Power Failures Outrage South Africa
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Electricity shortages, now expected to be a fact of life for the next five years, are threatening economic growth.
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afrol News, 16 September - South Africa&#39;s civil service workers today widely followed the trade union&#39;s one-day strike order and paralysed many state services.
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Tens of thousands of South African teachers, nurses and other public sector workers took to the country&#39;s streets yesterday to demand better wages in one of the biggest protests since the end of apartheid a decade ago.
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German legend Franz Beckenbauer says South Africa's World Cup organisers are facing serious problems.
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South Africa will overcome an  electricity "emergency" that has damaged the economy and cast  doubts over its hosting of the 2010 soccer World Cup, President  Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
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The price of gold hit a record high Friday as production ground to a halt in South Africa on the back of a spiralling electricity crisis the government has labelled a national emergency.
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Jacob Zuma, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the president-in-waiting of South Africa, has harsh words for Kenya and Nigeria, where recent elections were marred by alleged fraud, violence and disputed results.
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Haitian officials are blaming South Africa for allowing Haiti&#39;s ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to incite violence in the Caribbean nation.
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PRETORIA : Hundreds of thousands of teachers, nurses, police and other public sector employees walked off the job across South Africa to demand better wages in one of the biggest strikes since the end of apartheid a decade ago.
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Tourists in South African are left hanging in mid-air near the top of Table Mountain after a power cut.
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South Africa's biggest gold and platinum mining firms suspend production because of recent power cuts.
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South Africa was set Monday to ration electricity in a bid to stem a spiralling crisis which has dealt a severe blow to its status as the continent's economic powerhouse.
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Blood donated by President Thabo Mbeki after an urgent appeal in South Africa was destroyed because it was regarded as a health risk, it emerged yesterday.
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Faulty equipment, poor communications and cumbersome bureaucracy are being blamed for the failure of nations around the Indian Ocean's rim to warn communities about to be hit by one of the world's most devastating natural disasters.
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From a mud hut under the world&#39;s  longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the  rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30  years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.
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KANANGA, Congo  - From a mud hut under the world's longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30 years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Political rivals have hurled chairs at her, called her a racist, even accused her of undermining South Africa's plans to host the World Cup in 2010. But what really angers Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is that after six bruising months in office, she may soon lose her job in...