South Africa holds Jackson moonwalk tribute (AP via Yahoo! News)

Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans in South Africa have gathered to moonwalk and pay tribute to the late singer.

Villaraigosa starts vacation in South Africa a day after inauguration (Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles mayor will attend a summit sponsored by the Academy of Achievement, a source says. The group honored the mayor in 2006. A day after being sworn in for his second term as Los Angeles mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa jetted off to South Africa on Thursday for a nine-day vacation.

South Africa: Govt to Review Its Defence Policy (AllAfrica.com)

Cape Town — The Department of Defence and Military Veterans is to embark on a policy review to include South Africa's obligations to peace and security and humanitarian assistances outside its borders.

South Africa v British and Irish Lions: preview (Daily Telegraph)

Full preview of third Test between South Africa against British and Irish Lions at CocaCola Park Johannesburg kickoff 2pm.

Firestone 'on track' for South Africa coal venture (The West Australian)

Firestone Energy says it is on track to commence small-scale mining in South Africa by the end of the year in a joint venture with local explorer Sekoko Coal. Perth-based Firestone said the partners

SOUTH AFRICA: Union praises move to hike apparel import tariffs (just-style)

This article is locked. You need to be a Full Member of just-style to view this article. Existing users, please login at the top of the page. Summary: Proposals to raise import tariffs on more than 35 different garment types imported into South Africa have been praised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Rugby: Pride should ensure lively third South Africa, Lions Test (TVNZ)

Saturday's third and final test between South Africa and the British Irish Lions is anything but a 'dead rubber' to those involved, despite the series being settled and 17 changes in the two starting teams

South Africa/Uganda: 2010 World Cup Offers Continent Great Opportunity (AllAfrica.com)

Kampala — THE Confederations Cup is the traditional dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup. And as far as dress rehearsals go, the 2009 Confederations Cup recently held in South Africa was a splendid advert for this Rainbow nation.

Botha out of South Africa Test (Daily Telegraph)

SOUTH Africa will be without Bakkies Botha for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions after his appeal against a two-week ban was rejected.

South Africa ANC Unaware of Mine Nationalization Call (Update2) (Bloomberg)

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa ’s ruling party, the African National Congress , said it’s unaware of an alleged call by the party’s youth league for the government to nationalize the country’s mining and manufacturing industries.