http://www.news24.com/Tags/Places/sa Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:52 +0200 The Ex-South Africa ambassador to Israel has criticised Israeli policies as a 'replication of apartheid'. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ex-SA-ambassador-criticises-Israel-20130618 South Africa, Russia and Turkey have expressed outrage over revelations that Britain and the United States spied on foreign delegates at G20 meetings in London in 2009. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/SA-demands-action-as-outrage-over-spy-claims-grow-20130617 President Jacob Zuma has congratulated newly-elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, the international relations and co-operation department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Zuma-congratulates-new-Iran-president-20130617 Reports that Britain spied on G20 delegates, including South Africa, during meetings in London in 2009, should be investigated, the international relations and co-operation department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Govt-Probe-Britain-spying-reports-20130617 President Jacob Zuma has arrived at Maputo, Mozambique, to attend an "extra-ordinary" summit of the Southern African Development Community, the presidency says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Zuma-in-Mozambique-for-SADC-summit-20130615 Trade and investment opportunities in SA and how to improve these under the current global meltdown have come under discussion with the EU. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/SA-discusses-trade-investment-with-EU-20130610 SA's international relations minister is discussing political and trade relations with the EU and one of the questions to be raised is citrus exports. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/SA-discusses-fruit-exports-to-the-EU-20130610 The US Treasury has placed two South African-registered companies on a blacklist because it says they generate money for Iran’s leaders and evade sanctions. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/2-SA-companies-blacklisted-by-Treasury-20130609 A new date has not been set for a regional summit to assess Zimbabwe’s readiness for general elections, SA’s International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabana says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/No-date-yet-for-Zimbabwe-summit-20130607-3 Zambian immigration authorities have blocked former president Rupiah Banda from leaving the country for the third time in nearly two months. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Banda-barred-from-leaving-Zambia-again-20130607-3 Al-Qaeda militants are holding a South African couple abducted last month in Yemen's central city of Taiz, a top security official says, adding that investigations are not "very encouraging”. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Official-Al-Qaeda-has-SA-couple-hostage-20130606 Five suspects have been arrested in connection with the abduction of two South Africans in the Yemeni city of Taiz, but the whereabouts of the pair are still unknown. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Kidnapped-SA-pair-still-missing-5-suspects-held-20130529 There is no military solution to the on-going conflict in Syria, the department of international relations says, after reports that Britain and France supported plans to lift the EU's arms embargo on the country. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Dept-No-military-solution-to-Syria-conflict-20130529 A meeting seeking to secure the safe release of a South African couple kidnapped outside a hotel in Yemen is due to take place, the international relations department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Meeting-on-to-secure-safety-of-abductees-20130529 South Africa's ambassador to Saudi Arabia is in Yemen to try and secure the release of two South Africans kidnapped in the town of Taiz, the international relations department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-ambassador-in-Yemen-to-help-abductees-20130529 The two people abducted in the Yemeni town of Taiz, are indeed South Africans, the international relations department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Govt-confirms-Yemen-abductees-are-South-African-20130528 Gunmen have abducted two South African citizens in Yemen's second largest city, Taiz, and police say a lawmaker is behind the kidnapping to pressure the government to hand over a disputed piece of land. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-pair-kidnapped-over-land-dispute-report-20130527 Gunmen who seized two South African citizens in the Yemeni city of Taiz apparently mistook them for Europeans or Americans, an interior ministry source says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gunmen-thought-SA-pair-from-EuropeUS-report-20130527 Guinea's opposition has threatened to prevent parliamentary elections taking place on June 30 unless the SA company responsible for managing the electoral roll is replaced, its leader says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Guinea-opposition-threatens-to-block-polls-20130521 Voters have begun registration for elections in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, with unions and the opposition calling for a boycott of what they dismiss as a “rubber stamp” poll. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Swaziland-voters-begin-registration-20130513