US Embassy in South Africa expected to reopen Friday after 2-day security threat closureSeptember 23rd, 2009 US Embassy in South Africa plans to reopen FridayJOHANNESBURG — The U.S. Embassy and other American offices in South Africa are expected to reopen Friday after being closed for two days because of unspecified security concerns.
South African health chief: Swine flu likely to hit Africa hard; resources shouldn't be wastedAugust 11th, 2009 South African health chief: Swine flu to hit hardJOHANNESBURG — South Africa's health minister says that while swine flu has arrived late to the continent, it may hit harder here than elsewhere in the world. Aaron Motsoaledi, speaking at a regional conference on the pandemic, said Tuesday that Africa is typically "worst affected" by any communicable disease with its weak health systems and poverty.
Hillary Clinton to visit Africa next weekJuly 31st, 2009 PRETORIA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa, BuaNews Reported. Clinton will begin her tour Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum).
Rape culture condemned in South Africa, where survey shows 1 in 4 men admit to sexual violenceJuly 9th, 2009 Rape culture condemned in South AfricaMULDERSDRIFT, South Africa — Dumisani Rebombo wasn't circumcised, did chores considered girls' work and was sick of being taunted for not being a man. So at age 15, he took the only course considered "manly" in his rural South African village: He raped a girl.
South Africa set India 131-run targetJune 16th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - India restricted South Africa to 130 for five in the last Super Eight Group E match of the World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge here Tuesday.
Brief Scores: South Africa 130/5 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 63, Graeme Smith 26; Ravindra Jadeja 1-9).
Mahindra may start assembling in South Africa in 2010June 9th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian auto major Mahindra and Mahindra will likely start assembling vehicles in South Africa from early next year, according to the new chief executive of Mahindra South Africa, Ashok Thakur. The services of a local manufacturer would be utilised for this purpose, as no South African company has ever produced at 100 percent capacity, Thakur told the Afrikaans daily Beeld here.
Aid group says Zimbabwe's crisis spilling over into neighboring South AfricaJune 2nd, 2009 Zimbabwe crisis a problem for South AfricaJOHANNESBURG — An international medical aid group says Zimbabwe's collapse has created a humanitarian crisis in neighboring South Africa. Medecins Sans Frontieres on Tuesday called on the South African government and the international community to do more to make sure that Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa were safe and had shelter and health care.
One in three women risk rape in crisis-hit DarfurJune 1st, 2009 DARFUR - A human rights charity survey has found that one in three women fleeing from the civil war hit region of Darfur in Sudan risk being rape victims. The US-based, Physicians For Human Rights, interviewed 88 women who had fled from Darfur and came to a conclusion that rape against women was widespread, Sky News reports.
India-South Africa Davis Cup tie likely at select venueMay 13th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Hopes of residents of Soweto, the largest township in South Africa, that they may see Indian tennis stars like Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in action there in September may be slim. The Davis Cup tennis fight for a position in the World Group between India and South Africa may be played at the prestigious Emperors Palace here if a sponsor can be found in time, organisers said.
India-South Africa draw recalls 1974 apartheid default winMay 13th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The Davis Cup draw of India against South Africa in the tennis tournament has recalled memories of a controversial final in 1974 between the two countries which South Africa won by default. India refused to play against South Africa because of the country's firm resolve to continue the protest it had launched against apartheid in 1947 at the United Nations.
'IPL, trade ties between India and South Africa will improve relations'May 12th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The growing trade and the ongoing Indian Premier League will give a boost to the bilateral relations between India and South Africa, Indian High Commissioner Rajiv Bhatia has said. "Our trade today stands at about 6.5 billion dollars and it will grow further and we believe that it will strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries," Bhatia said, addressing a press meet during Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari's three day visit to South Africa.
IPL will subsidise teams to play in S AfricaMarch 25th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The Indian Premier League (IPL) will cover the difference in costs that the owners of the clubs would incur for playing the series in South Africa instead of India, Lalit Modi, chairman and commissioner of the IPL, said here. The costs of hosting the IPL 2009 series in South Africa will be much higher than what it would have been if it was played in India as originally planned.
South Africa to host IPL from April 18March 24th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday said that the first match of the cash-rich tournament would be held on April 18. The tournament will now be held between April 18 and May 24, which will feature 59 matches.
Indian origin businessman supports rural cricket in South AfricaFebruary 28th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian origin businessman Shyam Bhatia has extended his support to South African cricket by donating 100 kits for rural talents in the country. Bhatia donated the kits to Cricket South Africa (CSA) Thursday during the first day of the Test between Australia and South Africa at the Wanderers.
South Africa ends blockade on aid to ZimbabweDecember 28th, 2008 JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has lifted a blockade on aid to Zimbabwe because of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the neighbouring country, a South African presidential spokesman said Monday. South Africa halted aid to Zimbabwe earlier in a bid to build pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition to hasten the formation of a national unity government.
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