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| Jun.16 |
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Food crisis destroys progress in Africa| Central Africa: The Africa Progress Panel : Rising global food prices threaten to destroy years of economic progress in Africa and drive 100 million into poverty | |
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| Jun.3 |
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Group wraps 1,800-mile anti-malaria trip The Roll Back Malaria expedition followed the river Zambezi through six countries in southern Africa
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| Jan.25 |
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Power cuts spark World Cup fears A national electrical emergency has been declared; power cuts are affecting millions of people and casting doubt over plans to host the Cup
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| Jan.22 |
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Tourists trapped in cable cars  Map of Cape Town South Africa A power outage trapped tourists in cable cars at landmark Table Mountain, while blackouts in Zambia forced nurses to work by candlelight
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| Nov.20 |
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 Huge fire at refinery Map of Durban South Africa A refinery fire have been caused by lightning spread a thick column of black smoke over the city, burning nearly $18 million worth of fuel
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| Oct.4 |
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All gold miners freed from mine| The last of 3,200 miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface after nearly two days underground in the cavernous Elandstrand New Mine | | |
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| Oct.3 |
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Miners being pulled from underground| Some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface. About 350 miners had been pulled to safety | |
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3,200 workers trapped in gold mine  Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
| A broken pipe severed power cables to a lift. The workers are more than 1.3 miles underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine in Carletonville, about 50 miles southwest of Johannesburg
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| Apr.11 |
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AIDS-hit S. Africa out of burial plots Residents of ohannesburg, need to consider 'nontraditional' burials, including cremation
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| Nov.13 |
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Train crash kills 27 A truck pulling a trailer packed with farm workers stalled on the tracks near Cape Town. The train rammed the trailer
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| Aug.18 |
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U.N. envoy slams South Africa on AIDS Stephen Lewis: The S. African government promotes 'lunatic fringe' AIDS policies
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| Jun.16 |
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Popular Zulu weatherman dies of AIDS Jabu Sithole won the hearts of millions of viewers with his cheery 'Good luck!' sign-off
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| Jan.10 |
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3 dead in mine quake An earthquake jarred rocks loose inside a gold mine. 12 people were trapped by a seismic event
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| Jun.7 |
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Military battles HIV Armed forces are battling HIV/AIDS, which affects a quarter of troops, with resources under strain
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Missing 41 troops feared dead
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| Jan.6 |
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 Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS Makgatho Mandela, 54, had been critically ill for weeks after being admitted to a Johannesburg hospital
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| Nov.16 |
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18ft shark attacks beach swimmer A Great White shark estimated has presumably killed an elderly woman off a beach near Cape Town
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| Jan.18 |
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Fire leaves 1,500 homeless
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| Jan.1 |
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8 British tourists die in crash
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| Jul.23 |
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AIDS 'threatens economic catastrophe'
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| May.1 |
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 Bus plunge: dozens die Up to 80 people are feared dead after a bus driver drove into a reservoir after losing his way
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| Apr.9 |
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First African SARS case suspected
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| Sep.17 |
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Oil leak ship abandoned
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| Sep.16 |
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Struggle to stop freighter breaking up
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| Sep.13 |
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Oil spill threatens wildlife park An oil spill from a stricken Italian freighter beached in an environmentally sensitive area off the eastern coast
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| Jul.12 |
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'Sesame St.' to add HIV-pos Muppet
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| Jun.1 |
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Cronje killed in plane crash Former South Africa cricket captain has been killed in a plane crash in the Western Cape province
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Half of the city has been burned
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| Sep.2 |
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Heart transplant pioneer dies  Cyprus: Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967 in Cape Town replaced the diseased heart of Washkansky with that of a woman in 20s
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| Apr.19 |
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Joy greets end of AIDS drug fight World's top pharmaceutical companies withdrew a legal action to protect patents
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| Apr.11 |
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43 die in soccer stampede| The stampede began as a crowd tried to get into stadium to watch the match between South Africa's two biggest teams | |
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| Nov.18 |
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Explosion kills 11 locked in building A fire and explosion in a factory killed 11 workers who had been locked by the owner
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.20 |
Huge fire at refinery Map of Durban South Africa A refinery fire have been caused by lightning spread a thick column of black smoke over the city, burning nearly $18 million worth of fuel
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| Jan.18 |
Fire leaves 1,500 homeless
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.10 |
3 dead in mine quake An earthquake jarred rocks loose inside a gold mine. 12 people were trapped by a seismic event
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.1 |
8 British tourists die in crash
| 2003 |
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| May.1 |
Bus plunge: dozens die Up to 80 people are feared dead after a bus driver drove into a reservoir after losing his way
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| 2008 |
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| Jun.3 |
Group wraps 1,800-mile anti-malaria trip The Roll Back Malaria expedition followed the river Zambezi through six countries in southern Africa
| 2003 |
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| Apr.9 |
First African SARS case suspected
| 2001 |
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| Sep.2 |
Heart transplant pioneer dies Cyprus: Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967 in Cape Town replaced the diseased heart of Washkansky with that of a woman in 20s
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| 2002 |
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| Sep.16 |
Struggle to stop freighter breaking up
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.25 |
Power cuts spark World Cup fears A national electrical emergency has been declared; power cuts are affecting millions of people and casting doubt over plans to host the Cup
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| Jan.22 |
Tourists trapped in cable cars Map of Cape Town South Africa A power outage trapped tourists in cable cars at landmark Table Mountain, while blackouts in Zambia forced nurses to work by candlelight
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.3 |
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
| A broken pipe severed power cables to a lift. The workers are more than 1.3 miles underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine in Carletonville, about 50 miles southwest of Johannesburg
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| 2007 |
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| Apr.11 |
AIDS-hit S. Africa out of burial plots Residents of ohannesburg, need to consider 'nontraditional' burials, including cremation
| 2006 |
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| Aug.18 |
U.N. envoy slams South Africa on AIDS Stephen Lewis: The S. African government promotes 'lunatic fringe' AIDS policies
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| Jun.16 |
Popular Zulu weatherman dies of AIDS Jabu Sithole won the hearts of millions of viewers with his cheery 'Good luck!' sign-off
| 2005 |
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| Jun.7 |
Military battles HIV Armed forces are battling HIV/AIDS, which affects a quarter of troops, with resources under strain
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| Jan.6 |
Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS Makgatho Mandela, 54, had been critically ill for weeks after being admitted to a Johannesburg hospital
| 2003 |
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| Jul.23 |
AIDS 'threatens economic catastrophe'
| 2002 |
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| Jul.12 |
'Sesame St.' to add HIV-pos Muppet
| 2001 |
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| Apr.19 |
Joy greets end of AIDS drug fight World's top pharmaceutical companies withdrew a legal action to protect patents
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| 2001 |
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| Apr.11 |
43 die in soccer stampede| The stampede began as a crowd tried to get into stadium to watch the match between South Africa's two biggest teams | |
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| 2002 |
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| Jun.1 |
Cronje killed in plane crash Former South Africa cricket captain has been killed in a plane crash in the Western Cape province
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| 2004 |
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| Nov.16 |
18ft shark attacks beach swimmer A Great White shark estimated has presumably killed an elderly woman off a beach near Cape Town
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| 2002 |
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| Sep.17 |
Oil leak ship abandoned
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| Sep.13 |
Oil spill threatens wildlife park An oil spill from a stricken Italian freighter beached in an environmentally sensitive area off the eastern coast
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| 2008 |
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| Jun.16 |
Food crisis destroys progress in Africa| Central Africa: The Africa Progress Panel : Rising global food prices threaten to destroy years of economic progress in Africa and drive 100 million into poverty | |
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| 2006 |
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| Nov.13 |
Train crash kills 27 A truck pulling a trailer packed with farm workers stalled on the tracks near Cape Town. The train rammed the trailer
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.4 |
All gold miners freed from mine| The last of 3,200 miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface after nearly two days underground in the cavernous Elandstrand New Mine | | |
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| Oct.3 |
Miners being pulled from underground| Some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface. About 350 miners had been pulled to safety | |
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| 2000 |
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| Nov.18 |
Explosion kills 11 locked in building A fire and explosion in a factory killed 11 workers who had been locked by the owner
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