Weekly Southern African Report
Southern Africa in Crisis
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Sunday, 5th April 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 |
| USA: President Obama's completely stupid idea & day dreams of a fool: A world without nuclear weapons Friday 03-Apr-2009: [It is about time I said something about the completely STUPID idea to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Everyone out there is afraid of nuclear weapons because of a lot of silly propaganda over the y (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe's prisons are death-traps Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: [Zim prison - not the place for a holiday! AC Supporter] Zimbabwe’s prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe’s jails. The State is locking them up in hell-holes, condemning them to slow s (By Gairk)... |
| S Africa: He has four wives and he faced 783 counts of corruption Monday 30-Mar-2009: Submitted by George: Imagine how you would react if Gordon Brown opened and closed his election rallies by bursting into a song called Bring Me My Machine Gun, swaying and jigging to the hypnotic (By JoAn)... | Zimbabwe's great diamond rush brutally suppressed by Robert Mugabe's regime Thursday 02-Apr-2009: When diamonds were found in a field near his parents' farm in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers watched as everyone from goat-herders to government officials piled in to line their pockets. As the boom turn (By Gairk)... |
| S.Africa: Shockers in the Homeloans industry - 64% of Estate agents hit the wall... Friday 03-Apr-2009: I heard some interesting things from various sources. I did mention a year ago how the homeloans business has dropped by about 66%. Getting new data is proving extremely difficult. Even people I k (By Jan)... | USA: I'm Tired Thursday 02-Apr-2009: We would not all agree with this word for word, but there are many fine points and well justified ones mentioned. I think I am tired too, but convicted and that conviction says I must continue to stan (By JoAn)... |
| Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa Monday 30-Mar-2009: Submitted by Leo: Money from rich countries has trapped many African nations in a cycle of corruption, slower economic growth and poverty. Cutting off the flow would be far more beneficial, says Da (By JoAn)... | S.Africa: Legal Apartheid: One Law when Whites are murdered and another Law when Blacks are murdered Friday 03-Apr-2009: Do we have Legal Apartheid in this country now? Is there one law when you come and kill a white person and is there another law when a black person is murdered? Last year, 3 black pieces of trash h (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma: Afrikaner only true white South African Thursday 02-Apr-2009: ANC President Jacob Zuma called Afrikaners the only true South Africans among whites, at a meeting with representatives of Afrikaner groups in Sandton, Johannesburg on Thursday. "Of all the white g (By Jan)... | As Mexico battles cartels, army becomes law Thursday 02-Apr-2009: By Steve Fainaru and William Booth The Washington Post April. 1, 2009 PETATLAN, Mexico - President Felipe Calderón is rapidly escalating the Mexican army's role in the war against drug traffic (By JoAn)... |
| News - Africa: Emaciated inmates too weak to eat - footage Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Donna Bryson Johannesburg - Newly released images that provide a rare look inside a Zimbabwean prison show emaciated inmates too weak to stand and eating as if they can barely bring food to thei (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Bloody day for cops, crook Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Poloko Tau and Baldwin Ndaba A brief gunbattle then silence. Inside a bullet-riddled one-room shack, the lifeless body of Mpiliso Ndlovu lay - shot dead just three days after he had allegedly ki (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Shops well-stocked; rubbish being collected; teachers back at work but Mugabe still in power and land thefts continue Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Behind the high bougainvillea hedges of Harare's more affluent suburbs, there are the first murmurings of a possible improvement in daily life in Zimbabwe – at least in the capital. In some places, lo (By Gairk)... | Al-Qaeda Penetrated U.S.-Backed 'Awakening Movement'; Awakening Movement Made Up Of Former Baathists Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: It seems that the (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Noam Chomsky Whitewashes His Own Cambodian Holocaust Denial Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Now this is one of the most pathetic and dark chapters of history which (By Lone Wolf)... | U.S. Pilot Bombs Suspicious 'Pro'-U.S. Sunni Militiamen Whom Were Setting Up A Roadside Bomb Friday 03-Apr-2009: Now it seems like the strategy isn't obviously working. Rather one should really be distrustful of all supposedly "former" insurgents including those in the (By Lone Wolf)... |
| USA: In Praise of Capitalist Exploitation Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: For well over a century, socialists, progressives, and even many Christians have railed against the capitalist exploitation of workers. They denounce capitalists—whether the Carnegies and Fricks of ye (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Cops 'fight fire with fire' on cop killer Thursday 02-Apr-2009: By Poloko Tau A brief gun battle...then silence. Inside a bullet-ridden one room shack the lifeless body of Mpiliso Ndlovu lay - shot dead just three days after he allegedly killed two police of (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Recession-hit US reels from violence surge Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Washington - A spate of high-profile mass killings in United States in the past six months shows the impact that the economic meltdown is having on rising violence, experts say. The recession's fal (By Jan)... | Lessons from my Work: Some great things I did at work; My RAD plan to save companies billions of dollars in software development Monday 30-Mar-2009: At my work they encourage innovation. And some of the things I'm going to mention below I'm going to log as innovations because they also have a business value to the company. At the moment I'm in (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Cops surprise gang Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Barely 24 hours after two policemen were shot dead in Diepsloot, near Pretoria, police gunned down two suspected robbers and critically injured a third in a lunchtime shoot-out in Soshanguve on Tuesda (By Jan)... | The last stand of Zimbabwe's white farmers Monday 30-Mar-2009: The last stand of Zimbabwe's white farmers. To the 300 farmers remaining. I hope they are able to leave the country as soon as possible to begin a new life. To expect that things will change is be (By JoAn)... |
| Workers' World Party Justifies Recent Cop Killing; Whitewashes Uhuru-led Rally Friday 03-Apr-2009: It seems that members of the (By Lone Wolf)... | USA: Don Quixote Lanced Marriage Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: When I visited in SA in the July/August of 2002, I met a young Afrikans woman who was newly divorced. She was a lovely girl with a young son to raise. She had been through a personal ordeal which left (By JoAn)... |
| WILD! South Africa's amazing Last-minute rush to renew gun licences in vast numbers! Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: [This has to be seen to be believed! I must tell you, nothing I have seen in my time in South Africa has delighted me as much as this. I have a special surprise for all of you next week to do with thi (By Jan)... | USA goes after the White Scumbag South African billionaire accused of funding Mugabe Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: [Yes! Yes! Yes! GO FOR IT! I hope and pray the USA shuts this bugger down! I hope they shut him down. Anyone who supports Mugabe should be sorted out. Too flipping bad one can't put a bullet through t (By Jan)... |
| News - World: 'Russia is also responsible' Sunday 05-Apr-2009: By Barbara Surk Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Dubai authorities accused a close ally of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president on Sunday of masterminding the brazen midday assassination of a decorated (By Jan)... | Germany/USA: Asylum sought to home school Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: Submitted by Grazy: 31/03/2009 20:21 Morristown - Home schooling is so important to Uwe Romeike that the classically trained pianist sold his beloved grand pianos to pay for moving his wife (By JoAn)... |
| Israeli Arab Politician Endorses A Nuclear Iran Monday 30-Mar-2009: Now isn't this typical here? It seems that an Israeli Arab politician going by the name of (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: Tears of joy as Dube killers get life Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Botho Molosankwe When Lucky Dube's killers were sentenced to life behind bars for the murder, his family, friends and fans wept tears of joy. Others clapped their hands and cheered loudly whi (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'We deserve better than Dlamini-Zuma' Thursday 02-Apr-2009: If you shut up, no one will notice you and you can get away with a lot of mischief. This is a lesson of life and politics well understood and practised by South Africa's minister of Foreign Affairs, N (By Jan)... | News - World: N Korea threatens to shoot down spy planes Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Jae-Soon Chang Seoul, South Korea - North Korea accused the United States of spying on the site of an impending rocket launch and threatened on Wednesday to shoot down any US planes that intrude (By Jan)... |
| North Korea threatens to shoot down spy planes Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea accused the United States of spying on the site of an impending rocket launch and threatened Wednesday to shoot down any U.S. planes that intrude into its airspace. (By JoAn)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (02-04-2009) Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Howzit Much as I would like this page to be entirely and totally about Zimbabwe, I find that in my current medical condition, it is not plain sailing. Yesterday afternoon I sent out an email whi (By The BeardedMan)... |
| News - Africa: Soccer fans blame police for deadly stampede Monday 30-Mar-2009: By Benoit Hili Abidjan - Fans who survived a deadly stadium stampede in the Ivory Coast blamed police on Monday for the tragedy, saying security forces provoked the panic by throwing teargas at peo (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Fresh anger at 'Afrikaner' remark Saturday 04-Apr-2009: By Carien du Plessis ANC leader Jacob Zuma has come under fresh attack for his comment that among white people, Afrikaners are the only true South Africans, with the DA launching a new salvo and th (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Dube trial drama Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Botho Molosankwe and Baldwin Ndaba A day that started with a daring escape attempt ended in jubilation for the Lucky Dube family as the three men on trial for his murder were all found guilty. (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma and the great South African debate Friday 03-Apr-2009: ANC President Jacob Zuma continues to woo Afrikaners - and his latest comments have been labelled as "an ethnically and racially blinkered world view in conflict with the Constitution" by the official (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Why Zuma is right man for right now Sunday 05-Apr-2009: We often read with surprise and disappointment the articles expressing doubt the ANC's suitability to lead the country because it elected Jacob Zuma as a leader. Contrary to damning media reports o (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: ANC nepotism blamed for crisis Friday 03-Apr-2009: Police are battling to fight crime in South Africa because the ANC had appointed its own people who had no policing skills to positions of authority, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. The p (By Jan)... |
| As always SADC supports evil - SADC now suspends Madagascar Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: [I never followed events in Madagascar closely, but the ANC in South Africa and the SADC nations have supported leftist dictators before who were thrown out. Take the case of the scumbag who ruled Hai (By Jan)... | News - World: Suspected US strike kills 12: officials Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - A suspected US drone fired two missiles into an alleged Taliban and al-Qaeda training centre in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing up to 12 militants, security officials sai (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: SA transport system in bad shape Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: South Africa's transport system is in urgent need of revitalisation. Roads are congested and in bad shape, and billions of rands will have to be spent to restore the national network. The rail netw (By Jan)... | Documentary shows emaciated Zimbabwean prisoners Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Rare glimpse inside Zimbabwe prisons AP – In this image made from video provided by the Special Assignment program titled 'Hell Hole' a prisoner … By DONNA BRYSON, Associated Press Writer Donna Br (By JoAn)... |
| News - World: Suicide bomber kills seven in Mosul Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: Mosul - A suicide truck bomber smashed his way into a police complex in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Tuesday before blowing the vehicle up and killing seven people, police said. Among t (By Jan)... | News - World: Suicide bomber strikes in Afghanistan Monday 30-Mar-2009: Kandahar - A Taliban suicide bomber walked into a district government office in southern Afghanistan and blew himself up on Monday, killing nine people and wounding eight, police said. The attack i (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Thirteen feared dead in New York gun rampage Friday 03-Apr-2009: New York - Up to 13 people are feared to have been killed on Friday in a rampage by a gunman believed to be holding dozens of hostages at a civic centre in upstate New York, local radio reported. " (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police close in on card skimming syndicates Sunday 05-Apr-2009: By Zara Nicholson Police have collated intelligence and are moving in on the "big fish" behind credit card skimming syndicates across the country following the arrest of dozens of restaurant staff (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Robbers kill pregnant woman Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Lesego Masemola Seven robbers shot dead a heavily pregnant woman and injured another man before getting away with R500 stolen from a tuck shop in Soshanguve. In the early hours on Thursday, (By Jan)... | Do Black Nationalists Really Represent African-Americans? Case In Point Pro-Cop Killer Rally Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Recently there was a rally organized by members of the (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - World: Lahore attacks 'aimed at heart of Pakistan' Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: By Robert Birsel Lahore - Militants who have launched two audacious attacks in the Pakistani city of Lahore in the past month want to show they can strike at the heart of the country's power establ (By Jan)... | News - World: G20 protesters clash with riot police Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By William Maclean and Kate Holton London - Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed bank windows in Britain's financial centre on Wednesday in protest against a system they said had robb (By Jan)... |
| News - Election 2009: Outrage at Zuma's remarks Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Carien Du Plessis ANC leader Jacob Zuma has pulled out all the stops to start building bridges with Afrikaner groups - talking tough on identity, crime, emigration and religion - but in the proc (By Jan)... | South Africa: Top Black criminal killed in gun battle - The shocking story of his gun! Thursday 02-Apr-2009: [The ANC, which does nothing about crime in this country, and which is always in love with criminals, is trying to con us all into believing that it is doing something about crime just before the elec (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Thugs gun down two cops Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: By Jacques Breytenbach Two crime intelligence police officers were shot and killed in Diepsloot on Monday while tracing a gang of thugs who were wanted for a number of crimes, including armed robbe (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma decision sparks heated debate Monday 30-Mar-2009: Anticipation around the National Prosecuting Authority's decision about ANC President Jacob Zuma's prosecution on corruption charges has reached fever pitch. And from the comments by readers, it i (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Officers probed for murder Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Caryn Dolley Fifteen officers of the police's elite Organised Crime Unit in Bellville South are under investigation in connection with the death of an Nyanga man and allegations that a person wh (By Jan)... | News - World: Youths die in police custody in China Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: Beijing - Chinese prosecutors have accused police of torturing a young murder suspect to death, while two juvenile inmates have died under suspicious circumstances, state press said Tuesday. Prosec (By Jan)... |
| Southern African leaders to discuss Zimbabwe, Madagascar crises Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Government ministers from the Southern African Development Community’s 15-member states will meet today to discuss how to help Zimbabwe recover from a decade of recession and resolve a political crisi (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Solomon Mahlangu remembered Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Mogomotsi Magome 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the execution of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadre, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, who was hanged in 1979. Mahlangu's death sentence sparked an inter (By Jan)... |
| S Africa: Gun licences in the crossfire Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Submitted by Grazy: 01/04/2009 14:16 Johannesburg - Gun Owners of South Africa (Gosa) on Wednesday demanded that the firearm licence renewal process be suspended. In a statement, the fire (By JoAn)... | News - South Africa: No decision on Zuma charges yet Monday 30-Mar-2009: The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) by Monday afternoon had not announced a decision on whether or not it would drop corruption charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma. NPA spokesperson Tlali (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Gun licencing process a 'fiasco' Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Gun Owners of South Africa on Wednesday demanded that the firearm licence renewal process be suspended. In a statement, the firearm association said the renewal process should be suspended until th (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'Most-wanted hijacker' escapes Friday 03-Apr-2009: Two police officers have been shot dead in KwaZulu-Natal while escorting one of South Africa's most-wanted hijackers. Sergeant Edwin Jada's bullet-ridden body was found alongside the N3 on Thursd (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe's new age of boredom Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Life is terribly boring in Harare since people have decided to start being so nice to one another. Ask Daves Guzha, theatre producer. On Tuesday evening he gathered a group of about 50 theatre lovers (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: 'We want to hear Zuma spy tapes' Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Christelle Terreblanche and Ella Smook As the nation waits for news on whether the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will drop the charges against ANC President Jacob Zuma, pressure is mounti (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Police officer raped me' Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Nondumiso Mbuyazi When a woman and her granddaughter turned to the police after a burglary, their trust was shattered when the teenager was allegedly raped twice by one of the men meant to prote (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Taxi boss accused of running Mafia operation Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: By Anna Cox and Alex Eliseev Taxi tycoon and mastermind of last week's strike, Ralph Jones, is facing investigation for fraud in the industry. He has been accused of running a Mafia-style opera (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Israelis kill armed Palestinian woman Saturday 04-Apr-2009: By Allyn Fisher-Ilan Gaza - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman who shot at a police base in southern Israel on Saturday and two militants in a separate incident in the Gaza Strip, medics and (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cape's liquor law bungle Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Lavern de Vries At least 40 illegal shebeens closed down by police since January have been re-opened because of flaws in the controversial Western Cape Liquor Act, with police officers told to r (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Police record tainted by alleged bribe Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Alex Eliseev Police officer Adam Makate was one of the "good guys". The 62-year-old captain, who was pulled back from retirement to continue an impeccable track record, headed a specialised d (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Brutal Mamelodi killers get life Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: Spontaneous clapping of hands, cheering and singing broke out on Tuesday, seconds after the brutal killers of three Mamelodi schoolgirls were each sentenced to two life terms behind bars. Ephraim M (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Brick was Dube accused's escape weapon Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: Johannesburg - Judgment in the trial of Lucky Dube's alleged killers was delayed on Tuesday to ascertain if two of the accused, injured while trying to escape from police custody, were fit to proceed. (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Gang's arrest brings relief to Umlazi Monday 30-Mar-2009: By Nompumelelo Magwaza The Umlazi community has praised the work of the police after the arrest of five men in Harding at the weekend for raping several women and killing a man in a night of terror (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Hong Kong defers on Mugabe immunity Monday 30-Mar-2009: By Min Lee Hong Kong - Hong Kong must defer to China's decision to grant immunity to Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe over her alleged attack on a British photographer because Beijing is in charg (By Jan)... | USA: Unemployment soars to 8.5 percent.; 13 million jobless Saturday 04-Apr-2009: [This is a pittance compared to South Africa where in 2001 or thereabouts our unemployment levels were at 40% (as assessed by a Norwegian study). Now it must be much worse. The longer the ANC rules, t (By Gairk)... |
| News - Election 2009: ANC's plan to woo defectors angers COPE Thursday 02-Apr-2009: By Aziz Hartley, Caiphus Kgosana & Siyabonga Mkhwanazi The ANC and COPE are at loggerheads over an ANC operation to lure COPE members back to the ruling party. COPE has cried foul over "Operatio (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cops rage at fatal shooting of colleagues Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Jacques Breytenbach Monday night's "brutal murder" of two policemen in Diepsloot, allegedly by a Zimbabwean national wanted for a list of crimes, including armed robbery and murder, has sparked (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Wife's battle to have husband declared dead Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: By Natasha Joseph When political activist Mathews Fante died in 1991, his wife was in prison and unable to attend his funeral or obtain a death certificate for him. Eighteen years later, Phyllis (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zille fights fire with fire Tuesday 31-Mar-2009: By Anel Powell Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille, asked whether she has used council time and resources for DA party work, has replied with a blistering attack on the ANC, accusing it of abusing taxpayer (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Please be patient: NPA Monday 30-Mar-2009: Special feature: Zuma's corruption trial "Please be patient," urged National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Tlali Tlali as speculation that graft charges may be dropped against ANC leader (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'Ferocity of the crime takes my breath away' Monday 30-Mar-2009: By Sherlissa Peters High Court Judge Anton van Zyl could not think of a more heinous crime than that committed against six-year-old Raelin Devnarain and his mother, Pradantha Devnarain, 27. Rael (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Zim prison officers arrested Sunday 05-Apr-2009: Harare - Three prisons officers in Zimbabwe have been arrest on allegations that they helped film the shocking conditions in two of the country's prisons for a documentary that was screened to interna (By Jan)... | News - World: 'Father, five children die in murder-suicide' Sunday 05-Apr-2009: Graham, Washington - A father apparently shot to death five of his children, ages 7 to 16, at their mobile home and then killed himself near a casino miles (kilometers) away, police said. Ed Troyer (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Time ticking for Sri Lanka rebel leader Friday 03-Apr-2009: By Scott McDonald Colombo, Sri Lanka - He has been the No 1 target of Sri Lanka's military for 25 years. Now, Velupillai Prabhakaran's fate - capture, death, flight - is key to how the endgame in t (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Estee killer gets life Thursday 02-Apr-2009: The killer of 19-year-old Faerie Glen ballet dancer Estee van Rensburg on Wednesday showed little emotion when he was sentenced in the Pretoria High Court to life imprisonment and an additional 18 yea (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Police hail progress after Lahore attack Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: By Kamran Haider Lahore - Pakistani police have made some significant arrests in their investigation into a militant attack this week in the city of Lahore, a police investigator and a security off (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'We'll never see our father' Thursday 02-Apr-2009: Family members of slain reggae star Lucky Dube broke down in tears, cheered and applauded as his murderers were sentenced to life on Thursday. Equally ecstatic were his band members, fans dressed i (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Guard jailed for 'callous' murder of dancer Wednesday 01-Apr-2009: A security guard was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for the "callous and brazen" murder of a 19-year-old Pretoria ballerina. "Killing a 19-year-old in the prime of her life is the wors (By Jan)... |
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