site.news_by_theme South Africa

Gennady Golovkin is going to fight against South African Thomas Oosthuizen. The bout was scheduled for January 19.

• 06 ноября 2012, 15:17

South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.

• 26 октября 2012, 13:47

A leading gold mine in South Africa started evicting thousands of its striking workers from company dormitories on Tuesday as work stoppages spread to more gold and platinum mines.

• 04 октября 2012, 12:43

Brazil, China, India and South Africa urged industrialized nations to commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations meeting later this year.

• 23 сентября 2012, 11:54

Lonmin platinum mine workers in South Africa on Tuesday ended their strike in return for pay rises of up to 22 percent, after a nearly six-week standoff that claimed 45 lives.

• 20 сентября 2012, 10:47

Lonmin, the world's number three platinum producer, announced a new offer to striking miners at its South African operations following a fresh round of talks late Thursday.

• 14 сентября 2012, 11:43

South Africa's powerful mineworkers union is trying to rein in unrest in the vital mining sector which has turned into a battleground for rival political and labour factions.

• 05 сентября 2012, 11:52

South African courts are due Monday to start releasing 270 miners arrested over the deaths of fellow workers shot by police, after the murder charges against them were provisionally dropped.

• 04 сентября 2012, 10:09

Fuel leaking from a Turkish freighter wreck that has been smashed up by a storm has contaminated at least five penguins on South Africa's Robben Island.

• 03 сентября 2012, 12:31

After a promising weekend turnout of workers at its South African platinum mines, Lonmin expressed hopes more will clock in on Monday as talks resume after violence that claimed 44 lives.

• 27 августа 2012, 18:26

Embattled platinum giant Lonmin resumed operations Monday at the South African mine where 44 people were killed in a wildcat strike, and gave workers another day to come back to the job.

• 22 августа 2012, 09:59

The death toll from landslides is 10 times higher than generally estimated, with most fatalities occurring in South Asia, China and Latin America.

• 18 августа 2012, 10:47

An illegal strike at a South African platinum mine run by leading global producer Lonmin claimed more lives Thursday as police clashed with miners armed with machetes in the most violent day of the weeklong standoff.

• 17 августа 2012, 16:48

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to meet with South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Monday, the State Department said, hours after her arrival on the latest leg of her Africa tour.

• 06 августа 2012, 12:26

South Africa will unveil its latest monument to Nelson Mandela on Saturday, a new statue along a rural highway to mark the spot where he was arrested 50 years ago for his struggle against white rule.

• 05 августа 2012, 13:53

Poverty drove single teenage mother Kate Mzungu to seek out a rich older man, who buys her food and pays for her housing in exchange for the pleasures of her young company.

• 25 июля 2012, 15:39

US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, paid tribute Tuesday to South African ex-president Nelson Mandela ahead of his 94th birthday, as having "abiding humility" and "unbreakable will."

• 18 июля 2012, 17:26

South Africa's Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he is unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.

• 16 июля 2012, 13:28

Japan and its allies shot down a Latin American-led proposal Monday to create a sanctuary for whales in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reigniting international tensions over Tokyo's whaling.

• 04 июля 2012, 12:02

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to render a state visit to South Africa.

• 25 апреля 2012, 15:37