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Condom - Contraceptive
(photo: WN / Yolanda)
Condom use still far from the norm in South Africa
The Guardian
| Denialism and hypocrisy from leaders is failing to help in the fight against HIV and aids, say critics | Jacob Zuma was ridiculed for testifying he took a shower after sex with an HIV-positive family friend to lower the risk. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters | An estimated 5.7 million South Afri...
Condoms
(photo: Creative Commons / peachy92)
Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup
The Guardian
| • Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults | • Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend | A teenage prostitute holds on to her one remaining condom as she waits for a truck driver to pick her up at one of the many truck stops on the main road from Cape To...
India, Africa launch action plan to boost cooperation
Samachaar
New Delhi: Two years after their first summit, India and Africa Wednesday launched an action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up of new training institutes by New Delhi in areas ranging from foreign trade to education ...
India, Africa unveil action plan to boost ties (Lead)
Samachaar
New Delhi: Two years after their first summit, India and Africa Wednesday launched an ambitious action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up new training institutes by New Delhi in areas ranging from foreign trade to edu...
India, Africa unveil action plan to boost ties
Deccan Herald
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) | Two years after their first summit, India and Africa on Wednesday launched an ambitious action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up new training institutes by New Delhi in areas ranging from...
World Cup 2010: Sandown High School Pleased To Be South Africa's Training Ground For Finals
Goal
Bafana Bafana have an agreement over their World Cup base. | By Peter Pedroncelli | Share The contract for the South African national team to use the facility is not yet signed but "in principle" it's official - Sandown High School has agreed to be B...
* ADV MONDAY MAY 14 ** The wind turbines near Kittitas, Wash., shown Dec. 8, 2006, are one of Puget Sound Energy's alternate energy projects. Plentiful rainfall is the staple image of the Pacific Northwest. The city of Seattle even broke a record last fall for precipitation in one month. But east of the Cascade Range, utilities are seeing potential in sunshine and a municipal utility in a small Washington town is enlisting residents' help to buy solar panels. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston)hg3
AP / Jackie Johnston
Africa lagging behind in development of 'green' energy economy - UN
United Nations
| 3 March 2010 – Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and 'green' energy remaining large...
Zambia's newly elected President Rupiah Banda, right, takes an oath as chief justice Ernest Sakala, left, looks on in Lusaka, Zambia, Sunday Nov. 2, 2008. Winner Rupiah Banda, 72, had been interim president since the death in August of President Levy Mwanawasa. He was sworn in immediately after the election results were published to serve the remaining three years of Mwanawasa's five-year
AP / Themba Hadebe
China hampering Africa accusation unfounded
China Daily
| BEIJING: Zambian President Rupiah Banda arrived in China for a state visit, on the heels of Zimbabwean and South African foreign ministers, which signals China's increasing role ...
Africa still lags behind in ICT
UN / Eskinder Debebe
Africa still lags behind in ICT
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:Judith Akolo   , Posted: Wed, Feb 24, 2010 | The International Telecommunications Union - ITU says the prices for information and communication techn...
Armstrong encounters headwind on arrival in S. Africa for bike race
m&c
| Johannesburg - Iconic US cyclist Lance Armstrong encountered headwind on arriving in South Africa on Monday evening to partake in the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, local media reported Tuesday. | The seven-time Tour de France winner was stopped at border ...
Quietly Ensuring Africa is Heard On the Global Stage
All Africa
IF MUSIC mogul Simon Cowell were hired to fast-track the South African music industry into the world market, he'd probably put Jandre Louw in the control room. They think the same way when it comes to getting millions of TV viewers to take ownership ...
New ARINC ground station in South Africa supports aviation for World Cup
TravelDailyNews
| Commercial passenger flights and business jets in South Africa can now have better access to important flight messages and data with newly-expanded ACARS data link coverage from ARINC Incorporated. | In cooperation with South Africa’s Air Tra...
Cable TV
A South African Airways plane is parked at the end of the runway after returning to the airport in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday June 17, 2006. A 21-year-old man was arrested after trying to force his way into the cockpit shortly after takeoff on flight SA322 from Cape Town to Johannesburg, SAA officials said. An airline captain traveling as a passenger overpowered the man with the assistance of a number of other passengers.
(photo: AP / Clarence Muller)
 'SA need 170 new aircraft'
Independent online
| South Africa will need more than 170 new aircraft to meet its growing air traffic demand in the next 20 years, Airbus said on Monday. | Forecasts showed that South Africa's airlines needed 106 new single-aisle aircraft, 48 twin-aisle aircraft and 18 large aircraft, such as the A380, to serve their needs, Airbus market analysis director Andrew Gor...
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Cellhone - Texting - Texter
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Cellphone use surging worldwide, UN says
The Boston Globe
| GENEVA - More than half of the people in the developing world are now cellphone subscribers, a United Nations report said yesterday, highlighting strong global growth in telecommunications. | There were an estimated 4.6 billion mobile phone subscriptions at the end of last year, compared with about 1 billion in 2002, the International Telecommuni...



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