Durban, South Africa News

SAARF has released its sixth release from the 2011 RAMS programme, RAMS February 2012, which shows little change in South African's radio listening habits.

Postbank came back on line yesterday after five days of failed service to its customers, most of whom had no other means to access cash and were unable to use their bankcards to process transactions at retail outlets.

Environment ministers from BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - will meet here Tuesday to assess the outcome of climate talks in Durban and the road ahead.

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Brazilian deforestation and melting polar ice caps are feeding a boom in demand in the $2.1 billion market for satellite data, images and services used to monitor the planet.

MONEY FOR JAM? Cellphone companies are offering schools lucrative inducements to install cellular equipment, such as this transmission mast, disguised as a palm tree, at George Campbell Technical High School in Durban.

The '80s Festival is set to hit South African shores with the hottest line-up of pop legends from the most decadent decade in music.

One year, three months and 13 days. That is how long Bruno Pelizzari and Debbie Calitz have been held hostage by Somali pirates since the Durban couple were kidnapped in October 2010 while sailing to Richards Bay to see their first grandchild.

The Ghana government through the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology is developing a National Climate Change Policy Framework to provide strategic direction and co-ordinate the national framework to address issues of climate change broadly in the country.

South African President Jacob Zuma is hoping to beef up the country's economy by launching a major infrastructure-building program.

"Population, development, and climate should be a single discussion," explained Jacques van Zuydam of South Africa's National Population Unit.

Zuma But of course Zuma has been at the epicentre of South African politics, and his life has spilt... Now R153.95 buy now Cape Town - MPs in customised dresses and tailored suits modelled for a throng of photographers outside the National Assembly ahead of President Jacob Zuma's state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday night.

File photo: Rape accused Sindhu Ramanandh Bhogal is escorted to the Durban Magistrate s Court after failing to appear in court.

South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure, with the government to focus on building rail, road, and economic links in five regions in the country and building new universities and refurbishing hospitals, says President Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address.

This is more like it, South Africa. A cooperation deal signed with Tanzania and Mozambique to pre-emptively fight the pirate threat that hasn't even materialised yet is exactly what we should be doing with our political and military strength.

At a closed-door retreat in a Long Island mansion late last October, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his topmost aides brainstormed about how the global organization could benefit from a "unique opportunity" to reshape the world, starting with the Rio + 20 Summit on Sustainable Development, which takes place in Brazil in June.

President Jacob Zuma put the economy at the centre of his fourth, and most focused to date, State of the Nation address on Thursday.

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The man dubbed the "Modimolle Monster" - who is accused of orchestrating the torture and gang rape of his estranged wife and the killing of her son - is due to make a second appearance in court on Friday.

Demi Jackson , the widow of slain Teazers boss Lolly Jackson , and a Durban manager are fighting in court over the Teazers brand, according to a report on Thursday.