making tradition, the R62 Brandy Route is a wonderful alternative to more traditional tourist routes. The well-chosen path takes travellers past romantic settlements such as Worcester, Montagu, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn, De Rust and Barrydale, and creates a memorable journey for the connoisseur.

Tantalize Your Tastebuds at Gauteng’s Oyster, Wine & Food Festival
Oysters have long been considered an exotic and luxury food, with some claiming that they have powerful aphrodisiac properties, although this has not been proven. What has been scientifically established is that oysters are one of nature’s most nutritionally well balanced foods and highly beneficial for heart health when included in a low-cholesterol diet. Oysters tend to be an acquired taste, and those who have eaten them either disliked the experience, or loved it and keep coming back for more. It is this latter group that you will find at the many oyster festivals held around the world, where oyster aficionados gather to enjoy each other’s company and feast on these little shell-encased sea creatures.

SACP sees red over Malema
The SA Communist Party has come out in defence of its general secretary, Jeremy Cronin, against alleged insults by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.

SA desperate to return to winning ways
The Springboks goes into its match with Italy on Saturday aiming to end a three-game losing streak on its northern-hemisphere tour.

Man sues NY over ear in trash
A New York man is giving city authorities and a Bronx hospital an earful for allegedly tossing his ear in the trash after it was ripped off by a dog, according to reports.

Match-fixing scandal revealed!
Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal.

Stirring Christmas stuff
Only 34 days to Christmas, exhorts Derek Taylor. So get baking...

Unity In Diversity (literally Diverse People Unite)

The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. It borders the Atlantic and Indian oceans and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho, an independent enclave surrounded by South African territory. South Africa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The South African economy is the largest in Africa and 24th largest in the world. Due to this it is the most socially, economically and infrastructurally developed country on the continent.

South Africa has experienced a different history from other nations in Africa because of early immigration from Europe and the strategic importance of the Cape Sea Route. European immigration began shortly after the Dutch East India Company founded a station at what would become Cape Town, in 1652. The closure of the Suez Canal during the Six-Day War highlighted its significance to East-West trade. The country's relatively developed infrastructure made its mineral wealth available and important to Western interests, particularly throughout the late nineteenth century and, with international competition and rivalry, during the Cold War. South Africa is ethnically diverse, with the largest Caucasian, Indian, and racially mixed communities in Africa. Black South Africans, who speak nine officially recognised languages, and many more dialects, account for slightly less than 80% of the population.

Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority has played a large part in South Africa's history and politics, culminating in apartheid, which was instituted in 1948 by the National Party (although segregation existed before that time). The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished by the National Party in 1990, after a long and sometimes violent struggle (including economic sanctions from the international community) by the Black majority as well as many White, Coloured, and Indian South Africans.

Several philosophies and ideologies have developed in South Africa, including ubuntu (the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity) and Jan Smuts's holism.

Regular elections have been held for almost a century; but the majority of South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994.

South Africa is often called the "Rainbow Nation", a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later adopted by then President Nelson Mandela. Mandela used the term "Rainbow Nation" as a metaphor to describe the country's newly developing multicultural diversity after segregationist apartheid ideology. The country's socially progressive policies are rare in Africa.

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SouthAfrica