2015-08-17 South Africa Health

Eyewitness News   

Humans to face malnutrition if pollinators disappear   
Eyewitness News
If all pollinators disappear, 71 million people in low-income countries may develop vitamin A deficiencies. A parrot's feather beetle which has been bred at the City of Cape Town's Insect Mass. FILE: If creatures that pollinate our food disappear, we ...
Humans may face malnutrition if birds and bees disappear   West Central Tribune
Sharp Rise in Malnutrition and Deaths if Pollinators disappear   NH Voice

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Times LIVE   

Elephant skin may save rhino   
Times LIVE
iThemba, a rhino from KwaZulu-Natal, received a skin graft on Monday last week to treat a wound left by poachers as they hacked out her horn. The graft came from an elephant. The female rhino was attacked two weeks ago. Poachers got away with one of ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Science

NAIJ.COM   

AMAZING: Nigerian Man Shortlisted To Fly To Space   
NAIJ.COM
Meet a Nigerian man, Freeman Osonuga, who has been shortlisted as one of the lucky human beings to travel to space. Nigerian man, Freeman Osonuga, shortlisted to fly Space. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. Freeman Osonuga. PM News reports ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Sports

Sport24   

Day wins PGA Championship   
Sport24
Day finished on a score of 20-under par for his maiden Major victory - and a cheque for $1.8 million. Jordan Spieth, who won this year's Masters and US Open, finished in second place, three strokes behind. South Africa's Branden Grace finished in third ...
Branden Grace 'getting closer' in majors   AllSports.com.gh
Grace 'getting closer in majors,' finishes solo third   Golf Channel (press release) (blog)
Four punch tickets into next year's Masters   Rotoworld.com
Independent Online   
SuperSport   
Winona Daily News   
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SuperSport   

Guptill smashes half-century as NZ draw T20 series   
DAWN.com
CENTURION: A blazing half-century from opener Martin Guptill helped New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs at SuperSport Park on Sunday to draw the two-match Twenty20 International series 1-1. Guptill smashed three sixes and six fours as he ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Entertainment

Independent Online   

Tributes to kwaito star pour in   
Independent Online
One could have been forgiven for thinking that Big Nuz kwaito star Sibusiso “R Mashesha” Khomo's funeral was actually a party when his coffin arrived at King Zwelithini Stadium in uMlazi on Saturday. The venue, which was filled to capacity ...
R Mashesha's house burgled before funeral   Citizen
Thousands bid farewell to R Mashesha (gallery)   The Citizen (press release) (blog)
UTzozo ulande i-Death Certificate kaR Mashesha   News24
Hollywood Take   
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The Inquisitr   

Salma Hayek gets restraining order from female fans   
New Zealand Herald
The 48-year-old actress reportedly secured temporary protection orders against Liana Philippon and Odette Bodagh in court in Los Angeles after claiming they threatened to kidnap her seven-year-old daughter, Valentina, and hold her for ransom.
WATCH: Salma Hayek eats worms, frogs and even spray cheese but NOT onions!   Channel 24
To eat or not to eat   Pune Mirror
Salma Hayek Obtains Restraining Order Against Women Who Threatened To Kidnap ...   Headlines & Global News
The Inquisitr   
Gulf Digital News   
Junior College   
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Independent Online   

[Loeries 2015] Putting students front and foremost   
Bizcommunity.com
This year's Loeries Award gala evenings kicked off with a focus on the need to address inequality in the industry and also give more of the youth a step onto the career ladder. Here's how... Loeries 2015 host city Durban was introduced as hot as hell.
Take a look at tomorrow's ad agency - see any creatives on staff?   Times LIVE
And the ad winners are…   Independent Online
Google design chief shares the one thing creatives should learn   MyBroadband

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TechCentral   

ShowMax, Netflix and SA's disrupted TV future   
TechCentral
The television entertainment industry in South Africa is in for significant disruption in the next 18 months. By Duncan McLeod. Added by Duncan McLeod on 16 August 2015. Saved under Duncan McLeod, Opinion, Top Tags: Altech, Altech Node, Altron, DStv, ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Technology

MyGaming   

NVIDIA still working on the GTX 950 Ti   
MyGaming
We've known for a couple months now that NVIDIA is planning to release a couple lower-end Maxwell 2 GPUs; namely, the GTX 950 and 950 Ti. Their purpose is to provide Maxwell 2 powered alternatives to the GTX 750 Ti and 750, cards released in ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

City Lodge continues packing on more revenue   
Times LIVE
After topping the R1-billion mark last year, hotel operator City Lodge broke its own record with revenue of R1.3-billion in the year to June, the most in the company's 30-year history. After the release of the annual results on Friday City Lodge CEO ...

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South African nuclear power plan stirs fears of secrecy and graft   
Daily Times
JOHANNESBURG: Fears are growing in South Africa that agreements to build nuclear power plants that could be the most expensive procurement in the country's history will be made behind closed doors, without the necessary public scrutiny. Among those ...

2015-08-17 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

Marikana: R1bn lawsuit looms   
Independent Online
Marikana - The families of arrested and injured Marikana mineworkers have lodged a claim amounting to R1 billion, one of their legal representatives said on Sunday. “We have submitted claims with regards to the incident in which three people were shot ...
'Zuma's place is in jail'   Times LIVE
Mpofu vows to go after Marikana's 'dirty dozen'   Mail & Guardian Online
Amcu says mine lay-offs aimed at its members   BDlive
Reuters Africa   
News24   
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Independent Online   

Residents must 'live with fish smell'   
Independent Online
Cape Town - The Hout Bay Civic Association has pleaded for Oceana's fishmeal factory to not close, saying financially struggling residents of Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu would suffer without the money the plant brings in. On Friday the Oceana Group ...

2015-08-17 South Africa Africa

360Nobs.com   

Pay & All Will Be Fine: Clerics To Get N200M To Pray Against Boko Haram   
360Nobs.com
Adamawa State Government has on Friday disclosed that it had allocated N200 million to engage prayer warriors to seek divine intervention toward ending the state's lingering Boko Haram challenges. The Chief of Staff to the Adamawa governor, ...

2015-08-17 South Africa World

BBC News   

Indonesia passenger plane wreckage located in remote Papua   
BBC News
The wreckage of an Indonesian plane which went missing with 54 people on board has been spotted in the remote western Papua region, officials say. The Trigana Air flight lost contact at 14:55 local time (05:55 GMT) on Sunday as it flew from the ...
Search for crashed plane in Indonesia's Papua gets underway   Reuters
Indonesian plane crash: Debris spotted in mountains   CNN
Searchers locate wreckage of missing Indonesia plane   Fox News
Hindustan Times   
Financial Express   
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Firstpost   

Pakistan's Punjab province home minister Shuja Khanzada assassinated by ...   
Firstpost
Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was assassinated on Sunday by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at his ancestral home in Attock district, killing at least 13 people in the brazen attack. Khanzada, 71, and a DSP were ...