2015-01-01 South Africa Health

Telegraph.co.uk   

Ebola Still Spreading, WHO Reports   
New York Times
The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the worldwide toll from the outbreak stood at 7,905 deaths among 20,206 known cases at year's end, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Sierra Leone reported 337 ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Science

Times LIVE   

Birding expert trains new generation of Zimbabweans   
The New Age Online
He has a passion for birds and he's found a way of passing it on to future generations of Zimbabweans. Peter Magosvongwe, a freelance professional bird guide from Zimbabwe's Bvumba Mountains, is also a peripatetic teacher of ornithology, giving lessons ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Sports

Mail & Guardian Online   

Names that will put you ahead of the fame   
Mail & Guardian Online
With a packed sports calendar for 2015, Luke Alfred picks out 15 South African sports stars to watch. Kagiso Radaba. (Getty). 1. Handré Pollard Despite losing his Springbok flyhalf berth to Pat Lambie during the end-of-year European tour, Pollard is ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Entertainment

Times LIVE   

This is how Bonang, Chad le Clos and other stars are spending New Years Eve   
Times LIVE
DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS: 'I work so hard for 11 months of the year, so Christmas is the perfect excuse for spoiling myself. And I have a tradition - the New Year's Eve dress. I'll be shopping around for that when I land in Cape Town' - Bonang ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Technology

IT News Africa   

MTN Launches video on demand services   
IT News Africa
Subscription to this exciting service is available for both prepaid, postpaid, hybrid and My MTNChoice customers. (image credit: http://tygervalley.co.za/ via Google.com). MTN has launched a subscription-based digital entertainment service called MTN ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Business

Businessweek   

Indonesia Hopes to Find AirAsia Plane's Black Box as Skies Clear   
Businessweek
Indonesian authorities expressed optimism of finding the crashed AirAsia Bhd. (AIRA) jetliner's black box today after adverse weather hindered earlier efforts. “We hope to locate the black box by the end of today,” Hadi Tjahjanto, a spokesman for the country's ...

2015-01-01 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

Ten murder suspects in court   
Independent Online
Cape Town -. Ten murder suspects were denied bail in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court, Eastern Cape, on Wednesday. They allegedly beat a man to death on December 1 in what police believed was a mob justice attack, police spokesman Nkosikho Mzuku ...

2015-01-01 South Africa Africa

Daily Sun   

Kano budgets N210.7bn for 2015   
Nigerian Tribune
However, a sum of 64 per cent was estimated to go for capital expenditure and 36 per cent for recurrent expenditure. Governor Musa Kwankwaso, the state governor, said the budget is tagged 'budget of celebration and change.' While presenting the budget, ...

2015-01-01 South Africa World

New York Times   

35 Killed, 46 Injured in Shanghai Stampede   
New York Times
SHANGHAI — Thirty-five people died in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in Shanghai's historic waterfront area, city officials said Thursday — the worst disaster to hit one of China's showcase cities in recent years. A Shanghai government statement ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Health

Times LIVE   

Limpopo the safest province, says study   
Jacaranda FM
30 December 2014 at 13:04 by Sapa - Limpopo is the safest province in the country, according to a study by the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) released this week. 0 comments. 0 Comments. Share: 0. Share. Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Email.
Limpopo the safest province in South Africa, Western Cape the most dangerous   Times LIVE
Limpopo safest province in South Africa – Thinktank   StarAfrica.com
Gauteng best province to live in, says report   Independent Online
Moneyweb.co.za   
BDlive   
The Citizen   
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Irish Independent   

UPDATE 7-Nurse becomes first Ebola victim diagnosed in Britain   
Reuters
... * Nurse transferred to London hospital. * Diagnosed after arrival from West Africa. * Risk to others seen low but contacts being investigated (Adds 1 of 3 other patients tests negative for Ebola, paragraphs 6-7). By William James and Andy Bruce. LONDON ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Science

News Tonight Africa   

Artificial Intelligence to match human intelligence in 2029, expert   
News Tonight Africa
Ray Kurzweil author of five books on artificial intelligence and the founder of the futurist organisation the Singularity University, has written in a recent article that researchers will be able to create human level intelligence by the year 2029. Kurzweil, who is ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Sports

Stuff.co.nz   

South Africa and West Indies' second test drawn   
Stuff.co.nz
West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin and South Africa skipper Hashim Amla on day five of the Port Elizabeth test. South Africa's hopes of victory on day five of the second test against West Indies were thwarted on Tuesday by heavy overnight rain and a wet ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Entertainment

Gossip Cop   

Cape Town Killed As Venue For New Kristen Stewart Movie   
The Inquisitr
Kristen Stewart's new movie, The Big Shoe, was to have been filmed in and around the city of Cape Town in South Africa next year. However, it seems the film makers ran afoul of the government of South Africa, and the project has been killed. Hollywood ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Technology

NDTV   

Gmail Blocked in China; New Microsoft Browser; Stealing Fingerprints   
PC Magazine
Topping tech headlines on Monday were reports that Gmail is blocked in China. Activity on Google's free email service dropped off significantly in the region over the weekend; a Google spokesperson said that nothing was wrong on their end. The shutdown ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Business

Reuters   

Exclusive: AirAsia crash probe focuses on timing of request to climb, weather   
Reuters
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew's request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather as a possible factor behind the tragedy, a source ...

2014-12-31 South Africa South Africa

News24   

3 hurt in jump from Joburg building   
News24
Johannesburg - Three men were critically injured when they allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of a building in Johannesburg on Tuesday, emergency services said. Spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said they suffered head and spinal injuries.
Heavy fine for fireworks by-law violation   Independent Online
Joburgers beware - fireworks will be punished with a steep fine   BizNews
Three hurt in jump from JHB building   The Citizen

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News24   

Road deaths alarming - JPSA   
News24
Johannesburg - The toll of 1 143 road deaths during the festive season so far is alarming and saddening, the Justice Project SA (JPSA) said on Tuesday. "What is truly alarming is that this average is almost twice the average of 54 per day during the eight-day ...

2014-12-31 South Africa Africa

Christian Science Monitor   

Gambian president flying home after gunfire panics the nation's capital   
Brisbane Times
Banjul: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night. The government denied reports of an attempted coup, but a ...

2014-12-31 South Africa World

CNN   

Resolution for Palestinian State Fails in United Nations Security Council   
New York Times
A United Nations Security Council draft resolution that set a deadline to establish a sovereign Palestinian state was defeated Tuesday night after it failed to receive the nine votes that are needed for adoption in the 15-member body. The United States and ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Health

BBC News   

Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital   
BBC News
A healthcare worker who has just returned from West Africa has been diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated in hospital in Glasgow. The woman, who arrived from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, is in isolation at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital. All possible ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Science

Independent Online   

Turn left to boost survival   
Independent Online
Paris - European rock ants at a crossroads will most often turn left, a group trait that may boost survival, a study said. Many creatures, including humans, show a preference for one side over the other in movement or the senses. Ninety percent of humans, ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Sports

Independent Online   

Tahir sparks Windies collapse   
Independent Online
Port Elizabeth – The West Indies collapsed to 275 for nine in their first innings, losing seven wickets for 44 runs, as rain brought a premature close of play on day four of the second Test in Port Elizabeth on Monday. With the tourists trailing South Africa's first ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Entertainment

Johannesburg Sunday World   

Motsepe spends R69 million for holiday home – report   
Johannesburg Sunday World
Patrice Motsepe and his wife, Precious Moloi-Motsepe have bought a holiday home for R69 million, the Sunday Times reports. Patrice and Precious Motsepe. In addition, there is a house for an estate manager, and the mansion has a staff wing. RELATED ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Technology

IT News Africa   

Firefox OS expands to 28 countries   
IT News Africa
Mozilla announced that its Firefox OS is now available on 14 smartphones offered by 14 operators in 28 countries. The phones will soon expand to Africa, taking the OS to a total five continents. Mozilla earlier announced agreements with Airtel, MTN South ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Business

BDlive   

No load shedding expected with industry on holiday   
BDlive
ELECTRICITY supply is expected to remain constrained but stable this week and for the rest of the festive season with a low risk of load shedding, Eskom said on Monday in its latest bulletin on the status of the power system. It warned, however, that the ...

2014-12-30 South Africa South Africa

Times LIVE   

Yolanda Botha passes away after long battle with illness - Office of ANC Chief ...   
Politicsweb
The Office of the ANC Chief Whip is shocked and saddened to learn of the passing away of one of the ANC Members of Parliament in the National Assembly, Cde Yolanda Rachel Botha. She passed away today after a long battle with illness, which has kept ...

2014-12-30 South Africa Africa

Daily Times Nigeria   

Obasanjo is a terrible liar, say Osoba, Adebanjo   
Daily Times Nigeria
Few days after Nobel Laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka called former President Olusegun Obasanjo a compulsive and career liar, two other prominent fellow Ogun State indigenes have used similar words to describe on the same person.
You Are Untruthful Chronicler Of History, Osoba, Adebanjo Tell Obasanjo   Leadership Newspapers
Make inciting statements, go to jail, FG warns   Nigerian Tribune
Obasanjo lied on third term –Osoba   Daily Sun
The Guardian Nigeria   
Daily Trust   
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Leadership Newspapers   

We Are Not Afraid Of APC – Oyedokun   
Leadership Newspapers
Alhaji Shuaibu Afolabi Oyedokun, a former secretary to state government (SSG) in the old Oyo State, is also a former national deputy chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and presently a permanent member of the Board Of Trustees of the ...

2014-12-30 South Africa World

New York Times   

Responses to Ferry Fire Are Criticized   
New York Times
VERBANIA, Italy — As black smoke gushed from the lower decks of the stricken ferry, Italian and Greek fireboats bobbed alongside, blasting water at the flames, while overhead helicopters churned through heavy Adriatic winds and mist to rescue the ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Health

News24   

Violence a top 5 cause of death   
News24
Johannesburg - South Africa has no civil war but violence is one of the top five causes of death in the country, according to a study published by The Lancet, the Sunday Times reported. According to the report, South Africa was the only country outside the ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Science

Times LIVE   

E.coli alert raises big stink at Clifton   
Times LIVE
Gray Schomburg and katya Backer from Johannesburg walk past a no swimming sign on 4rd Beach in Clifton, Western Cape, Their have been reports of E coli warning for Clifton beach. Image by: Adrian de Kock ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Sports

Zambia Daily Mail   

Mashaba: Many PSL based players deserve to go to Afcon   
Goal.com
Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba held a training camp at the University of Johannesburg ahead of the 2015 Afcon finals in Equatorial Guinea. Only 27 players of the initial 34-man provisional squad were present on Sunday, with all the overseas-based ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Entertainment

Telegraph.co.uk   

N Korea: Internet outages continue amid hacking row   
AsiaOne
Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Pyongyang denied any role in the cyberattacks, calling such suggestions part of a "smear campaign" by unpopular South Korean leaders. Print. With its Internet networks continuing to suffer outages for the sixth ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Technology

Business Today   

PlayStation Network Returning After Hacking That Also Targeted Xbox Live   
New York Times
The Sony Corporation's PlayStation Network had connection problems for a fourth day since hackers attacked the video game network, and the company said on Sunday that service was gradually being restored. The hacker activist group known as Lizard ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

Court blow for shark-cage outfits   
Independent Online
Cape Town - The High Court in Cape Town has ruled that shark-cage diving operators may no longer hide behind the indemnity documents they make their clients sign, the Sunday Times reported. The court ruled this week that a defence based on the fact ...

2014-12-29 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

Malema ties the knot   
Independent Online
Polokwane - EFF leader Julius Malema has married his long-time girlfriend Mantwa Matlala in a private ceremony under heavy security in his hometown Seshego, Polokwane in Limpopo, according to reports on Sunday. Sunday Times reported that the ...

2014-12-29 South Africa Africa

The Punch   

Reps to summon Jega over readiness for 2015   
The Punch
The House of Representatives on Sunday raised concerns over the 2015 general elections, saying that adequate funding for the Independent National Electoral Commission and security would determine the credibility of the polls. The House Committee on ...

2014-12-29 South Africa World

BBC News   

Italy ferry fire: Scores awaiting rescue   
BBC News
Almost three hundred people are awaiting rescue from an Italian ferry that caught fire north-west of Corfu. Rescue operations are continuing despite massive waves and strong winds. The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, said it would be a "long night".
Rescue Under Way for Hundreds on Burning Ferry Off Greek Coast   Wall Street Journal
Race Against Time to Save Passengers From Ferry Adrift   ABC News
One Dead, Hundreds Trapped in Greek Ferry Fire   Voice of America
euronews   
Sydney Morning Herald   
New York Times   
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ABC News   

AirAsia plane reported missing with 162 passengers onboard: latest   
Telegraph.co.uk
... • Air Asia missing plane: How the news unfolded • Pilot had asked to change route to 'avoid bad weather' • No mayday or distress call was issued by plane • Search and rescue resumes at 06.30 local time • Briton named in local media as Choi Chi Man
Indonesian official says missing AirAsia jet is believed to be at the bottom of the ...   Washington Post
Indonesia searches Java Sea for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait   Reuters
2014 Proves a Grim Year in Malaysian Aviation   New York Times
Voice of America   
CNN   
BBC News   
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Daily Times   

US, NATO Mark End of Afghanistan Mission   
Voice of America
ISLAMABAD—. The NATO-led military alliance in Afghanistan formally ended its 13-year-long combat mission, leaving a relatively under-trained Afghan national security force to fight the deadly Taliban insurgency largely on its own. A special ceremony was ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Health

News24   

Striking Zim doctors' pay docked   
News24
Zimbabwean police have arrested a man who allegedly took part in a widely-publicised attack upon a woman in Harare who wore a mini-skirt, it was reported. Foreign investors lucky - Zim minister · Zim cops identify 'short dress' assault thugs · No Christmas ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Science

Malay Mail Online   

Flight warning after Guatemala volcano spews out ash   
Malay Mail Online
The organisation cautioned air craft from flying in the vicinity of the ash-spewing volcanoes. — AFP picGUATAMALA CITY, Dec 27 — Ash clouds from two active volcanoes in Guatemala prompted local air travel warnings yesterday. The country's National ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Sports

The Nation   

Karunaratne hits maiden ton as Sri Lanka fight on   
Daily Mail
Dimuth Karunaratne posted his maiden Test century Sunday as Sri Lanka fought to push the first Test against New Zealand into a fourth day at Christchurch's Hagley Oval. At tea on the third day they were 201-3 still 102 runs short of making New Zealand bat ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Entertainment

Lifehacker   

The cult of Lego: why are people so in love with the colourful bricks?   
Times LIVE
In an age of iPads and Wi-Fi-enabled cuddly toys, the humble Lego brick has survived and thrived against all odds. The No1 toy among children, the colourful building bricks also have a devoted following among adults.
Brick by brick, 'The Art of the Brick: A Life in Lego'   Boston Globe
BrickLink Is like Craigslist for Lego   Macro Insider

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Meet Britain's most exclusive watchmaker, whose exquisite timepieces sell for up ...   
Times LIVE
File photo of a watch being repaired. Welcome to what is probably the world's most exclusive watch factory: an unassuming cottage on the Isle of Man in the UK where Roger Smith has devoted his working life to making timepieces. Save & Share. Email.

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Times of India   

Kim Kardashian's Christmas Gift for Daughter North: A $54000 Dollhouse   
NDTV
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is said to have bought her daughter North West a dollhouse worth 35,000 pounds (over $54,000) for Christmas. "Kim's bought North a dollhouse worth 35,000 pounds - it comes with a marble bathroom with NW encrusted ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Technology

iAfrica.com   

Get ready for more road safety measures   
iAfrica.com
The Transport Department says while road deaths over this festive season have decreased, officials will still be stepping up road safety campaigns. The ministry says there has been a 35 percent reduction in road fatalities compared to the same period last ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Business

Mauritius Central Bank Chief Says He Was Removed From Office   
Businessweek
Mauritius central bank Governor Rundheersing Bheenick said he was removed from office with immediate effect following this month's general election. “I had the privilege to serve my country,” he said by phone. “I wish good luck to my successor.
New Mauritius government sacks long-serving central bank governor   Reuters Africa

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'Booming, but from a very low base'   
Times LIVE
But the fees won so far this year by banks such as Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank are unlikely to trigger a major celebration, bankers and analysts say. Despite the surge in dealmaking, Africa remains a small niche.

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MiamiHerald.com   

Revisiting Our Price Estimates For Large Independents Amid Lower Crude Prices   
Forbes
We recently revisited our price estimates for the large independent oil and gas companies we cover to account for the change in our long-term forecast for crude oil prices. We now believe that the recent decline in oil prices could sustain for a longer period ...

2014-12-28 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

We have lost a leader: Zuma   
The New Age Online
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday paid tribute to the former chairman of the National House of Traditional Leaders Nkosi Impiyezintombi Mzimela, who died on Christmas day. "On behalf of government and all the people of South Africa, we would like to ...

2014-12-28 South Africa Africa

The News   

Why Buhari Instigated Regional Rebellion Against Obasanjo — Osuntokun   
The Streetjournal
Mr Akin Osuntokun is not new on the nation's political terrain. He operated at the highest level of government when he was Political Adviser to former President OlusegunObasanjo. Before then, he was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria ...