2014-12-25 South Africa Health

CTV News   

The Ebola outbreak at 1 year: Doctors report hopeful signs, better survival in ...   
CTV News
One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 per cent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive. The Ebola death rate has fallen even though there are no specific medicines or vaccines to ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Science

News Tonight Africa   

Dwindling mussel numbers   
Oman Tribune
THE population of shellfish mussel could be under threat globally as climate change causes oceans to become increasingly acidic, scientists have claimed. The world's oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as they absorb some of the atmospheric carbon ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Sports

ESPNcricinfo.com   

Bavuma looking forward to rapid debut   
ESPNcricinfo.com
When Temba Bavuma's parents planned their end-of-year holiday to the United States, they would not have thought it may clash with their son's Test debut. But that is exactly what has happened. Bavuma is likely to become South Africa's second new cap in ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Entertainment

AsiaOne   

Google and Microsoft stand with Sony against hackers   
AsiaOne
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Microsoft joined forces with Sony on Wednesday, using their online might to release "The Interview" film to online audiences despite threats from hackers. "Of course it was tempting to hope that something else would happen to ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Technology

Eyewitness News   

Peters: Road safety efforts paying off   
Eyewitness News
FILE: At least 677 people have died on the roads so far this month compared to last year's 917 fatalities. Pictures: Supplied. Road Accidents · Road fatalities · Dipou Peters. Road Accidents,road fatalities,Dipou Peters. Local. Email; Print ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Business

Sierra Leone Times   

South Africa awards $855 mn worth contracts for AIDS drugs   
Sierra Leone Times
JOHANNESBURG / MUMBAI - Cipla Medpro, a subsidiary of the Indian firm Cipla, Sonke Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd., a joint venture of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. of India and Pretoria-based Community Investment Holdings Ltd., Aspen Pharmacare Holdings ...

2014-12-25 South Africa South Africa

SaharaReporters.com   

South Africa: Zimbabweans Illegally Transferred To Zimbabwean Police Feared ...   
SaharaReporters.com
The paper also profiled the case of another Zimbabwean, Gordon Dube, who apparently had his hands chopped off before being killed in Zimbabwean police custody. Pritchard Tshuma was also profiled in the paper as a third Zimbabwean whose ...

2014-12-25 South Africa Africa

The Punch   

Don't Politicise the Armed Forces, PDP Tells APC   
THISDAY Live
In apparent reference to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Organisation's endorsement of soldiers' right to protest over the federal government's failure to adequately equip them in their fight against Boko Haram in the North-east, ...

2014-12-25 South Africa World

Voice of America   

Islamic State Holds Jordanian Pilot; US Denies IS Claim F-16 Jet Shot Down   
Voice of America
A captured Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot is the first casualty of the U.S.-led coalition airstrike operation against the hard-line Islamic State group known as ISIS or ISIL. Islamic State extremists claimed to have shot down the the Jordanian F-16 fighter jet over ...