2015-10-05 South Africa Health

Times LIVE   

Counting every birth and death could make a difference to health inequities in ...   
Times LIVE
For many African countries and especially among poorer communities, when people die there is no trace in any official legal record or statistic. Save & Share. Email · Print. It is common for a person who lives in the city and falls terminally ill to ...

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Astro Awani   

Brazil halts use of Silimed silicone breast implants, follows Europe   
Reuters Africa
RIO DE JANEIRO Oct 2 (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Friday it had suspended the production, sale and use of products made by Brazilian breast-implant maker Silimed after an inspection found the company failed production standards.
Reuters Health News Summary   Daily Mail

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Citizen   

Migrant crisis debris: Greek island battles lifejacket mountain   
Citizen
For the thousands of refugees and migrants landing on its beaches every day, Greece's Lesbos island is a step to safety and a brighter future in Europe. Mytilene (Greece) (AFP). But the continent's biggest migration challenge since World War II is now ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Science

South African Broadcasting Corporation   

Six experts vie for top UN climate science job   
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Six candidates are vying to become head of the UN's top authority on climate change science this week, seeking to narrow down uncertainties about future warming to guide a trillion-dollar shift to greener energies. Top scientists - all men - from ...

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Jamaica Observer   

World headed for too high 2.7 Celsius warming, say experts   
Jamaica Observer
PARIS, France (AFP) — Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review yesterday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change. The goal of limiting overall ...

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News Tonight Africa   

Curiosity not equipped enough to investigate microbial life on Mars   
News Tonight Africa
American space agency, NASA has said that Curiosity, its probe currently on the Martian surface, is not equipped enough to investigate microbial organisms on the red planet. The remarks came following evidence unveiled this week showed that there is ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Sports

SuperSport   

Mazembe, USM reach CAF Champs final   
SuperSport
Clubs from Algeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo will contest a second successive CAF Champions League final after USM Alger and TP Mazembe qualified. Mazembe scored three second-half goals on Sunday to triumph 3-0 at home against Al ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

AKA to apologise to DJ Zinhle in MTV interview   
Channel 24
Johannesburg – AKA is set to bare his soul this coming Friday when the All Eyes on Me rapper lets us in on a no-holds barred chat with MTV. The upcoming interview has everyone talking and its creators promise that it will answer all those questions we ...

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Times LIVE   

Feminists 'abused' poet   
Times LIVE
In a BBC documentary, Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death , poet Hughes said she deplored the judgment of "outsiders" who mistakenly believed they had an insight into her family's life. File photo. Image by: Wikimedia commons ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Technology

Times LIVE   

Internet giants race to faster mobile news apps   
Times LIVE
US tech giants are turning to the news in their competition for mobile users, developing new, faster ways to deliver content, but the benefits for struggling media outlets remain unclear. Save & Share. Email · Print. Mobile "drives so much traffic ...
'Read all about' — in seconds rather than days of old — as Internet giants ...   Malay Mail Online

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South African Broadcasting Corporation   

Joburgers urged to cycle, walk or use public transport   
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Ecomobility world festival its ultimate goal is to reduce traffic congestion by limiting the number of private vehicles on the road.(SABC). Tags: Gauteng · Johannesburg · Sandton · Ecomobility world festival · Motorists · Climate change · Parks Tau ...
Don't panic - take a bus or ride to the office on a bike   Times LIVE
Makhura: Motorists must get on board with EcoMobility   Eyewitness News
Ecomobility World Festival 2015 kicks off in Sandton   The Citizen (press release) (blog)

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Government to recruit more traffic officers on the roads: Peters   
The New Age Online
Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters says there is a great need for government to recruit more traffic officers. The Minister was speaking during the launch of transport month after she visited a multi-million rand traffic training college that is being ...

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SuperSport   

Rea clinches French double   
SuperSport
Despite already clinching the world title Jonathan Rea desire to win in 2015 had not diminished as he won both races at Magny-Cours on Sunday. Tom Sykes finished on the podium in both races (2nd in race 1 and third in race 2) while Sylvain Guintoli and ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Business

Mail & Guardian Online   

It doesn't end with Piketty – five policies that could reduce inequality   
Mail & Guardian Online
Reducing income inequality and giving everyone in South Africa a chance to succeed will entrench democracy. High levels of inequality in South Africa have a negative effect on education and social mobility, resulting in less competitive markets and ...
Tax the rich in South Africa: economist   BusinessTech
'Tax, not growth, to boost equality'   Times LIVE
Piketty proposes wealth tax, minimum wage   Independent Online
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
iAfrica.com   
Politicsweb   
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Times LIVE   

30 000 South African coal miners strike as wage talks fail   
Times LIVE
The strike, which was scheduled to begin at 1600 GMT on Sunday, will hit mining houses Anglo American, Exxaro and the embattled Anglo-Swiss giant Glencore. File photo. Image by: The Times / Moeletsi Mabe ...

2015-10-05 South Africa South Africa

Times LIVE   

DHET predicts its own collapse - Belinda Bozzoli   
Politicsweb
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has, in its Annual Report, made the startling prediction that, unless something drastic is done to improve its own staffing situation, and particularly “if it continues to expand without due ...
DA: Education predicts collapse   Independent Online
Department of Higher Education and Training predicts its own downfall: DA   Times LIVE
Higher education department predicts its own collapse: DA   eNCA

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Times LIVE   

Till death do us part   
Times LIVE
Before 2007 that amount could be accessed only after a pension fund member retired. File photo. Image by: THINKSTOCK. Thousands of divorced government employees are in debt because of a ruling that gives their exes immediate access to their pensions ...

2015-10-05 South Africa Africa

The Nation Newspaper   

Probe of Abuja explosions to extend beyond Boko Haram   
The Nation Newspaper
Security agaents may be looking beyond the Boko Haram sect in their investigation into weekend's explosions in Kuje and Nyanya in Abuja, The Nation learnt yesterday. “It may be an opportunistic crime by people with other motives. Boko Haram is not ...
Militants loyal to Islamic State claim suicide bombings in Nigerian capital   Reuters Canada
Bombings: Expose B'Haram sponsors, NLC tells Buhari   The Punch
Bomb Blast: FCT APC Urges Residents To Be Vigilant   Leadership Newspapers

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Vanguard   

Alleged Oil Sector Fraud: ' Why FG is not charging Diezani, others now'   
Vanguard
ABUJA — As anxiety mounts over the identities of suspects arrested alongside former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, indications emerged last night that she and other suspects might not be charged to court in Nigeria soon. This came as ...

2015-10-05 South Africa World

News24   

Russia's airstrikes in Syria are playing well at home   
News24
Moscow - Whatever effect Russia's airstrikes are having on the ground in Syria, their impact at home is clear: They prove to Russians that their country is showing up the United States and reclaiming its rightful place as a global power. So far, Russia ...
Russia now acting as 'despot al-Assad's air force'   Times LIVE
US Aims to Put More Pressure on ISIS in Syria   New York Times
'Russian action in Syria a mistake'   Independent Online
Reuters Blogs (blog)   
Irish Independent   
Firstpost   
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Irish Independent   

At least 16 die as flash floods hit French Riviera   
Irish Independent
Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed at least 16 people, including some who were trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Torrents of muddy water also ...