en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-07-15

2015-07-15 South Africa Health

Two KZN doctors, nurse suspended over death
BDlive
THE KwaZulu-Natal department of health has suspended two doctors and a nurse after the trio had allegedly denied treatment to a 19-year-old accident victim on Saturday afternoon who later died. Reveshen Pandather died after being hit by a car and who ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Science

CNET

UPDATE 3-Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home
Reuters
(Adds quote from President Obama). By Irene Klotz. LAUREL, Md., July 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles (4.88 billion km) that ...
Pluto flyby confirmed by NASA   CBC.ca
NASA Breathes Sigh of Relief After New Horizons Passes Pluto   ABC News
The little girl who named Pluto   Sydney Morning Herald
Los Angeles Times
Irish Independent
New Zealand Herald
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Geek

If the Moon were 1 pixel, it'd take 17 minutes to scroll through the solar system
Geek
Get ready to scroll for a while if you visit the site that has been tagged as the most “tediously accurate scale model of the solar system.” The project asks visitors to look at the solar system in a new way, If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel. From there ...
Incredible map shows just how empty the Solar System actually is   htxt.africa
This 'tediously accurate' map of the Solar System puts the space into space   The Verge
Painstakingly Accurate Solar System Map Shows Just How Much Space There Is ...   Popular Mechanics
Gizmodo India
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News24

Research reveals spread of stone tool making methods
News24
Johannesburg - Long before social networking, some 65 000 years ago, homo sapiens living in South Africa began to share tool-making methods. This was a marked difference to 71 000 years ago when humans - spread across different parts of the country ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Sports

SuperSport

Rugby-Kriel debuts, Burger at number eight for Springboks
Reuters Africa
SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - Jesse Kriel will make his test debut at centre and Schalk Burger will start at number eight when South Africa take on Australia in their Rugby Championship opener in Brisbane on Saturday. With regular Springboks skipper Jean ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Entertainment

Independent Online

No loadshedding at Generations
Independent Online
GENERATIONS creator and producer Mfundi Vundla has slammed reports that three leading actors on the revamped Generations The Legacy soap opera faced the axe, insisting that one had asked to leave. Vundla famously sacked 16 actors from the show ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Technology

News24

Internet service provider unrepentant after fine
News24
Johannesburg – The internet service provider fined R10 000 by a regulatory body for sending a spam e-mail was unrepentant on Tuesday. "We won't pay the fine. And we don't respond well to threats either," Internet Services and Technologies (iSAT) CEO ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Business

BDlive

South Africa's AMCU union says will return to gold wage talks
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG, July 14 (Reuters) - South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will return to wage talks with gold producers after walking out last week, its chief negotiator said on Tuesday. "This deadlock does not imply ...
Amcu says it will return to gold wage talks   BDlive
South African gold mine wage talks continue   The New Age Online

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Sky News Australia

Starbucks pushes into Africa
Sky News Australia
The Starbucks coffee chain will venture into sub-Saharan Africa for the first time by opening a cafe in Johannesburg. More than 22,000 Starbucks cafes operate worldwide, but the US company's famous grande lattes and frappuccios have been almost ...
Caffeinated: Starbucks to inaugurate Johannesburg café   The Express Tribune
Starbucks to enter sub-Saharan Africa next year | Reuters   Firstpost
Starbucks comes to South Africa in 2016   Moneyweb.co.za
Financial Times
Times LIVE
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BDlive

Take or pay deals shield Transnet
BDlive
THE pain of depressed export coal prices in the coming year will be cushioned for Transnet Freight Rail as it had signed up 95% of its coal volumes on "take or pay" contracts, Transnet group acting CEO Siyabonga Gama said on Tuesday. "We wanted to be ...
South Africa's Transnet sees higher capital spending   Reuters Africa
Transnet earnings gain on higher volumes of coal, iron ore   Moneyweb.co.za
Transnet earnings rise on coal volumes   Independent Online
Times LIVE
Reuters
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Moneyweb.co.za

South African stocks slip on China fears, Vodacom falls
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG, July 14 (Reuters) - South Africa's stocks ended four sessions of gains on Tuesday, led lower by Vodacom after it announced cost cutting plans and as emerging market sentiment was hit by concerns over growth in China. Telecoms group ...

2015-07-15 South Africa South Africa

Jacaranda FM

Special congress united Cosatu - Dlamini
Jacaranda FM
15 July 2015 at 05:15 by ANA - The Congress of South African Trade Union's special national congress had united the trade union federation, its president Sdumo Dlamini said as he closed the congress on a high note in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
When Cosatu hurts‚ the ANC feels the pain too says Mbete   Times LIVE
Congress united Cosatu: Dlamini   Independent Online
Cosatu won't unite until sexual exploitation issues are addressed - Sadtu   News24
Mail & Guardian Online
BDlive
Daily Maverick
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Independent Online

Tutu admitted to hospital
Independent Online
Cape Town - South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been hospitalised with an undisclosed but “persistent” infection, his foundation said on Tuesday. “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday for ...

2015-07-15 South Africa Africa

Daily Times

Kenyans await Obama's visit with cautious optimism
Daily Times
NAIROBI: The upcoming maiden visit by the US President Barack Obama to the land of his ancestors has elicited mixed reactions from citizens of all stripes. Obama's first visit to Kenya as the US president has been described as historic by the east ...
Kenya's Westgate Mall where 67 people were killed by Islamist gunmen to reopen   Daily Mail
Kenya Westgate Mall to re-open two years after al-Shabab attack   Belfast Telegraph
Kenyan mall reopens two years after massacre   Brisbane Times
NDTV
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
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The Guardian Nigeria

FG declares July 17, 20 holidays for Sallah
The Punch
The Federal Government has declared July 17 and 20, 2015, as public holidays to mark id-el-fitr sallah celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, who made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja, enjoined all Muslim ...
Govt declares July 17, 20 as holidays   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Eid-el-Fitr: FG Declares Friday, Monday Public Holidays   THISDAY Live
Nigerian govt declares two-day holiday for Eid-El-Fitri celebration   StarAfrica.com
DailyPost Nigeria
TV360
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Times LIVE

Tutu Foundation issues plea for religious tolerance ahead of Mandela Day
Times LIVE
Nelson Mandela International Day focuses our attention on each other‚ and our responsibilities to live Madiba's legacy forever through the work we all do. File photo. Image by: ESA ALEXANDER ...

2015-07-15 South Africa World

New York Times

Republican Lawmakers Vow Fight to Derail Nuclear Deal
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Before Congress had even begun its official review, Republican leaders vowed Tuesday to kill President Obama's nuclear accord with Iran, setting up a fierce fight to save the president's signature diplomatic achievement. Congress will ...

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