http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Sat, 25 May 2013 22:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/world/zuma-implicated-in-s-africa-wedding-plane-scandal-807145.html#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:16 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/zuma-implicated-in-s-africa-wedding-plane-scandal-807145.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission. The presidency and Zuma's ruling African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/zuma-implicated-in-s-africa-wedding-plane-scandal-807145.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/s-africa-minister-accuses-indian-high-commission-official-in-gupta-scandal-796197.html#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:30 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/s-africa-minister-accuses-indian-high-commission-official-in-gupta-scandal-796197.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for a plane chartered by a rich family close to President Jacob Zuma to use an air force base to land. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/s-africa-minister-accuses-indian-high-commission-official-in-gupta-scandal-796197.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/sports/david-beckham-the-man-who-made-me-choose-football-over-cricket-790843.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:17 +0000 Pulasta Dhar http://www.firstpost.com/?p=790843 The most endearing part of his career will always remain his unintentional habit to leave behind a ‘Beckham-effect’ wherever he went.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/sports/david-beckham-the-man-who-made-me-choose-football-over-cricket-790843.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/nigerian-forces-target-islamist-strongholds-790237.html#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:30:51 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/nigerian-forces-target-islamist-strongholds-790237.html MAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian forces attacked Islamist strongholds in the northeast on Thursday, security sources said as an offensive got under way to wrest back territory from increasingly well-armed Boko Haram insurgents. Soldiers raided areas in the Sambisa Game Reserve, a remote savannah of some 500 sq km (200 sq miles) in Borno state where Islamists have established bases, said two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/nigerian-forces-target-islamist-strongholds-790237.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/over-20-s-african-boys-die-in-circumcision-rituals-police-790043.html#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/over-20-s-african-boys-die-in-circumcision-rituals-police-790043.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death. Northern Mpumalanga province's police department has opened 22 murder cases but no arrests have been made so far, spokesman Colonel Leonard Hlathi said. Every year in South Africa, boys aged 10 to 15 years from several of the country's tribal groups are circumcised in traditional "initiation rituals"]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/over-20-s-african-boys-die-in-circumcision-rituals-police-790043.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/cipla-medpro-shareholders-back-buyout-by-indias-cipla-786809.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:30:14 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cipla-medpro-shareholders-back-buyout-by-indias-cipla-786809.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shareholders of South Africa's Cipla Medpro ( CMPJ.J ) overwhelmingly approved a $488 million takeover offer from India's Cipla Ltd ( CIPL.NS ) on Wednesday, giving the Indian drugmaker a big presence in Africa's biggest economy. There had been some concern the 4.5 billion rand deal - the biggest by an Indian firm in South Africa - could fall through after Cipla Medpro's top shareholder said the price undervalued the Cape Town-based company. A total of 99.7 percent of shareholders voted in favour of the deal, Cipla Medpro said in a statement. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/cipla-medpro-shareholders-back-buyout-by-indias-cipla-786809.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/india-africa-festival-opens-in-johannesburg-782703.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:45:25 +0000 fwire http://www.firstpost.com/politics/india-africa-festival-opens-in-johannesburg-782703.html http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/india-africa-festival-opens-in-johannesburg-782703.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ankle-surgery-forces-graeme-smith-out-of-champions-trophy-766947.html#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 08:39:56 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=766947 Smith had surgery on the same troublesome ankle a year ago, and it is considered a long-term issue that needs to be managed.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ankle-surgery-forces-graeme-smith-out-of-champions-trophy-766947.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/four-officials-suspended-in-s-africas-widening-gupta-scandal-751071.html#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 18:15:08 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/four-officials-suspended-in-s-africas-widening-gupta-scandal-751071.html PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa suspended four top security officials on Friday, including two brigadier-generals, in a widening scandal over a plane chartered by a family with close ties to President Jacob Zuma using an air force base without proper permission. The affair - dubbed "Guptagate" after the influential Indian-born Gupta family - has transfixed South Africa since the private flight landed at Pretoria's Waterkloof Air Force base on Tuesday with nearly 200 guests for a lavish family wedding. It has also shone an uncomfortable spotlight on Zuma's relationship with Gupta brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh, whose South African business empire stretches from mining and resources to aviation and technology]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/four-officials-suspended-in-s-africas-widening-gupta-scandal-751071.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/indian-wedding-guests-land-in-south-african-air-force-base-official-suspended-749081.html#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 07:10:52 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=749081 A controversy broke out after an A330-200 of Jet Airways, carrying guests for the wedding in the prominent Gupta family, landed at the Waterkloof airbase near Pretoria on Tuesday.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/indian-wedding-guests-land-in-south-african-air-force-base-official-suspended-749081.html/feed 0