Weekly Southern African Report
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 3rd May 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 |
| [Pics] Gore: Very gruesome: Farm Murders in South Africa (from 1994-2007) Monday 27-Apr-2009: [This is the original farm murders page which I created on the first incarnation of AfricanCrisis. I have converted it to reside on the new website. I have copied this across in April 2009 as part of (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Implications of Zuma Victory On Zim Saturday 02-May-2009: Harare - Given there are many who believe, often mistakenly so, that when South Africa coughs Zimbabwe sneezes, it is opportune to assess the political implications of Jacob Zuma’s inauguration (By Jan)... |
| Guinea: Rein in Soldiers - Armed Robbery, Extortion, and Intimidation Under New Government Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Dakar - Guinean soldiers have been implicated in regular acts of theft and violence against businesspeople and ordinary citizens since a new government took power in a military coup in December 2008, (By Jan)... | Africa: Reforming Security Forces Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Ernest HarschIn Africa's new democracies, reformers are seeking to create armies that protect civilians and uphold human rights."Liberia is building a new army and we are very strict regarding its (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Men Behind Awful Wars in Africa, Middle-East Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Silas Mwaudasheni NandeAfrica and the Middle East are the most parts of the world suffering the crises of wars, poverty, deaths, daily massacres, violations of human rights, and all types of human- (By Jan)... | [Pics] Gore, Gruesome, Racism, War Veterans: Farm Violence, Farm Murder & Torture of Blacks & Whites in Zimbabwe Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. I received these photos about 3-4 years ago from Jay J (By Jan)... |
| [Pics] Gore, Gruesome - Hideous animal cruelty - Zimbabwe: Animal Cruelty Photos Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Much of Zimbabwe's agriculture and wildlife has been w (By Jan)... | Africa: Africom: Making Peace Or Fuelling War Friday 01-May-2009: By Daniel Volman and William MinterIn the second of a two-part article exploring the implications of the US AFRICOM (the United States Africa Command) programme, Daniel Volman and William Minter conti (By Jan)... |
| South Africa is going down the plughole. What do the anti-apartheid campaigners have to say about that? Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Richard: I've never been to South Africa and am in no rush to do so. As a rule I prefer to holiday in countries where murder and rape are not part of everyday life. And I know the scen (By JoAn)... | Africa: Statement by Johnnie Carson at Confirmation Hearing Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The following is the statement of Ambassador Johnnie Carson, nominee for United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Crime: Black mob, including women beat Black man to death for theft Thursday 30-Apr-2009: [Our worthless Police system is clear even to the black masses, who often take the law into their own hands (I envy them). They either beat criminals or rapists to death - or even castrate them. As I' (By Jan)... | Internet triggers the worst in bitter people Friday 01-May-2009: Vox populi, vox Dei - the voice of the people is the voice of God, the saying goes. Sometimes I think if that's really true, we're in serious trouble.Or, perhaps, it is all the Internet's fault. When (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: The Next Zimbabwe Friday 01-May-2009: Apartheid was a terrible crime against humanity. It left people with deep scars,” Faleni Mzukisi of the Presbyterian Church of Africa said last October. “But I can assure you poverty is worse than tha (By JoAn)... | Sudan: President Obama and Sudan - A Blueprint for Peace Friday 01-May-2009: By John Prendergast, Omer Ismail, Jerry Fowler, and Sam BellThe third in a series of open letters to President Obama spelling out a practical roadmap to end the crisis in Sudan.On March 30, key activi (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Armed Robbers - Nemesis of Economic Recovery Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Diana MuringisiHarare - ONE would have thought the introduction of multi-currency usage in Zimbabwe would only result in good things for the nation.Indeed, having so far injected some level of sani (By Jan)... | Africa: Which Way South Africa Under President Zuma? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Kampala - Will Africa's biggest economy under President Jacob Zuma continue along the path to a stable multi-party democracy? Or will it sink into despotism, as so many other African countries did aft (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: As Land Use Act Undergoes Amendment Monday 27-Apr-2009: Lagos - Land reforms and home ownership constitute a prominent item in President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's seven-point agenda. Davidson Iriekpen appraises the Land Use Act (Amendment) Bill 2009 by the exe (By Jan)... | [Pics] How Robert Mugabe Punished 1.5 million Black people in 1 month - Operation Murambatsvina: Operation Cleanup Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. It is now 2009, and despite losing another of several (By Jan)... |
| Tanzania: Beyond Sectarian Interests Friday 01-May-2009: By Haroub OthmanNo-one knows whether the 1964 union between Zanzibar and Tanganyika was dictated by cold war considerations first, with pan-African ideals of unity playing second fiddle to ideology an (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Snail Pace in Oil and Gas Sector Reform Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Hamisu Muhammad, Tashikalmah Hallah and Mohammed ShosanyaThe chaos in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria is apparent for the blind to see: the inability of government officials to account for the qu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Tito MboweniThe following is a statement from the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of South Africa:1. Introduction1.1 The global economy continues to be in the midst of a severe synchr (By Jan)... | Leadership: Snotty Modern Intellectuals and their silly analysis of Hannibal & Great Leaders of the past... Sunday 03-May-2009: I was watching part of a documentary about Hannibal, and various historians analysed his actions and his invasion of Italy over the Alps. They mentioned that his crossing of the Alps was actually disa (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: No Respite for White Farmers Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Chipo SitholeHarare - Mugabe vows to press ahead with land grabs, despite Tsvangirai's call for them to cease.The few white farmers who are still on their land in Zimbabwe are unlikely to feel any (By Jan)... | Nigeria 'Finds New Ally' in South Africa Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Omololu OgunmadeLagos - With the fleet of corruption allegations on his head only controversially cleared, Mr. Jacob Zuma, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), was last week elected the n (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: After War, Creating Jobs for Peace Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Roy LaishleyIt was just a small loan worth the equivalent of $100, from a UN-supported local microfinance bank. But it enabled Mojamah, just returned to her home in Kenema, Sierra Leone, after the (By Jan)... | Uganda: We Can't be Like Zimbabwe - The Interview Jacob Zuma doesn't want you to see... Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [Read this claptrap, spoken by Jacob Zuma while he was in Uganda in July 2008. Read his nonsensical, incomplete, junk replies. As I've said, Jacob Zuma and the ANC went and lied successfully to the Am (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Malema to grill Nando's about advert Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Ella SmookFast food chain Nando's is to meet ANC treasurer Mathews Phosa and Youth League leader Julius Malema on Thursday after the youth league threatened "militant action" unless the chain's "di (By Jan)... | China expanding African arms sales Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Hennie: Hong Kong, China — Increasing quantities of China-made military equipment have been finding their way to Africa, traded for oil, mineral resources and even fishing rights. Zamb (By JoAn)... |
| German Magazine Spiegel says: South Africa 'Has Become a De Facto One-Party State' Friday 01-May-2009: [I'm delighted to see such a top notch German magazine just telling it as it is. Of course, S.Africa was a one party state since 1994 - even when Mandela and Mbeki were at the helm, so the West is rea (By JoAn)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Erasing Congo At the Stroke of a Pen Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Jacques DepelchinJacques Depelchin is disturbed by There is no Congo, a paper by Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills, which proposes changing the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and spl (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Seeing red on the roads Sunday 03-May-2009: By Noelene Barbeau and Myrtle RyanName calling, finger gesturing and pointing and stress levels shooting through the roof. As a motorist does this sound familiar? Road rage has often reared its ugly h (By Jan)... | More Zimbabwean migrants expected in Musina Saturday 02-May-2009: "If you criticize the unity government then you are unpatriotic" Musina - The South African border town of Musina is bracing for an increase in migrants as faith in Zimbabwe's new unity govern (By Jan)... |
| Fuel Scarcity in Nigeria Bites Hard Monday 27-Apr-2009: THERE is seeming confusion over the current status of government's deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the Nigerian oil, resulting in the scarcity of petroleum products across the country.The (By Jan)... | Uganda: I May Have Been Shot by My Own Brother Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Els De TemmermanKampala - 'Colonel' Thomas Kwoyelo, the former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord's Resistance Army, was injured and captured on February 3 by the joint forces of Uganda, Co (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: The dry, white season of SA politics - Mandela never forgave Whites: Who do Whites & Afrikaners really vote for? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [Let there be no doubt that even in 1994, most whites did NOT vote for the ANC. Back then, the National Party won 25% of the seats and this was almost unquestionably the result of most whites and most (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Friday 01-May-2009: Global ChallengesWorld Bank HIV/AIDS Programs Less Effective Than Its Other Health Programs, Report Finds[May 01, 2009]World Bank programs aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa, are less (By Jan)... |
| World: 48 killed as bombs rip through Baghdad Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Baghdad - A wave of near-simultaneous bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad markets and a packed minibus on Wednesday, killing 48 people including women and children, and making April the deadliest mon (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: In the Interest of The People Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Alexander KanengoniHarare - IN the year 2000, this writer attended an international conference in the Netherlands where the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the guest speakers.On th (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe aid feeds only crocodiles Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Much talk of reform but no concrete action CommentIf Britain offers Zimbabwe development assistance this week, it may well be used to shore up Mugabe's abusive regimeTom PorteousThe Zimbabwean (By Jan)... | South Africa: Durban's bloody shootout Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Jeff Wicks and Yusuf MoollaTwo police officers were killed and another was wounded in a shootout with robbers in central Durban on Tuesday.One of the robbers and an innocent truck driver - shot at (By Jan)... |
| [Pics] Americans Kill Babies!! - Iraq War protests in South Africa Monday 27-Apr-2009: Americans Kill Babies!! [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. I did this phot (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Why Election Rigging Persists - Ogunade Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Ebele AkpehLagos - Wale Ogunade is a human rights lawyer and President, Voters Awareness Initiative. In this chat with EBELE AKPEH he speaks on the basic problem facing the Nigerian electoral syste (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Monday 27-Apr-2009: Politics and PolicyNew High-Level Commission Will Examine Strategies for Maximizing Global Health Aid[Apr 22, 2009]The newly formed Commission on Smart Global Health Policy -- a bipartisan group of le (By Jan)... | South Africa: The Zuma Presidency - New Era or Business as Usual? - My comments... Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [I say its business as usual, but revved up to take us left... COMMUNISM here we come. Jan] By Fazila FaroukElection 2009 has turned out to be a landmark event for the ANC. The party faced some of (By Jan)... |
| Old CIA Document On Soviet Disinformation On HIV/AIDS - Fooling the Western Media - My Comments Monday 27-Apr-2009: [Here's an old CIA document about Soviet-backed disinformation on HIV/AIDS which was recycled by Jeremiah Wright and also now by Leftist and "right-wing" bloggers on the recent swine flu episode. Try (By Lone Wolf)... | Africa: Analysts Oppose Arming Ships Against Pirates Sunday 03-May-2009: By Kathryn McConnellWashington, DC - In a set of hearings on Capitol Hill, analysts testified that commercial ships traveling off the African coast should not be armed, despite increasingly brazen att (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Halliburton - The Fireworks Continue Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Lagos - Last week was one of accusations and counter-accusations between the opposition party, the Action Congress (AC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Michael (By Jan)... | Uganda: Alcohol, Poverty, Fuel Crime in Kibaale Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Francis KagoloKampala - A dusty, potholed road leads you to the sagging hut in the outskirts of Kagadi town, Kibaale district. The owner, 47-year-old Sarah Mbabazi and her four children are languis (By Jan)... |
| Sierra Leone: Special Court Wraps Up, But Has Justice Been Done? Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Lansana FofanaFreetown - On Apr. 8, the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone passed sentences on three former commanders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), bringing to an end the trials o (By Jan)... | China attempts to copy South African weapons now Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Hennie: China has had a number of dealings with South African weapons manufacturers over the past decade, most of which have not resulted in actual weapons purchases. However, several (By JoAn)... |
| South Africa: Durban shootout: 'God saved me' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Barbara Cole and Mpume madlalaA witness to the bloody gun battle that brought Durban to a standstill has told how she was saved from a bullet by a stroke of good fortune: another bystander shielde (By Jan)... | How to really shoot down a Stealth aircraft.... Before we meet Aliens, we'll be meeting their Robots... Saturday 02-May-2009: Some time back we discussed Stealth and ways of fighting stealth aircraft. This evening I was watching a documentary on The History Channel called: "Dog fights of the Future". In the documentary i (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Eight Militants Feared Killed in Clash With JTF Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Emma Amaize and Jimitota OnoyumeMILITANTS fled two of their camps in Rivers and Delta states, yesterday, after eight of them were feared shot dead by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Nig (By Jan)... | USA: A Hundred Anxious Days as reality sets in Monday 27-Apr-2009: [So its not so easy as just chanting a slogan! All those blacks in America, who are used to having whites help them to pretend it is easy will make an interesting discovery during Obama’s presidency! (By Gairk)... |
| No Law to Stop Domestic Violence Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Louise RedversLuanda - Teresa Barros' problems started last year with the death of her baby."Our youngest daughter died," Barros (38) explained. "My husband blames me, and now he drinks a lot and p (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Police Re-Arrest MDC Activists Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Harare - BARELY a week after being released from prison, two senior Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) officials - Gandhi Mudzingwa and Chris Dhlamini - have been re-arrested on the same charges o (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Ex-LRA Captives Speak of 'Devil's' Army Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Modest Kizito OketaYambio - Former abductees tell of beatings, looting and their hazardous flight to freedom.Five South Sudanese abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, have returned hom (By Jan)... | Sudan: Arrow Boys Hit Back at LRA Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Modest Kizito OketaSouth Sudan - South Sudan militias repel deadly attacks by rampaging Ugandan rebels.Villagers across western South Sudan are striking back against the Ugandan rebel force the Lor (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: What Next For Zuma, ANC? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By John GithongoHarare - A FRIEND recently observed that the angriest Africans on this continent that one encounters are found in South Africa.I could not help but agree with him, having visited a num (By Jan)... | South Africa: Police die in hail of bullets Sunday 03-May-2009: By Leila SamodienWhen police confronted a group of men wanted for the shooting of a fellow officer, the firefight that broke out was so vicious that one constable described it as "war".When the shooti (By Jan)... |
| Former Bangladesh Prime MInister Denies Threat Of Islamists; Her Party Allegedly Behind Recent Mutiny/Coup Attempt Saturday 02-May-2009: [Now this is quite typical here. It seems that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is denying the threat of there being an Islamist insurgency. (By Lone Wolf)... | South Africa: Cosatu wants to see interest rate slashed Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Carien Du Plessis and Mogomotsi MagomeCosatu called for an interest rate cut of no less than two percentage points before a meeting of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday (By Jan)... |
| Africa: SA permit will improve Zimbabweans' plight Saturday 02-May-2009: By Eleanor MombergThe government hopes to implement a special permit by next month that will allow Zimbabweans to live and work in South Africa for six months. The plan was announced by Nosiviwe Mapis (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Science & MedicineEarly Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Improves HIV Survival Rates, Study Says[Apr 30, 2009]The New York Times on Thursday examined a study that found asymptomatic HIV-positive p (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Mining Profit for People Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Mary KimaniLarge mining operations in Africa have generated big profits for foreign companies, with little local benefit. Now governments are trying to harness more mining revenues for development (By Jan)... | Africa: Inside Africa - Sectors to Watch in 2009 Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Bright B. SimonsExperts at the World Economic Forum in Davos while discussing the session on Africa said the continent, though not insulated from the global financial crisis, will perform "relative (By Jan)... |
| [3 Pics][2 Cartoons]: Gruesome, Gore: In Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe in 2002 - Beating of White Farmers... Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. I put this little story together in the early days (By Jan)... | Somalia: Botswana Rejects Refugees Sunday 03-May-2009: Somalia - Botswana government has rejected the Somali refugees who left from South Africa to enter its country and returned back to South Africa, Shabelle's Ahad reported from Cape Town.Reports from S (By Jan)... |
| World: Pakistan forces kill 60 militants Friday 01-May-2009: Buner Valley, Pakistan - Pakistani forces battled the Taliban for control of a strategic northern valley for a fourth day on Friday, killing up to 60 of them, as the government opened talks with an in (By Jan)... | Rwanda: President Paul Kagame Nominated for the Time 100 Magazine Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Sunny Ntayombya and AgenciesKigali - His Excellency, President Paul Kagame, has been nominated for the TIME Magazine '100 Most Influential Person of the Year'.Nominated by Pastor Rick Warren of Sad (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: White Farmers Get Offer Letters Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Harare - THIRTEEN white commercial farmers in Guruve have been granted offer letters and retained their farms after complying with all the terms of the Land Reform Programme.The development -- which p (By Jan)... | Africa: Continent Faces Up to Global Turmoil Thursday 30-Apr-2009: As evidence mounts that the international economic crisis is provoking a deep and prolonged downturn in the world economy, Africa is feeling more and more of its negative effects, says UN Under-Secret (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Is Judgment Day Near for Omar Al-Bashir? Friday 01-May-2009: By Kwesi Kwaa PrahIn response to Mahmood Mamdani's article 'Beware of human rights fundamentalism', Kwesi Kwaa Prah questions Mamdani's grasp of history. Taking issue with Mamdani's contention that 'A (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Empower Youth Through Land Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Vimbai KomaniHarare - IN the days of the liberation struggle, many youths voluntarily went to the forefront - or were actively encouraged to do so - to lend their invaluable energy and innovation t (By Jan)... |
| Guinea: Bring End to 'Military Abuses' Says Human Rights Group Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Dakar - Guinean soldiers have committed robberies, extortion and violence against civilians since the military junta took power in December 2008, according to a Human Rights Watch report, 'Rein in Sol (By Jan)... | Africa: Seized oil tanker freed Monday 27-Apr-2009: Aden - Yemeni forces early on Monday stormed an oil tanker seized by pirates off Yemen's coast, killing three hijackers, capturing 11 and regaining command of the ship, the defence ministry said.The m (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: All eyes will be on President Zuma Saturday 02-May-2009: Cheeky DA posters urging South Africans to "Stop Zuma" have appeared on lamp posts after charges against ANC President Jacob Zuma were dropped.Even if the campaign to stop Zuma fails, Helen Zille, lea (By Jan)... | South Africa: Swine flu 'silence unmasks SA failure' Saturday 02-May-2009: It didn't take long before the cynicism set in. After all, who - or what - would benefit most from the swine flu scare?Pharmaceutical companies could make billions out of the drugs that even healthy p (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Politics and PolicyHIV/AIDS Advocate Bryden Praises Nomination of Former Clinton Official Goosby to Global AIDS Coordinator Post[Apr 29, 2009]HIV/AIDS advocate David Bryden of the Center for Global He (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: The Cost of the Farm Invasions Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: In the late 90's the Government of Zimbabwe held a conference on land reform in Zimbabwe. Broad agreement was reached between the State, the stakeholders and international aid agencies but the agree (By Gairk)... |
| Zimbabwe: Farmers win US$21m against govt Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Thirteen Dutch farmers kicked off their prime Zimbabwean farms under President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reforms have been awarded Euro 8 220 000 as compensation by the International Centre f (By Gairk)... | Nigeria: No Security, No Election in Ekiti, Says Electoral Body Friday 01-May-2009: By Jide Ajani, Kingsley Omonobi, Tony Edike and Gbenga AriyibiTHE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will not hold the remainder of the re-run elections in Ekiti State unless the Federal (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Wounded Chegutu Farm Worker Arrested Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Alex BellA Chegutu farm worker who was wounded after police opened fire on Stockdale citrus farm last week, has been arrested and is being held and questioned by police.The farm worker and a collea (By Jan)... | Africa: Bank Groups Rolls out Climate Risk Management and Adaptation Strategy Sunday 03-May-2009: Tunis - The strategy is informed by the underlying notion that the African continent is most vulnerable to climate change and climate variability, a situation compounded by low adaptive capacity. It w (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: New police chief 'must keep crime stats down' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The new South African police chief will have to work hard to ensure that crime across southern Africa continues to decline. This was the message from Sebastian Ndeitunga, chairperson of the Southern A (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: No Going Back On Land, Say Chegutu War Vets, Farmers Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Harare - CHEGUTU farmers and war veterans have expressed disappointment with the treatment that is being given to some senior Zanu-PF party officials and new farmers in the district by white former co (By Jan)... |
| A Step Beyond: Even mobsters bite the recession bullet Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Kimiko de Freytas-TamuraTokyo - They made their money with sex, drugs and gambling but then invested much of it in high finance. Now Japan's yakuza have their back to the wall as the economic crisi (By Jan)... | Kenyan Govt Fails to Crack Down on Extra-Judicial Killings Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Joyce MulamaNairobi - When stock is taken of the Kenyan coalition government's first year in office no marks will be awarded to its handling of extra-judicial killings in the country. Human rights (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Joice Mujuru faces ouster Friday 01-May-2009: Alarm within Zanu PF circles last week after Mujuru and her allies voted with the Tsvangirai faction By Dumisani MuleyaZanu PF's internal power struggles have resurfaced - this time with great (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Land Reform is Colour Blind Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Harare - THE granting of offer letters to 13 white farmers in Guruve district of Mashonaland Central Province is a very significant development, particularly as it exposes claims by certain sections o (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Halliburton, Vaswani and Tanker Drivers Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Kunle AkogunLagos - These three apparently unrelated issues that have dominated national discourse in recent times have one thing in common. The substance of their respective essence to the socio-e (By Jan)... | Kenya: Challenging the Kikuyu Oligarchy Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Maina Kiai and Paul MuiteDespite Mwai Kibake's stated commitment to operate a meritocracy with regard to the diversity of Kenya, his appointments to the most sensitive and crucial offices have been (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Women's Sex Strike - G10 Press Statement Sunday 03-May-2009: Thoroughly dissatisfied with the persistent failure of Kenya's leadership to rise above its petty squabbles for the country's greater interest, a coalition of women's groups known as the G10 is callin (By Jan)... | Zim: Mugabe agrees to swear in Bennett but only after court acquittal Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Snooping and monitoring powers given to Goche By Violet GondaThe three principals in the unity government, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, have met five times recently t (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: ICC Needs to Probe Country's Role in DRC Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Wairagala WakabiWhile renegade leader Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, top the list of Ugandans due for trial at the International Criminal Court, ICC, some suggest that the ICC nee (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Election 2009: Vote reveals the Great Race Divide of Cape Town Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: [Note how racial groups in South Africa vote consistently. The Coloureds have a lot more sense than the blacks and they vote for the DA. The big question is whether blacks vote for the DA. Jan] By (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Smaller parties 'lose out to COPE' Monday 27-Apr-2009: New kid COPE has already won more than 20 seats in Parliament, according to early estimates, seemingly eating into the support base of its older rivals."Some of the smaller parties seem to have lost o (By Jan)... | USA: Obama on America's Gun Laws Friday 01-May-2009: From personal observation, the talk among many firearm enthusiests is: Bill Clinton was once a firearm dealers best friend. He will soon be outdone by Obama! The rush to purchase ammo is very real. Ma (By JoAn)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Agrees to Swear in Bennett But Only After Court Acquittal Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Violet GondaThe three principals in the unity government, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, have met five times recently to discuss the controversies surrounding the implementa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Death of Cape drug buster an accident? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Niemah Davids and Lavern de VriesThe daughters of Glen Kleinsmith, the DA ward councillor and head of the city's "Drug Busters" unit, who was found dead in his Bellville home at the weekend, say it (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Rate cut 'too little too late' - Cosatu Thursday 30-Apr-2009: While the "small" 100 basis points rate cut was welcomed, it was a case of "too little too late", trade union federation Cosatu said on Thursday.Earlier, SA Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said the (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Robbers Hit Kadoma Gold Milling Plants, Service Station Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Harare - ARMED robbers pounced on two gold milling plants and a service station in Kadoma on separate occasions recently, making off with gold ore and groceries worth about $US2 000.The robbers were s (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: It's about service delivery, stupid! Monday 27-Apr-2009: By John Matisonn'I was the decoy. While Helen Zille was calling me names, Jacob Zuma was sprinting to the Union Buildings."ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's boast at Walter Sisulu University (By Jan)... | Uganda: UPDF a Defender Not Violater of Human Rights Saturday 02-May-2009: By Felix KulayigyeKampala - It would be foolhardy for the UPDF whose strength rests on discipline and respect for human rights, to be at the same time a violator of these rights. This is what the Huma (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Tsvangirai seeks to ease doubts in Zim Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday sought to overcome worries about the country's unity government insisting that restoring the rule of law was a top priority. (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Politics and PolicyObama Administration Names Former Clinton Official Goosby to Global AIDS Coordinator Post[Apr 28, 2009]President Obama on Monday named Eric Goosby as the new global AIDS coordinator (By Jan)... |
| South Africa/Mozambique: Regional Power Companies to Assist With World Cup Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Maputo - Southern African electricity companies, meeting in Maputo on Monday, have promised to provide the additional electricity that South Africa may need to host the football World Cup in 2010.A me (By Jan)... | World: Taliban behead two Pakistani officials Sunday 03-May-2009: By Junaid KhanMingora, Pakistan - Pakistani Taliban have beheaded two government officials in the northwestern Swat Valley in revenge for the killing of two insurgent commanders by security forces, a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Trauma grips Durban shootout victim Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA survivor of Tuesday's bloody shootout between the police and five robbers in the Durban city centre says he is grateful to be alive but fears he will never recover from the incid (By Jan)... | South Africa: Country Not Ready for Swine Flu Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Johannesburg - South Africa, the country with the most resources in Africa, has two suspected cases of swine flu, but does not have adequate supplies of the antiviral drugs known to be effective in tr (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Controversy over attempt to oust Lekota Sunday 03-May-2009: By Political BureauFrustrated with party performance and continued infighting, some COPE members want an early conference to get rid of their leader, Mosiuoa Lekota, after indirectly forcing him to qu (By Jan)... | South Africa: Weapons found linked to cash robberies Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Natasha Prince and Lavern De VriesPolice have seized a suitcase containing two assault rifles, two magazines and 45 rounds of ammunition believed to be linked to recent cash-in-transit robberies.Tw (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Weapons Found Linked to Cash Robberies Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Natasha Prince and Lavern De VriesPolice have seized a suitcase containing two assault rifles, two magazines and 45 rounds of ammunition believed to be linked to recent cash-in-transit robberies.Tw (By Jan)... | Election 2009: World awaits Cabinet Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Foreign governments generally seem relaxed about the now certain prospect of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's next president.But they are very curious - and sometimes anxious - to see who he appoints to h (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Guns and a firehose used against pirates Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Helen Nyambura-MwauraNairoboi - An Italian cruise ship used guns and a firehose to beat off an attack by pirates off the East African coast, the vessel's captain said on Sunday.Commander Ciro Pinto (By Jan)... | National Socialist Group Behind Evo Morales Assassination Plot Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: [Something fishy is obviously brewing in Bolivia. After there have been reports of an assassination attempt on Evo Morales has been thrawted. There have been arrests being made. Among them include (By Lone Wolf)... |
| S Africa/England: Who invented concentration camps Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Hennie: We can date back the concept and the reality of concentration camps to the Second Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa. The commander of the British troops fighting the Boers, (By JoAn)... | Nigeria: Their Pornography, Our Films Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Chinyere OkoyeLagos - Pornography is a widespread social problem, so prevalent that many people accept it as normal culture while others, reject it in the society. Chinyere Okoye weighs the options (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Oil in Country - What is the Way Forward? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Peter KamureKampala - COMMERCIALLY exploitable oil in Uganda is now certain, with substantial discoveries in Bunyoro and northern Uganda (Amuru District), while exploration continues in Toro and We (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Nipping the Problem of Tanker Drivers in the Bud Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Ishola Balogun and Ebun BabalolaLagos - For the swift intervention of the federal government and the NNPC over the disagreement between officials of Lagos State Traffic Managemen (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Spotlight On Proposed Media Reforms Friday 01-May-2009: Harare - AS the country joins the rest of the world on Sunday to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, the spotlight falls on proposed media reforms which are expected to redeem Zimbabwe's reputation of (By Jan)... | South Africa: Murder accused retract 'confession' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: One of the alleged killers of La Terrasse Restaurant and Hotel owner Clive Rautenbach has made a confession to a Krugersdorp magistrate - but later said it was made under duress. Jerry Jacob Sello Mer (By Jan)... |
| Quite Another Odd Report...Far Left Unions Linked With United Russia Celebrating May Day; Behind Largest Rallies Friday 01-May-2009: [What's going on here in Russia? It seems there is something quite odd as some of the largest May Day rallies, organized to really celebrate a Communist "holiday" were coming from the United Russia p (By Lone Wolf)... | USA: Naming the Enemies Within Our US Congress Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Submitted by my friend the retired WA. police officer. I'm glad Jon sent this my way as in years past, I used to carry to sporting good shows a notebook with voting information, and then a list of al (By JoAn)... |
| South Africa: Cops denied bail in Erasmia robbery case Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: A domestic worker arrested for her alleged involvement with two policemen in an Erasmia robbery, developed cold feet, but one of the police officers allegedly threatened to "make her disappear" if she (By Jan)... | Africa: Abuja to Host Central Bank HQ Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ayodele Aminu and Constance IkokwuWashington DC - Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Union (AU) to host the proposed African Central Bank (ACB) headquarters in (By Jan)... |
| Is the Menace of DIS a Figment of the (Public) Imagination? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Less than a year after it was established, the Directorate of Gun-toting agents of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) have become a menace to members of the public.A Gaborone man says (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Housemaid Petitions Bankole Over Alleged Assault By Lawmaker Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Otei Oham And Sule LazarusAbuja - A housemaid, Lydia Elisha, has petitioned the Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, over alleged torture and humiliation meted out to her by the Niger (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Fresh Round of Fuel Crisis Hits Nigeria Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Emeka Mamah, Hector Igbikiowubo, Ola Ajayi, Dayo Johnson and Gbenga OlarinoyeLagos - BARELY two weeks after the last round of fuel scarcity occasioned by a strike called by petrol tanker drivers wa (By Jan)... | Africa: Somali pirates hijack ship Sunday 03-May-2009: Mogadishu - Somali pirates said on Sunday they had hijacked a Pakistani-owned ship even as the Seychelles announced it had nabbed three suspects in the intensifying international hunt for high-seas ba (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe's bloated government headed the way of Kenya's Saturday 02-May-2009: No substitute for democratic elections CommentThe rapid unravelling of Kenya's “unity†government, formed after intervention by the international community to quell the violent conflict th (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Top UN Humanitarian Official Condemns New 'Terror And Upheaval' Friday 01-May-2009: The top United Nations humanitarian official today condemned a resurgence of violence against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid a serious of offensives against a Rw (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Five held for attack on ANC motorcade Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Five more people have been arrested for the murder of an ANC supporter and the attempted murder of six others in Swayimani near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.This brought th (By Jan)... | South Africa: What Was Recipe for Election's Success? Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Zubeida JafferLast week's election was one of those prolonged special moments strengthening our belief in the possibility of creating a country and citizenry at peace with itself. It is through th (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Zille's message to Zuma Monday 27-Apr-2009: Western Cape Premier-elect Helen Zille has agreed to end the pre-election war-talk against her chief opponent, Jacob Zuma, but has promised to keep watching the new president like a hawk.While on her (By Jan)... | Africa: R300m boost for Zimbabwe Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The government has officially confirmed that it will be giving the new Zimbabwe unity government a grant of R300-million to boost selected sectors of the collapsed economy.Director-General of Foreign (By Jan)... |
| Red Cross helps Zimbabwe jails Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Horrifying footage showing hundreds of gravely ill and starving inmates By Andrew MoyoHarare - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun work to improve conditions in Zimba (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Re-Branding Nigeria Campaign - What Hopes Monday 27-Apr-2009: By David IfodeLagos - THE euphoria and anxiety over the official launch of the "Re-branding Nigeria" by the Federal Ministry of Information should fade by now.As the mood fades, the sounds of speeches (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Economic Crisis Could Halt Hunger Reduction Gains Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Dakar - Rising inflation and drops in foreign investment, exports and remittances are combining with high food prices to increase the number of Ghanaians vulnerable to food insecurity, the World Food (By Jan)... | South Africa: Pair held after lethal post-elections attack Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Nathi OlifantTwo men were arrested on Tuesday as Community Safety and Liaison MEC Bheki Cele and police moved swiftly to deal with political instability posed by post-election violence between the (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Global ChallengesFinancial Crisis Placing 1.7M HIV-Positive People Worldwide at Risk of Treatment Interruption, World Bank Report Says[Apr 27, 2009]Antiretroviral treatment for up to 1.7 million HIV-p (By Jan)... | Homeowner Spills Sheriff's Guts, Police Sued Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiA Gaborone deputy sheriff, Misheck Nyakaswa, is suing the police for negligence after a man whose house he had gone to attach in Gantsi in 2005 attacked him.Nyakaswa went to execu (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Monday 27-Apr-2009: Across The NationWashington Post Examines Issues Surrounding Washington, D.C., Clinic's Efforts To Expand Services[Apr 24, 2009]The Washington Post on Friday examined issues surrounding efforts by the (By Jan)... | Election 2009: It's not who to vote for... Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Mike MorrisSouth Africans, given our history of disenfranchisement, are very sentimental about elections. We desperately want to feel we are voting for someone or some party. But sometimes our hist (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: ANC: when all is said and done Monday 27-Apr-2009: Even though the ANC had predicted it would receive the majority of votes in the country's fourth democratic elections, it was pleased to have this affirmed on the orange and black of theelectoral cent (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Top UN Humanitarian Official Condemns New 'Terror And Upheaval' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The top United Nations humanitarian official today condemned a resurgence of violence against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid a serious of offensives against a Rw (By Jan)... |
| Madagascar: South Africa Warns Ousted Leader Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Cape Town - The South African government has cautioned deposed Malagasy leader Marc Ravalomanana against returning to his country, saying such a move would be “unwise, provocative and may even i (By Jan)... | Ethiopia: Opposition Denies Coup Plot Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Addis Abeba - The opposition party May 15 on Monday refuted accusations of a coup plot to sabotage the government, after the state media reported of police crack down in which 35 people were arrested. (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Political violence flares up in KZN Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Wendy Jasson Da Costa, Jeff Wicks and Gugu MbonambiOne man was killed and several others are fighting for their lives in hospital after post-election violence flared up between ANC and IFP supporte (By Jan)... | South Africa: Residents fed up with drugs, crime Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Windsor East in Joburg has become a hive of drug-dealing and local residents have had enough.The area around Beatrice and Duchess streets is popular with drug dealers and residents claim that the poli (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Three Oscar Students Seek Asylum in USA Monday 27-Apr-2009: Nairobi - At least three University of Nairobi students linked to slain Oscar Foundation boss Kamau King'ara have fled the country.The students were part of a team employed by the Oscar Foundation to (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Police Confiscate More Cellphones Sunday 03-May-2009: Harare - POLICE yesterday confiscated 67 more cellphone handsets, believed to have been stolen, in Harare and Chitungwiza, under an operation to destroy markets for stolen handsets.This brings the num (By Jan)... |
| Pakistan Aligns Itself With Libya...What's Wrong With This Picture? Friday 01-May-2009: [Just what's wrong with Pakistan aligning itself with Libya? Gaddafi still supports terrorism and demanded that Western leaders such as Obama be friendly to Osama bin Laden. It's no wonder why Pakis (By Lone Wolf)... | Liberia: China Turns Over Newly Renovated Miltary Barracks Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Monrovia - The government of the People’s Republic of China had done it again, this time completing a major project and turning it over the Liberian government at the cost of US$5.5M.The Chinese (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Help where it's needed Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Justice, for the moment, must bide its time CommentMorgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister, said on Saturday there was no going back on the unity government he formed with President Rober (By Jan)... | Botswana: Teacher-Student Love Affairs Are Intolerable Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Bashi LetsididiTwo female students at Swaneng Hill School fought over a male Boipelego Junior Secondary School teacher three weeks ago and one had to seek urgent medical attention.The girl was so b (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Labour Threatens Strike Over Electoral Reform Saturday 02-May-2009: Lagos - The spectre of nationwide rallies and strikes loom over the country as members of organised labour unions yesterday in Abuja threatened to commence protests from May 13 to mount pressure on th (By Jan)... | Sudan: Darfur Activists Deplore Closer Ties With Khartoum Friday 01-May-2009: By Marina LitvinskyWashington, DC - Washington's recent move to "normalise" relations with Sudan is being called a "capitulation" by critics.The Sudan Times reported that "The United States of America (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Local Jailed in Canada for Spreading HIV Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Hellen Mukiibi and AgenciesKampala - A Ugandan living in Canada has been found guilty of murdering his two sexual partners by infecting them with HIV that causes AIDS.Johnson Aziga was last week co (By Jan)... | Stop deporting Zimbabweans Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Police in the town of Musina continue to detain Zimbabweans at a military base and then deport them Johannebsurg - The South African government should immediately halt detaining and deporting (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Captured LRA Man May Face Death Penalty Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Samuel Richard EgaduAmuru - But relatives of rebel commander's alleged victims say army shouldn't have spared his life.When northern Ugandans learned of the capture of Thomas Kwoyelo, a notorious c (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two die in spaza mob 'revenge' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ziyanda SidumoA man was stoned to death by an angry mob after he and another gunman attacked a spaza shop owner in Lower Crossroads.In the attack on Monday, the second robber was killed during a sh (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Ekiti Rerun Election in a Stalemate Monday 27-Apr-2009: Ekiti is still in a gridlock, two days after the ballot rerun for the job of Governor on which the electorate in 10 of the 16 councils voted on Saturday to choose between Segun Oni of the Peoples Demo (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Parking Lot - Past Government is Responsible - T. Korodo, Lagos Nupeng Scribe Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Ishola Balogun and Ebun BabalolaLagos - For the swift intervention of the federal government and the NNPC over the disagreement between officials of Lagos State Traffic Managemen (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Manto to blame for strike Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Louise Flanagan and Karyn MaughanManto Tshabalala-Msimang's broken promise - made as a strike-breaking deal in 2007 - has come back to bite her former department.At the weekend military doctors wer (By Jan)... | Hezbollah Terror Chief Pushes Disinformation On Who Killed Former Lebanese Leader Sunday 03-May-2009: [I thought this was kind of strange that Hassan Nasrallah is repeating outright propaganda and disinformation on who was behind the assassination of a "moderate" former Lebanese leader whom was also a (By Lone Wolf)... |
| World: Gaza militants fire mortar shells on Israel Saturday 02-May-2009: Gaza City - Palestinian militants fired a volley of mortar shells at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.No casualties were reported.The Popular Res (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Pleads for Aid Friday 01-May-2009: By Brian KennedyWashington, DC - Despite reports of growing divides in Zimbabwe's unity government, Finance Minister Tendai Biti called for increased aid and investment in an optimistic speech in Wash (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Relief Efforts Gear Up Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Roy LaishleyInternational humanitarian aid efforts to Zimbabwe to help combat a continuing cholera outbreak and overcome widespread food shortages are intensifying. The International Monetary Fund (By Jan)... | Bill Passed to Amend Law On Municipalities Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday passed the first reading of a government bill abolishing the requirement, contained in the law on municipalities, that fi (By Jan)... |
| Africa: World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings-Africa Needs a Rapid Response to Crisis, Says AfDB President Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: "It will certainly take African countries a longer time to emerge from the crisis than other countries," the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said to the development committ (By Jan)... | Somalia: Pirate Suspects Caught After Cruise Ship Attack Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Nine suspected pirates have been captured north of the Seychelles after an unsuccessful attempt to seize an Italian cruise liner.The European Union's Maritime Security Centre (MSC) said the pirates we (By Jan)... |
| World: Taliban to leave Buner Monday 27-Apr-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - Taliban fighters on Friday were to quit a Pakistan district where the government deployed extra forces under US pressure to stop hardliners advancing closer to the capital, offici (By Jan)... | South Africa: Poor Cape May Day turnout Saturday 02-May-2009: By Nwabisa Msutwana-Stemela and Carien du PlessisMay Day rallies took place around the country yesterday, but compared with the thousands of people who flocked to election campaign meetings, turn-outs (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: PDP Wants Soldiers for Oye-Ekiti Poll Friday 01-May-2009: Lagos - As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu met with the state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) including Ekiti State REC Ayoka Adebayo yesterday over t (By Jan)... | Africa: Carson Outlines Obama Administration's Policy Priorities Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Tami HultmanWashington, DC - On President Barack Obama's 100th day in office, his nominee to be the top administration Africa policy official, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, told the Senate Committee o (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Red Tape Lapse Threatens Huge Land Claim Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Neels BlomJohannesburg - A MASSIVE land claim in a prime agricultural area near Brits in the North West is likely to collapse after the intended beneficiaries failed to notify the Land Claims Court (By Jan)... | S.Africa: ANC analysis of Election 2009: Are anti-ANC voters racist? Playing the Race Card again & again... Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [As always, the ANC, who are the biggest purveyors of racism want to call any white who doesn't vote for them a racist. But I know many whites who voted for black parties, including myself. In my enti (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: How to Solve Niger Delta Crisis - Ahern Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Laurence Ani and Ernest ChinwoCalabar - The Prime Minister of Ireland from 1997 to 2008, Hon. Bertie Ahern has recommended the strategy used in resolving the three- decade long Northern Ireland con (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Monday 27-Apr-2009: Politics and PolicySome Advocates Urge Obama Administration To Further Policy Changes Regarding Drug Use, Harm Reduction[Apr 23, 2009]The Obama administration has reversed a decades-old policy and app (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Health Agency Gears Up to Handle Swine Flu Saturday 02-May-2009: Dakar - The World Health Organization's (WHO) Africa regional office has created a crisis management team to monitor the spread of influenza A/H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, as WHO raised the gl (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two cops killed in shootout Saturday 02-May-2009: Two Cape Town police officers were killed and one injured in a shootout in Bloekombos, near Kraaifontein, Cape Town police said on Saturday.Spokesman Captain Gerhard Niemand said just before midnight (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Adipeng 2009 - World Bank , Experts Express Worries Over Vision 2020 Bottlenecks Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Emeka AginamLagos - While the activities of Counterfeiting is increasingly getting sophiscated by the day, Hewlett Packard, HP, has begun a fresh war to renew its commitment with regional authoriti (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: FDLR on Rampage in DRC - UNHCR Monday 27-Apr-2009: By James KaruhangaGoma - The UN refugee agency - UNHCR, has confirmed growing concerns that the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have continued killing, raping and displacing hund (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Monday 27-Apr-2009: Politics and PolicyChristian Science Monitor Examines U.S. Policy Regarding Drug Use, Harm Reduction[Apr 23, 2009]The Christian Science Monitor recently examined how some advocates and others who work (By Jan)... | Zimbabwean migration camouflages human traffickers Sunday 03-May-2009: "A trend started in the last two or three months, where you see more and more women coming in with groups of children" Musina - To the untrained eye, the human tide surging through the South A (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Central bank looted university funds Sunday 03-May-2009: Mudenge to be asked when the money will be refunded Zimbabwe's central bank raided the foreign currency accounts of universities to prop up President Robert Mugabe's government during a crippl (By Jan)... | South Africa: Family's worst fears realised Sunday 03-May-2009: By Chris MakhayeHis family pleaded with him to leave the Dog Unit and transfer to less dangerous units within the SAPS. But Inspector Mbongiseni Maphumulo would hear none of it.He loved his job of app (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspects, police caught in a shootout Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Gill GiffordA Heidelburg family and their neighbours were tied up by four armed robbers on Wednesday night who kidnapped the home owner as they fled with their loot in stolen cars.Plot owner, ident (By Jan)... | South Africa: Franz Richter murder: saga continues Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Police had to set thick bush on fire in order to catch two of the alleged killers of Heia Safari Ranch owner Franz Richter minutes after he was shot to death in his car.The police initially combed the (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Aids Funding Suffers Due to Global Economic Crisis - UN Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: New York - A new United Nations study finds that the global financial crisis is impacting the ability of people with HIV and AIDS to obtain life-saving drugs.A survey conducted last month by the World (By Jan)... | South Africa: Drug buster found hanged at home Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Esther Lewis and Lavern De VriesDA councillors are reeling in shock after their colleague and head of the city's "Drug Busters" unit, Glen Kleinsmith, was found hanging from a cellphone charger cor (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Uduaghan And the Emerging Face of Delta Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Oma DjebahLagos - Former Vice President of the United States (US), Al Gore, who has since moved on to become one of the world's respected political icons, progressive voices and Nobel Peace Prize W (By Jan)... | Africa: Haiti And We - Reflections Friday 01-May-2009: By Wangui KimariFollowing a community hall meeting held to commemorate Haiti's revolutionary history and spirit, Wangui Kimari affirms that Kenyans and Haitians must connect with one another's sufferi (By Jan)... |
| Science: Elephant exodus in troubled Zimbabwe Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Angus ShawHarare, Zimbabwe - Growing pressure from poaching and human encroachment has driven hundreds of elephants to migrate across Zimbabwe's borders and at least one leopard to stalk an upmark (By Jan)... | Zim orders school fee cuts Sunday 03-May-2009: "We assumed that we would get balance of payments support" By Cris ChinakaHarare - Zimbabwe's government has ordered all state schools to slash their fees as it struggles with an economic cris (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Obama Marks His First 100 Days Saturday 02-May-2009: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.Marking an odyssey that began 100 days ago with the first African-American president in U.S. history, President Obama reflected for long moments before the nation on what (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Man Disarms Three-Man Robbery Gang in Bayelsa Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Samuel OyadonghaYenagoa - In a rare show of courage, a middle aged man yesterday disarmed a three-man robbery gang at the riverine settlement of Ogobiri in the Southern Ijaw local government area o (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Continent's Disease Burden Could Conceal Swine Flu Cases Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Christina Scott, Deodatus Balile And Aimable TwahirwaResearchers in Africa fear they may not be able to identify swine flu cases swiftly enough to prevent the spread of infection because there are (By Jan)... | South Africa: BEE Chief at Land Bank on 'Special Leave' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - A SENIOR Land Bank official has been put on special leave pending the outcome of a police investigation into a R100m fund he managed.Khutso Mosoma, the Land Bank's (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Kidnapped Heidelberg man freed Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Three suspected robbers were arrested and the man they had kidnapped rescued after a shootout with police in Katlehong, Gauteng on Wednesday night.The men were allegedly part of a gang of four who kid (By Jan)... | Africa: Donors should focus on reforms in Zim - HRW Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Western donors should not resume development aid to Zimbabwe until President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in the unity government ends human rights abuses and backs serious reforms, Human Rights Watc (By Jan)... |
| World: Obama faces flurry of crises Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Washington - Barack Obama marks his first 100 days as US president on Wednesday with swine flu freshly embossed on a long list of domestic and foreign crises to trouble his nascent administration, but (By Jan)... | South Africa: Mdladlana calls on doctors to negotiate Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Mdladlana on Tuesday expressed his concern at the doctors' decision to continue with their strike action, whilst a court order declared the strike illegal."While I understand and accept that doctors a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cape Town 'prepared for swine flu virus' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Natasha Joseph and AgenciesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday expressed alarm about the rapid spread of swine flu and airline stocks sunk on fears of a sharp drop in travel.Spain on Mond (By Jan)... | Africa: Soldiers rob, extort: rights group Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Todd PitmanDakar - Elite soldiers in junta-ruled Guinea are taking advantage of an anti-corruption drive to rob, extort and beat intimidated civilians in the West African nation with impunity, an i (By Jan)... |
| World: Tiger rebels declare unilateral cease-fire Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Bharatha MallawarachiColombo, Sri Lanka - Facing imminent battlefield defeat, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have declared a unilateral cease-fire and called on the government to halt its offensive (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kaduna Kidnap - How Canadian Was Rescued Friday 01-May-2009: By George OjiKaduna - Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) who rescued Mrs. Julie Mulligan, the Canadian who was kidnapped in Kaduna a fortnight ago, said yesterday that the release was carr (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Power Minister Identifies Dependence On Oil for Power Problem Thursday 30-Apr-2009: A two-day workshop on promoting coal for power generation commenced in Enugu with a call on stakeholders to fashion out ways to utilise coal as alternative source of energy. Dr. Rilwanu Babalola, Mini (By Jan)... | South Africa: Police quiz suspected robbers Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Police have detained six men for questioning about a recent spate of robberies in Kirstenhof and Hout Bay.It is suspected that the men might have been responsible for six robberies at six homes in the (By Jan)... |
| Inflation Rate to Reach BoB Target in Third Quarter Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Brian BenzaThe annual inflation rate is likely fall within the Bank of Botswana (BoB) medium to long-term target of between 3-6 percent by the third quarter of the year, economist Keith Jefferis ha (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Sabotage! Fake Naira Notes Floods Nigerian Market Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Albert AkporLagos - MAMA Nkem, as she is popularly called runs a beer parlour in addition to being a sole distributor in all kinds of alcoholic drinks in Kiririkiri town, a suburb in Lagos metropol (By Jan)... |
| Science: Obama heads to Iowa for Earth Day Monday 27-Apr-2009: Washington - President Barack Obama is going on the road to pitch his energy plan as an environmentally friendly jobs producer in a hard-hit Iowa town, while administration officials make a similar pu (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Challenges to Food Production Friday 01-May-2009: By Renson GaselaTHERE is a looming problem which needs to be addressed as soon as possible before farmers start selling their produce.For what I am saying to make any sense at all, it is necessary for (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Madagascar military nabs Manandafy Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Antananarivo- The prime minister appointed by Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana was arrested on Wednesday by soldiers loyal to the island's new leader.The arrest marked a new escalation (By Jan)... | South Africa: Hero Boef nabs fleeing suspect Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Lesego MasemolaTwo suspected car thieves were arrested after a high-speed chase and a shootout with police in Pretoria on Tuesday.Trying to flee, the men lost control of their car which veered off (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Army attacks Madagascar ConCourt Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Antananarivo - Armed forces raided the offices of Madagascar's constitutional court on Monday, firing warning shots in the air and arresting at least three renegade soldiers.An AFP correspondent saw s (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Court Seeks Life Sentence for Genocide Suspect Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Gashegu MuramiraArusha - The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday requested the court to give a life sentence to former Cabinet Director in th (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Even Champion Runners Do Not Go Past Their Homes Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Sam NkurunzizaKigali - During an open discussion facilitated by the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) to ponder on how best to move on with life 15 years after the 1994 Genocide a (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kidnapping - Ten Days After, Canadian Woman Still Missing Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ibraheem Musa and Nuruddeen M. AbdallahKaduna - Ten days after the sudden abduction of a Canadian woman, Mrs. Julie Ann Mulligan by some yet-to-be identified assailants in Kaduna, the police author (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: ANC's grip on two-thirds 'slips' Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Emsie Ferreira The African National Congress looked in danger late Friday of losing its grip on a two-thirds majority in this week's elections that swept Jacob Zuma to power.With nearly 16 million (By Jan)... | Africa: Cops nab ten civilians over Togo coup Friday 01-May-2009: Lome - Police in Togo have arrested 10 civilians as part of an investigation into a coup attempt against President Faure Gnassingbe in mid-April, the state prosecutor said on Friday."The main people c (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Police track and kill gunman Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Jeff WicksOne gunman was shot dead and two were arrested after a robbery at a Warwick Avenue butchery in central Durban on Wednesday.A group of men held the butchery staff at gunpoint and ran off w (By Jan)... | Sudan: Darfur - Blue Helmets Scaling Up Protection of Civilians, Official Says Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: With a "low-intensity" war continuing in Sudan's Darfur region, the joint United Nations-African Union force (UNAMID) has increasingly prevented large-scale civilian disasters, the mission's chief sai (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Sex criminal escapes jail in helicopter Monday 27-Apr-2009: Saint Denis, Reunion - A cult leader jailed for sex attacks on children escaped in a helicopter from a prison on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Monday, the regional administration said.J (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Former Minister to Be Repatriated Soon Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Ali M. Ali and Juliana TaiwoAbuja - Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, will soon be repatriated to Nigeria, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Cr (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: 'We don't like white cops' Monday 27-Apr-2009: Hundreds of police and rowdy and apparently drunk ANC supporters were involved in a tense standoff in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon.The confrontation, which saw police arresting an ANC supporter, be (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Confounding her detractors Sunday 03-May-2009: Some of the most interesting of election day's voters are those who would probably today deny having voted for the DA, keeping to themselves a solitary, unfussy belief in the virtue of sustaining a co (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's inauguration: glitzy with razzmatazz Saturday 02-May-2009: In 1994 some people were stocking up on tinned foods, expecting anarchy to follow the first democratic elections. Now, 15 years later, South Africans, used to life in a democracy, are getting ready to (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma speaks in workers' tongue Saturday 02-May-2009: By Carien Du PlessisANC leader and president-elect Jacob Zuma has donned a red Cosatu cap, quite literally, in his first public appearance since the ANC's resounding elections victory last week.Speaki (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Statement By Captain Richard Phillips for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Friday 01-May-2009: The following is the statement as prepared by Richard Phillips, Captain of the Maersk Alabama, for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Phillips (By Jan)... | Africa: Zim teachers poised for strike Friday 01-May-2009: HARARE - As they marked the annual labour day holiday, teachers said on Friday their talks with the government to avert a nationwide strike over pay had not produced an agreement.The education minist (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Former Thint chief seeks citizenship Friday 01-May-2009: By Angela QuintalThe man who once stood in the dock with Jacob Zuma wants to become a South African. Pierre Moynot, the chief executive of French arms subsidiary Thint which was accused with Zuma of c (By Jan)... | Zambia: Voucher Programme Poised to Accelerate Economic Growth Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Vincent MatandikoTHE obtaining global economic downturn has posed a major challenge to the world economy with its effects being seen and felt in all sectors of development.This economic recession h (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Motorist Loses Truck to Armed Carjackers Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Harare - A MOTORIST on Sunday morning lost his Mazda B2500 truck to a gang of six armed carjackers, one of whom was clad in a police uniform.Police said the motorist, Mr Geoffrey Mark (39), was drivin (By Jan)... | Africa: Tanzania armoury blasts kills two Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Dar Es Salaam - At least two people were killed on Wednesday and more than 100 wounded in a string of blasts at an ammunition depot in Dar es Salaam, sparking panic across the Tanzanian commercial cap (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Alleged robber killed in shootout Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: A robber was killed and two of his alleged accomplices were arrested following a shootout in a Durban cemetery on Wednesday night, KwaZulu-Natal police said.Three armed men, one brandishing an Uzi sub (By Jan)... | Science: China low-carbon path hard but doable - study Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Chris BuckleyBeijing - China must swiftly decouple its rapid economic growth from rising carbon dioxide emissions for global greenhouse gas levels to stay manageable, the authors of a new study sai (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Murder accused denied bail Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Caryn DolleyA man accused of murdering a Strandfontein woman nearly two years ago after her parents' home was burgled has been denied bail in the high court in Cape Town.When Acting Judge Pat Gambl (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Focus on Gordhan and Manuel Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By John MatisonnEveryone else is doing it, so I'm going to have a bash too. Predict the new cabinet. You will know if I'm on track or a damn fool soon enough.But first, an anecdote, perhaps apocryphal (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Unending Face-Off Between Lagos Government and Tanker Drivers Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Stella OduemeLagos - Indeed the increasing trend of road mishaps and man-hour loss caused by indiscriminate parking on roadsides and flouting of traffic rules and regulation by trailers, tankers an (By Jan)... | World: Mexico flu deaths slow to seven Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Mexico City - The toll from the swine flu epidemic appears to be stabilising in Mexico, the health secretary said late on Tuesday, with only seven more suspected deaths. But an outbreak of the virus a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SA mule faces death in China Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A South African drug mule is facing a death sentence in China after being caught with 3kg of heroin.But Michael John McDermid's niece, who led a national campaign to assist South Africans detained abr (By Jan)... | Africa: Somali pirates rue foiled ship hijacking Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Mogadishu - A commander of the Somali pirates who attacked a packed Italian cruise ship over the weekend bemoaned on Monday what he said was a missed opportunity to set a new hijacking landmark.The cr (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Four Men in Court Over Mutasa Robbery Monday 27-Apr-2009: Harare - FOUR men, who allegedly robbed businesswoman Ms Jane Mutasa of her Mercedes Benz S350 and US$20 000 cash at gunpoint, yesterday appeared in court facing armed robbery charges.Steven Chikomba (By Jan)... | Election 2009: DA may still share power - Zille Monday 27-Apr-2009: Wit its outright majority in the Western Cape, the DA need not form a coalition, but its leader and premier-elect, Helen Zille, is keeping the door open."You only go into coalition if you do not have (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: 'Are we still needed?' Monday 27-Apr-2009: Many opposition parties were wiping the sand out of their eyes on Friday as ballot counting for South Africa's fourth democratic elections churned up the political landscape."I think all the affected (By Jan)... | World: US wants Cuba as slaves - Castro Friday 01-May-2009: HAVANA, May 1, 2009 (AFP) - Fidel Castro blasted US President Barack Obama pn Friday in provocative May Day remarks, saying the United States only wanted Cuba to return "to the fold, like slaves."Cast (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 2010 stadium security thrust into spotlight Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Clayton BarnesFifa president Sepp Blatter has thrust stadium security issues into the spotlight before next year's World Cup.The head of the world football body has urged soccer federations from ar (By Jan)... | South Africa: UDM calls for urgent economic indaba Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The United Democratic Movement on Thursday called for an urgent economic summit "on the scale of Codesa" to determine South Africa's economic policy.UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said it was time to remov (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Unity government talks on the verge of collapse Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: It is Mugabe who has no intention of backing down, despite theories that it is Zanu PF hardliners By Lance GumaThe fifth meeting between Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Dead baby memo shock Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Bronwynne Jooste, Sipokazi Maposa and Ella SmookReceptionists at city clinics have been told to check whether babies are dead before they allow them in, according to an official City of Cape Town m (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Govt Institutions Key to Food Security Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Elita ChikwatiHarare - The country has been experiencing food deficits over the past few years because of unfavourable weather conditions and late distribution of inputs and that also affected Gove (By Jan)... | South Africa: Rape victim was constable's 'girlfriend' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA police constable accused of raping a 14-year-old girl says the victim was his girlfriend and they were in love.This was according to the Mariannhill police officer, who cannot be (By Jan)... |
| EXCELLENT: Zimbabwe: Assets Seizures Possible to Compensate Dutch Farmers Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [Excellent. I think all the former white farmers of Zimbabwe want is their money and thereafter, none of them will farm again in Africa. The blacks can now starve. The whites don't care. And neither d (By Jan)... | South Africa: Safety MEC to visit wounded ANC supporters Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: KwaZulu-Natal safety MEC Bheki Cele on Tuesday will visit nine ANC supporters shot while celebrating the party's election victory.An African National Congress supporter was shot dead and seven were in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two shot in Joburg jewellery robbery Sunday 03-May-2009: Two people were shot and wounded during a jewellery store robbery in Springs, east of Johannesburg on Sunday, Gauteng police said."The incident occurred at 12pm when four men pretending to be customer (By Jan)... | Africa: Ship seizes explosives from suspected pirates Saturday 02-May-2009: Nairobi, Kenya - A Nato spokesperson says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.Lt-Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes s (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Country Imports More Fuel to Tackle Scarcity Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Emma Amaize, Dayo JohnsonLagos - HOPE was re-kindled that the current fuel scarcity across the country will soon ease out as investigations have revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpor (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Kigali to Request Genocide Suspect's Extradition From the United States Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Kigali - Rwanda will request the extradition of a genocide suspect arrested last week in the American State of Kansas (central USA), reports Hirondelle Agency."We will request his extradition so that (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: More arrests for alleged ANC motorcade attack Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Five more people have been arrested in connection with the killing of an ANC supporter and the attempted murder of six others in Swayimani near Pietermaritzburg, police said on Wednesday.This brings t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Residents attack police during protest Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Nomangesi Mbiza and Natasha PrinceLansdowne Road in Khayelitsha was turned into a war zone for the second consecutive night as residents vented their fury over service delivery problems, forcing po (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: RBZ to Offset Debt With Fertilizer Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Harare - TOBACCO and wheat farmers owed money by the Government will be paid in the form of fertilizer, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said as it urged relevant authorities to devise strategies to s (By Jan)... | South Africa: Another man held for 'ANC attack' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A second man has been arrested in connection with the killing of an ANC supporter and the attempted murder of six others in Swayimani near Pietermaritzburg, police said on Tuesday.The first man was ar (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Woman Accused of Genocide Managed Survivors' Funds Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lillian Nakayima and Ignatius SsuunaKigali - When about Rwf 3billion was sent to help over 2000 orphans left vulnerable by the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, little did the intended beneficiaries (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Vaswani Brothers - Prosecute, Not Persecute Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Emmanuel Tiko OkoyeAbuja - The Vaswani brothers - Sunil, Maresh and Haresh - are on the cusp of being deported again just two years after their return from a similar action against them. This much (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Be Patient On Salaries, Says Tsvangirai Sunday 03-May-2009: Harare - WORKERS must be realistic when they negotiate salaries since it will take time for salaries to reach desired levels, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday, while the Zimbabwe Federa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Body found burnt, genitals removed Sunday 03-May-2009: The burnt body of a 30-year-old man was found in a field, with his genitals and feet cut off, in Actonville, Gauteng police said on Sunday."The body was found early on Friday morning by someone who wa (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: ANC 'buries' COPE in its stronghold Saturday 02-May-2009: AN SMS inviting voters in the Eastern Cape to the funeral of breakaway party Congress of the People (COPE) was yesterday sent out by ANC propagandists confident of winning the province, where turnout (By Jan)... | IOL Sport: It's do or die Saturday 02-May-2009: Whatever the result of today's Soweto derby, SuperSport United would frankly have to flop like the US economy in their last two games to concede the Absa Premiership title. SuperSport are currently (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Communist attack dog goes after White Liberal woman: Zille is 'a racist little girl' - Malema Friday 01-May-2009: [Yeah, the Communist trash are the bosses. We know that. Of course, the communist trash are about to send this country into the pits of hell Zimbabwe-style. Too flipping bad we have to stand by powerl (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Activists Oppose Plans for Ntaganda Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Jacques KahorhaGoma - They say militia chief should be sent to the Hague not integrated into the army.A coalition of human rights groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have expre (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: DA sets sights on clean sweep in 2011 Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Anel PowellBuoyed by its massive show of support in the provincial elections, the Democratic Alliance has set its sights on winning all 30 municipalities in the Western Cape - with outright majorit (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kidnappers Kill Woman After Collecting Ranson Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Okon BasseyUyo - In what could be the first of its kind since the menace of kidnapping in Nigeria, a 23-year-old university undergraduate has been killed two weeks after her kidnap and despite the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'I thought we were going to die' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: "Why hold guns to my sons' heads? What can six- and two-year-old boys do to a group of gun-wielding policemen? What possible threat do they pose?"These were the angry questions asked by Dr Daniel Ramp (By Jan)... | South Africa: KZN doctors threaten to strike Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Gugu Mbonambi and Mercury CorrespondentsDoctors at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi said on Tuesday they would give negotiations between SA Medical Association (Sama) and the Health Depa (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Aids Kills 25 Million Worldwide Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ephraim KeorengSince the first diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, approximately 25 million people have died worldwide, whilst approximately 40 million are infected as the disease continues to spread, labour an (By Jan)... | South Africa: Striking doctors face being sacked Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lesego Masemola and Jacques BreytenbachAs hospitals in the northern areas of Tshwane turn patients away, the Health Department is threatening to fire hundreds of striking doctors.More than 336 doct (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Opec - Oil At $50 a Barrel 'Ll Hamper Investment Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku With Agency ReportLagos - The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has warned that the current crude oil price, which hovers around $50 per barrel is too low f (By Jan)... | South Africa: Burns victim loses battle to live Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Alex EliseevThe group SMS landed at 2.37am: "Andreia Pinto, the burn victim from the N3 crash on Monday morning, has passed away."The message is a tragic twist, considering that, just 10 hours earl (By Jan)... |
| S Africa: TLU media report - Interest cut welcome Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Kobie: Sent: 30 April 2009 05:13 nm Subject: Rentekoersverlaging welkom 30 April 2009 Rentekoersverlaging welkom TLU SA verwelkom die rentekoersverlaging wat deur die president (By JoAn)... | Africa: African Health Leaders Visit the U.S. to Keep Regional Health Issues On the Advocacy and Policy Agenda Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: A delegation of senior health officials from 11 African countries and the African Union Commission were in Washington last week (April 17 – 25) to advocate for continued US support and funding f (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Family distraught after Bara loses corpse Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Thandi SkadeHis name was Themba Nicholas Mbuli, or body number 24, at the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital mortuary.He was supposed to have been buried on Sunday, but 12 days after his death on Apri (By Jan)... | South Africa: Good News for Gold - But Not for Food Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Jean TemkinJohannesburg - GOLD moved back above $900/oz on news that China, now the world's fifth-biggest holder, could acquire all 403,3 tons the IMF may sell. Russia, another buyer, acquired 51 t (By Jan)... |
| World: Race to stem deadly flu Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Andrew O SelkyMexico City - World health officials, racing to extinguish a new flu strain that is jumping borders, raised a global alert level to an unprecedented level as the outbreak claimed more (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Millions ready to make their mark Monday 27-Apr-2009: Millions of South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday in the most hotly contested general election since the advent of black majority rule in 1994.Just over 23 million people are registered as poten (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Attacking Journalists Hurts All Society, Democracy Advocates Say Saturday 02-May-2009: By Jim Fisher-ThompsonWashington, DC - If journalists are persecuted, imprisoned or killed, society as a whole is the victim, say media and democracy advocates speaking in advance of World Press Freed (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Unity Government Talks On the Verge of Collapse Saturday 02-May-2009: The 5th meeting between Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, aimed at resolving outstanding issues in the coalition government, teetered on the edge of collapse Tuesday.Mugabe contin (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Brazzaville: Seeking a Way Out of Food Insecurity Friday 01-May-2009: Brazzaville - Congo has abundant natural resources, but attempts over the years to revitalise agriculture and improve food security and nutrition have been unsuccessful.The country's huge agricultural (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Nigeria - Let's Celebrate The Vaswanis Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Ogwazu NnamdiOwerri - THE bell on the tower of my local church rings to remind us of preparation for the service. A day came when it rang repeatedly to the chagrin of my friends but, my father came (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Think Tank Calls for International Engagement Monday 27-Apr-2009: After years of violence, repression and a catastrophic economy, there is optimism Zimbabwe is turning a corner, but the international community must do more to make the process irreversible.Zimbabwe: (By Jan)... | Zim: Government and teachers to meet Monday to avert strike Saturday 02-May-2009: “It is so degrading for teachers to do this but they have been left no choice†By Alex BellGovernment officials and teachers' unions have agreed to meet again on Monday, in an effort to av (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman burnt alive Friday 01-May-2009: A Pretoria motorist allegedly cut off by a truck driver during rush hour traffic burnt to death after she crashed into the truck on the N1 while apparently trying to block the the way of the heavy-dut (By Jan)... | World: Aso calls for Japan, China to unite Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Beijing - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso called on Thursday for Tokyo and Beijing to unite in facing the world's environmental and economic challenges, while playing down concerns over China's milit (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe labour balks at constitution plan Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Cannot trust politicians with the new constitution By Andrew MoyoHarare – Zimbabwe's labour movement called yesterday for an independent commission to lead the drafting of a new constitution (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Oil Falls Below $50, Flu Pandemic May Hurt Economy Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Omoh GabrielLagos - Oil prices fell more than 5 per cent below 49 dollars a barrel on Monday, pressured partly by expectations the world economy could suffer another blow if a flu outbreak in Mexic (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspects hurl stove at police car Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Police chasing a team of burglars had to duck as tools, washing machines and a stove were hurled at them while they were pursuing a bakkie carrying stolen goods.A man died and another was wounded duri (By Jan)... | South Africa: State to pay woman after attack Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: The state has agreed to pay R2,85-million in damages to an 80-year-old woman who was brutally attacked in her home by a youth who was released from a reformatory after only serving about a year and a (By Jan)... |
| Science: China rejects reports as origin of swine flu Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Beijing - A senior Chinese health official said on Wednesday that foreign media reports pointing to China as the source of a deadly swine flu outbreak were aimed at tarnishing the nation's image."Driv (By Jan)... | South Africa: Alleged Rapist 'Back in the Neighbourhood' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lavern De VriesChild rights advocacy group Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Rapcan) is "horrified" that a 16-year-old boy accused of raping a four-year-old boy who live (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Alleged rapist 'back in the neighbourhood' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lavern de VriesChild rights advocacy group Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Rapcan) is "horrified" that a 16-year-old boy accused of raping a four-year-old boy who live (By Jan)... | South Africa: Call to legalise sex work before 2010 Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Clayton BarnesLobby group Sweat - Sex Worker Advocacy Taskforce - has appealed to the government to speed up legislation to decriminalise and regulate sex work before 2010's Fifa World Cup.The grou (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Court set date for pub shooting trial Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Rivonia NaiduThe brother of Shawn Strydom, one of three men killed in an Umbilo pub in 2008 after an argument, said he was grateful a trial date had been set for the men accused of the shooting. De (By Jan)... | South Africa: Giants join food price fight Monday 27-Apr-2009: Another salvo in the fight against soaring food prices has been fired as supermarket giants vow to help beat off an imminent hike in costs of tinned goods.Pick n Pay and Checkers will throw their weig (By Jan)... |
| Science: Is Nefertiti genuinely 3 300 years old? Monday 27-Apr-2009: Hamburg - Using 21st Century medical computer technology, German researchers have unveiled the "hidden face" below the surface facial features of the famed bust of 18th Dynasty Queen Nefertiti - disp (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man on a mission! Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Kevin RitchieA rugby stadium filled to capacity with fans, but no game. No ordinary stadium either, but Loftus Versfeld, the cathedral of the Blue Bulls. The fans were the same as any other weekend (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Pitbull attacks owner Monday 27-Apr-2009: A security guard had to shoot dead a pitbull terrier after it turned on its owners, who were having a fight.The couple, from Orange Grove in Joburg, had to undergo emergency surgery.The incident occur (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC faces premier revolt Sunday 03-May-2009: Jacob Zuma, the ANC president, has vowed to deal with anyone "sabotaging" his four women premiers as party leaders stare down a possible provincial revolt.This week, the ANC's national executive commi (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Drug buster's colleague has big shoes to fill Saturday 02-May-2009: A colleague of councillor Glen Kleinsmith, whose brilliant career as the City of Cape Town's drug buster was cut short when he was found hanged in his home this week, has volunteered to step into his (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF, MDC Set for 'Crunch' Meeting Friday 01-May-2009: Harare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and the leaders of the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations are set to conclude negotiations on the outstanding issues early next week following what ha (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe Still Far Short of U.S. $10 Billion in Aid Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - ZIMBABWE, which is looking for $10bn to finance its economic recovery plan and urgently needs $2bn of that sum, has to date secured only $400m from African states.The (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe still far short of $10bn in aid Thursday 30-Apr-2009: $200m from SADC and another $200m from Comesa for working capital requirements Harare CorrespondentZimbabwe, which is looking for $10bn to finance its economic recovery plan and urgently needs (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspects Hurl Stove at Police Car Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Police chasing a team of burglars had to duck as tools, washing machines and a stove were hurled at them while they were pursuing a bakkie carrying stolen goods.A man died and another was wounded duri (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zim Collapse a Threat to Local Aids Programme - Hogan Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Kerry CullinanDrug resistant HIV resulting from the collapse of Zimbabwe's health system will undermine success of South Africa's HIV/AIDS programme, according to Health Minister Barbara Hogan."I a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man killed in alleged jealous rage Monday 27-Apr-2009: A 31-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her 35-year-old boyfriend after finding him with another woman on Monday, Eastern Cape police said.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the woman (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two held for kidnapping, murder Sunday 03-May-2009: The body of a 19-year-old Lenasia man who was kidnapped and robbed on Thursday was found in Mayfair on Sunday, Gauteng police said.Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the man's uncle gave him a busin (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Jailed drug mule's dad speaks of threats Sunday 03-May-2009: By Fred KockottThe parents of convicted KZN drug trafficker Tessa Beetge, who is languishing in a Brazilian jail, this week spoke about threats they had recently received"I am eating, so don't worry a (By Jan)... | Bring me my machine gun: That's the chilling cry of the South Africa's '100% Zulu boy' Friday 01-May-2009: Submitted by Hennie: This was submitted in good time, it was my trip and illness which delayed the posting of this and several other articles which I regret, after our Readers put forth personal effo (By JoAn)... |
| South Africa: Guards kill robber in Mthatha Friday 01-May-2009: One robber is dead and another in flight after a Friday shootout with security guards in Mthatha, said Eastern Cape police.The two men robbed a Vela Cash Loans at 7am when they "ordered everybody insi (By Jan)... | Working Moms: Don't try to shape up like those movie moms Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Madonna's doing it, as is Cindy Crawford and Posh Spice has even got bad press for it. They're all new mums who are 'waisting' (pun intended)no time banishing their postnatal bumps; snapping back into (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's Madagascan Hot Potato Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Hopewell RadebePretoria - The first diplomatic challenge facing incoming president Jacob Zuma is whether to host ousted Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana, who has formally asked SA for preside (By Jan)... | Science: Child dies in US as swine flu fears mount Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Mexico City - A 23-month-old child died from swine flu in the United States - the first fatal victim outside Mexico - as the global spread of the virus heightened calls on Wednesday for tougher travel (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Rwandan Refugees Unwilling to Return Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Mbarara - Pontein Karegyeya, 32, has lived at the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda since he was a teenager and is unwilling to return home to Rwanda.Karegyeya, an ethnic Hutu, made his way into Uganda (By Jan)... | VERY IMPORTANT: South African Communist party says: Get rid of White Colonial Capitalist forces... Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is MOST IMPORTANT folks, and PLEASE SPREAD THIS AROUND. The Communists are laying the groundwork for what is coming. This is the future that was predicted so long ago. In September 2006, I publi (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Ackerman: Give Zuma a chance Monday 27-Apr-2009: South Africans have to put aside the cynicism and criticism of the past few months and give Jacob Zuma the chance to lead the country."Let's all forget about the problems with his case," high-profile (By Jan)... | Africa: Fresh clashes in Madagascar Monday 27-Apr-2009: Antananarivo - Fresh clashes have broken out in the strife- torn Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, following last month's seizure of power by former Antananarivo mayor Andry Rajoelina, media reports (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Policemen Nab Colleague Over Robbery Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Abubakar YakubuThe surveillance network put in place by the divisional police officer of Masaka Police Station last Wednesday paid off, when detectives from the station arrested another police dete (By Jan)... | Leftist Bloggers Push Disinformation On Swine Flu Scare Monday 27-Apr-2009: It seems that Leftist bloggers are pushing disinformation on swine flu scare going on in Mexico. Among the claim with these bloggers is that the USA was "responsible" for creating the swine flu tryin (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Election 2009: 'Thieves who give tenders to their lovers' Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Sibusisi Ngalwa and Xolani MbanjwaLeaders of COPE, the party readying itself for its first elections, continued their assault on the ANC and its president, Jacob Zuma, warning supporters not to ele (By Jan)... | Africa: Blacks don't want the American Army in Africa - Africom Headquarters Remains in Stuttgart Monday 27-Apr-2009: [Many months ago, we posted information on AfricanCrisis saying that Black African leaders don't want to give the American army a base in Africa, and that is the unspoken reason as to why Africom rema (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's first love a true woman of the SA soil Sunday 03-May-2009: By Agiza HlongwaneSizakele Zuma, the woman who could become South Africa's first lady, appears to lead by example when she talks about the need for women to work hard to elevate themselves. Independen (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cwele probe has stalled: Beetge's dad Sunday 03-May-2009: By Fred KockottCaught up in an international drug trafficking drama, Sheryl Cwele, the wife of national Intelligence Minister, Siyabonga Cwele, is expected back at work on Monday as the Director of He (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cop allegedly steals money from robbers Saturday 02-May-2009: Three people including a Kwazulu Natal police officer were arrested for stealing money belonging to a robber, a spokesperson said on Saturday."Hlobane police arrested suspected robbers who had hidden (By Jan)... | Gambia: 'How I Was Abducted By the Witch Hunters,' Victim Explains His Ordeal Friday 01-May-2009: By Pateh BaldehMr. Ali Marr of Barra, a victim of the witch hunting exercise that saw the abduction of people by armed security agents and so-called witch hunters, recently informed the Foroyaa Newspa (By Jan)... |
| Burundi: Dangerous Demobilisation Gaps Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Bujumbura - Thousands of people associated with a former rebel group in Burundi could threaten the country's new-found peace because they have been excluded from a demobilisation and army integration (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man nabbed for robbery Thursday 30-Apr-2009: A man was arrested for an armed robbery in Springs on Thursday, Gauteng police said.Two men withdrew R20 000 from an Absa bank in Springs with the intention of buying a car from a garage, Captain Joha (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Al Shabaab Commander Killed Thursday 30-Apr-2009: A commander of Islamist hardliners faction Al Shabaab was shot and killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, Radio Garowe reports.The dead militant, identified only as Sheikh Muktar, wa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops linked to drugs case denied bail Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Sibongile MashabaThe four high-profile police officers arrested on drug charges will remain behind bars until the conclusion of their trial.A Roodepoort magistrate agreed with the prosecution that (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Sanparks Opposes Proposal to Mine Coal at Mapungubwe Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Tshwarelo Eseng MogakaneSouth African National Parks (sanparks) is challenging an application for a R3 trillion mining operation to be established at the entrance to the Mapungubwe World Heritage s (By Jan)... | Burundi: Dangerous Demobilisation Gaps Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Bujumbura - Thousands of people associated with a former rebel group in Burundi could threaten the country's new-found peace because they have been excluded from a demobilisation and army integration (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Justice for Michaela Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Caryn DolleyFour suspected gangsters from Eerste River, convicted for their roles in the attempted murder of a rival drug merchant and murder of the man's baby daughter, have been sentenced to a co (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cassels suspect claims abuse Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Irene KuppanOne of the suspects accused of the murder of advertising director Richard Cassels says he was severely assaulted by police while in custody.When Jabulani Maphumulo, 27, and his co-accus (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Killing of teacher: man to stay in jail Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: The German man who allegedly killed a young teacher from the Deutsche Schule in Pretoria earlier in April will remain in jail, where he will be evaluated by a psychologist.The decision comes after the (By Jan)... | Sudan: Members of U.S. Congress Arrested in Darfur Protest Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Brian KennedyWashington, DC - Five members of the United States Congress were among a group of people arrested Monday in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC during a protest against the (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: World Bank Intensifies Malaria Battle Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Mideno BayagbonWashington, DC - The World Bank is to provide an additional $300 million in International Development Association (IDA) funding to expand Nigeria's efforts to control malaria.Its Man (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Armed men undressed me before raping me' Monday 27-Apr-2009: A former employee of La Terrasse Restaurant and Hotel in Muldersdrift has appeared in court over the murder of the establishment's owner and the rape of a colleague.Jerry Jacob Sello Mereko, 36, and h (By Jan)... |
| Zambia: President Warns Employers Sunday 03-May-2009: Lusaka - PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has warned that the Government will not tolerate the tendency where employers arbitrarily lay off workers and violate their rights under the guise of the global financi (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Our Justice System Needs a Serious Examination Sunday 03-May-2009: The arrest and subsequent detention of ORINFOR Director Oscar Kimanuka last week added to the number of high profile officials cooling their heels in different detention facilities across Kigali.And w (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Sex workers to mark May Day Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Sex workers say they will attend May Day rallies across the country on Friday as part of their drive for the same rights as other workers - and Cosatu says it supports them."Sex workers demand recogni (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kaduna Kidnap Episode Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The abduction of 45-year old Canadian woman, Mrs Julie Ann Mulligan by yet to be identified persons in Kaduna on April 16, 2009 once again brings to the fore the issue of kidnapping in the country.The (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Boy dies in juvenile Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Botho MolosankweA 17-year-old boy detained at a juvenile detention centre has been charged with murder.This comes after a boy he fought with the previous night was found dead on Wednesday morning.T (By Jan)... | Uganda: Small Breakthrough in Kony Hunt Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Rosebell KagumireUganda - Last week's capture of Lords Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo bought Uganda more time to do what it has been unable to for the past three months: put an end to LRA (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Picket for slain woman marks court appearance Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Karen BreytenbachRelatives, friends and neighbours of a young Strandfontein woman found dead after her home was burgled staged a picket calling for the reinstatement of the death sentence when the (By Jan)... | No aid for Zimbabwe as leaders struggle to overcome political impasse Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Dumisani MuleyaHarare – Zimbabwe's leaders last night failed for the fourth time in a fortnight to resolve a series of contentious issues threatening to paralyse the country's shaky coaliti (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Italian ship escapes pirate attack Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: rome - An Italian merchant ship was attacked by pirates on Wednesday but managed to escape, ANSA news agency reported.It said the Jolly Smeralda was attacked by a boatload of seven pirates 540km off M (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: No Aid as Leaders Struggle to Overcome Political Impasse Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - ZIMBABWE's leaders last night failed for the fourth time in a fortnight to resolve a series of contentious issues threatening to paralyse the country's shaky coalition gover (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Malaysian Success is a Model for PetroSA Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - THAT within 35 years Petronas has grown into a Fortune 500 integrated oil and gas company with a presence in 30 countries bears testimony to the Malaysian government's (By Jan)... | Summers Says U.S. Economy to Decline ‘For Some Time’ Monday 27-Apr-2009: The U.S. economy will continue to contract “for some time to come,” said Lawrence Summers, director of the White House National Economic Council. “I expect the economy will continue to decline,” wi (By Gairk)... |
| Election 2009: Fiery Zille gears up for next battle Monday 27-Apr-2009: Fiery opposition leader Helen Zille has tackled the ruling African National Congress head-on since taking the reins of the main opposition party in 2007.Under her leadership, the Democratic Alliance s (By Jan)... | Simango Reacts to Dhlakama Friday 01-May-2009: Maputo - "Neither I nor my father ever betrayed anyone in this country", declared the mayor of the central Mozambican city of Beira, Daviz Simango, interviewed in Friday's issue of the independent wee (By Jan)... |
| Cameroon: Biyiti Essam Explains How State Funds Ended Up in His Personal Bank Account Friday 01-May-2009: "I was expecting a treasury check [from the Minister of Finance]... instead, three brawny fellows came into my office with a bag containing 250 millions Fcfa... Tell me, where should I have kept this (By Jan)... | Zim: Tsvangirai says he will not adopt ‘megaphone' approach to talks Friday 01-May-2009: Quiet diplomacy By Lance GumaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai spent 2 hours with the MDC provincial structures in Bulawayo and spelt out the party's policies on a variety of issues, especially (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Bury the Plans for a State Mining Company Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By John Kane-BermanJohannesburg - ONCE installed as president, Jacob Zuma, it is to be hoped, will kill the plan of the African National Congress (ANC) to set up a state mining company. Although it co (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma ignores NPA demand Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Christelle TerreblanchePresident-elect Jacob Zuma has ignored acting prosecuting head Mokotedi Mpshe's request to respond to a court bid that would expose all the evidence that le (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Sanctions: SADC flexes muscles Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: The ZCTU and the ILO have been implicated in a plot to scuttle efforts to have sanctions lifted Political & Features Editor Mabasa SasaSADC labour ministers have rejected attempts by the Zimba (By Jan)... | Nigeria: 27 Soldiers Get Life Jail for Mutiny Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Dayo JohnsonAkure - THE military court-martial trying the 28 soldiers for mutiny yesterday sentenced 27 of them to life imprisonment after being in detention for over nine months.Delivering the jud (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Economic Meltdown as Alibi For Poor Governance Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Henry OgiriAbuja - Only the careful and prudent spender will survive the devastating effect of the global economic meltdown. The federal Government of Nigeria should not see this slow down as a rea (By Jan)... | Uganda: CID Probes Kidnap of Kayanja's Aide Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Anthony Bugembe and Dorah NaamalaKampala - The Police are investigating the alleged kidnap and torture of Chris Muwonge, the personal aide of Pastor Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre, in what (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Institute slates Manenberg police actions Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lavern de VriesThe Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) has slammed officers of the Manenberg police station for confiscating a photojournalist's camera.Photographer Angelo Kalmeyer's cameras were (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two armed robberies in East London Monday 27-Apr-2009: East London police are investigating two armed robberies after two businesses were robbed at gun point during the weekend, police said on Monday.Superintendent Mtati Tana said a 55-year-old small deal (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Cruise Ship Repels Pirate Attack Monday 27-Apr-2009: Pirates who tried to hijack an Italian cruise liner off the Somali coast were repelled on Saturday night.The European Union's Maritime Security Centre (MSC) reports that the hijack attempt took place (By Jan)... | South Africa: Brilliant for Nandos! We NEED satire! Communist attack Dog Julius Malema can't handle satire Monday 27-Apr-2009: [This advert by the Nandos fast food chain is totally brilliant. It mocks Julius Malema, the communist attack dog of the ANC Youth League. Malema is pushing for far left change, and Nandos mocks them (By Jan)... |
| World: Eight killed in south Yemen unrest Sunday 03-May-2009: Sanaa - Eight Yemenis, including four soldiers, have been killed in a week of protests and attacks in the south of the country, where army patrols have come under fire, officials said on Sunday.Author (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Escapee's Jail Term Extended Sunday 03-May-2009: Harare - AN inmate who escaped from Tsholotsho Prison where he was serving a 36-month term for housebreaking with intent to steal and theft was on Friday slapped with an effective 17 years in prison.J (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: IEC ruffles ANC feathers again Sunday 03-May-2009: By Political BureauThe relationship between the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the ANC continues to deteriorate as the party and its allies claim they have been treated with contempt by th (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He was shot and killed' Saturday 02-May-2009: A 70-year-old farmer was shot dead in his home in Blinkpan near Middelburg, Mpumalanga police said on Saturday.Superintendent Abie Khoabane said the incident happened in the early hours of Friday morn (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zim is broke - Tsvangirai Saturday 02-May-2009: Zimbabwe's unity government is broke and cannot afford to match union demands for higher salaries, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told a May Day rally on Friday."This government is broke," Tsvangira (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma Vows New Laws to Protect Workers Saturday 02-May-2009: South Africa's new government will introduce new laws to beef up workers' rights, president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma told a May Day rally on Friday."We want to introduce laws to regulate contract work, s (By Jan)... |
| Communique of the Consultative Meeting on the Situation Friday 01-May-2009: 1. At the initiative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Mr. Jean Ping, and in line with the relevant decisions of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU, the (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma vows new laws to protect workers Friday 01-May-2009: South Africa's new government will introduce new laws to beef up workers' rights, president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma told a May Day rally on Friday."We want to introduce laws to regulate contract work, s (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cruel killer sentenced Friday 01-May-2009: More than a decade after killing his former girlfriend, a Macassar man was on Thursday sentenced to 24 years in jail.Niel Philips, 39, was convicted on Wednesday, and Thursday sat quietly in the dock (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He drew a firearm, pulled the trigger' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Bronwynne JoosteMarius van der Westhuizen's actions were purposeful and deliberate the night he killed his three young children, the Cape High Court has heard.In his final argument in the former po (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Mbeki congratulates Zuma on ANC win Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Former president Thabo Mbeki called his adversary, ANC President Jacob Zuma, to congratulate him on the ruling party's landslide election victory, Mbeki's spokesperson said on Thursday.Mukoni Ratshita (By Jan)... | South Africa: Alleged axe killer in dock Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: A 20-year-old grade 10 pupil who allegedly went on a killing spree with an axe in Mpumalanga, killing three people, including a six-month-old baby, will appear in court on Thursday, police said."At hi (By Jan)... |
| Paralegals to Fight for Rights Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Frances ShaahamaWindhoek - Paralegals claiming to work on a professional basis for profit have established a committee known as the Namibia National Paralegal Professionals Committee (NNPPC) to pur (By Jan)... | Election 2009: 'Zuma must commit to gender equality' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A women's rights watchdog on Tuesday called on president-elect Jacob Zuma to apply gender parity to his Cabinet.Gender Links also called on Zuma to appoint an equal number of men and women when appoin (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Politics 'may be linked' to shooting Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Dasen ThathiahPolice are not ruling out the possibility that political factors played a role in the shooting of several ANC members near Pietermaritzburg on Monday.But the IFP has slammed claims of (By Jan)... | South Africa: Hell awaits Prinsloo in SA, says father Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Hanti Otto and Zelda VenterThe father of former advocate Dirk Prinsloo has reluctantly spoken to the media about his son's last goodbye. When Johan Prinsloo said goodbye to his son Dirk as the latt (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Manuel willing to serve under Zuma Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: South Africa will not fail and the economy will stay rational under the leadership of Jacob Zuma, likely to become president after Wednesday's general election, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Wild Animals Compete for Scarce Crops Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Tsholotsho - Marauding wild animals in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland North Province are adding anguish to the pain of hunger as they destroy scarce crops.Thin rainfall and a lack of agricultural inputs have (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Mutiny - Court Martial Gives Judgment Today Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Dayo JohnsonTHE 28 soldiers facing mutiny charges in Akure, the Ondo State are to know their fate today after two consecutive postponement of the date of judgment by the President of the Court mart (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Ipman, Others Strike As Security Outfit Seizes Petrol Tanker Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Isa Umar GusauAcute fuel scarcity now prevails in Maiduguri and other parts of Borno State following an emergency strike action begun yesterday by the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Mar (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Pick N Pay Goes for Growth in a Big Way Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Nicola MawsonJohannesburg - FOOD retailer Pick n Pay said yesterday it would spend R1,4bn on 58 new stores, including 25 Score conversions, and refurbishments.The group, reporting revenue up but tr (By Jan)... | Nigeria: What's the Fate of Ajaokuta Steel Company? Monday 27-Apr-2009: By S.O. OdegeAbuja - In December 2008, President Umaru Yar'adua did a cabinet reshuffle with a view to removing the dead woods and replacing them with some dynamic, diligent and result-oriented member (By Jan)... |
| Muqtada Al-Sadr Meets With Turkish Officials; Really In Turkey To Recruit Foreign Fighters? Sunday 03-May-2009: [It seems that a certain Muqtada al-Sadr is in Turkey meeting with Turkish government officials. But it would seem the real agenda for al-Sadr to be in Turkey is to possibly recruit Turkish foreign f (By Lone Wolf)... | South Africa: Two held for alleged robbery Sunday 03-May-2009: Two men have been arrested in connection with a house robbery, kidnapping and car theft in Thabazimbi, Limpopo police said on Sunday.Spokesman Superintendent Mohale Ramatseba said the pair was arreste (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Joice Mujuru Faces Ouster As Zanu PF Infighting Intensifies Saturday 02-May-2009: By Violet GondaIn yet another sign that the coalition government is far from unified, it has emerged that top ZANU PF official and Deputy President Joice Mujuru, is under threat from within her own pa (By Jan)... | World: Israel launch attack on Gaza tunnels Friday 01-May-2009: Gaza City - Israeli warplanes on Friday launched strikes against two smuggling tunnels along Gaza's border with Egypt after militants fired a rocket at Israel, a military spokesperson said.Witnesses i (By Jan)... |
| Telecom sale tests Zimbabwe's privatisation plans Thursday 30-Apr-2009: International donors are reluctant to release funds Harare - The sale of Zimbabwe's state-owned mobile phone operator NetOne - a first key test for the new government's massive privatisation p (By Jan)... | Somalia: Governor Killed By Accidental Bullet, Perpetrators Arrested Thursday 30-Apr-2009: The governor of a region in Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland State administration was killed by an accidental bullet Sunday evening, Radio Garowe reports.Yasin Said Hussein, the governor of Karkar re (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'I saw him shooting Clive' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Clive Rautenbach - owner of La Terrasse Restaurant and Hotel - was lying in his bed when he was shot in the stomach. His killer did not say a word before firing a single shot."I saw him shooting Clive (By Jan)... | Zim: Wild animals compete for scarce crops Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Thin rainfall and a lack of agricultural inputs have brought poor harvests in recent years Tsholotsho - Marauding wild animals in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland North Province are adding anguish to t (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: New government to defy economy Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Job creation will be "top of the agenda" for the new government to be set up by the ANC, in spite of the economic crisis, says Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe.He said the new government under Jacob (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Officers laid down their lives' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Jeff Wicks and Yusuf MoollaTwo policemen were killed and another was wounded in a shootout with robbers in central Durban on Tuesday.One of the robbers and an innocent truck driver - shot at the wh (By Jan)... |
| India: 10 year old girl beheaded as sacrifice for good harvest Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: New Delhi - A 10-year-old girl was beheaded by her grandfather in India's eastern Orissa state who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, a news report said Monday. (By Gairk)... | South Africa: Graffiti victims vow to get even Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ntokozo MfusiBusinesses and residents in the Durban North and Umhlanga areas are spending thousands of rands annually to clean up graffiti which defaces their property.Virginia Circle Everfresh man (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Hospitals get cash boost, but still face cuts Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: The Western Cape health department is getting an extra R130 million - but the bad news is that this doesn't mean the problems for cash-strapped hospitals are over.At first glance, the extra money from (By Jan)... | South Africa: Former housing MEC under probe for assault Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Alex EliseevControversial former Gauteng housing MEC, Dan Mofokeng, is under police investigation for allegedly spitting in the face of a former business associate, slapping her, pushing her to the (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Briton freed on health and age grounds Monday 27-Apr-2009: Port Harcourt - Nigeria's main armed group MEND on Sunday freed one of two British hostages held captive for the past seven months, the militants, security and British diplomatic sources said."The Mov (By Jan)... | Uganda: Medics Developing Microbicides for Herpes Simplex 2 Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Arthur BagumaKampala - UGANDA is becoming a hub for HIV/AIDS related research. Three Ugandan doctors from Makerere university Medical school are in advanced stages of finding a cure for herpes 2, a (By Jan)... |
| Election 2009: Zuma refuses to talk about dropped charges Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Carien Du PlessisAs his party prepared for a convincing victory in Wednesday's elections, ANC leader Jacob Zuma said he preferred not to talk any more about the more than 700 charges against him th (By Jan)... | South Africa: Six sought after Thabong robberies Sunday 03-May-2009: Six men are still at large after allegedly attacking five people in two separate house robberies in Thabong, Free State police said on Sunday."In both incidents, six unknown men armed with firearms an (By Jan)... |
| The Financial Meltdown: South Africa: Dumping of pets due to economic hardship Sunday 03-May-2009: By Eleanor MombergAs the financial crisis continues to bite, more and more South Africans are dumping their pets, or handing them in to animal welfare organisations under the pretence that they are st (By Jan)... | South Africa: Online war over 'heartless pig' Saturday 02-May-2009: Filthy liar, murderous pig, pathetic creature: these are just some of the insults on a blog site thrown at British national Mark Arnold, who stands accused of murdering Durban woman Kerry Winter in Du (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Warning: 'SA not ready for swine flu' Friday 01-May-2009: By Bronwynne Jooste, Sipokazi Maposa and Esther LewisSouth Africa has not stockpiled enough antiviral medication to cope if a swine flu pandemic hits the country, a local academic has warned.And anoth (By Jan)... | South Africa: Ban holiday shopping Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Carien Du PlessisCosatu has appealed to the government to declare "emotional" public holidays non-trading days.The labour federation's general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Wednesday told journalist (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma in Talks With Party on New Cabinet Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Carien Du Plessis and Gaye DavisPresident-elect Jacob Zuma has been locked in talks prior to deciding who will head crucial ministries and fill key government posts in his new administration.Zuma a (By Jan)... | Somalia: NGO Worker Attacked Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Beledweyn - Unidentified gunmen have attacked explosions to one of Save the children organization official's house in Beledweyn town in central Somalia, injuring three people including his wife, witne (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man charged after stabbing girl Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA 15-year-old Empangeni schoolgirl is in a critical condition after she was stabbed at least nine times by a man while on her way to school. The Grade 9 Empangeni High School pupil (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Somali Pirates Threaten to Kill Captured Local Crew Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Adetutu Folasade-KoyiAbuja - National Security Adviser (NSA), Sarki Mukhtar, has been summoned to appear before lawmakers next week along with Ministers Ojo Maduekwe (Foreign Affairs), Godwin Abbe (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Tik: From Cape Town now PE Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Rochelle de KockUse of the debilitating and deadly drug tik has spread from the Western Cape to Port Elizabeth, where it has "exploded"."Tik has found its way to PE from Cape Town and we can no lon (By Jan)... | South Africa: SA suspected swine flu victim talks - report Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Susan Kok, South Africa's first suspected swine flu case, thought nothing of her flu symptoms while on a month-long holiday in Mexico, a report in Die Burger said on Thursday."We spent quite a bit of (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Ekiti Electoral Commissioner Resigns After Violence-Marred Poll Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Lagos - It was drama galore yesterday in Abuja as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo, resigned her appointment, raising the uncertainty that had attended the (By Jan)... | South Africa: Three held in Cape drug bust Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Two men and a women were arrested in Zonnebloem after they were allegedly found in possession of dagga, Cape Town Central police said on Wednesday.Superintendent Randall Stoffels said police were resp (By Jan)... |
| Science: One in five Americans want plastic surgery Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Charnicia HugginsNew York - Less than 10 percent of adults in the United States has ever had some type of cosmetic surgery, yet almost twice as many hope to do so at some point in the future, a sur (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops accused of selling drugs denied bail Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Alex EliseevFour senior police officers arrested for selling seized drugs to the criminal underworld have been denied bail and are due to spend months awaiting trial in custody.This morning, the Ro (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Girl stable after doctors remove bullet Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ilse FredericksThe six-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet at her school has had surgery to have the bullet removed.Jae-Dien Cornelius, a Grade R pupil at Downville Primary School in Manenb (By Jan)... | Nigeria: 'Oil Too Important to Leave to Market Forces' Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Patrick UgehAbuja - Venezuela yesterday cautioned Nigeria that oil was too important to the lives of producers of the commodity to be left to market forces.The South American nation's Deputy Minist (By Jan)... |
| Working for Tolerance All Over the Planet Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A young Afro-American lawyer who worked for the Obama campaign is visiting Botswana to speak on the responsibility of young people in the political process and civic action. EPHRAIM KEORENG spoke with (By Jan)... | Middle East: Vatican claims Israeli land Monday 27-Apr-2009: Ten-year-long negotiations between Israel and the Vatican appear to be drawing to a close, with concerns rising that Israel will cede control of the building housing King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Th (By Gairk)... |
| World: Tigers remain adamant Monday 27-Apr-2009: Colombo - Tamil Tiger rebels encircled in a tiny strip of land by Sri Lankan troops are still putting up stiff resistance despite calls for their surrender, the military said on Thursday.The army said (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 100,000 Uprooted in Last Two Months in East Monday 27-Apr-2009: Congolese civilians are continuing to flee their homes, fearful of reprisal attacks by Hutu rebels, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today, expressing concern over the de (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Hogan 'lied about salaries' Monday 27-Apr-2009: Health Minister Barbara Hogan lied when she said she already had the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) proposal for doctors on hand, said the National Union of Public Service & Allied Workers ( (By Jan)... | Sudan: Ban on Aid Agencies Hinders Peacekeeping Monday 27-Apr-2009: The expulsion of humanitarian and human rights agencies from Sudan following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president for war crimes is thwarting the United Nations' efforts in pea (By Jan)... |
| World: Flu drama plays into Mexico's politics Saturday 02-May-2009: Mexico City - Behind Mexico's flu epidemic is another drama which promises to intensify in coming weeks: a struggle between the country's politicians to show who is in control ahead of mid-term electi (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He had no intention of killing' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: A policeman who accidentally shot dead a school boy in Mpumalanga must be suspended, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday."The DA received confirmation that he has been on duty and is still regard (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Bid to Beat Diamond Sector Slowdown Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - THE Diamond Council of SA has brought together a working group including industry, the government and labour to find ways to ensure the survival of diamond cutters, (By Jan)... | World: WHO raises pandemic alert Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Alistair BellMexico City - A new virus has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and world health experts moved closer on Monday to declaring it the first flu pandemic in 40 years as more people were i (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Will the Right to Information Bill Be Passed? Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Basiru AdamAccra - Former President Kufour was tricky; he would mention in every one of his State of the Nation Address since 2005 that his government was committed to the passage of the Right to I (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He robbed me of my children' Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Mpume DandalaInstead of marrying her quiet and humble fiance, Busisiwe Mtambo never wants to see him again "after he robbed me of my children". The father of the two children, two-week-old Nkosikho (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Car crushes mom, child against wall Monday 27-Apr-2009: By Anna Cox and Lebogang SealeA Sunday outing for two families turned to tragedy when an out-of-control car ploughed into a taxi stop.The accident at an intersection in Westbury, Joburg, on Sunday aft (By Jan)... | Sudan: Darfur Returns to Relative Calm Monday 27-Apr-2009: The joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region today reported that the security situation is now relatively calm despite some continuing acts of (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Brazzaville: Free Land to Lure White South African Farmers? Monday 27-Apr-2009: [They are not mentioning that this is for whites, but you can rest assured that this is really about luring white commercial farmers from South Africa. The fact that they can only lease the land for 9 (By Jan)... | Liberia: Clinton Praises Ellen's Leadership - Plans to Visit Country Monday 27-Apr-2009: Monrovia - United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton has described as exemplary and extraordinary the leadership of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, saying the Liberian leader has made an enorm (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'We believe that we can now prosper' Sunday 03-May-2009: By Chris MakhayeAlfred Mbuyazi was only four years old when his family were forcibly removed from their lush, green land about 30km from the fast-growing North Coast town of Richards Bay.The reasons w (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Motsepe Mulls U.S.$300 Million Local Mining Investment Friday 01-May-2009: By Nqobile BhebheAFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM), a mining concern owned by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has registered a company in Zimbabwe to scout for investment opportunities in coal (By Jan)... |
| Zambia urges support for Zimbabwe unity government Friday 01-May-2009: Bulawayo - Zambia, one of the few African nations openly to criticise Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, called on the world to support the new unity government in Harare. Zambian President Ru (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Zille leaves mayor's post Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Anel Powell and Aziz HartleyA tumultuous era in Western Cape politics ended at midnight as Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille left her position as city mayor to take over as premier-in-waiting. (By Jan)... |
| New Opposition Party Registers Ahead of Elections Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's newest opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), has now registered with the Ministry of Justice, an essential step before it can take part in this year's gener (By Jan)... | Innovation Goes Green With Support of Intellectual Property Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Ambassador Dennise MathieuOn April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the international community will observe the ninth annual World Intellectual Property Day to raise internatio (By Jan)... |
| Of Youth, Future Vagabonds And the Education Fiasco Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Lawrence OokeditseA generation of angry people is being bred. Future generations of leaders will have to contend with such an angry people. The Ministry of Education in its quest to cut costs has t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Surgery for shot girl still on hold Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Niemah DavidsDoctors have delayed removing the bullet lodged in the shoulder of six-year old Jae-Dien Cornelius until she regains more physical strength.The Grade R pupil was struck by a stray bull (By Jan)... |
| [Pics] Zimbabwe Torture by Mugabe's forces in early 2003 Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Jan] Zimbabwe Torture: Early 2003Here are a f (By Jan)... | South Africa: Looking for new way to deal with prostitutes Monday 27-Apr-2009: The City of Cape Town says it will seek new ways of clamping down on prostitutes following a high court ruling against the police on Tuesday."We are concerned about its impact on the enforcement of by (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Women Threaten Sex Strike to End Divisive Politics Sunday 03-May-2009: By Charles Onunaiju With Agency ReportWomen's activist groups in Kenya have called for a seven-day sex ban on the country's men in an attempt to shock the political class into overcoming bitter feuds (By Jan)... | South Africa: Eight killed in fire Sunday 03-May-2009: Eight people burnt to death when the house they were sleeping in was set on fire outside Giyani, Limpopo police said on Sunday.Spokesman Superintendent Mohale Ramatseba said the house at "Homu 14C" wa (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Another fatal highway crash Saturday 02-May-2009: A man died and a young child was fighting for her life after the bakkie they were in made a U-turn in front of oncoming traffic on the Ben Schoeman highway near the Jean Avenue off-ramp on Friday.The (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kidnapped Canadian Freed Friday 01-May-2009: By Ibraheem MusaCanadian study exchange student Mrs. Julie Anne Mulligan, who was abducted in Kaduna on April 16, regained her freedom on Wednesday night after an operation carried out by agents of th (By Jan)... |
| Women in Kenya Go On Week-Long Sex Strike Friday 01-May-2009: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - Irked by the recent constitutional crises that arose among the coalition government partners in Kenya, women in the country have decided to deny men sex for seve (By Jan)... | The Firearm Control Act. An Act of oppression Friday 01-May-2009: The Firearm Control Act. An Act of oppression Submitted by P. Moss: There are some things that just can't be fixed because they are built on a lie and an unfounded belief. The Firearms Control Ac (By JoAn)... |
| Rwanda: '94 Genocide Survivors to Be Honoured in New York Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Moses GahigiNew York - Survivor Corps, a global network of survivors, together with the Niarchos Foundation, will today honour the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi during a luncheon (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe assets face seizure after tribunal rules for farmers Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: "If the award is not paid, I will start proceedings to impound any assets" Harare - Air Zimbabwe's passenger jets could be seized at Gatwick airport after an international tribunal ruled that (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Economic crunch hits CBD hotel project Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Gershwin WanneburgThe first major property development in the city has gone bust, in one of the clearest signs that Cape Town is not immune to the global economic meltdown. The Phoenix Hotel in Str (By Jan)... | South Africa: ARM is on Lookout for Zimbabwe Investments Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - MINING group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) yesterday said it had registered a company in neighbouring Zimbabwe to scout for investment opportunities in coal and platinu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Finance Minister's Fate in Balance Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - PRESIDENT-elect Jacob Zuma and top African National Congress (ANC) officials met yesterday for extensive talks with the party's leftist allies on who should serve in the (By Jan)... | South Africa: Court hears of startling confession Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: One of the alleged killers of La Terrasse Restaurant and Hotel owner Clive Rautenbach made a confession to a Krugersdorp magistrate, the Johannesburg High Court has heard.Jerry Jacob Sello Mereko, 36, (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Doctors' strike over Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Gill Gifford, Louise Flanagan and Karyn MaughanThe strike at hospitals has ended, with all striking doctors having agreed to return to work on Wednesday morning.Professor Mac Lukhele of the SA Medi (By Jan)... | Africa: Pirates arrested off Somali coast - Moscow Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Moscow - Russia's navy detained 29 suspected pirates off the Somali coast, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting Defence Ministry officials.The destroyer Anmiral Panteleev on Tuesda (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Govt Flays Illegal Trans-Shipment of Nuclear Materials Into Country Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: By Yemie AdeoyeTHE federal government has frowned at illegal trans_shipment of nuclear materials into the country, just as it unveiled plans to checkmate the menace by installing radiation monitoring (By Jan)... | Election 2009: ANC's foreign funding debated Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Claims that the ANC was heavily funded in its election campaign by "China, Libya and Angola" have been made by the DA.DA spokesperson Ryan Coetzee said this kind of funding made it impossible for othe (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: The Rising Fast Food Culture Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Lagos - One of the fastest growing businesses in the country today is the fast food industry. Fast food restaurants are springing up at every street corner in highbrow and down town areas of urban and (By Jan)... | Science: US 'ready to lead' climate fight: Clinton Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told envoys from 17 major economies meeting on Monday that the United States is ready to lead the fight against global climate change.President Barack O (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Ex-officers up in arms over medical aid subsidies Saturday 02-May-2009: Some former members of the South African Police Service are embroiled in a legal battle with the SAPS and its medical aid scheme Polmed after they were notified that, although they may continue with t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zikalala 'plays race card' Friday 01-May-2009: The controversial, outgoing Group Executive of SABC news and current affairs, Snuki Zikalala, claims some newspaper editors were against him because he was a black man running a huge organisation.Zik (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Citizens Tremble Over U.S. Warning Friday 01-May-2009: Monrovia - Many Liberians have expressed fear for the country’s short-term following a strong warning from the world’s super power, the U.S., that the international community will turn its (By Jan)... | South Africa: Coloured population 'great for disease study' Friday 01-May-2009: By Randolph E SchmidWashington - The first humans evolved in southern Africa, probably near the South Africa-Namibia border, and today the continent has more genetic variation than anywhere else on Ea (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Tanzania armoury blasts toll rises to 11 Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Dar Es Salaam - The death toll from a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Tanzania rose to at least 11 people, an official said on Thursday.The regional commissioner for commercial capital (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'It is a miracle my baby's alive' Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Thandiwe Mthethwa and Arthi SanpathLying in her hospital bed on Wednesday, Ntombifuthi Lombeni's only concern was that she delivers a healthy baby.This week Lombeni, who is seven months pregnant, f (By Jan)... |
| Sierra Leone: Abolish Death Penalty, Says Amnesty International Thursday 30-Apr-2009: By Mohamed MassaquoiConcord - Director of Amnesty International, Brima Sheriff has stated that President Koroma should demonstrate leadership and abide by international and national obligations by abo (By Jan)... | Uganda: Stop Land Violence Quickly Thursday 30-Apr-2009: Kampala - THERE are daily reports of Ugandans going for each other's throats over land conflicts. In Kibaale district, over 10 people have been killed in recent months. In Bushenyi, several people wer (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Airline industry to recover from swine flu' Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: The airline industry might see a decline in business from swine flu, but it would not be severe, consultancy Frost & Sullivan said on Wednesday.The impact of swine flu on the airline industry could be (By Jan)... | South Africa: Steel Price Spike Hurts Food Suppliers Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: By Nicola MawsonJohannesburg - FOOD retailer Pick n Pay said yesterday it would back any of its suppliers who wanted to lodge a complaint with the competition authorities over the recent steep hike in (By Jan)... |
| Science: Envoys more optimistic for climate treaty Wednesday 29-Apr-2009: Washington - Top climate envoys on Tuesday said they were more optimistic about sealing a global warming deal in 2009 after a US-led meeting of major economies, but they sparred on the level of their (By Jan)... | West Africa: UN Gathers Experts to Help Farmers Cope With Climate Change Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A United Nations-backed workshop aimed at identifying ways for West African farmers to limit the damaging effect climate change has on their livelihoods kicked off in Burkina Faso today.West Africa, h (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Police operation nets 158 in Joburg Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: One-hundred-and-fifty-eight people were arrested over the long weekend in central Johannesburg, police said on Tuesday.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the focus of the operation was to keep businesse (By Jan)... | South Africa: New swine fever hotspot identified Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A new swine fever hotspot has been identified in Kirkwood in the Eastern Cape but the disease is slowly being stopped, the provincial agriculture department said on Tuesday.Dr Lubabalo Mrwebi, senior (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspect held for Swayimani attack Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: A man has been arrested in connection with the killing of an ANC supporter and the attempted murder of six others in Swayimani near Pietermaritzburg, police said on Tuesday.Director Phindile Radebe sa (By Jan)... | Sudan: Islamist Militia Closes Radio Station, Arrests Three Journalists Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the raid which members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab carried out yesterday on Radio Jubba in Baidoa (250 km northwest of Mogadishu), closing the st (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma does not instill confidence - readers Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: South Africa's fourth democratic election is something of the past, with all eyes shifting to the president-in-waiting, Jacob Zuma.Despite receiving widespread negative publicity,ANC President Jacob Z (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Zuma inauguration guest list Tuesday 28-Apr-2009: It's hard to keep everyone happy when you're throwing a party. Take future president, Jacob Zuma's May 9 inauguration. There will certainly be some people who may feel very let down by not receiving a (By Jan)... |
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