2015-03-20 South Africa Health

Independent Online   

S.Africa HIV+ women forced to sterilise: rights groups   
Medical Xpress
Doctors at some public hospitals in South Africa have allegedly coerced dozens of HIV-positive women to undergo sterilisation over the past three decades, rights groups said Thursday. The Women's Legal Centre, an independent local group, and the ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Science

Voice of America   

Study: 9.2% of Europe's Wild Bee Species Face Extinction   
Voice of America
OSLO—. Almost one in 10 of Europe's wild bee species is at risk of extinction because of threats from the spread of farms and pesticides among other factors, a first assessment of the continent's bee populations showed Thursday. Bees are vital to food ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Sports

The Australian   

World Cup cricket: Australia v Pakistan in Adelaide   
The Australian
2.29pm: Michael Clarke appeared quite emotional during an anthem in which he was arm-in-arm with Barry `Nugget' Rees. Darren Lehmann said after the Brisbane Test that Nugget might be making another appearance this summer and here he is again.
World Cup: Australia v Pakistan   BBC Sport
Pakistan win the toss, opt to bat in quarter-final   Daily Mail
Pakistan wins toss, bats 1st in World Cup QF vs Australia   New Zealand Herald
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Sport24   

Cheetahs out to hit the road running   
Sport24
Christchurch - The Cheetahs will aim to hit the road running when they play their first match of their Australasian Super Rugby tour when they face the Crusaders in Christchurch. Springbok wing Cornal Hendricks gets a rest this week and is replaced by ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

Ninja: Brandon Auret was juiced up on a copious amount of steroids   
Channel 24
Cape Town - Rumours spread last year that Ninja from Die Antwoord made life a living hell for his co-stars on the set of Neill Blomkamp's latest movie, Chappie. In a recent interview with Channel24's sister publication, News24Live, local actor Brandon Auret ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Technology

DestinyConnect   

Porsche Macan wins Car of the Year   
DestinyConnect
There's a motor industry joke that as soon as a Porsche is named a finalist in the Car of the Year (Coty) competition, Porsche South Africa CE Toby Venter prepares his acceptance speech, knowing full well that he will definitely deliver it. Last night, he rose to ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

Eskom credit downgraded to junk: S&P   
MyBroadband
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded Eskom's long-term credit rating to BB+ following the suspension of four of its senior officials, it said on Thursday. This had led the ratings agency to have less confidence in the company's corporate governance ...

2015-03-20 South Africa South Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Stand aside, Zille, says 17-year-old   
Mail & Guardian Online
DA politicians say it's time for a new party leader, and among the challengers is a protest candidate. Democracy: DA leader Helen Zille (above) won't be in power forever. (David Harrison, M&G). Helen Zille's first challenge for the Democratic Alliance party ...

2015-03-20 South Africa Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Fissile hoard threatens key SA-US deal   
Mail & Guardian Online
Frustrated by what they paint as President Jacob Zuma's obduracy, President Barack Obama's advisers are playing hardball to persuade South Africa to dilute or dispose of bomb-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) left over from its apartheid-era weapons ...

2015-03-20 South Africa World

Haaretz   

Academic boycott: free speech or sordid vilification of Israel?   
Haaretz
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement is increasing its grip on U.S. campuses, especially in post-secondary education. A definitive new anthology sees it as outright discrimination. By Gerald Sorin | Mar. 20, 2015 | 3:41 AM ...