Shout-Africa News – The lobby group AfriForum will meet with a senior legal team this week to decide on legal steps against the South African government in response to the latter’s neglect to protect the lives and property of South Africans in Zimbabwe. On 9 June 2010, AfriForum served a lawyer’s letter to the Department of Trade and Industry to demand that the South African government should intervene urgently to protect citizens in Zimbabwe. There was no response to AfriForum’s letter to the Department was given time to midnight, 15 June 2010. This step followed after several South Africans farming... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 16th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News –KNOXVILLE, TN — Today, Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, responded to the difficulties facing the 2010 FIFA World Cup telecasts by unveiling a solution that dramatically reduces the problematic sound of the omnipresent Vuvuzela trumpet favored by South African soccer fans. In response to the widely publicized complaints from TV viewers and broadcasters about the continuous Vuvuzela blasts, Waves engineers feverishly began devising a solution to decrease the amount of noise. Working in conjunction with a major television broadcaster, Waves crafted a real-time processing chain consisting of two plugins which proved effective in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 16th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – SOUTH AFRICA – The South African cabinet says it is extremely satisfied with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fans have braved the cold and have come out in large numbers to watch the games. All the matches have lived up to the occasion. “Cabinet congratulates all those who were involved in the organisation of the 2010 FIFA World Opening Ceremony that took place on Friday 11 June.” The eyes of more than 500 million citizens from around the world were focused on Soweto’s 95 000 seater Soccer City stadium. Millions of viewers were watching... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
Johannesburg: German Nationals are elated following the 4-0 win against Australia in the first round of the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. To keep the fire burning for support of this national team and others, the Deutsche Internationale Schule in Parktown, Johannesburg has created a festive setting for soccer fans to watch all the spectacular games during the 2010 FIFA World Cup on the school grounds. For the next 5 weeks, soccer fans who did not get tickets for the various games, can feel as if they are in the stadium while watching it on the 24 square... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
The ‘Science of Soccer’, a uniquely South African collection of exhibitions commissioned by the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in 2008 and launched on last month by the Minister of Science and Technology, the Honourable Minister Naledi Pandor, officially opened today. The ‘Science of Soccer’ exhibition running from May 2010 – January 2011 and will be complemented by a full programme of activities throughout the World Cup period (June – July 2011). Sci-Bono’s aim is to use the hype of the World Cup as an opportunity to engage school learners, teachers and the general public in an innovative education programme that reveals... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
