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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South African supermarkets began a mass recall Sunday of meat products made at a facility that health officials say was the source of a listeriosis outbreak that has killed 180 since January 2017. Listeriosis is caused by a bacteria found in soil, water, vegetation and animal feces, and can contaminate food, especially fresh meat, dairy and seafood. It is prevented by basic hygiene and washing food. The country’s second largest […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s parliament will elect Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s new president on Thursday, the ruling ANC party said, after Jacob Zuma resigned in a late-night television address. The African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in parliament, said it would nominate Ramaphosa, a wealthy former businessman, “to be elected as the new President of the Republic of South Africa”. After being voted in, Ramaphosa will address lawmakers […]
by Ben Sheppard Agence France Presse JOHHANESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa readied to welcome wealthy former businessman Cyril Ramaphosa as its new president Thursday after scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma resigned under intense pressure from his own party. Zuma announced he had stepped down in a late-night television address in which he took some digs at the African National Congress (ANC) party that had threatened to oust him via a parliament no-confidence vote. In a […]
by Gregory Walton © Agence France-Presse CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — Cyril Ramaphosa’s long and eventful career has taken him from trade union activist to multi-millionaire — and is now likely to become president of South Africa. After South Africa dismantled apartheid, Ramaphosa saw his hopes for the country’s top job apparently dashed. True to his pragmatic character, he opted instead for life in business — a move that brought him spectacular wealth. But Wednesday’s announcement […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) — South African President Jacob Zuma announced his immediate resignation on Wednesday after the ruling ANC party threatened to eject him from office via a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Scandal-tainted Zuma said in a 30-minute national television address that he had “come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect.” “I have served the people of South Africa to the best of my ability. I am forever […]
by Susan Njanji and Ben Sheppard Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – South Africa braced Tuesday for a major political showdown as scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma reportedly rejected a direct order from the ruling ANC party to leave office. The power struggle over Zuma’s departure put the president at loggerheads with Cyril Ramaphosa, his expected successor, who is the new head of the African National Congress. The party’s powerful 107-member national executive committee (NEC) met for […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — The top decision-making body of South Africa’s ruling ANC will meet on Monday following days of talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from office, a party spokeswoman said Sunday. “An NEC (national executive committee) meeting is scheduled for tomorrow in Pretoria,” ANC spokeswoman Khusela Diko told AFP, declining to reveal the meeting’s agenda. South Africa’s president-in-waiting Cyril Ramaphosa has said negotiations should be concluded within days. But Zuma, whose presidency has […]
by Ben Sheppard © Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG , South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s political impasse deepened on Saturday with no resolution to extended talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from office after his own party called for him to resign. Cyril Ramaphosa, the president-in-waiting, and the ruling ANC party have said negotiations should be concluded within days, but have given no details about how Zuma will be eased out of power. The stalemate has left […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — Residents of drought-stricken Cape Town received rare good news Monday when city officials said they now face losing piped water to their homes on May 11 — a month later than previously forecast. But Capetonians are not yet out of the woods. If drastic consumption reductions are not achieved by so-called “Day Zero”, people will have to queue at 200 standpipes for daily rations of 25 litres (6.6 US […]
by Beatrice Debut with Susan Njanji in Johannesburg Agence France-Presse THEUNISSEN, South Africa (AFP) – All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut resurfaced unharmed on Friday, and were greeted by overjoyed relatives waiting at the site. “Everybody’s out,” mine spokesman James Wellsted told AFP, adding that there were no deaths or serious injuries reported. There were “cases of dehydration and high blood pressure but […]
by Béatrice Debut Agence France Presse THEUNISSEN, South Africa (AFP) — About 950 gold miners were stuck underground in South Africa on Thursday after a power cut, the mine’s owner said, though the workers were not reported to be in immediate danger. The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said a massive power outage caused by a storm had prevented lifts from bringing the night shift to the surface at the Beatrix gold mine, in the small town […]
by Colin BRYDEN Agence France-Presse DURBAN-CORBIÈRES, France (AFP) – South Africa and India will vie for the world number one ranking again when they meet in a six-match one-day international series, starting at Kingsmead on Thursday. The one-day games start just five days after India retained their top ranking in Tests, although second-placed South Africa closed the points gap by winning the series 2-1. South Africa are on top of the International Cricket Council one-day rankings by […]
