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Hashim Amla may lead South Africa one day

In the England v South Africa series we hope there will be no repeat of the Dean Jones commentary moment when he called Hashim Amla "the terrorist". Indeed, it will be poignant watching the South African tonk it around the park. As millions cowered under apartheid, a Muslim representing South Africa would have been fantastical. Now, some say this builder of handsome hundreds could eventually captain his country, despite covering the logo for Castle Lager on his shirt: truly, South Africa is the rainbow nation.

South African Police Service and South African National Defence Force to conduct joint cordon and search operations, 22 May

South African Police Service together with South African National Defence Force conducts joint cordon and search operations, Gauteng

Cybercrime syndicate scoops millions from South African government

Reports from South Africa suggest that a cybercrime syndicate there has defrauded the government of more than 199 million Rand (UKP 12.8 million) in a series of spyware infection-driven frauds. The frauds, which were revealed on Tuesday by the South African Minister for Finance and Economic Development, has resulted in 32 arrests in connection with more than 80 fraud counts. Commenting on the case - thought to be South Africa's largest reported cybercrime spree by a single gang - Geoff Sweeney, CTO with IT security vendor Tier-3, said that spyware attacks are notoriously difficult to stop in their tracks owing to their unpredictable nature. "The evolution of malware has reached the point where the lines are blurring between viruses, trojans and what we call multi-vector IT security threats.

South Africa cricket team on brink of great escape against England

South Africa captain Graeme Smith is pictured batting in March 2008. Hundreds from Smith and fellow opener Neil McKenzie on Sunday gave South Africa hope of forcing what would be a remarkable draw against England in the first Test at Lord's.

South African batting great Richards says KP will be Proteas No.1 target

Former South African batting great Barry Richards has said that Kevin Pietersen, who is a South African by birth, will be the number one target of the Proteas when they take on England in a Test series from Thursday.

South African batting great Richards says KP will be Proteas No.1 target

Former South African batting great Barry Richards has said that Kevin Pietersen, who is a South African by birth, will be the number one target of the Proteas when they take on England in a Test series from Thursday.

South Korea and U.S. reach deal on beef imports

SEOUL, South Korea: More than 10,000 people rallied in central Seoul on Saturday night to protest beef imports from the United States, despite an announcement hours earlier that Seoul and Washington had agreed to restrict the shipments to allay South Koreans' concerns about mad cow disease.

South African batting great Richards says KP will be Proteas No.1 target

London, July 9 : Former South African batting great Barry Richards has said that Kevin Pietersen, who is a South African by birth, will be the number one target of the Proteas when they take on England in a Test series from Thursday.

South Korean Inventors Develop Customer Relationship Management Data M

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 27 -- Ho-seok Y Yoon, Eun-young Choi and Su-hyun Lee, all from Seoul, South Korea, and Hyo-sik Bang of Seongnam-si, South Korea, have developed a customer relationship management data managing system.

South Africa Appeals ISO Decision On OOXML

mauritzhansen sends us a blog post by Steve Pepper, former chairman of the Norwegian standards committee responsible for evaluating OOXML, reporting that the South African national standards body, SABS, has appealed against the result of the OOXML DIS 29500 ballot in ISO. From the blog: "In a letter sent to the General Secretary of the IEC (co-sponsor with ISO of JTC1), the SABS expresses its 'deep concern over the increasing tendency of international organizations to use the JTC 1 process to circumvent the consensus-building process that is the cornerstone to the success and international acceptance of ISO and IEC standards.' Having resigned as Chairman of the Norwegian committee responsible for considering OOXML for exactly this reason, I congratulate South Africa on its willingness to stand up for the principles on which standardizatio

England-South Africa awarded 'icon' status

Future Test series between South Africa and England have been granted 'icon' status by Cricket South Africa and the England & Wales Cricket Board with the support of the ICC.

Explore South Africa on Google Earth

Local and international tourists can 'virtually' explore South Africa through the recently launched Google Earth South Africa layer.

Kuju's Doublesix developing new South Park XBLA game

doublesix, microsoft, south park, xbox live arcadeKuju's Doublesix developing new South Park XBLA game

Sony Group to Support the "South Africa Mobile Library Project"

Africa (hereafter South Africa) and Sony Corporation (hereafter Sony) today announced Sony’s support for the “South Africa Mobile Library Project”.

SMEs, Open Source and Web Drive the Growth of Collaborative Tools in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The uptake of collaboration is increasing steadily in South Africa, despite bandwidth limitations and narrow knowledge of the various tools that exist in the market. Rising uptake amongst small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the advent of web-based solutions will

SMEs, Open Source and Web Drive the Growth of Collaborative Tools in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The uptake of collaboration is increasing steadily in South Africa, despite bandwidth limitations and narrow knowledge of the various tools that exist in the market. Rising uptake amongst small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the advent of web-based solutions will continue to promote this growth. The popularity of unified communications will support the expansion of integrated collaborative solutions and vice versa.

SMEs, Open Source and Web Drive the Growth of Collaborative Tools in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Business Wire) -- The uptake of collaboration is increasing steadily in South Africa, despite bandwidth limitations and narrow knowledge of the various tools that exist in the market. Rising uptake amongst small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the advent of web-based solutions will continue to promote this growth. The popularity of unified communications will support the expansion of integrated collaborative solutions and vice versa.

England 70-3 against South Africa

Morne Morkel (left) of South Africa celebrates the wicket of England's Alastair Cook during the second Test match at Headingley, Leeds. England, after losing the toss, were dismissed for 203 against South Africa on the first day of the second Test at Headingley. Photo:Andrew Yates/AFP

Pharmanet Group granted South African patent

Pharmanet Group has been granted a South African patent over the use and manufacture of its proprietary active ingredients for analgesic and anti-inflammatory action. The patent was granted to the company's South African subsidiary, Cambridge Scientific.

Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage

Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces. University of Queensland palaeontologist Dr Steve Salisbury was part of an international team of palaeontologists from the US, Argentina and Australia that identified a fossil that had previously only been found in South America.


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