Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
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November 30
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Africa: Calling for a GMO-Free Continent
South African smallholder farmer Motlasi Musi is not happy with the African Centre for Biosafety's call for his country and Africa to ban the cultivation, import and export of all... Read more »
November 21
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Africa: Building BRICS
Will the BRICS expand into the BRICSIT? Read more »
November 5
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Africa: Exposing the Good, the Bad and the Lack of Media Freedom [interview]
Pansy Tlakula, the African Union's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, has done her best to address the continued harassment of journalists in... Read more »
October 13
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South Africa: Truckers Lose Despite Wage Agreement
The signing of a wage agreement between transport workers' unions and employers on Friday, Oct. 12 may have brought a three-week long truck driver's strike to an end but analysts... Read more »
October 3
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South Africa: Reducing Poverty in South Africa By Cutting Time in Traffic
In South Africa, Bus Rapid Transit systems, which were pioneered to great effect in Latin American countries such as Colombia and Brazil, are being promoted as potentially... Read more »
September 22
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South Africa: Miners Begin Returning to Work
Miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa have begun returning to work after agreeing a pay deal.* Read more »
September 9
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South Africa: Police May Face Murder Charges Over Miners' Deaths
The South African Police Service members who were involved in a bloodbath with striking workers at the Marikana mine in North West Province could face murder charges, sources close... Read more »
August 7
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South Africa: Govt Considers Outlawing Bicycle Trailers
The road between Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls and Livingstone, in Zambia, is a well-traversed one, criss-crossed by bicycle riders towing trailers of bread and other supplies, with... Read more »
July 19
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South Africa: 67 Minutes of Shame On African Icon Nelson Mandela's Birthday
Wendy Hlophe* is still visibly grieving for her long-term friend, 28-year-old Sanna Supa, who was shot and killed outside her home in Braamficherville, a South African township,... Read more »
July 18
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Mauritius: Probe Exposes Arms Trafficking
An investigation by the Conflict Awareness Project has exposed an active arms trading network of associates of former trafficker Viktor Bout that involves companies from the United... Read more »
July 10
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South Africa: Waste Not, Want Not - Providing for South Africa's Food Security
As South Africa grapples with reducing its sanitation backlog, scientists seem to have found a way to reduce the build up while simultaneously combatting the country's food... Read more »
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Africa: Treatment of Gays No Better in South Africa
When Junior Mayema boarded a plane to South Africa from his native Democratic Republic of Congo in 2010, he cried tears of joy because he was finally heading to a country where he... Read more »
May 31
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South Africa: 'Traditional Courts Bill' Impairs Rights of 12 Million Rural Women [analysis]
The Traditional Courts Bill currently under discussion in South Africa's parliament and due to be enacted by the end of 2012 could undermine the basic rights of some of the... Read more »
May 16
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South Africa: Less Politics, More Economic Development [interview]
Miriam Gathigah interviews Michael Sudarkasa, chief executive officer of the African Business Group. Read more »
April 23
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South Africa: Smallholders Lose Battle for Seed Security
In an almost ceremonial manner, Selinah Mncwango opens her big plastic bag and pulls out several smaller packets, each filled with different types of seeds: sorghum, bean, pumpkin,... Read more »
April 21
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South Africa: Township Desperate for Safe Drinking Water
Thousands of residents in Diepsloot, a large township north of Johannesburg, South Africa, are queuing for hours to access clean, safe water a week after their supply was... Read more »
April 18
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Africa: Investment Opportunities Grow, Says New Woman Stock Exchange Boss [interview]
More than three years after the start of the global economic crisis, which has had a considerable impact on African trade, investments and gross domestic product, investment... Read more »
April 12
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South Africa: The Business of Garbage
Nokwanda Sotyantya sits among heaps of garbage and patiently sorts through it, separating cardboard, plastic, glass, paper and metal, piece by piece. Read more »
April 3
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South Africa: Trade Narrative Sinks Development - Brics
Trade ministers of the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa - say that at the G20 trade ministerial summit later this month in Mexico they will try to... Read more »
April 2
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South Africa: Breastfeeding, Not Formula, for HIV-Positive Mothers
South Africa's nine provinces will begin phasing out provision of free formula to HIV-positive mothers and implement a new policy on breast-feeding from Sunday. But despite the... Read more »
March 30
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South Africa: Brazil and Nation Hit Hard By Exchange Rate Complications
Brazil and South Africa have experienced a widespread contraction of their manufacturing industries, with the latter suffering massive unemployment as well, thanks to the rampant... Read more »
March 29
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South Africa: Country No Longer the Gateway to the Continent
South Africa's membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country's role as a gateway into the African continent. However,... Read more »
March 26
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Africa: Tale of Two Approaches - the WTO Torn Asunder?
Trade envoys of India, Brazil, and South Africa have warned industrialised countries not to hijack the Doha multilateral trade negotiations by adopting the controversial... Read more »
March 19
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Africa: An Assault On Multilateral Trade Negotiations
India, Brazil, and South Africa, the international grouping for promoting international cooperation among the three countries known as IBSA, along with China and several other... Read more »
March 16
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South Africa: As the Dust Settles On the Limpopo River
Chapita Ramovha remembers the days when the Limpopo River lapped at the foot of his village in south Zimbabwe. He says that back then residents of Makakavhule village had to build... Read more »
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