SABMiller to open new brewery and soft drinks plant in AngolaJOHANNESBURG — SABMiller PLC will open a new $125m brewery and soft drinks plant in the oil- and diamond-rich country of Angola, the company said Friday. Rape culture condemned in South Africa, where survey shows 1 in 4 men admit to sexual violenceMULDERSDRIFT, South Africa — Dumisani Rebombo wasn’t circumcised, did chores considered girls’ work and was sick of being taunted for not being a man. So at age 15, he took the only course considered “manly” in his rural South African village: He raped a girl. Rights group says officials in Equatorial Guinea spent oil profits on houses, carsJOHANNESBURG — A human rights group said Thursday that government officials in tiny Equatorial Guinea have used tens of millions of dollars in oil profits to buy lavish homes, cars and vacations while leaving citizens in miserable poverty. Namibian seal hunt set to go on despite objections, more than 90,000 to be clubbedJOHANNESBURG — Namibia’s annual commercial seal hunt will go on despite objections by animal welfare groups, a government official said Monday. Philip Morris agrees to buy pipe tobacco and snuff maker Swedish Match South Africa for $222MRICHMOND, Va. — Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro and other cigarettes for sale overseas, has agreed to buy a Swedish company’s South African snuff and pipe tobacco operations for 1.75 billion South African rand, or roughly $222 million. Obama cranking up efforts to have US join global Rights of Child pactUNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children’s rights treaty ratified by every U.N. member except the U.S. and Somalia, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Monday. India ‘unofficially’ blacklisting us: South African arms makerJOHANNESBURG - An “unofficial” blacklisting by India has resulted in South African arms manufacturer Denel losing two billion rands in revenue, a company executive has told parliament. Madonna’s adopted daughter said to leave Malawi for LondonLILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna’s new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna’s adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday. Oprah Winfrey charmed by the artistic talents of girls at her South African schoolHENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa — Oprah Winfrey sat rapt Friday in the front row of the state-of-the-art theater during a show put on by the poor girls she has built an exclusive school for. Medical Research Council survey says 1 in 4 South African men admit to rapeCAPE TOWN, South Africa — A leading South African research group said one in four male South Africans it surveyed admitted to committing rape — a finding that cast a harsh light on a culture of sexual violence that victims groups say is deeply embedded in society. Top Obama cabinet officials to attend US-India interactionWASHINGTON - Three top Obama administration officials are expected to outline Washington’s plans to boost bilaerasl ties as the US and India begin their first high-level interaction after the return of the Manmohan Singh government. Carter, a settlement critic, pays visit to Israeli settlement to ‘listen’NEVE DANIEL, West Bank — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, a vocal critic of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, ventured into one such settlement on Sunday and told its hardline residents that their community is among those which should be able to remain in place under a final peace deal with the Palestinians. Held down by apartheid, Soweto takes on a new life as soccer’s World Cup approachesJOHANNESBURG — Having seen one impossible dream come true — the death of apartheid — Soweto is getting ready for another: the arrival of soccer’s World Cup, the most-watched sporting event on the planet. Obama offers limited support for Zimbabwe’s prime minister but withholds direct aidWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to bolster Zimbabwe’s prime minister Friday while withholding support for his coalition government. Zimbabwe appeals for more investment, end to sanctions at World Economic ForumCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Zimbabwe’s political and business leaders made an impassioned appeal for an end to sanctions and more international investment Friday, hours ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Barack Obama. South Africa marks 1 year to World CupCAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa kicked off the one-year countdown to the World Cup in a ceremony Thursday at a nearly complete stadium nestled between mighty Table Mountain, the glistening Atlantic and overlooking Nelson Mandela’s former Robben Island prison. World Economic Forum on Africa opens with calls for greater local leadershipCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Africa must seize the opportunity to turn the current economic crisis to its own advantage and reshape global institutions long dominated by the West, political and business leaders said at the annual World Economic Forum on Africa. Weekend around Soweto: B&B, Mandela house tour, anti-apartheid museumJOHANNESBURG — Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe. Anand Sharma kicks off process to revive global trade talksNEW DELHI - Moves to restart the stalled global trade talks have begun with a series of meetings in Bali on the sidelines of a conference among 19 farm products exporting countries, where Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is representing India. In South Africa’s evolving democracy, a white woman muscles in on black-dominated politicsCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Helen Zille has a sharp tongue and a short fuse, and she doesn’t dodge a fight. In apartheid times she enraged South Africa’s white rulers, and lately she has ruffled South Africa’s black political establishment. Cipla Medpro SA hits out at hostile takeover bidJOHANNESBURG - The attempt by South African pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram to place the blame for the failure of the proposed buyout of Cipla Medpro South Africa (CMSA) on Cipla India’s lack of support was “disingenuous and misleading”, CMSA said here Friday. SAfrica: Bodies of 15 more illegal miners found at mine, death toll rises to 76JOHANNESBURG — A South African mining company official says the bodies of 15 more illegal gold miners have been found, bringing to 76 the number of deaths following an underground fire in an abandoned shaft. President Jacob Zuma invokes Mandela’s legacy at opening of South African ParliamentCAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Jacob Zuma invoked the legacy of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Wednesday as he urged South Africans to pull together in a time of national and global uncertainty. SAfrican President Jacob Zuma vows to help the poor, create jobs as parliament opensCAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Jacob Zuma invoked the legacy of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Wednesday as he urged South Africans to pull together in a time of national and global uncertainty. Air France crash leaves trail of broken hearts across 32 countriesDUBLIN — Three young Irish doctors — one a Riverdance performer — returning from a vacation to Brazil. An American geologist and his wife headed to Europe for work and some R&R. An 11-year-old boy traveling alone on his way back to an English boarding school. MSF says Zimbabwe’s crisis also South Africa’s, calls on government, donors to do moreJOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe’s collapse has spilled over the border with devastating effect, an international medical aid group said Tuesday, calling on the South African government and the international community to do more to ensure desperate migrants were safe and had shelter and health care. Aid group says Zimbabwe’s crisis spilling over into neighboring South AfricaJOHANNESBURG — An international medical aid group says Zimbabwe’s collapse has created a humanitarian crisis in neighboring South Africa. Indians aren’t the only ones to have been attacked: PoliceSYDNEY - Students from India are not the only ones to have been attacked in Australia, the police say, as the Indian community here points out that some students from India do not behave properly in public places. Police, miners: Deaths of 36 in South African shaft unlikely to deter illegal minersJOHANNESBURG — At least 61 prospectors have been found dead in an abandoned gold mine, police said Tuesday, but the tragedy was unlikely to deter others from seeking riches in South Africa’s hazardous network of tunnels and shafts. Police say 61 illegal miners found dead in abandoned South African shaftJOHANNESBURG — Police say the bodies of another 25 illegal miners have been brought up from an abandoned shaft where 36 others had been found dead over the weekend in central South Africa. |
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