Posts under ‘Republic of South Africa’

Afrique du Sud: les Zimbabwéens bientôt indésirables?

Le gouvernement sud-africain a décidé de dénoncer à la fin de l’année un accord avec le pays voisin. Un accord entré en vigueur en avril 2009, lorsque le Zimbabwe de Robert Mugabe,

Striking S.African workers to vote on new wage offer

Striking South African state workers will vote on Tuesday on an increased wage offer made by the government to try to end a nearly three-week-old strike, the COSATU union federation said.

S.Africa’s Zuma tells government to end strikes

South African President Jacob Zuma has told government ministers to negotiate immediately to end a public sector pay strike

Semenya beaten in Brussels, Gay wins

World 800 metres champion Caster Semenya finished third on her Diamond League debut in Brussels on Friday after a troubled season and in-form sprinter Tyson Gay notched up another win.

Suntech signs MOU to build S.Africa solar plants

Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, China’s largest maker of solar panels, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal to develop solar plants in South Africa

Afrique du Sud: la grève des fonctionnaires continue

La grève des fonctionnaires en Afrique du Sud, entamée il y a une semaine sur des exigences salariales, accentue les tensions au sein de l’alliance de gauche qui a porté au pouvoir le président Jacob Zuma.

Semenya named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad

Caster Semenya, the women’s 800 metres world champion, was named in South Africa’s Commonwealth Games squad on Wednesday.

S.Africa court stops some state workers from striking

South Africa’s government said on Saturday a labour court had granted an injunction banning civil servants in essential services from taking

S.Africa police fire rubber bullets at strikers

Strikers blocked the entrances to two hospitals around Johannesburg and teachers vowed to blockade a main highway as a stoppage by more than 1 million civil servants

Four bullet-riddled bodies found in S.African mine

South African police found four bullet-riddled bodies in an unused shaft of a mine belonging to relatives of Nelson Mandela and President Jacob Zuma, an officer said on Thursday.