Dec
08

South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Saha targets South Africa (FIFA)

Saha targets South Africa (FIFA)
Everton’s in-form striker Louis Saha says he would love to be part of France’s FIFA World Cup™ squad in South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA: Safer sex for soccer fans and sex workers (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN With only six months until South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the nettlesome question of how to deal with sex workers looms.

Hiddink Not Headed to South Africa (Soccer365)
After failing to lead Russia to the World Cup finals, Guus Hiddink said he will not find a new team to coach in South Africa in 2010. The Dutchman was rumored to be considering a move to coach South Africa or Argentina which would see him on the sidelines at next year’s quadrennial event.

South Africa to Treat All HIV-Positive Babies (InteliHealth)
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.

South Africa Stocks: Exxaro Resources, Netcare, Sasol, Sea Kay (Bloomberg)
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index slid for a second day, declining 198.40, or 0.7 percent, to 26,946.09 at 1:48 p.m. in Johannesburg.

South Africa ‘privileged and humbled’, says Mandela (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nelson Mandela kicked off the 2010 World Cup draw on Friday by saying that South Africa was “privileged and humbled” to be staging football’s greatest event.

South Africa Stocks: Exxaro, Harmony Gold, Netcare, Sea Kay (Bloomberg)
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index slid for a second day, declining 153.57, or 0.6 percent, to 26,990.92 in Johannesburg.

Football: Saha eyes South Africa (sportal.com.au)
Everton forward Louis Saha would love to be part of France’s World Cup squad in South Africa next summer.

Enlightenment dawns in South Africa’s presidential palace (Boulder Weekly)
When the sun rose on World AIDS Day in South Africa last week, it brought with it a dawning of enlightenment that for the last few years had been blocked by dark clouds of ignorance and/or deceit among the country’s leaders.

South Africa : President Zuma’s Speech in Zambia (AllAfrica.com)
Remarks by his Excellency, JG Zuma, the president of the Republic of South Africa, at the state banquet hosted by President RB Banda in his honour during state visit in Lusaka, Zambia, 7 December 2009.