2015-07-27 South Africa Health

BBC News   

Meth Production in West Africa Growing   
BBC News
"It costs $1.5 thousand a kilo to produce in the region; if you can get that kilo to the streets of Tokyo, it's worth $150, 000". Production of the drug methamphetamine, known as Meth, is on the rise in West Africa, aimed at the "lucrative" markets of ...
Special Report: West Africa's alarming growth industry - meth   Reuters
West African drug officials see 'alarming' rise in meth trade   Fox News
West Africa's Alarming Growth Industry: Meth   Jakarta Globe

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BizNews   

Here come new drugs to lower cholesterol: Take care – You have been warned!   
BizNews
Dr Malcolm Kendrick, a Scottish medical doctor, and author of The Great Cholesterol Con, The Truth About Heart Disease And How To Avoid It, is scathing about drugs to lower cholesterol that are known as statins, and rightly so. (University of Cape Town ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Science

Independent Online   

Massive operation to free whale   
Independent Online
Cape Town – The South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) responded to a whale, which was in distress, after it apparently became entangled in rope off Fish Hoek near Cape Town on Saturday. Craig Lambinon, spokesperson for the SA ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Sports

Mail & Guardian Online   

Tough 2018 World Cup task for Bafana Bafana   
Mail & Guardian Online
SA paired with Angola. It is the only one of 20 second-round ties featuring two former qualifiers with Angola shock participants in 2006 tournament. (L-R) Samuel Eto'o, Jerome Valcke and Rinat Dasaev hold the preliminary draw for the Confederation of ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Entertainment

News24   

Naspers sees in 100 years in style   
News24
Koos Bekker (right) with Cape Town councillor Johannes van der Merwe cuts the red ribbon at the Naspers building before the 100-year birthday celebration. PHOTO : BIENNE HUISMAN. Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Technology

iAfrica.com   

We review the AG Mobile Ghost   
iAfrica.com
The Zest T1 proved that a locally designed smartphone doesn't need to be a mediocre handset. Instead, we got a sub-R2000 phone that offered a great user-experience and impressive specs for the price category. Now, veteran South African brand AG ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

South African tourism team to visit Tiruchi   
The Hindu
A team from South African tourism will visit the city on July 29 to promote the country's tourism spots to the travel industry representatives of the State. The South African Tourism, along with Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), will organise ...
New visa rules hit tourism numbers   Independent Online
How visa regulations are killing SA tourism   Times LIVE
South Africa eyes India as No.1 source mkt by 2020   Press Trust of India

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METALS-London copper languishes near 6-year low on demand concerns   
Reuters Africa
MELBOURNE, July 27 (Reuters) - London copper slipped on Monday to trade near its weakest in six years, as concerns over demand in top user China were compounded by a seasonal slowdown in manufacturing activity over the summer and ample supply.
Base metals decline 6% in two weeks   Business Standard

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Eyewitness News   

Load shedding: Stage 2 kicks in at 8am   
Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has announced it will be implementing stage 2 load shedding from 8am this morning. The utility said the system is constrained because of a shortage of generating capacity as some units are currently on maintenance. Power cuts ...

2015-07-27 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

Nkandla probes waste more money   
Independent Online
Durban - Taxpayers forked out about R246 million to upgrade President Jacob Zuma's home in Nkandla. Now they're forking out thousands more to investigate the millions spent. This week about 30 members of Parliament visited the president's home.
Butt naked in Zuma's main love chamber   News24
Journalists allowed into Nkandla on Sunday   Times LIVE
Journalists taken on Nkandla tour   Eyewitness News
eNCA   
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BDlive   

'Bouncers' in Parliament will only make EFF members more 'wild', says Malema   
BDlive
BRINGING "bouncers" into the National Assembly to manhandle MPs of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will make them more "wild", party president Julius Malema said on Saturday. Speaking at the second anniversary celebrations of the EFF on ...

2015-07-27 South Africa Africa

Voice of America   

At Least 19 Dead After Blast at Market in Northern Nigeria   
Voice of America
DAMATURU, NIGERIA—. A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 19 people and wounding 47, the National Emergency Management Agency said. No one ...

2015-07-27 South Africa World

Firstpost   

At least 13 dead after al- Shabaab attack Somali hotel   
Firstpost
Mogadishu: The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said. A Reuters witness ...
12 Are Killed in Bombing Outside Hotel in Somalia   New York Times
US condemns 'abhorrent' Mogadishu attacks   The Sun Daily
Truck bomb hits Somali hotel, kills 12   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ABC Online   
Sky News Australia   
Xinhua   
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ABC Online   

Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound   
ABC Online
Palestinian Muslim worshippers and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for the Holy City's two destroyed Biblical temples. No serious injuries were reported at the site, which ...
Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at al-Aqsa site   CNN International
Palestinian Youths Clash With Israeli Police in Jerusalem   New York Times
Police and protesters clash amid mounting tension at religious shrine   Irish Independent
Xinhua   
Press TV   
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New York Times   

Three Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Tokyo   
New York Times
TOKYO — A small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo on Sunday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground, while three people were pulled alive from the wreckage, officials said. The single-engine propeller plane plowed into ...