2015-02-18 South Africa Health

defenceWeb   

Second group of South Africans sent to West Africa   
South Africa.info
A second group of South African health workers are being deployed to countries affected by the latest Ebola outbreak by the government, in collaboration with the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (Aseowa), to help contain the disease.
South Africa still contributing to the fight against Ebola   defenceWeb
S/Africa sends more health workers to Ebola-stricken West Africa   StarAfrica.com
Ebola - Second Group of Health Workers Sent to West Africa   AllAfrica.com
GlobalPost   
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cleveland.com   

CWRU researcher gets nearly $4 million to study effect of leaky gut in HIV/AIDS ...   
cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is one of five scientists nationwide to receive the 2015 National Institute on Drug Abuse Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS Research. Alan Levine, a professor of ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Science

iAfrica.com   

Five South Africans shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars. Here's why they want to go   
TheSouthAfrican
100 candidates have made it through to the third round of the astronaut selection process for the Mars One space programme. Five South Africans form part of the 100 candidates hoping to be part of the final 24 chosen to colonise mars. More than 200 500 ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Sports

Goal.com   

Guardiola's away-day caution leaves Bayern Munich on avoidable tightrope   
Goal.com
Not many teams go to the Allianz Arena with any legitimate hope of a result. Bayern Munich are unbeaten there all season and have failed to win only once. In that respect, not many in Bavaria will be lamenting the German giants' failure to put down Shakhtar ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

Joburg invades Venice   
Channel 24
Cape Town - Joburg's Biennale: Art collective The CUSS Group will be among the participants taking part in the unofficial Joburg Biennale at the 56th Venice Biennale, citypress reports. A free-wheeling group of South Africa's leading artists and patrons are ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Technology

iAfrica.com   

MTN SA Cloud offering an industry first   
Caj News Africa
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – IN what is believed to be a first in the industry, MTN has launched a cloud service that provides South African customers with unlimited storage capacity across a range of devices. The service is at a monthly fee of R99, ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Business

TechCentral   

South Africa Plans Gas Import Infrastructure for Power Needs   
Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- South Africa plans to build the infrastructure to import natural gas to supply electric turbines as the country deals with a shortage of power, the Department of Energy said. “We have very limited gas infrastructure” and need to develop it for ...

2015-02-18 South Africa South Africa

News24   

Malema, Shivambu throwing sushi at me – Mngxitama   
News24
Johannesburg - Andile Mngxitama has pleaded with the EFF to “stop throwing sushi' at him”. Speaking to the media at a much anticipated press conference – following a violent disruption in Cape Town last week – in Sandton on Tuesday, Mngxitama said that ...

2015-02-18 South Africa Africa

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   

Chinese gov't presents buses to Ghana   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Chinese government has presented seventeen, 35 seater Zhongtong buses worth one- point- five-six (1.56) million dollars to the Ministry of Transport. The move is to strengthen and improve Ghana's public transportation system. Speaking at the ...

2015-02-18 South Africa World

Independent Online   

Haiti declares three days of mourning   
Independent Online
Port-au-Prince - At least 16 people were killed and 78 injured early on Tuesday when a singer on a Carnival float hit an overhead power line in Port-au-Prince, setting off a stampede by bystanders, officials said. The tragedy in Haiti's capital prompted the ...