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East Africa to join world gas giants
LONDON (Reuters) - To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's poorest countries. Finds announced just last week off Tanzania and Mozambique are estimated to hold enough gas to supply France, Germany, Britain and Italy for at least a year - possibly ...
Sun, 20 May 2012 23:58:42 -0700
S.Africa picks next 19 projects in green energy drive
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa has chosen 19 renewable energy projects in the second stage of its drive to cut its reliance on coal-fired plants, and bidders have until December to prove the projects are financially viable, the energy minister said on Monday. Africa's largest economy depends on coal for 85 percent of its electricity supply of around 41,000 MW. In a bid to reduce its carbon ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:24:55 -0700
S.Africa's most famous township gets new theater
Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla. But he soon stopped training to lead the fight through theater, staging powerful works that exposed the horrors of racist rule to the world.
Mon, 21 May 2012 10:09:34 -0700
S.Africa wants change in import labels, angers Israel
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Israeli goods produced in the occupied Palestinian territories and sold in South Africa may no longer be labelled "Made in Israel," the South African trade minister said on Monday, causing concern in Israel that other countries may follow suit. "We are, through this notice, requiring that they be correctly labelled and it will then be up to consumers in South Africa whether ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:37:40 -0700
Benni reminds South Africa coach of his talent
Orlando Pirates striker Benni McCarthy gave South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane food for thought this weekend with a title-clinching brace.
Sun, 20 May 2012 04:08:15 -0700
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