Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 18th January 2009
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
| S.Africa: Where have all the Whites gone that I used to know? Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: I have worked in the computer industry in South Africa since 1983. And I've worked in Johannesburg in particular since 1985. There has always been a traditionally high turnover of people in our comput (By Jan)... | Science: Old men chasing young women: A good thing Friday 16-Jan-2009: It turns out that older men chasing younger women contributes to human longevity and the survival of the species, according to new findings by researchers at Stanford and the University of California- (By Jan)... |
| Blacks will dominate Whites for as long as we let them - The Black Security Guards who delighted in spiting me... Sunday 18-Jan-2009: I had a very interesting series of incidents at my work in recent months which really tested my will to the limit. I work in various buildings and travel around in the course of my work. I never have (By Jan)... | S Africa: Racist attacks, hate-speech growing against Afrikaners, leaders warn Friday 16-Jan-2009: Submitted by Adriana Stuijt: Two political parties in South Africa yesterday expressed deep concern over the growing hate-speech and the growing incidents of racism-related violence with which 'whi (By JoAn)... |
| The Real Reason why Political Correctness is so critically important to the Western World Monday 12-Jan-2009: Recently on AfricanCrisis we posted the strange story of the German Navy which captured a large number of Somali pirates off the horn of Africa. Shortly after capturing these criminals who were infest (By Jan)... | Comment from a Zimbabwean: We must now turn to Other methods - The End Game can only consist of Bloodshed Thursday 15-Jan-2009: [I received the following from a Rhodesian. He says this was published in THE ZIMBABWEAN newspaper. The bottom line is that this black writer below is seeing and fully appreciating that which I have b (By Jan)... |
| [Video] USA: EXCELLENT. A black pastor tells his congregation some truths about blacks Saturday 17-Jan-2009: [Pastor Manning is a fascinating guy. Maybe some blacks are waking up a bit. Jan] In the video (By Gairk)... | [Video] USA: IMPORTANT. Black pastor asks white people to stop taking the blame for all of the black race’s problems Saturday 17-Jan-2009: [Pastor Manning is telling people what white folk have been saying for ages. Gairk] In the video (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: Mrs Mugabe allegedly punches photographer Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Hong Kong - A British photographer said on Sunday he had been beaten up and punched repeatedly by the wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as he was trying to snap photos of her in Hong Kong. (By Jan)... | Zulu shaman: Credo Mutwa’s predictions of Obama Monday 12-Jan-2009: [If a Zulu shaman with just one look at a dusty TV screen with Mr Barack Hussein Obama on it writes the poem below, then how blind are those that follow the new 'Messiah'? Comment by the reader who su (By Gairk)... |
| [Audio] 5 podcasts of Jan Lamprecht and Jeff Nyquist Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Dear readers. Last month we posted podcasts of discusions between Jan Lamprecht (our webmaster) and Jeff Nyquist (American geopolitical columnist of note) which can be found at: (By Gairk)... | The Economic Meltdown: ZIRP – The Scary Zero Interest Rate Policy Monday 12-Jan-2009: Never heard of it? Well, get used to the slightly unpleasant sound of this acronym, because there is every likelihood that you will hear it ad nauseam over the next year or more. Worse, if you are ret (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: US government believes Mexico faces collapse Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Traci Carl Mexico City - Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn't Iraq or Pakistan. It's Mexico, which the US government and (By Jan)... | Middle East: Egypt: - Gaza's Second Front Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Immediately after Operation Cast Lead began, an internationally published columnist wrote a series of articles entitled, "Hamas, Damascus, Iran - The New Axis of Evil," which stated the sovereign gove (By Gairk)... |
| News - South Africa: Don't waste time jailing speedsters - readers Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Hazel Memani Speed (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Bodies are 'piled up like logs' Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Zimbabwe's collapsed healthcare system should be placed under international receivership, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said in Johannesburg on Tuesday. "We recommend the entire health system.. (By Jan)... |
| New Zealand Turkish Muslim Cafe Owner Refuses Service To Two Israeli Women Thursday 15-Jan-2009: I find it quite funny that the far left states that Israel is acting on the same lines as (By Lone Wolf)... | South Africa: A Corruption Case and Zuma's Limited Options Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: [.....from Stratfor - the world’s leading online publisher of geopolitical intelligence. Gairk] (By Gairk)... |
| S.Africa: Jacob Zuma & the S.African Govt attempts to block the removal of Mugabe by force & invasion Monday 12-Jan-2009: [I received this email which Collen Makumbirofa sent out the following email to a large number of people. There is no question in my mind that Mugabe has many friends, especially in Africa. Jacob Zuma (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Container's contents link to dodgy dealings Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Daily News Reporters Hundreds of thousands in sterling and other evidence seized in a dramatic raid on a container at Durban harbour and believed to be destined for cash-strapped Zimbabwe has be (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Gaza view distorted, says envoy Saturday 17-Jan-2009: As Israel continues its offensive into Hamas-controlled Gaza, the new Israeli ambassador to South Africa has said that people make their judgements about the situation from what they see on TV. And (By Jan)... | News - Health: Can garlic heal your pain? Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Roger Dobson London - It's not good news for users of echinacea, black cohosh, and freeze-dried tissue from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel. Millions may be buying them to combat the ills (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Christians urged to pray for Israel Friday 16-Jan-2009: The wife of former president PW Botha, Barbara Botha, has called for prayers for Israel, the Herald newspaper reported on Friday. The paper quoted Botha as saying she had initiated what she hoped w (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'Zuma candidacy not under threat' Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Sipho Khumalo and Nathi Olifant ANC KwaZulu Natal leader Zweli Mkhize has addressed thousands of people at the launch of the party's elections manifesto in Groutville, while Congress of the Peop (By Jan)... |
| S Africa: WW II mass grave found Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: WW II mass grave found 12/01/2009 20:21 - (SA) Warsaw - Construction workers have unearthed a World War II-era mass grave containing what are believed to be the bodies of 1 800 German men, wom (By JoAn)... | News - World: Truce efforts intensify alongside fighting Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Ibrahim Barzak and Mark Lavie Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes on Thursday as the UN chief headed for Israel and Egypt pressed Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a 10-day t (By Jan)... |
| DR Congo: EU ‘Bridging’ Force Needed to Protect Civilians Monday 12-Jan-2009: The European Union should urgently send a "bridging" force to eastern Congo to help UN peacekeepers stop further attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 30-pag (By Gairk)... | [2 Docs] IMPORTANT: The Illegal activities of United Nations Personnel in Africa - full text of Special Internal Investigation Friday 16-Jan-2009: I received this from a source of mine. I actually received the story before the New York Times broke it, and only have myself to blame for not posting it before them!!! You will remember that Eebe (By Jan)... |
| [5 Docs] EXCLUSIVE: UN Special Reports on Corruption in: Kosovo, Sri Lanka & also Indonesia during the Tsunami Disaster Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Here are 5 United Nations Special Reports which are currently not in the public domain - yet. These are investigations into the nefarious activities of United Nations staff. We in Africa have seen (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cosatu warns COPE leader Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Trade union federation Cosatu on Tuesday warned COPE president Terror Lekota that if he continued threatening the rights of the workers he would be in for a "big surprise". Zet Luzipho, KwaZulu-Nat (By Jan)... |
| Noam Chomsky Defends Hamas, Linkens Israel To Nazi Germany Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Now this is quite pathetic of how (By Lone Wolf)... | News - World: Rockets hit despite unilateral ceasefire Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched rockets into southern Israel on Sunday in defiance of the unilateral ceasefire that Israel declared ho (By Jan)... |
| [3 Docs] More Strictly Confidential United Nations reports on illegal criminal activity inside the UN Friday 16-Jan-2009: I received more reports from my source about the UN, along with some comments about them. My source commented: (By Jan)... | News - World: Hamas announces ceasefire Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Sunday it would cease fire immediately along with other militant groups in the Gaza Strip and give Israel, which already declared a unila (By Jan)... |
| Gazan Hamas Leaders Debate On Cease-Fire; While Hamas Leaders In Syria Do Not Accept; Militant Groups Keep On Attacking Israel Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Now here's something interesting quite brewing in the current Hamas-Israel conflict here. Seems like Israel's military operation has managed to "split" Hamas into two "factions". The Gazan faction w (By Lone Wolf)... | Iraqi Palestinians Being Abused By Xenophobic Iraqis Friday 16-Jan-2009: I wonder when will one of those pro-Palestinian rallies will ever address an issue where (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - World: Gaza battles rage as death toll nears 1 000 Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israel bombed smuggling tunnels and battled fighters in Gaza streets on Wednesday as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the region seeking to end the war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1 000 (By Jan)... | Russia and India back Mugabe – Zimbabwe’s Russian bailout… Friday 16-Jan-2009: Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been promised a massive financial rescue package by 'friendly countries', among them Russia and India, and is now confident to forge ahead and form a new governm (By Gairk)... |
| News - Africa: Anxiety prevails as troops leave Mogadishu Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Mohamed Sheikh Nor and Tom Maliti Mogadishu - Ethiopia has handed over security duties to a Somali force, raising fears that the Horn of Africa country - already fighting an Islamic insurgency a (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police officer shot dead by robbers Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood and Slindile Maluleka The family of a police officer with more than 32 years' service in the force is shattered after his murder in Ladysmith. Inspector Thabani Baldwin Zikalal (By Jan)... |
| [Humor] [Joke] A Zulu woman goes to a bar... Friday 16-Jan-2009: A woman from eThekwini, Kwazulu-Natal, is sitting in the bar with two guys beside her. The first guy say to the barman, "Johnnie Walker. Single." And the second blurts, "Jack Daniels. single." (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Armed police now patrol the streets of Harare Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Cris Chinaka Harare - Armed riot police patrolled the Zimbabwean capital Harare on Monday as frustrations grew over a deepening economic crisis. President Robert Mugabe's government has routi (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Back-to-tribal-roots move sparked by Zuma? Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Donna Bryson Traditional Zulu healer Zweli Hlongwane wears a Rado watch on his wrist next to a twist of goat hair that reminds him of his pact to be guided by his ancestors' wisdom. A former (By Jan)... | WWIII: A Russian naval task force led by aircraft carrier docks at Syrian port Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: [Take note that the South African Govt has, time and again prevented US Navy warships from docking in South Africa on the basis that they are “nuclear powered”. Recently, the ANC allowed a Russian nuc (By Gairk)... |
| News - Africa: Zimbabwe food crisis may worsen - aid agency Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Cris Chinaka More than half Zimbabwe's population is surviving on food handouts, and a lack of funds combined with projections of more food shortages this year could make the crisis worse, the a (By Jan)... | News - World: Israel pummels Gaza ahead of ceasefire vote Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israel pummelled Gaza with new strikes on Saturday, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1 200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave i (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Israel, Hamas locked in fierce clashes Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Adel Zaanoun Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen fought fierce night-time clashes around the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, as a war on Hamas that had killed more than 900 Palestinians entered i (By Jan)... | USA: NASA reveals life on Mars Friday 16-Jan-2009: ALIEN bugs are responsible for strong plumes of methane gas detected on Mars, it was claimed tonight. Nasa scientists say the gas emissions could have either a geological or biological source - as (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: 'Israel committing systematic mass murder' Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Yusuf Ismail Despite the ongoing genocide in Gaza being perpetrated by the Israelis, very few people are aware of the dialectics of the conflict. Cliched slogans and empty rhetoric in the mas (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Five-day reign of terror in Pretoria Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Gangs of armed robbers have besieged a Pretoria suburb in a spate of attacks in which two people were shot, a domestic worker raped and dozens more terrorised. The five-day reign of terror in Pierr (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Can parties deliver on campaign promises? Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Deon de Lange With national and provincial elections just around the corner, political parties are again promising heaven and Earth to attract support from voters. The ANC finds itself in the (By Jan)... | Chávez reopens oil bids to West as prices plunge Friday 16-Jan-2009: President Hugo Chávez, buffeted by falling oil prices that threaten to damage his efforts to establish a Socialist-inspired state, is quietly courting Western oil companies once again. Until recent (By Gairk)... |
| USA: The Military Draft may be reintroduced Friday 16-Jan-2009: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) likely will introduce his controversial legislation to reinstate the draft again this year, but he will wait until after the economic stimulus package is passed. Asked (By Gairk)... | News - World: Afghan blasts kill five civilians, US soldier Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Kabul - Two suicide bombs rocked Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five civilians and wounding dozens of people including a US soldier who later died of his injuries, officials said. One of the bomb (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Rockets hit northern Israel Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Jerusalem - Three rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into northern Israel early on Wednesday in the second such attack in less than a week that comes amid a devastating war in the Gaza Strip, official (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: DA names 'the country's five worst hospitals' Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Rats and cockroaches, discarded wheelchairs, and babies sharing incubators are just some of the things the Democratic Alliance has found at the "five worst public hospitals in South Africa". DA MP (By Jan)... |
| Two Photos On The Hamas-Israel War Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: (By Lone Wolf)... | News - Africa: Pirate's body washes ashore - with loot Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Mohamed Olad Hassan Mogadishu - The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153 000 (about R1,5-million) in cash, a resident said on Sunday, a (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: SA, EU meet on Zim Friday 16-Jan-2009: Kleinmond - South African and EU officials met on Friday outside Cape Town with a heavy agenda including the Zimbabwe crisis, as that country's economy crumbled further. South African Foreign Minis (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Cholera affects 42 600 in Zim Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Harare - The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe rose to 2 225 on Friday, and the head of the UN children's agency toured a hospital where weakened victims of the waterborne disease were re (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Shebeen blitz ends in arrests Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Francis Hweshe Police arrested 11 illegal shebeen operators in Masiphumelele informal settlement near Ocean View at the weekend, sparking anger in the community. The crackdown, which took pla (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Two escaped prisoners rearrested Friday 16-Jan-2009: Two of five highly dangerous prisoners, who escaped from Wellington Prison in Mthatha in October, were rearrested in Butterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Friday. "Nkosi Phendule Daluka and Luca (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Cross-border car theft syndicate bust Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: A suspected international car theft syndicate - allegedly specialising in the theft of millions of rands worth of South African vehicles for insurance fraud - has been bust in Lesotho. During the (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Ladysmith gang hunted down Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood Police in Ladysmith have scored a major victory in the fight against crime in the district. For the past two months residents have been targeted by armed robbers, who have bro (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: The Star Newspaper Exposes Johannesburg's hospitals of shame Sunday 18-Jan-2009: [I've been saying for years that the ANC has completely ruined and shattered South Africa's State hospital structure. Thank God for private health care, or we'd have no doctors and hospitals left. (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Prosecutors want Bemba tried for war crimes Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Prosecutors have submitted chilling witness accounts of atrocities to the International Criminal Court in a bid to have former Democratic Republic of Congo vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba tried for w (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Veteran policeman shot dead in Ladysmith Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: A 54-year-old policeman was shot dead during an armed robbery in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday. Captain Charmaine Struwig said Inspector Thabani Zikalala was on his way to work on (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Credit crunch drives top SA lawyer to death Saturday 17-Jan-2009: A high-flying corporate lawyer has become the first reported South African fatality of the global financial meltdown. Catherine Bailey, a partner at top European law firm SJ Berwin, disappeared fro (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Gruesome evidence revealed against Bemba Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: The Hague - Prosecutors submitted chilling witness accounts of atrocities to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday in an attempt to have former DR Congo vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba tried fo (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'You will die if you rape me' Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A 29-year-old woman has told the Pretoria regional court that she warned two men who wanted to rape that they would die if they raped her because she was pregnant. The woman was giving evidence yes (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Holiday robbery ordeal angers family Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Botho Molosankwe A Joburg doctor has raised concerns about the security provided by holiday resorts after he and his family were attacked by four armed robbers in their chalet. Dr Moosa Peer (By Jan)... | News - World: Israel sends reservists into Gaza Monday 12-Jan-2009: Israel poured reservists into Gaza on Monday as the death toll in its war on Hamas neared 900, but officials said an end to the fighting might be in sight as more ceasefire talks were scheduled in Egy (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Man shot while mowing the lawn Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Melanie Peters and Helen Bamford A Blaauwberg man, mowing his grass verge on Friday, was gunned down just for his cellphone. This was but one of a series of brutal crimes committed in Cape To (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Rebels say clash with militias near key town Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Andrew Heavens Khartoum - Rebels and government-backed militias clashed close to a strategic town in Sudan's South Darfur state on Thursday, insurgents and peacekeepers said, leaving an unknown (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Gang of muti conmen busted Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Barry Bateman The cops are on to a cunning gang of crooks who have been exploiting people's cultural beliefs by using their belief in muti to swindle them out of their money. Their modus oper (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Sudan army bombs Darfur rebels Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Andrew Heavens Khartoum - Sudan's army said on Wednesday it had bombed rebel positions in Darfur, a rare admission of air attacks in the western region. Tension is growing in Darfur ahead of (By Jan)... |
| Iraq: They did have Weapons of Mass Destruction - Secret US Mission hauls 550 tons of Uranium from Iraq Monday 12-Jan-2009: [I received this from Al Venter. Here on AfricanCrisis we have said all along that there were WMD despite all the other stories about them. We also mentioned that a lot of it was spirited secretly int (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Man nabbed minutes after robbery Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A robber has been caught with two guns and two cash boxes, just minutes after he and his accomplices had robbed a Sandton garage shop. The man ,30, cuffed and with bleeding cuts he received trying (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma faces a presidential nightmare Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Caiphus Kgosana and Angela Quintal The least of Jacob Zuma's worries - if he becomes president after the general election in April - will be keeping out of jail. Instead he faces the monument (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: SCA opens the door for new Zuma charges Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Sapa The judgment that quashed African National Congress President Jacob Zuma's prosecution - and led to ex-president Thabo Mbeki's ousting from office - is in tatters. Five (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Ransom money a risky affair in Somalia Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Nairobi - From parachuted bundles of dollar bills to suitcases of cash transiting through East African capitals, there are many ways to deliver ransoms to Somalia's modern-day buccaneers. The payme (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'All white dogs in SA will be killed' Monday 12-Jan-2009: The Freedom Front Plus is laying charges with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against two Odendaalsrus police officers for allegedly calling a farmer a "white dog". In a letter to the SAHRC (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Enough is enough, say Gazans Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Nidal al-Mughrabi Gaza - Exhausted by lack of sleep, shattered by countless bombs and drained by bereavement, Gazans held out hope for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Saturday, if only f (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Joint assault on crime pays off Friday 16-Jan-2009: Highly-specialised police along with other law enforcement officers yesterday saturated sections of Pretoria during an intensive airborne operation. The operation, which involved more than 60 polic (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Rights group criticises SA government Friday 16-Jan-2009: The New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) gives the South African government a pounding in its latest World Report issued this week, saying that its commitment to addressing the barriers to the (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Two policemen dead after shootouts Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Kamini Padayachee & Nompumelelo Magwaza Two police officers were killed in separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. In the first incident, Insp Sipho Cletus Kweyama, 41, was walking h (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Woman shot in raid may be Staggie's daughter Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Jade Witten Mystery surrounds the shooting of a 27-year-old woman, believed to be the daughter of slain Hard Livings gang boss Rashaad Staggie, in Bonteheuwel at the weekend. She was alleged (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Puntland appeals for help to fight piracy Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Nairobi - Puntland's newly-elected president said on Wednesday his semi-autonomous region of Somalia would actively combat piracy but it needed international support to provide its youth with alternat (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Fuel's cheap, so where's the bonanza? Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Thabiso Thakali Not everything that goes up will come down - as consumers are finding out the hard way. Despite the plunging international oil cost - on which many price increases over the past (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Zimbabwe unveils $100-trillion note Friday 16-Jan-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe will introduce a Z$100-trillion note, in its latest attempt to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left its once-vibrant economy in tatters, state media said Friday. The new $1 (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Zim cholera death toll soars Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Nelson Banya Harare - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has killed 1 937 people and a total of 38 334 have contracted the normally preventable disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Robben Island perlemoen poachers nabbed Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Caryn Dolley While trying to escape arrest, a group of suspected poachers rammed into police officers to knock them out the way and in an attempt to stop them, officers fired rubber bullets. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Russians put out welcome mat on nuke missile Thursday 15-Jan-2009: The docking of the nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy in Cape Town marks the first time a Russian naval vessel has berthed in a South African port in more than 200 years. Less than (By Jan)... | Russia: Concentration camp Solovki: the face of Bolshevist terror Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Death camps wer not an invention of Nazis. In 1922 Bolshevik governement of Russia organised a concentration camp on Solovki islands (White Sea, Arctics) . A camp was open in former Orthodox monaste (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Man foils robbery, pays ultimate price Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Kamini Padayachee A Chatsworth man was shot and killed when he tried to stop an armed robbery at a local garage last week. Police spokesperson Superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen said the man, (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cosatu wants SA to cut ties with Israel Friday 16-Jan-2009: The Congress of South African Trade Unions wants the South African government to cease all relations with Israel and close down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria. The moves are among several agreed t (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Power vacuum as troops quit Mogadishu Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdi Sheikh Mogadishu - Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's government withdrew completely from Mogadishu on Thursday, witnesses said, leaving a power vacuum in the capital (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Congo's Bemba accused at Hague Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Reed Stevenson International Criminal Court prosecutors accused former Congolese rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba of ordering mass rape to terrorise civilians at a hearing on Monday to decide whe (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: International Organizations Call for End to Abductions of Activists Monday 12-Jan-2009: With four human rights defenders having been abducted in less than one week by people suspected of working on behalf of the Zimbabwean authorities, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Op (By Gairk)... | USA: Stocks tumble as worries grow about banks Friday 16-Jan-2009: Volatility is reasserting itself in the stock market. A darkening outlook for companies from banks to retailers to energy producers pummeled Wall Street Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrials (By Gairk)... |
| News - South Africa: 'SA not fair to Israel' Friday 16-Jan-2009: South Africa has a "one-sided" approach towards the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Israeli ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg said on Friday. If it adopted a "more balanced attitude", the c (By Jan)... | News - World: Ex-cop charged with murder Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Terry Collins Oakland, California - A former transit police officer has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed and allegedly restrained black man in a racially charged ca (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Israel continues Gaza offensive Monday 12-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters on Monday across the Gaza Strip after the Jewish state poured reserve troops into the territory and ceasefire talks plodded on in Egypt. Israe (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'This is apartheid' Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Deon de Lange MPs on Friday gave the Israeli ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev-Steinberg, a severe tongue-lashing, accusing his government of perpetrating "racist" abuses against the Palesti (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Political deal looms for Zuma Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Christelle Terreblanche and Moshoeshoe Monare The likelihood of a political deal and legislation that would protect a sitting head of state against prosecution is looming as legal experts concur (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Is it homophobia? Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Julie Vandal Dakar - The young Senegalese homosexual said he lives "with fear in the pit of my stomach", after he was thrown into jail for three months on charges of performing "unnatural acts". (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Three arrested over KZN heist ambush Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Kamini Padayachee Police have arrested three men in connection with a cash-in-transit heist at Maphumulo, outside KwaDukuza, last year. The men are believed to be part of a gang that ambushed (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: COPE wants to reform AA Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A breakaway from South Africa's ruling party wants to reform the nation's affirmative action programme, which gives preferential employment to black people, the party said on Thursday. The resoluti (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Refugee deaths: state to oppose bail Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Irene Kuppan The state is opposing bail of the 24-year-old man accused of killing two foreign nationals and the attempted murder of another. Sean Thabo Jacobs appeared in the Durban Magistrat (By Jan)... | Gmail, Why is Google spying on me??? White Supremacists are Black Listed worldwide - How they really spy on you... Friday 16-Jan-2009: [I noted the other day that Snowy Smith sent out an email in public to google saying that google is spying on him via GMail. I thought I'd tell him a few things since I am after all a programmer. Her (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Rape incidents spark fear in Ladysmith Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood Residents of Ladysmith are living in fear after a gang of robbers raped two elderly women and broke into many homes recently. The crime wave began mid-December, according to p (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Banks 'snatch' vehicles Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Gershwin Wanneburg The head of South Africa's Debt Counsellors' Association (Dcasa) has accused ruthless banks of illegally repossessing thousands of cars every month in a bid to boost their pro (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: If you can't beat them, go to Plan B Friday 16-Jan-2009: Durban's 25 biggest power guzzlers are facing crippling electricity tariff hikes unless they cut consumption by 10 percent - but they might be able to soften the blow (or even profit) from a parallel (By Jan)... | Rwanda Tribunal Should Pursue Justice for RPF Crimes Monday 12-Jan-2009: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda's (ICTR) prosecutor's failure to date to bring cases against Rwandan Patriotic Front officers responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity comm (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: Our people will never surrender - Abbas Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Israeli forces tightened their hold around the city of Gaza on Tuesday and Israel's top general said "there is still work" ahead against Hamas in an 18-day offensive that had killed more than 900 Pale (By Jan)... | News - World: 'Man may have tried to fake death' Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: An Indiana businessman whose financial management companies were under investigation apparently bailed out of his small plane and let it crash in what may have been an elaborate attempt to fake his ow (By Jan)... |
| News - 2010 World Cup: Building an eye-catching legacy Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: What do giraffes, towering steel arches and giant African calabashes have in common with the 2010 Fifa World Cup? They are all intriguing design elements of South Africa's World Cup stadiums, rapid (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Nicholson 'red-carded Mbeki' Monday 12-Jan-2009: High Court Judge Chris Nicholson took his eye off the ball and "red-carded" high-profile leaders when he implied political meddling in the Jacob Zuma graft case, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) said (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Cop held for robbery, attempted rape Friday 16-Jan-2009: A 27-year-old police constable was arrested in Parow on Friday for allegedly attacking three people at their house, Western Cape police said. Inspector Bernadine Steyn said the off-duty officer was (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Four teens held after a 'friend' is robbed Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Four Pretoria teenagers who allegedly spent a month planning an armed robbery have been arrested. The four, three boys and a girl aged between 14 and 19, were caught shortly after allegedly robbing (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Bill for national DNA database Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood In the first sitting of parliament next month, a bill could be passed making it mandatory for all convicted criminals to provide DNA for a national database. The new DNA Bill w (By Jan)... | News - Science: Sharks, not humans, most at risk in ocean Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Michael Perry Sydney - Three shark attacks in Australia in two days this week sparked a global media frenzy of "Jaws" proportions, but sharks are more at risk in the ocean than humans with man k (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Pakistan torn over Taliban strategy - experts Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Islamabad - After years of allowing Taliban militants to operate in the rugged tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan is now torn over how to respond to American calls for decisive action agains (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cholera in SA: Zim 'not to blame' Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: The outbreak of cholera in South Africa cannot be blamed on the Zimbabwe epidemic, said the national department of health on Wednesday. Spokesperson Fidel Radebe said there were areas in South Afri (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: MDC councillor alleges torture in Zimbabwe Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: An opposition Movement for Democratic Change councillor has claimed that he was abducted and tortured before managing to escape. Bothwell Pasipamire, 30, a councillor from Kadoma, near Harare, on T (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Man charged for xenophobic attack Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Daily News Reporter Police have confirmed that a man has been arrested for two counts of murder and one of attempted murder arising from a mob attack on foreign nationals at the Venture Africa b (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Suspect arrested in Xenophobic attacks Monday 12-Jan-2009: Durban - A man earlier taken in for questioning over an attack on foreigners in Durban has been placed under arrest, KwaZulu-Natal police said Sunday. Spokesperson Superintendent Vincent Mdunge sa (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: ANC poll manifesto may be upstaged Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki - and Mbeki's former deputy, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - have been dragged into the rivalry between the ANC and the breakaway Congress of the People. T (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Pension pay point robber shot dead Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: A man wanted in connection with pension pay-point robbery has been shot dead in Willowvale, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. Captain Ling'sile Magama said the man, in his late twenties, was hit (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'Mother, son burnt to death in N1 crash' Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: The Pretoria Magistrate's Court heard on Tuesday how a car with a family of four spun several times, hitting a concrete barrier with each spin until it burst into flames, killing a mother and son. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Top guns to save Zuma Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: The ANC is poised to launch its own legal rescue bid to ensure party president Jacob Zuma never goes on trial to face graft charges. The ANC's decision to step more actively into the fray comes ami (By Jan)... | News - World: Bush defends legacy Monday 12-Jan-2009: Washington - President George Bush mounted a defiant and emotional defence of his "good, strong record" on Monday, rejecting criticism of his "war on terror" tactics and policy in Iraq and on the eco (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: ANC supporters flock to hear Zuma decision Monday 12-Jan-2009: The Supreme Court of Appeal rules on Monday regarding the validity of the decision to recharge African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma. Deputy Judge President Louis Harms is expected to read th (By Jan)... | USA: Science closing in on cloak of invisibility Friday 16-Jan-2009: They can't match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility. Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can "cloak" an item from (By Gairk)... |
| News - South Africa: 'ANC will not change law to protect Zuma' Friday 16-Jan-2009: The ANC has vowed it will not change the constitution to protect presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma from corruption charges. This comes after persistent speculation that the ANC was considering i (By Jan)... | S Africa: Gold mining endangered by armed underground gangs Friday 16-Jan-2009: Submitted by Adriana: There are growing problems with armed gangs of illegal gold-miners operating inside South Africa's world-famous Goldfields mining regions. These gangs often work undergrou (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: End of the road for Bush Thursday 15-Jan-2009: Washington - Days before he passes the torch to Barack Obama, US President George Bush on Thursday was to deliver a farewell speech doubling as his final closing argument before history's judgment. (By Jan)... | News - World: Obama: al-Qaeda remains 'number one threat' Thursday 15-Jan-2009: President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden remain the "number one threat" to US security, after a new voice recording emerged from the terror group's leader. " (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Simple book answers questions on HIV and Aids Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Colleen Dardagan Sick of looking for simple, yet educated, answers about HIV and Aids, a Durban adventurer and microbiologist has taken it upon himself to write books about the disease, aimed at (By Jan)... | News - World: Baghdad blasts leave eight dead Monday 12-Jan-2009: Baghdad - A spate of Monday morning rush-hour bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least eight people and injured 25, government and military officials said. "Three soldiers were killed and another fou (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: ICC to consider possible trial for Bemba Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Alix Rijckaert International Criminal Court judges will hear prosecution evidence next week in favour of a war crimes trial for Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who will in turn argue f (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma's lawyer maps out his next moves Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Fiona Forde Ever since he signed Jacob Zuma onto his books almost four years ago, Michael Hulley has been slowly creeping into the public eye. But the Durban-born attorney shies away from public (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Are banks breaking the law? Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Gershwin Wanneburg The banking ombudsman last year slapped banks with fines of R9-million for stalling investigations into their misconduct, up from R7,2-million the previous year. The fines (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Motlanthe to try to revive Zim talks Friday 16-Jan-2009: President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Monday lead a Southern Africa Development Community delegation to Zimbabwe in yet another attempt to help resolve differences impeding the formation of a unity gove (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Man arrested for police jobs scam Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Kamini Padayachee A KwaDabeka man has been arrested for posing as a police recruiting officer and promising jobs in return for cash. Pinetown police spokesperson Inspector Solomon Mbele sai (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: SA men arrested after London heists Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Sherlissa Peters and Arthi Sanpath Two South African men have been arrested in the UK in connection with cash-in-transit heists in London. This was confirmed by Hennie Laatz, the head of the (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Scorpions vs cops Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Alex Eliseev The Scorpions have secured a dozen subpoenas against top police officers - including acting SAPS chief Tim Williams - ordering them to surrender the evidence they need to prosecute (By Jan)... | News - Africa: UN warns of food crisis in Mozambique Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Charles Mangwiro Maputo - Around 350 000 people in Mozambique need food aid because of poor harvests, but the United Nations World Food Programme is running short of funds, a WFP official said o (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Tamil rebels kill 51 soldiers: website Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Krishan Francis Colombo - Tamil Tigers killed 51 Sri Lankan soldiers in fierce fighting in the island's north, a pro-rebel website reported on Saturday. The military denied dozens of troops died (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma: the polygamist medical aids would avoid Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Much has been said and written about Jacob Zuma's wives and his impending nuptials. Independent Newspapers learnt this week that although the Presidency was ready to accommodate Zuma and his large fam (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: COPE resolves to bring back Scorpions Thursday 15-Jan-2009: The Congress of the People would reinstate the Scorpions in line with the recommendations of the Khampepe Commission, the party said on Thursday. This was one of the resolutions of the newly formed (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Disgust after armed robbers hit church Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A gang of armed robbers is on the run after attacking a city church and holding up a member at gunpoint. The three gunmen launched their attack on Wednesday at St Timothy's Anglican Church in the R (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Staggie smiles as judgment read Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: A Cape High Court judge has harshly criticised the evidence of the single state witness who testified in the murder trial of former Hard Livings ganglord Rashied Staggie. Justice Nathan Erasmus acq (By Jan)... | Video: Hamas use of civilians as human shields Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: View this short film presenting visual evidence of the long-standing Hamas tactic of exploiting civilians as human shields and civilian buildings as cover for terrorist attacks. Click here to view (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: Dog killer turns to cats Monday 12-Jan-2009: A mystery dog poisoner who has killed scores of Hong Kong pet dogs over the past 20 years has begun targeting cats, animal welfare experts warned on Monday. The body of a ginger and white cat was (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Liquor Act to be challenged in court Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Lavern de Vries The South African Liquor Traders Association is set to challenge the newly-introduced Liquor Act pending advice from their legal advisors. The decision comes in the wake of th (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Russian nuclear ship is safe - navy Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Esther Lewis The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) says it will closely monitor the Russian nuclear-powered warship Pyotr Veliky during its four-day stay in Cape Town waters, with the South Afric (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma's five options Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: By Karyn Maughan, Christelle Terreblanche and Moshoeshoe Monare Less than an hour after the Supreme Court of Appeal put Jacob Zuma back in the dock, his lawyers announced their plans to get him out (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Dog kills suspected intruder on farm Monday 12-Jan-2009: By Sharika Regchand A dog attacked and killed a suspected thief, severing his jugular vein, on a farm at Thornville, outside Pietermaritzburg, on Saturday night. The owner, Fortescue Chonco, sai (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Food is scarce in rural Zimbabwe Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Nelson Banya Chirumanzu, Zimbabwe - Maxmore Mhazo brightens as he talks about how food handouts from aid agencies have saved lives at his Zimbabwean village, but he is worried by the dwindling s (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Activist tells court of beatings in custody Thursday 15-Jan-2009: Harare - Detained Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko testified in court on Thursday for the first time since authorities seized her six weeks ago, sobbing as she detailed the abuses she suffere (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Malema: NPA must drop Zuma charges Thursday 15-Jan-2009: The National Prosecuting Authority must "save the country" by dropping graft charges against presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma, the ANC's youth leader said on Thursday. "We are not retreating fr (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: ATM bombing stopped Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A group of eight armed men who tried to bomb two automated teller machines escaped empty-handed after police caught them in action in Mthatha, on early Thursday morning. Superintendent Mzukisi F (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Merchants critical of government on food Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Arthi Sanpath Agriculture MEC, Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, who is trying to cap the prices of staple food items, has opted to have open discussions with food producers and manufacturers instead of goi (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Health crisis in Harare 'needs global action' Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Zimbabwe's collapsed healthcare system should be placed under international receivership. This is the view of Physicians for Human Rights chief executive Frank Donaghue. "We recommend that the e (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Tens of thousands still afraid to go home Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Kenneth Kamua Njuguna stands in the Kenyan camp for the internally displaced he has called home for the last year, and holds up his left arm to reveal a network of scar tissue. A gang of Maasai war (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: ANC questions NPA Act Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: The ANC's parliamentary caucus has asked party lawyers to review the National Prosecuting Authority Act in the wake of the Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment in the Jacob Zuma case, the ruling party's (By Jan)... | News - Africa: No Ebola cases in Angola: WHO Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Luanda - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday there was no indication the deadly Ebola virus had crossed to Angola from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it has killed 13 people. (By Jan)... |
| Iran Denies Bounty On Hosni Mubarak Monday 12-Jan-2009: Now here's something quite interesting as it seems Iranian government officials may have been caught with their pants down in trying to allegedly allocate money for an assassination prize against (By Lone Wolf)... | Demonstrators In Germany Wave Hamas, Hezbollah Flags; Salute To Terrorist Groups Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Now where oh where could (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - Africa: Basotho struggle with rising costs Sunday 18-Jan-2009: Urban families in Lesotho are struggling to cope with rising food prices, according to a recent survey. Practically every household interviewed in a vulnerability assessment survey reported being a (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Thieves make off with police car wheels Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Bronwyn Gerretsen Not even a police station is a deterrent to criminals. When officers from Isipingo Metro Police arrived at work at 6am one day last week, they were greeted by the sight of (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Fifa allays ticket bungling fears Friday 16-Jan-2009: By Clayton Barnes Fifa has dispelled rumours of a possible major bungling of the World Cup ticketing system after the computer company contracted to maintain IT support, including the ticketing sys (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Former NIA boss 'betrayed and hurt' Friday 16-Jan-2009: Former National Intelligence Agency boss Billy Masetlha has described the case against him as "a political plot by those he regarded as comrades". There was a tad of bitterness in Masetlha's voice (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: VIP unit accused of attempted murder Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Ella Smook The man injured by a member of President Kgalema Motlanthe's VIP protection unit has laid complaints of attempted murder against the police officer who allegedly shot him. He is al (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: ANC eyes new target Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Deon de Lange Having killed off the National Prosecuting Authority's Scorpions investigative unit last year, the ANC is now turning its attention to the prosecuting service itself and the law go (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: 'Rights violations lead to health crisis' Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should be charged with crimes against humanity over rights abuses and the collapse of the nation's health system, says US-based Physicians for Human Rights. The r (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: N West farmer in court for murder Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: A Lichtenburg farmer accused of killing a 16-year-old boy appeared briefly in the Lichtenburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, North West police said. Superintendent Lesego Metsi said the case agains (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Harare judge slams political bickering Monday 12-Jan-2009: Harare - Prolonged bickering by Zimbabwe's political leaders is exacerbating the nation's economic woes, the chief justice of its High Court said on Monday. "Our political leaders should put aside (By Jan)... | News - World: Baghdad blasts kills five, injures 14 Monday 12-Jan-2009: Baghdad - A spate of Monday morning rush hour bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least five people and injured 14, an interior ministry official said. Three civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a (By Jan)... |
| Al-Qaeda Threatens Germany; Implement Attacks Similar To Madrid Train Bombings? Sunday 18-Jan-2009: It certainly seems that (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: All-out bid to save Zuma Sunday 18-Jan-2009: By Maureen Isaacson and Sibusiso Ngalwa The ANC's national working committee (NWC) will meet on Monday to thrash out strategies to prevent Jacob Zuma, the ANC president, from facing trial. And h (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Mbeki responsible for mess SA is in - YCL Friday 16-Jan-2009: The Young Communist League has lambasted former president Thabo Mbeki in a scathing attack for being "personally" responsible for the "political" trial that ANC president Jacob Zuma is facing. Writ (By Jan)... | S Africa: Five youths nailed for hijacking Odendaalsrus police inspector Friday 16-Jan-2009: Submitted by Adriana Stuijt: Five youths nailed for hijacking Odendaalsrus police inspectorwith Photograph: from left to right: Two members of Police Crime Intelligence [their names with held] faci (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Stabbed couple found by son, 9 Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: A nine-year-old boy woke up in his Polokwane home on Wednesday morning to the gruesome sight of the bodies of his parents, who had been repeatedly stabbed with a bread knife, Limpopo police said. " (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Men arrested for house robbery Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Five men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a house robbery in Soshanguve, said Pretoria police. Captain Prince Mokhabela said the five men, aged 18 to 42, were arrested in connection wi (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: SA develops nuclear fuel Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: South Africa's pebble bed company has successfully manufactured the uranium dioxide-coated particles which form the basis of high-temperature reactor fuel, it announced on Tuesday. The particles ha (By Jan)... | News - World: Pakistan urged to act against militants Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: New Delhi - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday the Pakistan state had not directed the attacks on Mumbai, but urged Islamabad to fulfil its promise to root out Islamic militant g (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Mali troops attack Taureg rebels Tuesday 13-Jan-2009: Bamako, Mali - The Malian government on Monday said it had attacked two Tuareg rebel positions in the north of the country, as rebels separately freed two utility company employees they had kidnapped (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Be aware of suffering in Zimbabwe - Tutu Monday 12-Jan-2009: Johannesburg - Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Sunday called upon his fellow South Africans to stage solidarity fasts to support the people of Zimbabwe, who are struggling (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: How safe is your car at home? Saturday 17-Jan-2009: By Bronwynne Jooste Rogue elements in the tow-truck industry have been stealing cars across the country by hooking them up in front of homes and driving off, while others have posed as repossession (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Heists and hijackings decrease Friday 16-Jan-2009: Cash-in-transit heists and hijackings decreased dramatically during the festive season, Gauteng police said on Friday. Superintendent Eugene Opperman said although he could not give statistics on t (By Jan)... |
| Albinos in east Africa - A horrendous trade Friday 16-Jan-2009: Submitted by Lars Pluss: Saving those most at risk from prejudice and witch doctors THE head of police in Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam, this week handed out free mobile phones to several (By JoAn)... | News - South Africa: One-man army gets some help Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By Gugu Mbonambi and Jessica Trollip Hillcrest's crime fighter, Vikayiphi Ngcobo, has received an overwhelming response from local security companies, individuals and other organisations pledging t (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: City of Joburg pulled 'con job' on residents Thursday 15-Jan-2009: The City of Joburg has pulled a "con job" on its poorest residents. This is the opinion of the inner city Property Owners' and Managers Association (POMA) and the Johannesburg Inner City Business Coal (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Mpumalanga records first cholera death Thursday 15-Jan-2009: Mpumalanga has recorded its first cholera death, a health spokesperson said on Thursday. Provincial spokesperson Mpho Gabashane said the South African woman died on January 5 but the department wai (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Man arrested for shooting cop Thursday 15-Jan-2009: A man was arrested on Thursday for shooting and injuring a police officer in Vosloorus, Katlehong police said. Captain Ephraim Shezi said the man was arrested in Extension 4. He had grabbed the (By Jan)... | News - World: Closing Guantanamo, an Obama priority Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Lucile Malandain Washington - One of Barack Obama's first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial "war on terror" detention camp in the US naval base at G (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Pikoli committee starts work Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Opposition parties on Wednesday unsuccessfully objected to ANC MP Oupa Monareng being elected to co-chair Parliament's ad hoc committee reviewing President Kgalema Motlanthe's dismissal of Vusi Pikoli (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Stern warning for motorists Saturday 17-Jan-2009: Motorists travelling on Prince George Drive towards Muizenberg have been warned to be on the look-out for groups of teenage boys who stop vehicles by pressing a pedestrian traffic light, and then poun (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Is this an admission of corruption? Friday 16-Jan-2009: Jacob Zuma and the ANC plan to "spill the beans" on corruption in the arms deal in a bid to end his legal woes, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. It said the ruling party planned to show the (By Jan)... | News - World: Red Cross slams Gaza strike Friday 16-Jan-2009: About 500 people including patients were huddled in a Gaza City hospital that suffered a "direct hit" in an Israeli air strike on Thursday, the international Red Cross said, condemning the incident as (By Jan)... |
| News - Science: Quiet year for shark attacks Thursday 15-Jan-2009: By John Yeld Just four people around the world died in shark attacks last year, while 58 were bitten but survived, according to an international census for 2006. Biologists who monitor the numb (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: COPE to drum up support in E Cape Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: Leaders of the newly-formed Congress of the People will on Thursday visit a number of areas in the Eastern Cape to drum up support for the party's manifesto rally in Port Elizabeth next weekend. Ac (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Asylum-seekers demand right to work in UK Wednesday 14-Jan-2009: By Martina Fuchs London - Zimbabweans seeking asylum in Britain handed in their resumes at Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office on Tuesday in a protest against a ban on them working. Hundreds of (By Jan)... |
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