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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said he never proposed fixing the rand. The Cabinet agrees that a competitive rand is needed and the ministry will host a debate on the exchange rate within two weeks, Patel told reporters in Cape Town today.
LONDON — World Cup organizers say there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa were not ready. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the United States was among countries that could host at short notice.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South African manufacturing contracted at a slower pace in September than the previous month, indicating the economy may be recovering from its first recession in 17 years.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s government will hold talks with business and labor unions about the value of the rand, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said.
World Cup hosts South Africa have axed striker Mabhuti Khanyeza for friendlies against Japan and Jamaica after he missed a training-camp deadline.
Johannesburg - South Africa's state power utility, Eskom, was in crisis Tuesday after the company's chairman resigned following a leadership struggle that sparked a race row. What is happening at Eskom constitutes a crisis, a frustrated Gwede Manta...
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose for a second day, gaining 411.56, or 1.6 percent, to 26,345.01 in Johannesburg.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former South African soccer captain Lucas Radebe warned his country’s national team players they risk making the World Cup a “disaster” if they fail to make it through the opening round.
When José Bright arrived in South Africa in 1994, he felt daunted by the task ahead. After all, as an education consultant from the Washington, D.C., public school system, his job was to help South Africa transform its schools, designed to benefit the white minority of 4 million, into a system to educate the 40 million black majority as well.
Nov. 10 (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.
While researching his upcoming novel in a country nicknamed “The Rainbow Nation,” award winning novelist Michael Holloway Perronne discovers the coastal city of Cape Town, South Africa is quickly emerging as a gay travel spot for those who are looking for a GLBT friendly destination outside of the usual. With its progressive government, beautiful beaches, pulsing clubs, world class shopping and ...
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- DRDGold Ltd., a South African producer of the precious metal, said it plans to apply to the High Court of South Africa for a judicial management order in a bid to save its Blyvooruitzicht mine from liquidation.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- DRDGold Ltd. , a South African producer of the metal, fell the most in more than a year in Johannesburg trading after it said it would apply for a judicial management order to save its Blyvooruitzicht mine from liquidation.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose for a second day, gaining 384.29, or 1.5 percent, to 26,317.74 at 11:59 a.m. in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg - A section of the wall surrounding the German cultural institute in Johannesburg came tumbling down on Monday as Germany used the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to try to break down barriers in South Africa. Germany's a...
World Cup organizers say there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 soccer tournament if South Africa were not ready.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- DRDGold Ltd. fell for the second day in Johannesburg trading after the South African producer of the precious metal said it will apply for a judicial management order to save its Blyvooruitzicht mine from liquidation.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The rand may slide to weaker than 8 per dollar by year-end as South Africa’s government intervenes to stem the currency’s 26 percent rally this year that has crimped exports, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Plc.
LONDON (AP) -- World Cup organizer Danny Jordaan said Monday there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa was not ready.
Turkey Bingo in Basalt benefits children of South Africa Aspen Times staff report Aspen, CO Colorado BASALT - The Kids to Kids International Club at Basalt High School will host its annual Turkey Bingo night from 6 to 9 Friday at Basalt High School. Adult tickets are $12, kids are $8, families of four are $30, and a family of five is $35. Dinner and dessert are included. All profits will go ...
Even as Nelson Mandela fades from view, he retains a vital place in South Africa’s public consciousness.
