2015-09-24 South Africa Health

Next City   

Global malaria deaths drop 60% over the last 15 years   
South Africa.info
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals pledged to halt and to begin to reverse the incidence of malaria by 2015. By September 2015, according to new research by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organization (WHO), ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Science

Columbia Daily Tribune   

New human ancestor found   
Columbia Daily Tribune
Science is not about knowing everything. Every scientific study that every scientist does makes our scientific knowledge just a little greater. Some of these scientific studies or discoveries change how we think about the world around us. That is what ...
A letter on Heritage Day and the exclusionary nature of Homo Naledi   The Daily Vox (blog)
UK professor part of team that discovered new species of human relative   Kykernel.com (subscription)
Casey Luskin vs. Homo naledi   ScienceBlogs (blog)
Jackson Hole News&Guide   
Herald Current   
Bulletin Leader   
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Russia rejects criticism of greenhouse gas plan, will not amend - top Putin ...   
Reuters Africa
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has rebuffed calls for a more ambitious plan to cut its carbon dioxide emissions after environmentalists branded its current pledge inadequate and backward-looking. The world's fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases ...

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West California News   

Scientists develop transparent cooling coating for solar cells   
WantChinaTimes
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new coating that allows sunlight to hit solar cells while shunting away the heat they generate to improve their work efficiency. The discovery, published Monday in the US journal Proceedings of the ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Sports

Irish Independent   

France do enough but Ireland won't be quaking in their boots   
Irish Independent
Joe Schmidt could sleep soundly last night after tuning into this one, knowing that Sunday will be negotiable and that, more importantly, France look as dishevelled as ever. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
France beat Romania thanks to Sofiane Guitoune but have room to improve   The Guardian
Romanians sound warning for Ireland   Irish Examiner
Saint-Andre reveals half-time dressing down   ESPN
Sport24   
Independent Online   
Eurosport.com AU   
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SuperSport   

Meyer says it's all up to Pollard   
SuperSport
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer had a simple message for Handre Pollard when he told him he was the starting flyhalf for Saturday's crucial Rugby World Cup showdown with Samoa. It went along the lines of “The winning or losing of this game depends ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Entertainment

moviepilot.com   

Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps is an action game with an "unpredictable element"   
Lazygamer
Alien Emperor Trevor on Mionix Avior 7000 gaming mouse review I'm ambidextrous to a degree - can do some stuff with my right hand, but more precise tasks like writing or whatever require the left. Like right now I'm using my mouse right-handed, but ...
Details Of Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps Have Been Revealed   TheSixthAxis
Capcom: Umbrella Corps Isn't a Full-Priced Title, Main Resident Evil Games Are ...   PlayStation LifeStyle
Playing a hectic match in Biohazard: Umbrella Corps   The Straits Times
Channel 24   
TechnoBuffalo   
Ledger Gazette   
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E! Online   

North West enjoys candy while dressing like Kanye as she visits him at his office   
Daily Mail
She is one of the most photographed children in the world, gets to travel in private jets and lives in a $20m mansion. But North West still has the same cravings as any other two-year-old. On Wednesday Kim Kardashian shared a photo of her daughter ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Technology

New York Times   

Volkswagen CEO quits amid emissions-cheating scandal   
Washington Post
Embattled Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, less than a week after an emissions-cheating scandal erupted in the United States and quickly spread around the world, leaving the German car giant at risk of billions of ...
A Car Scandal Shoves Berlin Off High Ground   New York Times
Volkswagen CEO Resigns as Car Maker Races to Stem Emissions Scandal   Wall Street Journal
Volkswagen boss quits over diesel emissions scandal   Reuters
The Guardian   
New Zealand Herald   
Irish Times   
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ITWeb   

Cell C rolls out LTE, WiFi Calling   
ITWeb
People do not give Cell C the credit that it deserves, says Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos. SA's third mobile network operator, Cell C, has rolled out LTE service in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN); and announced it will deploy WiFi Calling to its entire ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Business

BDlive   

SABC turns R358m profit into almost R400m loss   
BDlive
THE South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has reported a R395m loss for the year ended March, which it blamed on the country's poor economic performance and television licence defaulters. "All those who did not pay television licences are ...

2015-09-24 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

@Pigspotter's cover blown   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - @Pigspotter, the mysterious tweeter who has long been a thorn in the side of Gauteng traffic police and other law enforcement agencies, has had his cover blown. The Twitter account has been warning motorists about road blocks, speed ...
Exclusive: @PigSpotter 'identity revealed' as Nape Phasha sues for R500,000   Times LIVE
Reality star claims R500k for Facebook defamation   The Citizen (press release) (blog)

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Mail & Guardian Online   

Will Zwane even slap his mining friends' wrists?   
Mail & Guardian Online
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has been linked to the Guptas and will now oversee a sector in which the family has strong interests. The Gupta family has a big stake in the Shiva uranium mine. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G). Mosebenzi Zwane, the ...

2015-09-24 South Africa Africa

South African Broadcasting Corporation   

Riah Phiyega should've been suspended already - Dianne Kohler Barnard   
Politicsweb
The DA welcomes President Jacob Zuma's announcement that he has, at last, decided to institute a Fitness Board of Inquiry- in terms of Section 9(1) of the SAPS Act- into the embattled National Police Commissioner (NPC), Riah Phiyega, and her conduct ...
Police union welcomes Piyega probe   Independent Online
REFILE-UPDATE 1-S.Africa's Zuma starts probe on police chief over "Marikana ...   Reuters
Presidential board of inquiry into National Police Commissioner's Marikana actions   defenceWeb
DRUM Magazine   
AllAfrica.com   
Daily Mail   
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NDTV   

Burkina Faso coup leader terms putsch 'biggest mistake'   
DAWN.com
Ouagadougou: Burkina Fasos interim president Michel Kafando (left) delivers a speech as part of post-coup talks in Burkina Faso on Wednesday. Burkina Fasos interim leader Michel Kafando was officially restored to power at a ceremony attended by ...

2015-09-24 South Africa World

BBC News   

2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned, released in Egypt   
Jakarta Post
Pardoned: Canadian Al Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy flashes the V sign as he celebrates with his wife Marwa Omara after being released from Torah prison in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday. Fahmy and his colleague Baher Mohammed, background ...