en-za-hotdailynews: 8月 2015

2015年8月31日星期一

2015-09-01 South Africa Health

Study: Americans living longer, but also sicker
Statesman Journal
The U.S. has made headway in delaying death, but it's falling behind in preventing ailments, a recent study has found. Americans' life expectancy, as with other people around the world, is rising, but people are living more years with illness and ...
Living Longer, But Healthier?   Voice of America
Ethiopians have increased their life expectancy by 16 years while South ...   Quartz
Fewer residents suffering serious ailments   gulfnews.com
AllAfrica.com
all 35 news articles »

Drug that sends futures up in smoke
Independent Online
Nyaope addict Sibusiso inside the shack where he and his friends smoke the drug in Tladi, Soweto. Picture: Paballo Thekiso/Saturday Star. 1/8. August 31 2015 at 12:58pm. Sameer Naik and Rabbie Serumula look on as a group of nyaope addicts take the ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Science

Sperm harpoon the egg to fertilize, new research suggests
Times LIVE
Thanks to new discoveries at the University of Virginia in the US, new hypothesis on how conception occurs could be around the corner. Image by: AFP Relaxnews ©Sashkin/shutterstock.com. A sperm cell latches on to its target with spiky filaments that ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Sports

Sport24

Duane ready to be Bok talisman
Sport24
According to reports skipper Jean de Villiers has lost six kilograms and has obviously been working hard on his cardio-vascular fitness. But while that may have been inspiring to see and hear if we were expecting him to perform well in a marathon, the ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Entertainment

Mail & Guardian Online

Entertainment News: Top moments from the VMAs; Bonang Matheba caught in love ...
Mail & Guardian Online
From Kanye West wanting to run for president in 2020 to the Bonang Matheba, AKA and DJ Zinhle love triangle, here's what has made news. Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards. (Photo: Reuters) ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Technology

Adapt And Thrive: Making Console Games Work On Mobile
TheSixthAxis
While it may seem obvious it does feel like it's worth pointing this out: mobile games are not like other games. They're not worse – it'd be frankly ridiculous to claim such a thing – but they are different. People often play them in a different ...
Our favourite apps of the week   iAfrica.com
Lara Croft GO review   Android Authority (blog)
PAX 2015: Rise of the Tomb Raider captures the spirit of Indiana Jones incredibly   IGN Africa
Press Release Rocket
all 9 news articles »

Newsweek

Ashley Madison Owner: Many Still Joining Adultery Site Post Hack
Newsweek
The homepage of the Ashley Madison website is displayed on an iPad, in this photo illustration taken in Ottawa, Canada July 21. Chris Wattie/Reuters. Filed Under: U.S., Ashley Madison, Hackers, Adultery. Hundreds of thousands of people signed up for ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Business

BDlive

ArcelorMittal SA steel mills to close as industry crisis bites
BDlive
ARCELORMITTAL SA on Monday became the latest casualty of plunging steel prices and slowing demand, saying it would mothball two operations and review the viability of its largest steel mill. It had "no option but to commence consultations" with ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online

Black weekend on SA's roads
Independent Online
Pretoria – In one of the blackest periods on South Africa's road, a total of 141 people are reported to have died on the country's roads over the weekend, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) confirmed on Monday. The “shocking and ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa Africa

CHANNELS TELEVISION

Buhari Swears In SGF, NSA, SA Media
CHANNELS TELEVISION
Femi-Adesina-Babagana-Mungono-Babachir-Lawal President Mohammadu Buhari has sworn in the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, National Security Adviser, Babagana Mungono and the Special Assistant to the ...

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2015-09-01 South Africa World

The Indian Express

Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed
Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine's parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer and injuring 122 people, the Interior Ministry said. It ...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; one officer killed   Firstpost
Violent Protest Follows Kiev Vote on Autonomy for East Ukraine   New York Times
Ukraine clashes: deadly protests in Kiev   Irish Times
Gawker
all 736 news articles »

Wall Street Journal

UN chief 'regrets' sentence of Al Jazeera journalists
The Nation
UNITED NATIONS:- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “deep regret' over the decision by the Egyptian court of Cassation to uphold the sentencing of several Al Jazeera journalists and has reiterated his appeal for their cases to ...
Egypt's president should pardon Mohamed Fahmy: Editorial   Toronto Star
Mohamed Fahmy's only remaining hope lies with Ottawa   The Globe and Mail
The Cry For Media Freedom in Egypt   Huffington Post
VICE News
Chicago Tribune
all 466 news articles »

Newsweek

Vice News Journalists Detained in Turkey on Charges of 'Aiding a Terrorist ...
NBCNews.com
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — A Turkish court charged two Vice News journalists and their assistant on Monday with "aiding a terrorist organization" and ordered them arrested pending trial. Their employer has called the charges "baseless and alarmingly false.".
Turkey: Journalists Held in Terror Case   New York Times
Turkey Detains, Charges British Reporting Crew on Terror Allegations   Voice of America
Turkey Arrests Vice News Journalists on Terror-Related Charges   Wall Street Journal
Sydney Morning Herald
Toronto Star
Jakarta Post
all 299 news articles »

Reuters

Mount McKinley becomes Denali - except on Air Force One map
Reuters
ANCHORAGE The televised flight map on Air Force One still called it Mount McKinley, but President Barack Obama was all about capturing the historic moment that Denali - now the name of North America's tallest peak - came into view. Obama snapped a ...

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2015年8月30日星期日

2015-08-31 South Africa Health

BizNews

Kingsley's off to find the Heart of Africa
BizNews
Defender 130 Indlovukazi Many people will already be familiar with the name Kingsley Holgate, his epic adventures and of course his partnership with Land Rover. For those of you who aren't you can think of him as a modern day Marco Polo, or the Sir ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Science

BizNews

Kingsley's off to find the Heart of Africa
BizNews
Defender 130 Indlovukazi Many people will already be familiar with the name Kingsley Holgate, his epic adventures and of course his partnership with Land Rover. For those of you who aren't you can think of him as a modern day Marco Polo, or the Sir ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Sports

Sport24

Bidvest Wits Ajax Cape Town
Sport24
Corner taken by Franklyn Cale from the right by-line. Clearance made by Kris Bright. 90'. Caution for Anssi Jaakkola. 84'. Penalty awarded for a foul by Ben Motshwari on Toriq Losper. Booking for Ben Motshwari for unsporting behaviour. Placed penalty ...
Ajax edge Wits to book MTN8 final spot   SuperSport
Wits V Ajax Player Ratings   Soccer Laduma
Ajax Cape Town striker Prince Nxumalo in ICU after epilepsy attack   KickOff.com
Independent Online
Goal.com
all 32 news articles »

Could the Springboks actually be banned from the Rugby World Cup?
New Zealand Herald
Choosing between Charles Piutau and Waisake Naholo for the All Blacks is child's play compared to what the Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer faced, and is still facing, selecting his World Cup squad. The question of race has reared its complicated head ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Entertainment

Independent Online

Final credits roll for 'Khabazela' Mqwebu
Independent Online
Johannesburg - Popular actor Roland Bantubonke Mqwebu has died in Durban. Known for his role as Mkhize in SABC1's sitcom Emzini Wezinsizwa, “Khabazela” died in the eThekwini Hospital and Heart Centre on Friday. He was 78 and suffered renal ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Technology

Independent Online

Cops in 'super-spy' machine probe
Independent Online
Johannesburg - A group of high-ranking police officials have been linked to the super-spy gadget which was illegally brought into the country to be used to intercept cellphone conversations of cigarette smugglers by a rival gang seeking a monopoly over ...
Surprise twist in secret spy gadget investigation   MyBroadband
Hawks: High-Tech gadgets putting SA security at risk   Eyewitness News

all 3 news articles »

Gamepur

Mad Max Patch 1.01 Live Now, Size 400MB, Improvements To Story Missions, Open ...
Gamepur
Avalanche Studios has already release first Patch for Mad Max titled as "Day Zero Patch" (Patch 1.01). The update is now available for download on PlayStation 4, it weighs 400MB in size and carries some much need improvements to story, animations ...
'Mad Max' Game Hands-On Review: Too Much Button-Mashing For My Taste   iDigitalTimes.com
'Mad Max' game news: PS4 version to receive exclusive special items   ChristianToday
Mad Max Day 1 Patch Goes Live Ahead Of Launch, Check Out Its Changelog And Size   GearNuke
WinBeta
Digital Trends
Press Examiner
all 25 news articles »

New Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe Photos Emerge
BenzInsider
New spy photos of the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe made it online again. The pictures from Autocar show the SUV with partial camouflage, hiding its bumper and the rear portion starting from the auto's C-pillar—similar to the ones we have seen before.

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The Nation Newspaper

Range Rover Sport HST: Unique chassis, higher performance
The Nation Newspaper
The 2016 model Range Rover Sport brings customers more choices when it comes to performance and technology. Additionally, Land Rover's most dynamic model gains a new variant in the Range Rover Sport HST, writes TAJUDEEN ADEBANJO. The HST ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Business

Independent Online

Medupi: Eskom's R105bn project
Independent Online
Lephalale - President Jacob Zuma opened South Africa's first new power plant in 20 years on Sunday with a warning that the country's perennial energy shortages were hampering economic growth. Construction on the six-unit, 4 764 MW Medupi plant near ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa South Africa

Eskom CEO, top execs 'suspended'
iAfrica.com
Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona and three of the power utility's top executives have been asked by the board to "step aside". The chairperson of the board, Zola Tsotsi, made the announcement at a press briefing on Thursday. Tsotsi explained that the four ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa Africa

Insight - Clan warfare trumps diplomacy in Mali's fragile north
Reuters Africa
GAO (Reuters) - The United Nations has deployed 10,000 peacekeepers and poured more than $1 billion (£650 million) into Mali but its efforts to end a three-year conflict are threatened by the reemergence of a centuries-old rivalry between Tuareg clans.

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The Nation Newspaper

100 days of Buhari
BusinessDay
As President Muhammadu Buhari marks his first 100 days in office, we note with joy the positive atmosphere that has enveloped the nation and the renewed hope and optimism it has engendered among Nigerians that 'change' has indeed come and that we ...

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2015-08-31 South Africa World

Foreigner arrested in Bangkok bombing case
New Zealand Herald
Police have arrested a suspect in relation to the Bangkok shrine bombing. Photo / Thai Police. Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first ...

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2015年8月29日星期六

2015-08-30 South Africa Health

REFILE-S.Africa's Tutu expected home from hospital next week
Reuters Africa
CAPE TOWN Aug 27 (Reuters) - Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was responding well to a two-week intravenous antibiotic course and could be discharged from hospital at the end of next week, Tutu's daughter said on ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Science

The Hullabaloo Online

The Development of Microbial Organisms in the House Was Influenced by Specific ...
The Hullabaloo Online
According to a new study, germs in dust collected from your home, can tell about the location of your home in relation to geography together with proportion of male and female members that are living in the house. It can also tell that if there is a .
Household dust can tell gender makeup of your home   The Times (subscription)
Thousands of germs live in your home   News Tonight Africa
The Development of Microbial Organisms in the House Was Influenced by Specific ...   Capital Wired
Huffington Post
KUNC
all 15 news articles »

Orlando Sentinel

NASA reveals New Horizons' potential mission after Pluto
Orlando Sentinel
Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Pluto-like object in the distant Kuiper Belt. Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Pluto-like object in the distant Kuiper Belt. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Sports

Slings and arrows don't faze Springbok skipper
Times LIVE
South Africa's Jean de Villiers attempts to avoid the tackle by Argentina's Marcelo Bosch (L) during their Championship rugby union test match in Durban, August 8 2015. Image: ROGAN WARD REUTERS ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Entertainment

Mail & Guardian Online

Frantz Fanon and the art of embodying blackness
Mail & Guardian Online
Philosopher Lewis R Gordon defines 'being black' in the book 'What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to his Life and Thought'. Philosopher Lewis R Gordon (PHOTO: Nicholas Pfosi). The animating spirit of Frantz Fanon was much in evidence at the ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Technology

CNET

2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (CNET On Cars, Episode 72)
CNET
Ranger Rover Sport SVR goes down a new road. Should you buy an EV, a hybrid or neither? And new tech to remember kids left in cars. Share (0). facebook. twitter. googleplus. linkedin. Transcript. Transcription not available for 2015 Land Rover Range ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Business

Steel sector thrown import tariff lifeline
Times LIVE
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies gave the steel industry a last-minute reprieve on Friday when he approved a 10% import tariff on steel. But "giving them this tariff does not mean we will be giving them the green light to raise prices", Davies ...
S.Africa's trade minister imposes steel tariffs with conditions   Reuters Africa
S. Africa to impose tariffs on Chinese steel imports   Business Standard
Davies imposes steel tariffs with conditions   BDlive
Independent Online
Bloomberg
CNBCAfrica.com
all 23 news articles »

President Zuma to officially open Medupi Unit 6
Times LIVE
Electricity power lines and cooling towers are seen at Eskom's Kendal power station in Delmas, South Africa. File photo. Image by: Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday officially open Medupi Unit 6 in Lephalale‚ ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa South Africa

News24

Cocaine worth R50m seized at OR Tambo
News24
Cape Town - A major haul of 143kg of cocaine in transit to West Africa has instead been transported to the SAPS forensics laboratory in Pretoria, after the police's anti-smuggling unit intercepted the delivery at OR Tambo International Airport.
Drugs were in transit to Benin - SAPS   Independent Online
Police seize 143kg of cocaine at OR Tambo   eNCA
Cops seize cocaine valued at R50m at JHB airport   Eyewitness News

all 7 news articles »

Mail & Guardian Online

Police spin doctor grilled by MPs
Mail & Guardian Online
The South African police's chief spin doctor on Friday found himself in the firing line. SA Police service national spokesperson Solomon Makgale (centre). (David Harrison, M&G). It was national police spokesperson Solly Makgale's turn to face the music ...
Top cops' defiance puts their jobs in jeopardy   Independent Online
Phiyega spin doctor grilled in Parliament   eNCA
Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee grill Saps' Makgale   Eyewitness News
The New Age Online
The Citizen (press release) (blog)
all 12 news articles »

President Jacob Zuma Did Not Apologise to Tshediso Matona
AllAfrica.com
The lead story of the Mail & Guardian newspaper today, 28 August 2015, which states that President Jacob Zuma "apologised" to former Eskom CEO Mr Tshediso Matona and incoming Secretary for National Planning in the Department of Planning, Monitoring ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa Africa

38 girls killed in Swaziland bus crash en route to King's wife choosing ceremony
ABC Online
A road accident in Swaziland has killed 38 girls and seriously injured 20 others who were on their way to a traditional ceremony where King Mswati III can choose a new wife, pro-democracy activists reported. The accident happened on Friday night when ...
38 girls, young women killed in Swaziland   The Australian
Swazi Maidens among more than 100 killed in horror crashes   Times LIVE
65 Swaziland girls tragically die in truck crash en route to royal festival ...   RT
Boston Globe
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Jonathan, Dezianni, Obuah, indicted over $6.9million mobile stages deal
BusinessDay
The ongoing probe by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, has indicted former President Goodluck Jonathan alongside two of his aides over a $6.9 million mobile stages deal. The money which was drawn from an offshore account belonging ...

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2015-08-30 South Africa World

Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Greste calls on world to step up pressure on Egypt over sentence
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian journalist Peter Greste has urged the international community to step up pressure on the Egyptian government to "undo the injustice" meted out to him and two al-Jazeera colleagues, who were sentenced on Saturday to three years in prison by a ...

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2015年8月28日星期五

2015-08-29 South Africa Health

Mail & Guardian Online

Desmond Tutu, archbishop of the world
Mail & Guardian Online
The priest is a humble man who boldly took on the apartheid state and still fights for justice, writes Tinyiko Maluleke. It would be wrong to portray Tutu as a self-made action hero. The truth is that Tutu is a product of a heroic and resilient people ...
No grapes from Tutu grandchild   Times LIVE
Daniel Craig recalls the time Desmond Tutu made him speechless   Channel 24
REFILE-S.Africa's Tutu expected home from hospital next week   Reuters
AllAfrica.com
Independent Online
Reuters Africa
all 58 news articles »

ANC mayor slams homosexuals, says 'they spread HIV and bring shame to our ...
Times LIVE
Mayor of the ANC-controlled Umzinyathi District municipality, James Mthethwa (wearing black and folding his arms) at the launch of the Umzinyathi Community Health Work Training Project, held in Dundee on August 24, 2015. Image by: Umzinyathi District ...

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2015-08-29 South Africa Science

Harvard Political Review

Engineering The Climate
Harvard Political Review
In early July, in Germany's historic Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, academics and analysts from a wide range of disciplines gathered to participate in a research symposium on climate engineering. The fledgling field—only some ...
Largest Ever Citizen Consultation On Climate Change   AllAfrica.com
Framing the Climate Talks   The Ecologist
Global Warming Policies May Increase Water Deficits   Water Online (press release)
RTCC
Business Green
all 9 news articles »

A shark in Dubai Marina (and it's not a property agent)
The National
DUBAI // Shark watching is not something usually associated with Dubai, but social media was abuzz on Thursday with news of a huge, but harmless, whale shark swimming gracefully in and out of Dubai Marina. Although unusual, sightings are more common ...

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2015-08-29 South Africa Sports

Chiefs, Celtic, Wits and Ajax eye final
SuperSport
It's do or die this weekend as Kaizer Chiefs take on Bloemfontein Celtic and Bidvest Wits host Ajax Cape Town in the 2015 MTN8 second leg semifinals. Both of the first leg affairs ended in 1-1 stalemates, with Chiefs and Bidvest Wits each getting the ...
Komphela: Stats Put Us On The Front Foot   Soccer Laduma
Khune: Give Komphela a chance   Sport24
Intriguing MTN8 semis   Independent Online
Goal.com
Times LIVE
all 54 news articles »

Rugby: South Africa World Cup squad includes shock inclusion
New Zealand Herald
Uncapped halfback Rudy Paige was a shock inclusion in the South Africa Rugby World Cup squad. Photo / Getty Images. Uncapped halfback Rudy Paige was a shock inclusion in the South Africa Rugby World Cup squad after being ignored during four ...

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2015-08-29 South Africa Entertainment

Twitter attacks Unathi over Stellenbosch 'racism'
Channel 24
Johannesburg- Songbird Unathi Msengana has been lambasted on social media for apparently trying to defend Stellenbosch University's language policy. A short documentary, which is called Luister, has sparked widespread anger and debate among black ...

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2015-08-29 South Africa Technology

CTV News

Facebook milestone: 1 billion people logged onto social network on Monday
CTV News
NEW YORK -- A billion people logged in to Facebook on a single day this week, marking the first time that many members used the world's largest online social network in a 24-hour period. The number amounts to one-seventh of the Earth's population.
Facebook Reaches 1 Billion Users in One Day   Top Tech News
Contextualizing Facebook's 1 Billion Daily Users with 6 Graphs   Zacks.com
Zuckerberg cheers as 1000000000 suckers login to Facebook in 24 hours   Computerworld
Forbes
ABC News
STLtoday.com
all 709 news articles »

Scottish Daily Record

New Range Rover Sport SVR should stand for So Viciously Rapid
Scottish Daily Record
Just over 25 years ago, I was driving a British car with the build quality of a baked bean can. The SVR is a supercharged maniac of a beast – that leaves all its rivals as toast. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest ...

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