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South Africa's Pistorius goes free on $113,000 bail

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - By Peroshni Govender - Feb. 22 (News Report) - A South African court granted bail on Friday to Oscar Pistorius, charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, after his lawyers successfully argued the "Blade Runner" was too famous to flee justice.

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Cry, the Misogynistic Country

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By EUSEBIUS McKAISER - Feb. 21 (Opinion) - The Pistorius case shows that violent crime is not limited to the poor or committed only by impoverished blacks against wealthy whites.

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South Africa Since Mandela

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By BILL KELLER - Dec. 17 (Opinion) - The country is still making the transition from liberation movement to government.

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South Africa Corruption Fuels Battle for Political Spoils

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Lydia Polgreen - Dec. 01 (News Analysis) - Dozens of officials, including ward councilors, party leaders and mayors, have been killed in what has become a desperate, deadly struggle for power and its spoils.

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South Africa Mine Shooting: More Than 30 Striking Workers Killed

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Michelle Faul, Jon Gambrell - Aug. 17 (News Report) - South African police officers killed more than 30 striking workers at a Lonmin PLC platinum mine who charged a line of officers trying to disperse them, authorities said Friday. The shooting Thursday is one of the worst in South Afric

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Op-Ed Contributors: Muzzling the Rainbow Nation

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nic Dawes, Judith February, Zackie Achmat - Nov. 29 (Opinion) - New secrecy laws would restrict freedom of speech and reverse South Africa’s strides toward transparent, democratic government.

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Greece works throughout weekend to avoid bankruptcy - Christian Science Monitor

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 06 (Advertisement) - Christian Science MonitorGreece works throughout weekend to avoid bankruptcyChristian Science MonitorGreece continued to struggle economically and politically over the weekend. Prime Minister Papandreou is prepared to step down as soon as an interim government has been chosen. By DEMETRIS NELLAS, Associated Press / November 6, 2011 Greece's Prime ...Europe turns up heat on Greeks to seal unity coalition |ReutersGreek Opposition Chief: PM Must Resign Before Coalition DealVoice of AmericaPapandreou waits for powersharing meetingThe Associated PressThe Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk -Aljazeera.netall 1,246 news articles »

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Who wants to frack with SA?

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Tectonic - By Andreas Späth - Apr. 13 (Opinion) - Shell has faced the flack about proposals to mine for natural gas in the Karoo, but there are others to name and shame.

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South Africans Question the Push To “Go Down the Nuclear Road” to Meet Rising Energy Demand

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Mar. 16 (Special Report) - As the nuclear crisis unfolds in Japan, _Democracy Now!_ reports from South Africa on the government’s plan to triple the country’s nuclear fleet in order to meet rising energy demand. South Africa has the only nuclear reactor on the continent--the Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town, but there are plans to build six more reactors. We speak with South African nuclear expert David Fig, who says, “We need to really assess, as the country, whether we want to go down the nuclear road for further energy purposes.” We also speak to Makoma Lekalakala of Earthlife-Africa, who says that the country’s significant potential for solar and wind energy should be developed.

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Walmart-Massmart merger a threat

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Business Report - Mar. 03 (News Report) - In a hard-hitting submission to the Competition Tribunal three government departments have criticised Wal-Mart and Massmart for their unwillingness to make any binding commitments that would address public interest concerns about the impact of the merger on local procurement, food security and broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE).

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North Korea threatens military action over South's campaign

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - By Cho Mee-young - Feb. 27 (News) - North Korea will fire across a land border with South Korea if Seoul continues its anti-North psychological campaign, the North's official media said on Sunday ahead of an annual, joint military drill between the United States and South Korea.

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South Africa's dancing stallions keep a tradition alive

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Robyn Dixon - Jan. 10 (News Report) - South Africa's dancing stallions keep a tradition alive. Yet the Lipizzaners' story in South Africa — and their struggle for financial survival in recent years — is also symbolic of the country's culturalhistory: "White" culture, post-apartheid, has often fallen on hard times and the Lipizzaners are kept afloat by the ardor of a tiny group of hardworking enthusiasts.

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Greenpeace: Climate Justice Movement Must Intensify Efforts Ahead of 2011 Climate Talks in South Africa

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Dec. 09 (Interview) - While the U.N. climate talks in Cancún are reaching a critical stage, many delegates have begun looking toward the 2011 U.N. climate summit scheduled to take place in Durban, South Africa. _Democracy Now!_’s Mike Burke speaks with one of the leading South African climate change activists, Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace International.

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Retires from Public Life

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Desmond Tutu - Oct. 08 (News) - This week Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa announced he is retiring from public life. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work campaigning against the apartheid regime in South Africa. We play a speech Tutu made at a candlelight vigil to a group of children just outside the Copenhagen climate summit in December.

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A picture of Nelson Mandela's past

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 01 (Interview) - South African photographer Alf Kumalo has been photographing Nelson Mandela since the 1940s, as well as covering some of the country's most historic moments.

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World Cup 2010: The real legacy

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Richard Williams - Jul. 13 (Opinion) - The football disappointed, but the World Cup has left South Africa with new hope On the outward journey, we wondered if South Africa would be worthy of the World Cup. We left for home today with the uneasy feeling that the World Cup had not lived up to the welcome and the facilities provided by its hosts. They gave us their vast and spectacular new stadiums, their best shot at building an integrated transport system from scratch and their kindness and consideration at just about every turn. We gave them a rubbish final from which only the winners could take genuine pleasure. In the tradition of gracious hosts, however, they pretended not to notice. A national hangover was predicted for this morning, but flags were still flying on cars ...

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South Africa And The World Cup

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Nouriel Roubini, Kavitha Cherian, Rachel Ziemba - Jun. 17 (Special Report) - How the popular soccer tournament will impact the country's economy.

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The global political issues playing out at the World Cup.

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Foreign Policy - By Brian Fung - Jun. 11 (News Analysis) - Since attending the World Cup is out of the question for most North Koreans, Pyongyang has solved its on-site fan shortage by recruiting a thousand Chinese citizens to fly the old red, white, and blue on its behalf. Among the members of the

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High-speed train gives South Africa a lift

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Robyn Dixon - Jun. 09 (News Report) - South Africa's fast train was so new when it carried its first passengers Tuesday that it wasn't quite finished. Builders had left string tacked to a wall in the underground station in upscale Sandton, and their notes were still scrawled on walls. There were patches of rough unfinished concrete, paint drips and the earthy cement smell of a building site.

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South Africa: The price of freedom

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Jun. 04 (Opinion) - Can the “miracle” nation, which won plaudits around the world for its peaceful transition to democracy after centuries of white-supremacist rule, conquer the bitter divisions of its past to turn itself into the “rainbow nation” of Nelson Mandela’s dreams? Or will it become ever more mired in bad governance, racial tension, poverty, corruption, violence and decay to turn into yet another African failed state? With Zimbabwe, its neighbour to the north, an ever-present reminder of what can happen after just a couple of decades of post-liberation single-party rule, many South Africans, black and white, worry that their country may be reaching a tipping point.

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New Koeberg site 'unsafe'

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Cape Times - By Babalo Ndenze - Jun. 02 (News Report) - Eskom's proposed nuclear power station to be built next to Koeberg could pose a serious threat to residents as the power utility had failed to address a number of concerns such as health risks and an emergency evacuation plan.

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"The Unspoken Alliance": New Book Documents Arms, Nuclear and Diplomatic Ties Between Israel and Apartheid South Africa

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Sasha Polakow-Suransky - May. 25 (News Analysis) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has denied reports he offered to sell nuclear weapons to apartheid South Africa when he was defense minister in the 1970s. On Sunday, the Guardian newspaper of London published top-secret South African documents revealing that a secret meeting between then-defense minister Shimon Peres and his South African counterpart, P.W. Botha, ended with an offer by Peres for the sale of warheads "in three sizes."

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Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa the bomb

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Chris McGreal - May. 24 (News Report) - Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.

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Israel Denies It Offered South Africa Warheads

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Isabel Kershner - May. 24 (News) - The office of Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, strongly denied Monday that Mr. Peres offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975, as reported by The Guardian.

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It's Not Just Passengers Trying to Catch A Flight

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Vicki O'Hara - Apr. 21 (News Report) - A story about how exports are piling up around the world because of flight cancellations from Iceland's volcanic ash cloud.

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