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News: South Africa

We have started to collect the most important news related to South Africa in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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South Africa: news

Audio slideshow: South African paramedics

Thursday, March 29th 2012, 0:22

Sound and images of a South African paramedic's life
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Nelson Mandela archive launched

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 15:10

An extensive digital archive documenting former South African President Nelson Mandela's life is launched on the internet.
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South Africans in rugby drowning

Monday, March 26th 2012, 13:44

A South African club rugby player drowns and five of his team-mates are missing after 21 people were swept out to sea off the country's south coast.
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VIDEO: S Africa concert for Nobel winners

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 18:18

South Africa's four Nobel Peace Prize winners are being honoured in a musical way with a quartet.
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Grace suffers lost ball in bunker

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 17:20
related countries: Morocco Morocco

South African Branden Grace's progress at the Hassan Trophy in Morocco is hampered when he loses his ball in a bunker.
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In pictures: Learning to be racist in South Africa

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 8:55

Pictures of South Africa's white extremist training camps
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SA to review Zuma corruption case

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 13:20
related places: Zuma

A South African court rules that the 2009 decision to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma can be reviewed.
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South Africa debates whether to allow fracking

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 10:34

Could extracting gas threaten South Africa's wild beauty?
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S Africa hails 80-year-old driver

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 18:15

An 80-year-old South African motorist is praised as a "sterling example" in a country where more than 40 people are killed on the roads every day.
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SA leader urges 'bribe' inquiry

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 17:47

South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe calls for an official inquiry into allegations that his partner solicited a $13m (£8m) bribe.
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Djokovic through at Indian Wells

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 0:19
related countries: India India

Defending champion Novak Djokovic moves into the fourth round at Indian Wells with a 6-2 6-3 win over South African Kevin Anderson.
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South Africa education crisis fuels state school exodus

Monday, March 12th 2012, 8:48

South Africa's education crisis fuels state school exodus
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'SA favoured' for super telescope

Saturday, March 10th 2012, 14:41
related countries: Aruba Aruba

Australian media report the country is running behind South Africa in the selection process for the £1.3bn Square Kilometre Array super telescope.
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SA apology over yellow fever row

Thursday, March 8th 2012, 15:04

South Africa apologises for the deportation of Nigerians over suspicions their yellow fever certificates were fake - a move Abuja had said was "xenophobic".
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S Africans protest against tolls

Wednesday, March 7th 2012, 18:51
related places: Johannesburg, Pretoria

Tens of thousands of South Africans have marched in protest over new tolls on roads in what unions says is "the first warning shot" to government.
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S Africa braced for toll protests

Wednesday, March 7th 2012, 4:16
related places: Johannesburg, Pretoria

Tens of thousands of trade unionists across South Africa are expected to march against new toll roads between Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria.
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Malema defiant at ANC expulsion

Thursday, March 1st 2012, 12:06

Fiery youth leader Julius Malema remains defiant despite his expulsion from South Africa's ruling African National Congress - saying: "I will die for what I believe in".
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ANC youth leader Malema expelled

Wednesday, February 29th 2012, 21:20

South Africa's governing ANC expels its controversial youth leader Julius Malema after he was found guilty of fomenting divisions in the party.
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SA guides arrested over poaching

Wednesday, February 29th 2012, 11:37

Four people working in South Africa's Kruger National Park are arrested in connection with rhino poaching, the country's national parks body says.
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VIDEO: Nelson Mandela 'fine and handsome'

Sunday, February 26th 2012, 11:59

Nelson Mandela is recovering well in hospital after having diagnostic abdominal surgery, according to the South African Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
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Mandela 'well' after keyhole op

Sunday, February 26th 2012, 11:30

Nelson Mandela is recovering well in hospital after undergoing investigative abdominal surgery, says a South African government minister.
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VIDEO: Jazz star returns to school

Friday, February 24th 2012, 16:03
related places: Soweto

A high school in the South African township of Soweto has seen a 20% rise in attendance, since a famous jazz musician returned to school.
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Donald to face Els at Match Play

Monday, February 20th 2012, 19:12

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SA troops tackle rhino poachers

Monday, February 20th 2012, 11:48

South Africa is to deploy hundreds of troops along its borders to help fight international gangs smuggling rhino horns, the government says.
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SA zoo keeper dies in lion attack

Tuesday, February 14th 2012, 12:19

A lioness attacks and kills a 65-year-old South African zoo keeper at a farm owned by Johannesburg Zoo, officials say.
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S Africa to get Mandela banknotes

Saturday, February 11th 2012, 16:09

South Africa is to put the image of Nelson Mandela on all its banknotes, marking the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.
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VIDEO: Dewani accused in Cape Town court

Friday, February 10th 2012, 11:42
related places: Cape Town

The men allegedly hired by Shrien Dewani to kill his wife while they were on honeymoon in South Africa have appeared at a pre-trial hearing in a Cape Town court.
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SA 'zombie-held singer' charged

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 17:47

South African police charge a man who claimed to be Khulekani "Mqgumeni" Khumalo - a popular dead singer - with fraud.
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SA 'resurrected singer' detained

Monday, February 6th 2012, 16:26

A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.
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ANC youth leader appeal dismissed

Saturday, February 4th 2012, 14:29

South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.
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Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea?

Saturday, February 4th 2012, 11:22

Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea exports?
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SA lesbian killers get 18 years

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 14:30

Four South African men are sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006.
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Rhino poachers in SA get 25 years

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 11:20

Three Mozambicans are sentenced to 25 years each in a South African court for rhino poaching, according to the South African national parks body.
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SA fears over 'leaking' condoms

Monday, January 30th 2012, 17:33

South Africa's leading HIV group warns that large numbers of "faulty" condoms handed out during the ANC centenary celebrations remain in circulation despite a recall.
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Oldest dinosaur nest site found

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 12:21

A nesting site for dinosaur eggs found in South Africa is 100 million years older than the previous oldest site, palaeontologists say.
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'Gay slur' Zulu king investigated

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 11:44

South Africa's Human Rights Commission investigates reports that Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called gay people "rotten".
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Sacked ANC youth leader appeals

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 11:56

South African youth leader Julius Malema appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him after being found guilty of bringing the party into disrepute.
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Table Mountain base jumper hurt

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 11:36
related countries: United States United States
related places: Cape Town

US base jumper Jeb Corliss is in hospital in South Africa after crashing during a freefall drop from Cape Town's Table Mountain.
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South Africa boosts rhino wardens

Monday, January 16th 2012, 13:29

South Africa hires 150 extra rangers for the world-renowned Kruger national park to try to combat record poaching of rhinos for their horns.
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Bird flu empties South Africa's ostrich farms

Friday, January 13th 2012, 6:28

Mass bird flu cull devastates South African ostrich farmers
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South African scrum for university places

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 20:00

South Africa university stampede reveals desperation for a better life
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VIDEO: S Africa university stampede kills one

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 18:36
related places: Johannesburg

One person has died after a stampede broke out among crowds of people trying to enrol at a university in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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African tusks seized in Malaysia

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 12:30
related countries: Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysia seizes elephant tusks worth 2.4m ringgit ($760,000) in a shipping container sent from South Africa, officials say.
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VIDEO: SA students 'anxious and desperate'

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 12:26
related places: Johannesburg

One person has died after a stampede broke out among crowds of people trying to enrol at a university in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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SA university stampede kills one

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 11:16
related places: Johannesburg

One person is killed after a stampede breaks out among crowds of people trying to enrol at a university in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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Nelson Mandela biopic in pipeline

Monday, January 9th 2012, 10:40

A mini-series based on the life of Nelson Mandela is in the pipeline, with producers including the former South African president's grandson.
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VIDEO: Mass rally marks ANC anniversary

Sunday, January 8th 2012, 19:01

South African President Jacob Zuma has addressed a rally to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress.
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