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Archive for Category: "Republic of South Africa"
S.Africa unions want central bank to be state owned
South Africa’s powerful COSATU trade union federation called on Tuesday for the central bank to be stripped of many of its powers and taken into state ownership.
Big jump in S Africa sex offences
The latest crime statistics in South Africa show a slight decrease in the murder rate but a sharp rise in burglaries and sexual offences. While the murder rate has fallen by 3%, this still represent more than 18,000 killings per year and is one of the highest rates in the world. Sexual offences have risen [...]
US facilities in S.Africa closed over threat
All U.S. government facilities in South Africa were closed on Tuesday over an undisclosed security threat, a U.S. embassy spokeswoman said. U.S. embassy spokeswoman Sharon Hudson-Dean said the decision to close the facilities, including the embassy in the South African capital Pretoria, was taken after information was received from the regional security office. She did [...]
Afrique du Sud: Zuma persiste et signe
Le président sud-africain persiste à vouloir interdire les syndicats militaires. Lors d’un discours prononcé lundi à l’occasion du 10ème congrès de la Cosatu, la puissante confédération syndicale sud-africaine, Jacob Zuma s’est dit pour le démantèlement des syndicats militaires après la manifestation illégale de soldats, il y a un mois, devant le palais présidentiel.La discipline fait [...]
SA chief issues Semenya apology
Athletics South Africa’s president Leonard Chuene has apologised for denying knowledge of gender tests conducted on runner Caster Semenya.
S.Africa vows to clamp down on illegal mining
Top mineral producer South Africa vows to clamp down on illegal mining operations which have increased on the back of higher metals prices and as Africa’s biggest economy hit its first recession in 17 years.
S.Africa athletics officials “humiliate” Semenya:report
Runner Caster Semenya was subjected to humiliating tests in South Africa even before a gender row erupted over her world championship victory last month, a south African newspaper reported.
S.Africa will miss AIDS drug roll-out target
South Africa will not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80 percent of HIV/AIDS sufferers by 2011 due to logistical problems and a lack of personnel, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday.
Afrique du Sud: mobilisation au plus haut niveau pour défendre Caster Semneya
Selon la presse australienne, la championne sud-africaine aurait des organes génitaux féminins et masculins. Dans un tel cas de figure, l’athlète ne pourrait plus participer à des compétitions féminines.
S African ‘strike’ troops sacked
Nearly 700 soldiers from the South African defence force have been sent letters of dismissal following last week’s strike action. Up to 3,000 military personal clashed with the police on the streets of Pretoria during demonstrations over pay and conditions. The action was condemned by both the defence minister and the secretary general of the [...]
Afrique du Sud: Zuma chez Mugabe
Le président sud-africain Jacob Zuma attendu au Zimbabwe pour une visite de deux jours visant à faire le point avec les dirigeants du pays sur l’accord de partage du pouvoir, dont l’Afrique du Sud a été un parrain clé et qui a débouché en février sur l’émergence d’un gouvernement d’unité nationale.
Afrique du Sud: affrontement entre militaires et policiers
Un millier de soldats sud-africains qui manifestaient illégalement près des bureaux du gouvernement à Pretoria, ont été dispersés à l’aide de canons à eau, balles en caoutchouc et gaz lacrymogènes, a annoncé mercredi le ministère de la Défense.
Afrique du Sud: retour triomphal de caster Semenya
Des milliers de fans ont acclamé la jeune championne du monde du 800 m, Caster Semenya, à son arrivée mardi à l’aéroport de Johannesburg. La décision de la Fédération internationale d’athlétisme de diligenter un comité d’experts pour enquêter sur l’identité sexuelle de la jeune femme a scandalisé l’Afrique du Sud. « Notre Première dame des [...]
S.Africa platinum miner expects union to accept deal
The world’s No. 2 platinum producer, Impala Platinum, said on Monday its operations were running normally a day after South Africa’s biggest union said it had suspended a strike after securing an improved wage offer.
Zuma eyes stronger ties with Angola on first visit
South African President Jacob Zuma flew into oil-producing Angola on Wednesday on his first state visit since taking office, aiming to improve once-strained ties with the increasingly important regional power.
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