CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, February 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On the margins of Africa’s largest annual mining conference, “Mining Indaba”,…
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CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, February 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Demand for electricity in South Africa has increased progressively over several…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, February 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With almost 2,000MW of onshore wind South Africa is under the…
HERTFORDSHIRE, UK, February 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global communications solutions provider,…
OTTAWA, Canada, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 2 and 3, Minister Paradis will meet with representatives…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On the 8th February, Edinburgh Business School (http://www.ebsglobal.net/africa) will mark the…
NEW YORK, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — South African authorities should drop charges against a journalist who was…
MASERU, Lesotho, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by David…
Tens of thousands of striking workers at South Africa’s top three platinum producers agreed Thursday to take part in government-brokered talks aimed at ending the dispute and limiting economic damage. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction…
MBABANE, Swaziland, January 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr.…
One of South Africa’s two polar bears has died at the Johannesburg Zoo, leaving its mate now believed to be the only polar bear in Africa, a veterinarian said Wednesday. Geebee, the 29-year-old polar bear, came from Canada and had long survived the…
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday kicked off his party’s election campaign with a slew of promises to crack down on rampant graft and poverty, in a bid to woo disenchanted voters. The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough…
South African President Jacob Zuma Thursday handed over 13,184 hectares (35,580 acres) of a previously white-owned farm to black communities as part of the country’s land reform programme, ahead of elections this year. The state paid almost one billion…
South Africa’s government on Thursday ordered investigators to speed up a probe into the killing of Rwanda’s former intelligence chief, who was found strangled in a Johannesburg hotel on January 1. With police yet to make any arrests nine days after…
A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off late on Sunday, slightly injuring four, aviation authorities said. The Boeing 747-400…
South Africa’s government on Thursday cleared President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing during a controversial $20-million revamp at his private home, in a move criticised as a whitewash. The official investigation gave Zuma the all-clear over the 206…
The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, who claimed schizophrenia after being accused of being an arm-flapping fraud, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, South African media reported on Thursday. Thamsanqa Jantjie sparked…
South Africa’s “Dr Death” Wouter Basson, who headed the apartheid regime’s germ warfare programme, was found guilty on Wednesday of unprofessional conduct by the country’s health council. The cardiologist, 63, now risks being barred from practising…
WINDHOEK, Namibia, November 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) and Namibia on Friday,…
WINDHOEK, Namibia, November 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Windhoek during October 24-November…