Health | Science - Education | Society
South African mortality crisis overcome
afrol News, 5 November - Mortality rates, which have been increasing in South Africa since the 1990s, are on their way back down, reflecting a downturn of the AIDS epidemic and signalling longer lifespans for South Africans, statistics published today reveal.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education
GM potato gets roasting in South Africa
afrol News / SciDev.Net, 4 November - South Africa's Agricultural Research Council has appealed against the government's decision to reject a locally developed genetically modified (GM) potato it was hoping to release to farmers. The decision has split the industry.
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Politics | Economy - Development
Namibia urges SA to improve cross-border traffic
afrol News, 3 November - Visiting Namibia, South African President Jacob Zuma today was told that progress was too slow when it comes to build new infrastructure links between the two neighbours and removing border crossing restrictions. Namibia fears for promised World Cup benefits.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
SA racism case back in court
afrol News, 28 October - The racism case against four University of the Free State (UFS) students is expected to get back in court following consultations today in the Free State city of Bloemfontein. Read more
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Technology | Media | Politics | Economy - Development | Society
SA govt to subsidise poor TV owners go digital
afrol News, 22 October - The South African government has announced a R400 million (about US$54 million) scheme to help poor households to be able to switch from analogue to digital when the country moves to a total digital broadcasting in November next year. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
SA local govt clouded by corruption
afrol News, 21 October - Corruption, fraud, poor governance, financial mismanagement and nepotism, have been singled out in a report released today by South African Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka. Read more
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Politics | Labour | Economy - Development | Technology
COSATU calls for wholesale reforms on telecomms pricing
afrol News, 14 October - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called for a total investigations of all pricing structures in the telecommunications services in order to avoid the migration of costs to other charges by service providers. Read more
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Economy - Development | Technology | Politics | Society
SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
afrol News, 13 October - The South African broadband market has shown consistently significant growth rates of over 30 percent in the last two years, and according to Frost & Sullivan, this positive trend is expected to continue for the next two years. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
SA optimistic of expanded trade with US
afrol News, 5 October - The South African Trade Minister, Rob Davies, has expressed optimism for more bilateral trade opportunities in the United States, following an agreement signed between business stakeholders from both countries. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Food security crucial for Africa's development, AWEPA
afrol News, 5 October - The fundamental right of Africa’s people to food security, not only as a human right but as the basis of democracy was one of the conclusions of the 25th anniversary conference of Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA), which ended Saturday in Cape Town. The conference was attended by representatives of 38 regional and national parliaments in Africa and Europe. Read more
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» 01.10.2009 - MTN signs major deal with IMImobile
» 30.09.2009 - AfDB makes first trade finance disbursement
» 28.09.2009 - South African Airways report good returns
» 25.09.2009 - Fans warned of fraudulent World Cup tickets
» 24.09.2009 - SA working with US on embassy security threat
» 24.09.2009 - Zuma calls for the overhaul of international economic arrangements
» 22.09.2009 - SA stats show less murders but increased robbery and commercial crimes
» 22.09.2009 - US offices in SA closed
» 18.09.2009 - SA’s first electric car on display
» 11.09.2009 - Standard bank in $1bn loan deal with China
» 04.09.2009 - SA designer to show at New York fashion week
» 27.08.2009 - SA lawyer appointed UN rights expert on violence against women
» 21.08.2009 - SA and Angola sign trade and development deals
» 20.08.2009 - South Africans raged by sexuality tests of Semenya
» 19.08.2009 - SA still in a recession
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