Monday, 11 May 2009

Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht 
Southern Africa in Crisis 
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 10th 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
South Africa: Faith and Firearms
Friday 08-May-2009: “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the Faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” 1 Timothy 5:8 Fathers and husbands are required by (By Gairk)...
Prof. Paul Eidelberg on the insanity of: One Man, One Vote
Saturday 09-May-2009: [Ian Smith would have loved this. Ian Smith’s only requirement, was for “Responsible Govt”. Those were his exact words, over and over again. Perhaps Ian Smith and Napoleon could have had an interestin (By Gairk)...
S.Africa: Personal Story: When the Blacks take the houses of the Whites
Friday 08-May-2009: [This story is from Capt Joseph Smith the American journalist who fought in Vietnam and who fought in Rhodesia. The story he tells is true. This was experienced by a number of whites in 1994. I mentio (By Gairk)...
Zimbabwe: Shocking revelation. ZANU PF ministers knew about Tsvangirai's accident a few days before it happened
Monday 04-May-2009: In a shocking revelation that might threaten the fragile power sharing deal between ZANU PF and the MDC, it has emerged that at least three ZANU PF ministers knew about the accident which injured (By Gairk)...
Somalia: Beyond Piracy - Next Steps to Stabilize the Country
Friday 08-May-2009: By Ken Menkhaus, John Prendergast, and Colin Thomas-JensenWashington, DC - For the first time in a long time, Americans are paying attention to what their government does in Somalia. Following last mo (By Jan)...
To AfricanCrisis Readers: From Jan about the excellent quality of messages we get...
Saturday 09-May-2009: I think it is worth mentioning to people the status of some things here. I was looking at the spambot hits we get as various people try to exploit every known trick in the book to try and make lif (By Jan)...
South Africa: Is Blasphemy Free Speech? Debate at University of Cape Town
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Dr. Peter Hammond, was invited by Campus Crusade for Christ to debate an Atheist lecturer at the University of Cape Town on the subject of: Is Blasphemy Free Speech? Atheist Abandons Argument Just (By Gairk)...
[Pic] [Humor] Canada: Fags in Ontario...
Tuesday 05-May-2009: I love this sign. Is it real? If so, its damned hillarious... (Photo) (By Jan)...
Tanzania: Pan-Africanism in Mwalimu Nyerere's Thought
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Issa G. ShivjiOutlining the essential differences between the respective approaches of Julius Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah, Issa G. Shivji discusses the gradualist and radical positions of two pillars (By Jan)...
Botswana: Coal to Open New Economic Corridor
Monday 04-May-2009: By Thato MosekiExperts say coal mining presents a huge potential for the national drive for economic diversification.That Botswana's long-term economic development will increasingly hinge on the devel (By Jan)...
Kenya: Riven With Divisions - A Singular Tragedy
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Kwamchetsi MakokhaDisillusionment with the failure of the 2008 peace deal is the only point of consensus in Kenya, writes Kwamchetsi Makokha, with Kenyans using their shared sense of despondency to (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: IMF, Donors Trusted Apartheid, Udi . . . But They Can't Trust Gono!
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Tafataona MahosoTo this original journalistic discovery, another one is added: Chairman of the industrial taskforce of the National Consultative Forum Mr David Govere also neither likes nor trusts (By Jan)...
South Africa: Now the Police are stealing in gangs - Cops in daring daylight city robbery
Wednesday 06-May-2009: [And the biggest criminal in South Africa (who will very soon be off the hook is none other than Jackie Selebi. Even as the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) has been trying to build a case against (By Jan)...
South Africa: Challenges ahead for our new president
Saturday 09-May-2009: A surprisingly graceful ballroom dancer and enthusiastic singer becomes president today. And many would agree that the slate, fouled by dark forces in the previous administration, should now be wiped (By Jan)...
Somalia: America's first Piracy in a century: American Mariners Get Lessons in Thwarting Pirates
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Matt HerrickBuzzards Bay - In the 100 years the Massachusetts Maritime Academy has taught mariners to crew merchant ships, not once had pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged vessel. Never had weapon-wiel (By Jan)...
USA: Obama's plan to destroy Israel
Friday 08-May-2009: If there's one thing that the Carter Administration can be given credit for, it's creating the new wave of Islamist terrorism, both Sunni, operating out of Afghanistan, and Shiite, operating out of Ir (By Gairk)...
Racial Discrimination in 21st Century America – Our Debate
Sunday 10-May-2009: [In this article, Jan and Capt “Joe” Columbus Smith (the American journalist who fought in Rhodesia) discuss racial discrimination in 21st Century America. Gairk] [Thanks Joe for clarifying the iss (By Gairk)...
South Africa: Reflections On the 2009 Election
Friday 08-May-2009: By Sanusha NaiduFollowing Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress's (ANC) victory in the 2009 South African election, Sanusha Naidu considers the role of the Congress of the People (COPE) and the (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'Boeremag leader' resumes testimony
Thursday 07-May-2009: Alleged Boeremag leader Tom Vorster "sometimes makes little mistakes" when he is annoyed, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday."I admit I make the occasional little mistake when I'm annoyed," (By Jan)...
Congo-Kinshasa: The Case For The Congo
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Ali M. MalauForeign Policy magazine recently published a rather disturbing article on the Congo (There is No Congo, posted March 2009, Web Exclusive, (By Jan)...
'New' Iraqi Government Demands Compensation For Israel Striking Iraqi Nuclear Plant
Tuesday 05-May-2009: [What's wrong with this little picture here? It seems that members of the "new" Iraqi government are demanding compensation for Israel striking Iraq's nuclear plant. Aside from that, the Iranian-sta (By Lone Wolf)...
Why international donors are avoiding Zimbabwe
Monday 04-May-2009: "You can't expect the international community to have faith when Zimbabweans themselves don't" CommentStephan HofstatterJohannesburg – Zimbabwe's effort to obtain international aid is based (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Why International Donors Are Avoiding the Country - The MDC in No Man's land screwed itself
Sunday 10-May-2009: [This is a very good article. I like the straight talk herein. Firstly, it delights me that the West, even Obama's Govt, so far have not fallen for the scam. I think the West clearly wants the MDC (By Jan)...
Australia prepares for the military decline of America
Saturday 09-May-2009: [The most powerful country in Asia, which nobody is mentioning is JAPAN! Japan has the 2nd largest GDP in the world, and an incredibly powerful industry, with top class engineers and scientists. Every (By Gairk)...
Gaza's Total Hypocrisy; Charge Israel With 'War Crimes' But Allow Hamas To Continue Fresh Attacks
Thursday 07-May-2009: [Here are two articles from the Maan News Agency. First article describes of there being a "play" in Gaza. Typically enough it's outright propaganda. The play fails to mention Hamas terrorists firi (By Lone Wolf)...
Zim: Stop Mugabe obsession
Saturday 09-May-2009: Responding to a man who asked: "Why do you have to sleep with the enemy?" Johannesburg - In an impassioned appeal, Zimbabwe's long-suffering Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called for peo (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man held for robbing himself - cops
Thursday 07-May-2009: A 46 year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Brooklyn, Pretoria, for stealing US dollars he himself had collected, police said.Captain Colette Weilbach said the man collected $5 000 (about R42 074) (By Jan)...
South Africa: Coffee for losing weight? Dream on!
Monday 04-May-2009: Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world according to the advertising industry really existed?With a few over-the-counter purchases we could be fit, slim, wrinkle free and fabulous forever without any ef (By Jan)...
[Video] Too cool - Iraq: Some trainees Jihadists blow themselves to hell...
Tuesday 05-May-2009: This is a really cool US Army video taken from one of their aircraft at night. They were clearly planning to shoot this bunch, but then they blew themselves up. This happened a lot in Rhodesia and Sou (By Jan)...
Africa: Korean vessel rescued off coast of Somalia
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Elizabeth A. KennedyNairobi - South Korean snipers hovering in a helicopter on Monday chased away pirates pursuing a North Korean freighter, a rare instance of recent co-operation between the two K (By Jan)...
South Africa: Civil Society Warns of More Xenophobic Violence
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Mandisi MajavuCape Town - With South Africa's new president, Jacob Zuma, being inaugurated in a 9 million dollar extravaganza today, most of the country's leaders are likely to still be recovering (By Jan)...
Zim: Stench of Mugabe's decaying rule hangs heavy over Harare
Sunday 10-May-2009: Not senile, nor in poor health. He is the chief manipulator Harare - If the state of the toilets in public and even private buildings in Harare were a measure of the inclusive government's pro (By Jan)...
Rwanda: 15 Years After the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, Why We Must Never Forget
Saturday 09-May-2009: Kigali - Where to start? - Alice Ishimwe's story.Teenage girl Alice Ishimwe is 15 years old. She was born during the Genocide in circumstances later explained to her: 'from the story I was told, I was (By Jan)...
Africa: Stench of Mugabe's decaying rule hangs heavy
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Peta ThornycroftHarare - If the state of the toilets in public and even private buildings in Harare were a measure of the inclusive government's progress, then it has failed miserably. In the court (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Mutiny - Guilty As Charged
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By James SowoleLagos - Dateline: Monday, April 27, 2009. The security was tight. The atmosphere was charged and palpable silence enveloped the entire premises of the Officers Mess of the 323 Artillery (By Jan)...
[Pic] S.Africa: Election 2009 - Fake DA (Democratic Alliance) pamphlet
Tuesday 05-May-2009: This image was doing the rounds prior to the election. This was a fake DA pamphlet. What's the bet the some ANC scum were behind this? (Photo) (By Jan)...
South Africa: List of suspects grows after airport heist
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Joseph MakuaSeven suspects have been added since an original 10 were arrested over one of the country's biggest and most brazen robberies.On March 25 at least 25 heavily armed robbers stripped an S (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Will Zuma avoid media controversy?
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Michael GeorgyFor a man who says he was nearly ruined by South Africa's judiciary and press, Jacob Zuma may be tempted to strike back now that he's president.Zuma's ANC won another landslide victor (By Jan)...
South Africa: Suspected gangster dies in police shoot-out
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA suspected robber, believed to be part of a gang of three that robbed an Umbilo family last week, was killed in a shoot-out with police in Durban on Monday.He is the sixth suspect (By Jan)...
Africa: African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2008/09
Friday 08-May-2009: Tunis - The 2009 Outlook covers 47 African countries, up from 35 last year. The report finds the region gravely affected by the global economic downturn. Following half a decade of above 5 per cent ec (By Jan)...
World: Ten killed in market bombing
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Baghdad - A car bomb ripped through a wholesale produce market near a confessionally mixed neighbourhood in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 37, security officials said."T (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cop accused of stealing robber's loot
Monday 04-May-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA police constable has been arrested after he allegedly tracked down a robber and took his stolen loot for himself.Constable Gideon Meyise, based at the Hlobane police station near (By Jan)...
South Africa: The Corporate Council on Africa Congratulates South Africa's New President Jacob Zuma
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Washington, DCThe Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) today congratulates Jacob Zuma on his election as the fourth president of a democratic South Africa.“We look forward to working with Presid (By Jan)...
South Africa: Bogus cop tortures man with iron
Wednesday 06-May-2009: 'I was ready to die, but not for the torture. Not for that. Not for what they did to me." These were the chilling words of Werner Coetzer who described his three-hour ordeal at the hands of an armed r (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Anger Over Mugabe's Presence At SA Presidential Inauguration
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Alex BellRobert Mugabe's planned presence at Saturday's inauguration ceremony for South African President elect Jacob Zuma has sparked an outcry from human rights activists and pressure groups in S (By Jan)...
World: Bride, groom killed by masked gunmen
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Ankara - Masked assailants attacked a wedding ceremony in south-eastern Turkey with automatic weapons, killing 44 people, including the bride and groom, and wounding six others. Two girls survived aft (By Jan)...
[Pic] S.Africa: The most brilliant Nandos advert of all time...
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Nandos, the South African fast food chain, comes up with the best adverts in this country. Mind you our ad industry is very dull and colourless these days - no doubt all the best talent fled the c (By Jan)...
Africa: SA reduces waves of Zim asylum seekers
Monday 04-May-2009: In an effort to reduce waves of Zimbabwean asylum seekers, South Africa announced on Monday that its neighbour's citizens can travel here on a free 90-day visitor's permit and apply to do casual work (By Jan)...
Zim: The Secret Black Vs Black Land War - Land Audit Gets Green Light As Farm Attacks Continue
Friday 08-May-2009: [There is a secret war raging in Zimbabwe which needs explanation. You will recall that a long time back I also pointed out that Mugabe can sabotage the MDC's efforts and can undermine Prime Minister (By Jan)...
Zim: Fresh violence on Chegutu's Mount Carmel farm
Thursday 07-May-2009: Invaders working for Zanu PF top official, Nathan Shamuyarira By Alex BellThere has been a fresh outbreak of violent attacks on Chegutu's Mount Carmel farm, with invaders viciously beating a f (By Jan)...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Thursday 07-May-2009: Politics and PolicyObama Proposes $63B Global Health Initiative Over Six Years[May 06, 2009]President Obama has proposed a $63 billion, six-year global health initiative as part of his fiscal year 201 (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Fresh Violence On Chegutu's Mount Carmel Farm
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Alex BellThere has been a fresh outbreak of violent attacks on Chegutu's Mount Carmel farm, with invaders viciously beating a farm worker as well destroying the property, all in retaliation to a co (By Jan)...
Somalia: Mogadishu Fighting Worsens, 25 Killed
Sunday 10-May-2009: Fighting among Islamist militias reignited in the Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday night and continued into Sunday, with at least 25 people killed in battles described as the worst since Ethiopian tr (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Rape - Stakeholders Canvass Greater Synergy, Action
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Abimbola AkosileLagos - Various groups have called for a greater synergy of the efforts of all stakeholders (government agencies, CSOs, media, educational, religious, traditional institutions, secu (By Jan)...
South Africa: Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the Occasion of His Inauguration as Fourth President of the Republic of South Africa
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Jacob ZumaYour Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government and Leaders and Members of delegations,Chairpersons of the African Union and the African Commission,Es (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe's national unity government locks horns on land
Tuesday 05-May-2009: "I am still pretty confident that it will come right" Harare - Western reconstruction assistance to Zimbabwe is being held up because President Robert Mugabe's supporters are continuing to dis (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Attorney-General Clashes With MDC
Friday 08-May-2009: Harare - THE Attorney-General, Johannes Tomana, was breathing fire yesterday over accusations that he was one of the ZANU-PF hardliners trying to scuttle the Global Political Agreement (GPA) establish (By Jan)...
South Africa: Selebi pins hope on secret tapes
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Alex EliseevPolice bosses have promised Jackie Selebi copies of the "top secret" tape recordings that let Jacob Zuma off the hook and which the police chief believes will prove th (By Jan)...
Africa: Somali mosque mortar attack takes toll to 39
Sunday 10-May-2009: Mogadishu - A mortar shell hit a mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and raising to 39 the death toll from fighting between Islamist rebels and government forc (By Jan)...
South Africa: The Zuma era begins
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Caiphus Kgosana, Carien du Plessis, Moshoeshoe Monare and ReutersJacob Zuma will unveil his "new era" cabinet today after making a remarkable political comeback and being sworn in as South African (By Jan)...
South Africa: The Zuma Era Begins
Sunday 10-May-2009: Jacob Zuma will unveil his "new era" cabinet today after making a remarkable political comeback and being sworn in as South African president.About two-thirds of Zuma's team is expected to be new, pos (By Jan)...
South Africa: Daring robbers attack police chopper
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Botho Molosankwe, Solly Maphumulo, Alex Eliseev, and Gill GiffordGliding over a chaotic string of robberies, Rob Siegrist's helicopter was suddenly under fire. The bullets sliced through the floor, (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cop's son held for alleged robbery
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachTwo bloodied robbery suspects - one of whom is apparently the son of a police commissioner - were arrested on Monday near Iscor's head offices in Pretoria West after a dramatic c (By Jan)...
South Africa: SA opens Zimbabwe border
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Donna BrysonIn an effort to reduce waves of Zimbabwean asylum seekers, South Africa announced on Monday that its neighbour's citizens can travel here on a free 90-day visitor's permit and apply to (By Jan)...
Africa: Zuma set to toughen tone in Zimbabwe
Monday 04-May-2009: Harare - South Africa's president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma will inherit a still-simmering crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where analysts said he's unlikely to tread as softly as his predecessor Thabo Mb (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe's economy shrank 14.1%, causing catastrophic poverty
Thursday 07-May-2009: Inflation was estimated at a record 500 billion percent By Nasreen Seria and Mike CohenZimbabwe's economy contracted 14.1 percent in 2008, while public spending collapsed, pushing unemployment (By Jan)...
Africa: Judge revokes activists' bail
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Harare, Zimbabwe - A judge revoked the bail of a prominent Zimbabwean rights activist and 17 other suspects on Tuesday after prosecutors formally charged them in a terrorism case that has been widely (By Jan)...
Africa: AfDB President Calls for More Financing for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Africa
Friday 08-May-2009: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has called for greater efforts to enable small and medium scale enterprises gain better access to financing. Mr. Kaberuka made the (By Jan)...
Somalia: Anti-Piracy Efforts Show Some Success
Friday 08-May-2009: By Charles W. CoreyEfforts to blunt maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden are beginning to show some success, but there is an international consensus that more must be done, say (By Jan)...
Africa: H1N1 to wreak more devastation in Africa
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Clare NullisCape Town, South Africa - African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of Aids and malaria, fearing an outbreak could (By Jan)...
Property Market Withstands Global Recession
Sunday 10-May-2009: Botswana's restrictive land tenure system that does not allow foreigners to buy tribal land has had the salutary effect of staving off the impact of the global recession from the property market, says (By Jan)...
South Africa: Refugees haunted by memories of attacks
Saturday 09-May-2009: For hours Radjabu Ramadhani lay curled up in a car boot as his abductors drove around. He prayed for his life, convinced he would soon be killed.Thoughts of his wife and two children flashed through h (By Jan)...
South Africa: Joburg teen fumes after police ordeal
Friday 08-May-2009: By Bongani MasangoAn 18-year-old woman claims she was wrongfully arrested and detained for three hours by police officers because she refused to flirt with them.Lindiwe Sibiloane, 18, from Germiston, (By Jan)...
Africa: Chad: 125 rebels killed in battle
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Dany PadireN'Djamena, Chad - The Chadian government said the army defeated a rebel column that was heading to the capital and was pursuing other fighters, but rebels denied this on Friday.Chadian r (By Jan)...
The Politics of Forgetting
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Jerry Kai LewisIt is now a century since the passing of Belgium King Leopold II (1835-1909), and while many Africans probably would not know who he is, they would nonetheless be familiar with his b (By Jan)...
South Africa: Officer killed doing job he loved
Friday 08-May-2009: By Nompumelelo MagwazaDurban South Dog Unit policeman Inspector Mbongiseni Maphumulo had been contemplating leaving the police service but changed his mind because of his love for the job.This was sai (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'I taught him right and he chose wrong'
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Nondumiso Muyazi'I taught him right from wrong, and he chose wrong" - a mother's painful words as she stood over the battered body of her son Menzi, a career criminal beaten to death by a mob in Kw (By Jan)...
Is'haq Modibbo Kawu of Nigeria's Daily Trust
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu with agency reportsTwo weeks ago I wrote on this page about the problems associated with the intensification of piracy off the coast of Somalia.The hijack of an American ship, w (By Jan)...
Is'haq Modibbo Kawu of Nigeria's Daily Trust
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu with agency reportsTwo weeks ago I wrote on this page about the problems associated with the intensification of piracy off the coast of Somalia.The hijack of an American ship, w (By Jan)...
South Africa: Gold Fields Beats Record for Safety
Friday 08-May-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - GLOBAL gold miner Gold Fields was set for the best safety record in its history this financial year as deaths on its mines in the 10 months to end April dropped to 1 (By Jan)...
Workers' World Party Again Comes To The Defense Of Somali Pirates
Wednesday 06-May-2009: [What a bunch of traitors the Workers' World Party really is coming to defend obvious enemies of the USA and the West. Many of these Somali "Islamic" pirates are being trained by high-ranking Somali (By Lone Wolf)...
Africa: AfDB President Commends Belgian Development Cooperation in Africa
Friday 08-May-2009: African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has commended Belgian development cooperation in Africa. Speaking in Brussels on May 6, 2009, during the "Assises de la Coopéra (By Jan)...
Judge frees Zimbabwean rights activist, 14 others
Thursday 07-May-2009: “I'm happy to be out. Justice must prevail” Magistrate reverses earlier decision without explanationHarare - A human rights activist and 14 others were ordered freed on bail Wednesday afte (By Jan)...
World: Children, women sprayed with bullets
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Bilge, Turkey - Masked assailants armed with machine guns stormed a wedding party in a Kurdish village, killing 44 people - most of them women and children - in the bloodiest massacre linked to a clan (By Jan)...
Zim: CIO, police role in activists' abduction revealed
Sunday 10-May-2009: The activists were in the custody of state spies By Constantine ChimakureThe Attorney-General's Office has revealed the names of some of the members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (C (By Jan)...
Africa: Continent Needs Infrastructure, Integration, Says AU Leader
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Brian KennedyWashington, DC - Africa has taken “a major hit” from the global economic recession but it can weather the storm, says Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairperson of the African Uni (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Reccuring Fuel Crisis - Taking the Nation's Future to the Past?
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Charles KumoluWhy Nigerians suffer in the midst of plenty has remained a tormenting question. The plight of the populace with regards to incessant fuel crises has continued to capture the imaginati (By Jan)...
South Africa: Killer rapist sentenced to life
Wednesday 06-May-2009: A Midrand taxi driver, who claimed the "devil" made him kidnap, rape and murder a passenger by bashing her to death with a brick, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday.Sentencing Xolani Nyaba, (By Jan)...
South Africa: Dad to sue after son shot in foiled robbery
Thursday 07-May-2009: A father intends taking civil action and filing criminal complaints against police who shot his son while pursuing suspected would-be robbers in Laudium. His son, Emmanuel Mafa, 22, of Atteridgeville, (By Jan)...
Canadian Nationalist Party Endorses Taliban Terrorists, Echo Marxist Rhetoric In Cheering Taliban Movement
Wednesday 06-May-2009: [Now here's something that I caught on the Canadian Nationalist Party, run by neo-Nazi/white supremacist activist Don Andrews. Andrews openly praises the Taliban, but also he's also rabidly anti-Isra (By Lone Wolf)...
Zimbabwe: Business Blasts Gono
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Caiphas Chimhete & Jennifer DubeTHE business community which had largely remained silent as the turf war pitting Finance Minister Tendai Biti and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono escalated made th (By Jan)...
Somalia: President 'Accepts Ceasefire', Death Toll Hits 15
Saturday 09-May-2009: Somalia's interim president, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, has accepted a ceasefire proposed by the Islamic mediation committee, Radio Garowe reports.Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, who chairs the mediation committ (By Jan)...
World: Civilians flee Pakistan war zone
Friday 08-May-2009: By Riaz KhanMardan, Pakistan - Thousands of terrified Pakistanis dodged Taliban roadblocks to flee fighting on Thursday between the army and insurgents in a northwestern valley, streaming into refugee (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe human rights activists ordered back to jail
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Security chiefs have made no secret of their opposition to power-sharing Martin FletcherZimbabwe's 12-week-old unity government suffered a grievous blow yesterday when 18 human rights activist (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Oil Derivation - Who's Fooling Who?
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuLagos - Two to three months ago, I was sent a paper delivered by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on the Niger Delta and underdevelopment in the region. I went through it (By Jan)...
South Africa: Suspect killed in police shootout
Monday 04-May-2009: A suspected criminal was shot dead during a heavy exchange of gunfire between police and robbers in Durban on Monday morning, police said.Superintendent Jay Naicker said members of the Flying Squad sp (By Jan)...
Sudan: UN-African Union Envoy to Darfur Condemns Killing of Blue Helmet
Sunday 10-May-2009: Unidentified gunmen shot dead an international peacekeeper outside his home in South Darfur last night, the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) announced with "deep regret" t (By Jan)...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Saturday 09-May-2009: Across The NationConnecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates Lobby Legislature for Continued Funding[May 08, 2009]About 450 advocates in Connecticut on Wednesday rallied outside the state capitol and then urged st (By Jan)...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Friday 08-May-2009: Science & Medicine$10.4B Increase in NIH Funding Could Increase HIV/AIDS Research, Bloomberg Reports[May 07, 2009]Bloomberg on Wednesday examined how the $10.4 billion increase in NIH funding that is (By Jan)...
Ethiopia: Plotters Sought to Assassinate Officials - Bereket
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Yonas AbiyeAddis Abeba - A group led by a former opposition leader Birhanu Nega had planned to assassinate officials and blow up public utilities in a plot to topple the government, Bereket Simon, (By Jan)...
World: Suicide bombing leaves four dead
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Peshawar - A suicide car bomber killed four security officers and wounded passing schoolchildren on Tuesday in Pakistan's volatile north-west, where the government is under pressure from Washington to (By Jan)...
Africa: Hostage shot dead during special-ops rescue
Monday 04-May-2009: Paris - A French yachtsman taken hostage by Somali pirates was shot and killed by French special forces during a rescue operation in April and not by his captors, Europe 1 radio reported on Monday.Fre (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Anger, Frustration And Hope in War Against Corruption
Saturday 09-May-2009: By K. Riva LevinsonWashington, DC - Sometimes an event, scarcely noticed, never captured for YouTube, can ripple through a nation's consciousness. So it was on Saturday, 29 December, 2008, at Murtala (By Jan)...
Africa: AfDB Group Approves Over U.S .$235 Million for Five Operations in Sierra Leone, Kenya, DRC and Rwanda
Thursday 07-May-2009: Tunis - The Boards approved 10 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 15 million, from the AfDB/ADF grant under the Supplemental Support Window of the Fragile States Facility (FSF) to finan (By Jan)...
World: Wedding party massacre: Eight charged
Thursday 07-May-2009: Mardin, Turkey - A Turkish court charged eight suspects on Wednesday over the slaying of 44 people in a machine gun massacre at a Kurdish wedding party blamed on members of a government-sponsored mili (By Jan)...
Zim: Legal and political intrigue in the curious case of Mukoko and others
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Soon the justifications of “the rule of law” will be heard from those pulling the strings CommentBy Alex MagaisaFor the last six months, I have been closely following the matter of Jestina (By Jan)...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Across The NationNew Jersey Lawmakers Lobby Against Plan To Close No-Cost HIV Testing Clinic[May 05, 2009]Three New Jersey lawmakers last week sent a letter to Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney (By Jan)...
South Africa: Police blitzes nab hundreds
Monday 04-May-2009: Gauteng and Limpopo police arrested more than 800 people in blitzes conducted at the long weekend.In Sebokeng, in the Vaal Triangle, 633 people were arrested, said Superintendent Nthabiseng Mazibuko.T (By Jan)...
South Africa: Police have failed me, says father
Monday 04-May-2009: A frustrated Joburg father who has spent almost 10 months investigating his son's murder - piecing together what he believes should not have been a difficult investigation - says the police have faile (By Jan)...
Nothing Unconstitutional in Electoral Law, Says Assembly
Friday 08-May-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday approved an opinion from its Legal Affairs Commission that there is nothing illegal or unconstitutional about the current (By Jan)...
South Africa: Body to hold hearing on school violence
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Candes KeatingThe South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to hold a national public hearing in Cape Town at the end of the month on violence in schools.The meeting has been prompted by an i (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mobile units will give police an edge in 2010
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Clayton BarnesPolice will use 10 hi-tech mobile police units for stadium and fan park surveillance during next year's Soccer World Cup, each fitted out with state-of-the-art security equipment, inc (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Farmers Must Learn to Be Self-Sufficient
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Elita ChikwatiFor years, agricultural production has been achieved through the intervention of the Government and the private sector in the provision of inputs and marketing of crops.But now that t (By Jan)...
Rwanda: Rwandair's Zirimwabagabo
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Shyaka KanumaZirimwabagabo is, unremarked, pointing the airline into the direction it will need to be if Rwanda is to realize its ambition to become the air transportation hub of the region. To buy (By Jan)...
Piracy hell in Africa: 55 Ships seized, 150 attacks on ships - Shipowners Ask U.S. for Piracy Solutions
Sunday 10-May-2009: [Yes, so Piracy has grown ever worse. It is the new type of terrorism. Well, nobody wants to take harsh action, so let's see how they struggle with this problem. The CIA was backing one of the sides i (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Okwe - Tussle Over Land Threatens Community
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Charles KumoluIT can easily be taken as part of Asaba, Delta State capital, given its location. But Okwe as it is known, is an autonomous community of agrarian people.The status of Asaba as a capit (By Jan)...
World: Political tensions mount in Georgian capital
Thursday 07-May-2009: Tbilisi - Opposition protesters clashed with police in the Georgian capital on Wednesday, officials said, as political tensions mounted in the country.Riot police repelled opposition supporters trying (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zille responds to Malema's latest attack
Monday 04-May-2009: By Bheki MbanjwaDA leader Helen Zille says ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is a disgrace to the country. She was responding to Malema's recent comments that she was a "racist girl".Zille, who (By Jan)...
Nigeria: U.S. Seeks Briton Over Halliburton Bribe Scandal
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Yemi Adebowale and Ali M. Ali in AbujaLagos - United States prosecutors yesterday launched extradition proceedings against a Briton, Jeffrey Tesler, alleged to be the key figure and linkman in an i (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe unity government principals said to resolve crisis over arrests
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Chinamasa summoned to ensure the AG followed their directive By Blessing Zulu & Thomas ChiripasiHarare and Washington - Zimbabwe's fragile national unity government appeared late Tuesday to ha (By Jan)...
Zim: JAG challenges MDC over arrests and farm invasions
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Concern is beginning to surface that the party is just passively allowing events to unfold By Alex BellJustice for Agriculture (JAG) has lashed out at the MDC, for the party's ‘complicity' i (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: JAG Challenges MDC Over Arrests And Farm Invasions
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Alex BellJustice for Agriculture (JAG) has lashed out at the MDC, for the party's 'complicity' in the ongoing farm invasions and the re-arrest of 18 political activists on Tuesday.Director of the Z (By Jan)...
The Flip Side of the Somali Hijack Coin
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Jerry OkunguKampala - The pirate story on the coast of Somalia is as intriguing as any fiction that has the power to capture the imagination of mankind. It gets interesting when modern society reca (By Jan)...
South Africa: Magistrates urged to ride with police
Friday 08-May-2009: By Mpume MadlalaMEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Bheki Cele has urged magistrates to accompany police to see what dangers they faced, so that they would stop easy bail.Cele made the com (By Jan)...
South Africa: Taxi driver gets life for murder
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Spontaneous applause broke out on Tuesday when the Pretoria High Court sentenced a Midrand taxi driver to life imprisonment as well as a further 35 years in jail for the gruesome killing of a young pa (By Jan)...
Striking Worker Shot By Police Dies
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Maputo - One of the two workers shot by the police during a strike on 29 April by building workers at the site of Mozambique's new national stadium has died, reports Tuesday's issue of the independent (By Jan)...
South Africa: Night out ends in death
Monday 04-May-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA night out on the town for four friends ended tragically when one of them, a policeman, allegedly shot dead another, suspecting he had stolen a cellphone.The four friends, all fro (By Jan)...
South Africa: Gun owners in the legal firing line
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Natasha PrinceGun owners who have not renewed their licences could face charges of possession of an illegal firearm if they do not hand in their weapons before the end of next month.Police spokespe (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Protests Erupt At Ruling Party Win in Ekiti Polls
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Ado Ekiti - VIOLENT protests broke out in Ado-Ekiti last night as the results of the gubernatorial re-run elections in Ekiti State yesterday were announced by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. (By Jan)...
Renamo Sets Congress for June
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's major opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Tuesday announced that it will hold its long-awaited Congress in the northern city of Nampula on 1- 3 June.Renamo nat (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Families Lose Over U.S.$4 000 to Armed Robbers
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Harare - TWO Harare families lost over US$4 000 in separate incidents in the early hours of Sunday morning to armed robbers who continue terrorising residents in and around the city.Harare provincial (By Jan)...
Africa: Twelve killed in Mogadishu clashes
Friday 08-May-2009: Mogadishu - Twelve people were killed and scores wounded in clashes between Somalia's militant rebels and pro-government Islamist militias in the latest fighting in the anarchic Horn of Africa state, (By Jan)...
Attempt to Overturn Renamo Decision Rejected
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's Constitutional Council, the highest body in matters of constitutional law, has rejected an attempt to overturn the decision to sack Maria Moreno as head of the parliamentary grou (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Trial Opens Can of RBZ Worms
Monday 04-May-2009: By Sandra MandizvidzaTHE ongoing trial of a former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) senior official Joseph Banda has thrown the spotlight on the chaotic and irregular manner affairs of the central bank (By Jan)...
South Africa: Loophole allows rise in credit card fraud
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Leila SamodienFraud syndicates across the Western Cape are using a loophole in the banking system to make regular fraudulent transactions with stolen credit cards, even after the cards have been st (By Jan)...
Chelsy Davy's father receives major Dubai investment in Zimbabwe game reserve stake
Saturday 09-May-2009: Long-standing relationship with Shamu Harare/Dubai - A game reserve in Zimbabwe part-owned by the father of Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry's former girlfriend, has a new majority investor, in a dea (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zuma 'is a quiet guy'
Friday 08-May-2009: By Celean JacobsonKwanxamalala - Some of Ngobela Magwaza's fondest memories of his youth are of herding livestock through the lush Zululand wilderness of South Africa with Jacob Zuma, the man who is t (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Troops Patrol Ekiti State After Polls Protests
Thursday 07-May-2009: Ado-Ekiti - Soldiers were all over Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, yesterday as protests swept through the town following the declaration on Tuesday night of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candida (By Jan)...
Africa: Rebels, military clash in Chad
Thursday 07-May-2009: Libreville - Sudan-backed rebels clashed with Chad government forces and said on Wednesday they are aiming to take the capital Ndjamena.The government said its forces had bombed the rebels but there w (By Jan)...
Africa: Detentions shake unity deal in Zimbabwe
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Fanuel JongweHarare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party warned that the detention of 18 leading activists on Tuesday threatened the survival of Zimbabwe's fledgling unity government.Prominen (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: At Last, Good News Comes Out of Country
Monday 04-May-2009: Lagos - For some years now, Zimbabwe has caused many upsets in the world in terms of originating tidings and the poor personality rating of its President Robert Mugabe.It started like a child's play i (By Jan)...
Liberia: The Puzzle Of The Contested U.S.$.52 Million
Friday 08-May-2009: By Tom KamaraMonrovia - The ongoing case of the US.52m seized from a Nigerian, on claims that the money is tied to drugs and therefore money laundering, could be a splendid them for the legendary Ame (By Jan)...
Africa: Rebels strategy going as planned
Thursday 07-May-2009: Ndjamena - Chadian troops clashed on Thursday with rebels in the east of the country, government spokesperson Mahamat Hissene said, in Ndamena's first report of ground conflict since the rebels invade (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'Robbers killed husband as I protected kids'
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersThe traumatised widow of Marc Pohlman of Cliffdale relived the events that led to the violent death of her 31-year-old husband when she testified in the Pietermaritzburg High Court (By Jan)...
Jerry Okungu of Uganda's New Vision
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Jerry OkunguKampala - The pirate story on the coast of Somalia is as intriguing as any fiction that has the power to capture the imagination of mankind. It gets interesting when modern society reca (By Jan)...
Sudan: Unamid Peacekeeper Shot and Killed in South Darfur
Sunday 10-May-2009: El Fasher - The African Union-United Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) announces with deep regret that one of its peacekeepers was shot and killed last night in South Darfur during a carjacking incident.At a (By Jan)...
Nigeria: No End in Sight to Fuel Scarcity
Friday 08-May-2009: By Emma Ujah, Victor Ahiuma-Young and Luka BinniyatWITH no end in sight to the current scarity of petrol, the Federal Government yesterday apologised to Nigerians on the hardship they are facing as a (By Jan)...
Togo: Alleged Coup Attempt Tests Country's Stability
Thursday 07-May-2009: Lome - Tensions surrounding the recent arrest of the Togolese president's brother on coup-plotting charges and the detention of other civilians will test reconciliation efforts in the country, still r (By Jan)...
South Africa: Wounded chopper pilot flies crew to safety
Wednesday 06-May-2009: A police helicopter pilot was shot while he and his crew were trying to stop a gang of suspected cash-in-transit robbers from hijacking a motorist on the Golden Highway, south of Johannesburg, on Wedn (By Jan)...
South Africa: Five in court for ANC motorcade attack
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Sharika RegchandFive men have appeared briefly in a packed Camperdown Magistrate's Court in connection with an attack on an ANC motorcade at KwaSwayimane, near Pietermaritzburg.Last month's attack (By Jan)...
Somalia: Islamic Courts Spokesman Threatens Al Shabaab
Wednesday 06-May-2009: The spokesman for Somalia's Islamic Courts movement has blamed Al Shabaab fighters for assassinating a lawmaker and a militia commander in Mogadishu two days in a row, Radio Garowe reports.Abdirahim I (By Jan)...
South Africa: Spate of killings sparks alarm
Monday 04-May-2009: By Slindile MalulekaGender organisations have expressed concern after two women were murdered and one shot allegedly by their partners within a week.In the most recent incident, a Metro Police officer (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Fuel Crisis And Mobility of a Nation
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Chigozie ChikereTo those at the helm of affairs of this country, particularly the proponents of President Umaru Yar'adua's Seven Point Agenda, Nigeria is going through a period of economic rebirth (By Jan)...
South Africa: ANC heaps praise on Zuma
Tuesday 05-May-2009: The African National Congress has heaped praise on its leader, Jacob Zuma, who is sure to be elected South Africa's next president in the National Assembly's first meeting on Wednesday.He will be inau (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Fossil Fuels On Country, World's Agenda
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Fossil fuels no doubt are critical to meeting global economic development and energy security need. Faced with the indication that the hydrocarbon economy characterized by increasing fossil fuel consu (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Police Seek to Arrest Top Editors
Sunday 10-May-2009: Harare - AS the Kariba media stakeholders' conference, convened to draw up a roadmap for reforms in the sector, closed this weekend, officers from the Police Law and Order Section swooped on the offic (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zimbabwean killed in armed robbery
Saturday 09-May-2009: A 28-year-old man was shot dead while walking from work to his home in Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.Captain Steven Marais said the man from Zimbabwe was walking with a woman when h (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Activists Granted Bail - Again
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Violet GondaThe political and human rights activists who were re-arrested on Tuesday were freed on bail Wednesday. The bail request was approved by the same Magistrate who had refused to entertain (By Jan)...
South Africa: Rivonia man lying in ICU after attack
Monday 04-May-2009: By Angelique SerraoA house robbery in Rivonia, Joburg, has left a man fighting for his life in ICU and a woman waiting for HIV test results after she was bitten by robbers.A gang of about eight men ga (By Jan)...
World: Pakistan expects thousands to flee war zone
Sunday 10-May-2009: Peshwar, Pakistan - More than 100 000 civilians were expected to flee Pakistan's battle-torn northwest on Sunday, after the government eased a curfew so people could escape a military onslaught again (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Long journey to the top for Zuma
Saturday 09-May-2009: After leaving Parliament "unceremoniously" almost four years ago, Jacob Zuma will return as head of state after he is sworn in as president at Pretoria's Union Buildings on Saturday.The former ANC und (By Jan)...
Zim: Mugabe's evil new best friend - President Jacob Zuma - Election 2009: Mugabe will attend Zuma inauguration
Friday 08-May-2009: [There are people in South Africa who are protesting against Mugabe's visit to South Africa for Zuma's inauguration. Mugabe now has a new best friend since President Mbeki. His new friend, Zuma will b (By Jan)...
Saboteurs Or New Age Fanatics?
Friday 08-May-2009: By Paul FauvetMaputo - The four people accused by the Mozambican police of using a supposedly "highly corrosive substance" in an attempt to sabotage the Cahora Bassa dam are in fact members of a lunat (By Jan)...
The good side of being under attack by Spambots...
Thursday 07-May-2009: There is actually a good side to having your site attacked by spambots. Some new features I built into the site could be exploited by spambots. But it does not bother me, because if the spambots d (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Police Want Acting Ekiti Speaker
Thursday 07-May-2009: By VanguardEkiti State Police Command on Wednesday declared Mr Saliu Adeoti, the Acting Speaker of the House of Assembly, wanted in connection with the alleged burning of INEC office at Ido-Ekiti.INEC (By Jan)...
Somalia: Puntland Intelligence Officer Killed in Galkayo Bomb
Thursday 07-May-2009: At least three people including a senior intelligence official were killed Wednesday in the semiautonomous Somali state of Puntland, Radio Garowe reports.Yasin Tolwaye, the Puntland Intelligence Servi (By Jan)...
South Africa: UCT Admissions Race Row On the Boil
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Caitlin RossCape Town - A long running debate over racially based undergraduate admissions criteria has recently come under the spotlight at the University of Cape Town recently, with many academic (By Jan)...
SA offers Zimbabweans free 90-day work permits
Tuesday 05-May-2009: SA does not expect the stream to slow In an effort to reduce waves of Zimbabwean asylum-seekers, South Africa yesterday announced that its neighbour's citizens can travel here on a free 90-day (By Jan)...
South Africa: This is an ANC plot - Zille
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Ella Smook, Bronwynne Jooste, Natasha Prince and Nomangesi MbizaDemocratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has accused the ANC of "making a formal decision to render the Western Cape ungovernable", sug (By Jan)...
World: Israel PM rules out land for peace with Syria
Sunday 10-May-2009: Jeruslalem - The new Israeli government will not cede the strategic Golan Heights for the sake of peace with Syria, a senior official quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as telling his cabinet on (By Jan)...
South Africa: Malema takes a swipe at Zuma critics
Saturday 09-May-2009: There will be some "fake smiles" at Jacob Zuma's inauguration as president on Saturday, said ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.This would come from those who had conspired against Zuma, he tol (By Jan)...
Sierra Leone: Child Miners - Legacy of Conflict
Friday 08-May-2009: By Lansana FofanaFreetown - Since the end of the civil war seven years ago, the Sierra Leonean authorities and child welfare agencies have been battling to remove children from the diamond-mining fiel (By Jan)...
Africa: AfDB Grants U.S.$ 97 Million Budget Support to DRC to Mitigate Impacts of Financial Crisis
Friday 08-May-2009: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors approved in Tunis on Wednesday, an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of UA 65 million (US$ 97.18 million) to the Democratic Republic of (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: South Africa Scraps Entry Visas
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Harare - ZIMBABWEANS travelling to South Africa are no longer required to have visas, South Africa's Home Affairs Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has said.According to media reports from South Afri (By Jan)...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Monday 04-May-2009: Across The NationNew Jersey No-Cost HIV Clinic To Close, Federal Funding at Risk[May 04, 2009]New Jersey's Bergen County Department of Health Services plans to close the county's Counseling Center in (By Jan)...
Dhlakama "Not Worried" By Loss of Beira
Monday 04-May-2009: Maputo - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has claimed that he is not worried by the mass defection of Renamo members to the newly formed (By Jan)...
South Africa: Varsities still battling with racism
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Leila SamodienFifteen years into democracy, racism is still rife in South African universities, a study has revealed.The study delved into transformation, social cohesion and the elimination of dis (By Jan)...
Election 2009: 'I'm wet, cold and I need a hair dryer'
Saturday 09-May-2009: Thousands of guests joyfully braved rainy weather on Saturday to inaugurate Jacob Zuma as post-apartheid South Africa's fourth president.Some even described the downpour as a blessing."I think it's a (By Jan)...
Renamo Still Furious At Ex-Mayor of Nacala
Saturday 09-May-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, is refusing to recognise the former mayor of the northern port of Nacala, Manuel dos Santos, as a member, even though he (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man arrested for four rapes
Thursday 07-May-2009: A man was arrested in connection with four rapes and one attempted rape in Hamakuba village in the Thohoyandou area on Thursday, Limpopo police said.Captain Mashudu Malelo said the man would appear be (By Jan)...
South Africa: Parliament Elects Zuma in Raucous Session
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Faatimah HendricksCape Town - There were rowdy scenes at the first sitting of South Africa's Parliament since the recent elections as members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) heckled o (By Jan)...
South Africa: Three held after protests on campus
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Ilse FredericksChaos erupted on the Cape Town campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology when police and protesters clashed, leading to the arrest of three people and leaving a few other (By Jan)...
South Africa: Community attack rape accused
Tuesday 05-May-2009: A 40-year-old East London man sought by police for rape was killed in a mob justice attack at the Fort Grey informal settlement, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday.Community members descended on the (By Jan)...
Sudan: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
Monday 04-May-2009: By Fouad Hikmat and Donald SteinbergThe hardliners in power in Khartoum have done it again. Like magicians who divert your attention with a bit of flash while they perform their deceit elsewhere, Pres (By Jan)...
Science: Gas drillers battle pollution concerns
Monday 04-May-2009: By Jon HurdleHickory, Pennsylvania - U.S. energy companies rushing to exploit Pennsylvania's massive natural gas reserves have launched a public relations campaign to calm fears the bonanza is contami (By Jan)...
South Africa: Rich, poor join hands to celebrate
Sunday 10-May-2009: By XOLANI MBANJWA AND LYNNETTE JOHNSJacob Zuma's disparate worlds met in a blaze of emotion, colour and stormy weather on Saturday at his inauguration as president. Of the 5 000 dignitaries, many were (By Jan)...
World: Evidence shows Taliban killed civilians
Saturday 09-May-2009: Kabul, Afghanistan - Investigators have found evidence that Taliban fighters caused civilian casualties during a major battle in which US air strikes are alleged to have killed scores of villagers, th (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Visa-Free Regime Starts
Friday 08-May-2009: Harare - Zimbabweans started travelling to South Africa without visas yesterday following the scrapping of the requirement by the SA government.However, bureaucratic hurdles slowed the implementation (By Jan)...
South Africa: Kunene forged signatures, court hears
Tuesday 05-May-2009: All 30 signatures on an affidavit alleged to have been written by the late Superintendent Zethembe Chonco were forgeries and had been copied, cut and pasted from another document.This evidence by hand (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: ANC Pledges Zuma Govt Support for Government
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Harare - THE incoming ANC government in South Africa will continue to support Zimbabwe and ensure that the inclusive Government delivers, the party's treasurer-general Mathews Phosa has said.Phosa, wh (By Jan)...
[Cartoon] The real reason they are leaving South Africa...
Tuesday 05-May-2009: In this cartoon, there is a truck with the face of President-to-be Jacob Zuma on it... and that is the real reason the person is leaving SA for good. (Photo) (By Jan)...
"Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (09-04-2009)
Saturday 09-May-2009: Howzit I am not sure if I am back full time yet as much relies on my recovery. At this time the process is not going too badly, but things could change very quickly. At the very least, there wil (By The BeardedMan)...
Nigeria: FG Apologises Over Fuel Scarcity
Friday 08-May-2009: By Patrick Ugeh And Onyebuchi EzigboAbuja - The Federal Government yesterday apologised to Nigerians for the hardships and inconveniences they had suffered as a result of the lingering fuel scarcity a (By Jan)...
Africa: Four killed in Burundi grenade attack
Thursday 07-May-2009: Bujumbura - Attackers in Burundi hurled a grenade into a home on Thursday overnight, killing four members of a family and wounding five others, an official said."on Wednesday night, an entire family w (By Jan)...
Election 2009: 'No surprises in new cabinet'
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Wendell RoelfCape Town - ANC leader Jacob Zuma was elected president of South Africa by parliament on Wednesday, and set boosting the economy and creating jobs as his immediate priorities.Zuma, jai (By Jan)...
Africa: China helps boost troubled Zim economy
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Lusaka - China has given $10-million (about R83-million) to Zimbabwe, half of it directly into the state coffers, to help boost the country's troubled economy, a Chinese government official said on Tu (By Jan)...
South Africa: DA questions release of Selebi tapes
Tuesday 05-May-2009: The Democratic Alliance said it was alarmed that formerly classified information was given to National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi's lawyers in what the party believes was a violation of the law (By Jan)...
South Africa: Boeremag trial: Taxpayers to cough out
Monday 04-May-2009: The Boeremag treason trial has hit another snag, which may see even more tax money spent on the defence of the accused.The Legal Aid Board said on Monday the trial had so far cost it R20 424 817, maki (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Electoral Body Clarifies Position on Ekiti Results
Monday 04-May-2009: By Ike Abonyi, Chuks Okocha, Senator Iroegbu and Toba SuleimanLagos - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified its position on the remaining results of the governorship rerun (By Jan)...
South Africa: Teen who cashed R20 000 cheque found dead
Monday 04-May-2009: By Botho MolosankweThe search for a missing Lenasia teenager - who disappeared after cashing a R20 000 cheque - came to a painful end when his body was found dumped in the veld.The body of 18-year-old (By Jan)...
Police swoop on Zimind offices
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Caiphas Chimhete and Bertha ShokoAs the Kariba media stakeholders' conference, convened to draw up a roadmap for reforms in the sector, closed this weekend, officers from the Police Law an (By Jan)...
Uganda: Kony Rebels Strike Again in Sudan
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Barbara AmongKampala - REBELS of the Lord's Resistance Army on Wednesday attacked villages in the southern Sudanese town of Yambio, abducting an unknown number of people, according to the Sudan Tri (By Jan)...
South Africa: UCT's 'race' admission policy under fire
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Caitlin RossA long-running debate over racially-based undergraduate admissions criteria is hotting up at the University of Cape Town, with many academics saying race-based criteria are no longer ap (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zuma thanks Mbeki
Saturday 09-May-2009: New South African President Jacob Zuma praised his axed predecessor Thabo Mbeki on Saturday, saying he had put the country's interest above his own."In his last address to the nation as head of state (By Jan)...
South Africa: President Zuma Inaugurated in Lavish Ceremony
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Adiel IsmailAfrican National Congress leader Jacob Zuma may be a commoner, but his inauguration as the fourth democratically-elected President of South Africa Saturday was a lavish ceremony fit for (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zuma must focus on Zim - watchdog
Friday 08-May-2009: By Michael GeorgyA leading rights watchdog urged South Africa's new government on Friday to restore the country's image by putting human rights at the centre of its foreign policy.South Africa, the co (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zille accuses Zuma of obstructing justice
Friday 08-May-2009: By Ella SmookPresident-in-waiting Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) are deliberately obstructing the high court application seeking a review of the NPA's decision to drop the cri (By Jan)...
South Africa: Address By Honourable Mr Zuma on His Election as President-Elect
Friday 08-May-2009: Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker,Honourable President of the Republic of South Africa,Honourable Members,Distinguished guests,Ladies and gentlemen,I stand before this House and the nation overwhe (By Jan)...
World: Obama slashes Pentagon budget
Friday 08-May-2009: By Daphne BenoitWashington - The colossal US defence budget was the first to be cut by President Barack Obama in his 2010 budget, but savings are marginal compared to the 664 billion dollars the US m (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'They left him wearing his underwear'
Friday 08-May-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziMxolisi Mkhize, 21, the community policing forum member shot dead while pursuing suspected robbers in KwaMashu's M Section on Tuesday, had been a member of the forum for only two d (By Jan)...
Lawyer's Questions Irritate Alleged Fraudster
Friday 08-May-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiAn accomplice state witness in the Central Medical Stores (CMS) fraud case pleaded with one of the defence counsels not to cross examine him about his Mercedes Benz salon that was (By Jan)...
West Africa: Uncertainty Over Ecowas Currency, Central Bank
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Kunle AderinokunAbuja - Indications emerged yesterday that the adoption of a single currency to be referred to as ECO for West African economies may not commence by December 1, 2009, as four of the (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cape sea hostage drama
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Caryn DolleyAs a hijacked Taiwanese fishing vessel came within 30km of Table Bay Harbour, an elite police task team swooped on it to save two crew leaders being held hostage, allegedly by 10 disgru (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zuma has no time to waste - analysts
Tuesday 05-May-2009: South Africa's Cabinet looked set for an injection of new blood as jockeying for top spots intensified on Tuesday, one day before parliament convenes to elect Jacob Zuma as president.Zuma has promised (By Jan)...
Somalia: Warship Seizes Suspected Pirates
Monday 04-May-2009: As the European Union (EU) continues to boost its anti-piracy naval task force, a French warship has arrested more suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean between Kenya and the Seychelles.The EU's Marti (By Jan)...
South Africa: Manuel lands key planning commission job
Sunday 10-May-2009: Internationally respected as an astute economic brain and a darling of investors, Trevor Manuel's importance to South Africa's stability is measured in market leaps.Speculation of his resignation in t (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mbete's golden handshake
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Carien Du PlessisThe ANC'S national chairwoman, Baleka Mbete, has opted for a golden handshake and a guaranteed inflation-linked pension of R1.8 million a year - for the rest of her life.The altern (By Jan)...
Zim: High Court delays ruling on detainees' bail and clerk of court arrested
Saturday 09-May-2009: The defence team fear that chances of the detainees remaining in custody are high By Violet GondaThe three political detainees still in custody will spend some more days not knowing their fate (By Jan)...
How Organise Africa Cured Maputo's 'Death Ray Transmitters'
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Paul FauvetMaputo - The escapade on the Cahora Bassa lake in which four members of the "Orgonise Africa" New age cult got themselves arrested last month, and were then accused by a police spokesman (By Jan)...
Zim: Zanu PF governors to get compensation for standing down
Friday 08-May-2009: "“Some will step down but others will remain. Those who will step down will be compensated" By Tichaona SibandaThe three principals to the Global Political Agreement have agreed to compensat (By Jan)...
Somalia: Fighting Between Al-Shabab And Islamic Courts Union Continues in Capital
Friday 08-May-2009: Somalia - At least two people were killed and three others were wounded in fighting between al-Shabab and the Islamic Courts Union in Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle Media on Thursday.The fighting (By Jan)...
Africa: Man convicted of manslaughter
Friday 08-May-2009: By Katharine HoureldNairobi, Kenya - A descendant of Kenya's most famous white settlers was convicted on Thursday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black poacher, a case that has stirred simm (By Jan)...
Africa: Pirates seize German ship
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Katharine HoureldNairobi, Kenya - Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying ten crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merc (By Jan)...
Africa: AU peacekeeper killed in Somalia
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Addis Ababa - An African Union peacekeeper was killed in Somalia's war-wracked capital, the bloc said on Wednesday, condemning it as a "cowardly act".The soldier from the AU's Burundian contingent was (By Jan)...
Egypt: Viral Time Bomb Set to Explode
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Cam McgrathCairo - It is a health crisis of alarming proportions. Up to nine million Egyptians have been exposed to hepatitis C, and tens of thousands will die each year unless they receive a liver (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cop accused of rape still going to work
Friday 08-May-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA Mariannhill police constable who is accused of raping a teenager has not been suspended and police management say they are willing to have him transferred to another police stati (By Jan)...
Election 2009: This game is not for sissies, says Zille
Friday 08-May-2009: By John Yeld, Murray Williams and Andisiwe MakinanaNew Western Cape Premier Helen Zille will call "pretty immediately" for a copy of the controversial report ordered by her predecessor, Lynne Brown, i (By Jan)...
Uganda: Too Many Guns in Too Many Hands
Friday 08-May-2009: Government needs to re-examine its policy on gun ownership with a view to withdrawing assault weapons from the public. There are simply too many guns in too many hands. Most MPs have them, political a (By Jan)...
South Africa: Doctor in sex assault case denied bail
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Botho MolosankweA doctor accused of sexually assaulting two of his patients, who were rape victims, will await his trial behind bars.On Tuesday, Ninadu Mafulu, a 49-year-old district surgeon from H (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Repeal Sanctions Act, Biti Urges U.S.
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Harare - FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has called for the immediate repeal of the draconian United States sanctions law, the so-called Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, saying it is (By Jan)...
South Africa: Security guards robbed in Port Elizabeth
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Business and cash-in-transit guards were robbed of an undisclosed amount of money in the Sydenham area of Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said.Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said a c (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Prosecutors Return Opposition Activists to Jail
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Violet GondaUPDATE: News agencies reported on Tuesday that the detainees had been sent back to jail after the remand hearing.After being illegally abducted, tortured and spending months in horrendo (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Gono Sponsors Herald Ad Admitting He Stole Money From Farmers
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Lance GumaReserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono, battling to block an investigation into his alleged illegal activities at the bank, has splashed out cash to sponsor a 20 page supplement in the state o (By Jan)...
Election 2009: There'll be no jobs for friends - Zuma
Monday 04-May-2009: By Carien du Plessis and own correspondentPresident-in-waiting Jacob Zuma put his foot down on Sunday and told dissenters in the ANC and its alliance members to stop complaining about the premiers who (By Jan)...
Africa: Clashes claims 21 lives in Mogadishu
Sunday 10-May-2009: MOGADISHU May 10 Sapa-AFPWeekend clashes between Islamist fighters backing the Somali government and a hardline Islamist group have killed 21, most of them civilians, witnesses and medical sources sai (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Journalists Boycott Press Freedom Summit
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Busani BafanaBulawayo - Media organisations this week dug in their heels over boycotting a national media conference in the resort town of Kariba. State-owned media reported that the much-postponed (By Jan)...
South Africa: E Cape police arrest man with police firearm
Saturday 09-May-2009: A man has been arrested for shooting a 22-year-old man with a police firearm and injuring two others, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday.According to police spokesman Superintendent Nzukisi Mzukisi (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zille under fire over cabinet
Saturday 09-May-2009: By ANDISIWE MAKINANA and LYNNETTE JOHNSWESTERN Cape premier Helen Zille's new cabinet of 10 men, six of them white, has come under criticism for its gender and race imbalances.Zille has raised the ire (By Jan)...
World: Saakashvili 'must step down'
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Catrina StewartTbilisi, Georgia - A top opposition leader in Georgia vowed on Friday to press ahead with "stronger and more serious" street protests to demand the resignation of President Mikhail S (By Jan)...
South Africa: Ten held for fake document production
Friday 08-May-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeNINE men and a woman were arrested yesterday after police raided a house in Pretoria West where different kinds of fake documents were apparently being produced.The group was allege (By Jan)...
South Africa: Informer leads police to 'smooth-talker'
Friday 08-May-2009: By Sharika Regchand and Graeme HoskenA KwaZulu-Natal man who was wanted by police in connection with several counts of credit card and cheque fraud has been arrested in Pretoria.The 39-year-old suspec (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zuma reaches out
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Political BureauPresident-elect Jacob Zuma managed to get two-thirds of the National Assembly votes, with some ballots from other parties, and immediately reached out to the opposition, but not to (By Jan)...
South Africa: Unemployment figures rise again
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Bonile NgqiyazaA total of 208 000 South Africans have lost their jobs in the past three months.This is according to Stats SA figures released on Tuesday, and which economists said had been expected (By Jan)...
Dynamics of the Cuvelai Drainage System (Challenges and Opportunities)
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Sioni IikelaThe opinion piece will serve to respond to what has transpired in our country in previous years, especially 2007 and last summers 2008/9; and more specifically in the north-central regi (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'Third Wave' of HIV/Aids Deaths Will Be Tsunami
Monday 04-May-2009: By Anthony ButlerJohannesburg - But there are three reasons to caution against complacency. First, opinion makers' belief that the government is on top of the epidemic is in part a product of their ow (By Jan)...
Africa: Zim Govt on right track - Tsvangirai
Sunday 10-May-2009: Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said his unity government with President Robert Mugabe was on the right track, despite their differences.On Monday, Mugabe and Tsvangirai hold (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cput calm after protest violence
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Ilse FredericksBusinesd as usual is what is expected at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) over the next few days following mass student protests at two campuses, which at times led to (By Jan)...
Zim: Hot reception for some Zuma guests
Friday 08-May-2009: This week, 18 activists were re-arrested and charged with plotting to topple Mugabe Political CorrespondentCivil rights activists have singled out Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, King Mswa (By Jan)...
Africa: African banks open credit lines for Zimbabwe
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Nelson BanyaHarare - Zimbabwe has secured a further $428-million in credit lines from African banks as the unity government battles to rescue an economy ravaged by years of hyperinflation and contr (By Jan)...
Africa: Somali pirates fire at US Navy boat
Thursday 07-May-2009: Manama - Pirates fired small arms weapons at a US naval supply ship during a high-speed chase off the coast of Somalia, the US Navy said on Thursday.USNS Lewis and Clark was chased for more than an ho (By Jan)...
South Africa: '40% of men violent towards partners'
Wednesday 06-May-2009: A woman is six times more likely to be killed by an intimate partner in SA than anywhere else in the world, a conference on sexual violence heard on Wednesday."Twenty-five percent of women in the gene (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Kenny Martins on Judicial Battle
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Francis IwuchukwuLagos - Kenny Martins, National Chairman of Police Equipment Foundation (PEF), is known by many as a man with many feathers. This according to them, is because of the many roles he (By Jan)...
World: 'My father was the Zodiac Killer'
Monday 04-May-2009: San Francisco - A woman's controversial claim that her father was the Zodiac Killer has revived a deadly mystery that has haunted San Francisco for decades.Deborah Perez and a spokesperson, disbarred (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Oil Surges Above $53 Per Barrel, Rekindles Country's Hope
Monday 04-May-2009: By Adeola YusufNigeria's hope for $70 price for a barrel of oil at the global market has been rekindled as the commodity surges above $53 a barrel.The country and other members of the Organization of (By Jan)...
South Africa: Full text of Zuma's cabinet announcement
Sunday 10-May-2009: Good afternoon and thank you for joining us.We have since the launch of the ANC Manifesto indicated the type of new administration we envisaged in terms of size, shape and political focus.We wanted a (By Jan)...
Liberia: 'We Are Prepared to Die,' Ducor Residents Respond to Government
Saturday 09-May-2009: Residents of the Ducor Hotel community say they are prepared to die for the land and other properties which according to them were acquired legally during the administration of the late President Will (By Jan)...
South Africa: Woman shot dead after witchcraft accusation
Friday 08-May-2009: An Mthatha woman suspected of witchcraft was shot dead on Thursday night, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the 49-year-old woman was watching television with a ne (By Jan)...
South Africa: Vietnamese sailors claim abuse at sea
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Henri du PlessisMutineers arrested by a special police task force aboard a Chinese fishing vessel have claimed they were ill-treated and beaten by the ship's officers at sea.Shortly after first lig (By Jan)...
South Africa: Third sister hurt in Hornsnek crash dies
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Graeme Hosken and Hanti OttoA young Pretoria girl critically injured in a horrific accident that claimed the lives of her two sisters and left her mother and her sole remaining sister critically in (By Jan)...
Nigeria: 10,000 Police for Ekiti Poll Rerun
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Kayode EkundayoLagos & Ralph Adekunle - Ten thousand policemen will today swarm the two wards of Oye Local Government in Ekiti State where the final leg of the deadlocked gubernatorial rerun electi (By Jan)...
South Africa: Visa relief for Zimbabweans a problem - ACDP
Wednesday 06-May-2009: The Home Affairs Department's decision to grant Zimbabweans free entry into South Africa could create problems in the long run, the African Christian Democratic Party said on Tuesday.ACDP MP Cheryllyn (By Jan)...
Uganda: Where is Oil?
Monday 04-May-2009: By Ibrahim KasitaKampala - Workers undertake the first flaring test at the Waraga 1 well in 2006. Oil exploration that was meant to start this year, has been postponed indefinitelyWHILE TULLOW WANTS T (By Jan)...
Africa: Court denies Taylor motion for acquittal
Monday 04-May-2009: Amsterdam - The Special Court for Sierra Leone on Monday rejected the request by the defence team for a partial or complete acquittal of the charges of war crimes brought against former Liberian presi (By Jan)...
South Africa: 2010 fever bolsters Tourism Indaba show
Monday 04-May-2009: By Suren NaidooDespite the global economic downturn, Africa's biggest annual travel trade show, Indaba, is expecting nothing less than "achieving at least last year's record figures of more than 12 00 (By Jan)...
South Africa: Lawyers Warn of Employers' Obligations to Staff During Pandemic Threat
Monday 04-May-2009: By Sanchia TemkinJohannesburg - AS THE swine flu outbreak spreads across the world, labour lawyers have said South African employers have a general obligation to provide a working environment that is (By Jan)...
Liberia: Catholic School Principal 'Rapes' - Goes Into Hiding
Saturday 09-May-2009: Reports reaching this paper revealed that the Principal of the St. Joseph Catholic High School in Yekepa, Nimba County, Frank Morgan, is on the run in connection with the alleged raping a 13 years old (By Jan)...
Mbeki to thank for Zimbabwe's political gains, says Tsvangirai
Saturday 09-May-2009: "Now we can sit down and laugh" Wilson JohwaZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday credited former president Thabo Mbeki for the formation of the country's unity government, who (By Jan)...
Chad: Clashes in East Hampering Aid Efforts, Says Senior UN Official
Saturday 09-May-2009: The recent clashes in eastern Chad are hindering the efforts of the United Nations and its partners to assist the hundreds of thousands of civilians taking refuge there, a senior peacekeeping official (By Jan)...
World: Governor declares emergency as fires rage
Friday 08-May-2009: By Robyn BeckSanta Barbara - Firefighters battled on Friday to get a grip on a wind-driven wildfire raging in California that has destroyed more than 70 houses and forced thousands to flee.The inferno (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zille's five-step plan for Zuma
Friday 08-May-2009: Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday welcomed an undertaking by President-in-waiting Jacob Zuma to start a new chapter in relations between the government and the opposition.In her weekly (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Police Grill INEC Staff Ove Bribe in Ekiti Polls
Friday 08-May-2009: By Chuks OkochaAbuja - More revelations emerged yesterday on the N250 million bribe rocking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the Ekiti State governorship rerun.The 31 workers (By Jan)...
South Africa: Black Police Officer accused of rape of under-age girl continues to work
Friday 08-May-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA Mariannhill police constable who is accused of raping a teenager has not been suspended and police management say they are willing to have him transferred to another police stati (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zuma wants tapes kept under wraps
Thursday 07-May-2009: President-in-waiting Jacob Zuma does not want the evidence that led to his release to be made public. But the ANC president may struggle to keep all the tape recordings that persuaded prosecuting head (By Jan)...
Africa: Burundi regime denies rearing militia
Thursday 07-May-2009: Bujumbura - Burundi's presidential party on Thursday denied opposition allegations it was rearing a militia ahead of 2010 elections.On Tuesday, the country's main opposition group Frodebu accused Pres (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: MDC Gives Tsvangirai, Mugabe Ultimatum
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - ZIMBABWE's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has given President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai an ultimatum to resolve issues fuelling inf (By Jan)...
South Africa: CPUT protest turns violent
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Natasha JosephRiot police and students clashed violently at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology's (CPUT) Bellville campus on Wednesday as protests over service delivery, facilities and fees (By Jan)...
South Africa: SA arrests Vietnamese fishermen
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Ten Vietnamese fisherman were arrested on Tuesday in South Africa after staging a mutiny onboard their vessel and taking the captain hostage for several days, police said.The vessel, registered on a s (By Jan)...
Ghana: Ashanti Queen, K'si Traders in Show of Power
Monday 04-May-2009: By Sebastian R. FreikuKumasi - NANA AGYAKOMA Dufie, Queenmother of Mampong in the Ashanti Region, has clashed with a group of traders in Kumasi, over the acquisition of a parcel of land belonging to t (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mthatha man held for wife's murder
Sunday 10-May-2009: A 39-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his wife at Sibangweni outside Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the murder took place o (By Jan)...
South Africa: Durban doctors threaten to strike
Friday 08-May-2009: By Heinz de BoerSeveral hundred doctors across the greater Durban region are expected to begin lunch-time placard demonstrations on Friday in the run-up to what could become a national strike that has (By Jan)...
Rwanda: Intensive Search for Gold Continues
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Eddie MukaayaKigali - Statistics show that gold contributed $0.3 million (Rwf170 million) to the mineral revenues in 2007 compared to $1million (Rwf568 million) last year.The Ministry of Natural Re (By Jan)...
South Africa: Police launch manhunt for murder suspect
Thursday 07-May-2009: A man arrested for allegedly killing a police officer has escaped from the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court, the authorities said on Thursday.Muzi Richard Mkhatshwa overpowered a police officer at the (By Jan)...
South Africa: Police pounce on ATM suspect in Soweto
Thursday 07-May-2009: A man has been arrested while allegedly trying to bomb an ATM at a taxi rank in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Thursday, Johannesburg police said."We reacted to a reported ATM bombing in progress, and arrested (By Jan)...
Election 2009: ANC MPs sing, dance on Zuma election
Wednesday 06-May-2009: ANC parliamentarians sang and danced in the aisles of the National Assembly on Wednesday as they prepared to celebrate the confirmation of party leader Jacob Zuma as president of South Africa.At one p (By Jan)...
South Africa: Motorists foil robbery
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Two Pretoria motorists on their way to work have foiled a burglary and caught two suspects.The arrests took place on Tuesday when the motorists, who had stopped at an intersection in Monument Park, be (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mathe's DNA found in his victims - expert
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Baldwin NdabaThe evidence linking rape and robbery accused Annanias Mathe's DNA to the rape of seven women who testified against him in the Johannesburg High Court was 100 percent correct, a forens (By Jan)...
[Pic] [Humor] S.Africa: Coloured Comedian: 19 reasons why South African Coloureds can't be terrorists...
Tuesday 05-May-2009: [This is hillarious. This pretty much describes Coloureds! Jan] (Photo) Why coloureds can't be terrorists: by MARK LOTTERING 1. Ons is altyd laat (We are always late). We would have missed a (By Jan)...
Africa: State pledges more to protect albinos
Monday 04-May-2009: Dar Es Salaam - Authorities in Tanzania, under fire for failure to stem a tide of witchcraft-related murders of albinos, on Monday pledged more protection of people with albinism.Rights groups have bl (By Jan)...
South Africa: Tussle in Ruling ANC Over Future Cabinet Role for Motlanthe
Monday 04-May-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - A BEHIND-the-scenes tussle in the African National Congress (ANC) on the future of President Kgalema Motlanthe is closely tied to an early start to the ruling party's pre (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Amnesty International Kicks Against Death Penalty for Kidnappers
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Chidi NkwoparaAmnesty International (AI) has condemned the Law passed by Imo State House of Assembly, stipulating death penalty for anyone convicted for kidnapping or whose premises was used by a k (By Jan)...
Mozambique: U.S. Oil Company Optimistic About Rovuma Basin
Saturday 09-May-2009: Houston - Experts of the American oil company Anadarko remain optimistic that they will find oil in the Rovuma basin near the Mozambican border with Tanzania.They told a group of Mozambican journalist (By Jan)...
Country Praised for Successful Military Exercise
Friday 08-May-2009: Luanda - The chief of General Staff of Swaziland Defence Forces, lieutenant general Subanto Dlamini, Wednesday in Manzini, praised the Angolan Government for the successful holding of military Map Exe (By Jan)...
Rwanda: Genocide Fugitive Discovered Working As a Priest in Italy
Friday 08-May-2009: By Felly KimenyiKigali - Barely a month after unearthing an alleged mastermind of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, human rights watchdog, Africa Rights, last night released yet another report on a (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cop critical after attempted hijacking
Friday 08-May-2009: A police officer is in a critical condition in hospital on Thursday night after he was shot when armed robbers tried to hijack his vehicle.Police spokesperson Inspector Kym Cloete said four armed men (By Jan)...
Burundi: A Sharing Approach to Land Disputes
Thursday 07-May-2009: Bujumbura - Returning to Burundi after years as a refugee in Tanzania, Jonas Saya knew it would be difficult to reclaim his land from former neighbours who had settled on it."I wanted my children to g (By Jan)...
Horrific: South Africa: Major Bank says: Property Hit By Biggest Fall in 23 Years - My past predictions
Thursday 07-May-2009: [South Africa's property market is in severe pain, as is our job market. The numbers are horrific. In Africa, because the population grows a lot, it is abnormal for property prices to start the same a (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Activists Are Not Guilty, Says Lawyer
Thursday 07-May-2009: Harare - THE indictment of MDC activists -- accused of recruiting people for purposes of banditry and terrorism -- for trial at the High Court did not in any way undermine the power-sharing agreement (By Jan)...
Somalia: Al Shabaab to 'Continue War' Even If African Union Withdraws
Thursday 07-May-2009: Islamist hardliners in southern Somalia have vowed that the ongoing war will continue whether or not African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) withdraw from Somalia, Radio Garowe reports.Sheikh Hassan Yakub (By Jan)...
Zim: State wants to re-detain all 18 abductees
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Highlights the fact that the MDC have no real power in this unity government By Violet GondaAfter being illegally abducted, tortured and spending months in horrendous prison cells, the state i (By Jan)...
South Africa: Bee disease puts fruit exports at risk
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Hundreds of thousands of South African bees are at risk from a disease sweeping through hives and posing a threat to fruit and vegetable farming in the country, an industry expert said on Tuesday.The (By Jan)...
South Africa: Young and Politically Full of Fun
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Sibongakonke ShobaJohannesburg - THE youth will play a big role in deciding whether the African National Congress (ANC) retains its two-thirds majority and which party becomes the official oppositi (By Jan)...
South Africa: Namibians held after spate of robberies
Friday 08-May-2009: A 14-man house robbery syndicate has been nabbed following an intense investigation by Western Cape police, spokesperson Captain Fredrick van Wyk said on Friday.The 14 suspects - all Namibian national (By Jan)...
Africa: Violence erupts in Chad
Friday 08-May-2009: Nairobi/N'Djamena - Heavy fighting has broken out in the east of Chad despite government claims that it had repelled a rebel attack.Both the government and the rebel Union of Resistance Forces claimed (By Jan)...
Africa: Teach Africa Youth Forum Attracts Thousands of Houston Students
Friday 08-May-2009: More than 1,500 Houston students are expected to participate in the Teach Africa™ Youth Forum on Monday, May 11. The event is sponsored by The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, Di (By Jan)...
World: Indian voters flock to polls for final round
Thursday 07-May-2009: New Delhi - India's marathon elections entered the home straight on Thursday, with millions voting in a fourth round of polling that saw the two main parties going head to head in a number of key swin (By Jan)...
South Africa: Rapists allegedly attack same woman twice
Thursday 07-May-2009: Moments after raping a Pretoria woman, her attackers turned on her again in a rage as she tried to free her boyfriend, who had been made to watch the ordeal.The couple had stopped at a traffic light i (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Crime Busting With CCTVs
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Lagos - The leadership of the House of Representat-ives recently directed that surveillance cameras be installed in the offices of the members of the House of Representatives. The new technological de (By Jan)...
Africa: Taylor turned down by judges
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Aaron Gray-BlockAmsterdam - Judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone ruled on Monday against a defence request to acquit former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war crimes charges.The defen (By Jan)...
Botswana: What Will They Bank On Now?
Monday 04-May-2009: Francistown - Drawn the patina of success led by the mining sector in Botswana's second city, financial institutions - especially banks - eagerly set up branches in Francistown. But what now that the (By Jan)...
World: Iraqis demand death penalty for US soldier
Saturday 09-May-2009: Iraqis called for the execution of former US soldier Steven Dale Green, who faces the death penalty after being convicted of raping an Iraqi teenager and murdering the girl and her family.Relatives an (By Jan)...
World: Mob burns suspected robbers
Saturday 09-May-2009: Ecuador - Police say an angry mob dragged two suspected robbers from a police station in Ecuador and burned them to death.A police statement says the crowd of about 800 people also set fire to the sta (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man arrested for Boschkop couple's murder
Saturday 09-May-2009: A man was arrested for the murder of a Boschkop farmer and his wife in the MNS location in Witbank on Friday, Gauteng police said.Sergeant Miranda Stoltz said members of the psychology investigation u (By Jan)...
Somalia: Japan Journalist's Surprise Visit to Puntland Capital
Friday 08-May-2009: By Yusuf M. HassanGarowe - He drove for a long distance in northern Somalia without trouble - and without soldiers. For police officers in Puntland, a regional autonomy in northeastern Somalia, his st (By Jan)...
South Africa: Farmers' alleged killer in court
Thursday 07-May-2009: The case against a Lesotho citizen arrested in connection with the murder of two Free State farmers was postponed in the Viljoenskroon Magistrate's Court, a police spokesperson said on Thursday.Moeket (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - Senate Summons Oil Minister, NNPC GMD, Others
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Sule Lazarus And Otei OhamAbuja - Senate on Tuesday summoned Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (By Jan)...
Nigeria: What Did Govt Do to Release Pirate Hostages in Somalia?
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Ten months after ten Nigerians were captured on the high seas by Somali pirates, neither the ship nor its crew have been located. The ship had just been purchased newly by a Nigerian business concern, (By Jan)...
Science: Bees infected by killer disease
Monday 04-May-2009: Millions of bees have caught a highly infectious disease which is threatening fruit export markets and honey production in the Western Cape."Most infected colonies have to be destroyed... this is sort (By Jan)...
Zim: Harare targets African credit lines
Monday 04-May-2009: Loans to shore up Zimbabwe's bankrupt unity government By Tom Burgis in Johannesburg and William Wallis in LondonAfrican states and institutions are raising hundreds of millions of dollars in (By Jan)...
South Africa: MP's warned to behave
Sunday 10-May-2009: Newly appointed ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga has threatened to crack the whip on ruling party MPs for cruelly heckling opposition parliamentarians.The claws were out in the National Assembly on We (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Wants to Cut Electoral Commission Powers
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Sufuyan OjeifoAbuja - As part of his proposed laws aimed at implementing the electoral reforms programmes, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is seeking to reduce the powers of the Independent National (By Jan)...
Rwanda: South Africa's Democracy Instructive
Sunday 10-May-2009: Kigali - Yesterday, Jacob Zuma, was sworn in as South Africa's President. What is instructive is the peaceful transition that South Africans have allowed themselves. Whereas peaceful transitions shoul (By Jan)...
Africa: UN peacekeeper killed in Darfur
Saturday 09-May-2009: Khartoum - A UN peacekeeper was shot dead and his car stolen by unknown gunmen in the South Darfur state capital Nyala, a spokesperson for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said on Frida (By Jan)...
Rwanda: Unifem Pledges Support to Army Against Gender Violence
Saturday 09-May-2009: By Robert MugabeKigali - Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Wednesday commended the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) in its fight against gender-based violence an (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: IMF Lifts Ban on Technical Aid But Not Funding
Friday 08-May-2009: Harare - THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicated yesterday that Zimbabwe was still far from securing much-needed international financial support, suggesting the country needed to first establi (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mob blamed after fatal beatings
Friday 08-May-2009: Two suspected gang members were killed in Pefferville, East London, allegedly by a mob, police said on Friday.A crowd of about 200 people from Duncan Village allegedly chased the two men and caught on (By Jan)...
Liberia: Gov't of Petty Criminals - Liberty Party
Friday 08-May-2009: Monrovia - Cllr. Charles Brumskine’s Liberty Party, reacting to the ongoing debate over the contested .52m seized from a Nigerian on claims it is drug money, has equated the Government to “ (By Jan)...
South Africa: Horror road accident claims fourth sibling
Thursday 07-May-2009: 'They were beautiful. They were wonderful. They loved life and they brought joy and smiles to all our lives."These were the words Marie van Schalkwyk had for her four nieces who were killed when their (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man arrested for robbing Sassa offices
Thursday 07-May-2009: A 30-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery at the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices in Johannesburg, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the man (By Jan)...
Policeman Who Killed Striker Under Arrest
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Maputo - The policeman who opened fire on 29 April against striking building workers at the site of Mozambique's new national stadium, in the outer Maputo suburb of Zimpeto, has been detained, reports (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Cool reception for COPE members
Wednesday 06-May-2009: New MPs for the Congress of the People received a cool welcome from the African National Congress benches in the National Assembly on Wednesday.When COPE leaders and former senior ANC members Mbhazima (By Jan)...
South Africa: Most readers forced to change spending habits
Wednesday 06-May-2009: The world is in the middle of an economic crisis,which is forcing many consumers and businesses to curb their spending.The current economic crisis has seen the business sector,most notably the banking (By Jan)...
South Africa: Ten held for piracy
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Ten Vietnamese nationals were arrested on Tuesday following a mutiny on a fishing vessel outside Cape Town's Table Bay harbour, police said.The police's special task force was flown in from Pretoria. (By Jan)...
South Africa: Boeremag chief cracks up in court
Tuesday 05-May-2009: South Africa's most expensive criminal proceeding - the Boeremag treason trial - for which the taxpayer has forked out more than R20-million thus far, was again in session for less than 30 minutes (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Zanu PF Official Faces Rape Charges
Monday 04-May-2009: By Sandra MandizvidzaMASHONALAND Central Zanu PF youth league chairman Dougmore Chimukoko is set to appear at Harare Provincial magistrates' Court facing attempted rape and several other charges.Chimu (By Jan)...
Election 2009: High hopes as MPs gather
Monday 04-May-2009: Preparations began before dawn on Monday to welcome members of South Africa's fourth Parliament for a session likely to be more robust than the last thanks to a reinforced opposition presence.An army (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zuma announces new cabinet
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Phumza MacandaTrevor Manuel has been appointed to head a powerful new planning body, keeping the former finance minister at the heart of policy-making in a decision likely to please investors.Presi (By Jan)...
South Africa: Positive reaction to Zuma's first speech
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Carien Du Plessis and Xolani MbanjwaPresident Jacob Zuma's first official speech after his inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria yesterday has elicited positive reactions from friend and (By Jan)...
Somalia: Heavy Fighting Continues Into Fourth Day
Sunday 10-May-2009: Mogadishu - At least ten people were killed and more than thirty others were injured in heavy fighting between pro government Islamic Courts forces and Islamist rebels in Mogadishu, witnesses said on (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Abuja Land - El-Rufai's Trial Suffers Setback
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Ise-Oluwa Ige and Ikechukwu NnochimTHE trial of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged re-allocation of re (By Jan)...
South Africa: Unemployment rate rise to 23,5%
Thursday 07-May-2009: Growing unemployment will make it difficult for the ANC to meet its target of halving unemployment and poverty within the first two decades of freedom, Cosatu said on Wednesday."The incoming ANC gover (By Jan)...
Nigeria: FG Shifts Gas Flare-Out Deadline to 2011
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Hector Igbikiowubo And Yemie AdeoyeTexas - The Federal Government has shifted the gas flare-out deadline to December 31, 2011 for the umpteenth time, five months after the expiration of the Decembe (By Jan)...
Sudan: South Africa Threatens to Arrest Bashir
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - SA FACES a diplomatic dilemma. It invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to president-elect Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday, but hopes he will stay away as the g (By Jan)...
Africa: Sudan keeps a close eye on Chad
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Ndjamena - Chad rebels have entered the country from Sudan and were on Tuesday closing in on the strategic town of Goz Beida, government spokesperson Mahamat Hissene said."The rebels have been inside (By Jan)...
Science: 'Swine flu could return with a vengeance'
Monday 04-May-2009: Mexico City - The World Health Organisation chief warned on Monday that swine flu could return with a vengeance despite Mexico's President Felipe Calderon insisting his country has contained the epide (By Jan)...
Somalia: Presidential Security Forces 'Sell Armed Trucks' to Al Shabaab
Monday 04-May-2009: Somali government security forces aboard four armed trucks escaped from the Villa Somalia presidential compound on Friday with the goal of selling their weaponry to Islamist hardliners, Radio Garowe r (By Jan)...
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Monday 04-May-2009: [I am catching up on really old news items. This is from early last year. A reader send this to us. Jan] Ivan Toms, gay rights activist and founder of "The End Conscription Campaign", who detered w (By Jan)...
World: Police find bodies dumped in Mexico
Monday 04-May-2009: Acapulco, Mexico - Police say they found 11 bodies dumped around a southern Mexican state, including seven wrapped in plastic bags and thrown off a bridge.Guerrero state police say the bodies of five (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Many Feared Dead As Violence Erupts in Rivers Community
Sunday 10-May-2009: By Jimitota OnoyumeSEVERAL lives were feared lost yesterday in violence at Umuechem community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The cause was a chieftaincy tussle. Community sources told (By Jan)...
South Africa: Foiled By Phantom Roads to Nowhere
Friday 08-May-2009: By Ernest MabuzaJohannesburg - Court hears that a decades-old plan 'sterilises' land use today.IN 1978, the old Transvaal authorities mapped out a hypothetical road network for the province, determini (By Jan)...
South Africa: Blue light driver charged over N3 shooting
Friday 08-May-2009: By Sherlissa Peters"Blue-light" VIP escort Hlanganani Nxumalo is due to stand trial in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on July 16. Nxumalo, a member of the VIP protection unit and a police consta (By Jan)...
Africa: Obama Proposes Massive Global Health Initiative
Friday 08-May-2009: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.Washington, DC - The United States is launching a six-year global health initiative that will help some of the poorest regions of the world fight health challenges that ki (By Jan)...
Burkina Faso: 'Pleasure Hospital' for Genital Mutilation Victims
Friday 08-May-2009: Bobo-Dioulasso - Construction has begun of West Africa's first clinic for reconstructing clitorises for victims of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Amid high demand, the US non-profit Clitor (By Jan)...
South Africa: More Plusses Than Minuses on Anglo
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Ben TemkinJohannesburg - ANGLO American (Anglo) published its production report for the first quarter of this year on Thursday. As Anglo is one of the counters in the Private Investor portfolio, I' (By Jan)...
Southern Africa: Army Chief Arrives in Mbabane
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Mbabane - The chief of staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, general Francisco Pereira Furtado, arrived this Tuesday afternoon in Mbabane, Kingdom of Swaziland, where he will attend the discussions of th (By Jan)...
South Africa: Three to appear in court for armed robbery
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Three men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a tavern in Whiteville, Benoni police said.Constable Godin Nyathi said the men, aged between 20 and 30, accosted a tavern own (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe teachers call off strike
Tuesday 05-May-2009: "Many schools do not have roofs or doors or windows" Teachers in Zimbabwe have called off a strike despite their wage demands not being met, while the government has slashed school fees for th (By Jan)...
South Africa: Criminal hands out warning
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Thabo ModishaSandile Buthelezi was once a notorious robber, thief and drug addict in White City Jabavu, but now he spends his days giving motivational talks to school pupils.On Monday, he spoke to (By Jan)...
South Africa: Two die in hail of bullets
Monday 04-May-2009: By Niemah DavidsKraaifontein police have launched a huge manhunt for four suspects after the death of two of their colleagues in a hail of bullets.Described by a colleague on Sunday, as "dedicated and (By Jan)...
Africa: Pirates caught in Spanish legal red tape
Sunday 10-May-2009: Madrid - Seven suspected Somali pirates detained earlier this week by a Spanish navy ship were stuck in legal no-man's land Sunday after Madrid rejected a Spanish judge's order to release them.Spain's (By Jan)...
World: Iran court hears jailed US reporter's appeal
Sunday 10-May-2009: TEHRAN May 10 Sapa-AFP(PICTURE)An Iranian court began hearing an appeal on Sunday by jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi who has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of spying for t (By Jan)...
Zim: MDC-M suspends three MPs and three others including Job Sikhala
Saturday 09-May-2009: "We start doing twice what Zanu PF was doing" By Tichaona SibandaThe MDC-M, under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, has suspended three of its MPs for allegedly ‘push (By Jan)...
South Africa: Guests arrive for inauguration
Saturday 09-May-2009: CARIEN DU PLESSIS and XOLANI MBANJWAPolitical BureauGuests are trickling into the amphitheatre at the Union Building in an overcast Pretoria with about four hours to go before the start of the inaugur (By Jan)...
Chad: Urgent International Action Needed to Prevent Humanitarian Crisis
Saturday 09-May-2009: Amnesty International is calling on all parties to the conflict in eastern Chad not to attack civilians or place them at risk. As the UN Security Council meets to discuss the crisis in Chad today, Amn (By Jan)...
Africa: Angola denied entry to genocide suspects
Saturday 09-May-2009: Luanda - Angolan authorities this week denied entry to 19 people suspected of taking part in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, an independent weekly reported on Friday.According to Novo Jornal, the suspects w (By Jan)...
Rwanda: Report On Habyarimana's Plane Shooting Down Ready
Saturday 09-May-2009: Kigali - The committee of independent experts set up by Rwandan government to inquire into the attack which cost the life on 6 April 1994 of President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his Burundian counterpar (By Jan)...
Election 2009: ANC slams 'pale male' W Cape executive
Saturday 09-May-2009: The male-dominated executive council announced by Western Cape premier Helen Zille was a "disgrace" and a slap in the face for women, tripartite alliance partners said on Friday."Her cabinet could not (By Jan)...
Election 2009: ANC heckles Zille at council of provinces
Friday 08-May-2009: A day after ANC MPs heckled COPE's new parliamentarians during the first sitting of the National Assembly, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille was given a dose of the same treatment by ruling party membe (By Jan)...
Africa: Four killed in Somali fighting
Friday 08-May-2009: Mogadishu - At least four people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday in clashes between Islamist forces backing the Somali government and fighters of a hardline Islamist group, officials said.T (By Jan)...
China gives $10 mln to Zimbabwe
Thursday 07-May-2009: Half of it directly into the state coffers Lusaka - China has given 10 million dollars to Zimbabwe, half of it directly into the state coffers, to help boost the country's troubled economy, a (By Jan)...
Sudan: Facing Arrest, Bashir Stays Away From South Africa
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Katy GabelCape Town - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend South African President-elect Jacob Zuma's inauguration Saturday, a top South African official said at a media briefing Thurs (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mother sues over school shooting
Wednesday 06-May-2009: The Western Cape Education MEC is facing yet another action in the Cape High Court - this time from the mother of a Bonteheuwel High School pupil shot by a fellow pupil in a maths lesson nearly three (By Jan)...
Africa: Judge seeks probe of three African leaders
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Paris - A French judge has decided to investigate three African heads of state for money laundering and other alleged crimes linked to their wealth in France.The probe follows a complaint by Transpare (By Jan)...
Africa: Burundi child soldiers stage mutiny
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Bujumbura - Hundreds of former child soldiers for Burundi rebels staged a mutiny at a demobilisation camp to demand better conditions, an official said on Tuesday.Some 340 child soldiers from the Nati (By Jan)...
Election 2009: SA's sexiest politician can dance, too
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Jacob Zuma is South Africa's sexiest politician, while Julius Malema might struggle for a date, according to a survey released on Monday."The snap survey, measuring personality appeal beyond rhetoric (By Jan)...
East Africa: Scribes Appeal for More Media Freedom
Monday 04-May-2009: By Robert MugabeKigali - A two-day conference of regional media practitioners ended in Kigali yesterday with an appeal for their governments to embrace media freedom.According to the declaration relea (By Jan)...
South Africa: Dead, but his debt lives on
Sunday 10-May-2009: Despite the champagne, the hype and the glitterati, one thing is certain - the millions raised from one of South Africa's biggest art auctions will not meet the debts Kebble owed on the night of his d (By Jan)...
Africa: Kenya-ADB - Mombasa-Nairobi Electricity Transmission - Approval of $ 75 Million ADB Loan
Saturday 09-May-2009: The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Wednesday in Tunis approved a loan of 50 million Units of Accounts, equivalent to US$ 75 million, to finance the Mombasa-Nairobi electricity t (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe journalist's bail application postponed
Friday 08-May-2009: Tried to serve the AG's office the bail papers, but an officer refused them By Violet GondaA High Court Judge has postponed the bail application of journalist Shadreck Manyere, MDC Director of (By Jan)...
South Africa: Refugees Fear Another Winter in Camps
Friday 08-May-2009: By Francis Hweshe and Molly RaischMore than 400 refugees still in safe shelters following 2008's xenophobic attacks are concerned about their deteriorating living conditions and the approaching winter (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cape's 2010 R90m deal probed
Friday 08-May-2009: By Natasha Joseph and Raymond JosephThe Auditor-General is investigating a R90-million contract between an American-owned and operated company and the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public W (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Senate On Border Incursions
Friday 08-May-2009: Lagos - Senate's recent decision, calling for the deployment of armed personnel to curb incessant border incursions into the country from Benin Republic is commendable but must be reinforced by other (By Jan)...
South Africa: Rape accused to remain in jail
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Botho MolosankweA doctor accused of sexually assaulting two of his patients, who were rape victims, will await his trial behind bars.On Tuesday, Ninadu Mafulu, a 49-year-old district surgeon from H (By Jan)...
South Africa: ANCYL apologises for embarrassing the party
Tuesday 05-May-2009: The African National Congress Youth League on Tuesday apologised for embarrassing the ruling party in its reaction to Nomvula Mokonyane being appointed as Gauteng premier."We apologise unconditionally (By Jan)...
Africa: Sharing Knowledge to Improve Lives
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Johannesburg - The theme of the third biennial Knowledge Management Africa (KMA) conference, which opened Monday in the capital of Senegal, is lofty - "knowledge to reposition Africa in the world econ (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Why Fuel Scarcity May Persist
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Shaka Momodu And Patrick UgehLagos/Abuja - Any hope for a quick return to normalcy from the crippling fuel crisis may be dashed as THISDAY investigation has revealed that marketers who were hithert (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Zambia Donates 9 000 Tonnes Maize
Monday 04-May-2009: Bulawayo - PRESIDENT MUGABE has thanked Zambia for being an all-weather friend to Zimbabwe in times of need.The President was speaking at a joint Press conference with the Zambian leader in Bulawayo, (By Jan)...
Africa: Tandja meets rebels, propose amnesty
Monday 04-May-2009: Niamey - Niger President Mamadou Tandja has promised amnesty to Tuareg rebels if they disarmed after meeting them for peace talks for the first time."For a long time we have asked them to put down the (By Jan)...
South Africa: New Faces to Run Western Province
Monday 04-May-2009: The winners and losers in the Western Cape will face off in the provincial legislature on Wednesday when Helen Zille is sworn in as premier.The provincial ANC, humbled by its polls performance, will b (By Jan)...
World: Obama plans crackdown on business taxes
Monday 04-May-2009: Washington - President Barack Obama plans to propose changes to tax policy certain to be unpopular with corporations with international divisions and individuals who use tax havens. Obama also plans t (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zuma Appoints Taxman as New Finance Minister
Sunday 10-May-2009: Pretoria - Newly inaugurated President Jacob Zuma has named Pravin Gordhan as the country's new finance minister.Nhlanhla Nene remains as Deputy Minister of Finance.Mr Gordhan, not a member of parliam (By Jan)...
World: Swine flu death toll on the rise
Sunday 10-May-2009: San Jose - The death toll from swine flu has topped 50 as Costa Rica reported its first fatality from the virus and Japan and Norway joined a growing list of nations with confirmed cases.Costa Rican H (By Jan)...
South Africa: DA dumps city partner
Sunday 10-May-2009: The City of Cape Town's ruling coalition, led by the DA, is to dump the ACDP and install its own deputy mayor.The move is unlikely to affect the balance of power as the DA and its other coalition part (By Jan)...
South Africa: Cops track down suspected hijackers
Friday 08-May-2009: Three hijackers, suspected to have been involved in a series of car robberies on Gauteng's East Rand, have been arrested, police said on Friday."Benoni police arrested three most wanted hijackers invo (By Jan)...
Obama's SOS to Gulf emirs: Invest in US and global economies
Friday 08-May-2009: A secret American delegation was sent by US President Barack Obama this week to solicit Saudi Arabian and other Gulf rulers for hundreds of billions of petro-dollars of investment in the US and global (By Gairk)...
South Africa: Pal held for 'bribe' to get closer to Zuma
Thursday 07-May-2009: A prominent Durban businessman was sitting in police cells in Pretoria on Thursday after being arrested for allegedly offering a bribe to a government official to secure a prime seat at President-in-w (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Terrorism Suspects Granted Bail
Thursday 07-May-2009: Harare - THE High Court yesterday granted Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and 15 other suspects bail following their indictment for trial on charges of recruiting people for military tr (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Senate Debates Land Use Act Amendment Bill
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Sufuyan OjeifoAbuja - The Senate yesterday commenced debate on the general principles (second reading) of the Land Use Act (Amendment) Bill.President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua had in the bill sent to the (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man sustained 19 stab wounds - police
Thursday 07-May-2009: A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death, allegedly by his four friends, in Kwamsane, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.Constable Jabulani Mdletshe said four suspects were arrested for allegedly sta (By Jan)...
World: Indian elections enter final stretch
Thursday 07-May-2009: New Delhi, India - India kicks off the penultimate round of its marathon general election on Thursday, with the two main parties going head to head in a series of key races that could swing the final (By Jan)...
Election 2009: Zuma chosen as president
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Wendell RoelfSouth Africa's parliament elected ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma as the country's fourth post-apartheid president on Wednesday.Zuma, 67, was challenged in the vote by Mvume Dandala of th (By Jan)...
South Africa: 'Hospital turned my sick children away'
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Red Cross Children's Hospital has launched an investigation after an Athlone mother of four lodged a complaint that she was turned away and told to seek help elsewhere for her sick children.An upset Z (By Jan)...
Zim: Journalists protest re-arrests and boycott govt media conference
Wednesday 06-May-2009: "Impossible to participate when human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targets of repression” By Violet GondaThe re-arrests of political and human rights activists has sparked (By Jan)...
South Africa: Man killed during robbery
Monday 04-May-2009: A 27-year-old man was shot dead during an armed robbery in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.Superintendent Henry Budhram said Siyabonga Mkhize and his girlfriend were walking alon (By Jan)...
Africa: Zimbabwe orders schools to slash fees
Monday 04-May-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's government had ordered all state schools to slash their fees as it struggled with an economic crisis desperately crying out for massive foreign aid, the official Sunday Mail newspa (By Jan)...
Congo-Kinshasa: Amnesty Law for Eastern Militias
Sunday 10-May-2009: Kinshasa - MPs in the Democratic Republic of Congo have passed a law granting amnesty to militias in the east of the country.It will include "acts of war" committed since 2003 but does not offer amnes (By Jan)...
Zim: AG's office wants to charge Muchadehama
Saturday 09-May-2009: For allegedly facilitating the improper release of political prisoners Harare - The Attorney General's office is reportedly plotting to charge human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama for allegedl (By Jan)...
Somalia: Notorious Ex-Warlord Meets President
Friday 08-May-2009: A notorious former warlord in Somalia has met with interim President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in the capital Mogadishu, where discussions included support for the new government, Radio Garowe reports.Yusuf (By Jan)...
Uganda: CMI Land Not Sold to Sudhir - Minister
Friday 08-May-2009: By Milton OlupotKampala - DEFENCE minister Crispus Kiyonga has reaffirmed that city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia never acquired ownership of the prime land currently occupied by the Chieftaincy of Military (By Jan)...
South Africa: Zuma Scrambles to Settle Choice of Deputy
Friday 08-May-2009: By Karima Brown and Hajra OmarjeeJohannesburg - WITH just a day to go before Jacob Zuma becomes democratic SA's fourth president, top officials in the African National Congress (ANC) are still divided (By Jan)...
Rwanda: RDF Refutes Uganda Media Claims That It Violated Border
Friday 08-May-2009: By Moses GahigiKigali - Following reports in the Ugandan media alleging that members of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) cross into Ugandan territory with fire arms, the Military Spokesperson has come up t (By Jan)...
Angola: SADC Inspectors' Dossier Submitted to Defence Ministers Meeting
Thursday 07-May-2009: Manzini - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Defence and Security Sub-Committee analysed and submitted the dossier on admission of the regional body's Inspectors General workgroup into t (By Jan)...
Nigeria: 'Funding, Security, Bane of Oil, Gas Reform'
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuHouston, Texas - Major players in the Nigerian oil and gas sector yesterday expressed concern over the successful implementation of the oil sector reform policy, asserting that (By Jan)...
Africa: The AfDB 2009 Annual Meetings - A Climate Friendly Conference
Thursday 07-May-2009: On April 30, African Development Bank Vice President Zeinab El-Bakri announced "Our Annual meetings ... this year are officially carbon neutral." The Dakar meeting has been certified carbon neutral by (By Jan)...
Science: The silent killer in your arteries
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Michael KahnLondon - A United States research team said on Tuesday it had found evidence why some plaque build-ups in arteries may lead to heart attacks and stroke while others do not.A gene had be (By Jan)...
Central African Republic: Violence Continues to Drive Out Families
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Daha, Southern Chad - Aid agencies are racing to position food and other relief supplies for some 18,000 men, women and children from Central African Republic who fled to southern Chad, most of whom h (By Jan)...
World: Civilians die in Afghanistan battle
Wednesday 06-May-2009: Kabul - At least 30 civilians, and possibly more than 50, were killed in a battle that included US air strikes in Western Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday.Nazir Khetmat, head of the provincial (By Jan)...
Somalia: Islamic Courts Soldier Killed in Mogadishu
Tuesday 05-May-2009: Mogadishu - One soldier from the Islamic Courts Union was killed and four others were seriously injured in Mogadishu after Islamic Courts soldiers were attacked in between Black Sea and Bar Ubah neigh (By Jan)...
South Africa: Woman tried to poison child - police
Tuesday 05-May-2009: A woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to poison her child with cockroach bait in Matsolo, outside Nelspruit, Mpumalanga police said on Tuesday.Superintendent Abie Khoabane said police arreste (By Jan)...
South Africa: Game farmer dies in helicopter crash
Monday 04-May-2009: A 38-year-old KZN game farmer was killed when his helicopter crashed and caught fire at a game farm near Kenton on Sea on Sunday morning, Eastern Cape police said.Gordon de Beer, a well-known game own (By Jan)...
South Africa: Game farmer dies in helicopter crash
Monday 04-May-2009: A 38-year-old game farmer was killed when his helicopter crashed and caught fire at a game farm near Kenton on Sea on Sunday morning, Eastern Cape police said.Gordon de Beer, a well known game owner f (By Jan)...
World: Firefighters hope to contain devastating fire
Sunday 10-May-2009: Santa Barbara, California - Firefighters were headed for victory in their battle against a California wildfire on Sunday as a cool weather front allowed crews to tighten their grip on the blaze.After (By Jan)...
Chad: Aid Officials Weigh Return to Area Hit By Clashes
Saturday 09-May-2009: Dakar - UN officials in Chad are assessing whether it is safe for humanitarian staff to return to an area in the east where clashes this week between rebels and government forces forced out most aid w (By Jan)...
East Africa: Horn of Africa's Children At Risk From Triple Threat - Unicef
Saturday 09-May-2009: The lives of millions of children in the Horn of Africa are being threatened by chronic food insecurity, conflict and political instability, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today.Ne (By Jan)...
South Africa: Baby boy accompanies mother to jail
Friday 08-May-2009: A nine-month-old baby boy is to spend his first four years in prison with his mother who was jailed for murder and arson on Friday.Florence Chinedu, 35, was jailed for 17 years by Bellville Regional C (By Jan)...
South Africa: Crash causes city's 14th road death in a week
Thursday 07-May-2009: A motorist was killed and 11 people injured when a taxi driver, allegedly overtaking a car outside Pretoria, crashed into two cars and another taxi before bursting into flames.The smash brings the num (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Land Dispute - Court Adjourns Suit Against Momah
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Innocent AnabaAn Enugu State High Court, has adjourned till May 11, 2009, further hearing in the suit by Bomboy Chukwudi, who is challenging the alleged trespass on his plot of land in Old GRA Enug (By Jan)...
South Africa: Mother to sue for classroom shooting
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By A'eysha KassiemThe mother of the 14-year-old pupil who was shot in the classroom at Bonteheuwel High School on Thursday has threatened to take legal action against the school.Velma Pontello, mother (By Jan)...
Scholar Scoffs At Govt's Credit Crunch Response
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiUniversity of Botswana (UB) lecturer, Dr Baatlhodi Molatlhegi, says the government is not said how it is going to tackle the global economic crisis except on a piece meal basis.Ad (By Jan)...
South Africa: Woman counts herself lucky after escape
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Jade WittenA 60-year-old Somerset West woman has told the Cape Town Regional Court of her lucky escape after she was held at gunpoint and robbed inside her home.Carol Lemmer on Monday described the (By Jan)...
South Africa: Injured mom, daughters unaware of deaths
Tuesday 05-May-2009: A Pretoria twin and her older sister are fighting for their lives in hospital with their mother, unaware that their two sisters died with two other people in the horrific accident in which they were i (By Jan)...
South Africa: Joburg couple in flu quarantine 'just fine'
Tuesday 05-May-2009: By Kanina Foss and sapaThe Joburg couple who have been placed under an eight-day quarantine for swine flu in a Hong Kong hotel are doing fine, but are desperate to return home.Faghmi and Mari Abrahams (By Jan)...
Mozambique: 'Just Give Money to the Poor'
Monday 04-May-2009: By Mercedes SayaguesMaputo - Cash transfers are the new darlings of proponents of welfare programmes. Mexico, Brazil, Bangladesh, lately New York City, and about two dozen developing countries present (By Jan)...
South Africa: Another man held for Mayfair killing
Monday 04-May-2009: A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the robbery, kidnapping and killing of a Lenasia man, Gauteng police said on Monday.Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the man was arrested on Su (By Jan)...
Communiqué de le réunion consultative sur la situation à Madagascar
Monday 04-May-2009: 1. A l’initiative du Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine (UA), M. Jean Ping, et dans le prolongement des décisions pertinentes du Conseil de paix et de séc (By Jan)...
South Africa: Jailed drug trafficker's mom picks up pieces
Monday 04-May-2009: By Dasen ThathiahAnticipating a phone call to her daughter Tessa Beetge - who was convicted of drug trafficking in Brazil - helps Marie Swanepoel survive the long days.And barely days after Margate re (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Mend Issues Ultimatum to Navy
Monday 04-May-2009: Lagos - Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigeria Navy to return cash and fish allegedly stolen from fish trawlers as well as payment (By Jan)...
Nigeria: Mend Issues Ultimatum to Navy
Monday 04-May-2009: Lagos - Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigeria Navy to return cash and fish allegedly stolen from fish trawlers as well as payment (By Jan)...
Africa: Hostage captured in 2007 released: report
Monday 04-May-2009: Niamey, Niger - Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.The state television station broadcast images of Mamane Loua (By Jan)...
Science: Australia may toughen emission target
Monday 04-May-2009: By Rob TaylorCanberra - Australia's government put back its much-vaunted carbon-emissions trading scheme by a year on Monday, bowing to industry demands for more relief amid a recession while opening (By Jan)...
Africa: Chad, Sudan agree to stop attacks - officials
Monday 04-May-2009: Dubai - Chad and Sudan have agreed to halt violence against each other and refrain from using force to resolve their conflicts, Qatari and African officials said at the end of reconciliation talks in (By Jan)...
World: Obama warned about closing Guantanamo
Sunday 10-May-2009: Washington - Senator Kit Bond of Missouri, delivering the Republicans' weekly radio and internet address, said yesterday that President Barack Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo detention centre "i (By Jan)...
Somalia: Al Shabaab Base in Bakool Region Attacked
Sunday 10-May-2009: Unknown gunmen attacked an airstrip and a police station in a provincial capital in southwestern Somalia overnight Friday controlled by Islamist hardliners, Radio Garowe reports.The airstrip and the p (By Jan)...
South Africa: Three held in R300 000 heroin, dagga swoop
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachThree Tanzanian nationals are behind bars after they were allegedly found in possession of more than R300 000 worth of heroin and dagga. Close to a kilogram of heroin, 20g of dag (By Jan)...
South Africa: New Scenarios Challenge Citizens to Engage the State
Thursday 07-May-2009: By Hilary JoffeJohannesburg - IN 1991, in the midst of doubt about whether SA would achieve a political settlement, 22 politicians, activists, academics and business people sat down to think what SA m (By Jan)...
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Elected As New President
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By Bathandwa MbolaParliament - Jacob Zuma has been elected President of South Africa, after receiving the highest number of votes by Members of Parliament in the National Assembly.Chief Justice Pius L (By Jan)...
Ghana: Witchcraft Alarmists Will Face Prosecution
Wednesday 06-May-2009: By William N-Lanjerborr JalulahBongo - THE District Chief E