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Oppositi... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571673&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:43:20 -0400 One News http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571673&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Irene Kuppan The devastated parents of Tremaine Dedekind are furious and disappointed that police bungling has resulted in their son's alleged killers walking free. Shortly after three men we... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571292&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:48 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571292&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 © 2008 Star & Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. Reliance on the information this site contains is at your own risk. Please read our http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572456&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:19:55 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572456&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 September 8, 2008 By Justin Brown Johannesburg - Mining industry chief executives could be held legally accountable for health and safety at their operations as soon as next year if the National Union... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571041&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:27 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571041&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a senior superintendent, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said the suspect was arrested in ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572457&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:16:22 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572457&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 8 (Reuters) - South African state utility Eskom is expected to cope with growing power demand over the next several years without eroding its reserve margin, Nazmeera Moola, M... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572449&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:23:31 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572449&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Heinz de Boer Flowers laid on the driveway and a photograph showing a group of smiling boys in school uniform were the sombre reminder of the grisly murder of the Sham family in their Dulwich Ro... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572439&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:51 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572439&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 If you are a Pretoria News subscriber, log in now to gain full access to this website. Articles marked with are available to logged-in subscribers only. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572440&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:48 -0400 Pretoria News http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572440&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Inseparable: This mother and her 3-year-old daughter have been saved from being parted after the Johannesburg High Court ruled that the child should not be taken to the US by the father. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572450&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:18 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572450&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Dasen Thathiah The passenger of an alleged drag racer died on Saturday morning after their vehicle crashed into a road barrier in Phoenix. The 21-year-old, Peroshan Govender, had been travell... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572437&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:57 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572437&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] Free State farmers affected by recent veld fires have reportedly been given bales of fodder by agriculture MEC Mamiki Qhabathe over the weekend. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572454&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:44 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572454&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Orange Farm residents burnt tyres on Monday morning in a protest over poor service delivery, said Johannesburg metro police. The large amount of smoke generated by the burning tyres led... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572459&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:16:11 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572459&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Nathi Olifant One of the three people wanted for the murder of police Superintendent Frans Bothma in KwaMashu last Tuesday was arrested at the weekend, police said on Sunday. Superintendent J... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571289&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:29:05 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571289&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Port Elizabeth - Eleven police officers were injured when their vehicle overturned on the Old Grahamstown road on Sunday, Eastern Cape police said. The officers, stationed at Mount Road police station... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572463&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:57 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572463&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Thabo Mbeki will meet with leaders of Zimbabwe's rival political parties in Harare on Monday as part of stalled power-sharing talks, a government official said. "We confirm that the president... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572462&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:54 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572462&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] Johannesburg metro police have dismissed earlier reports that Orange Farm residents have burnt their shacks in protest against poor service delivery. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572452&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:29 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572452&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] CAPE TOWN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Global warming and climate change could cause more outbreaks of bluetongue disease in Europe, hitting trade and production hard, delegates at the 17th World Meat Co... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572443&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:23:34 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572443&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Deon de Lange The controversial arms deal has raised its ugly head in parliament again after the Democratic Alliance called on the national assembly's standing committee on public accounts to re... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572438&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:54 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572438&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Parliament's correctional services portfolio committee has confirmed that convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik's case would be one of those to be discussed on September 16 at a meeting with officials of ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572433&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:29:15 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572433&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Carryn-Ann Nel, Die Burger Cape Town - The Van der Vyvers are not going to get involved with "nonsense", said Fred van der Vyver's legal representative, Advocate Dup de Bruyn, SC, in res... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572460&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:16:08 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572460&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 September 8, 2008 By Sapa and Justin Brown A mineworker died after an accident at Kroondal Platinum Mine in the North West, Aquarius Platinum South Africa said on Saturday. The accident happened on... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572442&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:21 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572442&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] (Adds details, background, shares) LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's Mvelaphanda Resources <MVLJ.J> denied on Monday it was in talks with Aquarius Platinum <AQP.L> about a ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572448&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:23:32 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572448&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] Johannesburg metro police have dismissed earlier reports that Orange Farm residents have burnt their shacks in protest against poor service delivery. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572451&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:22 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572451&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Latest Zimbabwe Stories Gweru - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called on Sunday for fresh elections, supervised by international observers, if deadlocked power-sharing talks do not reach... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572461&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:52 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572461&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Sasol <SOLJ.J>, the world's top maker of fuel from coal, will spend 70 billion rand ($8.98 billion) on various expansion projects in the next 3 years, its ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572447&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:23:33 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572447&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Housing MEC Whitey Jacobs faced the ire of some Gugulethu, Nyanga and Langa backyard dwellers who marched to his house in Gugulethu and dumped their refuse in his garden. The backyarders kept a pro... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572435&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:29:08 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572435&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sonja van Buul, Beeld Sasolburg - His wedding suit hangs ready in his wardrobe, but he will never wear it, or see his bride walking down the aisle towards him. Werner Geldenhuys, 29, of Vaalpark, was ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572467&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:42 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572467&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Latest Zimbabwe Stories Harare - Zimbabwe's main opposition party said on Thursday President Robert Mugabe will be committing "political suicide" if he goes ahead with his threat to unil... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572466&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:44 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572466&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] Sept 8 (Reuters) - Following is a notable quote from history. "I drove it with no insurance. No one wanted to give any to us." -- Hein Wagner, 33-year-old South African, who became the world... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572445&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:23:35 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572445&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 September 8, 2008 Johannesburg - The high price of crude oil fuelled a 32 percent rise in Sasol's operating profit increased to R34 billion in its 2008 financial year, the company said on Monday. T... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572441&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:38 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572441&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Hilda Fourie, Beeld Pretoria - A father who travelled from Belgium to South Africa for his son's 18th birthday, was shot dead in front of him early on Saturday morning. After robbers killed the 45... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572464&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:16:01 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572464&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] Free State farmers affected by recent veld fires have reportedly been given bales of fodder by agriculture MEC Mamiki Qhabathe over the weekend. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572453&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:41 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572453&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Colombo - As if wedding nerves, guest lists and the right dress were not enough to deal with, Sri Lankan brides-to-be are finding their big day dominated by heavy security, inflation and even global p... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572468&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:38 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572468&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 September 8, 2008 Sydney -Resources giant BHP Billiton on Monday announced it has resumed iron ore mining operations in Western Australia after they were shut down when two workers were killed in sepa... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571345&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:32 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17571345&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Irene Kuppan Murder accused and Chatsworth taxi boss, Duncan Arumugam, will remain in prison until the outcome of his trial. Arumugam, together with Pravendran Perumal and Brandon Govender, w... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572434&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:29:12 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572434&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 September 8, 2008 By Serena Chaudhry Johannesburg - The JSE stock exchange was forced to stop trading early on Monday after equity data stopped updating due to a technical fault. "Yes, there is a t... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572436&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:28:43 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572436&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Louise Luttig, Beeld Auckland - Two South African men have died due to asphyxiation, and a third is in a serious condition in hospital, after a camping expedition in New Zealand went horribly wrong. T... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572469&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:35 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572469&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Oslo - Two people were found dead on Saturday at a music festival in southern Norway, and six others were hospitalised, police said. The victims were found in and near a bus at the Norway Rock Festiva... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572470&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:31 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572470&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Gloria Edwards and Lauren Thys, Beeld Kempton Park - A woman and her pet bird were killed by the fumes of her generator which she used during a power failure. Aletta Dormehl, 49, of Kempton Park was f... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572471&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:29 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572471&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Verashni Pillay Johannesburg - A woman was found dead on Wednesday morning from carbon monoxide poisoning, due to the generator she was using after power was cut in the Kempton Park area. Netcare 911 ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572472&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:15:26 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17572472&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 6. ROLAND Schoeman kept Swimming SA's statisticians busy as he smashed two African records on the second day of the four-day Telkom SA Short Course Championsh... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568341&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:20:35 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568341&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Angelique Serrao The gap between finishing matric and higher education is too high for many youths who are sitting at home watching their dreams fade. Marks Ramasike, a community leader, has ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569065&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:36 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569065&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The aviation industry is increasingly diverse, offering many opportunities for a promising career. Nevertheless, the dearth of skills is a worry in the industry. To address the shortage of pilot... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569064&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:31 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569064&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A police officer killed one man and wounded another after they opened fired on his vehicle at Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday. Police Superintendent Henry Budhram said the police officer had go... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568063&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:28 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568063&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 APPOINTMENTS, including a raft of advisers to the government, are due to be made to help SA utilise information and communication technology (ICT) more effectively. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568356&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:18 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568356&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 6. SWIMMING South Africa management and its Olympic team members have agreed to work together in the interest of the sport, in a bid to provide the best planning ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568342&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:20:36 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568342&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne has been found guilty of contempt of court for ignoring a high court order which stopped him from further accusing Finance Minister Trevor Manuel of being corr... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568355&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:18 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568355&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The Consumer Protection Bill would not achieve its aim of rendering justice more accessible to all because of the inappropriate institutional structure proposed, Business Unity SA (Busa) said in Parli... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568357&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568357&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ALLOWING mining to go ahead on the Transkei Wild Coast would devastate the environment and that would mean "permanent change" to the community's "traditional way of life and their connection with the ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568362&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568362&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A senior National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) official in Kimberley is facing criminal charges for allegedly making false travel and subsistence claims to the law-enforcement agency. And despite th... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569063&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:42 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569063&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol has set aside R558m for its wax business as part of a project to double hard wax production at its Sasolburg facility by 2013, the group said on Friday. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568361&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568361&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569070&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:14 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569070&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Statistics South Africa and The Star, The Mercury and The Pretoria News have reached a settlement resolving the complaint lodged by Stats SA with the Press Ombudsman in relation to a report published ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569067&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:20 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569067&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 7. DURBAN-based Olympic swim star Kathryn Meaklim enhanced her reputation as one of the leading female swimmers on the national aquatics scene, by totaling seven ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568340&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:20:41 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568340&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 High interest rates clobbered the building industry from 1993 to 1998, when interest rates rose 67%, with prime reaching 25,50%. From 2005 to date, we've experienced a 47% rise in rates, which has adv... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17567962&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17567962&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 This week, Brait economist Colen Garrow tried a scenario planning point of view after attending a host of functions at which speakers spoke on different possibilities for South Africa's economic futur... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568349&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568349&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The aircraft manufacturer is demanding millions of dollars in predelivery payments for an order SAA claims it cancelled in 2004. As a result SAA has had to make provision for an additional $727m for p... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568354&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:20 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568354&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (Reuters) - Gold jumped almost 2 percent on Monday, lifted by a broad rally across the commodities spectrum on hopes that a U.S. bailout of top mortgage lenders would e... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569074&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:08 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569074&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 6. ROLAND Schoeman took the men's 50 free world record over the short course away from Duje Draganja at the South Africa Short Course Championships.Schoeman c... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17567810&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:20:39 -0400 Swimming World http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17567810&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand gained two percent against the dollar on Monday as investors returned to high risk assets after a U.S. government move that reduced a major risk to g... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569076&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:06 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569076&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A 58-year-old financial advisor, Dirk Cortesi, who came from Australia to visit his father for his birthday, has mysteriously disappeared. The family has offered a R250 000 reward for information l... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568721&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:39 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568721&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sasol, the world's top maker of fuel from coal, on Monday posted a 50 percent jump in full-year earnings to 38.09 rand per share on the back of higher oil prices and a f... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569075&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:07 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569075&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 There are currently more than 30 suspected pyramid operations under investigation in Joburg, as people buy into the alleged get-rich-quick schemes. "People don't seem to realise that if something s... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568062&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:34 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568062&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 BEARING Man, a distributor of engineering products, said now that it had rebranded itself and consolidated numerous divisions, it was poised to increase revenue to R5bn over the next five years. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568359&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:15 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568359&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa ] A Hartbeespoort snake park has reportedly been robbed of the money hard-earned by a man who has been living in a snake cage for 85 days. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569077&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:43:54 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569077&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Nompumelelo Magwaza More farmland was being destroyed by runaway fires in KwaZulu-Natal late on Sunday afternoon. Working on Fire operations manager Simon Thomas said on Sunday that fires had... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569069&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:17 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569069&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Siphamandla Goge A decade-old taxi feud in Mpumalanga, a township near Hammarsdale, could be plunged into further turmoil following the murder of a former chairperson of the Mpumalanga Taxi Asso... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569068&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:26 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569068&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 LISTED wealth and asset management group Peregrine Holdings on Friday announced its ownership could change, and also said it was losing its long-serving CEO, who is joining the exodus of experienced e... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568363&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568363&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A LOCALLY developed website offering free classified adverts is expanding into Brazil today in a venture backed by internet entrepreneur Ronnie Apteker. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568364&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:46:10 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17568364&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Edition 2 ATM in shop robbed of cashATM bombers have taken their trade off the streets and into stores after a group of bombers broke into a butchery in Tsenelong section in Tembisa early on Sat... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569082&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:42:49 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17569082&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Jos Robson College Rovers got their 2008 SAA National Club Rugby Championship programme off on the right foot when they beat Border champions Buffaloes 45-26, outscoring the side from East London by ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559749&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:49:06 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559749&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > TAKE two talented, ambitious and astutely-coached teams on a perfect afternoon for rugby, mix in a dozen current Springboks, garnish it with an international referee, add dollops of incentive ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559748&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:49:23 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559748&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > Friday evening saw the city hall packed to capacity when the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra came to town. It was almost exactly a year ago that Chris Hodgkins brought the orchestra up to... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559751&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:48:50 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559751&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Derek Alberts What could a former Springbok fullback possibly offer an all-sorts audience of greenies, tree-huggers, businesspeople, professionals and others? Quite a lot, judging by the warm rece... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559747&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:49:36 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559747&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A woman and two children died when their house caught fire in Greenpoint in Kimberly on Sunday, Northern Cape police said. Spokesperson Tshepo Mofokeng said the 63-year-old woman and th... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559752&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:26 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559752&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) threatened on Sunday to go to court to try and stop police from going ahead with a "massive" restructuring plan, the SABC re... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559753&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:23 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559753&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An urgent written submission will be made to President Thabo Mbeki over his signing of the Films and Publication Amendment Bill into law, the South African National Editors' Forum (... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559754&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:20 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17559754&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 ');" > Marathoners Tanith Maxwell and Poppy Mlambo dominated the Spar Weekend Witness 10 km race ahead of over 2 000 women yesterday morning. The two Mr Price athletes, who represented South Afric... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557848&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:26:56 -0400 The Natal Witness http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557848&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Hundreds of asylum seekers have been sleeping outside refugee offices in Musina, Limpopo, hoping to obtain temporary permits, the Department of Home Affairs said on Friday. "We are... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557850&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:21 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557850&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] Sept 7 (Reuters) - Rieti Grand Prix men's and women's results from Italy on Sunday Men's 100m 1. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 9.82s 2. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 9.98 3. Ronald Pognon (France) 10.10 Men... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557846&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:27:40 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557846&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sydney Masinga Polokwane - Some government teachers, nurses and police officers in Limpopo are applying illegally for RDP houses because they are in too much debt to get housing loans. A spokesperson ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557851&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:18 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557851&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Mandla Zulu Johannesburg - The Roman Catholic Church in KwaZulu-Natal has been rocked by sex and abortion scandals involving two ordained priests and two young women - one of whom is a former beauty q... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557852&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:14 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557852&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sydney - Pope Benedict XVI offered a historic full apology for child sex abuse by predatory priests on Saturday, saying he was "deeply sorry" and calling for those guilty of the "evil&q... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557853&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:10 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557853&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sydney - Australia's top Catholic cleric on Tuesday denied trying to cover up allegations of sex abuse against a priest, but admitted a letter he wrote to a victim was "badly worded and a mis... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557854&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:06 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557854&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - The African National Congress has no problem with its president Jacob Zuma popping up on social networking website Facebook in groups for and against him becoming president of the country. &q... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557855&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:02 -0400 News 24 http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17557855&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 National volleyball junior team Jacinta Macheso in action during a training session for Africa junior championship to be held in Kasarani, Nairobi. Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO South Africa and Mauritius have p... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17555436&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:31:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17555436&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa A 476 (Puttick 168, Petersen 121, Jacobs 100, de Silva 4-83) beat Sri Lanka A 180 (de Villiers 5-36, Tsotsobe 3-54) and 233 (Paranavitana 52, Abdullah 3-44) by an innings and 63 runs http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554211&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:56:15 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554211&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sport ] England's 2-0 win over Andorra in their opening World Cup qualifier has left coach Fabio Capello with more questions than answers before their next match against Croatia. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554219&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:42:35 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554219&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A 26-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a teenage girl in Willowvale, Eastern Cape police said. Spokesperson Captain Lingisile Magama said a 17-year-old girl was alone at home... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554213&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:49:43 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554213&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sport ] England's 2-0 win over Andorra in their opening World Cup qualifier has left coach Fabio Capello with more questions than answers before their next match against Croatia. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554225&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:42:26 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554225&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa's slow-moving land reform programme, aimed at returning land seized by whites after 1913 to blacks, has so far failed to eradicate poverty, the president of the ruling ANC party has said.... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554212&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:49:40 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554212&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 A parachutist was airlifted to hospital after a freak accident in Cato Ridge on Sunday, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the man, believed to be in his 30s, had sustained ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553777&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:49:48 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553777&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] LONDON (Reuters) - Lonmin is exploring a three-way merger with two rivals to create the world's second-biggest platinum company and evade being taken over by mining giant Xstrata, the Sunday Tel... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554215&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:45:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554215&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 + ] (updates after completion of third round) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Completed third-round scores from the weather-affected BMW Championship at the par-70 Bellerive Golf Club course in St. Louis, Miss... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554216&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:45:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554216&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Some 238 suspects have been arrested for various crimes in and around the Johannesburg CBD, police said on Sunday. Inspector Xoli Mbele said the suspects were arrested during a crime prevention ope... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553632&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:49:46 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553632&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 The taxi industry, which controls the lion's share of the country's public transport system, is disgruntled over being sidelined in the planning of transport for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554218&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:42:33 -0400 The Star http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17554218&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Hamburg - The head of South Africa's World Cup organizing committee has dismissed speculation that the event could be moved elsewhere by football's world governing body FIFA. World Cup Local Organisin... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553537&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:04:40 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17553537&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Armed with Jacob Zuma's face on posters and a plan to woo minorities, the ANC is as nervous now as in the 2006 local government elections, despite opinion polls showing the ruling party will win next ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17552620&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:09:52 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17552620&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 By Annie Dorasamy The Aryan Benevolent Home has been hit by a scandal after a house master discovered two children, aged 12 and 14, having sex in the yard of the Chatsworth children's home. The ... http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17552617&cat=371b1b8643d479c1 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:10:05 -0400 IOL http://feeds.southafricanews.net/?rid=17552617&cat=371b1b8643d479c1