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PAARL, South Africa (AP) -- Spain's Pablo Martin moved into position for his second straight victory, shooting a 4-under 68 on Friday in the South African Open to take a two-stroke lead over Denmark's Anders Hansen.
Swede Martin Erlandsson snatched an eagle and six birdies to fire an eight-under 64 and take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the South African Open near Cape Town.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The grandson of Nelson Mandela , who advocated nationalizing South Africa’s mines before becoming the country’s first black president, plans to list the gold company that he runs on Johannesburg’s stock exchange in the first quarter of 2010.
PAARL, South Africa -- Pablo Martin has his sights set on claiming a second victory in seven days after taking the halfway lead in the South African Open on Friday.
PAARL, South Africa, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pablo Martin, who won last week's European PGA Tour tournament, owns a 2-stroke lead halfway through the South African Open Championship.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index lost 69.28, or 0.3 percent, to 27,060.73 at 10:20 a.m. in Johannesburg, heading for a second weekly drop.
UT sophomore Dylan Frittelli shoots a two-over 74 in round two, will play the weekend rounds at the South African Open. PAARL, South Africa – Texas sophomore Dylan Frittelli shot a 2-over 74 Friday in round two of the PGA European Tour’s South African Open and made the 36-hole cut to continue weekend play at the 72-hole event.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s rand gained against the dollar as the gold price rose, paring a third weekly decline. The rand added as much as 0.6 percent to 7.5077 per dollar, from a close of 7.5550 yesterday and was 0.5 percent firmer at 7.5140 as of 10.28 a.m. in Johannesburg.
Spanish tourist-cum-golfer Pablo Martin continued to have fun in the sun Friday by snatching a two-stroke halfway lead in the South African Open.
Spain's Pablo Martin is firmly on course for back-to-back victories after taking a two-shot halfway lead in the South African Open at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
(RTTNews) - The South African rand that slumped to a 9-day low of 7.61 against the US dollar in early trading on Friday moved mostly in a sideways pattern thereafter in early New York. The rand has lost around 3.9 percent against the buck since it touched a 12-day high of 7.315 on Wednesday.
Leading second-round scores from the South African Open at the par-72 course in Paarl on Friday. 133 Pablo Martin (Spain) 65 68 135 Anders Hansen (Denmark) 66 69 136 Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 69 67 137 Edoardo Molinari (Italy) 68 69
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Actor Morgan Freeman says he spent more than a decade preparing to play South African President Nelson Mandela on the big screen.
Early Race to Dubai leader Pablo Martin moved to the top of the South African Open leaderboard with a four-under-par 68 in Friday's second round at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of goods leaving South African factories and mines fell for a seventh month in November, declining 1.2 percent from a year ago, as a stronger rand caused the price of fuel and other imports to ease.
Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson led a fight back by England with a record ninth wicket stand of 106 to leave the opening Test against South Africa at Centurion in the balance with two days to go.
The doctor did not believe in using antiretroviral drugs to treat the disease and is blamed for more than 300,000 unnecessary deaths in her country. Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the former South African health minister whose AIDS denial and failure to provide treatment is blamed for more than 300,000 unnecessary deaths in the country that has suffered the brunt of the AIDS pandemic, died ...
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.
PAARL, South Africa, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Martin Erlandsson, riding a round that included an eagle and six birdies, shot 8-under-par 64 Thursday and leads after one round of the South African Open.
The climate accord reached by world leaders in Copenhagen will drive the US Senate to pass its own blueprint to fight global warming in early 2010, key senator John Kerry said Friday.
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