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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.
South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport and togetherness in racially divided South Africa provides a timely lesson as the country prepares to host next year's World Cup.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar advanced to a one-month high against the euro as a reduction in Greece’s debt rating by Fitch Ratings and a Dubai developer’s $3.65 billion loss discouraged demand for riskier assets.
Three South African police officers were arrested after a woman complained that they had stolen her marijuana, SAPA news agency reported on Monday.
NEW HAVEN — Playwright Athol Fugard has no intention of ever giving up his South African passport or his home there, but for much of the past decade, he’s lived in Southern California — long enough it appears, to examine the American psyche for fodder in his latest work “Have You Seen Us?” It has its world premiere Tuesday at Long Wharf Theatre with Sam Waterston starring through Dec. 20.
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Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and raped in an effort to 'correct' them, Sky News reports.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s current account deficit probably stayed close to a five-year low in the third quarter as the recession curbed imports, underpinning the rand’s 27 percent rally against the dollar this year.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s current account deficit probably stayed close to a five-year low in the third quarter as the recession curbed imports, underpinning the rand’s 27 percent rally against the dollar this year.
The 32-team draw for next year's soccer World Cup in South Africa was held Friday in Cape Town. The U.S. Soccer Team is pleased with the teams it will face in the first round.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar advanced to a one-month high against the euro as credit-rating companies highlighted the size of government deficits, discouraging demand for riskier assets including stocks.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The rand is likely to gain almost 7 percent by the middle of next year as a global economic recovery boosts investor appetite for higher-yielding assets and spurs demand for commodities, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose against all of its major counterparts as credit-rating companies highlighted the size of government deficits, discouraging demand for riskier assets.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Exxaro Resources Ltd. halted funding for a coal mine in South Africa and Anglo American Plc said it may have to slow development of the fuel because of delays in developing power plants by state-run utility Eskom Holdings Ltd.
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Preachers, rabbis, ministers and other faith-based figures are bringing a spiritual presence to the U.N. summit on climate change.
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Consumer Foodservice in Turkey" report to their offering.
South African actors want to stop Jennifer Hudson playing Nelson Mandela's wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, reports said Monday. The Creative Workers Union of South Africa said using foreign actors to tell the country's stories undermined efforts to develop the national film industry. "It can't happen that we want to develop our own Hollywood and yet bring in imports," the union's president ...
Aside from Morgan Freeman, who makes a fabulous Nelson Mandela, there's this to savor about Invictus , a rosy tale of racial reconciliation neatly wrapped in a triumphalist sports movie: The film is blessedly free of Obama parallels. Also, we could use a happy global moment, and Eastwood pi...
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- PSG Group Ltd. offered to buy as much as 49 percent of Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd ., the South African provider of unsecured loans, after discovering one of its directors owns stock in the lender, triggering a mandatory bid.
Athol Fugard’s new play, at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, is a distinctly minor addition to his renowned and influential canon.
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