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- South Africa bans ostrich movement after bird flu fears
- SAfrica-ostrich-flu JOHANNESBURG AFP ? South Africa banned the movement of ostriches from Eastern Cape province after cases of suspected bird flu were reported from three ostrich farms in the region. Cobus Dowry, the provincial agriculture minister for the neighbouring Western Cape province, said road controls had been...
- Research articles 2004-08-04
- South Africa confirms bird flu outbreak in ostrich farms
- Health-flu-SAfrica JOHANNESBURG AFP ? South African security forces have set up checkpoints around two ostrich farms to prevent the spread of bird flu after tests confirmed an outbreak of the disease, officials said. "Tests at the two farms have been confirmed as bird flu," said Segoati Mahlangu...
- Research articles 2004-08-05
- American heartthrob Brad Pitt visits AIDS victims in Ethiopia, SAfrica
- ADDIS ABABA AFP — Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt, star of "Troy," "Oceans 11," and "Fight Club" is in South Africa this week after wrapping up a tour of Ethiopia visiting AIDS victims, trip organizers said. The 41-year-old actor spent three days in impoverished Ethiopia touring projects that offer treatment...
- Research articles 2005-04-27
- Star goalkeeper out of Ghana's World Cup qualifier against SAfrica
- NAIVASHA, Kenya AFP — Ghana's top goalkeeper Sammy Adjei is out of this weekend's Africa zone World Cup qualfier in South Africa after injuring himself while in training in Kenya. "Adjei tore his interior ligaments on his right thigh," said Ghana coach Ratomir Dujkovic at the exclusive Simba Lodge...
- Research articles 2005-06-14
- SAfrica's Barloworld to bid for Australian paint manufacturer Wattyl
- SYDNEY AFP — South Africa's Barloworld Ltd is to make a 321 million dollar (240 million US dollar) offer for Australian paint manufacturer Wattyl Ltd. The offer trumps a hostile 274.8 million takeover bid from listed Australian equities investor Allco Equity Partners and has been recommended by Wattyl's directors....
- Research articles 2006-02-12
- AIDS lobby campaign to axe minister doomed: SAfrica
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — The South African government warned the country's main anti-AIDS lobby that a campaign to oust controversial Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was doomed to failure. The Treatment Action Campaign TAC has appealed for four million rand (550,000 dollars) in donations to fund a campaign which will feature a...
- Research articles 2006-09-17
- SAfrica to host meeting on killer TB strains
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South Africa has invited experts from the UN World Health Organisation and a regional bloc for talks next week to discuss a virulent form of tuberculosis which has killed at least 78 people. The two-day meeting starting Tuesday in Johannesburg will focus on the twin menaces of...
- Research articles 2006-10-12
- New study sheds light on SAfrica's drug-resistant TB crisis
- PARIS AFP — A new study casts light on perilous drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis that have erupted in South Africa, reaping a mortal harvest among people with the AIDS virus. The prevalence of these resistant strains is far wider than previously thought, according to the paper, published online by the...
- Research articles 2006-10-25
- US Bush, SAfrica's Mbeki press for Darfur peacekeepers
- WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush and visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki pressed for urgent deployment of international peacekeepers in violence-torn Darfur. "I expressed my concerns about the situation to the president," Bush said after meeting with Mbeki at the White House. "He shares my concerns that the...
- Research articles 2006-12-08
- Eleven in hospital after SAfrica anthrax scare
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — Eleven people were admitted to hospital in South Africa on Friday after they came into contact with an envelope suspected to contain anthrax powder, police said. Inspector Juanita Kilian said police had received a complaint from the post office in the district of Alberton, south of...
- Research articles 2007-07-06
- Zimbabwe meltdown signals boom time for SAfrica border town
- MUSINA, South Africa AFP — James Diop rings up another sale and then contemplates his good fortune to work in a supermarket in South Africa as the stores across the border in Zimbabwe grow emptier by the day. "We've had a 300 percent increase in sales since June which...
- Research articles 2007-08-04
- SAfrica recalls 20 million condoms after safety scandal
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — The South African government issued a recall notice on Monday for 20 million condoms after a scandal which saw safety certificates allegedly issued for defective contraceptives. The health ministry said that all 20 million of the condoms so far supplied by Zalatex as part of a...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- 2010 World Cup enters "operational phase" in SAfrica
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — Preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has entered its "operational phase", the chief executive officer of the Local Organising Committee LOC, Dany Jordaan, said on Thursday. "The 1,000 days countdown signals to us now the beginning of the operational phase", he told a...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Record-breaking Monty deserves more credit, says SAfrica rugby coach
- LENS, France AFP — Percy Montgomery should become the most-capped Springboks player of all time on Saturday with South Africa coach Jake White insisting the blond full-back does not get the credit he deserves. The 33-year-old, the top scorer at this World Cup with 47 points, is expected to...
- Research articles 2007-09-21
- SAfrica reggae star Lucky Dube shot dead
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South African reggae star Lucky Dube, one of the continent's biggest-selling artists, has been shot dead in front of his children during an attempted car hijacking in Johannesburg, police said Friday. President Thabo Mbeki was among those who paid tribute to Dube, calling him "a really...
- Research articles 2007-10-19
- Five arrested in SAfrica reggae star's murder
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South African police have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube, one of the continent's biggest-selling artists, police said Sunday. Spokesman Superintendent Eugene Opperman told AFP they have also confiscated two unlicenced firearms and four cars, including the one believed...
- Research articles 2007-10-21
- SAfrica's Tutu hits right note with music honour
- LONDON AFP — South Africa's Desmond Tutu accepted a church music honour in London on Wednesday, but joked that he was unable to read a note. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former archbishop of Cape Town was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians in...
- Research articles 2007-11-07
- SAfrica's Zuma charged with racketeering: lawyer
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South African prosecutors charged new ANC leader Jacob Zuma with corruption, racketeering and money-laundering Friday barely a week after he was elected leader of the ruling party, his lawyer said. In papers filed at Zuma's Johannesburg residence, the African National Congress president was told he will...
- Research articles 2007-12-28
- Supporters of SAfrica's Zuma decry corruption charges
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — Supporters of Jacob Zuma, the new leader of South Africa's ruling party ANC, protested Saturday that new corruption charges against him were part of a politically inspired vendetta. South African prosecutors have slapped Zuma with a host of new charges, including money laundering, racketeering and tax...
- Research articles 2007-12-29
- Zuma rebukes SAfrica government but stresses unity
- PRETORIA AFP — Jacob Zuma used his first keynote speech as leader of South Africa's ruling ANC Saturday to rebuke President Thabo Mbeki's failure to narrow the wealth gap, while saying he would not undermine his rival. In an address to mark the party's 96th birthday, Zuma acknowledged Mbeki...
- Research articles 2008-01-12
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