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South Africa: Govt Importing Meat Considered 'significant Risk'

[DA]In a reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat-Pettersson has revealed that various meat products - including water buffalo, donkey and horse meat - are being imported into South Africa from Brazil and India. This is despite meat from these countries being considered as posing a 'significant risk'.

South Africa: How Income Inequality Hurts South Africa's Children

[SACSIS]There's been a great deal of hand wringing in South Africa in the aftermath of the Marikana massacre. With the explosion of the underbelly of our society onto the international arena, South Africans have been left with little choice but to confront the demons of nearly 20 years of a failed democracy.

SADC: Rhodes versus Nkrumah?

The 250 million citizens of SADC will pay dearly for the region's 'Rhodesian vision' in which South Africa views neighbours as merely markets and not part of a greater African community, writes *PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG

Winnie Mandela's financial woes

"This shouldn't be happening" -- these were the words of a visibly nervous and frustrated sheriff of the court as he rang the outside bell and knocked at the gate belonging to a woman still considered by many in South Africa as the "mother of the nation."

Defence confirms SA troops sent to countries around CAR

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has confirmed that South Africa had deployed troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic.

South Africa’s FNB Seeks Black Candidate to Run Business Banking

First National Bank , the retail-banking unit of FirstRand Ltd. (FSR) , said it wants to find a black executive to replace Jacques Celliers when he steps down as head of business banking at the end of this year.

South Africa’s Ruling ANC Draws Battle Lines With AMCU Union

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has criticized a union that has won members from a labor organization allied to the ANC that used to be the country’s biggest.

Swaziland: Anger As South Africa Colludes With Cops

[Swazi Media]The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has condemned the action by officials at the South African High Commission in Mbabane, Swaziland, for handing the names of eight CPS activists visiting the offices earlier this week to the Swazi security police.

SA can cast light on dark side of mining

South Africa is active in many transparency initiatives in the extractive sector, yet it remains conspicuously absent from the EITI.

South Africa's Khoisan people demand recognition

South Africa's first inhabitants, the Khoi and San people, want official recognition of their identity and reject the mixed-race tag they've been carrying since the end of apartheid, a leader has said.

SA importing dangerous meat?

South Africa has imported thousands of kilograms of poultry, beef pancreas and water buffalo meat from India and Brazil during the past three years, despite both countries having posed significant health risks.

South Africa's Khoisan people demand recognition

South Africa's first inhabitants, the Khoi and San people, want official recognition of their identity and reject the mixed-race tag they've been carrying since the end of apartheid, a leader has said.

IPL spot-fixing: Money trail leads to South Africa, London

Enforcement Directorate has a tough task on hand as the source of betting money is diverse, reports Vicky Nanjappa

Controversy over government link in Independent Group deal

The government outfit vying for the Independent Group - South Africa's biggest newspaper group - has laughed off concerns it wants a state mouthpiece.

A car chase too far: What SA film can’t learn from Hollywood

A scriptwriting system named Sediba has scuppered creativity in cinema in South Africa.

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