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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kenya Star.com http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/371b1b8643d479c1/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:45:44 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:45:44 -0500 30 Attacks on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have increased rapidly in South Africa over the past one year partly due to poor policing, a report said. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203243119/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203243119/cs/1/ President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his state of the nation address on February 9, his office said on ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254723/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:45:34 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254723/ Johannesburg - More than 190 government officials and 18 close relatives of the officials were awarded state tenders to the value of R113m in the past financial year.This startling revelation is ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254724/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:18:52 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254724/ Polokwane - Three men wanted on a string of theft and robbery charges were arrested after they held up a shop near Tzaneen, Limpopo police said on Sunday. They confronted the Pakistani shop owner in ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254725/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:18:45 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254725/ Location Settings News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location. If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a location for ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254726/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:18:39 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203254726/ The ANC's support of a super tax on mining profits was reckless and would kill jobs and investment, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253021/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:11:57 -0500 Mail and Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253021/ CAPE TOWN/LONDON Feb 5 (Reuters) - Top executives at trader Glencore and miner Xstrata are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry's largest ever ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253557/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:45:03 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253557/ Johannesburg - A man and woman walking in ankle-deep water on a beach near Port Shepstone drowned when the sand gave way and they were washed out to sea, the NSRI said on Sunday. Witnesses said the ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253555/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:53 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253555/ Welkom - Welkom police arrested 43 people last week following public violence and looting linked to unemployment protests, Free State police said on Sunday. Of those arrested, 34 were found in ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253556/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:47 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203253556/ Vevek Ram received pay from a lottery beneficiary with the full knowledge of the board and worked as CEO for 12 years without an employment contract.The memo from a key national lottery funding ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203252275/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02:16 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203252275/ Johannesburg - If a new study is anything to go by, South Africa's white population may be extinct by the year 2161.A new report by the South African Institute of Race Relations revealed that ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203252276/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02:11 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203252276/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Julius Malema, the leader of the youth league of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, lost a bid to overturn charges that led to his suspension from the ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250482/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:35:50 -0500 Business Week http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250482/ JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250764/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:29:32 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250764/ Johannesburg - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly trying to poison his mother, Johannesburg police said on Sunday. He allegedly stole R700 from his parents in ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:29:13 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203250763/ Johannesburg - Some provincial education departments have failed to compensate schools which offer fee exemptions for poor pupils, the Sunday Times reported. One Eastern Cape school granted fee ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203249826/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:36:51 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203249826/ A fraud case has been opened against Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota, days after he suspended party treasurer Hilda Ndude for alleged financial mismanagement, ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248003/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:24:41 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248003/ Ramaphosa, who chairs the ANC's national disciplinary committee of appeal, confirmed Malema's conviction of sowing division in the party. On hearing the news in the streets of Polokwane ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248004/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:52 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248004/ Police and social workers took the children from their foster parents, Daneall Lowe, 41, and Ivo Indiani, 36, after the couple ignored a court order stipulating that the children return to ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248005/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:48 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203248005/ The Democratic Alliance in Plettenberg Bay has allegedly given a company run by a resident in the area a R4.3-million short-term IT contract without a tender, ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246450/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:34:56 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246450/ MUMBAI Feb 5 (Reuters) - India's biggest iron ore miner, NMDC Ltd, is scouting for mineral assets in Brazil, Mozambique, Russia, the United States and South Africa, it said in a ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246452/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:33 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246452/ Mosiuoa Lekota , days after he suspended party treasurer Hilda Ndude for alleged financial mismanagement, the Sunday Times reported. Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246451/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:13 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246451/ "Admittedly, given the history of patriarchy in our society and in our movement, the early history of women's participation in the struggle for liberation has not been adequately recorded ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203245117/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:20 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203245117/ Johannesburg - A man died after he fell into a drainage system in Alexandra, near Sandton, on Sunday morning, said the Johannesburg emergency management services. The man, believed to be around 50 ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203245118/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:15:04 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203245118/ Feb 4 (Reuters) - Leading third round scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Phoenix Open on Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona (par-71; U.S. unless stated) 196 Spencer Levin 65 63 68 202 Webb Simpson 65 69 ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203242416/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:32 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203242416/ The man accused of masterminding two deadly bombings at Nigeria's 50th independence celebrations will face trial in October after a South African court Monday delayed his case by nine ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203240313/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:59 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203240313/ JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - In less than four years, ANC youth leader Julius Malema turned himself into an outspoken irritant for South Africa's ruling party as he regularly and ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239178/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:46 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239178/ "The NDC will determine an appropriate sanction after hearing evidence of mitigation and aggravation of sanctions that the parties may wish to present," appeals committee ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239177/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:20 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239177/ ');" > HELP fill in the missing pieces. The full history of Africa's oldest liberation movement is yet to be written. If you have a story to tell, please submit it to the ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239179/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:53 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239179/ ');" > Samba school members dance during the launch of an HIV prevention campaign at the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. The Brazilian health ministry will distribute 84 ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239180/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:26 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239180/ The Swaminarayan temple spreads over 100 arces of land of which approximately 40 arces has been built upon inspired by ancient Hindu architecture. It is one of the most magnificent temples that i ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239181/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:09 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239181/ I thought the roads in Delhi were busy; Jaipur adds camels, elephants and horse drawn wagons to the on-tar chaos. However, none of it matters since I'm living it up at the Sheraton Rajputana ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239182/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:59 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239182/ Before embarking on my trip to India, I was bombarded with advice from every single person who had set foot on my apparent Motherland. "India will change you" was as common a message as ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239183/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:48 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239183/ THE KZN final of the schools T20 competition took place at the Oval yesterday afternoon. Westville represented Coastals after beating Northwood in their final and College represented Inland after ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239184/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:39 -0500 The Natal Witness http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203239184/ It turned out to be the last long day of our drive from Kenya to South Africa. We left soon after dawn from the town of Victoria Falls, on the Zimbabwean side of the Zambezi River. For the rest of ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237194/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:31 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237194/ Location Settings News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location. If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a location for ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237612/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:26 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237612/ Johannesburg - The National Union of Metals Workers of South Africa (Numsa) said its energy conference, underway on Saturday, was aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237613/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:21 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237613/ Johannesburg - Fifteen people were arrested after they allegedly set fire to a local businessman's cars and broke down a wall at his home in the Ntsweletsoku village in Lehurutshe, North West ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237614/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:16 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237614/ Cuddle up next to your loved ones this Valentine's Day with our 2 DVDs for R129 offer. Offer only valid while stocks last. Shop ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237615/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:11 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237615/ Johannesburg - A spokesperson for the Mpumalanga department of community safety said on Saturday that six people died when their car crashed into an oncoming truck on the N12 highway near ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237616/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:05 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203237616/ A win over Zimbabwe tomorrow would hand New Zealand a rare ODI series victory, but coach John Wright thinks it's also an early step toward beating South Africa next month. After trouncing the ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246205/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:25:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203246205/ ANC Youth League president Julius Malema and his cohorts scored a Pyrrhic victory on Saturday after the Young Lions convinced the ANC's appeals committee to drop one of the charges against them ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203235929/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:14:34 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203235929/ Johannesburg - The Mpumalanga department of community safety said on Saturday that two people died and 11 others were injured in a head-on collision between a taxi and a car near Nelspruit. ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203235931/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:42:11 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203235931/ The National Union of Metals Workers of South Africa (Numsa) has said that its energy conference, under way on Saturday, was aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated by a ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234176/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:58:37 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234176/ A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev’s ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203233837/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:56:14 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203233837/ NEW DELHI Feb 4 (Reuters) - Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the highest in Saturday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while there was no ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234179/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:50 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234179/ Johannesburg - A 40-year-old man accused of raping and trying to murder 33 young girls will now have to take part in a series of identity parades.The man, who may not be named or his photograph ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234177/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:35 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234177/ Johannesburg - A man was killed and another critically injured when a microlight plunged to the ground in Krugersdorp on Saturday, Gauteng paramedics said.The injured man was airlifted to hospital, ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234178/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:31 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203234178/ "The process is flexible enough to allow the ANCYL to offer evidence in mitigation of their sentences. The NDC will gather in 14 days of this ruling so that the youth league has the opportunity ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232281/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:35 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232281/ JOHANNESBURG Feb 4 (Reuters) - A ruling South African ANC appeals panel on Saturday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute, ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232287/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:47:00 -0500 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232287/ Kenetswe Mosenogi , were also dismissed. Only one charge against the group was dropped, that of barging into a meeting. Speaking during the announcement of the NDCA's decision, Ramaphosa said ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232284/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:46:46 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232284/ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to be visited by the ANC Youth League at her Soweto residence on Saturday, her office said."There was no communication made with any of her offices regarding this ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232285/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:46:41 -0500 News 24 http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203232285/ JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African youth leader who has stirred furious debate over race relations and economic policy will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203231702/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:23 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203231702/ Old Mutual Property is redeveloping and refurbishing several malls in previously disadvantaged areas as part of its contribution to sustainable community development and township upliftment in South ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203231450/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:28:34 -0500 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/371b1b8643d479c1/id/203231450/