The Grace Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa is due to shut ... Aug 7th, 2011 - 16:10h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - The Grace Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa is due to shut down because of a lack of guests. Many South African hotels expanded to make room for football fans during last year's World Cup, but now face declining occupancy rates that are... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : grace, hotel, johannesburg, south, africa, shut, Top Keywords

An employee helps a woman pass a turnstile at Johannesburg's ... Aug 2nd, 2011 - 19:50h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - An employee helps a woman pass a turnstile at Johannesburg's Sandton station. The main link on Africa's fastest railway opened Tuesday to thousands of commuters who shuttled at 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour between Johannesburg ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : employee, helps, woman, pass, turnstile, johannesburg, Top Keywords

Satirical playing cards pictured in Johannesburg in 2007 show ... Jun 21st, 2011 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - Satirical playing cards pictured in Johannesburg in 2007 show Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as Ace of Diamonds. Zimbabwe has vowed to defy moves for international monitoring of diamond sales from its disputed Marange fields, at a meeting o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : satirical, playing, cards, pictured, johannesburg, 2007, show, Top Keywords

Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg ... Mar 29th, 2011 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg on March 28, 2011. The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later thi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : steam, billows, kempton, park, power, station, johannesburg, Top Keywords

A shack in Plangene, west of Johannesburg -- a scattering of ... Feb 6th, 2011 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - A shack in Plangene, west of Johannesburg -- a scattering of some 50 tin-roof shacks with no electricity, sanitation, running water or school. A 10,000-liter water tank, which gets refilled three times a week, is the only municipal service in... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : shack, plangene, west, johannesburg, scattering, station, johannesburg, Top Keywords

A man walks past luxury cars in a showroom in Johannesburg in ... Feb 2nd, 2011 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) (AFP/File) - A man walks past luxury cars in a showroom in Johannesburg in 2008. From hosting lavish parties where sushi is served on models' bodies to quaffing rare whiskys, the display of wealth by South Africa's new black elite is raising ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : walks, past, luxury, cars, showroom, johannesburg, johannesburg, Top Keywords

South African children from a school in the vicinity of Johannesburg's ... Jan 28th, 2011 - 04:50h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - South African children from a school in the vicinity of Johannesburg's Milpark Hospital, where Nelson Mandela was admitted for routine tests. Mandela was on Thursday described as "very sick" but his condition was "not life ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : south, african, children, school, vicinity, johannesburg, johannesburg, Top Keywords

A general view of the Milpark hospital is seen in Johannesburg, ... Jan 26th, 2011 - 20:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - A general view of the Milpark hospital is seen in Johannesburg, January 26, 2011.The Nelson Mandela foundation sent out a statement saying that former president Nelson Mandela is at Milpark Hospital undergoing routine tests. He is in no d... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : general, view, milpark, hospital, johannesburg, johannesburg, johannesburg, Top Keywords

Police on patrol in Johannesburg, June 2010. Ten people died ... Jan 1st, 2011 - 19:40h (CET +01.00) (AFP/File) - Police on patrol in Johannesburg, June 2010. Ten people died in a stampede at a crowded township bar during New Year festivities in South Africa, police said Saturday, as reports suggested it happened when revellers rushed to avoid a fig... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : police, patrol, johannesburg, june, 2010, people, died, Top Keywords

A raid at an angling shop south of Johannesburg saved 2,000 ... Dec 29th, 2010 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) (AFP/DPA/File) - A raid at an angling shop south of Johannesburg saved 2,000 frogs from an early death at the end of a fishing hook, an animal protection group said on Wednesday.(AFP/DPA/File/Patrick Pleul)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : raid, angling, shop, south, johannesburg, saved, 2000, Top Keywords