2015-10-11 South Africa Health

East Coast Radio   

Hundreds of patients to be without cannabis treatment   
East Coast Radio
Cramer - more commonly known as Bobby Greenhash - produces and supplies the oils - still considered illegal in the country - from his northern KZN home. Police raided the Richards Bay property last week - confiscating raw materials, extractors and oils.
SA's cannabis oil 'Robin Hood'   Independent Online (blog)

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Times LIVE   

'We cannot afford not to roll out Aids drug'   
Times LIVE
Eleven years ago, South Africa's healthcare system became the pariah of the world when the government failed to address HIV/Aids. Since then, the country has spent R68-billion combating the epidemic - but it seems that the government, despite the weak ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Science

Reuters Africa   

Poaching threatens Mali's rare desert elephants: UN mission   
Reuters Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) - About a fifth of Mali's rare desert elephants have been killed this year as ivory poachers exploit a security vacuum in the country's north, the United Nations said on Thursday. At least 57 elephants died between January and June ...
Mali's Rare Desert Elephants Threatened by Poachers, Conflict   Voice of America
Poaching threatens Mali's rare desert elephants   Digital Journal

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The Nation   

Africa being left out of climate aid   
The Nation
LIMA - The head of the African Development Bank says the continent is not getting enough of the billions of dollars in climate change funding, despite being the region that suffers most. With clutch climate talks approaching in December, world leaders ...
World Bank Group pledges $29b for climate financing   The Nation Newspaper
Africa being left out of climate aid: development bank   Times LIVE
Development banks pledge $15 billion in new climate funds   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Reuters Africa   
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)   
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Reuters Africa   

Scientists predict drier Horn of Africa as climate warms   
Reuters Africa
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Horn of Africa is becoming drier in step with global warming, researchers said on Friday, contradicting some climate models predicting rainier weather patterns in a region that has suffered frequent food ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Sports

SuperSport   

SA win toss, bat in Kanpur   
SuperSport
South Africa's captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international against India at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Sunday. Live Scoring: India v South Africa. The tourists were boosted by the return of pace ...
Toss report: Steyn, Morkel return as SA opt to bat   Times of India
India vs South Africa: Dhoni battling for a turnaround in Kanpur ODI   Hindustan Times
Live Cricket Score of India vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Kanpur   Cricbuzz
DAWN.com   
Cricket Country (blog)   
NDTVSports.com   
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SuperSport   

Zambia face nemesis Egypt   
SuperSport
Zambia face nemesis Egypt away in a friendly on Sunday night in Dubai seeking an elusive win over The Pharaohs. The Pharaohs are unbeaten against Zambia since 1996 when Chipolopolo beat Egypt 3-1 in a Africa Cup quarterfinal match in Bloemfontein.
Zambia attempt to exorcise Pharaohs ghost   Lusaka Times

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SuperSport   

Cook, Petersen milk Cobras' venom   
SuperSport
Thanks to an unswerving second-wicket partnership of 213 between Stephen Cook and Alviro Petersen, the bizhub Highveld Lions pulled off a momentous eight-wicket victory over the Cape Cobras in their Momentum One Day Cup match at the Bidvest ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Entertainment

Times LIVE   

Singer Zahara expecting a bundle of joy: report   
Times LIVE
Afro soul singer Zahara is apparently pregnant and getting ready to say 'I do' to the love of her life, DJ Amaza. Save & Share. Tweet · Email · Print. Related News. Zahara speaks up on drinking too much, break-ups and her career. Zahara is said to be ...
Is Loliwe songstress Zahara pregnant?   The Zimbabwe Standard
Zahara laughs off engagement and pregnancy reports   Zalebs
Is Zahara preggers?   Citizen
eNCA   
Johannesburg Sunday World   
DRUM Magazine   
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Digital Spy   

Justin Bieber Has A Purpose   
Refinery29
Bielibiers worldwide were thrilled to find out that Justin Bieber does indeed have a purpose. Or rather, a Purpose. Bieber revealed that the p-word will be the title of his upcoming album, due out on November 13. In addition to that big news, Bieber ...
Bieber posts Purpose artwork to Instagram   The New Age Online
Justin Bieber Shirtless & Sexy On Album Cover of 'Purpose'   Herald Weekly

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Irish Independent   

Jones's peculiar marriage is not that unusual   
Irish Independent
All marriages are odd and even unfathomable, as Tom Jones's comments on his own served to demonstrate last weekend. Two people enter it in youth full of expectations of lifelong like-mindedness and joyful shared experience, and later discover that the ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Technology

Mail & Guardian Online   

Fire still burns in old Protea warhorses   
Mail & Guardian Online
Albie Morkel has come back from cricketing purgatory to turn in a match-winning display. Good to have you back: Proteas captain Faf du Plessis congratulates Albie Morkel during the second T20 against India this week. (Dibyangshu Sarkur/AFP). Albie ...

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eNCA   

It's game on at the rAge Expo   
eNCA
Johannesburg, 10 October 2015 - It's considered the biggest gathering of gamers on the continent and this weekend the RAGE expo will see thousands of players battling it out inside The Dome in Johannesburg. Video: eNCA; File: Thousands of gamers have ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Business

BDlive   

NUM to consider revised wage offer from coal companies   
BDlive
WAGE negotiations in the coal sector will resume on Monday after the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) indicated it will take a revised wage offer to its members, producers said on Friday. Coal producers Anglo American Coal, Delmas, Exxaro, Kangra, ...

2015-10-11 South Africa South Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Smaller provinces the saving grace for ANC membership   
Mail & Guardian Online
Only three provinces recorded an increase in ANC membership and were singled out for praise by Gwede Mantashe for their efforts. Gwede Mantashe at the ANC's national general council. (Oupa Nkosi, MG). Three out of nine ANC provinces have got a good ...

2015-10-11 South Africa Africa

South African Broadcasting Corporation   

Law should take its course: Steenkamp family   
South African Broadcasting Corporation
The parents of the slain model Reeva Steenkamp, June and Barry, say it would not make a difference to them if Oscar Pistorius gets parole or not. Pistorius's parole hearing has been postponed to October 15. This is to allow the Parole Review Board to ...

2015-10-11 South Africa World

Washington Post   

Blasts kill scores at peace rally in Turkey in sign of worsening instability   
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Two bomb blasts ripped through crowds at a rally of peace activists in the Turkish capital Saturday, killing scores, in a reminder of the growing conflicts Turkey faces both at home and across the border in war-torn Syria. The explosions in ...
Ankara explosions: More than 80 dead as blasts target peace rally   The Australian (blog)
Suicide bombings kill 95 people at Ankara peace   Jakarta Post
86 dead as peace rally bombed in Turkey   The Nation
Sydney Morning Herald   
CNN International   
BBC News   
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Times LIVE   

Taxis edge out tanks in Pyongyang   
Times LIVE
Taxis are parked outside a train station in P yongyang. North Korea's state-directed economy is stagnant, but thriving grey-market entrepreneurship is driving increased spending on consumer services like taxis. Image: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ...