Mine Shooting

The guards had fired rubber bullets into the ground in self-defence and contradicted the police tally, saying only two miners had been hit and three more injured in the commotion.

Vietnam Poaching

So far this year, South Africa has lost more than 290 rhinos, an average of at least two a day. Poachers have gone high-tech, using helicopters, silencers and night vision goggles to meet the growing demand for rhino horn in East Asia, especially Vietnam. Last year in Vietnam, rhino horn sold for up to $1,400 an ounce, which is about the price of gold.

 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/14/181587969/Vietnams-Appetite-For-Rhino-Horn-Drives-Poaching-In-Africa

BK in South Africa

The company that gave America the Bacon Sundae opened with a big splash in South Africa – but no bacon. Burger King South Africa CEO Jaye Sinclair says people lined up for hours at the weekend launch in the coastal resort of Cape Town.But a few customers called Talk Radio 702 Monday to complain there were no bacon dishes and ask why the company was catering to a minority. Sinclair said the company respects South Africa's multicultural society and doesn't want to limit its customers.
Official South African statistics show that religious groups that do not eat pork here include 11 percent of the 48 million people who belong to the indigenous Zion Christian Church, Muslims making up 1.5 percent of the population and Jews 0.2 percent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/burger-king-south-africa_n_3268351.html

South Africa Losing against Corruption

South Africa is fighting a losing battle against corruption which sucked up nearly 1 billion rand ($111 million) in taxpayers’ money last year, according to a new report that contradicts government statements that efforts to stamp out financial misconduct are going well.
“Corruption is rampant,” the author of the report, financial forensics expert Peter Allwright, said Friday. “It’s out of control and the dedicated units that have been created to fight financial misconduct are in essence fighting a losing battle.”
South Africa has scandals about misuse of government money and power — in one of the latest, taxpayers forked out around 250 million rand (nearly $28 million) on upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence in his home village, including three new houses, a sewerage treatment plant and an underground bunker.

"Africa." Washington Post. N.p., 03 May 2013. Web. 07 May 2013.

 

 

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BP invests in South Africa

British Petroleum will be investing billions into South Africa. They will be investing in Mozambique and South Africa over the next 5 years. "With the improving investment climate, especially policy stability... being presented in Southern Africa, BP has decided to invest significantly for the benefit of all of our stakeholders," BP refining and marketing chief executive Iain Conn told reporters in Johannesburg. They will be building new plants and renewing the old ones.

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Country Project 2

South Africa gained it's independence from the United Kingdom on May 31, 1910. South Africa has some of the oldest human history in the world, though. Human artifacts have been found in S.A. from 170,000 years ago. South Africa was found in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck.

What Shaped South Africa?

• England's culture carried on from the UK to South Africa. 
• Racial segregation caused blacks, whites, and asians to all live in different parts of the country.
• South Africa has a history of bad police situations, including mass murders performed by the police.

Two key historical South African Figures.

•   Jan van Riebeeck

• Founded South Africa and made a refreshment stand for ships passing by. The stand eventually turned into the Cape of Good Hope which turned into Cape Town. 

•  Nelson Mandela
•  Helped protest against the racial segregation and became president in 1994 to 1999.

South Africa has the largest and best economy in Africa.

GDP per capita is $11,035
Unemployment rate is high at 25%
One South African rand equals $0.11 
Inflation rate is 5.09%
Literacy rate is 97%
Republic Government

Mandela Released

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid member, was just released from the hospital from pneumonia. He was in the ER for 10 days, making all of South Africa very nervous. He is still an icon to the country and helps fight the racial separation that occurs in South Africa. He is in serious home care. He is in his lats 90s and pneumonia has taken lives of older Africans lately.




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 http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/06/17629291-nelson-mandela-discharged-from-south-africa-hospital?lite