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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Mon, 20 May 2013 06:07:21 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 5/20/2013 6:07:21 AM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 PRETORIA AFP - South African officials used President Jacob Zumas name to secure landing rights at a military air base to fly in guests for a lavish wedding hosted by a well-connected Indian family, a probe found Sunday.The name-dropping was very bad and government officials should not have allowed themselves to be intimidated into accom ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/464672/1/safrica-officials-used-zuma-name-in-wedding-jet-sc.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/464672/1/safrica-officials-used-zuma-name-in-wedding-jet-sc.html Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:21 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9zYWZyaWNhX29mZmljaWFsc191c2VkX3p1bWFfbmFtZV9pbl93ZWRkaW5nX2pldF9zY2FuZGFsLmpwZ3wxNTA= http://www.modernghana.com/news/464672/1/safrica-officials-used-zuma-name-in-wedding-jet-sc.html CAPE TOWN AFP - A South African doctor arrived home on Friday nine months after he was detained in the United Arab Emirates over the death of a cancer patient he treated more than a decade ago.Cyril Karabus, a paediatric oncologist, was detained last August while in transit through Dubai after having been sentenced in absentia in 2003 for the ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/464415/1/safrican-doctor-returns-home-after-uae-detention.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/464415/1/safrican-doctor-returns-home-after-uae-detention.html Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:09 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9zYWZyaWNhbl9kb2N0b3JfcmV0dXJuc19ob21lX2FmdGVyX3VhZV9kZXRlbnRpb24uanBnfDE1MA== http://www.modernghana.com/news/464415/1/safrican-doctor-returns-home-after-uae-detention.html JOHANNESBURG AFP - South African police said Friday they had launched a series of murder inquiries after 23 males died while undergoing circumcision during traditional rites of passage into manhood.The 23 -- aged between 13 and 21 -- died in various places across the countrys northeastern Mpumalanga province over the course of a week.We ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/464382/1/ritual-circumcision-kills-23-males-in-south-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/464382/1/ritual-circumcision-kills-23-males-in-south-africa.html Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:31 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9yaXR1YWxfY2lyY3VtY2lzaW9uX2tpbGxzXzIzX21hbGVzX2luX3NvdXRoX2FmcmljYS5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/464382/1/ritual-circumcision-kills-23-males-in-south-africa.html MARIKANA, South Africa AFP - Embattled platinum producer Lonmin held talks with striking miners Wednesday to end an illegal strike that has stoked fears of violence between rival South African unions.Miners failed to report for a morning shift, extending the strike into its second day and paralysing 13 shafts belonging to the worlds third la ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463893/1/lonmin-holds-talks-to-end-safrica-mine-strike.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463893/1/lonmin-holds-talks-to-end-safrica-mine-strike.html Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:04 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9sb25taW5faG9sZHNfdGFsa3NfdG9fZW5kX3NhZnJpY2FfbWluZV9zdHJpa2UuanBnfDE1MA== http://www.modernghana.com/news/463893/1/lonmin-holds-talks-to-end-safrica-mine-strike.html ELDORADO PARK, South Africa AFP - South African president Jacob Zuma toured a drug-ravaged Johannesburg suburb Tuesday, using an emotional plea from local mothers to highlight his governments drive for change, ahead of an upcoming election.Less than a year before voters decide whether Zuma will get a second five-year term, the ANC leader -- ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463785/1/eying-re-election-south-africas-zuma-shifts-gear.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463785/1/eying-re-election-south-africas-zuma-shifts-gear.html Tue, 14 May 2013 21:50:15 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9leWluZ19yZWVsZWN0aW9uX3NvdXRoX2FmcmljYXNfenVtYV9zaGlmdHNfZ2Vhci5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/463785/1/eying-re-election-south-africas-zuma-shifts-gear.html CAPE TOWN AFP - One in ten South Africans is HIV positive but AIDS-related deaths are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, the countrys official statistics agency said Tuesday.After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the worlds largest HIV treatment programme.New ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463767/1/aids-related-deaths-falling-in-s-africa-agency.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463767/1/aids-related-deaths-falling-in-s-africa-agency.html Tue, 14 May 2013 18:10:10 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9haWRzcmVsYXRlZF9kZWF0aHNfZmFsbGluZ19pbl9zX2FmcmljYV9hZ2VuY3kuanBnfDE1MA== http://www.modernghana.com/news/463767/1/aids-related-deaths-falling-in-s-africa-agency.html JOHANNESBURG AFP - Test opening batsman Alviro Petersen will replace Graeme Smith in South Africas squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales next month.Petersen, 32, has not appeared in a one-day international since January 2012 but Andrew Hudson, convener of the South African selectors, said he was a like-for-like replacemen ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463728/1/alviro-petersen-replaces-smith-in-safrica-squad.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463728/1/alviro-petersen-replaces-smith-in-safrica-squad.html Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:03 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9hbHZpcm9fcGV0ZXJzZW5fcmVwbGFjZXNfc21pdGhfaW5fc2FmcmljYV9zcXVhZC5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/463728/1/alviro-petersen-replaces-smith-in-safrica-squad.html JOHANNESBURG AFP - Thousands of mine workers downed tools on Tuesday at South Africas restive Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the restive platinum belt at the weekend.Lonmin operations are suspended this morning due to an illegal work stoppage, Lonmin spokeswoman Sue Vey told AFP.Vey said work had stopped at all of th ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463671/1/s-africa-platinum-miners-strike-after-death.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463671/1/s-africa-platinum-miners-strike-after-death.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:50:06 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9zX2FmcmljYV9wbGF0aW51bV9taW5lcnNfc3RyaWtlX2FmdGVyX2RlYXRoLmpwZ3wxNTA= http://www.modernghana.com/news/463671/1/s-africa-platinum-miners-strike-after-death.html MARIKANA, South Africa AFP - Thousands of mine workers downed tools on Tuesday at South Africas Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the restive platinum belt at the weekend.Lonmin operations are suspended this morning due to an illegal work stoppage, Lonmin spokeswoman Sue Vey told AFP.Work had stopped at all of the firm ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463655/1/safrica-platinum-miners-strike-after-unionist-kill.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463655/1/safrica-platinum-miners-strike-after-unionist-kill.html Tue, 14 May 2013 11:10:05 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9zYWZyaWNhX3BsYXRpbnVtX21pbmVyc19zdHJpa2VfYWZ0ZXJfZGVhdGguanBnfDE1MA== http://www.modernghana.com/news/463655/1/safrica-platinum-miners-strike-after-unionist-kill.html JOHANNESBURG AFP - Video footage of an inebriated tourist lunging out of his car and charging a wild elephant at South Africas famous Kruger National Park caused an uproar on Monday.The footage, posted on wildlife site Latest Sightings www.latestsightings.com, showed the unidentified man charging towards the startled animal.With friend ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/463588/1/drunk-tourist-charges-at-south-african-elephant.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/463588/1/drunk-tourist-charges-at-south-african-elephant.html Mon, 13 May 2013 21:10:09 +0100 http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGFmcF9kcnVua190b3VyaXN0X2NoYXJnZXNfYXRfc291dGhfYWZyaWNhbl9lbGVwaGFudC5qcGd8MTUw http://www.modernghana.com/news/463588/1/drunk-tourist-charges-at-south-african-elephant.html