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	<title>Ghanamma.com &#187; South Africa</title>
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		<title>S. African MPs rubbish Indian wedding probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Vega Gupta and her husband, Indian-born Aaskash Jahajgarhia, pose in Sun City, South Africa, on May 1, 2013. By (Gupta Family/AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; CAPE TOWN (AFP) - South Africa's political opposition on Wednesday rubbished a government probe that cleared President Jacob Zuma over the use of a military base for a plush Indian wedding.Slamming the investigation as a whitewash, lawmakers demanded that Zuma and his ministers be held accountable for the scandal and questioned the influence of the wedding's well-connected hosts.The South African-based Gupta family sparked a furore by flying in a wedding party from New Delhi to the high security air force base where they received a red carpet welcome last month.The probe found that Zuma, who has close ties to the wealthy family, was not involved in the case.Justice Minister Jeff Radebe, presenting the findings to parliament, said two officials on "a frolic on their own" had authorised the chartered jet's landing on April 30 with no wrongdoing by leaders.Any finger pointing at a cover-up was "clearly misplaced", he said.But this was solidly rejected by the opposition."We cannot sit back and allow ministers to get off the hook by hanging a few 'rogue officials' out to dry," said MP David Maynier of the main opposition Democratic Alliance."Ministerial heads must roll."Zuma was the "root cause" of what has been dubbed Guptagate, charged Maynier, who called on South Africans to "fire" him in polls next year."He is responsible for creating the 'culture of undue influence' referred to in the investigation report," he said.It was revealed at the weekend that Zuma's name, and those of the defence and transport ministers, had been used to manipulate official procedures.Bollywood stars and politicians were among the guests attending the nuptials of Vega Gupta, a niece of the powerful Gupta brothers who own several companies including Sahara Computers and the pro-government New Age newspaper.Their 121-car convoy was also granted a full police escort to the Sun City resort for the four-day affair billed as "the wedding of the year".A total of 194 government staff and 88 vehicles were used, 296 private security officers were hired, and two planes and seven choppers used to ferry guests.The lounges at the base had been decorated by an unvetted company and two red carpets laid out, the report states.The family was originally turned down by South Africa's main airport OR Tambo International near Johannesburg and by the minister of defence.However, the Guptas then turned to the diplomatic channel.An individual at the Indian High Commission "re-designated the wedding entourage as an official delegation" allowing the base to be used "under the cover of diplomatic privilege"."The landing of the flight was a direct result of manipulation of processes and was undesirable," states the report.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Top Artists Headline Standard Bank Joy of Jazz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Ray Phiri and Abdullah Ibrahim&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; South African jazz giant Abdullah Ibrahim joins Grammy Award winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard and celebrated pianist Ahmad Jamal at the opening night of Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, which runs in Newtown from August 22 to 24.In 2013 the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz once again reinforces its status as South Africa's premier jazz festival, and one of the best on the African continent, thanks to a stellar line-up of musicians from around the globe.These include American Carmen Lundy, an enduring artist in a jazz vocal tradition that stretches all the way back to Billie Holiday; acclaimed 'Big Chief' of the sax Donald Harrison who will be performing with his nephew the acclaimed New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott as well as South African trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana; Grammy Award winning tenor saxophonist Eddie Daniels; Japanese jazz pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto and American saxophonist Tia Fuller who was a member of the all-female band touring with Beyoncé.Also on the bill, which features more than 50 artists, is Dennis Edwards, a former lead singer for the Motown act The Temptations who will be appearing in The Temptations Review which features Paul Williams Jnr, son of original Temptations member Paul Williams; Peter White from the UK who first gained fame with his distinctive guitar style as accompanist to Al Stewart and played on Stewart's landmark Year of the Cat album; Argentina's Tango String Quartet; the DRC's Ray Lema; US vocalist René Marie; Cape Verde's Marie de Barros and Lenora Raphael from the US.The South African contingent includes Ray Phiri and Stimela; Mlungisi Gegana who will be paying tribute to the late South African jazz double bassist and pianist Johnny Dyani; Sipho Mabuse who pays homage to Zim Ngqawana; Sibongile Mngoma (a former Standard Bank Young Artist) who will release an album in June this year in which classical meets jazz; Afrotraction; Kabomo, Selaelo Selota, Mbuso Khoza, Ivan Mazuze, Jeff Maluleke and Themba Mkhize.From his roots growing up in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South African composer and keyboardist Adam Glasser is now recognised as one of the world's leading jazz harmonica players. Glasser has put together a unique jazz collaboration for Standard Bank Joy of Jazz combining musicians he has played with in both the UK and South Africa including Australia's Carl Orr, South Africa's Concord Nkabinde (former Standard Bank Young Artist winner for jazz) and Nduduzo Makhathini as well as Ghana's Frank Tontoh.Shane Cooper, the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Jazz, will be performing with Bokani Dyer, Kesivan Naidoo (another former Standard Bank Young Artist winner for jazz), Reza Khota and Justin Bellairs.There's a performance from the Peter Auret Trio comprising Auret, Roland Moses and James Sunney of Watershed fame with special guest Joe Penn on saxophone.Described as the most gifted musician ever to blend African and American music, Abdullah Ibrahim has enjoyed a career that has spanned half a century as a pianist and composer. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Local leader blames negligence in S. Africa circumcision deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Boys from the Xhosa tribe attend an initiation school in Libode, South Africa, on November 20, 2009. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Negligence is to blame for some of the 27 deaths of young males who died while undergoing ritual circumcision, a local traditional leader said Tuesday.The death toll during the procedures -- part of traditional rites of passage into manhood -- on Friday climbed to 27, police said.South African police last week said they had launched a series of murder inquiries into the matter and President Jacob Zuma has called on them to move faster in their investigation and arrest the culprits.The latest four deaths occurred on Friday in the northeastern Mpumalanga province."We have proven that there was some negligence," Kgoshi Mathibela Mokoena, head of the traditional leaders in the provincial parliament told AFP.He said preliminary findings showed that some of the 30,000 males currently undergoing the circumcision rites, had developed complications but were not administered proper after-care after they were left in the hands of inexperienced young men.After conducting the procedures, some of the circumcisers left and returned to the secluded bushy sites, hours later, some of them drunk.Other people suffered from dehydration as it was established some of the 200 odd sites dotted across the province lacked clean drinking water.Despite the escalating death toll, police are yet to make arrests almost two weeks after the first death occurred on May 8."There is a huge amount of investigation, it's not a question of arresting but doing the right things during the investigation," said police spokesman Leonard Hlathi, dismissing fears some of the perpetrators may flee.Police have so far launched series of murder inquests into the deaths of the boys and young men aged between 13 and 20 years, but Zuma said they were not acting fast enough."While we welcome action taken by police so far in opening murder dockets, we wish to urge them to ensure swift justice for the families and that those responsible for the deaths are brought to book without delay", he said in a statement.The country is "outraged at this massive and unnecessary loss of young life at the hands of those who are supposed to nurture and protect them," said the president.Ritual circumcision is common among South Africa's ethnic Xhosa, Sotho and Ndebele ethnic groups.Deaths at the so-called initiation schools in South Africa are common, with several hundred cases recorded in recent years due to bleeding and infections.Boys spend around a month in secluded bush or mountains sites for the sessions that also include lessons on the virtues of masculine courage and discipline.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Ten S.Africa chrome miners hurt in clash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Striking platinum miners protest in Rustenberg on October 30, 2012. By (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Ten striking chrome miners were shot and wounded with rubber bullets in a dawn clash with mine security on Tuesday, South African police and unions said.Some 500 miners at a small chrome mine in the restive Rustenburg mining region northwest of the country staged a picket around 5:00 am (0300 GMT).Security guards used rubber bullets to disperse the group, who work at a mine owned by the German-based chemical group Lanxess."Ten of them were injured and taken to the mine hospital," regional police spokesman Thulani Ngubane told AFP."The current information we have is that rubber bullets were used, but our investigations are ongoing," Ngubane said.A local member of the National Union of Mineworkers said three of those shot sustained serious injuries.Police have now moved into the mine and the situation is under control, Ngubane said.It is the latest round of unrest in South Africa's key mining region, where the world largest platinum mines are found.The news rocked South Africa's already jittery financial markets.The rand, which has been on a downward slide, was trading at 9.55 to the dollar on Tuesday -- its weakest level in four years.Last week Lonmin platinum nine workers staged a two-day strike sparked by union rivalry, while Anglo American Platinum workers threatened work stoppages over plans to lay off 6,000 miners.Meanwhile the National Union of Mineworkers said the Lanxess miners had been on strike for nearly a week over unpaid bonuses, but tensions escalated Tuesday."There is a court order in terms of where strikes are supposed to stop. .....]]></description>
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		<title>S.Africa officials &#8216;used Zuma name in wedding jet scandal&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South African President Jacob Zuma speaks in Sochi, on May 16, 2013. By Maxim Shipenkov (Pool/AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; PRETORIA (AFP) - South African officials used President Jacob Zuma's name to secure landing rights at a military air base to fly in guests for a lavish wedding hosted by a well-connected Indian family, a probe found Sunday.The name-dropping was "very bad" and government officials should not have allowed themselves to be "intimidated" into accommodating the Gupta family, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said as he presented the preliminary findings from an investigation into last month's incident.The report found that the family had been denied permission to land their chartered jet at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg because the elaborate reception they planned for their nearly 200 guests would have disrupted normal operations.The family then turned to an Indian diplomat who wrongly told his government contacts that the wedding party was an official delegation, the report found.The Airbus 330 private jet was then cleared to land at the Waterkloof military base "based on false information and abuse of privileges", according to the panel of ministers tasked with investigating the controversy, which has embarrassed the South African government.The probe found that Zuma himself was not involved in the case but that his name, and those of the defence and transport ministers, had been used to manipulate official procedures."The issue of name-dropping has been established in this investigation," Radebe said at a press conference in Pretoria, flanked by six ministers including those from defence, state security and foreign affairs.The landing of the plane "following the exercise of undue influence had the potential to compromise the credibility of the government... and could have caused severe reputational damage to the state itself," he added.The wealthy Gupta family, which has close ties with Zuma and the ruling ANC party, has issued a public apology for the scandal.The incident has drawn widespread condemnation, with Zuma facing allegations of cronyism from political foes and rare public rebukes from his allies.A senior South African diplomat and several police officers have been suspended for their role in allowing the aircraft to land at the restricted base.Bollywood stars and politicians were among the guests attending the nuptials of Vega Gupta, a niece of the powerful Gupta brothers who own several companies including Sahara Computers and the pro-government New Age newspaper.Their convoy of 121 vehicles was also granted a full police escort to the Sun City resort for the four-day affair billed as "the wedding of the year".The report found that some of the guests' cars had false registration numbers and estimated that nearly 200 police officers had been deployed for the convoy.Police are still carrying out further investigations that could lead to sanctions for those implicated in the scandal.International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said she would share the probe findings with the Indian government, but for now ties between the two countries remained "robust".&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>S.African doctor returns home after UAE detention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South African doctor Cyril Karabus gives a press conference after his arrival at Cape Town airport on May 17, 2013. By Rodger Bosch (AFP)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; CAPE TOWN (AFP) - A South African doctor arrived home on Friday nine months after he was detained in the United Arab Emirates over the death of a cancer patient he treated more than a decade ago.Cyril Karabus, a paediatric oncologist, was detained last August while in transit through Dubai after having been sentenced in absentia in 2003 for the death of a three-year-old leukaemia patient while briefly working in Abu Dhabi.In March, he was acquitted of manslaughter and forgery relating to the case, and won a subsequent appeal by UAE prosecutors against the acquittal.The 78-year-old was welcomed by his family and South Africa's deputy foreign minister to great festivities as a band played and a crowd cheered in the international arrivals hall at Cape Town International Airport.Supporters dressed in "Welcome home Cyril Karabus" t-shirts held balloons and posters.Amid the saga to have Karabus freed, which required the involvement of South African authorities, the World Medical Association issued a cautionary advisory notice to doctors thinking of working in the UAE.Giving thanks for the support he received, Karabus said after he landed that "it's nice to be home"."I'm very pleased that it's all over," he said."It was dreadful -- the ups and downs -- when you thought things were going well and then a day or two later, suddenly something happened and they were going down again. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ritual circumcision kills 23 males in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South African police patrol in Elspark on April 10, 2013. By Stephane de Sakutin (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African police said Friday they had launched a series of murder inquiries after 23 males died while undergoing circumcision during traditional rites of passage into manhood.The 23 -- aged between 13 and 21 -- died in various places across the country's northeastern Mpumalanga province over the course of a week."We have opened 22 cases of murder and one of inquest," regional police spokesman Leonard Hlathi told AFP.One of the deaths was labelled "inquest" because the boy reportedly had an existing health condition.There have been no arrests yet as police compile statements and await post-mortem results.Ritual circumcision is common among South Africa's ethnic Xhosa, Sotho and Ndebele ethnic groups.Deaths at so-called initiation schools in South Africa are common, with several hundred cases recorded in recent years due to bleeding and infections.Boys spend around a month in secluded bush or mountains areas for the sessions that also include lessons on the virtues of masculine courage and discipline.There are usually two circumcision seasons - in winter during the months of May through July and in summer between November and December.Government and the ruling African National Congress Party have expressed concern at the deaths which have nonetheless sparked little public outrage.Government spokeswoman Phumla Williams called on the initiation schools "to ensure that precautionary health measures are exercised during this period to minimise illnesses and death."Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane said he was saddened by the loss of young lives.The "loss of several young lives in Mpumalanga and elsewhere in the country is regrettable," Chabane said this week.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Lonmin holds talks to end S.Africa mine strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Striking Lonmin mine workers gather at Wonderkop hill in Marikana on May 14, 2013. By Tiro Ramatlhatse (AFP)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; MARIKANA, South Africa (AFP) - Embattled platinum producer Lonmin held talks with striking miners Wednesday to end an illegal strike that has stoked fears of violence between rival South African unions.Miners failed to report for a morning shift, extending the strike into its second day and paralysing 13 shafts belonging to the world's third largest platinum producer."Hopefully today they will reach an agreement and work will continue," said Lonmin spokeswoman Sue Vey.The informal strike has been fuelled by rivalry between the upstart Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and its once mighty rival the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).The two unions are locked in a vicious power struggle over who represents the majority of miners at Marikana, where 34 miners were shot dead by police last year.NUM still enjoys Lonmin's recognition, despite losing scores of members to the more militant AMCU in the wake of the shooting."Still NUM is being treated as majority union at the workplace," AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa told AFP.Tensions have been enflamed by recent violence.AMCU regional leader Mawethu Steven and two brothers, said to be members of NUM, were killed in separate incidents over the weekend.Police have begun an investigation, but so far no arrests have been made."NUM is carrying firearms at the workplace wrongfully without being reprimanded by management," said Mathunjwa.But he distanced his organisation from the unofficial strike."The leadership of these unions have distanced themselves from the strike," said Vey."It implies that the workers are acting on their own."Miners gathered at a stadium near the shafts early Wednesday, to hear addresses by union leaders and to decide whether to continue the stay-away.The latest stoppage at Lonmin comes at the start of South Africa's so-called strike season when workers pour onto the streets demanding annual wage hikes.Lonmin shares slid almost two percent in London trade Wednesday, compounding a battering from the day before.Since the strike began almost $155 million has been wiped off the company's stock value.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Eying re-election, South Africa&#8217;s Zuma shifts gear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South African President Jacob Zuma speaks on April 25, 2013, in Cape Town. By Rodger Bosch (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; ELDORADO PARK, South Africa (AFP) - South African president Jacob Zuma toured a drug-ravaged Johannesburg suburb Tuesday, using an emotional plea from local mothers to highlight his government's drive for change, ahead of an upcoming election.Less than a year before voters decide whether Zuma will get a second five-year term, the ANC leader -- who has been criticised for being disengaged from the country's many problems -- hit the streets vowing action.Visiting the blighted Eldorado Park area after 23 "desperate moms and sisters" wrote to him pleading for action on drugs, Zuma said he would personally tackle the issues they raised.The area voted overwhelmingly for the opposition Democratic Alliance in 2011 municipal elections.The mother of a teenage boy broke down at a rally as she recounted how drugs had ravaged her community while a corrupt police force turned a blind eye.Dereleen James described how her 17-year-old son, who has undergone rehabilitation twice, had turned to theft to feed his addiction."He tormented us daily for money and when we refused he would go wild]]></description>
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		<title>Aids-related deaths falling in S. Africa: agency</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; A nurse takes a blood sample in a clinic set up to test students for HIV in Kwazulu Natal on March 8, 2011. By Stephane de Sakutin (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; CAPE TOWN (AFP) - One in ten South Africans is HIV positive but AIDS-related deaths are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, the country's official statistics agency said Tuesday.After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the world's largest HIV treatment programme.New data indicate that drive is working. The disease will be responsible for 32 percent of all deaths this year.While still high, that is a dramatic fall from 48 percent in 2005."Medicine has advanced and people are living with HIV and AIDS," statistician-general Pali Lehohla told AFP, unveiling data that point to a dramatic drop in AIDS-related deaths.Average life expectancy has also increased to 59.6 years, from just 51.6 in 2005.But the scale of the problem is huge, with 5.3 million people living with HIV out of a population of nearly 53 million.The state had 1.9 million people on treatment in April this year.Statistics South Africa released its last mid-year estimates, which uses modelled figures, in 2011.The country's population growth rate is just over one percent.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>S.Africa platinum miners strike after unionist killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Striking Lonmin mine workers sing and dance in Marikana on August 29, 2012. By Rodger Bosch (AFP/File) &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; MARIKANA, South Africa (AFP) &#8211; Thousands of mine workers downed tools on Tuesday at South Africa&#8217;s Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alviro Petersen replaces Smith in S.Africa squad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Alviro Petersen lines up a stroke against Pakistan in Johannesburg on February 2, 2013. By &#8211; (AFP) &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) &#8211; Test opening batsman Alviro Petersen will replace Graeme Smith in South Africa&#8217;s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S.Africa platinum miners strike after death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Striking Lonmin mine workers sing and dance in Marikana on August 29, 2012. By Rodger Bosch (AFP/File) &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) &#8211; Thousands of mine workers downed tools on Tuesday at South Africa&#8217;s Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drunk tourist charges at South African elephant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; An African elephant drinks water in Addo Elephant National Park on November 15, 2009. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Video footage of an inebriated tourist lunging out of his car and charging a wild elephant at South Africa's famous Kruger National Park caused an uproar on Monday.The footage, posted on wildlife site Latest Sightings (www.latestsightings.com), showed the unidentified man charging towards the startled animal.With friends cheering and encouraging him, the man runs towards the elephant, falls to the ground but gets up again and bolts in the direction of the animal."Run at him right now, run," a voice of a fellow tourist is heard over the footage, which appeared to have been filmed by his colleagues.The elephant initially swings its trunk towards the man, but soon makes its escape.The man returns to his cheering friends.Latest Sightings said on its Facebook page that it received the video at the weekend but it was unclear when the incident occurred.Wild animals in the two-million-hectare park sometimes attack visitors and elephants have been known to overturn the cars of sightseers.The park's officials were not immediately reachable for comment, although wildlife advocates called for charges to be levelled against the tourist.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>S.Africa&#8217;s ANC youth blast Tutu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Picture taken on November 6, 2012 in Johannesburg shows South Africa's Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. By Stephane de Sakutin (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa's ruling ANC youth wing hit out at former archbishop Desmond Tutu on Monday, after the Nobel Prize winner said he would not vote for the party at the next elections.The ANC Youth League said Tutu must make remarks "anchored by reality and facts" after he cited the challenges of persistent inequality as one reason he would not be voting for the party."Any utterances that he makes, particularly on so emotive a subject, must be factual and represent the reality of South Africa," the ANC Youth League said reply."(Young people) expect the Archbishop and other leaders to speak truth anchored by reality and facts and not anecdotal information based on creativity and imagination."Tutu is widely regarded as the voice of South Africa's moral conscience.Under apartheid, Tutu campaigned against white minority rule and was awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.In a recent newspaper article the 81-year-old said he had voted for the ANC in the past polls since the advent of democracy in 1994.But in recent years the cleric has been increasingly critical of the ruling party.In 2011 he accused the ANC government of kowtowing to trade partner China when it delayed a tourist visa for Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama.South Africa will hold its fifth general elections in 2014.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Profits surge for S. Africa gold miner AngloGold</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union in Rustenburg, South Africa on Febuary 19, 2013. By Mujahid Safodien (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - AngloGold Ashanti, the world's third-biggest bullion producer, posted a six-fold increase in quarterly earnings on Monday, amid difficult recovery from last year's industrial unrest.The company reported adjusted headline earnings of $113 million in the first quarter of 2013, helped by a slowdown in labour unrest.Earnings rose from $19 million in the last quarter of 2012 and gold production rose to 899,000 ounces from 859,000.The company forecasts second-quarter production at between 900,000 and 950,000 ounces.With $3.4 billion of liquidity headroom, the group said its balance sheet remained robust as South Africa braces for another strike season.AngloGold Ashanti's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, said focus on productivity and cost would be "especially crucial now, given the recent weakness in the gold price."The company's two key new projects - Tropicana in Australia and Kibali in the DRC - are on schedule to produce by the end of the year adding half-a-million ounces of new production.The Johannesburg headquartered company has twenty operations on four continents, including Brazil, Ghana and Australia.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Union leader killed amid S.African platinum tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 18:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South African anti-riot police officers stand guard on January 16, 2013 at a platinum mine in Rustenburg. By Stephane de Sakutin (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A union representative in South Africa's platinum belt has been gunned down before he could testify at an inquiry into violent strikes, a union leader said Sunday, amid ongoing tension in the country's platinum producing sector.Gunmen shot dead the man, identified by local media as Steve Khululekile, on Saturday around 1100 GMT, said Jimmy Gama, national treasurer of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)."He was our regional organiser there in the North West," Gama told AFP, referring to the province where 34 people died in clashes with police in one day at the Lonmin platinum mine in August.He was a Lonmin employee and involved with the local branch of the powerful National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) until he was dismissed following a dispute in 2011, said Gama.Gama hinted that the assailants may have been NUM supporters."They were associated with another union... Of course there is one union that we are in competition with in this area."Khululekile was due to testify before a commission looking into violence at last year's killings that has already been clouded by other deaths.In March, a traditional healer who had reportedly performed rituals that would protect striking miners before last year's clashes, was killed.And two other witnesses have committed suicide, according to local media.A NUM leader from the same area was shot dead at his house last October.&#13; &#13; ]]></description>
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		<title>Domingo plans to build on S. Africa cricketers&#8217; success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; South Africa cricketer Farhaan Behardien (left) at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on March 24, 2013. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Russell Domingo, who was on Saturday appointed as South Africa's next head coach, said he planned to build on the structures put in place by incumbent Gary Kirsten.Domingo, 38, is assistant coach to Kirsten, who announced on Friday he would not be renewing his two-year contract which expires at the end of July."I know what David Moyes is feeling," said Domingo, comparing the challenge of taking over from a successful coach as being similar to Moyes' appointment to succeed Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager.Under Kirsten, South Africa became the number one team in the world Test rankings."Hopefully I can continue to take the side to another level," said Domingo. "I know we have achieved the top in Test cricket but there's still lots of other work to be done...]]></description>
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		<title>Kirsten to quit as South Africa coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Amplats axes 6,000 jobs in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#13; &#13; &#13; Some of 12,000 miners sacked by Amplats last year protest their dismissal in Rustenburg on October 6, 2012. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Top global platinum producer Anglo American Platinum on Friday unveiled revised plans to cut 6,000 jobs at its South African operations, risking renewed labour unrest.Amid fierce government and union pressure, the company backed away from initial proposals to cut up to 14,000 jobs but unveiled cost savings worth $420 million (3.8 billion rand) a year."(The) principle issue is to turn our loss-making operations to profitability," said Amplats CEO Chris Griffith, denying he had put politics before business principles.Amplats reported a more-than-140 percent drop headline earnings in 2012.Profits were obliterated thanks to a higher wage bill and increased electricity costs, at the same time as expensive deeper mines yielded lower grade metals.Amplats said most of the job cuts will come in the northern city of Rustenburg, a crucible of deadly labour violence last year.Unions have vowed to fight any job cuts and fresh work stoppages are likely.After reacting furiously to Amplats initial shock announcement, the South African government welcomed Friday's revision as "quite an achievement.""If government and business and labour sit down together, you can find better solutions," said finance minister Pravin Gordhan."Hopefully government and business can still work together to see how we look after those 6,000 people and ensure that there is a clear social plan to support them."Friday's announcement of vastly reduced job losses will offer little succour to workers struggling with crippling unemployment.At least one in four South African workers currently has no job and growth is anaemic compared to the rest of Africa, which is expected to grow at more than five percent this year.And larger retrenchments are likely to have be delayed rather than abandoned.Most of Amplats job savings came from keeping the Khuseleka 1 mine open.Griffith suggested the facility, which currently employs around 4,500 people, will be closed within three to five years anyway, although some jobs may be shifted elsewhere.The timing is embarrassing for the government, coming as South Africa holds the World Economic Forum's "African Davos" in Cape Town.South Africa's mining sector has been reeling since last August when 34 people were killed in one day at the nearby Lonmin platinum mine.Since then mines in the region have been hit by a series of wildcat strikes, go slows and clashes between established and more militant up-and-coming unions.At Amplats five mine workers were shot in February by guards sparked by a turf war between the main National Union of Mineworker (NUM) and a smaller upstart Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).It is expected that Amplats decision will cut production capacity by 250,000 ounces this year, around 11 percent of last year's total production.On the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Amplats shares were down 2.4 percent, while the rand fell slightly against the dollar.Amplats also has operations in Zimbabwe and Brazil. ]]></description>
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