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  • Questions raised over valuation dropping Guptas property price in S. Africa

    An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation of a property owned by the well-connected Indian family in Johannesburg. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the Gupta family. According to news 24, Maphologela was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the properties' value ...

  • Over 7 million people now receiving HIV treatment in Africa - UN report Over 7 million people now receiving HIV treatment in Africa - UN report

    21 May 2013 150 The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report which documents the progress in the AIDS response in the world's second largest continent. "Africa has been relentless in its quest to turn the AIDS epidemic around," said the Executive Director of the ...

  • The vice-regal couple on tour in South Africa

    The Governer-General participates in a Cape Town luncheon discussion May 20, focusing on how CIDA is helping South African officials manage the development of a local fishing port.(Cpl. Vincent Carbonneau/Rideau ...

  • WEF on ME North Africa to open in Jordan

    The three-day meeting, convening under the theme Advancing Conditions for Growth and Resilience, will focus on shaping the region's economic, social and governance systems of the future. The meeting will convene over 900 leaders from the Gulf region, the Levant, North Africa and internationally. Representatives of business, government, civil society, youth and media will come together to ...

  • DR. Congo fighting 19 People Dead in a clash between government and rebels forces Africa News

    Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo between government and rebel forces in the eastern part of the country near the regional Goma has left 19 people ...

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The Ruins [DVD]

The Ruins [DVD]

The Ruins is a character study wrapped in horror trappings that has too little of the former and just the right amount of the latter. Screenwriter Scott Smith, who adapted his own novel, is attempting to do the roughly same thing that he did with his debut novel A Simple Plan, whic ... ...

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  • Can South Africa Help Nigeria to Industrialise

    South Africa has pledged to help Nigeria make the automotive sector the West African nation's flagship industrial target. Currently German car manufacturer BMW has a plant at Rosslyn near Pretoria. About 80 percent of the BMWs produced there are for the international market. Credit: John ...

  • Incumbent President and Rivals Asked to Withdraw From Polls - UN

    UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July. Ban criticized a decision by Madagascar's electoral court to accept the candidacies of Rajoelina, Lalao Ravalomanana, wife of the leader ousted by Rajoelina, and another former president Didier Ratsiraka. ...

  • Lamy Africa is the growth continent for the 21st century

    The world we live in today is one characterized by profound change. The old theories governing the way that countries produce and trade are being replaced. The pattern of trade is being transformed by increasingly sophisticated technology and innovations in transportation; and the topography of actors is shifting to reflect new poles of growth. This is no longer the clearly delineated ...

  • Kenya misses out as Obamas Africa tour plays catch-up

    As the US president gets ready for diplomatic missions around Africa next month, Obama's Africa tour will leave his ancestral homeland of Kenya as the biggest loser. Meanwhile, the winners are: Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Each will be rewarded for its democratic virtues when Obama embarks on his first major presidential tour of Africa. Not even a relatively peaceful election ...

  • Artists step into Africa

    Xu Qinsong, vice-chairman of the China Artists Association, presents an album of paintings to Maurice Kouakou Bandama, a minister of Cote d'Ivoire, May 21, 2013. [Photo provided to China ...

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