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Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Fri Nov 27 08:41:13 -0800 2009 | green-news
Eat less meat, have smaller herds of animals, switch to more efficient stoves that pollute less, and develop more sustainable public transport systems are some of the lifestyle changes and technical fixes that could save millions of lives and reduce...
Football to footprints: World Cup's carbon impact
Source: The Guardian
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Fri Nov 27 11:12:57 -0800 2009 | sports-news
The finals in South Africa next year are expected to have a carbon footprint eight times that of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, even before long-haul international travel is taken into account. The main reasons for the discrepancy are...
10 die in gruesome bus accident
Source: Sowetan
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Fri Nov 27 03:34:28 -0800 2009 | travel-news
A total of 36 patients were treated. “Three were in a serious condition, 10 had less serious injuries and 23 were treated for minor injuries,” paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesman, Chris Botha, who had been on the scene earlier, said...
Gordhan: Recovery won't be a fast one
Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 22:31:08 -0800 2009 | political-news
South Africa's economic recovery will not be a fast process, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said in Johannesburg on Thursday. "Job creation is going to be slower than what we'd like it to be," he told a media briefing following his...
GLOBAL: A Nobel Laureate looks back on the first 10 years of the Mine ...
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 09:09:18 -0800 2009 | political-news
The ground-breaking Mine Ban Treaty (MBT), which came into force 10 years ago, will hold its second five-year review conference from 29 November to 4 December in the port city of Cartagena in northern Columbia. Jody Williams, won the 1997...
Justice will come - killer
Source: I Africa
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Wed Nov 25 03:44:57 -0800 2009 | political-news
In it, he described himself as a "media favourite" and said it was his right to pursue justice. "It is well past the right time for truth-seekers, but not too late, the right questions must be asked and pressure must...
5 killed by lightning in E Cape
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Wed Nov 25 23:48:38 -0800 2009 | political-news
Five people were killed by lightning in separate incidents in the Eastern Cape, police said on Thursday. Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said two people were killed at Elliotdale, two at Mquanduli and one at Engcobo, all during the same storm on...
Africa: HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region
Source: All Africa
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Fri Nov 27 14:34:30 -0800 2009 | health-news
HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region 25 November 2009 The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts...
Telkom moving into mobile space
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Tue Nov 24 09:15:30 -0800 2009 | business-news
Telecommunications group Telkom is planning to spend up to R6bn to launch mobile operations in SA, which include rolling out its own network and establishing a roaming agreement with either Vodacom or MTN. CEO Reuben September said on Tuesday the...
U.S. Economic Growth Falls Short of Earlier Figures
Source: Truthdig
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated Wed Nov 25 04:41:50 -0800 2009 | business-news
The bad news in this bulletin is that the U.S. economy didn’t grow at quite the rate—3.5%—during the period from July to September that the Department of Commerce previously said it had. The good news: It still grew, albeit at...
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