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Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food
Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.
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Fifteen police officers of the Durban dog unit were injured when their state-marked Quantum taxi collided with a bakkie in Newlands East, Durban on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee following the incidents which occurred during the World Cup play-offs. At the top of the list of topics to be discussed is likely to be Thierry Henry's handball in the France versus Republic of Ireland game.
There is a strong possibility some areas in Johannesburg may experience floods following the rainy week, warn the city's emergency services.
It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed.
Girl washed away by swollen river
Two people were killed in different incidents related to heavy rains in Port Shepstone on Thursday, SABC news reported.
US concerned by reported SA training in Guinea
The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ruling junta in Guinea, a US official said Thursday.
South Africa: Life expectancy drops
JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2009 - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Africa's silence on violence, sex is a blessing in disguise
Gwynne Dyer Eagle-eyed Columnist analyses global issues It was ostensibly about obscenity, but it was really about corruption and censorship - and in the end, justice prevailed.
Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US - AP
Associated Press Writer= When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend.
What's next for De Doorns migrants?
Cape Town - Up to 2 700 Zimbabwean asylum seekers have set up a temporary "safety camp" in a rural South African town following attacks on their shacks in a dispute about jobs, a human rights group said on Wednesday.
Malema's comments 'racist' - YCLSA
The Young Communist League of South Africa wants to talk to the ANC Youth League about its president Julius Malema's insults against South African Communist Party general secretary Jeremy Cronin.
Ugandans upset over Venezuelan president's praise for brutal fomer dictator Idi Amin
Ugandan officials say they are offended that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised former dictator Idi Amin.
'Accused threatened squealers with death'
Detectives investigating Africa's biggest drugs haul suspect that the three South Africans and three Britons allegedly involved are well funded and have connections in China, the Middle East, South America and Europe who could help them evade justice.
Safari tourists launch legal action after lion incident
A group of tourists, including a West Midlands couple, has launched legal action against a South African safari park after being trapped by a pride of lions.
SA farming union insists Zim land grab victims be protected
South Africaa s main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land a reforma programme.
A total of 20 people were injured in five separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday and Saturday, paramedics said.
Student's rape and murder trial set for May
Former Stellenbosch student Jacobus Eksteen, accused of raping and killing fellow-student Erin Van Rensburg, is to go on trial in the Cape High Court next year.
A group of senior government officials is to assess the state of South Africa's 354 public hospitals, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.
Tory approach to Jewish voters angers Grits
Liberals are incensed that Conservative MPs have distributed taxpayer-funded pamphlets that suggest the Grits are anti-Semitic. Read the pamphlet here Even New Democrat and Bloc QuA©bA©cois MPs agree the latest propaganda represents a new low in the Tories' increasingly partisan use of so-called 10 percenters, mailings that MPs are ...
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