2015-08-28 South Africa Health

Times LIVE   

Tutu may leave hospital soon   
Citizen
FILE PICTURE: Former President Thabo Mbeki visiting Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in hospital. With Tutu is his daughter Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu. Picture: Benny Gool. Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu, is optimistic her ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Science

The Nation   

Living with the eyes of the dead in Ethiopia   
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Girma Woldegiorgis, Ethiopia's former ceremonial president of 12 years, helped set up the Eye Bank of Ethiopia and was the first to pledge to donate his cornea. “It is the greatest joy to give your cornea to people blinded due to cornea damage, so that ...
Unlikeliest space bid on planet   New Zealand Herald
The New Railway Line Connecting Ethiopia and Djibouti to Start Early 2016   AllAfrica.com

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Phys.Org   

Brazil builds climate tower in pristine Amazon jungle   
Phys.Org
Deep in the pristine Amazon jungle, Brazil's newest skyscraper has a mission unlike any other: to save the world. The white and orange metal frame called Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, or ATTO, is a bold new tool in the push to understand climate ...
Brazil builds climate tower   Peninsula On-line

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Gulf Digital News   

Whale shark spotted swimming in Dubai Marina   
Gulf Digital News
Dubai: A whale shark was spotted in the waters of Dubai Marina on Thursday afternoon, causing a stir on social media. The unexpected tourist was seen by passers-by who took photographs and videos to publish on social media accounts. It's not the first ...
A shark in Dubai Marina (and it's not a property agent)   The National
WATCH: Huge whale shark spotted in Dubai Marina   News24
Whale shark spotted in Dubai Marina   gulfnews.com
What's On   
TimeOutDubai.com   
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WUNC   

Zambia calls on Africa to adopt climate resilient agricultural policies   
Coastweek
LUSAKA Zambia (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has called on African countries to adopt climate resilient agricultural policies if the continent is to adapt to the effects of climate change. While acknowledging the adverse effects of extreme climate ...
French-American Climate Change Symposium Comes to Raleigh   WUNC
'Climate change affecting nutrition, food security'   Times of Zambia
Interested in climate change? Attend the symposium today   N.C. State University Technician Online
teleSUR English   
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We're about to lose four Texases worth of tropical rainforest—and it's ...   
Quartz
The earth is on track to lose approximately 289 million hectares (715 million acres) of tropical forest by 2050—that's an area the size of India, or four times the US state of Texas. A new analysis by the Center for Global Development suggests this ...

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Independent Online   

Oregon archaeologists to revisit early human cave settlement   
Reuters
PORTLAND, Ore. Archaeologists will revisit a cave in remote central Oregon, where the world's oldest-known footwear was unearthed decades ago, in the hope of shedding new light on the spread of early human settlement through the Americas. University of ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Sports

Sport24   

Kirchner, Paige the Bok bolters?   
Sport24
Durban - Months of planning and speculation come to end on Friday evening when Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer names his 31-man Rugby World Cup squad in Durban. NOTE: Sport24 will cover the Springbok RWC squad announcement LIVE on Friday ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

Unathi Msengana: I'm sorry   
Channel 24
Johannesburg - It's been three days since we last heard Unathi Msengana on our airwaves. On Wednesday, the SABC confirmed that it had suspended her over comments made to a Twitter follower. "We have no control over DJ's and what they do in their ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Technology

TechCentral   

Cell C ends free WhatsApp deal   
TechCentral
It will now cost Cell C customers R5/month as part of a new bundle, or they'll have to pay regular data rates. Added by Editor on 27 August 2015. Saved under News, Top Tags: Cell C, Jose dos Santos, WhatsApp ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

Volkswagen to spend $343 mln on South African factory revamp   
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG Aug 27 (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen plans to spend 4.5 billion rand ($343 million) to upgrade its factory in South Africa and improve its supplier base, it said on Thursday. Most of the money would be used to revamp its factory ...

2015-08-28 South Africa South Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Eviction ruling spurs on shack dwellers   
Mail & Guardian Online
Abahlali baseMjondolo, emboldened by its victory over the eThekwini municipality that stopped it from evicting shack residents without court approval, has taken its cause to Gauteng. Abahlali spokesperson Ndabo Mzimela said the movement had been ...

2015-08-28 South Africa Africa

ABC Online   

Chibok schoolgirls: Nigeria marks 500 days since Boko Haram militants abducted ...   
ABC Online
Relatives of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants have marked 500 days since the abductions, with hope dwindling for their rescue despite a renewed push to end the insurgency. The landmark comes amid a worsening ...

2015-08-28 South Africa World

Independent Online   

A grim scene and the smell of death   
Independent Online
Vienna - As many as 50 corpses were found in a parked lorry in Austria on Thursday, and another migrant boat sank off Libya, deepening a crisis that is overwhelming Europe and throwing up new tragedies by the day. The abandoned refrigerated lorry was ...