ZIMBABWE ZUMA

2010-03-17T08:00:47Z

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe emerges from a meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma in Harare, Wednesday, March, 17, 2010. South Africa's president is starting talks with Zimbabwe's political leaders on his first trip as chief r...

Today in History

2010-03-17T21:30:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Today in History</div><div><p>Today is Thursday, March 18, the 77th day of 2010. There are 288 days left in the year.</p><p></p><p>Today's Highlight in History:</p><p>On March 18, 1910, the first filmed adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein," produced by Thomas Edison's

S.African police confiscate fake World Cup jerseys: customs

2010-03-17T12:17:47Z

<div><p>South African customs authorities on Wednesday confiscated five million rand (685,000 dollars, 500,000 euros) worth of counterfeit football apparel related to the FIFA World Cup, a spokesman said.</p><p>Piles of apparently fake national jerseys for JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and Alicia Keys will be among scores of music stars performing at a concert on the eve of the soccer South African hip-hop artist accused in fatal drag race</div><div><p>Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing four children while drag racing on drugs.</p><p>Molemo Maarohanye — who is known as "Jub Jub," which m...

Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to star at World Cup concert

2010-03-17T09:18:07Z

<div><p>Grammy-winning international artists will perform at the World Cup kick-off celebration, on the eve of the world's biggest sporting event in South Africa, FIFA said on Wednesday.</p><p>The...

Mediator starts talks on Zimbabwe power-sharing

2010-03-17T08:00:12Z

<div id="subtitle">South African president meets with Zimbabwe leaders as talks on shaky power-sharing begin</div><div><p>South African President Jacob Zuma began talks Wednesday with Zimbabwe's political leaders on his first trip as chief regional mediator to patch up differences in the troubled coalition government.&...

Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to star at World Cup kick-off concert

2010-03-17T07:17:20Z

<div><p>Grammy-winning international artists will perform at the World Cup kick-off celebration, on the eve of the world's biggest sporting event in South Africa, FIFA said on Wednesday.</p><p>The...

Zuma meets Zimbabwe leaders amid pressure for new polls

2010-03-17T02:23:11Z

<div><p>South African President Jacob Zuma Wednesday began talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, amid growing pressure for the country to move toward new elections.</p><p>"The principals are meeting...

S.Africa proposes anti-trafficking law ahead of World Cup

2010-03-16T12:15:55Z

<div><p>South Africa proposed anti-human trafficking legislation on Tuesday ahead of the 2010 football World Cup, when the country is readying for an influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors.</p><p>"Trafficking in persons is a worldwide phenomenon and is one of the most lucrative criminal enterprises globally. People are trafficked mainly for sexual explo...

In South Africa, ardent fans are 'the 13th player'

2010-03-16T09:17:25Z

<div><p>Thousands of people stomp their feet and chant the traditional Sesotho-language greeting, "Siwelele, wele, wele", cheering Bloemfontein's football team with a burst of song from the heart of a South African township.</p><p>The joyous scene in the 20,000-seat Ramabodu stadium is a typically South African celebration of football, born of the apartheid year...

US, Australia book final World Cup tuneup in June

2010-03-15T14:16:15Z

<div><p>Australia and the United States will meet on June 5 in a World Cup 2010 tune-up match in suburban Johannesburg on the weekend before each team plays its opener in the global football showdown.</p><p>The US-Australia match at Australia in exhibition at Roodespoort, South Africa, on June 5</div><div><p>The United States will play Australia in an exhibition in South Africa on June 5, the Americans' final game before their World Cup opener against...

S.Africa's Zuma to visit Zimbabwe in bid to ease tensions

2010-03-15T13:17:01Z

<div><p>South African President Jacob Zuma is set to visit Zimbabwe this week in a new bid to ease political tensions between President Robert Mugabe and Premier Morgan Tsvangirai, his office said Monday.<...

N.Korea 'helps South Africa prepare World Cup stadiums': reports

2010-03-15T11:16:27Z

<div><p>North Korea has sent around 1,000 workers to South Africa to help build or renovate stadiums hosting the upcoming World Cup football tournament, South Korean media reports said Monday.</p><p>The sanctions-hit state has reportedly sent the workers ahead of the June opening of the event, in which it...

SAfrican youth leader convicted of hate speech

2010-03-15T11:15:35Z

<div id="subtitle">SAfrican youth leader convicted of hate speech, faces 2nd complaint for song on killing whites</div><div><p>A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.</p><p>A gender justice group took South Africa's Western Cape wine region, munching tonnes of grapes ready for harvesting, local media reported on Monday.</p><p>Farms in the Franschhoek Valley had been emptied by rampaging Chachma baboons, who sneak into secured plo...

S.Africa ANC youth leader guilty of hate speech

2010-03-15T09:16:02Z

<div><p>A South African court on Monday found the youth leader of the ruling African National Congress guilty of hate speech, after he said President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser had "a nice time".</p><p>According to court papers, Juli...

Soweto drivers arrested during W.Cup bus protest

2010-03-15T09:15:44Z

<div><p>South African police Monday fired rubber bullets at striking Soweto minibus drivers who blocked roads to protest a new public transport system being roll out ahead of the football World Cup.</p><p>An AFP photographer in Soweto said police fired rubber bullets at the drivers after they refused to disperse, a...

S.Africa's Zuma to visit Zimbabwe

2010-03-15T08:15:44Z

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