South Africa: Zuma declares Africa ‘open for business’

26.June.2010 · Posted in news

President Jacob Zuma declared Africa “open for business” in an address to business leaders before the G20 meeting in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. Speaking at a lunch-time meeting, attended by Stephen Hayes, President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa and Lucien Bradet, president and CEO of the Canadian Council on Africa among others, ...

New service links Spain and Libya

25.June.2010 · Posted in business

The company MSD Levant Shipping has set up a new direct service from the port of Castellón, on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, to the Libyan port of Misurata. This is a new service that is boosting the position of the Spanish port in terms of connections across the Mediterranean to North Africa, according to the Diario ...

Morocco-Spain tunnel project presented to EU

25.June.2010 · Posted in news

The project for a tunnel linking Morocco and Spain under the Strait of Gibraltar was officially presented to EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot on Friday by Morocco’s Transport Minister Karim Ghellab and his Spanish counterpart Magdalena Alvarez. Preliminary planning for the 40-kilometre began in 2004. Morocco and Spain are seeking co-financing from the EU for the ...

South Africa: Zuma applauds Miss South Africa

22.June.2010 · Posted in news

Miss South Africa Nicole Flint was congratulated by President Jacob Zuma on Friday for her passion for bringing education to all children of the country.  “We ended up talking about important issues, national issues. I am so passionate about education and you are so passionate about education,” Zuma said to Flint on the steps of ...

Denmark wins over Cameroon

19.June.2010 · Posted in sports

Cameroon has lost its last match against Denmark for 2-1. The African team goes out of this Fifa world cup. The result of the match does not reflect for how well Camerun played attacking and creating goal occasions until the very last seconds of the match. Wikio Wikio ...

Canada invites Africans to G8

18.June.2010 · Posted in news

Canada has said it invited leaders from seven African countries as well as Haiti, Jamaica and Colombia to attend the Group of Eight summit it is hosting this month, citing a desire to make the event more inclusive. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday in a statement that the government invited Algeria, Egypt, ...

Bafana fever unifies Afrikaner heartland

13.June.2010 · Posted in sports

Bloemfontein is a city which honours South Africa’s difficult history with pride but its people believe the World Cup will bring a new spirit of reconciliation. The Free State of which it is the capital is the heartland of the Afrikaners – better known for their passion for rugby – and was the main battleground ...

South Africa bans one-sheet travel documents

13.June.2010 · Posted in news

SA is no longer accepting any travel documents other than passports, in a move that will affect travellers from neighbouring countries where the availability of passports is often hampered by extensive application backlogs. Department of Home Affairs Director-General Mkhuseli Apleni said on Tuesday that while hand- written passports were still recognised, single-sheet travel papers were no ...

World cup to leave a legacy for African children

13.June.2010 · Posted in sports

South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will leave a legacy for the children of the African continent, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “World leaders will have an opportunity to draw up a road map to ensure that every child in the continent is in school by the next Fifa World Cup ...

South Africa: football and the people

11.June.2010 · Posted in sports

All eyes were on the Soweto’s historic Orlando stadium yesterday, where a huge international musical concert, geared towards the commencement of 2010 world cup was a boom. The musical artists and celebrities, dozens of them, both from within and outside the African continent all registered their wonderful messages, wrapped in music and short commentaries. The combination of ...

AN AFRICAN SOUND IN THE AIR

09.June.2010 · Posted in news

If you haven’t heard of anything about Africa lately it’s certainly not about the world cup in South Africa. As a special sound is dominating that part of the continent, the whole world is been summoned with a great attention. Having been rippled with the horrors of apartheid and racial divides for years, South Africa has now ...

Cricket: Kallis and Duminy shine against Windies

09.June.2010 · Posted in sports

Half-centuries from Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy helped South Africa to a clean sweep of their One-day International series with West Indies, when they won the fifth and final match by one wicket on Thursday in Port-of-Spain, trinidad & Tobago. The result meant that South Africa have now swept West Indies 5-0 in each of ...

Battle on to avert strike at Eskom

09.June.2010 · Posted in business

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has its work cut out for it this week as it tries to broker a deal between Eskom and three unions over a wage deal that, if not resolved, could result in a strike. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA, Solidarity and the National Union of ...

South Africa: Gautrain officially launched

09.June.2010 · Posted in news

The Gautrain was officially launched at a celebration at Gallagher Estate, north of Johannesburg, on Sunday night. The service between the Sandton Station and O.R Tambo International Airport will start running on Tuesday, a few days ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup kick-off. The initial service for the Gautrain, which reaches speeds of up ...

End in sight in Selebi trial

09.June.2010 · Posted in news

Former National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi will be back in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday for final arguments in his graft trial. Selebi, who pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice, is accused of accepting gifts and R1.2-million from convicted drug lord Glenn Agliotti, slain mining magnate Brett ...


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