en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-08-19

2015-08-19 South Africa Health

Neglect allegations against nurses probed
Independent Online
Johannesburg - “There's no way we can get our child back… now there's just pain. She is in pain.” These were the sad words of a Joburg man whose wife was allegedly neglected by nurses at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital last week while she ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Science

Reuters

Insecticide linked by some to honey bee die-offs found in US stream samples
Reuters
A type of insecticide under scrutiny by the White House because of fears about its impact on honey bees has been found in more than half of streams sampled across the United States, according to a study by government researchers published Tuesday.
A major insecticide is being investigated for links to mass deaths of honey bees   Business Insider
Insecticides Similar to Nicotine Found in about Half of Sampled Streams across ...   Newsroom America

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The Space Reporter

Saturn's F ring was created by an ancient collision
The Space Reporter
A new theory proposes that Saturn's outermost ring formed in the wake of an ancient collision between two icy satellites, and that similar collisions may account for comparable ringed structures around other planets. 5. SHARES. ShareTweetSubscribe.
'Cosmic crash likely created Saturn's ring'   The Straits Times
Saturn's Weirdest Ring Explained: Ancient Collision Caused It   Space.com
Mystery of Saturn's F Ring Cracked, Claims Study   NDTV
The Cubic Lane
Popular Mechanics
io9
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The Local.fr

France to return 150 endangered tortoises to Madagascar
Business Standard
Some 150 endangered baby tortoises will return to Madagascar eight months after they were found wrapped in sticky tape and hidden in a crate at a Paris airport, the centre that cared for them said today. "After several months of intensive care, the ...
France to return 150 tortoises to Madagascar   The Local.fr
France Repatriates 150 Smuggled Rare Tortoises to Madagascar   AllAfrica.com

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Voice of America

Study: Andes Faces Water Woes
Voice of America
TORONTO—. Residents of the Central Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia, already short of water, could see rainfall decline by up to 30 percent by the end of the century, a new Swiss study said. Even the next 20 years could see a noticeable drop in ...
Andes faces water woes, rainfall may drop by one-third by 2100 - study   Reuters
Rainfall Declines in Central Andes Mountains Serious   Net Newsledger
Study: Andes to lose a third of its precipitation by 2100   The Times

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Christian Science Monitor

Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Sports

SuperSport

Big match feature: Enyimba vs Kano Pillars
SuperSport
It does not get any bigger in Nigerian domestic football than the big game today when Enyimba welcome Kano Pillars in a Nigeria Professional Football League Week 24 encounter to Aba. The clash without a doubt will give everybody a clearer picture on ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Entertainment

The Interrobang

Comics Camp Out for NBC Auditions, Trevor Noah Drop In, Brent Morin Tapes His ...
The Interrobang
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what's happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey stopped at ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Technology

Independent Online

Facelifted Duster busts into SA
Independent Online
Nearly two years after its local introduction, and a not-too-shabby 8000 sales later, Renault is dusting off its budget SUV with a facelift. The Duster's upgrade also coincides with change in production source. Whereas pre-facelifted models came from ...
Renault upgrades Duster after 8000-unit sale   Mzansi Life
Unleash your inner ADVENTURER behind the wheel of Renault's revitalised "IT'S ...   3D Car Shows

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MCV

Early DirectX 12 benchmarks make good reading for AMD
MCV
An early look at the performance of DirectX 12 games on PC suggests that while AMD users will see some dramatic gains, the story isn't quite as rosy for Nvidia. AMD has been languishing behind Nvidia in terms of both performance and popularity for ...
First DirectX 12 compatible game shows significant performance improvements on ...   WinBeta
Early DirectX 12 game performance strongly favors AMD   TechSpot
First DirectX 12 Benchmarks Emerge From Ashes Of The Singularity Performance Test   Game Debate
PCWorld
IGN Africa
ExtremeTech
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Digital Spy

This Destiny: The Taken King teaser highlights year two's enhancements
Digital Spy
A new promo for Destiny teases the enhancements that 'The Taken King' will introduce within the game's second year. The 50-second clip also serves as a notice to Bungie's next livestream event, which will delve into the first-person shooter's upcoming ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Business

BusinessTech

What if things don't improve in South Africa?
BusinessTech
A new report warns that, without an improved labor market, only 40% of working-age South Africans coming into the jobs market will find work. A report by the World Bank entitled South Africa economic update: jobs and South Africa's changing ...
SA can boost growth - World Bank   iAfrica.com
Dawie Roodt: Govt's 'confused ideology' fuelling crime, unemployment   BizNews
SA has chance to lift growth, says World Bank   BDlive
StarAfrica.com
Eyewitness News
News24
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iAfrica.com

Inflationary wages = no job cuts - Harmony
iAfrica.com
Gold producer Harmony Gold said that it would consider halting job cuts at the mines operations if labour unions accepted wage increases in line with inflation. "I guess we could put a moratorium on retrenchments if unions put a condition that they are ...
Jobs, Mines at Risk From Higher Wage Demands, Harmony Gold Says   Bloomberg
Harmony 'may consider halting job cuts'   Independent Online
S.Africa's Harmony Gold: no job cuts if labour lowers wage demands   CNBCAfrica.com
Mining Review
BDlive
Mining MX
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Telegraph.co.uk

Glencore mulls future of platinum mine as commodity prices plunge
Telegraph.co.uk
Mining and commodity trading giant Glencore in mulling shutting down its Eland platinum mine in South Africa because of the falling price of the previous metal. The FTSE 100 company is already under pressure because of tumbling commodity prices and is ...

2015-08-19 South Africa South Africa

Mail & Guardian Online

Hlaudi Motsoeneng calls for media regulation
Mail & Guardian Online
The SABC's chief operations officer told MPs that journalists should be regulated, saying they lacked objectivity and were "lazy". 'You know sometimes people talk about sources. What is sources? Those sources they should be credible,' said Motsoeneng.
New SABC CEO should 'regulate' Motsoeneng: DA   Times LIVE
New SABC CEO Should 'Regulate' Hlaudi   AllAfrica.com
SABC's Motsoeneng insists media must be regulated   The New Age Online
Jacaranda FM
The Citizen (press release) (blog)
Media Update
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Independent Online

SA must secure ties with China, Russia - ANC
Independent Online
Cape Town -South Africa's embrace of the Russian bear and Chinese panda is set to get tighter, with the ANC viewing the role of both countries as integral to its own international and domestic agendas. This is clear from the party's discussion ...
ANC calls for transparent nuclear tender process   Mail & Guardian Online
ANC calls for transparency in nuke plans   News24
ANC Slates Cartels for Keeping Out New Players   AllAfrica.com
iAfrica.com
BDlive
Times LIVE
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Independent Online

'Pupils are reading too slow'
Independent Online
Durban - A staggering 60% of Grade 5 pupils in a sample of 214 rural schools in South Africa are reading less than 60 words a minute (at the Grade 1 level). This was the startling research presented on Monday at an education research conference, which ...

2015-08-19 South Africa Africa

The Guardian Nigeria

150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria
DAWN.com
KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday. Dozens of militants arrived on motorcycles and in a car on ...

2015-08-19 South Africa World

The Sun Daily

Rain delays evacuation of Indonesian crash victim bodies
The Sun Daily
In this photograph taken on Aug 18, 2015, Indonesian rescuers search through wreckage of the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop plane at the crash site in the mountainous area of Ogbape, near Oksibil district located in Papua province. AFP. JAKARTA: ...

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