Top Stories: Washington, Dec 8 : American actress Jennifer Hudson has come under attack from a South African actors' union after she was cast as Winnie Mandela in a new biopic. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:27 -0500East London (S. Africa), Dec.8 : Kevin Pietersen has said that he still needs time to rediscover his confidence and form to face South Africa. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:00:04 -0500London, Dec 8: England's football World Cup fans will be thrown to the lions in South Africa next year, as with the lack of accommodation, the organisers are planning to house the supporters in big-game reserves. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:20:09 -0500Indian women decked in their exquisite gold jewellery at weddings and places of worship, have become the latest targets for armed robbers who struck twice in the last week. The first attack was at ... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:12 -0500Newly appointed prosecuting boss Menzi Simelane has slammed criticism of his appointment as driven by "armchair critics" opposed to transformation. Breaking his silence for the first time about the... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:09 -0500Four people died and 62 others were injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned on Moloto road in Kameelsdrift outside Pretoria on Wednesday morning, paramedics said. Four of the injured ... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:06 -0500December 8, 2009 Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said on Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in a film about the former South African president's appearance at the 1995 Rug... Tonight Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:05 -0500By Sharika Regchand A Pietermaritzburg family is in shock over the death of five-year-old Wandile Masikane, who died in an accident while playing with a tie belonging to one of his uncles. A rel... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:04 -0500A car with a plastic can for a petrol tank and a forged licence disc and an unroadworthy taxi driven by an unlicensed driver, were examples of traffic violations city law enforcement officers had to d... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:01 -0500Boys are being taken as "wives" by men in the Central Methodist Church in exchange for cash and the promise of a better life. This allegation has shocked social workers after The Star interviewed a... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:34:58 -0500By Karyn Maughan and Craig McKune Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says he is considering grounding the privately owned airline SA Airlink after one of its 37-seater jets overshot the George Air... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:34:55 -0500By Angelique Serrao The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has closed down the school where a seven-year-old pupil was allegedly raped in the toilets last week. GDE head Boy Ngobeni told DD D... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:34:52 -0500By Thandi Skade A woman who was exposed to her fiance's HIV-positive blood in a domestic violence incident was denied treatment to prevent HIV infection at the Hillbrow Clinic because she hadn't be... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:34:49 -0500South Africa ] The court has ruled that measure to prevent notorious rapist and robber Ananias Mathe from escaping must take precedence over his rehabilitation. The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:55 -0500South Africa ] Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says he is considering grounding the privately owned airline SA Airlink after one of its 37-seater jets overshot the George Airport runway. The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:51 -0500South Africa ] Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says he is considering grounding the privately owned airline SA Airlink after one of its 37-seater jets overshot the George Airport runway. The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:49 -0500South Africa ] Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says he is considering grounding the privately owned airline SA Airlink after one of its 37-seater jets overshot the George Airport runway. The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:44 -0500South Africa ] Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says he is considering grounding the privately owned airline SA Airlink after one of its 37-seater jets overshot the George Airport runway. The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:42 -0500JOHANNESBURG, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Wednesday. D... London South East Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:18:51 -0500Emirates Airline has announced the opening of a new luxury lounge in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the carriers' first exclusive lounge in Africa and the sixth to be opened this year. The lounge... AME Info Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:16 -0500Edition 2 Sapa-AFP Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital in an ambulance in the latest twist in the scandal surrounding the embattled golf star.After... Pretoria News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:05:21 -0500A weekend newspaper guide to all the attractions that Cape Town offered World Cup visitors included minibus taxis, whose drivers' approach to the rules of the road, said the guide, "tends to be on the... IOL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:05:16 -0500Xstrata chief executive Mick Davis, who dropped a bid for rival mining firm Anglo American in October, said "company-transforming" deals had become more difficult. "Finding company-transforming transa... Business Report Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:05:11 -0500Edition 1 OCOEE, Florida: Emergency crews were summoned to Tiger Woods's Orlando-area mansion yesterday for the second time in under two weeks - this time because his mother-in-law was having st... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:54:58 -0500Dhaka - Bangladesh is entitled to ask for at least 15% of any climate adaptation fund that may be pledged by developed countries at climate talks in Copenhagen, the state minister for the environment ... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:51:49 -0500Submit your comment Hardline trade union boss Zwelinzima Vavi yesterday mooted wage freezes, wage cuts and short time in a bid to save jobs. Vavi, the general secretary of labour federation Cosatu,... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:32:07 -0500Submit your comment Negotiators yesterday got stuck into the daunting task of refining 192 nations' widely differing positions on climate change into a common vision ahead of next week's arrival in Co... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:32:02 -0500Submit your comment Elementone's directors yesterday demanded that the commission paid to Caxton chief executive Terry Moolman, his long-term business partner and some directors and representatives be... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:31:57 -0500Submit your comment Retail giant Pick n Pay is the fourth company to be accused of "racist practices" this year by members of the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union (Saccawu) who work f... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:31:53 -0500Zambia and South Africa signed six Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in Lusaka on Tuesday in the areas of health, agriculture, energy, mining, commerce and foreign affairs, during South African Pres... People's Daily Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:59:16 -0500Submit your comment Johannesburg - South Africa's power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it had signed a 17-year coal supply deal for its Majuba power plant with a joint venture between African Rainbow M... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:28:20 -0500Submit your comment By Edward McAllister New York - Oil prices fell more than $1 to below $73 a barrel on Tuesday, extending losses to a fifth straight session as the dollar strengthened and demand... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:28:13 -0500Submit your comment By Kyle Peterson and Tim Hepher Chicago/Paris - Taking advantage of down market prices, United Airlines said on Tuesday it placed a $10 billion-plus order for 50 wide-bodied jet... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:28:03 -0500Submit your comment Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday examined controversial graft law in a case that has given a former Enron boss and the disgraced Anglo-Canadian media mogul Conrad Black... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:27:58 -0500Submit your comment New York - US stocks slumped on Tuesday as recovery concerns festered following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's sobering assessment of the economy and a stronger dollar wei... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:27:54 -0500Published Date: December 09, 2009 When South Africa won the 1995 rugby World Cup just after apartheid, the new president Nelson Mandela donned a jersey and won over a skeptical white population in a ... Kuwait Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:11:28 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Host nations rarely help touring teams to prepare for a Test series, but the authoritie... Times Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:19:58 -0500By Siphilile Shelembe The KwaZulu-Natal government has declared a provincial disaster following last month's storms which hit several areas, leaving a trail of devastation amounting to R348-million... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:41:29 -0500The African National Congress on Tuesday welcomed the findings of the latest TNS survey indicating President Jacob Zuma's growing popularity in the country. The survey found that Zuma's approval ra... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:41:27 -0500Notorious escapee Ananias Mathe is a hardened criminal with little chance of being rehabilitated, Judge Geraldine Borchers said on Tuesday as she sentenced him to in effect 54 years in jail. Handin... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:41:22 -0500By Sipho Khumalo No performance bonuses would be paid to the municipal managers of non-performing KwaZulu-Natal municipalities, Co-operative Governance MEC Nomusa Dube announced on Tuesday. Spea... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:41:20 -0500LONDON — Britain yesterday released data from hundreds of monitoring stations worldwide showing a significant rise in the global surface temperature in the last 150 years. The statistics are be... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:23 -0500');" > MOJAVE (California) — Richard Branson on Monday unveiled a commercial space liner, which offers tourists a cheaper chance to experience the thrill of weightlessness and view the splendou... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:09 -0500');" > COPENHAGEN — This year is likely to rank as one of the “10 warmest” since 1850, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said yesterday in a report providing further evide... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:57 -0500BAGHDAD — A series of co-ordinated attacks struck Baghdad yesterday, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites. At least 103 were killed and 197 wounded, authorities said. A ... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:38 -0500NEW DELHI — Indian officials said yesterday they are collecting evidence to charge a Chicago man with helping plan last year’s militant attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people. The move ... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:17 -0500NEW YORK — The sounds of Mozart might help slow premature infants’ metabolism, potentially helping them to put on needed weight, according to an Israeli study. Most research into the so-c... The Natal Witness Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:08 -0500South Africa ] KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance MEC Nomusa Dube has issued a stern warning to the municipal managers of non-performing units across the province. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:26 -0500South Africa ] Johannesburg metro police have urged motorists to steer clear of the N12 near the Lenasia offramp, where protesters are stoning vehicles. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:24 -0500"We did a good job of reinventing and bringing him (Mandela) back," Freeman told journalists at the premiere of Clint Eastwood's new film "Invictus" outside Johannesburg. The fi... South Africa The Good News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:25:32 -0500. Photo / Supplied" title="Morgan Freeman (pictured) stars as Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's new film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup Invictus. Photo / Supplied" />... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:49 -0500The railway line to and from Cape Town was opened on Tuesday afternoon after a collision between two Shosholoza Meyl passenger trains. "The line has since been cleared. Trains to and from Cape Town... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:59 -0500Four people have been arrested in Savoy Estates, Johannesburg, for dealing in perlemon, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. The four, aged between 24 and 37, were arrested on Monday evening, said Inspe... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:56 -0500Three men were arrested after robbing a motorist on the R24 highway near OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg police said on Tuesday. "The robbers, travelling in a Toyota Corolla, forced a ... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:53 -0500Edition 2 The Competition Appeal Court has dismissed an application from milk processors Milkwood Dairy and Woodlands Dairy for permission to appeal against an August decision on anti-competitiv... Cape Argus Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:47 -0500World ] Washington DC police have arrested a woman who allegedly held a pregnant homeless woman at her apartment for five days, then tried to cut the unborn baby from her body. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:41:10 -0500Brave: Gafsa Vermeulen explains how she fought off a knife-wielding attacker at her home in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Photo: Shawn Uys, Daily Voice... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:41:06 -0500World ] Washington DC police have arrested a woman who allegedly held a pregnant homeless woman at her apartment for five days, then tried to cut the unborn baby from her body. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:41:04 -0500Edition 4 ALICIA CHANG Mojave, California In a Hollywood-style roll-out, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has taken the cloak off SpaceShipTwo after two years of secret ... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:46 -0500Edition 4 Daily Mail and Sapa-AFP LOS ANGELES: More women have been added to the growing list of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses. One is a porn star named Holly Sampson whose CV includes films s... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:45 -0500Bheki Cele , national police chief, became infuriated on Tuesday in reaction to an old South African flag on a desk in a Metrorail office.Cele and Police Minister... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:39 -0500Geraldine Borchers said on Tuesday as she sentenced him to an effective 54 years in jail.Handing down the sentence in the South Gauteng High Court, Borchers described Mathe as a very dangerous crimina... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:31 -0500Saudia Arabia has told global warming talks that trust in climate science had been "shaken" by leaked e-mails among experts and called for an international probe. News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:26 -0500Copenhagen - Delegates were converging for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as UN officials calculated that pledges offered in the last... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:22 -0500'); Instead it became increasingly derelict as squatters occupied it – the most recent illegal occupants are believed to have caused the blaze – and thieves have stripped it of its fitting... The National Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:38:39 -0500'); Instead it became increasingly derelict as squatters occupied it – the most recent illegal occupants are believed to have caused the blaze – and thieves have stripped it of its fitting... The National Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:37:52 -0500The DA and its alliance partners have wrenched control of Stellenbosch from the ANC, the SABC reported on Tuesday. They clinched the mayoral and deputy mayoral positions at a municipal meeting, giv... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:00:15 -0500A newborn baby girl was found dumped in the bushes in De Deur, in Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg on Tuesday, police said. Captain Shado Mashobane said the baby was discovered by an 18-year-old ... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:00:12 -0500.brabys a { font-size: 8pt; } /* sport newsletter box */ #sports_nl { background: url(/images/sports_nl_bg.png) no-repeat; height: 82px; margin: 10px 0 10px 5px; overflow: hidden; width: 250p... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:00:09 -0500World ] Heavy rain brought Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo grinding to a halt and reportedly claimed the lives of six people in landslides. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:49:58 -0500World ] Washington DC police have arrested a woman who allegedly held a pregnant homeless woman at her apartment for five days, then tried to cut the unborn baby from her body. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:49:41 -0500Johannesburg - A sophisticated device which monitors drinking and driving should be mandatory in South Africa, organisation South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD) said on Tuesday.Sadd's Caro SMit... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:46:32 -0500Cape Town - A Parliamentary written reply given by Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele to Don Gumede of the ANC shows that the transport network being prepared for the Soccer World Cup in Cape Town is a lo... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:46:25 -0500Johannesburg - The Methodist Church should investigate whether Bishop Paul Verryn was running a cult at the Johannesburg Central church, said the Democratic Alliance on Friday.Spokesperson Jack Bloom ... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:46:20 -0500By Ainsley Daniels Aviation officials have moved swiftly to defend South Africa's air safety record after an incident at the George Airport. IOL asked its readers: Will you fly SA Airlink? Of... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:08:40 -0500Limpopo police arrested several people in Westenburg, Polokwane, on Tuesday after six men were seriously injured in a mob attack on Monday. "We are busy now arresting a lot of people. I cannot conf... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:08:35 -0500Submit your comment British Airways (BA) has experienced a surge in bookings for flights to South Africa next June as soon as England qualified to play in the soccer World Cup. Sue Botes, the airli... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:08:21 -0500Sport ] Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital in the latest twist in the scandal surrounding the embattled golf star.[VIDEO]... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:58:00 -0500Sport ] Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital in the latest twist in the scandal surrounding the embattled golf star.[VIDEO]... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:57:59 -0500Africa ] President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, in power for three decades and re-elected president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was sworn in for a fresh seven-year term. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:57:57 -0500Africa ] President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, in power for three decades and re-elected president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was sworn in for a fresh seven-year term. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:57:52 -0500Brave: Gafsa Vermeulen explains how she fought off a knife-wielding attacker at her home in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Photo: Shawn Uys, Daily Voice... The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:57:36 -0500"What's going on?" shouted 70-year-old Father Louis Blondel seconds before he was shot dead at his home by a gang of robbers, all but one of them teenagers. News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:54:19 -0500A mobile phone application that's been called Africa's first mobile health clinic walked away with the honours and more than R600 000 in prize money in the Nokia Africa Calling all Innovators competit... South Africa The Good News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:54:27 -0500Tutu was giving a keynote address at the launch of the International Ethics Conference on Retrieving the Human Face of Science held at the University of Botswana (UB) Library auditorium yesterday. He ... Mmegi Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:52:11 -0500CAPE TOWN, 8 December 2009 (PlusNews) - With only six months until South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the nettlesome question of how to deal with sex workers looms. "There are actually alm... IRIN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:48:05 -0500The minister of Home Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said on Tuesday that 28 officials in her department had been suspended in November for fraud. "They were suspended for producing documents and ... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:23 -0500The community of Zenzele, in Randfontein, on Tuesday beat to death a man it accused of robbing a Somalian tuck-shop in the area, Westonaria police said. Constable Linkie Lefakane said the man and f... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:18 -0500A Western Cape accountant was jailed for five years on Tuesday for embezzling money from a furniture store over a period of four years. Hendrik Schalk Visser, 62, was sentenced by the Bellville Spe... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:14 -0500The search for a missing miner trapped underground at Gold Fields' Driefontein mine is ongoing, said the company on Tuesday. The miner went missing on Sunday night in a seismic event. "Rescue teams... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:10 -0500Submit your comment South Africa's labour federation Cosatu could strike against plans by state-owned utility Eskom to raise electricity prices by 35 percent a year for the next three years, the union... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:04 -0500Submit your comment News of a Greek debt downgrade sent the JSE spiralling southwards in line with Wall Street on Tuesday. Coming so close on the heels of the Dubai debt bombshell, a local dealer s... Business Report Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:21:02 -0500The mention of green jobs salivates the eager tongues of politicians seeking quick answers for dismal economic prospects. Green jobs have become the new panacea for joblessness and a ‘pathway ou... All Africa Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:14:45 -0500Johannesburg — BUREAUCRATIC inertia and a financial crisis at the Land Claims Commission are having a devastating effect on both land claimants and farmers at the giant Hartbeespoort irrigation ... All Africa Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:14:44 -0500South Africa ] The mother of a 12-year-old boy is to receive a whopping settlement from rail parastatal Transnet after a freight train sliced off her son's legs. The Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:11:24 -0500"What's going on?" shouted 70-year-old Father Louis Blondel seconds before he was shot dead at his home by a gang of robbers, all but one of them teenagers. News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:08:41 -0500Cape Town - Eastern Cape parents who do not properly care for their sons when they are being circumcised will face fines and even jail in future, the province's health department warned on Tuesday.Ame... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:08:31 -0500Johannesburg - A five-year-old boy accidentally hanged himself with a tie at his home in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal police said.Police found the body of Wandile Masikane in ... News 24 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:08:26 -0500South African private security guards are selling their identity documents and their security training certificates to illegal and "desperate" foreign nationals for cash, the Private Security Industry... IOL Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:29:44 -0500Civil society groups on Tuesday pledged support for Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church as a refuge for Zimbabwean migrants. Aids Law Project head Mark Heywood said that government officials ha... 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