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Idaho State Journal - Wed Dec 9, 9:10 am ET
Actor Morgan Freeman arrives for a local premiere of the film "Invictus" in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Invictus was filmed locally and tells the story of the South African Rugby Team winning the 1995 World Cup Rugby tournament with Freeman playing the part of President Nelson Mandela.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 12:12 pm ET
Uruguay's World Cup training base will be situated in Kimberley in Northern Cape province. The national team announced the decision on Wednesday. The venue is located about 700 kilometers (450 miles) northeast of Cape Town, and 500 kilometers (300 miles) southwest of Pretoria and Rustenburg. Playing in Group A, Uruguay faces France in Cape Town, South Africa in Pretoria and then Mexico in...
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 12:03 pm ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell for a third day, retreating 260.86, or 1 percent, to 26,730.06 in Johannesburg.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 5:48 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African inflation expectations eased in the fourth quarter, a survey by the University of Stellenbosch’s Bureau for Economic Research showed.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 5:48 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African retail sales fell at a faster pace in October than the previous month, dropping an annual 6.5 percent as job losses curbed consumer spending.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 7:22 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African manufacturing contracted at a slower pace in October than the previous month as the global recession eased, adding to signs the economy is recovering.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 7:03 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s rand was little changed after a government report showed a slowdown in manufacturing eased in October. The currency traded at 7.5415 per dollar as of 1:06 p.m. in Johannesburg from a close of 7.5461 yesterday.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 4:33 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell for a third day, retreating 188.84, or 0.7 percent, to 26,802.08 at 11:03 a.m. in Johannesburg.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:57 am ET
Alastair Cook made a successful comeback to the England squad on a rain-hit opening day of the touring team's two-day match against a South African Invitation XI at Buffalo Park on Wednesday.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 11:12 am ET
England opening batsman Alastair Cook showed he had recovered from a back injury by compiling 66 not out against the South African Invitation XI on Wednesday. Play was limited to 36.2 overs due to rain at Buffalo Park Stadium, with players leaving the field in the 11th over after lunch with England on 142 for three wickets.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:24 am ET
A French priest who spent 40 years as a missionary in Africa was shot dead during a burglary at his residence in a shantytown outside Johannesburg, police and church officials said on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 10:03 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Business Unity South Africa , an organization representing private companies in Africa’s largest economy, said a request by state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd. to have tariffs raised 35 percent a year for three years will curb growth, cut jobs and boost inflation.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 42 minutes ago
South African president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday unveiled a 1.7 billion rand (224 million dollars) sugar investment in Zambia to help boost the copper dependent country's agricultural sector.
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INO News - Wed Dec 9, 10:27 am ET
(RTTNews) - The South African rand continued its 6-day losing streak against its US counterpart in early New York trading on Wednesday. The rand reached a 12-day low of 7.6261 against the greenback by 9:40 am ET, compared to 7.5722 hit late New York Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 10:12 am ET
EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) -- Scores Wednesday in the two-day match between the South African Invitation XI and England at Buffalo Park (rain stopped play after 36.2 overs on first day): Scores: England 142-3 (Alastair Cook 66 not out, Paul Collingwood 27 not out, Kevin Pietersen 25; Charl Pietersen 2-34, David Wiese 1-28) Toss: England.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 1:33 am ET
Dec. 9 (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.
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Worldwide Faith News - Wed Dec 9, 11:49 am ET
World Council of Churches - News Release Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org For immediate release - 09/12/2009 15:10:58 DESMOND TUTU, OTHER CHRISTIAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON CLIMATE >CHANGE Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu and church leaders from the regions most affected by climate change will speak out on climate change from a faith ...
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar rose against the Brazilian real and South African rand as Standard & Poor’s cut Spain’s credit rating outlook, paring demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 38 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Illovo Sugar Ltd., a South African sugar producer, will invest 1.7 billion rand ($223.8 million) in its Zambia Sugar Plc operation, which will result in production more than doubling.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 2:36 pm ET
Nelson Mandela received the touch of "God" -- Hollywood-style -- when Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman prepared to play him in new movie "Invictus."