Limit foreign soccer players: Cosatu

The Congress of SA Trade Unions today backed Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira`s call to reduce the number of foreign players in the Premier Soccer League.

No president like Zuma, supporters chant

Cheers and shouts erupted from a 4 000-strong crowd as Jacob Zuma walked onto the stage in Pietermaritzburg`s Freedom Square today after emerging from the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Hundreds kept in Burundi clinics over unpaid bills

Hundreds of patients are forcibly held in Burundi`s hospitals - sometimes for months - over unpaid bills and many have to sell prized land or cattle to leave, a human rights report said today.

Slain Zuma trust leader was on taxi death list

The sister of Zobathi Sithole, the slain chairperson of the Friends of Jacob Zuma trust, says her brother told her he was on the death list of a certain taxi association.

New drug resistant TB poses global threat

The emergence of extreme drug resistant tuberculosis poses a threat worldwide. International health experts warned today that there`s no time to waste in dealing with this new strain which is virtually incurable.

Prosecutor jailed for missing dockets gets bail

The Pretoria North Magistrates Court has today granted a 28-year old district prosecutor of Bronkhorstspruit a R3 000 bail after she was arrested on charges of illegal possession of 184 possible stolen police dockets and unknown amount of drug commonly known as cat.

Mercedes event (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides)

The Mercedes Dealer Championship, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Palm Springs, will be Sept. 22 at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert. The event is a nationwide amateur-only golf program for men and women, 21 years or older.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Wins Automotive Excellence Award (The Auto Channel)

MONTVALE, N.J., Sept. 5 -- The new-generation 2007 Mercedes- Benz S-Class sedan, the company`s latest flagship sedan and the successor to a long line of premium luxury vehicles, has won a coveted Automotive Excellence Award from POPULAR MECHANICS magazine, one of the largest and most trusted technology magazines that reaches more than 8.6 million readers each month.

The Technology Behind The 2007 Mercedes CL-Class` Active Body Control (AutoSpies.com)

If you`ve been considering the purchase of a new 2007 Mercedes CL-Class but have a nagging fear that its chassis technology may not be at the forefront of the automotive industry, Mercedes today has published a press release that aims to alleviate yo

Feds rule Mercedes bosses tried to intimidate pro-union workers (al.com)

VANCE, Ala. (AP) — A federal watchdog agency has ruled that supervisors at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama tried to intimidate pro-union workers by monitoring their conversations on the production line in violation of federal labor law.

Feds rule Mercedes bosses tried to intimidate pro-union workers (WTVM 9)

VANCE, Ala. A federal watchdog agency has ruled that supervisors at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance tried to intimidate pro-union workers and violated a federal labor law.

Mercedes-Benz Has Big Plans for Bluetec Lineup (Edmunds.com)

LAS VEGAS — At the U.S. launch of the Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec here on Wednesday, the German automaker said it intends to "systematically broaden its Bluetec portfolio" in North America as well as Europe.

DCM To Sell Locally Assembled Mercedes Benz S-Class By Feb 2007 (Bernama)

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- DaimlerChrysler Malaysia Sdn Bhd (DCM), which is in the midst of assembling the Mercedes Benz S-Class range of cars at its plant in Pekan, Pahang, will start selling the cars to the local market by February next year.

The World`s Cleanest Diesel: First Series-Produced Passenger Car With BLUETEC From Mercedes-Benz (The Auto Channel)

LAS VEGAS - September 6, 2006: BLUETEC technology is making Mercedes-Benz the pioneer of a new generation of clean and powerful high-tech drives, whose highly effective exhaust gas treatment systems give them the potential to fulfill the world’s most stringent emission limits in the future.