Cape Town, Nov. 29 (ANI): Charlize Theron, South Africa’s most glamorous export, is being flown home to bring much-needed Hollywood glitz to the troubled preparations for the 2010 World Cup. ccording to The Telegraph, Theron will take up [...]
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IAAF denies allowing Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal
London, Nov. 20 (ANI): The International Association of Athletics Federations has denied the South African Government’s claims that it had agreed to allow Caster Semenya keep her World Championship gold medal despite the gender controversy clouding her victory.
The IAAF insisted that the statement was premature, as discussions were ongoing to resolve the teenager’s future in [...]
NALCO shelves project in South Africa, to go ahead in Iran
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has decided not to pursue its planned aluminium smelter and power plant in South Africa as it could not get coal linkage, but will push a similar project in Iran, a senior company official said.
NALCO — Asia’s largest integrated aluminium producer — was exploring possibilities of [...]
India’s Bharti, South Africa’s MTN call off $24-bn deal
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) India’s telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion cash-cum-equity deal that could have created the world’s third largest mobile phone entity.
According to Bharti, the proposed deal – which even had the backing of Prime Miniter Manmohan Singh – was called off [...]
MTN-Bharti Airtel deal called off
Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): Talks over a proposed partnership between Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN have been called off, with Bharti Airtel saying that the South African government is not ready to “accept the deal in its current form.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bharti Airtel said [...]
Bharti-MTN deal terminated
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) India’s telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion equity swap-cum-strategic alliance that could have potentially created the world’s third largest mobile phone enterprise.
According to Bharti, the proposed deal was called off after the South African authorities declined to accept certain regulatory [...]
Regulatory hurdles remain for Bharti-MTN deal
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Regulatory roadblocks remained unresolved for the proposed $24-billion equity swap-cum-strategic tie-up between Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN even as their deadline for exclusive talks was to expire Wednesday.
The developments are being closely watched by the global telecom industry as it has the potential to create the [...]
Communications ministry not involved in Bharti-MTN deal: Raja
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Communications and IT Minister A. Raja Tuesday said the proposed $23-billion deal between telecom majors Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN was not under his ministry’s ambit.
‘The deal is not within the domain of our ministry,’ Raja said.
He said as far as he knew, the finance ministry was dealing with [...]
South Africa Sports Minister warns of World War III over Semanya
London, Sep 12 (ANI): The South African government has threatened a “third world war” if the International Association of Athletics Federation bans champion runner Caster Semenya over a test that shows her to be a hermaphrodite, a person with both female and male sexual characteristics.
The IAAF commissioned a gender test on the teenager after her [...]
