Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 23rd August 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 |
| The Bizarre discoveries of 21st Century science - Evolution & the Universe - The Secret Engine of all Life Monday 17-Aug-2009: I've been watching documentaries on various channels from Discovery to BBC, History & National Geographic and here are some bizarre, yet completely crucial concepts that scientists are discovering and (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: The White Farmers - an historical perspective Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the land (William Jennings (By Gairk)... |
| S.Africa: Lessons from my Work - Its hell - be glad if you left South Africa... Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Today I said goodbye to a good Afrikaans lady friend at my work. We had been close and had been through a lot together. It was really sad to say goodbye to her because both of us had moved to the same (By Jan)... | Brave reporter strives to report TRUTH Thursday 20-Aug-2009: I love this woman, She has guts! Ive only there were more reporters whome would be willing to report the TRUTH, and not the complete lies and filth their agencies and institutions want them to propoga (By JanOlifant)... |
| Requests to Jan Lamprecht to revive the word Kaffir - Nigger... My Workload, etc... Saturday 22-Aug-2009: I was inundated with requests and questions from my volunteers about a woman who wrote a piece about "reclaiming" the word Kaffir, which is the African version of Nigger. I was somewhat annoyed by (By Jan)... | USA: The Economic Meltdown - Where has the Stock Market Fear Gone? - Newsweek: The Decline of Britain & America Monday 17-Aug-2009: I was looking at the markets recently, especially the DOW Index. It is over 9,300. The crash started last year at 14,000. I was looking at the VIX fear index. It is very low now. The VIX is right back (By Jan)... |
| Francistown South; Elections Issues, Problems, Opportunities And Possible Solutions Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Cde. Dr. Elmon M TafaMost of the problems that bedevil Francistown South constituency are not very different from those of other towns in Botswana.In many ways they are similar to third world citie (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Reintroduction of Zimdollar - the Defence Friday 21-Aug-2009: Harare - RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe Governor DR GIDEON GONO, explains the benefits attendant to reintroducing the Zimbabwe dollar and challenges stakeholders to contribute to the debate. This article co (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Reform Does Not Mean Expropriation Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's remarks this week about ditching the willing buyer, willing seller policy to bring land prices down are little more than politicking and do (By Jan)... | South Africa: Land Reform - Same Problem, Different Approach Friday 21-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma's dilemma over what to do about land and agrarian reform is no different than it was for his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, but the approach of the country (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Sharing Money Important, But Not Enough - UN Rapporteur Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Fortune is pleased to take part in an unusual but very productive collaboration with other media outlets in Africa and Europe. Organized by www.afronline.com, and together with newspapers in Senegal, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Brave cops honoured Friday 21-Aug-2009: Fifteen Pretoria policemen have received bravery awards from a city community besieged by crime.The awards were presented to the 15 policemen, who are members of the elite National Hi-Tech Unit, Preto (By Jan)... |
| The REAL Reason for Gun Ownership Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Thanks Spiculum for finding this. The fact is, we are born Free men and women. Who do the government think they are, that they can control Free men and women from owning something that protects them.. (By JanOlifant)... | Uganda: Women Score High against Gender-Based Violence Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Evelyn Matsamura KiapiKampala - Women are celebrating a hard-won victory for gender rights after intense public protests led to today's re-arrest of the country's police boss - a self-confessed wif (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Fighting crime is becoming more challenging' Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Bianca CapazorioLaw enforcement officers in Cape Town now face a relentless threat from killers, with the latest casualty being a veteran Metro Police officer and father of three shot through the e (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Bank Chiefs to Remain in Custody, Says Anti-Crimes Body Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Omoh Gabriel, Emma Ujah, Kenneth Ehigiator, Prince Osuagwu and Emma OvuakporieThe drama and war of words over the sack of five banks' boards and managing directors; and the subsequent publication o (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Zimdollar Debate - More Than Simple Economics Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Tichaona ZindogaHarare - One thing shown by the interest elicited by the prospect of the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar, which has been "dead" for about half a year now after suffering the v (By Jan)... | South Africa: Address By President Jacob Zuma to the Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Angola Friday 21-Aug-2009: His Excellency Mr P Kassoma, Prime Minister of the Republic of Angola,Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly,Honourable Ministers,Honourable Members of Parliament,Members of the Diplomatic Corps, (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Whoever did this was cruel. They're cowards' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Jason WarnerThe shattered family of two brothers slain execution-style on Monday night gathered in their Bishop Lavis home on Tuesday, sharing cigarettes and reminiscing over old wedding photos.The (By Jan)... | Africa: Closing Address By President Jacob Zuma to the South Africa - Angola Business Forum Seminar Meeting; Luanda, Angola Friday 21-Aug-2009: Your Excellency Mr Kassoma, Prime Minister of the Republic of Angola,Your Excellencies, Ministers and Deputy Ministers,Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners,South African and Angolan b (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DRDGold Desperate to Reduce Costs as Gold Price Falls Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Charlotte MathewsMINER DRDGold would start discussions with trade unions on ways to adjust production at its Blyvooruitzicht underground mine to bring costs below R245000/kg, DRDGold CEO Niël (By Jan)... | Uganda: Prominent Critic Accuses Museveni of Genocide Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Kiwanuka LawrenceOn Saturday, August 22, 2009, Olara Otunnu, Uganda's most prominent diplomat, returns to the country of his birth after 24 years in exile. Below we reproduce an interview with Otun (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Taylor Did Not Have Control Over Those Who Travelled To Sierra Leone Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Alpha SesayAs Liberian President, Charles Taylor did not have any control over Liberian fighters who travelled to Sierra leone to join rebel forces there, and further, he expelled a British Nationa (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe heading for a Rwandan-style genocide? Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: [Alex Matthews on the unnerving parallels between the situation in the two countries.] Once upon a time there was an African country that after several years of instability seemed to be moving shak (By Gairk)... |
| Nigeria: If a Bank is Sick, the Signs Are Self-Evident, Says Sanusi Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Lagos - Few hours after the CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi announced the sack of the managing directors/chief executives as well as the executive directors of five banks; he exclusively spoke to t (By Jan)... | New mining minister ‘impatient' to get Zimbabwe going again Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Delays of up to five days By Martin CreamerNew Zimbabwe Minister of Mines and Mining Development Obert Mpofu, by his own admission, is "impatient" to get mining going again in embattled Zimbab (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two rape woman witness after shebeen killing Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Caryn DolleyMinutes after being held up in a Cape Town shebeen by three robbers who killed a fellow patron, a Kosovo, Samora Machel, woman hurried to her home nearby, then heard a knock at her door (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cape man's prison ordeal Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Karen BreytenbachDaniel Hoffman lodged his appeal 11 days after he was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for theft of goods valued at about R1 000, but it was to take six years for his appeal to (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Dossier Names Mugabe Party Perpetrators Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Caiphas ChimheteA confidential dossier prepared by the MDC-T's security department has implicated senior Zanu PF officials in cases of murder and political violence during last year's elections ami (By Jan)... | Somalia: Preparing for Battle in Mogadishu And Beyond Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Dr. Michael A. WeinsteinWith the cautious Western donor and military powers on the sidelines - with a foot gingerly pressed on the playing field - the stand-off between the African Union peacekeepi (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Unsolved murder of activist is reopened Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Fiona FordeIn a dramatic turnabout, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said it will consider investigating the mysterious murder of Dulcie September, 21 years after the ANC activist met h (By Jan)... | World: Bloody day in Baghdad Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Baghdad - Twin truck bombs killed 95 people and wounded almost 600 others in Baghdad's bloodiest day in 18 months on Wednesday, spurring Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to vow a security overhaul.The ex (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Sanctions - Officious Provocation Must End Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Reason WafawarovaHarare - ON the 12th of this month, Zanu-PF issued a statement about sanctions, clearly delivered like the surprise utterance of a coma patient, and the party's deputy spokesperson (By Jan)... | Zim: Interveiw: Morgan Tsvangirai on sharing power with Robert Mugabe Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: "Over a long period of time you start to develop some chemistry" David Smith in Harare What do you say to a man widely blamed for beating you, stealing your job and trying to have you thrown o (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops monitoring KZN malls closely Monday 17-Aug-2009: Police in KwaZulu-Natal are watching the spate of mall robberies in Gauteng and elsewhere, amid a warning that criminals may turn to other areas and targets as counter-measures harden there.Director J (By Jan)... | World: Nineteen dead in Russia car bomb attack Monday 17-Aug-2009: Nazran, Russia - A truck packed with explosives rammed through the gates of a police compound in southern Russia on Monday and exploded in an attack that killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens, (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Heavily armed hijackers held Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Graeme HoskenFour heavily armed hijackers who opened fire on police in a high-speed chase were nabbed when they lost control of their car and crashed.The car chase began when police from the Gauten (By Jan)... | Did Libyan Oil And Gas Play A Role In Releasing The Lockerbie Bomber? Saturday 22-Aug-2009: [This is appeasement, nothing more and nothing less. I find it to be quite ironic the far left suggests the West is always using war to go after Thrid World countries' oil and other natural resources (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Nigeria: Bank Debtors Get 7-Day Ultimatum Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Davidson Iriekpen, Akinwale Akintunde, Goddy Egene and Eromosele AbiodunLagos - Debtors owing the five troubled banks whose chief executives were axed last Friday by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CB (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Pay Up, Anti-Crimes Body Tells Bank Debtors Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Emma Ujah, Hector Igbikiowubo and Abdulwahab AbdulahThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday issued a seven-day ultimatum to all those who borrowed from the five banks whose ex (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] S.Africa: Would you ever trust ABSA bank again? Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: I received a letter from ABSA bank recently. Barclays bank recently bought a large share in it. I do much of my banking with ABSA, and I am a very good client. One day I got a letter from ABSA sug (By Jan)... | World: Iraq arrests senior security officers Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Baghdad - Iraq arrested 11 senior security officers on Thursday as public anger mounted after the government admitted that negligence at checkpoints led to 95 people being killed in two massive truck (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Mugabe diverts unity govt review Friday 21-Aug-2009: “This hype about Zuma's visit is a creation of the media. Zuma is here for the agricultural show and that will be that" Faith ZabaPresident Robert Mugabe this week used a meeting in Namibia (By Jan)... | Africa: Continent's Airlines Ill-Prepared for World Cup Friday 21-Aug-2009: Nairobi - African carriers will have to work harder to benefit from the 2010 World Cup bonanza in South Africa. While some of the continents' better performing airlines-- Ethiopian Airlines, Egypt Air (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Number Game, How Deep is the Hole in the Banks Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Omoh GabrielAs the controversy over the injection of funds into the five banks in the country continues to rage more facts are beginning to emerge. Available data from industry study as at March 20 (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Mugabe Diverts Unity Govt Review Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Faith ZabaHarare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe this week used a meeting in Namibia to brief regional leaders on the progress of the inclusive government in a pre-emptive strategy to defuse tension on t (By Jan)... |
| Gambia: Overwhelming Response to Presidential Call Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Assan Sallah, Alieu Ceesay And Musa NdowAs weeding takes centre stage in the farming arena, thousands of volunteers continue to descend on President Jammeh's farms to support in weeding the farms.T (By Jan)... | Zim: Mugabe could have some cause for concern over Zuma's visit to Dos Santos Monday 17-Aug-2009: Dos Santos and Mugabe have so far been major allies in the same camp in SADC Comment Peter Fabricius Does Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe regard President Zuma's state visit to Angola this (By Jan)... |
| World: Six cops, 59 shots and one dead man Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Bill PooveyChattanooga, Tennessee - Alonzo Heyward carried a rifle around his low-rent Chattanooga, Tennessee, neighbourhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas of frie (By Jan)... | Africa: Israel Turns Dubiously to the Continent Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre KlochendlerJerusalem - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been busy pursuing one aspect of the Obama Administration's agenda - carrying to Africa the U.S. message (By Jan)... |
| World: Security chiefs sacked after day of carnage Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Baghdad - Iraq arrested 11 senior security officers on Thursday as public anger mounted after the government admitted that negligence at checkpoints led to 95 people being killed in two massive truck (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Ndi Okereke, Chief Otedola, Odili Otudeko Among Top Debtors of Troubled Banks Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Lilian Agih, Mojeed Jamiu and Nnamdi MbadiweThe Central Bank of Nigeria last night published names of debtors of the five banks whose managing directors and chief executive officers were sacked by (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Wading in to Find Source of Malema's Minorities Rant Monday 17-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - GRAB a miner's lamp, a pair of wading boots and a gas mask and let's head for the sewers under Luthuli House, headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC). That, I suspect, is wh (By Jan)... | Hope Beyond Reason Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Salomo MushingaThis article is a tribute to all the heroes and heroines whose blood waters our freedom. On 26 August 2009, Namibia shall remember the brave deeds of men and women who have given up (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Akingbola Flees to UK Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Ayo Aminu, Efem Nkanga, Akinwale Akintunde and Yemi AkinsuyiLagos - Citing fears of harassment by the nation's security agencies, the sacked Group Managing Director of the Intercontinental Bank Plc (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Western Education Can't be Sin in This Century - Aliyu Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Akpandem James and Chiwendu NnadozieLagos - He had a very long day. But that is the routine of governors in Nigeria. They only know when they wake, not when they will go to bed. After the morning r (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Edochie - Counting the Cost of a Thespian's Ordeal Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Emmanuel Nzomiwu , Okey Maduforo and Darlington AbudaEnugu/Awka/Lagos - In recent time, the entire South East zone has witnessed high incidence of kidnap for ransom, to the point that the Nigerian (By Jan)... | Nigeria: If Militants Surrender One Gun, They'll Keep Five - Rita Lori-Ogbebor Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: You seem to be so much scared of the Niger Delta situation, why are you so afraid about what is going on in the creeks of the region.I am afraid, and I have been afraid for a very long time. I am afra (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Pagad to meet 'force with force' Saturday 22-Aug-2009: PAGAD says it is prepared to meet "force with force" and "violence with violence" as it once again mobilises across the Cape Flats to take on drug lords, gangsters and the state.The organisation is pr (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Boko Haram Threat is a Lapse in Our Security System, Says Ogbeha Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Chioma GabrielSenator Tunde Ogbeha, the former Military Administrator of Akwa-Ibom and Bendel States respectively, retired from the military as a Brigadier-General in 1993. He was a democratically (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zuma to focus on trade in Angola Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Luanda - South African President Jacob Zuma travels to Angola on Wednesday in a bid to strengthen ties between the continent's biggest economy and one of its top oil producers.It will be Zuma's first (By Jan)... | South Africa: Ructions as leaders vie for poll position Friday 21-Aug-2009: When the ANC top brass meets this weekend, the pressure will be on for deep introspection and bold decisions to ensure that it goes into its early elections campaign with a united front. This may not (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Bomber's lawyer 'disappointed' with judgment Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Jan Wagener, lawyer for apartheid policeman Wybrand du Toit, expressed disappointment on Tuesday at a Constitutional Court decision against his client.The highest court in the land dismissed a bid by (By Jan)... | Liberia: Secretary Clinton's Address to Liberian National Legislature Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Monrovia - The full text of remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a joint session of the Liberian National Legislature on August 13, 2009:SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: U.S. Army Prepares for Country's Possible Break-Up Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - The United States military had, in May 2008, conducted a war games test called Unified Quest 2008, to ascertain how its military might respond to a war in parts (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Distrust of Judicial System Leads to Spread of Vigilantism and Lynching Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Héritier MailaLubumbashi - Lack of confidence in the legal system of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has prompted a spate of vigilante justice, provoking alarm among law enforcers.Patrick Ya (By Jan)... |
| The "Zimdollar:" Dead, but still used for bus fare Monday 17-Aug-2009: Zimbabweans survive on a mish-mash of currencies By Angus Shaw Harare - A woman pays her bus fare with 3 trillion in old Zimbabwe dollars - the equivalent of 50 US cents. The collector accepts (By Jan)... | Africa: Sordid Legacies of Leaders - The Cause of Abject Poverty Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Stephen YeboahAccra - Contemporary issues in Africa now reveal a moment to look into the wonder of inhumane illegal rule and its related atrocities to mankind. It is very unfortunate to tacitly mak (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zuma to remedy SA-Angola quarrel Monday 17-Aug-2009: Harare - Does Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe regard President Jacob Zuma's State visit to Angola this week with satisfaction or concern? It would be revealing to know.Angolan President Jose Eduard (By Jan)... | Kenya: New Inflation Computation to Cut Food Dominance Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Jevans NyabiageNairobi - Beginning in February Kenya will reduce the weight of food in its consumer-price index in a move that is likely to cut inflation, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics sa (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Somalia braces for surge in piracy Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Jean-Marc MojonNairobi - The number of hijacked vessels off the coast of Somalia is at a one-year low, but both pirates and anti-piracy leaders are bracing for an inter-monsoon season that could he (By Jan)... | Nigeria: We Should Look PIB Holistically, Says Prof Tam David West Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Charles KumoluA FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David West has alleged that there are people from the Northern part of Nigeria, who do not want the oil producing communities t (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Clinton's Visit - War of Words Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki's position in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- led government is awesome. As chairman of the Governors' Forum, he speaks for all the 36 governors. He was also a (By Jan)... | Africa: Black Man's Burden - How Continent Subsidises the West Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Patrick GatharaSpeaking in advance of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's arrival for the 8th Agoa Forum in Nairobi, Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga was cheered when he declared that we in (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Bogus Chief Chiadzwa Exposed Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Hebert ZharareHarare - Illegal diamond dealer Newman Chiadzwa who is posing as Chief Chiadzwa has been accused of supplying undisclosed British nationals and the Kimberley Process Certification Sch (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC slams 'racist, sexist' attacks on Semenya Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Edwin Naidu and Maureen IsaacsonAmid an international row over her gender, South Africa's golden girl Caster Semenya will return home to a hero's welcome. The ANC Women's League, (ANCWL) and the AN (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman foils armed robbers Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Shaun SmillieIn a town that doesn't see much in the way of violent crime, they came armed with R-4 and R-5 rifles - their target: a prominent South African businesswoman. But the four men who had p (By Jan)... | Uganda: Angry Tenants Lynch Landlord Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Fred MuzaaleA landlord who tried to sell his land despite protests from his tenants was lynched and his body set ablaze on Sunday. The incident happened in Kayonza Sub-county, Kayunga District bare (By Jan)... |
| Africa: New Threats Aggravate Continent's Water Crisis Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Thalif DeenStockholm - The widespread water scarcity in the African continent, impacting on the lives of nearly 300 million people, may be aggravated further by several new threats, including clima (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: Namibia Caught in Stand-Off Between South Africa And Europe Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - Access to the European markets is not a goal Namibia wants to accomplish at all costs. Neither is the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) holy. What counts in the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Police swoop on Pagad Monday 17-Aug-2009: Fifty-eight people, including Pagad (People Against Drugs and Gangsterism) executives Abeda Roberts and Osman Sahib have been arrested after attempting to march on a Lentegeur drug dealer in Mitchells (By Jan)... | South Africa: Police suspect gang link in brothers' deaths Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Zara NicholsonTwo men believed to be members of the notorious 28s prisons gang have been arrested in connection with the mysterious murder of two Bishop Lavis brothers in Cape Town earlier this wee (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Two Inmates Die, More Ill Over Food Poisoning Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Dan Ngabonziza and Stephen RwembehoKigali - Two juvenile prisoners detained at Nyagatare prison died last week, while thirteen others were hospitalized at Nyagatare hospital, from suspected food po (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Diseases - Women Need Economic Empowerment Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Funke OlaodeLagos - Despite prevention and control efforts, malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS remain the biggest health issues in West African sub region with children, women, especially pregnant one (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: New MEC to crack the whip on crime Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Sharika RegchandAny hopes criminals had that new KwaZulu-Natal Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu would be softer on them than his predecessor, Bheki Cele, have been dashed (By Jan)... | Tanzania: Zombe and Other Judgement - Why They Were Set Free Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Bernard JamesThe High Court yesterday acquitted former Dar es Salaam Regional Crime Officer Abdallah Zombe and eight other police officers of murder, saying the prosecution had failed to prove the (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: 6 Killed and 15 Injured in Police, JTF Clash Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: A clash on Monday between State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) police officers in Anambra and Joint Task Force (JTF) personnel hunting for militants on the River Niger in Onitsha left six people dead and a (By Jan)... | Tanzania: Angry Tenants Lynch Landlord Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Fred MuzaaleKampala - A landlord who tried to sell his land despite protests from his tenants was lynched and his body set ablaze on Sunday. The incident happened in Kayonza Sub-county, Kayunga Dis (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Dangote, Oando, Rockson Dispute CBN Claim Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Ejiofor Alike and Kunle Aderinokun in AbujaLagos - The management of Dangote Industries Limited, Oando Plc, Rockson Engineering Limited and Global Fleet Oil and Gas Ltd. have disputed yesterday's " (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two shot in Moloto heist drama Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachPolice are hunting about 10 men they suspect were behind on Tuesday's botched cash-in-transit heist north of Pretoria. Although no money was stolen in the attempted robbery on th (By Jan)... |
| Swaziland: Sugar Prices Tempt Small Farmers Away From Food Production Monday 17-Aug-2009: Mbabane - Swaziland's small-scale farmers are succumbing to the temptation of soaring sugar prices, cultivating cane at the expense of edible crops in the food-stressed country.Raw sugar prices have r (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe land issue strains talks with South Africa Sunday 23-Aug-2009: "We are losing out on credit lines and other business opportunities" South African President Jacob Zuma is due in Zimbabwe this week amid revelations that relations between Harare and Pretoria (By Jan)... |
| More Vultures Illegally Poisoned Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Liz KomenVULTURE conservation in Namibia is hampered by ongoing poisoning events. On Friday August 14 a tourist reported seeing a number of vultures that seemed to be unable to fly on the Wilhelmst (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: The Trial of Robert Mugabe by Chielo Zona Eze Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Unable to recall when exactly he died, Robert Mugabe is shocked to be in the presence of God for trial. Facing him are countless people who died during his regime. They tell their stories, after which (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Parents in dock after kids killed Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeTwo Pretoria parents will remain behind bars after appearing in separate courts on Monday for allegedly killing their own daughters.Elizabeth Thabethe, 49, who is accused of killing (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Nation Heading Towards a Failed State, Says Soyinka Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Emma AmaizeNOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka was in Benin City, Edo State, last weekend, on a private visit and guest of the State Government, but, he took time off his schedule to appear on a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Off-duty cop assaulted by angry residents Monday 17-Aug-2009: By KOWTHAR SOLOMONS and FRANCIS HWESHEAn off-duty policeman who was attacked and beaten over the head with a large rock by protesting Khayelitsha residents is in a serious but stable condition in hosp (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Tompolo Resurfaces in Gbaramatu Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Emma AmaizeHis Tête - Leader of Camp 5, the dreaded militant group in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who fled his stronghold after it was overrun by the Joint (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Mogadishu clashes leaves five dead Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Mogadishu - Islamic insurgents attacked a government checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday, sparking a gunbattle that killed at least five people on the first day of the Muslim holy month of R (By Jan)... | Nigeria: EFCC to Debtors - Repay or Go to Jail Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Adelanwa Bamgboye and Boco EdetLagos/Abuja - Debtors of the five ailing banks have six days from today to organize repayments or risk arrest, prosecution and seizure of their assets, the Economic a (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 'Hezbollah cell' to be tried Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Mona SalemCairo - Twenty-six men accused of plotting attacks on behalf of Lebanon's Hezbollah group on tourist resorts and on ships in the Suez Canal will go on trial in an Egyptian security court (By Jan)... | Africa: Anger, joy at Lockerbie bomber's release Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Stephen CollinsonWashington - The United States has warned Libya that its treatment of freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi would have a serious impact on ties with Washington, a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: More nabbed over police arms purchases Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Alex EliseevPolice have pounced on a further six suspects in connection with state-issued weapons that were allegedly sold to criminals by an administrative clerk working inside a police station. T (By Jan)... | Liberia: Taylor Negotiated Release of Peacekeepers Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor explained how he successfully negotiated the release of United Nations peacekeepers who were held hostage by rebel forces in Sierra Leone during his continuing testimony i (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: No mercy for Emily's killers Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Botho MolosankweSitting at the back of her mother's car, Emily Williams heard gunshots. Together with her mother, younger sister and schoolmate, the 12-year-old dived down while robbers and securit (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: BATTLES BELONG TO BOTH THE STRONG AND WEAK Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Dear Rev Mufaro Hove Greetings! Thank you for your newsletters. To me it appear that the Unity government has failed. ZANU PF is still strong. The MDC seem to lack vision of the struggle. Robe (By Collen Makumbirofa)... |
| Africa: Lockerbie bomber sent home to die Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Ian Mackenzie and Ali ShuaibEdinburgh/Tripoli - A former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing arrived home on Thursday after Scottish authorities released him on compassionat (By Jan)... | South Africa: Police station turned gun-shop Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Alex EliseevA clerk working inside the Alexandra police station has been arrested for selling high-calibre R-5 rifles and handguns from police safes to the criminal underworld. Detectives from the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cosatu Singles Out Business for Failure to Keep Jobs Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday lauded President Jacob Zuma 's government after its first three months in office, but singled out business, (By Jan)... | Somalia: Rebels Attack UN Compound Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Suspected Islamist insurgents stormed a U.N. aid compound in southern Somalia overnight, witnesses said today, but U.N. guards fought back and killed three of the attackers in a gun battle.One U.N. of (By Jan)... |
| Africa: U.S. Military Edging Out Diplomacy - Report Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Kevin KelleyNairobi - A combination of leadership shortcomings and inadequate funding is undermining US diplomacy in Africa, an internal State Department review has found."Embassy platforms are col (By Jan)... | 'Torture Killer' Cops Still Free Monday 17-Aug-2009: To-date the officers implicated in the killing by torture of Italy Setlampoloka have neither been arrested nor arraigned before court, Botswana Police spokesman, Christopher Mbulawa, has confirmed.But (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Minister robbed in SA Monday 17-Aug-2009: Mhashu insisted he informed the relevant authorities of his visit to SA National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Fidelis Mhashu was on Friday assaulted and robbed in South Africa when ar (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma's 100 days draw brickbats, bouquets Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Gaye Davis Opposition parties' assessment of President Jacob Zuma's first 100 days in office has produced a mixed bag of results, with most lauding his open and inclusive approach to governing, whi (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe proposal for gold-backed dollar seen as ‘daydreaming' Friday 21-Aug-2009: General disbelief that the government would actually pay out Mineweb ReporterHarare - The Zimbabwean Reserve Bank and Finance ministry are definitely not marching to the same tune, although th (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Bank Workers Want CBN to Probe Itself over Crisis Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Victor Ahiuma-Young and Ifunanya OkaforOrganised labour in the nation's financial sector has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has a major blame for the misconduct and current crisis in the b (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Mom spitting fire over Pagad man's release Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Lavern de VriesThe mother of a teenage boy who was shot in the crossfire between ganglords and members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) in the mid-1990s, is outraged that one of the (By Jan)... | Big Changes to Namibia's Child Law Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - A mammoth draft bill on child care and protection is nearing completion in Namibia. A gaggle of experts has made recommendations; a muster of officials will decide w (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Harare airline sheds 500 jobs Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's national carrier said on Tuesday that will cut 500 jobs, one-third of its workforce, in a bid to prevent the embattled airline from going under."We have no option other but to righ (By Jan)... | USA: NASA's moon plan too ambitious, Obama panel says Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: [So even going back to the moon is out of the question… because there’s… no money!! The readers’ comments on the bottom of this article are hilarious. Jan] NASA doesn't have nearly enough money to (By Gairk)... |
| Africa: Anatomy of a very cynical stitch-up Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Richard PendleburyGaddafi's victims are calling it realpolitik. And it is as dark and pungent as the estimated 44 billion barrels of crude oil as yet untapped below the Libyan sands. Scottish Justi (By Jan)... | Uganda: Museveni Critic Returns to Country to Push for Democratic Change Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Nairobi - The country's 'prodigal son' Dr Olara Otunnu, in an interview with NTV on Thursday night, talks about his vision after 23 years in exileQ: What kind of Uganda are you expecting as you return (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Rebels Drive Thousands From Their Homes in Southern Region of Country - UN Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Fresh attacks carried out by a notorious Ugandan rebel group have uprooted thousands of people and spreading panic in Southern Sudan, forcing the United Nations to suspend its humanitarian work in the (By Jan)... | South Africa: Govt, Angola to Cooperate in Oil Sector Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Bathandwa MbolaLuanda - South Africa and the oil-rich Angola signed a number of trade agreements including cooperation in the oil sector, following major bilateral talks aimed at strengthening econ (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Alleged robber killed in shoot out with cops Sunday 23-Aug-2009: A robber who stole a car in Randpark Ridge, north of Johannesburg was killed during a shoot-out on Saturday, police said."Three suspects stole a car at a house in Randpark Ridge in Honeydew after robb (By Jan)... | Drug Mule Jailed for Seven Years Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Werner MengesTHE last member of a group of Angolans who were caught at Hosea Kutako International Airport in mid-April after they had entered Namibia with cocaine hidden in their bodies has been se (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Malls, Shops Draw Up Plan Against Crime Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - RETAILERS and shopping centre managements, hard hit by the recent spate of attacks on shopping malls, have drawn up a list of security measures to be employed in al (By Jan)... | South Africa: State to Bail Out 283 Emerging Black Farmers Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - THE government would bail out 283 emerging farmers on whom the Land Bank was poised to foreclose as part of a joint support package by the finance, agriculture and (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Case for ‘randification' compelling: Economist Friday 21-Aug-2009: The rand was likely to depreciate over the medium to long-term, thereby enhancing the price competitiveness of Zimbabwe exports Dumisani Ndlela, Staff ReporterA top economist has recommended t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Bleeding pensioner fights off 'mad' attacker Friday 21-Aug-2009: "I was not going to let that man kill my husband. I got angry and I fought back."These were the defiant words of Pretoria pensioner Anna-Marie Saaiman, 78, who although bleeding heavily after her atta (By Jan)... |
| Air Zimbabwe to cut 500 jobs to stay afloat Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: "If we do not do anything about it, the business will collapse" By Godfrey Marawanyika Harare - Zimbabwe's national carrier said Tuesday it will cut 500 jobs, one-third of its workforce, in a (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Rift Grows in Unity Govt Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - A CRUCIAL meeting of Zimbabwe's political leaders over a number of divisive issues threatening to wreck the inclusive government failed to take place yesterday amid a (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Doctors' Strike Threatens Health Care Gains Monday 17-Aug-2009: Harare - Industrial action for better wages by Zimbabwe's doctors is threatening the country's ability to deal with H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, and the possible resurgence of a deadly cho (By Jan)... | South Africa: Economic Recovery in Sight Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Hilary JoffeJohannesburg - THE recession extended into the second quarter, latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed yesterday, but the economy is not shrinking as fast as before, suggesti (By Jan)... |
| World: Dissident cheated death to win presidency Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Seoul - South Korean democracy campaigner Kim Dae-Jung survived assassination bids, a death sentence, prison and exile under army-backed governments and went on to win the presidency and the Nobel pea (By Jan)... | Older Banks to Follow FNB's Lead in Mobile Banking Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiDespite Standard Chartered Bank Botswana and Barclays Bank of Botswana being the oldest banks in the country, it is only this month that they will launch mobile and on-line banking. (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Go After Bank Loan Defaulters, Yar'Adua Tells Security Agents Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Daniel Idonor and Michael EbohAbuja - PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua, yesterday, ordered security agents to move against those who took non-servicing huge loans from the five banks, which received the Ce (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Bomb Attack Cuts Power Generation to 1,400MW Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Hamisu MuhammadThe Federal Government's attempt to generate 6,000 mega watts of electricity by the end of the year was dealt a nasty blow yesterday when an explosion at the Utorogu Gas Plant in Del (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zuma wraps up Angola visit Friday 21-Aug-2009: Luanda - South African President Jacob Zuma wrapped up his visit to Angola on Friday with a clutch of new deals that analysts said would lay the groundwork for closer ties between two key regional pla (By Jan)... | Egypt: Union Eyes the Silver Bullet Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Cam McgrathCairo - Property tax collectors from across Egypt gathered last week in Cairo to protest fresh attempts by the official state trade union to undermine their independent syndicate."By sou (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Banks' Bailout May Hit Trillions Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Our ReportersLagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is currently considering the injection of more funds into some of the five undercapitalised banks whose managing directors and executive direc (By Jan)... | South Africa: Lottery board warns against 2010 scamsters Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Clayton Barnes Scamsters claiming to be linked to national lottery operator Gidani have been sending out emails saying that "randomly selected" people have won $1.5 million (about R12.2m) in a 2010 (By Jan)... |
| Syndicate Leaves Trail of Blood and Torture Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyA SYNDICATE of stock thieves, whose weapon of choice seems to be assegais, has been targeting farmers in the Seeis-Steinhausen-Hochfeld triangle for the past two months, slaughtering l (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Furore Over Petroleum Bill Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Mohammed ShosanyaLagos - The furore which greeted the recent deliberation and public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill presently before the National Assembly is tumultuous.The urge with which (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zuma feted on visit to Angola Friday 21-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma was feted in Angola on Thursday as he made his "homecoming" to the country he had served in as military commander of the ANC's military wing.The Angolan parliament gave him a stan (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: President in Namibia for SADC Meeting Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Hebert ZharareHarare - President Mugabe yesterday arrived here ahead of a meeting of Sadc Heads of State and Government today in the Namibian town of Oramjemund to discuss potential business opport (By Jan)... |
| Africa: World Bank Chief Urges Reforms, Rule of Law Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Kigali - World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said today that Rwanda has made remarkable progress since 1994, and illustrates for countries emerging from conflict the importance of reform and (By Jan)... | South Africa: Mfeketo rules out DA arms statements Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: An attempt by the DA to highlight aspects of South Africa's arms trade in the National Assembly on Tuesday was cut short by Deputy Speaker Nomaindia Mfeketo.After hearing two Democratic Alliance membe (By Jan)... |
| Economy Threatened As U.S. Confirms Oil Talks With Angola Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - Less than a week after the United States (U.S.) Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, visited Nigeria, the country's economy is under a major threat from the U.S., biggest consume (By Jan)... | Zim: Seed project threatened as farm is seized Sunday 23-Aug-2009: "There is nothing we can do about it" By Sandra MandizvidzaA Mashonaland East farmer who has been producing 520 tonnes of maize seed for Pannar Seeds annually is on the verge of losing his far (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'This is a travesty of justice' Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Masibulele Yaso and Jeremy GordinThe book of Proverbs says that the value of a woman of worth is far above rubies - and hijacking-accused Prince Molefe certainly believes that this is true of his g (By Jan)... | South Africa: Mom's pain over mystery death of son Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Doreen PremdevThe deputy mayor of Mandeni, Roshni Singh, whose teenage son went missing two months ago, is convinced her son was murdered and his body dumped in the Tugela River.Sundir's body was d (By Jan)... |
| USA: Buffett says debt mountain could turn America into a banana republic Friday 21-Aug-2009: In nature, every action has consequences, a phenomenon called the butterfly effect. These consequences, moreover, are not necessarily proportional. For example, doubling the carbon dioxide we belch in (By Gairk)... | Africa: Poor Hillary, Just Good Enough for Africa Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Gitau WarigiNairobi - A discreet subtext of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's seven-nation tour of Africa was the unspoken fact that she is struggling to assert her primacy in conducting Amer (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Mogadishu Battles Kill Another Nine Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Mogadishu - At least nine people were killed Saturday in the Somali capital Mogadishu in the second consecutive day of battles, Radio Garowe reports. More than 12 other people were wounded in the figh (By Jan)... | South Africa: Changes imminent at spy agency Sunday 23-Aug-2009: A revamp of the security cluster is likely as the administration of President Jacob Zuma moves to restructure the police and the intelligence services to step up the war on crime.Crime researcher Jenn (By Jan)... |
| Kimberley Process team in Zimbabwe Friday 21-Aug-2009: Zwizwai has been criticised over his denials of killings and abuses in the diamond fields By Hendricks ChizhanjeMutare - A four-member team from the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPSC (By Jan)... | Multiple Murder Suspect Fails to Get Bail Monday 17-Aug-2009: Justice Modiri Letsididi has denied a man charged with killing six people bail pending trial.Modise Tlhokamolelo wanted the court to grant him bail because none of his relatives has ever paid him a vi (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Wacam Launches Report On Determination of Heavy Metals in Water Bodies Friday 21-Aug-2009: The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining Changes (WACAM), on Tuesday called for an amendment to and enforcement of the Mineral and Mining law.This is to make the law more binding on min (By Jan)... | Africa: Hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Imed LamloumTripoli - The terminally ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing flew home from Scotland to a joyous reception on Thursday after being freed on compassionate grounds despit (By Jan)... |
| WWIII: Afghanistan: Taliban uses poll to escalate war Thursday 20-Aug-2009: [In 2003 as US Forces were invading Iraq I mentioned the concept of Vietnam II or the “Super Vietnam”. Little by little, these wars are going there… The wars just are not stopping. Slowly, they’re ble (By Gairk)... | South Africa: DA and COPE stand firm on Ngcobo issue Thursday 20-Aug-2009: The country's four main opposition parties on Wednesday rejected attempts by President Jacob Zuma to defuse the row over his nomination of Judge Sandile Ngcobo as chief justice, insisting it was uncon (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Burial Societies a Barometer of Economic Growth Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Bulawayo - On the last Sunday of every month, Zwodwa Mpika, 52, puts on her blue dress and matching brimless cap, the uniform of the burial society she belongs to, and sets off for the meeting.She has (By Jan)... | USA: The Economic Meltdown – The Troubling Stock Market Rally… Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: [Some good info in here as to why this current rally will run out of steam soon, and if it does, will it prove that it was merely a Bear Market rally and NOT the beginning of a new Bull market? I’m be (By Gairk)... |
| Sierra Leone: Commander's Relocation Was Sanctioned Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor had the international community's approval to grant political asylum to Sam Bockarie after the rebel commander left Sierra Leone in December 1999, Mr. Taylor told judges t (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Reintroduce Zim Dollar - Gono Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Harare - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has proposed the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar anchored on gold valued by an independent body comprising all stakeholders.He said the (By Jan)... |
| Africa: UN compound raided by rebels Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Abdi SheikhMogadishu - Suspected Islamist rebels attacked a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) compound in southern Somalia, witnesses said on Monday, but UN guards fought back and shot dead (By Jan)... | World: Truck bombing leaves 20 dead Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Nazran, Russia - A truck packed with explosives rammed through the gates of a police compound in southern Russia on Monday and exploded in a suicide attack that killed at least 20 people and wounded a (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Wanted Sacked Bank Chief Flees Abroad Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Boco Edet and Nahimah NurudeeenLagos - One of the sacked chief executives of the five bailed-out banks has fled abroad, in spite of earlier claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (E (By Jan)... | Nigeria: CBN Admits Error on List of Bank Debtors Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Rotimi Durojaiye and Abel OrukpeLagos - Protest by individuals led to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) admitting on Thursday it made errors on the list of Nigerians owing the five troubled banks, (By Jan)... |
| China Serious About Fighting Corruption Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Christof MaletskyBeijing - THE Chinese government has condemned corruption involving Chinese companies, saying it is like a disease that eats away the development it supports in Africa.The governme (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Anti-Corruption Unit Arrests Bank Chiefs, Says Others Wanted Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Boco EdetThree of the five sacked chief executive officers of the bailed out banks have spent the night in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos while the remainin (By Jan)... |
| Malawi: High-Risk Sex Among Those Who 'Do Not Exist' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Christi Van Der WesthuizenCape Town - A study on men having sex with men (MSM) in Malawi shows that, as elsewhere in the developing world, this vulnerable group at greater risk of contracting HIV a (By Jan)... | South Africa: Emily Williams killers due to hear fate Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Botho MolosankweThe three men found guilty of killing Emily Williams are expected to be sentenced on Monday.The men - David Busakwe, Innocent Skotseni and Shadrack Showe - were on Friday found guil (By Jan)... |
| World: Inmates set prison alight Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Burgin, Kentucky - Rioting inmates set fire to trash cans and other items inside a central Kentucky prison, and damage to some buildings was so extensive that officials were busing many of the facilit (By Jan)... | Africa: Heavily-armed men storm Somali town Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Sahra AbdiNairobi - Pro-government militiamen in southern Somalia have seized a second town from rebels as President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's fragile administration seeks to crush the insurgents, witn (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Small-Scale Farmers Gearing Up to Take Cotton Buyers On Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Stanley KwendaHarare - Zimbabweans like to believe that there is strength in numbers, which is the idea behind a local non-governmental organisation's attempt to organise small-scale rural cotton f (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Minister Mhashu Robbed in South Africa Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Lance GumaNational Housing and Social Amenities Minister Fidelis Mhashu was assaulted and robbed at gun-point in South Africa, while on a visit to the home of businessman and friend Mutumwa Mawere. (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Land Tenure Regularization Gets a GBP20 Million Boost Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Rodrigue RwirahiraThe UK Department for International Development (DfID) has granted £20 million for the next phase of the land tenure regularization.Given that Rwanda is one of the most dens (By Jan)... | South Africa: Killer sentenced for Women's Day attack Thursday 20-Aug-2009: A 25-year sentence has been imposed on the 22-year-old man who raped and killed an agriculture student at Mtunzini, in Zululand, on Women's Day.Sikhumba Gcamu had pleaded guilty to rape and culpable h (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Remaining survivors of Blairgowrie fire die Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Angelique SerraoThe last surviving victims of a deliberate fire in Blairgowrie, Randburg, the second twin and the father, have both died. The mother, Maice Moyo, her twin 14-month-old babies and th (By Jan)... | World: Systematic killing of gays in Iraq - claim Monday 17-Aug-2009: Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several other cities, a prominent human rights group said in a report.Human Ri (By Jan)... |
| Mugabe grabs AirZim planes for foreign jaunts Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Shower and a change of clothes By Charles TemboHarare - President Robert Mugabe this week commandeered an Air Zimbabwe plane to Namibia, keeping it overnight before grabbing another jet for a (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Anti-Corruption Unit Freezes Bank Chiefs' Accounts Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Ayodele Aminu and Yemi Akinsuyi in AbujaLagos - The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has frozen the bank accounts of the managing directors of the five banks sacked last week.The affected fo (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Government Condemns Land-Related Violence Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Cyprian MusokeKampala - THE Government has condemned acts of violence being carried out by tenants against landlords."This state of affairs is regretted since it is uncalled for," lands state minis (By Jan)... | USA: The New American Dream: Renting Friday 21-Aug-2009: It's time to accept that home ownership is not a realistic goal for many people and to curtail the enormous government programs fueling this ambition. 'A man is not a whole and complete man," wrote (By Gairk)... |
| Zim: Mugabe ally among media commission nominees Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: "What happened was that there were two lists" By Hendricks Chizhanje and Tendai Maronga Harare - War veteran and Zimbabwe's former ambassador to China, Chris Mutsvangwa, is on a list of 12 peo (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Infighting Grows in Unity Govt Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - There is intensifying infighting in Zimbabwe's unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party accusing its coalition partners of trying to use the uneasy marriage to (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Crime On the Rise As Recession Leads to Job Losses Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - ONE of the effects of the recession is an increase in crime, with the Consumer Goods Council of SA on Friday saying it had seen a spike in crime compared with last (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe's striking doctors dismissed; PM Tsvangirai urges H1N1 preparedness Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Barred from the hospital By Sandra NyairaWashington - Health authorities in Zimbabwe have dismissed junior doctors who have been on strike at state hospitals in recent weeks over compensation (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: More Than 30 Die in Mogadishu Fighting Friday 21-Aug-2009: Mogadishu - At least 31 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in a series of street battles and bombardment in the Somali capital Mogadishu since Thursday night, Radio Garowe reports.The viol (By Jan)... | Zim police release MDC MPs Friday 21-Aug-2009: The lawmakers were held at a police station for several hours Harare - Zimbabwean police have released 10 opposition MPs from PM Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC who were held at a police station for s (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Alleged robbers wounded in shooting Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Two suspected robbers were wounded in a shootout with the police in Newclare, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday.Inspector Jerbes de Bruyn said police went to the area after being tipped off that a hij (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'I don't want to believe my baby is dead' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: It is a year ago today since Durban woman Kerry Winter disappeared in Dubai, and every day her devoted mother Carol lights a candle for her daughter.And just as she has always done since that dreadful (By Jan)... |
| Inflation Eases to 6 Percent, Lowest Since 2001 Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiBotswana's year-on-year inflation hit its lowest mark since 2001 in July, falling by a further 1.0 percentage point to end at 6 percent from 7 percent in June.The deceleration, whic (By Jan)... | Kenya: Country Shifts From Rain-Fed Agriculture to Stem Food Crisis Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Dave OpiyoNairobi - Kenya marked a major milestone when President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga launched a multi-billion-shilling initiative that is expected to end perennial food shortage (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma 'misled' on land reform, says FF+ Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma is being "misled" by the incompetence of government officials into believing the willing-buyer/willing-seller principle is stalling land reform, the Freedom Front Plus said on Tue (By Jan)... | World: Kabul suicide bomb kills five Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Kabul - A suicide car bomb targeting foreign troops exploded on a busy road in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing five civilians and wounding 30 others two days before key elections, officials sai (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Country Still Faces Security Challenges, Says UN Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Liberia continues to make significant progress in consolidating peace after more than a decade of civil war, but the gains remain fragile, especially with regard to security, rule of law and job creat (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Partnership With DRC Against Gender-Based Violence Monday 17-Aug-2009: On August 11, 2009, in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced $17 million in total new funding to support U.S. Government efforts to prevent and res (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Serial killer sentenced to life Monday 17-Aug-2009: Serial killer and rapist Sibusiso Duma, already serving two life sentences plus 35 years in jail, was on Monday sentenced to a further six life terms plus 104 years by the Pietermaritzburg High Court (By Jan)... | Africa: Continent's Food Crisis Still Prevalent - Warns Report Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Eddie MukaayaKigali - The 2009 Economic Report on Africa (ERA) has warned that the food crisis across Africa is not over yet although food prices are on the decline.The report which is a flagship p (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Illegal' paraffin stoves a safety risk Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By VUYO MABANDLAThousands of "illegally imported" paraffin stoves are flooding the South African market, crippling the local metal industry and posing health risks in poorer communities.The Paraffin S (By Jan)... | South Africa: Suspected hit man allegedly killed by cops Saturday 22-Aug-2009: A man suspected of being a hit man was killed by police at Umlazi Township's G Section on Friday night, police said."Members of the crime intelligence unit received the information that [the man], 29 (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: No Compensation Rule is Unworkable Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Prof J. KieyahTime has come yet again, to set aside political differences and embark on reforming the land question. The Cabinet's approval of the National Land Policy and the ongoing controversy o (By Jan)... | Babynet Front Page: Zero tolerance against food intolerance Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Esther WalkerFood intolerances are sometimes given short shrift, being dismissed as picky eating, hypochondria or faddishness - particularly as more celebrities announce that they are wheat intoler (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Rebels Threaten Attacks Over Ramadhan Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Abdulkadir KhalifMogadishu - Somalia's radical Islamist group Hizbu Islam has threatened to double attacks against the country's transitional government during the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan.At (By Jan)... | Africa: Zimbabwe cabinet review progress Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's cabinet retreated to a holiday resort on Saturday to review the performance of a unity government set up to repair a battered economy, but analysts say the country's future lies in (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Seven CBN Staff Arrested for Diversion of Mutilated N13 Million Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Aisha WakasoMinna - The Niger State Police Command has arrested seven staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Minna Currency Office for diversion of N13 million mutilated currency meant (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'We never went near Irene mall' Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Hanti OttoALL three of the men allegedly involved in the murder of former police detective and security expert Jaco Pretorius after a robbery at the Irene Village Mall claim they have never been to (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe state bank boss calls for gold-backed currency Friday 21-Aug-2009: "The new currency will be fully backed by credible, tangible and locally available assets, such as gold, diamond or platinum" Zimbabwe's central bank governor Thursday proposed bringing back t (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Bisie Killings Show Minerals at Heart of Congo Conflict Thursday 20-Aug-2009: The killing of civilians near the Bisie cassiterite mine in Walikale, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 12 August 2009, is a stark reminder of how the fight to control Congo&r (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 'Vulture Funds' Prey On Poor Debtor Nations Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Eli CliftonWashington - Fifty advocacy organisations are calling on the U.S. Congress to put a stop to investment funds which purchase heavily indebted countries' debt and jeopardise the impact of (By Jan)... | Africa: MDC members held by police Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Nelson BanyaHarare - Zimbabwean police on Wednesday arrested 10 opposition parliamentarians from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC, charged them with disorderly conduct and later released them (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: What the New York Times Missed Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Sunny NtayombyaKigali - I read with interest an article in The New York Times that was reprinted by The New Times on Saturday, August 15. This article, "Symbol of unhealed Congo: Male rape victims, (By Jan)... | Somalia: Military Apprehensions Increase in Central Somalia Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Beletwein - Government forces in the central Hiran region advanced from the provincial capital of Beletwein towards the district of Bule Burte, local sources reported.There were no indications of the (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Court Bailiffs to Demonstrate Over Police's Delay to Enforce Land Evictions Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Al Mahdi SsenkabirwaCourt bailiffs have threatened to take to the streets this week to protest Police's delay to clear pending court eviction warrants relating to land disputes.The Uganda Court Bai (By Jan)... | South Africa: Varsity 'mob' blamed for death of intruder Monday 17-Aug-2009: A group of students residing at the University of Zululand campus took the law into their own hands when they allegedly killed a knife-wielding intruder in "self defence", the institution said on Mond (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: State Should Support Land Reforms Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Ibrahim MwathaneI found working for the government a most humbling experience. Too many factors drive the dynamics. Sometimes political, at others institutional while yet on others, self-interest.O (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cop's daughter dies in family shooting Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Lesego MasemolaA shooting spree allegedly involving a Pretoria police inspector left his 14-year-old daughter dead and three other family members, including his wife of more than 20 years, wounded. (By Jan)... |
| Growing anger in Swaziland as King squanders millions by sending wives on yet another international shopping trip Sunday 23-Aug-2009: There is growing anger in Swaziland as it emerges that the media have been forced to censor news that a group of King Mswati III’s wives have been on another international shopping trip squandering up (By Gairk)... | Kenya: Nyayo House Torture Victims to Sue Wako over Awards Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Kenneth OgosiaNairobi - Mr Amos Wako is accused of disregarding and failing to act on court orders issued in favour of the victims in May last year.The victims said the AG was a public servant lega (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Clintonian Branding Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Dafe OnojovwoWas it right for the United States of America's Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, to have taken Nigeria to the cleaners, as she did last week, on our nation's own soil; was it (By Jan)... | Uganda: Stop Land Related Mob Justice Now Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By EditorialThe lynching on August 16 of a second person in Kayunga District over land seems to be a direct result of a new unwritten policy which treats land owners as criminals.Sam Kubo, 32, was lyn (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman critical after filling station shooting Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Nontobeko MtshaliA woman caught in the crossfire during an armed robbery at a Douglasdale filling station was fighting for her life at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital on Wednesday night.Police spokesm (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Anti-Corruption Body Detains 11 Bank Executives Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Rotimi Durojaiye, Tunde Opeseitan, David Agba, and Alexandra MedeThe story of the five troubled banks turned into a roller coaster on Tuesday: with arrests, counter accusations, and litigation dema (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Central Bank Releases Names of Non-Performing Debtors Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Ayodele AminuLagos - In what is considered an effort to diffuse the blame on the liquidity challenge in the banking sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday released the names of debtors (By Jan)... | Uganda: Our Approach to Ending Hunger Has Changed - WFP Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Sheila SisuluKampala - The world has changed so much since the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was created in 1961 to help fight hunger worldwide.Fifty years ago, for example, there was p (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DNA samples the key in rapid conviction Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Alex Eliseev and Louise FlanaganIn the fastest serial murder and rape trial in South Africa's history, a man who terrorised a township in Modimolle, Limpopo, was convicted and sentenced in just two (By Jan)... | Darfur Peacekeepers Probe Crimes Against Women Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: The police component of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has established a special investigations unit to monitor and report on crimes involving sexual and gende (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspected serial killer has alibi, court told Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziSuspected Umzinto serial killer Thozamile Taki was attending his sister's funeral in Port St Johns the day he was alleged to have killed one of the 13 victims in KwaZulu-Natal, the (By Jan)... | South Africa: Oil Price Fall a Double-Edged Sword for Engen Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - WHILE the falling crude oil price in the past financial year lowered fuel retailer Engen's input costs, it was a double-edged sword as it sold fuel at lower prices, Eng (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Corrupt cops denting SAPS image' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Mpumalanga police officers arrested for corruption should be fired if found guilty as they dented government's efforts to fight crime, a provincial MEC said on Tuesday."If we are serious about combatt (By Jan)... | No Bail in Well Murder Case Monday 17-Aug-2009: THREE people, accused of killing two men at the farm Goodhope near Schlip in 2005, appeared in the Mariental Magistrate's Court on Mondy.They are Dawid 'Boeta' Majiedt (55), Wilma Majiedt ( 40) and Ja (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Parkade of death Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Esther Lewis and Lavern VriesBlood spatters on a wall in a dingy closet-like room in a city parking garage mark the violent murder of Kristina Gebhardt, who was beaten to death and then dumped in t (By Jan)... | South Africa: A Busy Day for Zuma in Angola Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Chris BathembuPretoria - Various activities have been planned in Angola's capital, Luanda, as President Jacob Zuma began his official visit to that country on Thursday.President Zuma is in Angola a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Attack on guests at party haunts family Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Lesego MasemolaIt's been two years since Dr Christopher Mlosy, his family and friends were attacked at his home during a farewell party for the outgoing Tanzanian ambassador, Emmanuel Mwambulukutu. (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Zuma has no respect for opposition' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma must withdraw the nomination of Judge Sandile Ngcobo if he wants the position of chief justice to be seen as anything other than a political appointment, COPE said on Wednesday.As (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Opposition Wants Arms Control Minutes Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - SA's arms control committee should provide minutes of all meetings it had held in the past five years when it appeared before Parliament, the Democratic Alliance (DA) (By Jan)... | Africa: Axed bank chiefs wanted for fraud Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Abuja - Two former bank executives sacked by Nigeria's central bank earlier this month are wanted for fraud, insider trading and money laundering, police said on Sunday.The Economic and Financial Crim (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Mom in bid for son to do jail time in SA Sunday 23-Aug-2009: A George mother has launched a high court application to force the government to sign a prisoner exchange treaty which would allow her son and other prisoners to serve their sentences in South Africa. (By Jan)... | Africa: Zuma visit to mend fences Friday 21-Aug-2009: Winter officially ended in Angola and the rainy season officially began on August 15.But the weather has defied a weakening central command.And so a thick layer of dust still covers dry Luanda.That's (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Dangote, Jimoh Ibrahim Dispute CBN List Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Jerry Uwah and Mojeed JamiuAbuja/Lagos - Two of the leading businessmen cited among debtors of the five banks whose management were sacked by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji (By Jan)... | Africa: Dos Santos hopes for 'strategic partnership' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Henrique AlmeidaLuanda - Angola's president hailed a visit by his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma on Thursday as the start of a new era to improve once-strained ties between South Africa and o (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Sixty Years Old And More Relevant Than Ever Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Nairobi - The Geneva Conventions, signed 60 years ago, have remained the backbone of laws that protect wounded combatants, prisoners and civilians during conflict, says the International Committee of (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Delta - Harnessing Strategies From Gas Master Plan Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Victor EfeizomorLagos - Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan's economic development plan of diversification received a boost when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) supported the (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: When a Community Moans Over Oil Spill Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Chinyere OkoyeLagos - In 1994 some residents of Baruwa, a sleepy community outskirt of Lagos came out to draw water from their wells and noticed an oily substance in them, but dismissed it as a min (By Jan)... | Uganda: Ministers Clash Over Sugarcane Farmers Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Joseph MitiSugarcane farmers want to belong to the Ministry of Agriculture, but the law placed them under the Ministry of Trade which makes them miss on services such as agricultural loans and Naad (By Jan)... |
| World: Mayor apologises for lead poisoning Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Changqing, China - A mayor apologised to residents of two Chinese villages where more than 600 children were sickened by lead poisoning, saying a nearby smelter targeted by angry protests would not re (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Spot fine' for red light ends in shooting Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Two North West police officers face charges of attempted murder, theft and hijacking after allegedly trying to force a Brits man to pay a spot fine.Christiaan Wynand Rudolf Nel was pulled over by two (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma Launches Plan to Boost Farming Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE government had pledged more than R2,6bn in conditional grants to provinces, which would in part be used for agricultural infrastructure, President Jacob Zuma said yes (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Dysfunctional Nation Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Dan AmorLagos - A sadistic cabal of recycling local imperialists in both khaki and agbada has since hemmed the supposedly "giant of Africa"When the Union Jack (the British flag) was, at the glitter (By Jan)... |
| World: TV star on run after model murder Saturday 22-Aug-2009: A millionaire reality TV contestant wanted for the murder of his Playboy model ex-wife may have removed her fingers and teeth in an attempt to hide her identity, police believe.Californian police on F (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Ijaw Accuse Delta Security Forces of Planning to Scuttle Amnesty Thursday 20-Aug-2009: The Ijaw of the troubled oil rich Niger Delta said Wednesday in Abuja that officials of Delta State government in colaboration with the Joint Task Force for Niger Delta, have concluded a fresh plot to (By Jan)... |
| Gambia: 6 Journalists in Prison and Murderer at Large Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Dyeda Hydara has become as much a controversial figure in death as he was when he walked on the face of the earth.Four and the half years after his death on 16th December 2004, he is still a subject o (By Jan)... | South Africa: Six caught after mob attack Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Six men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and beating a man to death in a case of mob justice in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth police said on Wednesday."Luyanda Mapapu, 25, and Bongani Kelemi, 20, w (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Child killer jailed for life Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: A 45-year-old serial child rapist and murderer was sentenced to multiple life terms by the Modimolle Circuit Court in Limpopo on Tuesday, national police said."David Randitsheni was sentenced to 16 li (By Jan)... | World: S Korea mourns dissident who became president Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Seoul - Kim Dae-Jung, a tireless democracy campaigner who survived assassination attempts and a death sentence to win South Korea's presidency and the Nobel peace prize, died on Tuesday aged 85.Kim wa (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'The students chased and stoned him to death' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: A suspected criminal who held up University of Zululand students died after students stoned him on Sunday night.Student leaders have since called for better protection for their colleagues.University (By Jan)... | Africa: Chiluba cleared by judge Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Lusaka - A magistrate acquitted former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba of corruption charges on Monday after a six-year trial in a ruling that left his supporters jubilant but clean-government cam (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma moves to quell row about top posts Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Carien du Plessis The ANC has moved to quell the fires sparked by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's criticism that "minority groups" held key economic posts in the cabinet and that African (By Jan)... | Zim: MDC unaware commissioners' nomination suspended Monday 17-Aug-2009: Prarliamentary clerk Austin Zvoma yesterday said nomination of candidates had been suspended By Own Correspondent Harare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party on Sunday said it was no (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops nab suspected shop robbers Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Four men were arrested early on Sunday morning, hours after two shops were robbed in central Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal police said.Police caught the four sitting inside a white Mercedes Benz in (By Jan)... | South Africa: Tragedy as sisters die in crash Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Zara NicholsonTheir coffins stood side by side as thousands of mourners came to bid farewell to the two sisters killed in an accident allegedly involving a drunk driver in Muizenberg, while a third (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Logging - Rearguard Action to Save Vanishing Jewel Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By .Abuja - It is dusk on the Qua River and Peter Jenkins, a no-nonsense American conservationist, is leading his task force on just the kind of mission he loves: a speedboat reconnoitre in search of (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops hold pair for running a tik lab Saturday 22-Aug-2009: In a coup in the war against drugs, Mitchells Plain police yesterday arrested two people for running a sophisticated tik lab, apparently owned by major drug dealers, in Somerset West.A man in his 30s (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 'Zim health system still in intensive care' Friday 21-Aug-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday the country's public health system was far from recovering after last year's collapse, although there were signs of improvement.Tsva (By Jan)... | South Africa: Driver killed, 3 injured in four-car crash Friday 21-Aug-2009: A Pretoria motorist was killed and three others seriously injured in a four-car crash outside the city on the N4.The accident near Watermeyer off-ramp saw emergency officials closing off the western-b (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Stop pressuring Land Bank boss - Manuel Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Opposition parties should stop pressuring for the release of names of those accused of corruption at the Land Bank, Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel said in the National Assembly on Thursday.M (By Jan)... | South Africa: Land Bank Gains Ground - New Ways Found to Pursue Developmental Role Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - THE financial turnaround that the Land Bank reported this week is welcome. As welcome as the way the bank is helping to reshape the government's approach to rural development and agricu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: State pledges to come clean on arms sales Thursday 20-Aug-2009: The government has pledged to come clean on its arms transactions by providing Parliament with a detailed breakdown of the countries that South Africa has sold arms to.Science and Technology Minister (By Jan)... | Nigeria: FG - Nobody Was Killed in Libya Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By George OjiAbuja - The Presidency has denied reports that about 200 Nigerians were secretly executed last weekend by the Libyan authorities.It described the report, which alleged that about 230 blac (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Prisoners 'want to use strike to escape' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Some Johannesburg Prison inmates are planning on using a strike by warders to escape, a prisoners' rights organisation claimed on Wednesday."Some inmates are busy planning to escape and become violent (By Jan)... | South Africa: Businessmen lose fortune in daylight robbery Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Graeme Hosken and Jacques BreytenbachRobbers made off with hundreds of thousands of rands in cash after ambushing two Pretoria businessmen moments before they could deposit their money at a city ba (By Jan)... |
| East Africa: U.S. Sanctions Hampering East Africa Tea Exports to Iran Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Bernard SangaNairobi - Tea exporters from East Africa are ruing on the impact of US sanctions on financial institutions dealing with Iran.These come on top of the Islamic state's already stringent (By Jan)... | South Africa: Engen Plans a Way Ahead for Refinery Monday 17-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - MULTINATIONAL oil and gas group Petronas, the majority owner of Engen, has a number of tough decisions to make about the fate of the Engen refinery in Durban.It is not alone: all owners (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: EFCC Quells Dispute over Owed Amount, while ANPP claims Party Bias Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Uchenna Awom And Lilian AgihAbuja - Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said that the seven-day ultimatum she gave the non-performing debtors of the fi (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops nab suspected rapist,robber Saturday 22-Aug-2009: A suspected rapist and a house robber, who was caught while selling the stolen goods on the street, were arrested in two separate incidents in Putfontein on Saturday, Gauteng police said.A 22-year-old (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Strangled body found in boot Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Michelle JonesA man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was found in the boot of her car.On Wednesday night about 8pm city police tried to stop a green Fiat Uno after recognisin (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Giving a Voice to the Victims of Sexual And Physical Violence Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: For nearly two and a half years, Roselidah Ondeko has been at work in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), helping local women find their voices to speak out about the epidemic of gende (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Siphiwe stabbed the deceased like lightning' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: An Mpumalanga father, Wireless Banda, spent almost an hour listening to gory details of the murder of his son, whose decapitated head was sold for R2 000 to an inyanga.Banda, 79, was accompanied by hi (By Jan)... | South Africa: Stronger Political, Business Ties on Agenda in Angola Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's first state visit to Angola on Thursday ushers in a new era of relations -- not only between the two countries -- but also between Zuma and Angola (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Wold Bank Commits U.S.$20 Billion to Food Security Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Aggrey NshekanaboEntebbe - The World Bank has committed US$20billion to combat food security in Africa. This was revealed by Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, the World Bank President during a meeting with P (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma on First State Visit to Angola Monday 17-Aug-2009: Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to pay his first official visit to Angola on Wednesday, said the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.The President will be accompanied by eleven of (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: The Corruption Cocktail - the Case of Mabey and Johnson Sunday 23-Aug-2009: In a previous article I attempted to unravel a cocktail of corruption and many readers asked for similarities in other cases to help weave threads of events, which can help curb the prevailing stench (By Jan)... | Africa: Insurgents reject Ramadan ceasefire call Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Mogadishu - Somalia's insurgents on Sunday rejected a government call for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and accused the president of trying to use religion as a cover for re-armi (By Jan)... |
| Zim diamonds will not be banned despite human rights abuses Saturday 22-Aug-2009: "We will not entertain such calls" By Alex BellZimbabwe will not face suspension from the international diamond regulatory body, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), despite the (By Jan)... | USA: Obama Will Be Crushed Under A Mountain Of Debt -- Niall Ferguson Friday 21-Aug-2009: Paul Krugman's nemesis, Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, again opines that the U.S. and President Obama are steaming toward their demise. The cause? Massive, ballooning public debt. The public int (By Gairk)... |
| Nigeria: Court Voids Yar'Adua's Revocation of Korean Oil Deal Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Ise-Oluwa IgeAbuja - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, annulled the revocation by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of OPLs 321and 323, two oil exploration licences awarded by the Feder (By Jan)... | Somalia: Clashes Between Islamist Fighters And Amisom Start in Mogadishu Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Somalia - Clashes between the Islamist fighters and AMISOM troops has started in Mogadishu early on Thursday morning, just as the AU forces tried to spread in parts of the capital.Witnesses told Shabe (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Edochie - Kidnappers Demand N60 Million Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Chinyere OkoyeLagos - The kidnappers of ace Nollywood actor and veteran broadcaster, Pete Edochie, are demanding between N60million and N10million ransom from his family for his release.It was howe (By Jan)... | Africa: Quelea - The Continent's Most Hated Bird Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - For thousands of years, subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have been at the mercy of the voracious Red-billed Quelea bird; sky-blackening flocks of the tiny "feathered locust" st (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Several arrested after officer attacked Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Three men believed to have been involved in the assault of an off-duty police officer during a protest were arrested in Khayelitsha, Cape Town police said on Wednesday.The first man was arrested at t (By Jan)... | World: Media refuses to censor Afghan violence Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Rahim Faiez and Heidi VogtKabul - Afghan journalists on Wednesday rejected a demand by the Foreign Ministry not to broadcast information about attacks or violence on election day, charging it viola (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Fake confession led to hunt for more bones Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Shaun SmillieIt was a bogus prison confession that led to a second exhumation at the Brixton, Joburg, house where the body of Alec Steenkamp was found in a shallow grave five years ago. The confess (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. to Send Military Experts to Country Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Josh KronNairobi - The United States military will be sending experts to war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo this week in a new test to break a cycle of violence that has been ongoing (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Former MEC denies animal cruelty allegations Monday 17-Aug-2009: A former provincial agriculture minister embroiled in a chick killing saga has denied animal cruelty claims alleging he left his chicks to starve to death."The whole story about the dumping of the chi (By Jan)... | Zim: Suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout faces new move to extradite him to US Monday 17-Aug-2009: Will spend several more months in a Thai jail pending the appeal Thai prosecutors announced today that they planned to challenge the decision of a lower court to reject a US request to extradi (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Xenophobia Victims Choose Safety Over Comfort Monday 17-Aug-2009: Cape Town - Victims of South Africa's xenophobic attacks in May 2008 say they will only leave the temporary camp where they are living if they are repatriated to their home countries.Bluewater camp ou (By Jan)... | World: Hundreds flee Athens as fires rages on Sunday 23-Aug-2009: ATHENS - Hundreds of people were evacuated Sunday as firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft battled to contain a raging wildfire threatening Athens' eastern suburbs.The inferno forced dozens to (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Anti-Corruption Body Arrests More Bank Chiefs Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Olawale OlaleyeLagos - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested two more bank directors over the huge debt profile of the five banks whose managements were sacked two (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Diamonds Will Not Be Banned despite Human Rights Abuses Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Alex BellZimbabwe will not face suspension from the international diamond regulatory body, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), despite the ongoing human rights abuses at the Chiadzwa (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Driven On the Wheels of Corruption Friday 21-Aug-2009: By John UkahLagos - Not totally unexpectedly, Mrs. Farida Waziri, as head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was miffed and reacted combatively to Hillary Clinton's recent comment (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Court Quashes Revocation of Korean Oil Blocks Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Funso MurainaAbuja - Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) yesterday won a major battle against the Federal Government over the revocation of two oil blocks allocated to it under the administration of (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: National Aids Council Spends Millions on 'Luxuries' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Lance GumaThousands of people affected by HIV and AIDS are dying in the country while the National Aids Council of Zimbabwe abuses funds collected under the national aids levy. Surprisingly it took (By Jan)... | South Africa: Killer hangs himself Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Tania Broughton and Kamini PadayacheeA South Coast man who was convicted of murder in the Ramsgate High Court committed suicide in the holding cells at the court on Wednesday.Musa Goodman Shabane, (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Senate, Speaker Hail Sacking of CEO's Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Sufuyan Ojeifo, Onwuka Nzeshi and Chinedu EzeThe Senate has hailed the sacking of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of five commercial banks by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Govt Ponders Tax on Crops for Export Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Mathabo Le RouxJohannesburg - SA COULD raise import tariffs and introduce export taxes to aid the agriculture industry.The measures acknowledge the sector's importance after last year's global food (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Harmony's First Dividend in Five Years Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - HARMONY Gold Mining yesterday declared its first dividend distribution in five years, at 50c a share, after it strengthened its balance sheet and predicted capital s (By Jan)... | Science: Dirty money, indeed! Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Washington - United States paper currency is roughed up and often soiled in circulation, but a study has found that 90 percent of greenbacks contain traces of cocaine, giving new meaning to the term " (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Clintion - A U.S. Diplomat With the Eve Complex Monday 17-Aug-2009: Lagos - Hillary Clinton has an Eve complex. When she declared that governance has failed in Nigeria and we should do something about it, she did not misspeak. She was trying to let us eat the fruit of (By Jan)... | Africa: Ceasefire call rejected by Somali gunmen Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Mohamed AhmedMogadishu - Somali insurgents on Sunday rejected a government call for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and accused the president of trying to use religion as a cove (By Jan)... |
| Africa: DR Congo journalist stabbed to death Sunday 23-Aug-2009: BUKAVU, DR Congo - A journalist for a private radio station in the Democratic Republic of Congo was stabbed to death in the eastern town of Bukavu, his employer, Radio Star, said Sunday.Bruno Koko Chi (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: ZCTU Leader Honoured with International Courage Award Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Alex BellThe President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Lovemore Matombo, on Wednesday said he is humbled and honoured after winning an international award, recognising his courage (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'My heart has been broken...' Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Sameer NaikThe family of four who died after the mysterious arson attack in Blairgowrie, Randburg, will be buried next Sunday at Soweto's avalon cemetery.All four were doused in petrol and set alig (By Jan)... | South Africa: Women are More Vulnerable to HIV - Motlanthe Friday 21-Aug-2009: Johannesburg - The majority of women remain the victims of the HIV epidemic, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe."We acknowledge as the government of South Africa that women are more vulnerable to (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Happy birthday, Mr Kathrada Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Noor-Jehan Yoro BadatAhmed Kathrada, who turns 80 on Friday, has been many things to many people. But to a four-year-old boy, says friend Rahima Shaik, Kathrada is simply the dear friend he calls " (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Police Arrest 4 Suspected Kidnappers Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By NanThe Enugu State Police Command has paraded nine persons accused of committing various crimes in the state.Parading the suspects at the police officer's mess in Enugu, the Commissioner of Police, (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Government mum on arms sales Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: The government refused to provide details on Wednesday of South Africa's recent arms sales, saying all information will be available in an annual report to be tabled in Parliament later this year.Demo (By Jan)... | South Africa: Internet Criminals Increasingly Using Established Business Practices - Cisco Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Lesley StonesJohannesburg - INTERNET criminals are learning some of their best business practices from legitimate companies and forming partnerships with one another to make their illegal activitie (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Ill-prepared Africa braces as swine flu hits Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Poverty, disease and overburdened health systems make Africa an easy target for swine flu, which health experts say will be difficult to track as it spreads across the continent.Africa is the last con (By Jan)... | Nigeria: A Weak Naira - Matters Arising Monday 17-Aug-2009: Lagos - True, the nation initially had a buoyant foreign exchange reserve amounting to about U.S. $63billion but the reality is that more has been going out than coming in - to the extent that the CBN (By Jan)... |
| USA: Is the Russian KGB trying to spread panic among Americans and the Right Wing? Monday 17-Aug-2009: I have received many interesting reports over the years and as one sits and analyses things and learns more, it is interesting what you start seeing. I do not wish to disclose my sources. I have s (By Jan)... | Africa: Friends of Mugabe leave review meeting Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Cris ChinakaHarare - President Robert Mugabe's party walked out on Sunday of a meeting of cabinet members to review the work of a unity government it has formed with its opponents, angry over charg (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DA calls for report on shady oil deals Sunday 23-Aug-2009: The DA has called for a judicial investigation into a report handed to then president Thabo Mbeki three years ago detailing the alleged knowledge senior officials had of shady oil deals with Iraq.The (By Jan)... | South Africa: Elderly Berea woman survives nightmare attack Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Vivian AttwoodWhile she was bludgeoned, bitten and repeatedly hurled to the floor by a young assailant who screamed: "Who is this God you call for?" an 82-year-old Berea resident battled to fathom (By Jan)... |
| Southern Africa: Mugabe Attempts to Diffuse SADC Tensions over GNU Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Alex BellRobert Mugabe this week apparently used a meeting in Namibia to brief regional leaders on the progress of the inclusive government, in what is being described as a pre-emptive strategy to (By Jan)... | Mother of Four Sent to Prison for Fraud Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Werner MengesA mother of four children who admitted that she had defrauded her employer of just short of N$100 000 was sent to prison for two years at the end of her trial in the Windhoek Regional (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Anger at Libya's welcome of Lockerbie bomber Saturday 22-Aug-2009: London - Britain's foreign secretary has denounced the warm welcome the freed Lockerbie bomber received in Libya.David Miliband also said the way Muammar Gaddafi's government behaved in the next few d (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'How can such a dangerous man be released' Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Poloko TauA Soweto family has learnt with shock that the man accused of raping and bludgeoning their niece to death with rocks was already facing rape charges when he allegedly committed the crime. (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Timber Pirates in Country? Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Many, who thought Charles Taylor's bush war to topple Samuel Doe's discredited government would revive Liberia, came to a rude awakening when in 2002 a UN panel determined that the Taylor government w (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC puts FF+ at the helm Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Lindsay DentlingerIn an ironic twist of fate, the DA has lost control over the Helderberg subcouncil because its former coalition partners turned against it and sided with the ANC to help Andre Fou (By Jan)... |
| Athletics: Semenya revels in glory Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Berlin - Everything went according to plan in Caster Semenya's gold medal performance at the World Athletics championships in Berlin on Wednesday, the South African star said."That's the way we planne (By Jan)... | Africa: Zimbabwe could face fresh cholera crisis Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's crumbling infrastructure makes another cholera outbreak "almost inevitable", the United Nations Children's Fund warned on Wednesday.Zimbabwe's health ministry last month declared a (By Jan)... |
| Obama Courts Pro-Taliban Pakistani Islamist Parties Thursday 20-Aug-2009: [Is he kidding? I have heard some high level chatter on far left blogs that Obama's not Left enough for them and they are prepared to make Pakistan his Iraq as they did with his predecessor. Lone Wo (By Lone Wolf)... | Uganda: Those Who Prefer Talking to Fighting Have Already Won Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Opiyo OloyaKampala - PERSPECTIVE OF A Ugandan in CANADALast week, in this column, I suggested that shipping non-Banyoro residents back to where they came from is a bad idea. Such a move is a gross (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Consolidation to Drive Petroleum Brands Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By George WachiraQuite a number of global brands have vanished from the Kenyan petroleum market in the recent years and many reasons have been cited for their exit.We have seen Esso, Agip, Mobil, BP, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma violated constitution - DA Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: As Justice Sandile Ngcobo emerged as the only nominee for the position of chief justice, the DA has charged that President Jacob Zuma "never had any intention" of consulting opposition leaders about t (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Small-Scale Miners Seek U.S. $3 Million Monday 17-Aug-2009: Harare - SMALL-SCALE miners require at least US$3 million to purchase compressors used for drilling in the extraction of gold to increase their production capacity.Mining is the country's major foreig (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops left puzzled by 'brandy' deaths Monday 17-Aug-2009: Police investigators are still piecing together the puzzle of what caused the deaths six Khayelitsha residents who died when they drank what they thought was brandy.Police spokesperson Billy Jones sai (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops nab alleged gang of robbers Monday 17-Aug-2009: Five men were arrested in Springs on Monday after a shop owner was robbed, Gauteng police said."Four men entered the shop pretending to be customers. They took a two litre cooldrink [and] when they ap (By Jan)... | South Africa: Malema enters Semenya controversy Saturday 22-Aug-2009: ANCYL leader Julia Malema on Saturday called on the South African government not to allow the IAAF to go ahead with its controversial gender test on track champion Caster Semenya.'The International Am (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: President Congratulates Iran Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Harare - President Mugabe has congratulated Islamic Republic of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for winning the recent elections in his country and blasted the West for funding post-election distur (By Jan)... | Liberia: Taylor Had No Influence Over Rebels Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor today said he had no more personal influence over Sierra Leone's rebel forces than any other West African leader during Sierra Leone's brutal 11-year war, and deflected at (By Jan)... |
| Senegal: New arrests and convictions for same-sex relations; pattern of persecution continues Friday 21-Aug-2009: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Inner Circle are outraged at reports that a 17 year-old Senegalese man will stand trial on August 24 for sexual acts "against nat (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe's inflation now 1 percent Friday 21-Aug-2009: Rising costs of fuel, lubricants and transport By Nokuthula SibandaHarare - Zimbabwe's monthly inflation has increased to one percent after gaining 0.4 percentage points on the June rate, the (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Police Deployed in Kayunga Over Land Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Charles JjuukoKampala - THE Police are to start carrying out patrols in districts with land disputes to curb violence against landlords by the sitting tenants.This was disclosed by the Police spoke (By Jan)... | Liberia: ECOWAS Leaders Changed Rebel Leadership, Says Taylor Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not use his personal influence or control over Sierra Leone's rebel force to choose a new leader when its head commander was arrested in 2000, Mr. Taylor told the Spec (By Jan)... |
| World: No bail for Hitler fan Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Baltimore - A white supremacist accused of beating a 76-year-old black man has a tattoo of Adolf Hitler on his stomach with the words "He Lives" beneath it, and uses the Nazi dictator's last name as a (By Jan)... | Ethiopia: Orwellian Democracy Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Ayenew HaileselassieAddis Abeba - Ethiopia's once major opposition party members are once again pitted against each other, and this time they have no plausible scapegoat to point their fingers at. (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Shame on us, as Cotonou is Changing Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Dele MomoduLagos - I was in Cotonou last Sunday. It was my first visit to that serene city of Benin Republic in the last one year. The journey was expectedly bumpy from the Nigerian end. That is st (By Jan)... | Zambia's Chiluba Acquitted of Theft Charges Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Joseph Banda and Delphine ZuluA LUSAKA magistrates' court has acquitted former Republican president, Frederick Chiluba of six counts of theft by public servant.Ndola High Court deputy registrar, Jo (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Edochie's Kidnap Worsens Nigeria's Image - Akunyili Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Innocent Oweh Chukwujekwu Ilozue and Gbenga BadaAbuja/Onitsha/Lagos - Information and Communications Minister, Dora Akunyili, on Monday described the kidnap of Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, as an (By Jan)... | Africa: Zim banks begin issuing cheque books again Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's gradual recovery from economic collapse was marked on Monday with the return to the country's banking system of one of the rest of the world's most basic business instruments - the (By Jan)... |
| World: Spurned woman confesses after wedding blaze Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Kuwait City - The ex-wife of the groom at a Kuwait wedding where a raging fire killed 43 women and children has confessed to starting the blaze as an act of revenge, local newspapers reported on Monda (By Jan)... | South Africa: Teetering on the brink of collapse? Sunday 23-Aug-2009: All 25 municipalities in North West - most now teetering on the brink of collapse - will have to be rebuilt from scratch because of ANC infighting, fraud and corruption and a general flouting of the l (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Thieves not allowing dead to rest in peace Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Vandals have stripped the Jewish temple at the Muizenberg cemetery virtually bare - even making off with the burglar bars installed to protect it. Sigmund Saffer, president of the Muizenberg Hebrew co (By Jan)... | Ghana: Make Land Registration Stress Free - Minister Tells Commission Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Baba Kofi YaroBolgatanga - Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has charged the Lands Commission to take the reforms seriously and ensure that it is well implemented so as (By Jan)... |
| Namibia: Much Still to Be Done for Namibian Children - Minister Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Oswald ShivuteAlthough Namibia was one of the first countries to develop and implement national policies and plans to take care of children orphaned by HIV and AIDS, much still remains to be done.T (By Jan)... | Kenya: Massive Crop Failure in 'Grain Basket' Friday 21-Aug-2009: Njoro - Two months before harvest time, the maize in Kenya's Rift Valley should be tall, lush and green, bursting with life. Instead, crops in the province's Lare division are stunted, barren fields o (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cipro suspends five people suspected of scam Friday 21-Aug-2009: Five employees of the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) have been suspended for alleged fraudulent activities, the company said on Friday.The fraudsters allegedly cloned (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Gacaca Court Sends 27 Women to Prison Over Genocide Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Stevenson MugishaNyamasheke - A Gacaca court in Kagano sector, in Nyamasheke district, has sentenced 27 women to different jail terms, after finding them guilty of Genocide related crimes.The court (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SA organisations lash out at 'racist' IAAF Thursday 20-Aug-2009: South African unions and political organisations have criticised the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following controversy around athlete Caster Semenya's gender verification (By Jan)... | South Africa: Beware bogus doctors Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Kanina FossThe next time you make an appointment with your doctor make sure they are qualified to diagnose your illness.The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has warned that the nu (By Jan)... |
| World: Organ harvesting claim infuriates Israel Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Matti FriedmanIsraeli and Swedish officials responded furiously Wednesday to a Swedish newspaper article that suggested Israeli troops killed Palestinians and harvested their organs.The article pub (By Jan)... | USA: The Economic Meltdown – the 74th & biggest Biggest Bank failure of 2009… Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: [This goes to show that businesses are still taking a beating, despite the stock market’s massive rise… Is it a real rise… or… just another BEAR MARKET rally? My money is on the latter. And take speci (By Gairk)... |
| Africa: Humanitarian Action Under Siege Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Dakar - On the first-ever World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, when the UN spotlights fallen aid workers and growing humanitarian needs, experts say a trend toward integrating aid goals into broader s (By Jan)... | Nigeria: 'Yar'Adua Can't Fight Corruption' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Davidson Iriekpen, Gboyega Akinsanmi and Akinwale AkintundeLagos - The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday expressed lack of confidence in the government's ability to pull the country back fro (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Be Veary careful of political opportunists' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Lavern de Vries and Jade WittenPeople Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) has flooded Mitchells Plain with flyers questioning the ability of the area's police and its station commissioner to deal (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Activists Condemn Tribunal's Planned Move of Archives Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Irene V. NambiKigali - Organisations representing survivors of the 1994 Genocide yesterday contested speculations that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) could send genocide arch (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Drug addict guilty of slaying wife Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Sharika RegchandA Pietermaritzburg father of two was on Monday found guilty of the murder of his wife, who he killed in front of his children at Howick Falls in March 2007.Jaiseelan Govindsamy, 41, (By Jan)... | Africa: Zuma's big 11 to warm Angola ties Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma goes to patch up relations with Angola this week with nearly half the cabinet and a "huge" delegation of ministers and business leaders.Eleven ministers will accompany Zuma to Lua (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Face to faith Sunday 23-Aug-2009: The incomparable beauty of an African landscape, the penetrating quality of the light In Zimbabwe, the shared reality of Jesus Christ is helping a whole nation to transcend tyrannyChris Chiver (By Jan)... | World: Teen bully jailed over Facebook death threats Saturday 22-Aug-2009: London - A teenage girl has become the first Briton to be jailed for bullying via a social network - after sending death threats by Facebook.Keeley Houghton, 18, boasted on her Facebook page that she (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Aids Levy Spent On Luxuries Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Fortious NhamburaHarare - THE National Aids Council has bought only US$20 000 worth of anti-retroviral drugs from the more than US$1,7 million in Aids levies collected since the inception of the mu (By Jan)... | South Africa: Injured miner dies in hospital Thursday 20-Aug-2009: One of 15 miners injured in an underground explosion in Hattingspruit, outside Dundee, has died in hospital, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday."We heard the news yesterday (Tuesday) (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man gets double life sentence, kills himself Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: A convicted murderer hung himself in a Ramsgate High Court holding cell on Wednesday shortly after receiving a double life sentence, KwaZulu-Natal police said.Musa Goodman Shabane, 32, was found hangi (By Jan)... | Gambia: Policeman Seen Punching Motorists - PRO Condemns Act Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Fabakary B. CeesayA young police man dressed in PIU Uniform was on Sunday 10th August, seen punching two Commercial (Van) drivers at the Palma Rima Junction.The two drivers were coming from the dir (By Jan)... |
| World: Language barrier leads to deadly robbery Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Philadelphia - A West African college student who was learning English was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in which he could not understand a gunman who confronted him in a southwest Phila (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man stabs wife to death, found guilty Monday 17-Aug-2009: A man who stabbed his wife 19 times but pleaded not guilty to killing her was convicted of murder in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday.Jaiseelan Govindsamy, 41, admitted to stabbing his wife, (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Taki trial adjourns early for court function Monday 17-Aug-2009: The trial of the alleged "sugarcane" serial killer was adjourned early on Wednesday to allow the Scottburgh High Court's female officials to attend a women's month function."It has come to my attentio (By Jan)... | Science: Drug addicts journey to vomit and vow Monday 17-Aug-2009: Saraburi, Thailand - Fifteen-year-old Wanchai Nuantasiri is one of more than a dozen drug addicts kneeling in a row, vomiting violently into the gutter.Monks in dark brown robes stand behind the sick, (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 'Shopaholic' ex-president acquitted Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Daniel HowdenA court in Zambia this week acquitted former president Frederick Chiluba of looting the treasury while in office, in a decision greeted as a major setback to anti-corruption efforts ac (By Jan)... | Economy Showing 'Green Shoots', But No Blossoms Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday cautiously hinted at "early signs of a rebound" of the domestic economy, based particularly on the improved performance of the diamond sector, as we (By Jan)... |
| World: Actress arrested for burning her child Saturday 22-Aug-2009: New Delhi - Indian police Saturday arrested a television actress in Mumbai for allegedly beating and injuring her 10-year-old maid, news reports said.Urvashi Dhanorkar was accused of brutally assault (By Jan)... | Africa: Bullets fly in Somalia Friday 21-Aug-2009: Mogadishu, Somalia - Witnesses and doctors say at least 24 people have been killed and 40 wounded in Mogadishu in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces.Witnesses say the rebels la (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two-year wait for sister's body Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziIt took two years for the remains of an Eastern Cape woman, a victim of alleged Umzinto serial killer Thozamile Taki, to be handed to the family for burial, the Scottsburgh High Co (By Jan)... | World: Slain model's fingers and teeth removed Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Gillian FlaccusBuena Park, California - Police on the hunt for a reality TV contestant charged with the gruesome murder of his ex-wife were continuing to search the US-Canadian border after the wom (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cash flow woes for Tshwane council Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Barry BatemanThe Tshwane Metro Council needs to raise R700-million soon to ease its "financial challenges" and to meet its immediate cash-flow requirements. But with spiralling debtor problems, nea (By Jan)... | Kenya: Sh23 Billion Boost for War On Hunger Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Kenneth Ogosia, Peter Leftie and Dave OpiyoNairobi - The United Nations has raised Sh23 billion to help fight hunger facing more than four million Kenyans. Head of the UN Office for the Coordinatio (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: It's So Wrong to Downplay Rwigyema, Museveni Roles Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By John KabagambeI was stunned to read that President Museveni's speech at the 15th Rwandan Liberation Anniversary "ruffled feathers" in the Rwandan army officer ranks close to President Kagame, repor (By Jan)... | South Africa: Woman found dead in car identified Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Kowthar SolomonsThe woman whose body was discovered in the boot of her car in a busy central city street has been identified as 28-year-old Kristina Gebhardt.Police say that Gerbhardt's Fiat Uno wa (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: JTF Boss Fumes, Says Troops Still in Warri Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Emma AmaizeDelta, otherwise known as "Operation Restore Hope", Major General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello fumed yesterday over media report that the task force had started withdrawing its troops from Warri, (By Jan)... | Africa: How to Boost U.S.-Africa Trade Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Witney W. SchneidmanNearly ten years old, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) continues to be the cornerstone of commercial and economic relations between the United States and sub-Sahara (By Jan)... |
| Top Cop Advises Against Grassroots Campaigning Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE Inspector General of the Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, has advised political parties not to hold "house-to-house and shebeen-to-shebeen campaigns" for the upc (By Jan)... | World: Gunmen grab medic in Kirkuk Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Kirkuk, Iraq - A Christian doctor was kidnapped and two people were killed in attacks by gunmen in the restive northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said.The doctor, a paediatrician, was ab (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Money for Projects At First Uranium Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - GOLD and uranium miner First Uranium had enough funding to complete its developing projects at Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) and the Ezulwini underground mine, CEO Gord (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: HCB, Zesco to Continue Power Exports Monday 17-Aug-2009: Harare - Mozambique's power generation company, Hydro Electre de Cahora Bassa (HCB) and Zambia Electricity Supply Company (ZESCO), have agreed to continue exporting power to Zimbabwe under a debt rest (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Gunmen Attack Aid Compound Monday 17-Aug-2009: The United Nations has strongly condemned the attack against its aid compound in southern Somalia on Sunday, the fourth time in two months that the world body's offices in the Horn of Africa nation ha (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Re-Branding a Fake Product? Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Zulfikar A. AdamuAbuja - So many innocent babies who were not even old enough to decode their names died needlessly because of the greed that has come to characterize the Nigerian enterprise. It wa (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: A short left to BRT from the taxis Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Maureen Isaacson & Edwin NaiduThe country's first Bus Rapid Transit system in Johannesburg could be hijacked by a taxi strike and the threat of legal action. The scheduled launch of Rea Vaya - bill (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'We've stopped living' Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Matthew SavidesDurban pensioners are among the hundreds of investors now left broke and eking out a living after losing millions of rands in a failed foreign exchange scheme.Typical among those hit (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Cops teargas Niger protestors Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Niamey - Police on Saturday used tear gas during clashes with opponents of a new constitution for Niger that would enable President Mamadou Tandja to seek unlimited mandates.Several people were injure (By Jan)... | Africa: Zuma visits former anti-apartheid base Friday 21-Aug-2009: Luanda - South African President Jacob Zuma made an emotional pilgrimage on Friday to a former anti-apartheid guerrilla camp in Angola where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to fallen comrades.Angol (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Doctors' Pay Issue Resolved Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Khopotso BodibePublic sector doctors quietly accepted the national Health Department's Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) offer, two weeks ago.The Democratic Nurses' Organisation of South Afr (By Jan)... | Somalia: Govt Forces Clash With Insurgents Friday 21-Aug-2009: Beletwein - Somali government forces clashed with insurgent fighters in the central regions Thursday, Radio Garowe reports.The number of deaths could not be confirmed, but locals who fled the town of (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Drug Abuse Tops Crimes Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - The latest police report on committed crimes, has singled out drug abuse as the most prevalent crime in the country.However, Acting Commissioner General of Police, Mary Gaho (By Jan)... | Kenya: Hunger Bites as Residents Turn to Cactus Plant Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Noah CheploenNairobi - With all the pasture and water gone due to the prolonged drought, residents of Baringo District in Kenya have turned to the thorny but fleshy cactus plant to rescue their liv (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: CPJ concerned over police intimidation of Star reporters Thursday 20-Aug-2009: The Committee to Protect Journalist is concerned Kenyan police are attempting to intimidate journalists at the private daily, The Star, to reveal their sources for a June 20 article that said the Keny (By Jan)... | Nigeria: David Mark - Jingoism as Impolitic Refuge Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Is'haq Modibbo KawuAbuja - "The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's wealth and its poverty is a failure of governance at (all) levels....Lack of transparency and accountabilit (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspect nabbed in boot murder Thursday 20-Aug-2009: A 28-year-old man will appear in court on Monday after he was discovered driving a stolen car and the car's owner was found, dead, in the boot. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Kristina (By Jan)... | Africa: They Brave Danger to Save Lives Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By John HolmesNairobi - Wednesday was the first ever World Humanitarian Day, an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come towards the ideal that everyone in need should be helped -- regardless of (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: 'Go After Charles Taylor's Millions' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Roland PerryThe Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, has urged the Government of Liberia to go after the millions of dollars allegedly pocketed by former Liberian Preside (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops told to keep confiscated cash Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Mpumalanga police can keep over R4 000 confiscated during a crime after a ruling in the High Court in Johannesburg, police said on Wednesday."The court ruled against the respondents, and that the prop (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Pregnant woman bludgeoned in daylight Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Sherlissa PetersBoom Street in Pietermaritzburg, one of the busiest business areas in the CBD, ground to a halt for more than an hour on Monday afternoon after the gruesome death of a young woman.P (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma has faired okay - readers Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Monday marked President Jacob Zuma first 100 days in office.IOL asked its readers: Is it fair to expose sex pest teachers on the Internet?Of the 1 274 people who participated in the poll, 53 percent (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Traditional Crops Key to Food Security Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Kaburu MugambiNairobi - With 4.5 million Kenyans living off food aid from the government and the World Food Programme, the State is giving a closer look at traditional crops more than before.The nu (By Jan)... | Africa: Zanu-PF walks out on cabinet review Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Harare - President Robert Mugabe's party walked out on Sunday of a meeting of cabinet members to review the work of a unity government it has formed with its opponents, angry over charges of election- (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Clever security for malls Saturday 22-Aug-2009: A Joburg security company says it has imported intelligent software that can detect suspicious people and pick up on unusual activity - which could have prevented several of the recent violent mall ro (By Jan)... | Science: DNA evidence can be faked in a lab Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Fiona MacraeScientists have shown it is possible to fake DNA evidence, potentially undermining the credibility of the key forensic technique. Using equipment found in labs in Britain, they oblitera (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Return of cholera expected soon Friday 21-Aug-2009: Not a matter of if, but when Johannesburg - The return of cholera to Zimbabwe is not a matter of if, but when, said Rian van de Braak, head of mission of the medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontià (By Jan)... | South Africa: Rapist offers SA woman 'blood money' Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Lyse CominsA Durban woman who was teaching English at a private school in South Korea has fled home for safety after being stalked by a neighbour who handcuffed and brutally raped her.He then offer (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'I have not appointed a new chief justice' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma has said a series of slip-ups led to the perception that he failed to consult opposition parties about his nomination for chief justice in line with the constitution.In a letter a (By Jan)... | South Africa: Woman 'planned murders' of her children Thursday 20-Aug-2009: An Eastern Cape woman is accused of "deliberately and purposefully" planning the murders of her two children, the Dispatch Online reported on Thursday.During closing argument in the East London High C (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Minister puts Shaik debacle to rest Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: There will not be a review of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik's medical parole because he was reportedly seen driving around Durban, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula insisted o (By Jan)... | Somalia: 'Increased Hostility Towards Aid Workers' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Nairobi - The weekend attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) compound in central Somalia was the fourth "deliberately targeted" incident in two months, according to the agency.The 16 August attack (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Councillor charged over Albert Park deaths Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeVusi Khoza, ward councillor of Albert Park in Durban, will have to answer to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to an alleged xenophobic attack.Khoza and his co-accuse (By Jan)... | World: Iran 'ready for unconditional talks' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Tehran - A top Iranian nuclear official said Tehran was ready to hold talks with the West on its atomic drive "without preconditions," state television reported on Tuesday, amid US threats of more san (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two shot during heist Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: A security guard and a correctional services officer were shot and wounded during a cash-in-transit heist on the Moloto Road near Pretoria on Tuesday, police said.At 9am two security guards travelling (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man shot after battering woman to death Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Sibusiso Mboto"Please help me, he is going to kill me, he has already attacked my friend." This was the plea from Nokuthula Motloung, 24, who had just witnessed a fatal attack on her friend, Nompum (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Killer loses bid to be policeman again Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: The Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by former apartheid policeman Wybrand du Toit to get his job back."The appeal must be dismissed," said Chief Justice Pius Langa, handing down a unan (By Jan)... | Africa: MDC official released from jail after appeal Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Harare - A High Court judge in Harare on Monday ordered the release from custody of a top official of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change.The MDC official had spent 11 da (By Jan)... |
| Teko Trio's Assets to Stay Frozen Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Werner MengesTHE financial squeeze that has been put on Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck, her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, and Chinese national Yang Fan with the freezing of their asse (By Jan)... | Science: Why are celebrities so prone to addiction? Monday 17-Aug-2009: According to one onlooker, she was "totally out of it". When Lindsay Lohan turned up at a Golden Globes after-party held by Prince last week, the actress, who attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, wa (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Serial killer: the one who got away Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Mpume MadlalaDudu Ntetha took the witness stand in the Scottburgh High Court exactly two years to the day that she became the only person to have escaped the clutches of alleged Umzinto serial kill (By Jan)... | Science: Angola may have its own Jurassic Park Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Luanda - Angola is best known for oil and diamonds, but dinosaur hunters say the country holds a "museum in the ground" of rare fossils - some actually jutting from the Earth - waiting to be discovere (By Jan)... |
| World: More than 100 Shiite rebels killed - Yemen Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Sanaa - Yemeni troops have killed more than 100 Shiite rebels, including two of their commanmders, in an operation to recapture a small town in the northern mountains, the government said on Sunday. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man jailed for stabbing butt grabber Friday 21-Aug-2009: A Western Cape man was jailed for 12 years on Friday for stabbing to death a man who touched his buttocks and humilated him in the presence of women."What you did was barbaric. Humans are not supposed (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Turk Mine Posts 32,9 Percent Rise in Gold Sales Friday 21-Aug-2009: Harare - TURK Mine, a gold producer situated outside Bulawayo has recorded a 32,9 percent increase in gold sales up from US$780 000 in June to US$1 037 000 at the end of July.Since resuming operations (By Jan)... | Africa: 18 killed in DRCongo mining tragedy - report Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Kinshasa - Eighteen prospectors were killed overnight in a diamond mine in central Democratic Republic of Congo, union officials said on Thursday."Eighteen have died and there is only one survivor," J (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Climate 'Will Hit Women Hard' Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - POOR women farmers comprise the group likely to be hardest hit by climate change in Africa , leading to poverty and greater dependence on the state.A report by the (By Jan)... | South Africa: One dies on crowded Cape strike trains Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: One person died and four were injured when they fell from packed Cape Town passenger trains on Wednesday, Metrorail said.The accidents came as train drivers continued their nationwide strike, leading (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Do not sacrifice judicial independence' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Nontobeko MtshaliCan judicial independence survive transformation? Johann Kriegler thinks it can, provided everyone does their job.The former Constitutional Court judge on Tuesday night gave a publ (By Jan)... | South Africa: Arms deal debate quashed Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Political BureauThe DA has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Max Sisulu, of deliberately obstructing a debate on the contentious issue of South Africa allegedly entering into arms deals with rogue (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Did Hilary Clinton Lie Against Nigeria's Elite? Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Ikechukwu AmaechiLagos - The elite in Nigeria are angry with the United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. Understandably. These are men and women used to people fawning over them, telling (By Jan)... | Rwanda, Burundi Must Wait for New Internet Link Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Kezio-Musoke DavidNairobi - Rwanda and Burundi will have to wait another three months to be connected to the recently launched Seacom fibre-optic undersea cable.In the meantime, the country will be (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cape website advertiser charged with fraud Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: A man accused of fraudulently advertising SA National Defence Force cars for sale on a website appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday.Willem Johannes Tobias Carstens, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Four high-rise death suspects walk free Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: Charges have been withdrawn against four people accused of killing two foreign nationals by forcing them to jump off a Durban high rise building, the city's magistrate's court heard on Tuesday.The Sta (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Ginwala flays ANC Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Carien Du PlessisFormer National Assembly speaker Frene Ginwala has lashed out at ministers for not giving MPs the recognition they need to do their job, and said it won't improve under President J (By Jan)... | Science: TV to help addicts kick the habit Monday 17-Aug-2009: London - A former London banker whose cocaine addiction cost him his high-flying job and nearly destroyed his marriage has created Britain's first television channel to help addicts and their families (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Byleveld won't give up until he finds Rapeta Monday 17-Aug-2009: By LESEGO MASEMOLATop cop Director Piet Byleveld is adamant that he will find missing Ga-Rankuwa detective Andrew Rapeta. It's been six weeks since Rapeta went missing and Byleveld has been tasked wi (By Jan)... | Obama Uses Chicago Style Politics To Silence A Major Critic Sunday 23-Aug-2009: [It seems the Obama administration is targeting a certain Glenn Beck. I do not watch his show that much, but it seems Obama's upset he's being called a racist by Beck, so an obvious, overt front grou (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Rwanda: 27 Women Convicted of Genocide Friday 21-Aug-2009: Twenty seven women who were accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide were thrown into prison on Sunday by the Rwandan traditional court, gacaca, in the south-western Rwanda, it was learned from a l (By Jan)... | Somalia: Shelling Kills 16, Injure 40 Others in Mogadishu Friday 21-Aug-2009: At least 16 people have been killed and more than 40 others have been injured in the Somali capital Mogadishu after heavy fighting and shelling started in the capital, witnesses and officials told Sha (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Sadtu creates 'poisonous ethos', says DA Friday 21-Aug-2009: The Democratic Alliance has called on government to break the "stranglehold" it says the SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) has on public school education."Sadtu represents 67 percent of all teache (By Jan)... | World: Obama moves to break deadlock in Middle East Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Matt SpetalnickWashington - United States President Barack Obama, making a fresh bid to break the deadlock on Middle East peace, called on Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab states on Thursday t (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Copper Price Expected to Start Rising Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - GLOBAL copper supply was expected to fall increasingly short of demand from next year, which should see prices rising every year to 2012, independent metals consulta (By Jan)... | Kenya: Plan to Give Odinga More Power Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Dave Opiyo and Peter LeftieNairobi - A plan to radically redefine the working relationship between Kenya's President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga was unveiled on Wednesday.If implemented, (By Jan)... |
| Niger: Patching Gaps in HIV Law Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Niamey - Despite a two-year-old law in Niger penalizing discrimination against people infected with HIV, seropositive women say they still receive substandard health care, are denied employment and ri (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He loaded the gun' Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Alex EliseevAn eight-hour hostage drama has ended with the arrest of a man who held his daughter and two house guests captive in his Bryanston home.The man was held at the Sandton Police Station an (By Jan)... |
| Zim: From new priest to Bishop in just 17 days Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Elected as bishop to succeed his deposed processor the Rt Rev Elson Jakazi By George CongerSeventeen days after being ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Kensington, the curate of the (By Jan)... | Country's Electoral Systems Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Catherine SasmanELECTORAL systems refer to institutional arrangements for the conduct of elections, be they National Assembly or Presidential elections, as will be witnessed in Namibia in November (By Jan)... |
| Zim: From new priest to Bishop in just 17 days Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Elected as bishop to succeed his deposed processor the Rt Rev Elson Jakazi By George Conger Seventeen days after being ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Kensington, the curate of the (By Jan)... | Sudan: UNAMID Provides Training for North Darfur Prison Officials Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: UNAMID Human Rights and Rule of Law organized a four-day training course on 10 August, for prison officials working in North Darfur state on 'human rights standards and prison management'.The course w (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Mdluli lied about Niehaus case - DA Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: The Democratic Alliance has complained to the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), saying police had failed to investigate fraud charges against former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus and former Ga (By Jan)... | Say Hello To Oslo 2.0? Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: [Doesn't it seem like a repeat of the errors of the first Oslo Accords? It seems here that Israeli President Shimon Peres is hoping that Russia will aid it in promoting Oslo 2.0. Precise problem...t (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Ghana: Monitor Behaviour of Land Commission Staff Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By David Alan PainstilThe Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Henry Ford Kamel, has called on the 24-member Central Regional Lands Commission, to monitor the activities of the Lands C (By Jan)... | Kenya: Odinga Eases Tensions Over Forest Removals Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Dan Otieno and Geoffrey RonoNairobi - Prime Minister Raila Odinga appeared to extend an olive branch to Rift Valley MPs during his second visit to the province in as many weeks."I have no problem w (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Madagascan rivals committed to power-sharing Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Antananarivo - Madagascar's political rivals remain committed to a fair division of power within a government of national unity, mediators said on Sunday before a second round of talks in Mozambique.T (By Jan)... | South Africa: Senior policeman assaults metro cop Sunday 23-Aug-2009: A senior SAPS officer was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Ekurhuleni metro policewoman in Kempton Park on Sunday when she gave his daughter a traffic fine.The junior officer, 43, stopped a grey Hy (By Jan)... |
| World: Implants reveal identity of murder victim Sunday 23-Aug-2009: Buena Park, California - The remains of a former model whose killing set off an international manhunt for a reality television star were so badly mutilated that investigators had to use the serial num (By Jan)... | Amnesty International An Irrelevant Pseudo Marxist Front Group? Saturday 22-Aug-2009: [Now this always bothers me whenever Amnesty International sticks its head into cases such as Leonard Peltier and also Mumia Abu-Jamal, both Marxist scum whom were convicted of their crimes and deserv (By Lone Wolf)... |
| South Africa: 'Johannesburg Prison is a ticking time bomb' Saturday 22-Aug-2009: Inmates at Johannesburg Prison have threatened to burn down the facility after another go slow by warders on Saturday, a prisoners' rights organisation claimed on Saturday."Johannesburg Prison is a ti (By Jan)... | South Africa: Company fingered for killed animals Friday 21-Aug-2009: A private security company tasked with safeguarding East London Zoo's inmates might have to pay for animals killed under its watch, the Daily Dispatch said on Friday.This follows incidents when the zo (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Dozens killed in Somalia Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Mogadishu, Somalia - Witnesses say fighting between government soldiers and Islamic insurgents has killed 40 people in central Somalia.The fighting started on Thursday in Bula Burte, about 210km north (By Jan)... | World: Suspected ETA arms cache discovered Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Paris - Police found a large stash of arms and explosives in southern France on Thursday that probably belonged to the Basque separatist group ETA, the Paris prosecutor's office said.The discovery and (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Country Arrests Illegal Immigrants from Botswana Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Bame PietUp to 18 Batswana have been arrested for entering Zimbabwe illegally. The people from Pandamatenga veered into Zimbabwe unwittingly when fetching thatching grass at an unfenced border area (By Jan)... | Athletics: Plan was perfect - Semenya Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Everything went according to plan.That was South Africa's latest sports hero Caster Semenya's matter-of-fact description of her gold medal-winning performance at the world athletics championships in B (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Readers hit hard by recession Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Ainsley DanielsSouth Africa's economy contracted by 3,0 percent in the second quarter of 2009, extending South Africa's first recession in nearly two decades.The state of the economy has most affec (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Gen. Nyamvumba Heads to Darfur Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: By Edwin MusoniKigali - Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba is this Thursday, expected to make his first trip to the war torn Sudanese region of Darfur as part of a familiarisation tour, before his begins his (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's popularity on the rise - poll Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: President Jacob Zuma's approval ratings have steadily improved and more than half of South Africans believe he is doing a good job, according to a survey released on Tuesday.The poll conducted in the (By Jan)... | Africa: Lawmakers released in Madagascar Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: Antananarivo - Four lawmakers from the political party of Madagascar's former president Marc Ravalomanana were freed on Tuesday at the end of their trial, which led to suspended prison sentences, thei (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Honest detective gets his man Wednesday 19-Aug-2009: An Ivory Park man was arrested after attempting to "buy" a docket from a police officer on Tuesday, Gauteng police said."A man in his 40s made contact with the investigating officer and suggested that (By Jan)... | World: Russian dam disaster kills 10 Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By Ilya NaymushinCheryomushki, Russia - Ten people were killed on Monday and up to 72 were missing after a turbine room flooded at Russia's largest hydro-power station, forcing steel and aluminium pla (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: On Haddad Exoneration, 'Legislators Acted Wisely' Tuesday 18-Aug-2009: By J. Nathaniel DaygborFormer Finance Minister David Farhat has disclosed that the 52nd National Legislature acted wisely by exonerating Lebanese business tycoon George Haddad in the sale of the Bucha (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: 'Aim for Maximum Yields' Monday 17-Aug-2009: Harare - Local cotton growers should aim for maximum yields for them to earn meaningful profits, the director-general of the Cotton Growers Association of Zimbabwe Mr Godfrey Buka has said.The 2008/09 (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Grow Traditional Crops to Beat Hunger, Experts Urge Farmers Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Billy MuiruriNairobi - Kenyans would kiss hunger goodbye if only farmers were to change the way they go about their business.Experts have identified five strategies that could help farmers increase (By Jan)... | South Africa: Mother sick with worry about missing son Monday 17-Aug-2009: By Alex EliseevThe stress of not knowing where her son has been for four months has landed a Gauteng mother in hospital - and her family claims police have done nothing to help find her nine-year-old (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Malema defends his feelings on mines Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By Sipho KhumaloAfrican National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema has defended his call for the nationalisation of mines in the country and the "Africanisation" of the economy, saying the fi (By Jan)... | Kenya: Citizens Unhappy With Quality of Democracy Sunday 23-Aug-2009: By John W. HarbesonNairobi - One of the most but least explored questions about democracy is what do citizens think about their democracies. Over the last 10 years, the AfroBarometer sample surveys ha (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cop bust for dagga Saturday 22-Aug-2009: A Cape Town traffic cop faces disciplinary action after he was caught in possession of dagga while on duty.The officer was caught in Athlone on Tuesday afternoon, apparently by neighbourhood watch mem (By Jan)... | South Africa: Semenya row goes to UN Saturday 22-Aug-2009: By Candice Bailey, Sameer Naik, Kashiefa Ajam, Carien du Plessis and Lebogang Seale The Caster Semenya gender row reached fever pitch on Friday, as Athletics South Africa boss Leonard Chuene quit the (By Jan)... |
| Central African Republic: Newly-Discovered Group of Displaced Need Urgent Aid - UN Agency Saturday 22-Aug-2009: The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the plight of a group of over 2,000 displaced civilians who are living in a previously inaccessible and remote area of northern Central African Repu (By Jan)... | Central Africa: Newly-Discovered Group of Displaced Region Need Urgent Aid - UN Agency Saturday 22-Aug-2009: The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the plight of a group of over 2,000 displaced civilians who are living in a previously inaccessible and remote area of northern Central African Repu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Car chase ends in shootout Friday 21-Aug-2009: Four men were arrested after they opened fire on police during a car chase in Centurion on Friday, Gauteng police said.Inspector Katlego Mogale said the Rapid Response unit had been carrying out a sto (By Jan)... | R.I.P. Zimbabwe dollar Friday 21-Aug-2009: Zimbabwe can now lay claim to second place in the world hyperinflation record books By Steve H. HankeProfessor of Applied Economics, The Johns Hopkins University and Senior Fellow, The Cato In (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: WCED tackles violence in schools Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Ilse FredericksWestern Cape education authorities have taken a tough stance against violence in schools, promising to expel pupils if evidence warranted it.The Western Cape has had the highest numb (By Jan)... | Africa: Oil rebels disarm slowly in Nigeria Friday 21-Aug-2009: By Austin EkeindeOkrika, Nigeria - Scores of Nigerian oil militants turned in weapons in the creeks of the Niger Delta on Thursday, two weeks after a 60-day amnesty period began, but the participation (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Cholera Outbreak Looms Friday 21-Aug-2009: The conditions that led to the worst cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe's history last year, including poor water and sanitation infrastructure, remain and the disease could return this year, an official wi (By Jan)... | Africa: Darfur receiving more food aid - WFP Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Geneva - Food deliveries have improved this year for more than three million people in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur who depend on aid, the World Food Programme's representative in the country sai (By Jan)... |
| South Africa Says Country is Important Partner Thursday 20-Aug-2009: Luanda - South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, Wednesday in Luanda said Angola is an important and strategic partner for his country, Angop learnt.Speaking to the press, Jocob Zuma recalled that Angol (By Jan)... | South Africa: Livingstone explorer crosses the Limpopo Thursday 20-Aug-2009: By Duncan GuyModern day explorer Kingsley Holgate - who is retracing the route of "Africa's longest funeral march" when missi |
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