2014-08-26 South Africa Health

  Livemint   

Ebola fight needs $430 million to end record outbreak: WHO  Livemint
The European Commission and aid groups including Doctors Without Borders have criticized the WHO for a lack of leadership in coordinating the fight against the outbreak. Photo: AFP. Geneva: More than $430 million will be needed to bring the worst Ebola ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Science

  NBCNews.com   

Thigh Bone on Mars? It's Just a Weird Rock, NASA Says  NBCNews.com
A photo from NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars set the Internet abuzz last week with claims that the robot had found a "thigh bone" on the Red Planet. But not so fast. That so-called bone? Just a weathered Martian rock, NASA says. The bone claim first appeared ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Sports

  Otago Daily Times   

Meyer delighted with Vic return  SPORT24
Cape Town - Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has expressed his delight at the return of lock Victor Matfied to the squad. Experienced lock Matfield has overcome injury and been included into Meyer's squad to tour Australia and New Zealand in the Rugby ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Entertainment

  ABC News   

40 pics you have to see from the 2014 MTV VMA!  Channel 24
Kim Kardashian arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP). Model Olivia Culpo (L) and recording artist Nick Jonas arrive on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Technology

  BusinessTech   

New DStv HD Decoder replaces standard view  Channel 24
Night owls and TV fans: Join Channel24 at 02:00 on Tuesday morning for LIVE updates of the Primetime Emmy Awards. Cape Town – MultiChoice is bringing a new DStv decoder with high definition (HD) ability to the South African market, called DStv HD ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Business

  Irish Independent   

Could South Africa be on the brink of recession?  eNCA
Johannesburg – On Tuesday Statistics SA releases its GDP figures for the second quarter. But whatever the GDP results, much more needs to be done to get our economy on a healthy growth path. eNCA. South Africa will find out on Tuesday if the country is ...

2014-08-26 South Africa South Africa

  Independent Online   

Madonsela's claims outrageous - ANC  News24
Johannesburg - Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's claim that her letter to President Jacob Zuma was leaked by a senior ANC leader is preposterous and outrageous, the ANC said on Monday. "We call on the public protector to reveal the senior ANC leader ...

2014-08-26 South Africa Africa

  BDlive   

WildLeaks to blow the whistle on wildlife crime  BDlive
CRIMINAL LOOT: A picture taken on June 5 2014 shows Kenyan police officers looking at 302 pieces of ivory, including 228 elephant tusks, found and seized in a warehouse during a raid in the port city of Mombassa. Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants ...

2014-08-26 South Africa World

  New York Times   

Amid Mourning for Michael Brown, Call for Change  New York Times
ST. LOUIS — His gold-and-black coffin was topped by a baseball cap — a palpable, personal reminder of the young man who was fatally shot by a police officer only weeks ago. But the calls from the pulpit were for Michael Brown's memory to live on in a ...