Provides the latest RSS feeds for South Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/371b1b8643d479c1/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 30 London, Sept.30 : Out of favour England fast bowler Darren Pattinson has revealed that he had disagreed with the England selectors' decision to play him in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, and given the acrimony that followed his July call-up, the Victorian-born pace man said he would be content to never again play for England. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/412865/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:02:40 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/412865/cs/1/ Two men were arrested on Tuesday for hijacking and trying to bribe police, Johannesburg police said . "The men, aged 33, and 37, hijacked a bakkie in Boksburg. After the tracker was activated on th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228808/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:03 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228808/ The Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) has registered an increasing number of black practitioners about the last few years, the regulatory body said on Tuesday. The council had seen a steady 23,1 per... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228610/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:13 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228610/ Five manufacturers of baby formula in South Africa have assured the public that none of their products is made with any Chinese-sourced dairy products. "I have personally spoken to each company, an... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230418/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:19 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230418/ JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) - Temporary shelters set up for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence earlier in 2008 have to close, said a South African provincial government spokesman. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18229491/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:10:45 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18229491/ The CCMA is reluctant to exercise its powers to resolve a current labour dispute at Woolworths, union leaders said on Tuesday. "That's why we are going to also target the Commission for Conciliatio... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230419/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:16 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230419/ + ] By Phakamisa Ndzamela JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - African countries can save more lives with free health care and rapid diagnostic tests to fight malaria, one of the world's deadliest di... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230427/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:39:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230427/ 0 posts A debate over the traditional practice of virginity testing is occurring between the South African Zulu tribe and the government, which banned the practice for girls younger than age 16 last y... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18229289/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:12:37 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18229289/ A Standard Bank ATM was bombed in Mthatha on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said. "The ATM was situated at Boxer Supermarket in Eagle Street. We are not sure how many people were present during the b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230421/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:09 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230421/ Montsho Matlala Polokwane - ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema visited his parents' home in Seshego near Polokwane in Limpopo over the weekend to participate in a ritual ceremony. Malema did no... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230434/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:28:01 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230434/ September 30, 2008 Johannesburg - South Africa's markets had a "violent day" in terms of highs and lows on Tuesday, after taking a pounding in trade hit by the global credit crisis at the start of the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230425/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:46:46 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230425/ Johannesburg - Five Nigerian men, a Nigerian woman and a South African man appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after allegedly kidnapping a Japanese man and holding him for ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230436/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:27:55 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230436/ Former president F W de Klerk on Tuesday lauded the smooth change of leadership from president Thabo Mbeki to Kgalema Motlanthe and cautioned against forgetting the successes of the past 14 years. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230420/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:06 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230420/ September 30, 2008 By Rasha Madkour Miami - In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BY... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230426/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:46:42 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230426/ September 30, 2008 The rand regained some of its poise on Tuesday after falling to nearly six-year lows against the dollar overnight when US lawmakers voted against a $700 billion bailout plan for the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230424/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:46:49 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230424/ Auditor General Terrence Nombembe has given the land affairs department a qualified audit opinion on its books for 2007/08. In his report, the AG said he was unable to obtain sufficient and appropr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228433/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:00 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228433/ Which website is best? Johannesburg - A change at the helm of the ministry that controls South Africa's state utility Eskom may delay projects to expand electricity generation in a country gripped... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230437/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:27:52 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230437/ Johannesburg - Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says he expects more officials to resign in the aftermath of President Thabo Mbeki's removal, but has played down speculation that the ruling ANC coul... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230438/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:27:48 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18230438/ -(Dow Jones)- South African trade union Solidarity Tuesday called on the country's newly elected president to urgently release the findings of a mine safety audit. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228442/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:06:56 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18228442/ Edition 2 The National Prosecuting Authority filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today seeking leave to appeal against the Zuma judgment handed down by Judge Chris Nicholson earlier ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225186/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:50 -0400 Cape Argus http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225186/ There is not enough debate on intelligence issues in South Africa, a special ministerial review commission said on Tuesday. "This is not a healthy state of affairs in a democracy," it said in a sta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225180/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:02 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225180/ + ] * Foreign interest seen in Iran telecoms operator stake * Stake to be sold seen around 49 percent maximum By Fredrik Dahl TEHRAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Several foreign companies are showin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225191/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:32 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225191/ Democratic Alliance Chief Whip Ian Davidson has lambasted a decision in principle by parliament's oversight authority to abandon the debt owed the legislature by MPs allegedly involved in the so-calle... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225175/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:28 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225175/ September 30, 2008 London - Bargain-hunting helped lift the London, Paris and Hong Kong stock markets on Tuesday after investors worldwide had dumped shares following the unexpected rejection of a US ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18223071/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:47 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18223071/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Africa trade deficit narrowed to 5.12 billion rand ($624.1 million) in August, from a 14.3 billion rand shortfall in July, the South African Revenue Servi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225194/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:27 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225194/ Numeracy and literacy skills among grade three school children are unacceptably low, Education Minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday. "Although the average score in the 2007 survey was a little hi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225178/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:15 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225178/ In jeans and T-shirt, Nicholas Haralambous moves lightly on his sneakered feet beneath a larger-than-life projection of PowerPoint wizardry. His appearance is not important, beyond its signalling s... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225177/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:18 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225177/ Pinetown - Six weeks before their murder, Johannes and Magdalena Lotter were told through a letter that they had a month to live, the Pinetown Regional Court heard on Tuesday. This is according to inv... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225203/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:53 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225203/ + ] By Serena Chaudhry JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) -Inspired Evolution Investment Management launched South Africa's first private equity clean technology fund on Tuesday and said it was in ta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225193/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:31 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225193/ Pretoria - The dress code of some 450 000 teachers could soon be under review to ensure that they present a professional image, the SA Council for Educators said on Tuesday. Briefing the media in Cent... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225212/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:32 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225212/ + ] * Credit and money supply growth ease * Trade deficit shrinks in August, but still large * Finance Minister Manuel reassurances on policy By Gordon Bell JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters)... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225190/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225190/ Cape Town - ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has announced the ANC has recalled President Thabo Mbeki. Mantashe says the decision has been communicated to Thabo Mbeki. Mantashe said that Mbeki acc... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225208/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:36 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225208/ By Mogomotsi Magome The education department will soon be able to track the movement of pupils from one school to another, thanks to a new system launched by Education Minister Naledi Pandor on Mon... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225176/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:21 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225176/ Johannesburg - A five-year-old Soweto boy is recovering on Tuesday after being raped, allegedly by a man who also forced him to perform oral sex, Jabulani police said. The child was shown pornographic... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225213/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:21 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225213/ The failure of US lawmakers to pass the $700 billion financial bailout package – and the historic plunge on wall street Monday – are being watched closely around the world. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18224442/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18224442/ + ] By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A change at the helm of the ministry that controls South Africa's state utility Eskom may delay projects to expand electricity generation in... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225189/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:33 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225189/ Pretoria - Motherwell bomber "Wal" du Toit has applied for a High Court order declaring that he is entitled to be reinstated into the police with retrospective effect, dating back 11 years a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225205/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:47 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225205/ Bloemfontein - Former policeman Wybrand du Toit, who received amnesty for the 1989 car-bomb killing of the Motherwell Four, on Tuesday lost a court appeal to regain his job in the police. The Supreme ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225204/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:50 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225204/ Pretoria - Although white South Africans are more sceptical about South Africa's readiness to host the 2010 World Cup, this does not mean they do not care about it, a HSRC survey has found. "... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225211/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:29 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225211/ September 30, 2008 Paris - As families feel the pinch of rising prices, food manufacturers have taken to shrinking their products in a bid to keeps sales afloat, a French study to be published on Thur... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225185/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:54 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225185/ Oris Mnisi & Thandy Ndlovu Polokwane - Limpopo health officials have denied rumours that a growing number of women are seeking treatment for worms in their vaginas. Rumours are doing the rounds th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225214/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:18 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225214/ South Africa ] The decision to abandon the debt owed the legislature by MPs allegedly involved in the so-called Travelgate scandal is a double-blow to SA taxpayers, says the DA. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225198/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:57 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225198/ Edition 2 There will be some relief for motorists when fuel prices fall at midnight.The retail price of unleaded and lead replacement petrol will drop by 25c a litre at the coast, the Minerals a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225184/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:57 -0400 Cape Argus http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225184/ "They need to move on with their own lives. They can't expect the government to shelter them on a permanent basis". Some refugees did not qualify for financial assistance for various reasons and th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225179/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:11 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225179/ Johannesburg - Confidence in whether SA will be ready to host the 2010 World Cup dropped 6% from last month's measurement by research company African Response, due to negativity over power cuts, t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225210/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:27 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225210/ Johannesburg - Residents of Marlboro in northern Johannesburg barricaded roads with burning tyres on Tuesday in a protest over housing, Gauteng police said. "Residents are disgruntled about gover... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225209/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:24 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225209/ Pretoria - The wife of a murdered Mamelodi West policeman was arrested on Tuesday, said Pretoria police. "The wife of a Mamelodi West police captain who was shot and killed on September 19 was ar... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225215/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:09 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225215/ + ] By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Zambia is willing to renegotiate mining taxes set earlier this year with foreign firms facing difficulties arising from them, a minister said on T... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225192/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:30 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225192/ Pietermaritzburg High Court Acting Judge Farouk Moosa on Monday ordered a house used by an alleged drug dealer be forfeited to the State. It was alleged in papers before the court that the house wa... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225181/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:05 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225181/ Robert McBride will appeal the decision to dismiss him, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday. Ekurhuleni city manager Patrick Flusk told The Times that McBride had informed him of his plans to a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225221/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:07 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18225221/ The ANC national working committee yesterday outlined the process that needed to be followed by the provincial executive committee (PEC) in choosing the new premier. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220127/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220127/ By Lavern de Vries Organised crime syndicates, including Mafia organisations, are believed to have moved their financial operations to South Africa, says award-winning journalist John Grobler. G... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220831/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:17 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220831/ Edition 2 South African markets took a pounding yesterday, hit by a global stocks fall and a flight from risk, with investors worried about the stability of US and European banks.The Johannesbur... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219397/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:02 -0400 Pretoria News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219397/ + ] (Adds details) JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Tuesday filed an application to appeal against a ruling that dismissed corruption charges against ANC leader Jacob... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220836/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:50 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220836/ September 30, 2008 By Tarmo Virki Oslo - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says no firm is immune to the global financial crisis, which he expects to sap both consumer and business spending. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219318/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:20 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219318/ The Azanian Youth Organisation (Azayo) on Tuesday welcomed the renaming of the Pretoria Academic Hospital to Steve Biko Academic Hospital. "Azayo would like to hail the decision to rename the Preto... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220014/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:03 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220014/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Africa's Treasury sold 600 million rand ($73.14 million) worth of its 2020 bond <ZAR207=> on Tuesday. Issue status: REOPENED Coupon: January 15,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220840/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220840/ + ] * Dollar firms on flight to quality * U.S. lawmakers reject bid $700 billion bailout plan * Platinum, palladium tumble as demand fears bite (Recasts, updates, changes dateline, pvs SINGAPORE)... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220839/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220839/ Fight promoter Mzi Mnguni said he had made the discovery while shaking Mpofu's hand in appreciation of the good bout he gave Dyani, who won on points.Mnguni said he had suspected something was wrong w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220834/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:51 -0400 Cape Argus http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220834/ South Africa ] The National Prosecuting Authority has filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court seeking leave to appeal against the judgment handed down by Judge Chris Nicholson. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220842/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:27:53 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220842/ OLD Mutual suffered another change in leadership yesterday and was still vulnerable to the US credit crisis, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220134/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220134/ By Kamini Padayachee Relatives of South African Kerry Winter, who is still missing in Dubai, were due to meet Interpol officials on Monday. The family opened a missing persons case in South Afr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220833/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:59 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220833/ Sign up now for home delivery! You'll get full access to this website and a hefty discount on the cover price of the newspaper. And you can do it all on the Internet. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220835/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:38 -0400 Cape Argus http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220835/ THE Land Bank's annual report, to be tabled in Parliament today, provides the most frank account yet of a breakdown of internal controls, poor lending practices, wasteful expenditure, irregular appoin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220132/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220132/ + ] (Adds details, background) JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South African white maize exports rose to 46,858 tonnes in the week to Sept 26, compared to 29,935 tonnes in the previous week, dat... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220838/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:49 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220838/ The National Consumer Forum on Monday called for the establishment of a dedicated unit to ensure that consumers were not exposed to unsafe food products. NCF chairperson Thami Bolani said: "We are ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219604/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:11 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219604/ By Saliem Fakir The dismissal of Thabo Mbeki and the resignation of some ministers and deputies indicate a severe split in the ANC, despite claims to the contrary. The fissure began in 2005, whe... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220827/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:57 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220827/ South Africa ] Although white South Africans are more sceptical about South Africa's readiness to host the 2010 World Cup, this does not mean they do not care about it, a survey has found. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220848/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:27:31 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220848/ South Africa ] Fifty-four percent of South Africans think that climate change is problem, a survey by the Human Sciences Research Council has found. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220847/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:27:26 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220847/ September 30, 2008 By Tony Munroe A further global collapse in financial markets that would tip the United States economy into a painful recession is on the cards, threatening to drag the rest of the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219398/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:40 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18219398/ Edition 2 Sapa-AFP South Africa midfield soccer player Steven Pienaar has been arrested following an alleged assault on a woman in Liverpool.Everton star Pienaar (26) went to a police station vo... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220832/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:39:17 -0400 Pretoria News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220832/ THE rand is showing remarkable resilience in the face of global financial turmoil but is dangerously near the edge of a precipice which if breached, analysts say, could herald a rapid slide towards R9... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220130/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220130/ + ] (Adds quotes, background) By Nelson Banya HARARE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition on Tuesday denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal was imminen... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220837/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:48 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220837/ 30/09/2008 09:03 I salute you. Most buss driver are employed from taxi business, so that is why 2 years ago a Remnant bus driver shot, and killed the baby from another car in road rage incident. I dri... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220851/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:21:26 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18220851/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South African stocks slid 2.9 percent on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion financial rescue plan, triggering record losses on Wall Street and... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217010/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:11 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217010/ September 30, 2008 Johannesburg - While the collapse of major US institutions will have limited effect in South Africa, it is the bigger infrastructure projects which may face some difficulty in terms... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18215746/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:08:26 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18215746/ South Africa ] The department of health has missed another deadline to release the full report on the deaths of 150 babies in the Eastern Cape. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217016/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:38 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217016/ + ] (Adds reaction, background) JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Growth in demand for credit by South Africa's private sector slowed to 18.64 percent year-on-year in August, central bank data sho... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217013/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217013/ South Africa ] The department of health has missed another deadline to release the full report on the deaths of 150 babies in the Eastern Cape. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217019/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:21 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217019/ South Africa ] The department of health has missed another deadline to release the full report on the deaths of 150 babies in the Eastern Cape. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217017/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:13 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217017/ South Africa ] The department of health has missed another deadline to release the full report on the deaths of 150 babies in the Eastern Cape. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217021/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:07 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217021/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South African blue-chips reversed earlier losses on the failure of a U.S. financial rescue plan as firmer gold prices boosted some miners and investors hunted f... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217009/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:12 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217009/ September 30, 2008 By Evan Pickworth Johannesburg - The rand hit a four-and-a-half year worst level overnight as the soured US bail-out package led to the rejection of riskier emerging market assets. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217006/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:08:35 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217006/ South Africa ] Mothers with children on their backs tried to run for cover as hundreds of others trying to get out the line of fire ended up piled on top of each other in the street. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217015/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:51 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217015/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand was steady early on Tuesday after tumbling overnight when U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion financial bailout plan, sending investors s... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217012/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217012/ Shantel Moses, Die Burger Cape Town - The weather office says Capetonians should expect rain and cold conditions for the rest of the week. Although it means dams will be full, it also means that summe... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217026/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:44 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217026/ + ] JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Africa's December stock futures contract <ALSIc1> slid as much as 3.9 percent on Tuesday as global equities tumbled following the rejection of a $70... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217011/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217011/ A television commercial for an "Ahmed the dead terrorist" ringtone mocks Islam and must be withdrawn, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. Its ruling followed a complaint by a Moegamat Kh... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217004/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:08:41 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217004/ Shantel Moses, Die Burger Cape Town - A wild car chase involving 10 police vehicles ended in the suicide of a police reservist over the weekend. Reservist constable Dean Attwell, 41, from Goodwood, sh... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217025/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:41 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217025/ South Africa ] The department of health has missed another deadline to release the full report on the deaths of 150 babies in the Eastern Cape. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217020/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:10 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217020/ Virginia Keppler, Beeld Pretoria - Two birthday parties ended dramatically over the weekend when a well-known Centurion restaurant, situated close to the fire station, burnt down. About 21 partygoers ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217027/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:37 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217027/ South Africa ] Mothers with children on their backs tried to run for cover as hundreds of others trying to get out the line of fire ended up piled on top of each other in the street. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217022/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:58:04 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217022/ Buks Viljoen, Beeld Nelspruit - An 84-year-old man charged at a female leopard and beat it with his fists when the animal attacked a woman on Monday. The sick and weakened animal was lying in 54-year-... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217029/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:28 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217029/ Kgalema Motlanthe on Monday wished the Muslim and Jewish communities well on their Eidul Fitr and Rosh Hashana celebrations. "The two celebrations are filled with messages of renewal and hope fol... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217030/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:23 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217030/ Los Angeles - Victoria Beckham wears socks and gloves in bed. The former Spice Girl sleeps naked apart from white cotton gloves and thick socks in an attempt to halt the ageing process. Victoria, who ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217031/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:19 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217031/ Washington - President George W Bush voiced disappointment on Monday at the House vote rejecting his administration's rescue plan for the nation's financial industry. "We've put forth... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217032/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:52:15 -0400 News 24 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/18217032/