Soccer world focuses on 2010 draw in Cape Town
AP - 2 hours 24 minutes agoThe eyes of the soccer world focused on Cape Town on Friday, with fans of 32 competing nations hoping for a kind draw at next year's World Cup.
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South African Stocks: AngloGold, Gold Fields, Lonmin, Onelogix
Bloomberg - 1 hour 55 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 153.95, or 0.6 percent, to 27,160.14 by 12:33 p.m. in Johannesburg, a second day of losses. The move pared the measure’s gain this past week to 1.3 percent.
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World Cup draw set to roll in Cape Town
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 48 minutes agoThe battle-lines for the first World Cup on African soil will be laid down here Friday when the draw is made for the tournament separating the 32 qualified countries into eight groups of four.
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South African Stocks: AngloGold Ashanti, Lonmin, Onelogix Move
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 4:33 am ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 110.53, or 0.4 percent, to 27,203.56 in at 10:15 a.m. in Johannesburg, a second day of losses. The index has gained 1.6 percent this week.
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United States awaits Friday World Cup draw in South Africa
USA Today - 55 minutes agoToday, the soccer world's attention shifts from soccer balls under the control of the world's best players to smaller balls bouncing in pots under the control of former players, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actress Charlize Theron.
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Football world focuses on 2010 draw in Cape Town
Fox Sports - Fri Dec 4, 5:37 am ETThe football world is focusing on Cape Town, with fans of 32 nations hoping for a kind draw at the World Cup.
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South African police arrest hoax caller after airport bomb threat ahead of World Cup draw
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours 7 minutes agoCAPE TOWN , South Africa (AP) — South African police say a man was arrested after he made two hoax phone calls saying a bomb had been planted at the airport amid tight security for Friday's World Cup draw.
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South African Stocks: Anglo American, BHP Billiton, DRDGold
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 6:03 am ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose for a fourth day, gaining 21.05, or 0.08 percent, to 27,450.81 at 12:13 p.m. in Johannesburg.
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South Africa’s PIC May Consider Buying Eskom Power Plant Stake
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 5:48 am ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Public Investment Corp., which manages government pensions, may consider buying a stake in Eskom Holdings Ltd.’s planned Kusile plant, Brian Molefe, the PIC’s chief executive officer, said in an interview in Pretoria today.
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Argentina WCup team to be based in Pretoria
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Dec 3, 11:12 am ETA team official says Argentina will set up its World Cup training base in Pretoria ahead of next year's tournament in South Africa. Huberto Grondona, son of Argentine football federation president Julio Grondona, said Thursday that two-time champion Argentina has reached a deal to train at the University of Pretoria.
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Police Arrest Bomb Hoax Suspect Before World Cup Draw (Update1)
Bloomberg - 9 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South African police said they arrested a journalist at the Cape Town International Convention Center for making a hoax bomb threat before the World Cup draw.
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Nations await 2010 World Cup draw
CNN - 1 hour 21 minutes agoMillions of football fans around the globe will be glued to their television screens on Friday when the draw for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is made in Cape Town.
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S.Africa police arrest two for World Cup threats
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - 1 hour 30 minutes agoSouth African police arrested two people on Friday for separate hoax threats against the draw for next year's soccer World Cup.
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SAfrican police nab hoax caller after bomb threat
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 1 hour 30 minutes agoA foreign journalist has been arrested after he made a hoax bomb threat outside the venue where the 2010 World Cup draw is to be held, a police spokesman said Friday. This is the second arrest for hoax threats after police nabbed a South African man who made two calls saying a bomb had been planted at the airport, where security is tight.
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Robben Island just a happy memory now
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 2 hours 39 minutes agoWeeds are about the only thing remaining amid the sandy bumps of the soccer field that served the prisoners on the infamous island where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were held. No matter, memories of the inmates' skills over the years survive. "We would do all the tricks," Thulani Mabaso remembered.
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BRIEF-Soccer-Argentina win race for Pretoria World Cup base
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 2, 8:12 pm ETArgentina beat England, Italy and Germany to a plush World Cup headquarters at Pretoria University on Wednesday, Argentine Football Association (AFA) envoy Humberto Grondona said.
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Two bombs scares in Cape Town hours before World Cup draw
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 11 minutes agoCape Town - Part of Cape Town International Convention Centre, venue for the World Cup final draw, was sealed off Friday following a bomb scare. The alert, hours before the draw takes place, followed an earlier bomb scare at Cape Town airport, police...
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South Africa Still Debating Exchange Rate Policy, Patel Says
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 5:48 am ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said the government is still debating an exchange rate policy with labor unions and businesses.
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South African Karters in Egypt this Weekend to take on the World's Best
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:01 am ETSix top South African karters will compete in Egypt this weekend in the 2009 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. The event has attracted 216 competitors from 55 countries, and South Africa is once again one of the favourites to emerge as one of the top competing nations.
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Rain delays start of South Africa vs. England ODI
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 1 hour 30 minutes agoThe start of the fifth and final one-day international between South Africa and England on Friday has been delayed due to rain, as well as an outfield which has become waterlogged after downpours during the days leading up to the match. The first match in the series, which England leads 2-1, was washed out in Johannesburg.
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Aspen, BHP Billiton, Onelogix: South African Equity Preview
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 1:03 am ETDec. 4 (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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