GenevaLunch » South Africa http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Yellow diamond star of Sotheby’s Nov. Geneva auctionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/yellow-diamond-star-of-sothebys-nov-geneva-auction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/yellow-diamond-star-of-sothebys-nov-geneva-auction/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:46:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62391 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sotheby’s star diamond at its November sales in Geneva comes without much of a history, but that is no shortcoming: the new gem is expected to be sold for $11-15 million when it goes to auction 15 November. The rough of the Sun-Drop Diamond was found in South Africa in 201. Sotheby’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/yellow-diamond-star-of-sothebys-nov-geneva-auction/feed/ 0 Dalai Lama’s visa to South Africa on holdhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/28/dalai-lamas-visa-to-south-africa-on-hold/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/28/dalai-lamas-visa-to-south-africa-on-hold/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:08:30 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61940 GenevaLunch.com SOUTH AFRICA – South African officials may prevent the Dalai Lama from celebrating the 80th birthday of his friend and fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu amid fears that Chinese pressure is trumping the country’s much-vaunted policies on freedom of speech and human rights. The South African government’s delay in responding is said to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/28/dalai-lamas-visa-to-south-africa-on-hold/feed/ 0 Homosexual marriages ok’d in New Yorkhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/homosexual-marriages-okd-in-new-york/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/homosexual-marriages-okd-in-new-york/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:58:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59231 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Homosexual marriages were made legal in New York Friday 24 June, sparking citywide celebrations. The move comes just days after the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva approved a South African resolution covering homosexual rights that was strongly supported by the US. US Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe said in Geneva 17 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/uganda-prohibits-reflexology/feed/ 0 Africa could be Japan earthquake’s latest victimhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/25/africa-could-be-japan-earthquakes-latest-victim/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/25/africa-could-be-japan-earthquakes-latest-victim/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:07:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55712 GenevaLunch.com Japan’s trade with and financial aid for Africa are likely to fall, in the wake of the massive earthquake in early March, a new report from Standard Bank in South Africa says. It notes that bilateral trade between Africa and Japan in 2010 totalled $24 billion, up 30 percent from 2009. South Africa is most [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/feed/ 0 S Africa farm workers Aids rate double country’s averagehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/23/s-africa-farm-workers-aids-rate-double-countrys-average/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/23/s-africa-farm-workers-aids-rate-double-countrys-average/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=50220 GenevaLunch.com Rate far higher than previous studies show, IOM says Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A new survey for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 23 commercial farms in two South African provinces turned up a far higher than expected rate of HIV positive samples. The Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey (IBBSS) involved 2,810 farm [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/23/s-africa-farm-workers-aids-rate-double-countrys-average/feed/ 0 Former Springbok star has leg amputated in Zurichhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/28/former-springbok-star-has-leg-amputated-in-zurich/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/28/former-springbok-star-has-leg-amputated-in-zurich/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:55:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=47749 GenevaLunch.com International sports, rugby Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Syd Nomis, 69, who played 25 successive Tests for the Springboks from 1966-71, becoming a legend in South African rugby, has had a leg amputated during a visit to his son Gary and family in Zurich. The former sports star came down with pneumonia, then developed blod clots [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/28/former-springbok-star-has-leg-amputated-in-zurich/feed/ 2 Former SA police chief gets 15 yearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/former-sa-police-chief-gets-15-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/former-sa-police-chief-gets-15-years/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:37:43 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=45399 GenevaLunch.com A South African judge has sentenced former police chief Jackie Selebi to 15 years of prison for corruption, telling him, “You were an embarrassment to the office you occupied … You must be an embarrassment to those who appointed you; you must have been an embarrassment to members of the SAPS (South African Police Service) [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/former-sa-police-chief-gets-15-years/feed/ 0 “Here, kitty” not recommended if you find lost tigerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/28/here-kitty-not-recommended-if-you-find-lost-tiger/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/28/here-kitty-not-recommended-if-you-find-lost-tiger/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:20:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45242 GenevaLunch.com A woman whose 17-month-old tiger picked the lock and leaped out while she was driving him to the vet near Johannisburg, South Africa, says he is used to humans and she suggests anyone who finds him should treat him like a dog, saying “No” in a loud voice while brandishing a stick. Or give him [...]

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