http://www.mail.com/locations/59412-cape-town.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/59412-cape-town.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103080-boom-town-baby-african-stock-markets-gains.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY." Severa... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103080-boom-town-baby-african-stock-markets-gains.html 2013-05-22T17:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100386-court-frees-man-murder-that-shocked-safricans.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila says the magistrate said there was not enough evidence to try 22-year-old Jonathan Davids. A second suspect still could go to trial. The 17-year-old victim lived ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100386-court-frees-man-murder-that-shocked-safricans.html 2013-05-21T16:32:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051406-tutu-released-hospital-malignancy.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's foundation says the anti-apartheid hero was released from a hospital in Cape Town on Monday following five days of successful treatment for a persistent infection. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said a battery of tests to determine the underlying cause of the infection, and its persistence... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:14:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051406-tutu-released-hospital-malignancy.html 2013-04-29T17:14:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976244-pilot-whales-beach-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Six of 19 pilot whales that were stranded Sunday on a beach in the South African city of Cape Town have died and authorities said they planned to euthanize some of the surviving whales. Police and other rescue workers had hosed down the surviving whales at Noordhoek Beach to try to keep them alive. The South African Press Association q... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:38:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976244-pilot-whales-beach-south-africa.html 2013-03-24T14:38:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969484-chinese-girl-painting-coming-to-safrica.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Vladimir Tretchikoff's iconic painting "Chinese Girl," said to be one of the most reproduced in the world, is coming home to South Africa after more than half a century in a private Chicago collection, Bonhams auction house announced Thursday after a record sale. The picture of the beauty with a green-hued skin, ruby-red lips and lusci... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:11:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969484-chinese-girl-painting-coming-to-safrica.html 2013-03-21T15:11:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967352-5-pakistanis-killed-robbery-cape-town.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say two robbers stealing a safe shot and killed five Pakistani men and wounded a sixth in a ghetto outside the tourist resort of Cape Town. Spokesman Col. Tembinkosi Kinana said the attack took place in a house believed used as a bakery late Tuesday. The attackers took off with the safe. Kinana said police arrested... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:34:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967352-5-pakistanis-killed-robbery-cape-town.html 2013-03-20T14:34:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957154-bus-crash-south-africa-kills-24.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities say 24 people died when a bus veered off a road and rolled over. The accident happened Friday morning near De Doorns, a town in a grape-growing region near Cape Town. Keri Davids, a spokeswoman for the health department of the Western Cape provincial government, says the dead include 22 females and two males. ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957154-bus-crash-south-africa-kills-24.html 2013-03-15T14:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1908494-oscar-pistorius-assets.html PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A look at the assets of Oscar Pistorius, laid out in an affidavit by the athlete and presented to court after he was charged with premediated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was granted 1 million rand ($113,000) bail and freed from custody pending a trial on Friday. ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:43:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1908494-oscar-pistorius-assets.html 2013-02-22T17:43:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879762-hundreds-attend-south-africa-rape-victims-funeral.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have gathered in South Africa for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl whose brutal rape has sparked national outrage. The funeral took place Saturday in Bredasdorp, a Western Cape town. It is there where the girl was raped and her body was carved open from her stomach to her genitals by her attackers. She lived long ... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879762-hundreds-attend-south-africa-rape-victims-funeral.html 2013-02-09T13:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875280-south-africans-called-to-action-raped-teenager.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The chime sounds every four minutes on the radio station, reminding listeners that statistically yet another child or woman in South Africa is being raped. It's also a call to action for citizens outraged over the gang-rape of a teenager who was mutilated — her body carved open from her stomach to her genitals — and left for dead on a ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875280-south-africans-called-to-action-raped-teenager.html 2013-02-08T13:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1803738-british-explorer-embarks-antarctica-adventure.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It's a six-month expedition in almost constant darkness, in the coldest place on the planet, with no chance of rescue if things go wrong. British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes calls it one of the last remaining polar challenges: crossing Antarctica during the region's winter. Against the backdrop of Cape Town's majestic Table Mountain, ... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1803738-british-explorer-embarks-antarctica-adventure.html 2013-01-07T15:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783408-asian-toad-stowaway-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors. South Africans are marveling at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from China to Cape Town after jumping into a porcelain candlestick that was made there. South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creatur... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783408-asian-toad-stowaway-south-africa.html 2012-12-22T14:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744586-s-african-life-sentence-honeymoon-slaying.html CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge sentenced the triggerman in the 2010 honeymoon slaying of a Swedish bride to life in prison Wednesday, calling the shooter "a merciless and evil person" who deserved the maximum punishment for his crime. The sentencing of Xolile Mngeni for the killing of 28-year-old Anni Dewani comes as prosecutors stil... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744586-s-african-life-sentence-honeymoon-slaying.html 2012-12-05T10:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728228-jakes-gerwel-friend-aide-to-mandela-dies.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Jakes Gerwel, who advocated for the end of apartheid in South Africa and became a longtime friend and trusted aide to former President Nelson Mandela, died Wednesday. He was 66. Gerwel, an academic who found himself at the forefront of the nation's politics following Mandela's electoral win in 1994, had been in critical condition since... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728228-jakes-gerwel-friend-aide-to-mandela-dies.html 2012-11-28T11:54:00Z