Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 27th September 2009From 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 & GruesomeAfrica: Is Foreign Aid Still Worth it?
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The following paperA\s were presented at a Constituency for Africa Forum on the 23 September 2009. The authors argue for aid and development in Africa in response to recent criticisms of the impact of (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Land Repossession No Act of Iniquity
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Reason WafawarovaHarare - WHILE the truism of bemoaning the alleged abuse of the human rights of Zimbabweans is the official basis of all the Western vilification of President Mugabe in the last 10 (By Jan)...South Africa: All the candidates for Concourt
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Judge Kathleen Satchwell, Johannesburg High CourtNominated by: The Black Sash, Wits Law Clinic, People Opposing Women Abuse, Advocate Marisa Mathebula, Advocate Zinhle Buthelezi and Attorney Ronald Bo (By Jan)...Africa: Don't Bemoan Our Fate, Earn Our Place at World Table
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Trevor ManuelAhead of this week’s summit of the G20 group of nations in Pittsburgh in the United States, South African planning minister Trevor Manuel says if Africa is to have a greater say (By Jan)...Ethiopia: Letter to British Foreign Secretary Miliband On Diplomatic Assurances
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Rt Hon David Miliband MPSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth AffairsForeign and Commonwealth OfficeDear Foreign Secretary,I am writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep concern at the po (By Jan)...Southern Africa: The Communists support each other: S.Africa, Namibia Stand By Zimbabwe
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: [Take note too of the communist terminology. The abbreviation "Cde" stands for "Comrade". They refer to each other as "Comrades" and this is a throw-back to the days when the Communists backed them. (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Sanctions On Leadership Affect Everybody
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Joseph ChitezaHarare - We have often heard manipulative political statements to the effect that there are no economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe but that the sanctions are targeted on individual (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma's full speech at Cosatu congress
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Opening address by ANC President Jacob Zuma, at the 10th COSATU Congress, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg.Theme: "Consolidating Working Class Power in Defence of Decent Work and for Socialism" (By Jan)...Jan Lamprecht's Mother passes away - The Promise I made my mother when I was 16...
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: I have done some postings in recent weeks about how my Mother got double-pneumonia and ended up in hospital, and how worthless our nurses are. Then she was released 5 days ago (with the pneumonia cure (By Jan)...Nigeria: Gani's Death And the Search For Giwa's Killers
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Ademola AdeyemoLagos - When Dele Giwa, the founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch Magazine was killed via a letter bomb in 1986, late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi took up the gauntlet t (By Jan)...Nigeria: Prospects for Justice in Northern and Central Nigeria
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The following is a statement to U.S. Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus by a Nigeria researcher on sectarian violence and religious harmony in Nigeria.Thank you, Chairman Franks an (By Jan)...Zim: Mugabe builds up secret empire of farms seized from white owners
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Peta Thornycroft and Sebastien BergerZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has built up a secret farming empire from land seized from at least five white-owned businesses, an Independent Foreign (By Jan)...Grace Mugabe, her 'stolen' farm and how she supplies Zimbawean milk to Nestle food giant
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: "Forbidden to make funds available to persons mentioned" By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa CorrespondentRobert Mugabe's wife, Grace, who has taken over at lea (By Jan)...Sudan: After Disarmament, Southern Region Battles Rising Crime
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Badru MulumbaJuba - In late 2007, before they awoke to daybreak, residents of Juba found their houses surrounded, ransacked and fortified. The ransack was done by security forces. The mostly soldie (By Jan)...Nigeria: Conflict Situations - Changing The Lot of Women, Children
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Mosun OmoboyedeLagos - MOSUN OMOBOYEDE suggests a framework for a policy formulation which will benefit displaced persons, particularly women and children, in conflict situations in NigeriaMany fla (By Jan)...Nigeria: Benin Herbalists,Chiefs Caught For Human Trafficking
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Simon EbegbulemBenin City - There is hardly any family in Benin City , Edo state capital that you would not find either a son or daughter residing abroad. In most cases, their location is either It (By Jan)...Africa: 'Mugabe stole my farm'
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Peta Thornycroft and Sebastien BergerZimbabwan President Robert Mugabe has built up a secret farming empire from land seized from at least five white-owned businesses, an Independent Foreign Servic (By Jan)...Mugabe denies blame for Zimbabwe woes
Friday 25-Sep-2009: "Land reform is the best thing that could have ever have happened" Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in a rare interview Thursday, depicted himself as an African hero battling imperialism and (By Jan)...Zim: Human rights, diamonds and the Kimberley Process
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Australian diplomats paid quiet visits to the governments of team members By Ian Smillie, Chair, Diamond Development InitiativeThe following address was delivered by Ian Smillie of the Develop (By Jan)...Mugabe denies blame for Zimbabwe woes
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in a rare interview Thursday, depicted himself as an African hero battling imperialism and foreign attempts to oust him rather than the widespread perception of a dic (By Gairk)...Desperation stalks Zimbabwe's white farmers
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: "Pass a law: no whites are allowed to farm. Then it makes it clear" By Mkepile MabuseHarare - A desperate Zimbabwean farmer fighting to hold onto his land - a year after the country's politica (By Jan)...Ethiopia: 2010 Election and Zenawi's New Game
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Etyopian SimbiroPresident Obama has clearly stated, particularly in his speech in Ghana, that African rulers cannot fool his government easily and he will not openly support their perpetuation of ' (By Jan)...World: 'They knew whom to kidnap'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Sinnan SanaheddinThe kidnappers holding an Iraqi auto mechanic's 11-year-old son gave him just two days to come up with $100 000 (about R749 689) in ransom. When he could not, they were just as qui (By Jan)...Uganda: 'Is the President Your Son?'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Wambui MwangiNairobi - My friend Kalundi Serumaga was abducted in Kampala on September 11. His assailants attacked him as he was leaving a television station in Kampala.A statement signed by writer (By Jan)...Zim: Persecuted at home, rejected in South Africa
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Means by which governments avoid responsibility Fatima Khan, Rebecca Chennells and Annabel HeaneyOn September 15, Jackie Mackay, deputy director- general of the Department of Home Affairs, art (By Jan)...World: Suicide bombs kill 16, hurt 150
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - Two suicide attacks killed 16 people and wounded more than 150 in north-west Pakistan on Saturday, showing Taliban militants are still able to strike despite heightened military o (By Jan)...Sudan: Disarmament Raises Fears of Fresh Violence
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Juba - The recent campaign by the Southern Sudanese authorities to seize illegal arms has yielded a "fearsome arsenal" of weapons, but critics warn that forcible disarmament could spark further violen (By Jan)...Liberia: Unconventional Problems, Unconventional Solutions - Broh and Tackling the Slums
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Tom KamaraThere was a simple psychiatrist test doctors performed on patients to determine their mental state of being, one doctor recently said in a discussion over Mary Broh's clean Monrovia crusa (By Jan)...South Africa: Crime nightmare
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Alex Eliseev, Gill Gifford and Shaun SmillieThe crimes you fear the most are on the rise - with violent house robberies showing an alarming spike. In Gauteng, the number of murders, house robberies (By Jan)...Kwame Nkrumah's Centenary
Friday 25-Sep-2009: THE following is an edited version of a lecture by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Special Advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Foreign Affairs, delivered at a Pacon-organised function in the capital this w (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Ian Smith was right - Jimmy Carter
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: As president, I worked actively with African leaders and the British to change the apartheid regime of Rhodesia into a democratic Zimbabwe in 1980. Eight years later, The Carter Center established (By Gairk)...South Africa: Malema blames Zille
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Alex EliseevAllegations that Julius Malema assaulted a police reservist who tried to break up his all-night party at the weekend were part of a conspiracy hatched by Helen Zille and her opposition (By Jan)...USA/SA: More Personal Comments on Sara and Jan Lamprecht
Friday 25-Sep-2009: T Last, my fellow volunteers, I got this together and I will post and approve it for the news page as I want to say some things that our readers may not find among the comment section. I do suggest th (By JoAn)...Africa: Iran warships attack pirates
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Tehran - Iranian warships clashed with pirates in the Gulf of Aden thwarting an attempt to seize three Iranian commercial vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday."The Iranian navy c (By Jan)...South Africa: I was a layman - Malema
Monday 21-Sep-2009: ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema pleaded ignorance in his rape hate speech case on Monday, saying he was a "layman" merely quoting from a high court judgment."If you want to question what we said (By Jan)...Tanzania: Panic Reigns As New Mbagala Blast Kills Two
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Devotha John and Vicent MnyanyikaTwo children were killed and several others injured when yet another bomb explosion rocked the Mbagala suburb of Dar es Salaam yesterday morning, rekindling fears o (By Jan)...World: Ahmadinejad interview addresses hot topics
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Robert Burns and Anne GearanNational Security WritersIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an Associated Press interview that he will seek leniency for three American hikers who strayed acr (By Jan)...South Africa: No Place for Judge Who Holds HIV-Positive in Contempt
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Zackie AchmatJohannesburg - I AGREE with the opinion held by many that Cape Judge President John Hlophe is an unprincipled and unethical person not fit to hold judicial office. However, I want to w (By Jan)...South Africa: Genuine Democracy Could Cost Zuma His Position
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By William GumedeThe fierce battle to oust former President Thabo Mbeki and his allies at the ANC's seminal December 2007 national conference in Polokwane, brought together into an alliance, two broad (By Jan)...Nigeria: As Bank Credit Bites Harder, Fuel Crisis Looms
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, Shaka Momodu And Paul OhiaLagos - Following the wave of uncertainty resulting from the shake-up in the banking sector coupled with the unease over the result of the audit of 14 ba (By Jan)...South Africa: Stabbing - common form of murder
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Just over half of the 18 000 people murdered in South Africa in 2008/09 were stabbed to death, according to the police crime statistics released on Tuesday.And just over half of the murders were due t (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: President Koroma Tenders Report Card in USA
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Sheka TarawalieFreetown - On the sidelines of attending the UN General Assembly in New York, President Ernest Bai Koroma has, as a priority, performed his first major activity by attending a town-h (By Jan)...Global: Scientist says CO2 ‘good for planet’
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: There’s good news on the global climate change front: All that carbon dioxide blamed for global warming is actually good for our planet, says Cody scientist and writer Leighton Steward. “The earth’ (By Gairk)...Nigeria: One Police-Military Clash Too Many
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Lagos - Six policemen on routine patrol on the coastal waterways near the Takwa Bay, Lagos jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), recently chased a speedboat they suspected to be (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Farm Attacks Threaten Food Supply
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Alex BellThe commercial farming community is lamenting predictions of yet another failed agricultural season, as the countrywide wave of farm attacks continues.The US based Famine Early Warning Sys (By Jan)...Uganda: How to Plug Loopholes On Farms
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Stephen KasengeKampala - The New Vision takes the fight against corruption one step further. It runs a12-parts series on how to plug the loopholes and demand accountability from public and private (By Jan)...South Africa: President Zuma's full speech to the UN
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma to the 64th United Nations General Assembly Debate, New York, USA23 September 2009Your Excellency, the President o (By Jan)...South Africa: White Woman brain dead after robbery
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Hannes MyburghKaren Nagel tried to keep armed robbers from entering her home - but as she struggled to close the door on them one stuck a pistol through the opening and fired at her.Now just three (By Jan)...South Africa: Financial Crisis Scapegoat for ARV Stockouts?
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Ntandoyenkosi Ncube and Kristin PalitzaPretoria - Shortages in supply of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are caused by lack of political will and bad supply management, not by the global economic crisis (By Jan)...World: Obama wants G20 to rethink global economy
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Jeff Mason and Dave GrahamUS President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would push world leaders this week for a reshaping of the global economy in response to the deepest financial crisis in decades (By Jan)...South Africa: Al-Qaeda behind embassy closure
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Graeme Hosken and Gaye DavisThe security threat, which led to US government installations around South Africa shutting down, is alleged to have emanated from an al-Qaeda splinter group.The group, a (By Jan)...Zim: MDC condemns land invasions
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The unity government has done nothing to stop the wave of land attacks By Alex BellThe MDC on Wednesday moved to condemn the ongoing land invasions that are threatening the agriculture, touris (By Jan)...President Khama - More Intelligent Than Thought to Be?
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Lawrence OokeditseGaborone - Never before has a president of this republic been subjected to as much public scrutiny and doubts over credentials for office.Never before has one's intelligence been (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: 'White Gold' Buyers Leave Rural Farmers in Debt
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Roselyne SachitiMuzarabani - Sprinklers wet the dry, thirsty ground at a cotton ginnery at Muzarabani Growth Point in Mashonaland Central Province while gigantic heaps of lint and unginned cotton w (By Jan)...Africa: Diminishing Profile of a Giant
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Daniel Kanu, Austin Oboh, and Micheal JegedeLagos - It has been reported that at the height of the Pan-Africa struggle against the lordship of colonial powers, the late Kwame Nkrumah, whose country (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Stopping Rape As a Weapon of War
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The 15-year-old girl, looking even younger than her years, lay on a mattress in a shelter in eastern Congo, her sleeping newborn son beside her. "I was just coming back from the river to fetch water," (By Jan)...Zim: Looking in vain for aid from SA
Monday 21-Sep-2009: "We are using the diplomatic instruments available to us. This process hasn't delivered anything yet" Barely 150km from Harare in Chinhoyi, South African farmer Louis Fick was booted off his p (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mixed Reactions Over CNN Interview With Mugabe
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: There have been mixed reactions to CNN's interview with Robert Mugabe on Thursday. This was Mugabe's first interview with a foreign news agency for at least five years. Some observers thought intervie (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: MDC Condemns Land Invasions
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Alex BellThe MDC on Wednesday moved to condemn the ongoing land invasions that are threatening the agriculture, tourism and conservancy sectors, saying the 'disruptions' are undermining reconstruct (By Jan)...Africa: Continent Must Do More to Gain From Oil
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By George WachiraDuring this decade, global oil outlook and control has structurally changed and Africa has become a key frontier for new oil. For once, the continent has become a scene for scramble f (By Jan)...World: Bogus car salesmen beat up buyers
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Rebecca CamberTwo cousins who carried out a string of violent robberies after posting fake car adverts on the web were jailed on Friday.Richard McCrorie, 25, and Alexander Gould, 22, posted bogus c (By Jan)...World: Twin car bomb attacks kill 16
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Faris AliPeshawar, Pakistan - Two car-bomb blasts killed at least 16 people in north-western Pakistan on Saturday, evidence militants still have power to strike despite the death of a top Taliban c (By Jan)...World: 'You threatened to kill or maim many victims'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Daily Mail ReporterThe mugger who targeted fashion designer Nicole Farhi, former TV presenter Dani Behr and a string of other wealthy women in a 12-year reign of terror was jailed for life on Wedne (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Govt Sanctions More Land Seizures - Report
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Alex BellA secret document, made public this weekend by a South African newspaper, details the plans the government has sanctioned to intensify the forcible seizure of commercial land across the co (By Jan)...Policeman Goes On Trial Over Deadly Shooting
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Werner MengesA POLICE officer accused of murdering a man and attempting to kill two other people in a shooting sparked by a cellphone pleaded not guilty to all charges when his trial started in the (By Jan)...South Africa: Sexual offences increase by 10%
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauThere were 24 836 cases of rape reported in the country in the past year.Crime statistics released yesterday show that reported sexual offences increased by 10 perce (By Jan)...Africa: Goat Owner's Neighbour
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Mahmud JegaAbuja - Everyone rears the animal that he finds most suitable; so said the goat rearer's neighbour when she began rearing a hyena. US President Barack Obama, who plans to host a lunch in (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Police Shoot Striking Mine Workers in Zvishavane
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Tichaona SibandaThree Shabanie mine workers were shot and injured by riot police in Zvishavane on Friday, during a peaceful demonstration over a salary and ownership dispute with management.Hundred (By Jan)...South Africa: It's a conspiracy, says Malema
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A hate speech complaint against ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was part of a conspiracy to undermine the organisation, the Equality Court in Johannesburg heard on Monday."I think there are othe (By Jan)...Liberia: Taylor Did Not Order The RUF To Attack Guinea
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor today denied prosecution allegations that he ordered Sierra Leonean rebels to attack Guinea in 2000 to oust its then president, Lansana Conte, whom Mr. Taylor accused of s (By Jan)...World: West demands access to Iran's secret plant
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - World leaders on Friday demanded access for UN inspectors to a secret Iranian nuclear plant, threatening tough new sanctions should Tehran refuse to come clean.In a dramatic (By Jan)...Manica Governor Urges Businessmen to Vote for Frelimo
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Chimoio - Mauricio Vieira, governor of the central Mozambican province of Manica, on Tuesday declared that the only way to guarantee the continued development of the country is to vote for the ruling (By Jan)...Rwanda: Mobs of Baganda Youths to Banyarwanda - Get Out of Our Country!
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Rwandans as a group are falling victim to political violence in Kampala. The Ugandan capital has been in the news after it erupted with mobs of Baganda youths battling the Police and other security or (By Jan)...World: 'Been trying to kill myself but I can't die'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Daily Mail ReporterStephen Newton, 36, attacked his on-off girlfriend, Nicola Morrin, after the two returned to her flat following an afternoon drinking session.Jurors were told how Nicola, 26, ble (By Jan)...Africa: Mogadishu clashes increase Somalia fatalities
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: At least eight civilians were killed in Mogadishu when Islamist insurgents attacked African peacekeepers prompting an exchange of gun and artillery fire that hit civilian targets, officials and witnes (By Jan)...World: US warned on terrorists
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Devlin Barrett and Eileen SullivanWashington - Counter-terrorism officials have issued security bulletins to police around the US about terrorist interest in attacking stadiums, entertainment compl (By Jan)...World: Crime problem weighs on Bangladesh government
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Nizam AhmedDhaka - Is crime on the rise in Bangladesh since a democratic government took charge eight months ago, after two years under a military-backed interim authority?Holding the line on viole (By Jan)...South Africa: Man shoots and kills armed robber
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: The victim of an armed robbery managed to draw his firearm to shoot and kill one of his six attackers near Kliprivier on Friday, Heidelberg police said.Constable Tikoane Sonopo said a 31-year-old man (By Jan)...South Africa: Murder down, house robberies up - Minister
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The number of murders committed in South Africa has continued to drop, but house robberies have increased by more than a quarter, according to Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.Releasing the police's cri (By Jan)...Nigeria: Electoral Reform - When Civil Society Groups Engaged Business Community
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Omololu OgunmadeLagos - The scope of the pursuit of electoral reform ahead of the 2011 general election widened last week, when business community in Nigeria gathered in Abuja to declare their supp (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Who Actually Owns the Farm?
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Harare - A comprehensive land audit to establish who owns what after almost a decade of often chaotic land transfers in Zimbabwe is being stalled by a lack of money.President Robert Mugabe launched th (By Jan)...Tanzania: Albinos Call for Public Hanging of Murderers
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The Tanzania Albino Society (TAS) has called for the public execution of three people who were yesterday sentenced to death for murdering an albino.Masumbuko Madata, 32, Emmanuel Masangwa, 28, and Cha (By Jan)...South Africa: Nine years on - murder accused face the music
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Sherlissa PetersNine years after a Pietermaritzburg policeman was shot dead with a gun smuggled in a loaf of bread, a man allegedly responsible for his murder has been brought to trial.Sunnyboy Mgw (By Jan)...South Africa: Most-Feared Crimes Show Steep Rise
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - The crimes that South Africans fear the most -- attacks at their homes, places of work and cars -- have substantially increased, national crime figures released by Police (By Jan)...South Africa: Slain man 'was no threat' to cops
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterThe policeman who shot Eric Gugger five years ago in front of his Pierre van Ryneveld home, exceeded the bounds of self defence, he acted negligently and the Minister (By Jan)...Africa: South American to Engage African Leaders
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Humberto MarquezCaracas - Heads of state and other officials from 54 African and 12 South American nations will meet for the Second Africa-South America Summit this Saturday and Sunday on Isla Marg (By Jan)...Africa: Chavez and Gaddafi get closer
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Ian JamesPorlamar, Venezuela - Venezuela pitched a tent for Muammar Gaddafi as the Libyan leader and President Hugo Chavez headlined a weekend Africa-South America summit aimed at creating a strong (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Ranks Split Over Unity Govt
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Njabulo NcubeHarare - The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leadership is split right through the middle over how it should respond to the Southern African Development Community (SADC)'s decis (By Jan)...Africa: Islamist rebels face off in Somali port
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Abdi GuledRival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia's strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the (By Jan)...Uganda: With the Increase in Dealership, Oil Market Suffocation is on the Cards
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Faridah Kulabako & Fredrick MasigaIn an environment of total market liberalisation, Uganda's petroleum industry is simmering with disaster as players engage in a cat and mouse chase for a piece of (By Jan)...Africa: Continent's Leaders Hold Talks With Obama at UN
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: New York - African issues will be in the spotlight Tuesday when President Barack Obama hosts a luncheon for some two dozen African heads of state and government at the United Nations on the first day (By Jan)...East Africa: Region to Have a Common Currency By 2012
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Mark KapchangaNairobi - The East African Community projects to have a common currency by 2012.According to the Community Secretariat, a joint study on the proposed harmonised Monetary Union has alr (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: 'Impose Mandatory Jail Terms for Wildlife Crime'
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Tichaona ZindogaHarare - Zimbabwe's Midlands Province is sometimes referred to as the "green lung" of the country, mainly for its geographical location, pulsating vistas of grasslands and vast swat (By Jan)...Africa: Land grabs 'best thing' to ever happen to Zim
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The land grabs that drove thousands of white farmers and their black workers off the land in Zimbabwe over the past decade were the "best thing could have ever have happened to an African country", ac (By Jan)...Somalia: Instead of a Safe Haven, Fear and Rape in Galkayo
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Exhausted by the violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Asha (not real name) fled to Galkayo in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, believing her family would be safer there (By Jan)...Biofuel Business Threatens Rice Farmers, Report Says
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Mike MandeNairobi - Tanzania farmers in key arable areas face eviction by multinational corporations out to cultivate agrofuel products.More than 5,000 rice farmers from various parts of the countr (By Jan)...Zim: Who actually owns the farm?
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Murerwa said his ministry required US$31.2 million to perform the audit Harare - A comprehensive land audit to establish who owns what after almost a decade of often chaotic land transfers in (By Jan)...So-Called Right-wing Commentator Endorses Marxist-Led Protests?
Friday 25-Sep-2009: [It seems here that there is a so-called right-wing commentator Alex Jones whom outright endorsed the Marxist-led G-20 protests seen at this link: (By Lone Wolf)...Nigeria: Boko Haram - Why We Executed Them
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Misbahu Bashir and Tashikalmah HallahThe summary execution of the Boko Haram religious sect leader Malam Mohammed Yusuf and scores of his followers was necessary because excessive force had to be d (By Jan)...Nigeria: Bayo Ohu for Burial Tomorrow
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Emmanuel Aziken, Victor Ahiuma-Young and Inalegwu ShaibuLagos - THE remains of the late Bayo Ayanlola Ohu, Assistant News Editor of The Guardian Newspapers who was assassinated in his Egbeda, Lagos (By Jan)...Nigeria: Robbers Invade Bank, Kill Retired Military Officer in Edo Community
Friday 25-Sep-2009: A retired military officer was yesterday shot dead by a group of armed robbers who invaded a micro finance bank in Jattu, near Auchi, in Etsako West local government area of Edo State.Seven other pers (By Jan)...South Africa: Crime stats revealed behind closed doors
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterSouth Africans can expect a "mixed bag" when the country's crime statistics are released to Parliament's portfolio committee on police today.This was the message from Pol (By Jan)...Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism Could Lead to Election Violence
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Omer RediAddis Ababa - Criticised as system of dividing and ruling people according to their ethnic groups, Ethiopia's federalism has just become a bone of contention.A recent international report (By Jan)...Zim police shoot striking workers.
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: The mines were expropriated by Mugabe's government By Andrew MoyoHarare - Zimbabwe police on Friday opened fire on hundreds of striking workers in the southwestern mining town of Zvishavane, i (By Jan)...South Africa: Crime figures paint bleak picture
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: South Africa's efforts to fight its high crime rate are "not working", says one of the country's leading experts, Dr Johan Burger, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies.He said th (By Jan)...South Africa: Who's paying for Malema's lavish life?
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema is living way beyond his means ... the question is how can he afford it - or who is paying for it.With a luxurious Sandown Estate home in (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Biti Scores Own Goal
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Harare - THAT Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, is one of the sharpest legal minds in Zimbabwe is not in doubt. His legal dexterity, especially where labour and electoral matters are concerned, is quite (By Jan)...Kremlin Chechen Ally Blames USA, West For 'Supporting' Chechen Terrorists
Friday 25-Sep-2009: [Now it seems like Kremlin Chechen ally Razman Kadyrov is quite involved in a disinformation war with the USA by accusing them of being "behind" Chechen terrorists. Well, maybe Razman should look at (By Lone Wolf)...Liberia: Taylor Denies Knowing of Plans for Invasion of Sierra Leone
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not have any knowledge of plans by rebel forces to invade Sierra Leone in 1991, he told told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today. In rebuffing pro (By Jan)...Africa: Congo hopes to finalise SA land deal in 2009
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Claudia ParsonsThe Republic of Congo expects to finalise a multimillion hectare land deal with South African farmers by the end of this year, Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso said on Tuesday.Th (By Jan)...Africa: Chavez seeks Africa's help
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Frank Jack Daniel and Fabian CamberoPorlamar, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted some of Africa's longest-serving leaders at a sleek Caribbean resort on Saturday for a summit he sa (By Jan)...Nigeria: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Niger Delta Conflict
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Sabella AbiddeThe history of the Nigerian Niger-Delta crisis is well known. We know that this is not a crisis that came about because a group of men and women got bored and then decided to take on (By Jan)...Zim: 19 year old killed by soldiers in Chiadzwa
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Teenager shot after he was discovered with a hidden diamond By Alex BellYet another death at the hands of soldiers in the Chiadzwa diamond fields has been reported, on the same day that Prime (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema testifies in Equality Court
Monday 21-Sep-2009: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was not giving a "general lecture" on rape victims when he made a controversial comment about a rape accuser, the Equality Court in Johannesburg heard on Monda (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: South Africa Bars Nationals From Entering Country
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Thupeyo MuleyaHarare - Zimbabweans with emergency travel documents purportedly issued in Bulawayo and Gweru have been barred from entering South Africa because of a flood of fake documents acquired (By Jan)...New invasions leave 66,000 farmworkers homeless in Zimbabwe
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Farmworkers have been turned into nomads click here to enlarge imageHarare - Over 66,000 farmworkers in Zimbabwe have been made homeless since February and are fighting for survival following (By Jan)...Nigeria: Banking Sector Criticised for 'Corruption'
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Abimbola AkosileLagos - Nigeria's banking sector has been criticised for "corruption", which was described as partially responsible for the collapse of many banks in the 1990s and losses to deposit (By Jan)...WWIII: Taliban leader says foreign troops face defeat
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The shadowy leader of the Islamist Taliban movement issued a warning Saturday to Western troops in Afghanistan that their "unequivocal defeat" is imminent and they should learn the lessons of history. (By Gairk)...South Africa: Zondi killers dead
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Three of the four men accused of killing Nkosi Mbongeleni Zondi from Umsinga in KwaZulu-Natal have been gunned down by police in separate incidents, police said on Tuesday."Three of the four men were (By Jan)...Renamo Guards Beat Up Citizens in Angoche
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Angoche - Six bodyguards of Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Saturday afternoon assaulted a group of people on the veranda of a bar in the northern town of Ang (By Jan)...Africa: Sect 'regrouping to attack prison'
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Kano, Nigeria - Members of a radical Islamist sect that staged an uprising in northern Nigeria in which at least 800 people died are preparing further attacks, a top security official said on Monday.K (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Govt Welcomes Mining Investors
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Stanley Kwenda And Terna GyuseHarare - Desperate for investment to lift its moribund economy, the Zimbabwe government welcomed hundreds of prospective mining investors to a conference in Harare thi (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema in party mayhem
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Harley Davidson bikes, a live band and plenty of booze. ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's house-warming party in Sandown, Sandton, had all the trappings of an upmarket party - until all hell (By Jan)...Uganda: He Leads the HIV Battle in a Town That Had Lost Hope
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Arthur BagumaKampala - THIS year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played (By Jan)...South Africa: Bulletproof vests shown to be ineffective - The Inside story they don't tell...
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: I want to refer to a recent article we posted about bullet proof vests: South Africa: Bulletproof vests shown to be ineffective It seems these useless bulletproof vests come from a Black owned company (By Jan)...Renamo Claims Detainee Enjoys Immunity
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has claimed that a Renamo member detained by the police on Sunday in the northern town of Angoche enjoys immunity, since (By Jan)...Kenya: Kibaki Protests Obama Letters
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Anthony KariukiNairobi - President Kibaki has written to US leader Barrack Obama to express "displeasure" with his administration over letters sent to 15 top Kenyan officials."His Excellency Presid (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (25-09-2009)
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Just to remind you all that there will be no postings on Saturday or Sunday as I am travelling with B to Bridlington later today for the we (By The BeardedMan)...Strategy to Combat Gender Violence in Works
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Nangula Shejavali"FORTY-ONE per cent of Namibian men believe that it is okay for a man to beat his spouse, while 32 per cent of Namibian women think that there is no problem with men beating their (By Jan)...Uganda: Kawuma's HIV Drive Saves Thousands
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Kampala - THIS year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDs, will award individuals who have played a remarkable rol (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Canadian Company Backs Govt Policies
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Shame MakoshoriHarare - Canadian resource giant, New Dawn Mining, came out in full support of the inclusive government's policies last week, saying the coalition has made Zimbabwe ripe for fresh in (By Jan)...Date Set for Body Parts Trial
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Werner MengesTHE Kenyan nurse accused of murdering his wife and the grisly aftermath of that alleged crime at Grootfontein two years ago is destined to wait for more than another year before his tr (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Rift Between Central Bank Governor, Finance Minister Widens
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Victoria RuzvidzoHarare - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has warned that Zimbabwe is in danger of losing out on the benefits of the US$510 million advanced to it by the Internatio (By Jan)...South Africa: Man wanted for Zondi murder is killed
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A man wanted for the killing of Inkosi Mbongeleni Zondi was shot dead by police on Monday morning in Rustenburg in North West, KwaZulu-Natal police said."Sifiso Ndimande was wanted by members of the o (By Jan)...South Africa: Bank man's death costs police in damages
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The widow of a senior Reserve Bank official, shot dead in his driveway by a policeman, has been awarded more than R2,2-million in damages against the Minister of Police.Acting Judge Henk Havenga on We (By Jan)...Confusion grips Zim constitutional reforms
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Zanu PF rejected reports that the GNU had agreed not to base the new supreme law on the Kariba draft By Cuthbert NzouHarare - Zimbabwe's constitutional reforms were on Monday plunged deeper in (By Jan)...Uganda: Remembering 9/11 - Will the War On Terror Ever End?
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By O. Kalinge-NnyagoLast Friday marked the 8th anniversary of the twin towers and the Pentagon bombing, popularly known as the 9/11 event, after which President George W. Bush declared the "war on ter (By Jan)...Nigeria: Fake Drugs - China Apologises to The Government
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Kingsley NwezehAbuja - Following cases of importation of unwholesome drugs into Nigeria by Chinese companies, China has formally apologised for flooding the country with such harmful products.The d (By Jan)...Africa: Captain killed during attack by pirates
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - Somali pirates boarded a Panama-flagged ship heading for Mogadishu on Thursday and killed its Syrian captain after he refused to turn the vessel away from the port, officials said."The pir (By Jan)...Nigeria: Ohu's Murder, Police And 2011
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Abuja - The Nigeria Police Force regrets the death of our journalist friend, Bayo Ohu, particularly the violent way his life was cut short. We commiserate with the family and loved ones on the demise (By Jan)...World: Group vows revenge for deadly Israeli raid
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Gaza City - Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza on Saturday, firing guns into the air and vowing revenge for the killing of three fighters in an Israeli air raid.The brandishing of w (By Jan)...Kenya: Insecure Country Should Keep All Awake
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By J. Peter PhamThe United States struck an important blow against Islamist terrorism in the Horn of Africa earlier last week when Special Operations Forces swooped down on a vehicle bearing militants (By Jan)...Renamo Guards Besiege Police Command
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Maputo - A group of armed men from the "Presidential Guard" of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Sunday night surrounded the police command in the northern distr (By Jan)...World: Honduras lifts embassy siege curfew
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Tegucigalpa - Honduras' interim government on Thursday lifted a nationwide curfew but maintained a siege of the embassy where deposed president Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge amid new diplomatic effor (By Jan)...Nigeria: Foreign Minister Barred From Speaking At UN Summit
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Oluwarotimi AbiodunNew York - Fears of many Nigerians over what may become the lot of Nigeria due to the absence of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at the ongoing United Nations Summit on Climate Cha (By Jan)...South Africa: Too little being done to curb violent crime
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Ainsley DanielsIt's a well-known fact that South Africa has one of the crime rates anywhere in the world.The latest crime statistics were released by the government on Tuesday, showing a decrease i (By Jan)...South Africa: Cosatu defends street trashing
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Carien du PlessisMunicipal workers have defended and justified the trashing of streets as a tactic to counter the employers' "provocation", while Cosatu leaders insisted that such violent action "h (By Jan)...Uganda: Buganda Violence Suspects Face Terrorism Charges
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Andrew BagalaKampala - At least 29 people suspected to have participated in the burning of property and cars at Nateete Police Station when riots broke out in Kampala nearly two weeks ago are to be (By Jan)...South Africa: Angry mob kills suspected robber
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: A 20-year-old man was killed by a group of residents in Libode near Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday."The angry mob assaulted the man because they suspected him of a house breaking that t (By Jan)...Al-Qaeda Threatens U.S. Interests In South Africa
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: [Now why would the African National Congress care about al-Qaeda terrorists being involved in targeting U.S. interest in South Africa? I'd have to suspect the al-Qaeda ploy is being used so the ANC c (By Lone Wolf)...Nigeria: Climate Change - Mounting Local, Global Concerns
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Abimbola AkosileLagos - The United Nations annual General Assembly and the Climate Change Summits started on Tuesday, September 22 in New York, USA, with more than 100 world leaders participating. (By Jan)...Kenya: Parliament Declares Ringera Job Illegal
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Alphonce Shiundu, John Ngirachu, Lucas Barasa, Peter Leftie and Dave OpiyoNairobi - The tenure of Mr Justice Aaron Ringera as the Kenya anti-corruption boss was put in doubt on Wednesday night afte (By Jan)...World: Iraqi city under curfew after prison break
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Tiktrit, Iraq - Iraqi authorities imposed a vehicle ban and a curfew in a city north of Baghdad on Thursday after more than a dozen suspected al-Qaeda militants climbed through a ventilation duct and (By Jan)...Zim: Mugabe doesn't see US sanctions being lifted soon
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: "We are giving time to the administration of Obama to make their decision" Patrick WorsnipNew York - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday he was giving the US Obama administrat (By Jan)...Political Instability Endangers Environment
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Glenn AshtonPolitical instability in Madagascar is having a serious effect on the already fragile and highly endangered ecology of this island nation. This is of profound concern as Madagascar cont (By Jan)...Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Guinean Woman With N69 Million Cocaine
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Chinedu EzeLagos - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 44-year-old Guinean woman, Soumah Bountou, for being in possession of 6.350kg cocaine hidden in a cosmetic bag at (By Jan)...'The War is Over', Says Dhlakama
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Angoche - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Saturday rejected requests from participants at a rally in the northern district of Angoch (By Jan)...South Africa: Economic Crisis Erodes Jobs Growth
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Cape Town - The Development Indicators 2009 indicate that the deterioration in global economic conditions is adversely affecting South Africa and eroding the positive gains made in creating employment (By Jan)...Nigeria: Tackling Food Price Hike
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Abubakar K. MommohThe Federal government recently released 25,000 tons of assorted grains for sale at subsidized rates to the public in what it hoped would reduce the high cost of food in the count (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops unfazed by claims running into billions
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Louise FlanaganLegal claims against the police have reached a record high of R7.5 billion - but officials insist there is no need to worry.The SAPS annual report, released on Tues (By Jan)...Nigeria: I Won't Go After Ateke If He Surrenders - Amaechi
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Joe EzumaLagos - Rivers State Governor, CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI, is one of the few governors with a special place in the history of Nigeria today, especially in the current democratic dispensation. (By Jan)...Nigeria: Kidnapping - Monarch Arrested in Abia
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Uchenna AwomAbuja - The battle against Kidnappers in Abia State has heightened with a major arrest of the Traditional Ruler of Nenu Autonomous Community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia Sta (By Jan)...World: Riot case: Venezuela exhumes unnamed dead
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Enrique Andres PretelVenezuela on Monday began to open unmarked graves of dozens of people killed when police and soldiers crushed riots against free market policies by poor inhabitants of Caracas (By Jan)...Nigeria: The War Against Fake Engine Oil
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Mohammed ShosanyaLagos - There is an influx of adulterated lubricant in Nigeria, even as government agencies move to stem the tide.More worrisome is the fact that more Nigerians are increasingly pa (By Jan)...South Africa: Guard shot during armed robbery
Monday 21-Sep-2009: An armed gang of seven men robbed a security guard vehicle at Standard Bank in Phuthaditjhaba on Monday and got away with an undisclosed amount of money, Free State police said.Sergeant Mmako Mophirin (By Jan)...South Africa: Fifa Cracks Down On Illegal 2010 Tickets
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Johannesburg - FIFA is working closely with international authorities to crack down on the sale of illegal 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets.As the excitement surrounding the world cup gains momentum, ticke (By Jan)...South Africa: Police nab flight scam syndicate fraudsters
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyPolice have nabbed two suspected fraud masterminds and in doing so say they have crippled a major syndicate alleged to have netted R30-million.Officers expect to make many more arrests (By Jan)...World: US can't solve world's problems alone: Obama
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Ben FellerSeizing a chance to challenge the world, President Barack Obama says the global community is failing its people and fixing that is not "solely America's endeavour.""Those who used to chas (By Jan)...Nigeria: Ceasefire Extension Excites Oil Majors
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - THE 30 DAYS extension of ceasefire by Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has lessened the tension among oil multi-nations operating in Nigeria, Daily Indepe (By Jan)...Kenya: UK Firm Puts a Shine on Country's Gold Export Dream
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Walter MenyaKenya has enough gold deposits to support commercial mining, a UK firm that has been exploring Western Kenya says, adding glitter to the country's long held ambition of joining the rest (By Jan)...Zim: MDC treading on dangerous ground ahead of 2011 elections
Monday 21-Sep-2009: "I doubt whether he would listen to the people if they told him to get out of government" By Alice ChimoraPresident Robert Mugabe has told his Zanu PF party to prepare for elections in 2011 an (By Jan)...Africa: Gaddafi says he met Lockerbie families
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: New York - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi told CNN on Friday he had met with some of the families of those who died in the 1988 bombing of a US jet over Lockerbie to offer his condolences."Yes, I met s (By Jan)...Sudan: Another Deadly Attack on Village in Southern Region Draws Anger from UN
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: United Nations officials in Sudan have strongly condemned a deadly attack at the weekend on a village in the south of the country that has claimed dozens of lives and is the latest in a series of ethn (By Jan)...Rwanda: 'I'm Not Anti-Press, I've Never Ordered Arrest of a Writer'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Michael Wakabi and Ali ZaidiNairobi - President Paul Kagame spoke to Michael Wakabi and Ali Zaidi on September 1 at the President's Office in Village Urugwiro, Kigali, about the challenges he is fa (By Jan)...Africa: The Imperial Power of Names
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Kalundi SerumagaNairobi - After seven full days of protests and rioting across Buganda, leaving scores dead, hundreds of youth locked up in jails, the arrests of a number of Baganda leaders, electe (By Jan)...World: Teen who attacked school wakes from coma
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Brigitte CasparyAnsbach, Germany - A German teenager who wounded nine students and a teacher in a terrifying ax and arson attack on his school was motivated by a "hatred for humanity" and had been (By Jan)...South Africa: Tow truck turf war simmers on
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Daily News ReportersTensions continue to simmer between rival tow truck operators in Durban as they battle over doing business in the city.Despite having secured an interim court interdict against (By Jan)...Nigeria: Hope Dims for 57 Nationals On Death Row
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Chinwe OchuAbuja - In spite of the alarm raised by concerned groups, the Federal Government might be unable to save 57 Nigerians facing the death row in different countries.Besides, the Chinese gov (By Jan)...South Africa: How ANC will take back Cape
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Esther LewisThe ANC has launched a new strategy to wrest the Western Cape from the DA, saying it lost the province because its leaders' greed for power led to internal divisions. The party also ack (By Jan)...South Africa: "Gauteng not smart enough in fighting crime"
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Gauteng is a smart province, but has not been smart enough in dealing with crime, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday.Mokonyane, who took some time out from an ongoing provincial executive com (By Jan)...World: Ousted president Zelaya returns to Honduras
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Gustavo Palencia and Edgar GarridoOusted President Manuel Zelaya sneaked back into Honduras on Monday almost three months after he was toppled in a coup, and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy to (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe Blasts 'Illegal' Sanctions at UN
Friday 25-Sep-2009: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe today strongly condemned the "illegal" sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union (EU) against his country, telling the General Assembly that the (By Jan)...Scientists Discover HIV Prevention Vaccine
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Paul Arhewe and Rafiu AjakayeLagos (with Agency Reports) - An experimental vaccine has for the first time prevented infection with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, a surprise result and a watershed (By Jan)...Africa: AfDB Chief Economist Addresses Seminar on "Looking Beyond Financial Crisis"
Friday 25-Sep-2009: African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Chief Economist, Louis Kasekende, recently visited Ivory Coast to attend the 18th Annual Meeting of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Board of Gover (By Jan)...South Africa: SA athletics chief to stay in job
Friday 25-Sep-2009: [Once again this proves Black Africans don't think like snyone else on this planet. Just as we stand amazed when Africa's black politicians praise and endorse Robert Mugabe's evil deeds instead of con (By Gairk)...Gambia: The President, the Ministers, the Religious Leaders And the People
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The President had not made a major speech since the turmoil surrounding the imprisonment of the 6 Journalists. As the month of Ramadan came to an end, those who are acquainted with the tradition knew (By Jan)...Nigeria: Sidelights on the CBN Intervention
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Eugene UwalakaThe American President Barack Obama once called for a shift in metaphors - one that sees democracy not as a house to be built, but as a conversation to be heard. This call should be h (By Jan)...Africa: AfDB Partners Mobilize U.S.$ 1.2 Billion to Support Ghana's Cocoa Sector
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and other partners will sign on September 25, 2009, in Paris, a USD 1.2 billion pre-export facility to support the Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod). With a shar (By Jan)...Renamo Claims Death in Campaign
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has claimed that supporters of the ruling Frelimo Party killed one of its members in a clash on Tuesday in the western province of Tete.According t (By Jan)...South Africa: Food prices 'open to collusion'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Consumers will continue to pay high food prices as long as the "cosy" relationship between major South African supermarkets and food suppliers continues.This was among the findings of Professor Johann (By Jan)...Northern Ireland Police Chief Warns Of Resurgence Of Irish Republican Factions
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: [Now isn't this obviously suspicious here? It seems the Irish Republicans have taken the pages out of the playbooks of Palestinian and black Marxist terrorsts. Two "spin off" groups the new police c (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe: Release Diamond Report'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Harare - INTERNATIONAL diamond tra-ders have called for the speedy release of the Kimberley Process' report on Zimbabwe's controversial diamond mining sector, as the international human rights lobby p (By Jan)...Zim: Rautenbach to pay S. African fine to end legal battle
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Rautenbach pleaded guilty to 326 charges of fraud By Antony Sguazzin and Brett FoleyBilly Rautenbach, who fled South Africa after his motor company collapsed, will pay a 40 million- rand ($5.3 (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: End Resource War, Urge Congolese Activists
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Kambale MusavuliOne hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated ten million Congolese resulted in the end the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium over the Congo. Ordina (By Jan)...Nigeria: Billions Recovered As More Bank Debtors Pay Up
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Gabriel Omoh, Innocent Anaba and Emman OvuakporieTHE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered, so far, a total N92.9 billion from the debtors of the five banks, whose Chief Exe (By Jan)...Zimbabwe should seek HIPC debt relief, minister says
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: "Some people do not want Zimbabwe classified as a heavily indebted poor country" By Adrian CroftLondon - Zimbabwe should aim to have its debt to international financial institutions cancelled (By Jan)...South Africa: Man jailed for teen's rape he didn't commit
Friday 25-Sep-2009: A series of errors, which started in the Vredendal Regional Court and ended in the Cape High Court more than a year ago, led to a Vredendal man being sentenced to 17 years in jail for a rape he did no (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma to discuss crime with top cops
Friday 25-Sep-2009: President Jacob Zuma will meet the country's police commissioners next week to discuss crime fighting initiatives, the presidency said on Friday."The fight against crime is one of the five key priorit (By Jan)...Africa: Youth Unemployment Needs Global Help, Says Kikwete
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Tanzania's President called for global assistance in the "gigantic task" of generating employment for African youth at the General Assembly today, warning that the problem can serve to perpetuate conf (By Jan)...Kenya: Campaign to Ban Sale of Green Maize
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By George OmondiThousands of farmers and middlemen earning from the sale of green maize could be the first casualties in a renewed push to boost food reserves.Policy experts are piling pressure on the (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Somebody's got to die for all this to stop'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyAthlone police say the murder of a gangster is the only thing that could end ongoing gang violence in the area.In the latest incident an 18-year-old was shot several times in Kewtown on (By Jan)...Nigeria: Economy Threatened As U.S. Begins Cut On Oil Reliance
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - BAD NEWS at the weekend came from Washington for Abuja and other top oil suppliers to the United States (U.S.) as President Barrack Obama insisted that he would cut his country' (By Jan)...South Africa: Daughter raped - mother fights for justice
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Slindile MalulekaChaos erupted at the Pinetown Magistrate's Court yesterday when relatives of the three accused demanded that the mother of the 14-year-old Hillcrest girl who was allegedly kidnappe (By Jan)...Africa: Zim is 'heavily indebted poor country'
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Adrian CroftLondon - Zimbabwe should aim to have its debt to international financial institutions cancelled by seeking access to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, a Zimbabwean (By Jan)...Africa: WFP Executive Director Sheeran called on other prospective partners in the public and private sector to join the initiative and fight hunger
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The UN World Food Programme today announced a groundbreaking multi-million dollar programme which harnesses the power of leading multinational companies to work together to end hunger and malnutrition (By Jan)...Five Renamo Members Arrested in Nacala
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Maputo - The police have arrested five members of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, in the northern port of Nacala, accusing them of assault and of the destruction (By Jan)...Nobody Killed in Manje, Renamo Admits
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Maputo - Fernando Mazanga, national spokesperson for Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo, admitted on Wednesday that nobody died in a clash between supporters of Renamo and the ruling Frelimo Pa (By Jan)...South Africa: Cabinet split over economy - Vavi
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By CARIEN DU PLESSIS Political BureauCosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has described a tense tug-of-war between ministers supporting "right-wing" policies and those from trade union backgrounds (By Jan)...USA: Some Blacks Now Have Doubts About Obama
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Americans of all political persuasions agree that the nation has problems. Big problems. And here's where we all part company. The political left, who now control our government, thinks we need mor (By Gairk)...South Africa: Killer cop 'won't survive in jail'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Jade WittenCourt ReporterConvicted killer Marius van der Westhuizen should be sentenced to correctional supervision, and exposed to "intense" psychiatric therapy rather than direct imprisonment, hi (By Jan)...Nigeria: Surgeon Jailed Over Stella Obasanjo's Death
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Paul OhiaLagos - The Spanish surgeon who performed liposuction operation that led to the death of former first lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, has been jailed for one year for involuntary homicide by a (By Jan)...South Africa: Taxi industry anarchy 'must end'
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A private investigator has been hired to investigate taxi-related deaths in KwaZulu-Natal because no arrests have been made by police, the provincial transport department said on Monday."(This) is a l (By Jan)...Zim: Zanu PF hawks eye Meikles assets
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The operating environment would be made unbearable for the Meikles family, includes farm occupations, rights issues and private placements Munyaradzi Mugowo, Staff ReporterThe Kingdom Meikles (By Jan)...World: 'As my enemy, I will kill you'
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Washington - As the ex-wife of the notorious Washington sniper emptied herself during a 30-day fast five years ago, one question tormented her - why did he want to kill her?Mildred Muhammad wrote abo (By Jan)...Africa: Censorship lives on, in Africa
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By James HallGone are the days when news stories had to be vetted by colonial-era authorities. But, as delegates have said at the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Conference on Censorship, Me (By Jan)...World: 'FBI's most-wanted terrorist is American'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Washington - For the first time, an accused domestic terrorist is being added to the FBI's list of "most-wanted" terror suspects that includes Osama bin Laden.Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 31-year-old c (By Jan)...South Africa: SA's crime statistics in black and white
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has released the 2008/09 crime statistics with a drop in the number of murders committed in South Africa, but house robberies have increased by more than a quarter.CR (By Jan)...Africa: Summit for South-South Cooperation
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Humberto MárquezPorlamar, Venezuela - South American and African leaders are meeting over the weekend on the Caribbean island of Margarita in their second summit in three years, to forge stronger c (By Jan)...World: Manson killer dies in California prison
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Los Angeles - Susan Atkins, a member of Charles Manson's "family" who was later convicted of murdering seven people in their horrific 1969 killing rampage, has died in a California prison. She was 61. (By Jan)...Africa: Prosperous, Peaceful Africa Vital to World Community, Obama Says
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Susan DomowitzWashington - An Africa that is prosperous and at peace is vital to the interests of the United States and the rest of the world, President Obama says, adding that Africa's future is u (By Jan)...Somalia: Heavy Fighting Kills Five, Wounds Ten Others in Mogadishu
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Somalia - At least 5 civilians have neeb killed and 10 others have been wounded after heavy fighting with bitter shelling between the transtional government soldiers abcking by AMISOM and Islamist fig (By Jan)...Nigeria: Govt Official Kidnapped
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Emeka MamahKaduna - THERE is controversy over the whereabouts of the Secretary to the Government of Kaduna State (SSG), Mr. Waje Yayok, with his family alleging that he was kidnapped and his kidnap (By Jan)...South Africa: Woman shot in holiday attack by thugs
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A 19-year-old woman was shot and seriously wounded after gunmen held her and her 22-year-old boyfriend up in their holiday flat in Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.Captain Vincent Panda (By Jan)...Somalia: UN Agency Sounds Alarm Over Worsening Crisis for Somalis Fleeing Violence
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The mounting humanitarian crisis for millions of Somalis threatens to spiral further out of control as every month sees thousands more pour into already overcrowded makeshift camps and head out on dea (By Jan)...South Africa: 'I had my drug-addict daughter arrested'
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Nontobeko MtshaliA mother has had her drug-addicted teenage daughter arrested after she "stole" her car.But because the local police station does not have the facilities to watch over the "highly s (By Jan)...World: Obama-Brown issue: snub or misunderstanding?
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Tim ShipmanBarack Obama snubbed five separate requests from Gordon Brown for a private meeting during his US trip. Instead, the Prime Minister was reduced to meeting the President in a bizarre "kit (By Jan)...South Africa: Soccer star's killer jailed
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: A South African court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of lesbian footballer Eudy Simelane who was gang raped and robbed in an attack last year.The Delmas court, east of (By Jan)...Zim government grabs top company
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: "Aroused suspicion that the MDC is complicit in the same nature of activity as Zanu PF" Alec Hogg: Earlier this week we spoke with John Moxon, the former chairman of a company called Kingdom M (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma criticises 2012 succession debate
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The ANC's National Executive Committee will develop a code of conduct for lobbying ahead of its electoral conference in 2012, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.Zuma criticised attempts to open the 2 (By Jan)...Nigeria: Boko Haram Regrouping, Says Prison Boss
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Lawan Danjuma AdamuMembers of the notorious Boko Haram religious sect that scattered from Maiduguri after their violent clash with the authorities last July are regrouping in Kano State, state Cont (By Jan)...Somalia: Fresh Fighting Kills One, Injures Four Others in Mogadishu
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - At least one civilian has been killed and four others have been injured in Mogadishu after fresh fighting between the transitional government soldiers and Islamist fighters started in Dark (By Jan)...Africa: Most rebels take amnesty - former fighter
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Austin EkeindeYenagoa, Nigeria - More than 80 percent of rebels who have disrupted oil operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta have accepted an amnesty and hardliners will probably do so too, a former (By Jan)...Liberia: Taylor Denies Giving Money to Rebel Leader or Safekeeping Diamonds
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not give jailed Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh $20,000 in 1999, either as a "good gesture" or as a payment in exchange for safekeeping diamonds for his rebel (By Jan)...World: Four held after bombing in Greece
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Athens - Greek police on Wednesday detained four people suspected of taking part in a string of bomb attacks, hours after a device exploded outside the home of a socialist party member in Athens, caus (By Jan)...South Africa: Holidaymaker critical after shooting
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Dasen ThathiahA holidaymaker who was left in a critical condition after she was shot by a robber on the South Coast will undergo major surgery this week.The 19-year-old woman and her 22-year-old bo (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Loaf of bread' used in cop's death
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Two suspected robbers used a firearm smuggled into a police station in a loaf of bread to kill a policeman and escape in February 2000, a judge heard on Tuesday.The evidence was given in the Pieterm (By Jan)...South Africa: Mandela Park backyarders threaten more chaos
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: A group of backyard tenants, accused of vandalising 49 out of 53 newly built homes, has promised to turn Mandela Park in Khayelitsha into a "no-go zone".If the community follows through with the threa (By Jan)...South Africa: Witnesses Sought After Rape of Man
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Police are appealing for information from anyone who might have seen a young man being bundled into a car in Broad Road, Wynberg, on Monday.The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Un (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (21-09-2009)
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Please be aware that as my wife and I are travelling to Bridlington on Friday afternoon (a weekend trip with the RBL) and returning on Sund (By The BeardedMan)...Liberia: Sirleaf Addresses Obama's Luncheon
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: When world leaders gather, it is those with edifying stories to tell, who have the ability to inspire, who have the wisdom to impact the lives of their peers that are called upon to speak. President E (By Jan)...Fake Bar Robbery Backfires
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Werner MengesA PLAN to fake a robbery at a bar in Windhoek's Havana area backfired badly on two women in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court in Katutura this week.Their attempt to fake a robbery in an (By Jan)...Africa: Cops kill migrant at Egypt-Israeli border
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean migrant as he tried to slip across the border into Israel in an upsurge of violence that has left seven migrants dead this month, security sources said on Wednesd (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Woza Protestors Beaten by Police in Bulawayo
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Violet GondaScores of activists from the pressure group Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA/MOZA) were brutally assaulted by riot police, during demonstrations to commemorate the United Nations I (By Jan)...Science: New Russian nuclear plant worries residents
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Russia's plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, hemmed in between Poland and Lithuania, has local residents and environmentalists worried.Russian state energy cor (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Guardian Reporter Killed in Lagos
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Albert AkporLagos - IT was another black Sunday for The Guardian Newspapers as a gang of suspected armed robbers shot dead one of its journalists identified as Bayo Ohu.Police sources said the band (By Jan)...South Africa: Athletics Chief Admits Lying Over Athlete's Sex Test
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Eleanor MombergCape Town - South Africa's top athletics official has finally confessed to the nation that he lied about the Caster Semenya affair and has apologised - but he refuses to quit.After a (By Jan)...Somalia: Rebel Leader Calls for More Attacks
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Abdulkadir KhalifNairobi - Radical Hizbu Islam leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has called on his followers to launch more suicide attacks against their enemies.Speaking during Eid prayer at Elasha (By Jan)...Africa: IBM Sponsors Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009 - Web-based Job Fair Supports IBM's Expanding Operations Across Africa
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Silver Spring, Maryland - Zebrajobs announced today that IBM, a global leader in information technology, is the lead sponsor of the first Africa Virtual Job Fair (AVJF) organized by Zebrajobs.com and (By Jan)...Africa: 'He should be shunned'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The leader of Swaziland's banned opposition party, acquitted this week on terror charges, says he's ready to resume the fight for democracy in Africa's last absolute monarchy.But the release of Mario (By Jan)...Kenya: Soybean - the Seed for Wealth, Health, And Soil Fertility
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Catherine NjugunaAgainst the backdrop of the mounting food insecurity, as a result of the ravaging drought in most parts of Africa, food experts have been urging that people embrace more crops, som (By Jan)...Kenya: Warehouse Plan to Boost Grain Farmers' Earnings
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Mwaura KimaniGrain farmers are set to reap handsomely from their produce as the government rolls out the much-touted warehouse receipt payment system in November, in time for the upcoming harvest s (By Jan)...Africa: Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka Campaigns Against Malaria
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka visits New York this week to help campaign for the voices of Africa's women and children to be heard at the opening of the new session of the United Nations General Assem (By Jan)...South Africa: Gang war claims month's eighth victim
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Lavern de CriesCrime WriterAn 18-year-old boy has become the latest victim in what residents believe is a turf war between two gangs in Kewtown, Athlone.Residents believe the boy was shot in reveng (By Jan)...Nigeria: OPEC's Focus - Poverty, Environment
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Salisu Na'inna DambattaThe 154th Conference and Meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ended last Thursday in Vienna, Austria, with a resolution by the 49-year old (By Jan)...South Africa: Bulletproof vests shown to be ineffective
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Louise FlanaganA Boksburg businessman took a police-issue bulletproof vest and shot right through it with an AK-47."I took their vest and I blew a hole in it," said Clark Rosslien, CEO of the Safe (By Jan)...World: Turkey to raise Goldstone report at UN
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Louis CharbonneauNew York - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday his country would push the Security Council to discuss a report by United Nations investigators accusing Israel an (By Jan)...South Africa: Bogus healers take R560 000 in scam
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyKraaifontein police are trying to track down a group of bogus traditional healers who have already stolen more than R500 000 from people they promised to help. And officers fear the gro (By Jan)...Africa: Egypt 2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup - Eagles Leads African Assault
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Orkula ShaageeAbuja - As the FIFA Under-20 World Cup begins today in Cairo Egypt, Nigeria's Flying Eagles will lead African teams to challenge for the top prize in one of the world biggest soccer s (By Jan)...Sudan: 'Crossroads'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Scott GrationWashington, DC - Text by Scott Gration, United States Special Envoy to SudanFor too long, Darfur has been a place of human failing and despair. For too long, the people of Darfur have (By Jan)...South Africa: Kids taught with dagga money, says cop
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The union representing the majority of South Africa's police called on Thursday for a review of the laws against dagga and sex work.In resolutions approved on the final day of its national congress in (By Jan)...South Africa: Seafood ring bust in raid
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Nompumelelo MagwazaFrom a shop front advertising clothing, shoes and handbags, a group of Chinese nationals allegedly operated an international poaching syndicate, smuggling seafood delicacies from (By Jan)...South Africa: Syndicate trains abducted girls as sex slaves
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Siphamandla MbewaDurban police are warning parents that a syndicate is abducting young girls for "sexual orientation" and also trafficking them abroad to be sex slaves. This emerged at the Charlott (By Jan)...South Africa: Drivers fly high under cops' noses
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Victoria JohnVehicle drivers high on drugs will continue to cruise South Africa's roads until a new "highly effective" device used to test them can be legalised.The Drugalyzer, a new invention to h (By Jan)...S.Africa: Our rotten hospitals and worthless nurses - ANC Racism - Damned Whites in Control?
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: I will be brief this morning as I must dash off and do things. I have much to comment about, on many things, and even if some of them are brief, I will write them up. I must thank those of you (By Jan)...South Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatened U.S. Offices - Report
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: United States government offices in South Africa are expected to reopen on Friday after being closed for two days, reportedly after a threat from an al-Qaeda splinter group.The Pretoria News quoted "w (By Jan)...Nigeria: Army Investigates Killing of Senior Officer in Abia
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Oliver NdifeUmuahia - The military authorities have started investigating the killing of a senior army officer in Aba, Abia State attached to 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, by unknown persons.The Co (By Jan)...Zambia: Farmers Resort to Human Waste for Fertiliser
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Lewis MwanangombeLusaka - The economy's down, the price of fertiliser's up. And Zambian farmers are stealing sewage for their vegetable gardens.Yes, raw sewage is a cocktail of germs that can cause (By Jan)...Sudan: Scores Die in Attack in Fragile South
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Scores of people have been killed in a militia attack on a town in southern Sudan, focusing new attention on warnings that peace in the region remains fragile in spite of the 2005 peace accord which e (By Jan)...Libya: Migrants Returned to Face Abuse
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Sabina ZaccaroRome - "They beat us. They beat everyone, men and women. They usually beat us in the same room where we were kept. But they took some people out of the room. Not me, but they took oth (By Jan)...Science: Public smoking bans cut heart attack rates
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Julie SteenhuysenSmoking bans in public places can significantly reduce the number of heart attacks, two US research teams reported on Monday.One team found smoking bans in the United States, Canad (By Jan)...South Africa: Two dead in informal sttlement attack
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Two people died in an attack at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Sunday."The victims were assaulted, beaten and stabbed," said Director Phindile Radebe, add (By Jan)...South Africa: Maak 'n Las: curse or coincidence?
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Former Springbok athlete and television presenter Andries Krogman this week became the 12th person connected to the Afrikaans hit series Maak 'n Las to die. Krogman hanged himself at his home in Paarl (By Jan)...African Consolidated wins Zimbabwe court ruling
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The Zimbabwean government has never given a formal reason for the seizure of ACR's diamond claim African Consolidated Resources Plc said the Zimbabwe High Court yesterday confirmed the company (By Jan)...Nigeria: Vaccine to Prevent HIV Found
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Chioma ObinnaThe Much awaited respite for people living with HIV may have come at last, as scientists in Bangkok, for the first time, developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent HIV infect (By Jan)...South Africa: US to keep embassy shut over security threat
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: The United States will keep its government facilities in South Africa closed for a second day on Wednesday due to undisclosed security fears, an embassy spokeswoman said."All US facilities will remain (By Jan)...Renamo Promises to Step Up Cabo Delgado Campaign
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Pemba - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has promised to step up its election campaign in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, as soon as posters and other elect (By Jan)...South Africa: Don't jail killer cop, court told
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Marius van der Westhuizen, the former policeman who murdered his children, should not be put behind bars, the Cape High Court was told on Monday.As part of his sentence, he should be ordered to apolog (By Jan)...Nigeria: Mob Lynches Robbery Suspects
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Ayegba Israel EbijeThree men were on Wednesday lynched in Gulbin Boka of Bangi Local Government Area of Niger State after confessing their involvement in an armed robbery.Bature Iro, Baba Alhaji an (By Jan)...Names of Top Kenyan officials On U.S. Visa Ban List
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Henry Owuor and Lucas BarasaNairobi - The US government on Thursday threatened to impose a visa ban on 15 top government officials and block aid to the country.The officials have received letters f (By Jan)...Zim: Nkomo threatens to 'deal' with journalists
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: "We have instruments to deal with you. All journalists get out" By Lindie WhizJohn Nkomo, the Zanu PF national chairman and Minister of State for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integrati (By Jan)...South Africa: Govt Appoints New Body on Army Jobs
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - As the African National Congress's (ANC's) alliance partners yesterday opposed the government's plan to de-unionise the military, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu sought t (By Jan)...Africa: Troops detain editor of Gabon daily
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Libreville - Soldiers on Friday detained the managing editor of Gabon's national daily L'Union, Albert Yangari, in connection with newpaper reports on post-electoral unrest, witnesses and an official (By Jan)...South Africa: Killer ex cop 'not sorry'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Jade Witten Court ReporterThe State is not convinced Marius van der Westhuizen, the former policeman convicted of killing his three children in 2006, is sorry for committing the "most serious crime (By Jan)...South Africa: Price fixing: suppliers warned
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Bonile NgqiyazaDeputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has warned against "collusive scheming" by major food suppliers, which he said led to "more misery for the poor".At Cosatu's 10th congress in Midra (By Jan)...Botswana: Churches Vow to Fight HIV/Aids in Selebi-Phikwe
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Churches in Selebi-Phikwe have vowed to tackle the HIV/AIDS scourge that has hit the mining town.Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, Selebi-Phikwe Churches Committee Chairperson, Pastor Rickson Teemane (By Jan)...Somalia: 21 Killed on Ethiopian Border
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Huddur - More than 20 people were killed in Sunday clashes in a town near the Somalia-Ethiopia border after Al Shabaab insurgents attacked government forces, Radio Garowe reports.The fighting erupted (By Jan)...South Africa: Suspected serial killer makes a run for it
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Mpume MadlalaThozamile Taki, the alleged Umzinto serial killer, had appeared relaxed when he took police to crime scenes - until he pretended he needed to go to the toilet and tried to run away.Tak (By Jan)...Uganda: Uganda Women Seek Gender Recovery Plan
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Wambi MichaelKampala - After two decades of war during which thousands of children were used as child soldiers and many women raped, Northern Uganda's recovery plan is to be spent on building roads (By Jan)...World: Horrorcore rapper, girlfriend 'had a fight'
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Richmond, Virginia - An aspiring horrorcore rapper suspected of killing his girlfriend and three others in Virginia told a cab driver that he had a fight with the teenager over a text message he found (By Jan)...Nigeria: Kidnapped SSG - ACF, Can Beg Kidnappers
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Samuel AruwanKaduna - Hotel refutes report on abduction; The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have appealed to kidnappers of the Secretary to the Govern (By Jan)...South Africa: Houses easy pickings for criminals
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Shaun SmillieHouse robberies are on the increase because hardened criminals see it has easy money and police are not using proper intelligence-driven investigations. This year, according to newly r (By Jan)...Africa: Morocco cracks down on militant network
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Rabat - Morocco's security services have broken up a militant network that sent volunteers to carry out suicide bombings for al-Qaeda in Iraq, and arrested 24 of its members, the official news agency (By Jan)...South Africa: 'ANC-led' alliance takes spotlight
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Political BureauAfter the exuberant mood of the first day of the Cosatu's 10th national Congress in Midrand, the ANC and its allies are expected to be brutally frank with one another today as they (By Jan)...Uganda: Riot Suspects Face Terrorism Charges
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Herbert SsempogoKampala - TERRORISM charges have been lined up against 29 people suspected of having torched Nateete Police Station during the riots that paralysed the city two weeks ago.This was a (By Jan)...South Africa: One of the Delmas Four trialists dies
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: MP Frans Ting-Ting Masango, one of the Delmas Four, has died.Masango, 51, died of kidney failure in Unitas Hospital last Friday. He had been struggling with diabetes for some time. His nephew, Bernard (By Jan)...South Africa: Manager had "bad feeling about penis killers"
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The former manager of the Merseyside Pub, where four people were killed over an argument of the size of genitals, told the Durban High Court on Monday that she had a "bad feeling" about the men now ac (By Jan)...Nigeria: Now, How Do We Trust Sanusi?
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Yusuf BelloLagos - When President Umaru Yar'Adua nominated Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, many Nigerians thought that it was a fair choice.They reasoned that in (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Guardian Reporter, Ohu, For Burial Today
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Stella Odueme and Ekene OkoroLagos - Today, family members, friends, and colleagues of the slain Assistant News Editor of The Guardian, Bayo Ohu, may not be able to hold back tears as his remains a (By Jan)...South Africa: Police custody deaths rise
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Deaths in police custody rose to 912 in the past year, the Independent Complaints Directorate said on Friday.But though the figure was up from 791 in 2007/8, it could not be read as a sign of an incre (By Jan)...Swapo Weighs Suing Teko
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Tileni MongudhiSWAPO is considering taking legal action against Teko Trading partners Teckla Lameck and Kongo Mokaxwa for allegedly defrauding and stealing business from a company in its business e (By Jan)...Nigeria: Niger Delta Deserves Reparation From FG - Enogha
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Ofonime UmanahLagos - ROBERT ENOGHA is the Chairman, Committee on Information of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. He had served the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan as Special Assistant before (By Jan)...South Africa: Commission too late to undo damage - IFP
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: A commission set up to make recommendations on the pay and service conditions of soldiers came too late to undo the damage caused by their discontent, the Inkatha Freedom Party said on Wednesday."The (By Jan)...Kenya: Govt Seals Common Border with Somalia
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Eunice MachuhiNairobi - The government says that it has sealed off its borders with Somalia following intensified fighting in the war-torn country.Coast Provincial Commissioner Ernest Munyi says th (By Jan)...Nigeria: Lagos Tank Farm Suspension
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Lagos - An international news magazine once published a picture of Lagos with a sad caption: "Smog-filled and chaotic, but 13 million people call it home." With this widely acceptable view, which is n (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma warns succession plotters
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Moshoeshoe Monare, Carien Du Plessis and Sibusiso NgalwaPresident Jacob Zuma has threatened to "name and shame" opportunist succession plotters, while Cosatu reminded the ANC leader not to take wor (By Jan)...World: Bomb suspects due in court
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Keith CoffmanDenver - A Colorado man, his father and an accused accomplice in New York are to appear in federal court on Monday on charges of lying to federal agents about a plot to blow up unspeci (By Jan)...World: Protests grow in Honduras
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Tegucigalpa - Protests in support of Manuel Zelaya picked up on Saturday, with thousands on the streets 90 days after the Honduran president was ousted, and hopes fading for a way out of the deadlock. (By Jan)...World: Iran's nuclear ambition alarming
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Jerusalem - Israel's foreign minister said on Saturday the newly disclosed nuclear facility in Iran was proof the Islamic Republic was seeking nuclear weapons, and called on the world for an "unequivo (By Jan)...South Africa: Mchunu calls for people's war on criminals
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: KwaZulu-Natal transport and community safety and liaison MEC Willies Mchunu on Saturday called for a "people's war" against criminals."We are under siege. We are held hostage by criminals and the fear (By Jan)...The Extraordinary Moses Mague //Garoëb (1942 to 1997)
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Catherine SasmanAn avid reader and astute intellectual, Moses //Garoëb left an indelible print on the history of the liberation struggle as a contributor to UN resolutions that led to Resoluti (By Jan)...South Africa: Cosatu to fight for military unions - Vavi
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Military trade unions were a constitutional right, and one worth fighting the government for, Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Friday."We will challenge t (By Jan)...South Africa: Scientists and Healers Team Up to Test Aids Remedy
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Carol CampbellDurban - Scientists in South Africa are investigating a traditional healer's claims to have created a cure for AIDS from a concoction of four plants. Laboratory tests show that one of (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Crash plane declared emergency'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The plane that crashed in Merebank south of Durban on Thursday had declared an emergency shortly after take-off, carrier Airlink said."The aircraft, a Jetstream 41 (29 seats), departed from Durban Int (By Jan)...South Africa: Mda stripped of COPE positions
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Political BureauCOPE youth leader Anele Mda has been stripped of all her leadership positions and faces a disciplinary hearing after being accused of calling the party's deputy secretary-general, D (By Jan)...South Africa: Richter murder accused may walk
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Celiwe Mbokazi, the woman accused of masterminding the murder of Heia Safari Game Ranch owner Franz Richter, has won her first legal battle with her accusers.The crux of the trial of Mbokazi, 37, and (By Jan)...World: No power will dare to attack us: Ahmadinejad
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that no country would dare to launch aggressive actions against the Islamic republic and demanded that US-led foreign troops leave the region."No (By Jan)...South Africa: Man killed after panga rampage
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Graeme HoskenPretoria police shot and killed a panga-wielding man who attacked several homeowners in Rooiwal on Friday.Police could not explain why the elderly man went on the rampage.The attacks e (By Jan)...South Africa: Police investigating robberies in Libode
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with two robberies in Libode, said Eastern Cape police on Monday.In the first incident at 6.30pm on Sunday, a 21-year-old Somali was shot while his shop wa (By Jan)...South Africa: DA wants specialised police units back
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: The Democratic Alliance said on Sunday that it would request Parliament's police committee to debate the reconstitution of specialised units."Statistics released show shocking increases in crimes in a (By Jan)...Tanzania: Clear Bomb Threat in City Neighbourhood
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The deaths of two children in fresh bomb explosions at the Mbagala military base on Dar es Salaam's outskirts confirms the fears by experts, local administration officials and the residents that the n (By Jan)...World: Honduras breakthrough as rivals agree to talk
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Rival Honduran leaders have entered into groundbreaking talks aimed at ending a months-long power struggle that has sparked violence and plunged the small Central American nation into crisis.Honduras' (By Jan)...Uganda: Land Bill is Intended to Create Harmony
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Moses ByaruhangaKampala - IT was reported that while officiating at the centenary celebrations of the Catholic church in Masaka last Sunday, Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa of Masaka requested the Gover (By Jan)...Somalia: 15 People Killed in Mogadishu Clashes
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - Al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted the bases of AU peacekeepers (AMISOM) and Somali government forces in parts of Mogadishu."A shell that hit Baka (By Jan)...Kenya: 'Children Are On the Brink of Death' in Northeast
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Isiolo-Laikipia - The drought that has ravaged parts of northeastern Kenya, killing a large number of livestock, has affected the availability of milk, in turn undermining child nutrition, say officia (By Jan)...Create Jobs in Rural Areas, Urges SA Post Office Chief
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Keobonye MajatsieJohannesburg - A South African Post Office manager, Janrus Kotsi says home deliveries to Botswana addresses will lead to job creation particularly in rural areas."If the country is (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: Risk of Rights Emergency for Women
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Tanu JallohFreetown - UK-based global human rights group, Amnesty International, has issued a warning ahead of a potential "human rights emergency" in Sierra Leone, a country with one of the highes (By Jan)...Africa: Museveni Starts Africa Aids Plan
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Kampala - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade signed a partnership deal with UNAIDS and several non-governmental organisations in New York to eliminate HIV mother-t (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma makes his debut on UN stage
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Joe Lauria Foreign ServiceNew York - Today President Jacob Zuma begins his first UN General Assembly summit where world leaders will battle to find agreement on how to reverse climate change and re (By Jan)...Inmate Loses Court Bid to Vote
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiJustice Key Dingake of the Lobatse High Court has dismissed a landmark case in which a Gaborone prisoner, Thomas Sibanda wanted the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to be or (By Jan)...Somalia: 4 Killed in Renewed Somaliland Clan Violence
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Hargeisa, Somalia - The fighting erupted in El Berdale village, in the western outskirts of Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland.Conflicting reports emerged about which group attacked first, but local sour (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma defends Manuel
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Sibusiso NgalwaPolitical BureauPresident Jacob Zuma has tacitly chastised Cosatu for its attack on minister in the Presidency, responsible for Planning, Trevor Manuel.Cosatu had accused Manuel - th (By Jan)...Nigeria: IMF Executive Board Approves Limited Sales of Gold to Boost Concessional Lending Capacity
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved gold sales in a volume strictly limited to 403.3 metric tons, with these sales to be conducted under modalities that safeguard (By Jan)...South Africa: Violence in Mandela Park
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Siyabonga KalipaViolence erupted in Khayelitsha's Mandela Park when about 100 angry backyarders went on the rampage after learning they would be allocated only 15 of the 57 new state-subsidised hou (By Jan)...South Africa: Captain Cool just the man for an emergency
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Sameer Naik and Sheree Bega Plane crashes into school galleryIf anyone was supposed to be at the helm of the SA Airlink twin-engine aircraft as its engines failed, it was Captain Alistair Freeman b (By Jan)...Africa: Parties meet to prepare for elections
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: By Guillaume LavalleeJuba - Major Sudanese political parties are to meet on Saturday for talks on crucial issues in the buildup to the first full elections in Africa's biggest nation for 24 years.The (By Jan)...Sudan: Violence Escalating in Southern Region, Warns National Church Leader
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Fredrick NzwiliNairobi - Violence in southern Sudan is rife, with many women, children and the elderly among the victims, the new head of the Sudan Council of Churches, the Rev. Ramadan Chan Liol, (By Jan)...South Africa: Guard gunned down outside bank
Friday 25-Sep-2009: A Teba Bank security guard was shot and killed by heavily armed men who opened fire on him and his colleague outside the bank in Westonaria on Friday morning, Carletonville police said.The man and his (By Jan)...South Africa: Dramatic last moments of Flight 8911
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Latoya Newman and Gugu Mbonambi Gallery: Plane crashes into schoolMerebank Secondary principal Anil Bhanprakash was relieved that yesterday was not a school day.Had it been, hundreds of his school (By Jan)...Rwanda: Obama Hails RDF Troops in Darfur
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Arthur AsiimweKigali - NEW -YORK - US President Barack Obama has praised the quality and discipline of Rwandan peacekeeping forces in Sudan's war torn region of Darfur, describing their accomplishm (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Major fraud' syndicate busted
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyPolice have nabbed two suspected fraud masterminds and in doing so say have crippled a major syndicate alleged to have netted R30-million.Officers expect to make many more arrests and h (By Jan)...Science: Headway made with new Aids vaccine
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Maggie Fox, Health and Science EditorAn experimental Aids vaccine made using two older vaccines protected volunteers, lowering the risk of infection by about a third, US and Thai researchers report (By Jan)...Somalia: Drought Crisis Worsens, Mortality Risk Grows
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The drought crisis in war-torn Somalia is turning increasingly acute and spreading to regions previously spared, with half the country's 7 million people in need of aid, an increasing risk of deaths, (By Jan)...Nigeria: Kidnappers of Kaduna SSG Demand N40 Million
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Samuel Aruwan and Chizoba OgbecheKaduna - Kaduna State was thrown into confusion yesterday, following the strange disappearance of Mr. Waje Yayok, the Secretary to the State Government.His family (By Jan)...World: Fireworks blaze kills one
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Moscow - One person was killed and dozens injured when an explosion triggered a huge fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern Russia on Wednesday, news agencies reported, citing emergency officials.T (By Jan)...South Africa: SA unites on Heritage Day
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: At sunset, the densely aromatic smoke hangs over the rows of meat - steaks, chops, thick sausages, chicken legs - spitting into coals as Xoli Khubeka readies her tongs."You go to other countries, they (By Jan)...Nigeria: Boko Haram Saga Not Yet Over, Says Sultan
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Mohammed AminuSokoto - Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, has said the Boko Haram debacle that engulfed some parts of the country recently is not yet over, as the root cause of t (By Jan)...South Africa: Seven illegal resorts bust
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Arthi SanpathConservation authorities have exposed at least six more illegal tourist resorts being built in the heart of the country's first World Heritage Site - the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in K (By Jan)...South Africa: Dlamini warns Cosatu about their enemies
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Enemies of the workers' movement are within the ranks of the tripartite alliance, Cosatu delegates were told at its 10th national congress in Midrand on Monday."These enemies of our movement are not j (By Jan)...South Africa: Constitutional court candidates
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Constitutional Court interviewsEberhard BertelsmannThe interview given by Judge Bertelsmann prompted Concourt Chief Justice Pius Langa to state that "transformation imperatives" should not be grounds (By Jan)...Nigeria: Strike Paralyses Health Services
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Kano - A health worker strike in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state has paralysed public hospitals, forcing patients to forgo medical treatment.Most of the state's 7,000 health workers, including nurses (By Jan)...World: Is this the right thing to do - Ahmadinejad
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: New York - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brushed off Western criticism over a newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant, and said he was hopeful about upcoming talks to defuse the nuclear stand (By Jan)...Africa: Guinea junta leader faces 'dead city'
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Labe - On Saturday Guinea's military ruler headed in an armed convoy for the country's second city, the opposition stronghold of Labe, on his first trip outside the capital since seizing power in Dece (By Jan)...World: Four charged in Greece over bombing attacks
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Athens - A Greek prosecutor on Friday charged four people with carrying out bomb attacks including one against the shadow finance minister's home this week, a justice source said.The group, three men (By Jan)...World: India chimney collapse: toll rises, hopes low
Friday 25-Sep-2009: The death toll from the collapse of a giant chimney in central India rose to 36 on Friday, with many more bodies expected to be pulled from the debris, a local government official said.A team of more (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Fewer Zimbabweans HIV Positive - NAC
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Harare - Fewer Zimbabweans are HIV positive as prevention programmes and behavioural change bring down prevalence rates in the sexually-active population.The death of some of the positive people has a (By Jan)...World: Teargas used against G20 marchers
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Police fired teargas to disperse a group of masked anarchist protesters attempting to march on the venue of the Pittsburgh G20 summit on Thursday.Riot police intervened afte (By Jan)...East Africa: Plant Trees to Boost Agricultural Output
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - The outlook for food security in East Africa is looking bleak this year following poor rains, underscoring the urgency of raising farm productivity while adapting to (By Jan)...Africa: 'Global Financial Institutions Must Be Democratized'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The major international financial and economic arrangements are unfair and have not kept pace with a changing world, South Africa's President told the United Nations today, calling for the reform of k (By Jan)...South Africa: Taxi riddled with bullets, driver dies
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By SHARIKA REGCHAND PIETERMARITZBURG BUREAUAn attack in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday claimed the life of a minibus taxi driver and left a passenger in a critical condition.While police have not ruled (By Jan)...Namibia/Zambia: Warriors Meet Zambia in Cosafa
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Corry IhuhuaNAMIBIA'S Brave Warriors will meet Zambia in a Cosafa Senior Challenge quarter-final clash in Harare when the competition will be staged in Zimbabwe from October 17 to November 1.Namibi (By Jan)...South Africa: Angry MPs warn SABC staff
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: MPs have issued a stern warning to SABC employees "undermining" probes into colleagues pocketing millions through insider contracts and into unauthorised tenders. The National Assembly communications (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Selebi to blame for rise in crime'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Murray WilliamsStaff WriterThe Western Cape has recorded an "alarming" increase of 66.6% in robberies of non-residential properties, Community Safety MEC Lennit Max said.This is higher than the 41% (By Jan)...South Africa: Two hijackers shot by police
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Two hijackers were left wounded and three were arrested after a shoot-out with police in Rockville on Tuesday, Soweto police said.Inspector Mpande Mbewe said the three men hijacked a truck carrying to (By Jan)...South Africa: Sisulu Appoints Members of Interim Defence Commission
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Nthambeleni GabaraCape Town - Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, on Monday appointed ten members to the interim National Defence Force Service Commission to assess the working (By Jan)...Africa: ERIC Goosby Becomes New U.S. Global AIDs Coordinator
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.Progress has been made in curbing the global AIDS epidemic, but the disease continues to cause devastation in countries on every continent and in communities in every coun (By Jan)...South Africa: Man killed in drive-by shooting
Monday 21-Sep-2009: A 25-year-old man was shot dead and another was wounded in a drive-by shooting in Belhar on Monday, Western Cape police said.Captain Joe Wilson said several shots were fired at a house in Zonnebloem S (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Farmers Yet to Get Money, Inputs From Central Bank
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Harare - Tobacco growers who had their foreign currency retained during the 2007/8 season are yet to get the money and inputs that were issued under the Reserve Bank's "Debt-for fertilizer Swap".As a (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema in the hot seat
Monday 21-Sep-2009: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is expected to be cross-examined in the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Monday on a hate speech charge.The Sonke Gender Justice Network laid the complaint ag (By Jan)...Zambia: The Repercussions of Suspending Aid
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Mpulungu - A freeze in donor funding after allegations of Zambian government corruption is being keenly felt by those living with HIV in rural areas, which were receiving the lion's share of financial (By Jan)...Communities Key in Addressing Power Shortages Through Project
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliTHE N$3,2 billion Caprivi Link power project that aims to link the power grids of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia (Zizabona, is 70 per cent complete, with its implementation (By Jan)...World: Honduras edges toward possible crisis talks
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Gustavo Palencia and Esteban IsraelOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the country's de facto government on Thursday edged toward possible talks to end a standoff triggered after the topple (By Jan)...Somalia: Fighting Kills a Soldier, Wounds Another in Galka'o Town
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Somalia - A Galmudug state soldier died and another one wounded after fighting between troops loyal to the administration in Galka'o town in central Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Wednesday (By Jan)...Drug Cartels Invade West African Countries
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Abuja - Colombian and Mexican drug cartels are expanding into West African countries, including Nigeria, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the luc (By Jan)...It is Summer At Wilderness Again
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Sheridan GriswoldGaborone - The Rowing Lesson earned Anne Landsman this year's Sunday Times fiction award. It was promoted recently in Botswana as part of a selection of new books of merit from Sou (By Jan)...Namibia: Victory Gardens a Tool in War Against Aids
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Christof MaletskyAT Opuwo in the Kunene Region small gardens are being used to fight poverty and HIV-AIDS - a disease known to thrive on poverty as it gnaws away at the immune system of infected pe (By Jan)...Kenya: British Army Camp Beefs Up Security
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Mwangi NdiranguNairobi - Security has been tightened at a British army training camp in Nanyuki.The measures follow a suicide bomb attack on a African Mission base in Mogadishu, Somalia by al Shaba (By Jan)...World: FBI database raises questions
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Lara Jakes JordanWashington - The FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists, insurance cheats and crooked pharmacists, according to a governme (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Purpose of Zakat-ul-Fitr
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-MunajjidAbuja - Every Muslim is required to pay Zakat-ul-Fitr at the conclusion of the month of Ramadan as a token of thankfulness to Allah for having enabled him to observ (By Jan)...Africa: 13 Hutu rebels killed
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - The Democratic Republic of Congo's army killed 13 Rwandan Hutu rebels and took control of three of their strongholds in the east of the country, a colonel said on Monday.The Congolese army (By Jan)...World: Bhutan quake: Death toll rises
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Rescue teams fanned out over remote eastern Bhutan Tuesday to assess damage and look for trapped survivors as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 11.The 6.1-magnitude quake that struck ear (By Jan)...Somalia: Defense Official Warns of More Suicide Bombings
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - Yusuf Mohamed Siad "Indho Ade," the state minister for defense, told a press conference in Mogadishu on Saturday that the Somali government "had information" about the suicide bombers that (By Jan)...South Africa: Man in court for stealing baby formula
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Five people appeared in two of the Eastern Cape's magistrate's courts on Monday for allegedly stealing milk formula meant for malnourished children and babies of HIV positive mothers.Four of the peopl (By Jan)...South Africa: No charges files against Malema: ANCYL
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The ANC Youth League on Monday denied that assault and intimidation charges have been laid against its president Julius Malema over a brawl at his Sandton home."There is no person who has laid charges (By Jan)...South Africa: Hlophe faces tough grilling
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Gallery: Constitutional Court interviews The battle for positions at South Africa's highest court - and Judge President John Hlophe's quest for one of them - has become a mix between a farce and a wi (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Noczim Contracts 300 Small-Scale Jatropha Growers
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Harare - THE National Oil Company of Zimbabwe has contracted about 300 small-scale jatropha growers and provided them with over 30 million seedlings to grow 1000ha of the crop during the past two seas (By Jan)...Rwanda: Emulate Country in Fight Against Corruption, TI, WB
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Nasra BishumbaKigali - Transparency International (TI) and the World Bank (WB) gave given Rwanda as an example for its efforts in curbing corruption that other African nations should follow.In its (By Jan)...Rwanda: 12 Convicted of Genocide Crimes
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Sam NkurunzizaKigali - The former leader of Gitarama sector, Abel Mushaka is among the several suspects who were handed different jail terms for Genocide crimes.A Gacaca court sitting in Bwishyura (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Aids Response Gains Momentum
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Chandapiwa BaputakiThe AIDS response has developed real momentum the last three years as a result of strong leadership and the mobilisation of significant national and international resources, the (By Jan)...Africa: Angola election in 2012
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Henrique AlmeidaLuanda - Angolans are tired of waiting for presidential elections and may soon take to the streets in protest against delays, the head of the main opposition UNITA party said on Thu (By Jan)...Uganda: Why I Prefer a Refinery to a Pipeline
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Prof. A.B.K. KasoziKampala - IN a bid to stimulate the debate on the newly discovered oil and the sharing of the oil wealth, Business Vision runs a series of articles by Professor Kasozi, the direc (By Jan)...South Africa: Semenya fights back
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Karyn Maughan, Lebogang Seale and Gaye DavisCaster Semenya has begun her battle to restore her dignity. It is understood that Semenya's legal team has sent a letter to the International Association (By Jan)...World: Thieves use helicopter to break into depot
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: In scenes straight out of a Hollywood action film, robbers used a helicopter on Wednesday to pull off a spectacular raid of a cash depot in Stockholm.Witnesses watched in horror as the helicopter brok (By Jan)...Uganda: U.S. Praises Museveni for Somalia Role
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Kampala - Museveni greeting a US government official as America's representative to the UN Susan Rice and assistant secretary of state for Africa Jonnie Carson welcome himTHE US government has commend (By Jan)...Somalia: President Off to Saudi Arabia, 6 Killed in Mogadishu Attacks
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's plane flew from Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport, accompanied by Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden and Air and Land Transport Minister M (By Jan)...World: Piracy at five-year high in South China sea
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Piracy in the South China Sea has hit a five-year high with tankers and large container ships most prone to attack, an international monitoring agency said on Monday.A spokesperson for the information (By Jan)...South Africa: Casanova was a 'real charmer'
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: By Niyanta SinghHe wined them, he dined them with their own money and then he stole their cash and assets.John Carel Fouche, 39, a former relief magistrate, was this week sentenced to 12 years' impris (By Jan)...Africa: Kibaki displeased with US travel ban
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has written to US President Barack Obama to complain over Washington's travel ban threats on Kenyan officials blamed for hindering reforms, his office said on S (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Land Beneficiaries Commended
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Harare - THE visiting Namibian Minister of Lands and Resettlement has commended beneficiaries of the land reform programme for taking pride in working hard to produce on their farms.Speaking to journa (By Jan)...South Africa: Plane had a clean bill of health
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Wendy da Costa and Alex Eliseev Gallery: Plane crashes into schoolThe plane that crash-landed on a school field near Durban International Airport had a clean bill of health and had flown only about (By Jan)...Africa: Groups Oppose Fees for Healthcare
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Donor-backed user fees for health services were supposed to decentralise primary healthcare and provide revenue for essential drugs: instead, advocacy groups charge, they have ended up killi (By Jan)...World: Obama calls for global engagement
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Matt Spetalnick and Andrew QuinnNew York - United States President Barack Obama told world leaders on Wednesday to stop blaming America and join him in confronting challenges like Iran and North Ko (By Jan)...Africa: Troops deployed to stem violence in Sudan
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Skye WheelerJuba - South Sudan's army said on Wednesday it was sending hundreds of troops to the scenes of recent tribal massacres to guard civilians and try to stem an escalation of ethnic killing (By Jan)...South Africa: US embassy to reopen after security threat
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: All US government facilities in South Africa are expected to resume normal operations on Friday after an undisclosed security threat, the American embassy said on Wednesday.The US facilities were clos (By Jan)...South Africa: Taxis threaten to destroy BRT
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Clayton Barnes2010 WriterWestern Cape taxi bosses have given Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele one month to halt the roll-out of the integrated rapid transit (IRT) system in Cape Town - or face havin (By Jan)...Kenya: Herders Hard Hit as Skies Refuse to Open Up
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Mwangi NdiranguNairobi - When Mzee Tompo ole Ngolia drove his emaciated animals to Mt Kenya forest in June, he hoped the desperate move would save them.But for three months, he has watched in angui (By Jan)...South Africa: COPE suspends youth leader
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Anele Mda, convenor of COPE's youth wing, has been suspended from all leadership positions in the party, pending a disciplinary hearing on racism and sexism charges.Mda stands accused of calling COPE (By Jan)...Uganda: Country Backs UN Resolution On Violence
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Kampala - UGANDA has pledged to implement the United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions on sexual violence and women's participation in peace and security initiatives, the director for gender a (By Jan)...South Africa: 'We need to know why Zondi was killed'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The State has a line up of 16 witnesses to testify in the inkosi Mbongeleni Zondi murder trial, the Umlazi Magistrate's Court heard on Wednesday.The trial is set down for nine days starting from March (By Jan)...Somalia: Somalia MPs Accuse Finance Minister of Corruption
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - The group of lawmakers included: MP Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, MP Farah Ali Abdi, MP Mohamed Ali Omar, MP Ali Yusuf Osman, MP Dahir Abdulkadir Muse, and MP Shukri Haji Ahmed.MP Afrah, who spok (By Jan)...Ghana: Govt, China Collaborate to Explore Oil
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Ghana and China are to collaborate for massive exploration of oil that could make Ghana a leading world explorer and hub of the industry in the West African sub-region.The collaboration is between the (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mass Defections Loom as Disgruntled ZANU-PF Bigwigs Take Cue from Lesabe
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Harare - Buoyed by the defection of Thenjiwe Lesabe a fortnight ago, ZAPU this week claimed a number of disgruntled ZANU-PF bigwigs wo-uld be taking a cue from the former Women's League boss.Lesabe, o (By Jan)...Tanzania: Government Says No Land Deal With South Korea
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Ray NaluyagaThe government has refuted media reports indicating that it has leased out 1000 square kilometres of farmland to South Koreans.It was reported yesterday that South Korea had agreed to d (By Jan)...South Africa: Plane crash victims undergo surgery
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Three people injured in a plane crash in Durban will undergo surgery on Friday, SA Airlink said.Three crew members and a bystander on the ground were injured in Thursday's crash.Airlink spokeswoman Ka (By Jan)...World: Stop stepping on us, Chavez tells Obama
Friday 25-Sep-2009: By Terry Wade and Claudia ParsonsThe smell of hope has replaced George Bush's "sulphur" at the United Nations, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in his first UN speech since calling the past US pr (By Jan)...South Africa: Man blown to pieces by fireworks
Friday 25-Sep-2009: A man was blown to pieces by prohibited fireworks at the Crown Mine factories, south of Joburg yesterday, emergency services said.The man's torso was found 70 metres from the scene, while one of his l (By Jan)...South Africa: Vavi eyes ANC job
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: The Congress of South African Trade Unions ended its national conference on Thursday with the announcement that its general secretary is eyeing a senior position in the ruling ANC.Cosatu general secre (By Jan)...Arizona State University Allows Neturei Karta Member To Be Invited By Local Palestinian Groups
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: [This at tax payers' expense, endorsing and outright excusing Palestinian terrorism. Except what's really going on here, is that an obvious PLO front known as the Neturei Karta are trying to recruit (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe constitution committee restructured
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: "The leaders of the parties are positioning themselves to take over the process" By Kitsepile NyathiZimbabwe's troubled constitution making process is facing new challenges after the coalition (By Jan)...World: 'Bitter times await Germans': al-Qaeda video
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: German police went on a nationwide high alert Thursday after warnings of possible extremist attacks ahead of this weekend's general election.Police with machine guns were out in force at airports and (By Jan)...Gambia: Jammeh Threatens to Kill Human Rights Defenders - Report
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Activists have launched a campaign to have the headquarters of a top African human rights body moved from the Gambia after the country's president reportedly threatened to kill human rights defenders. (By Jan)...World: 'He's not a racist. He's only nine years old'
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Andrew LevyDaily Mail ReporterExcited by stories of the Second World War during school classes, Steven Cheek did what generations of young boys have done before him.Making an imaginary gun with his (By Jan)...East Africa: Drought, Conflict Aggravate Hunger
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The crop prospects in the Horn of Africa for this year are poor, on the heels of below-average rainfall, violence and displacement, will intensify hunger in the region, the United Nations Food and Agr (By Jan)...South Africa: Manager tells of pub slayings
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The manager of an Umbilo pub where four men were gunned down last year testified yesterday that one of the two brothers accused of the crimes had pointed a gun at her "about 30cm from my face".Michell (By Jan)...Somalia: 'Peacekeepers Command Intact'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Henry Mukasa And Hellen MukiibiKampala - THE Ugandan army has named the four peacekeepers who died during the double suicide attack in Mogadishu on Thursday. UPDF also revealed that 21 Ugandan sold (By Jan)...Don't Believe in False Promises, Warns Frelimo
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Beira - Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party has warned voters in the central city of Beira not to believe opposition promises that, if their parties are elected in the forthcoming general elections, the (By Jan)...South Africa: Chuene should be fired - readers
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Ainsley DanielsSince the Caster Semenya saga broke, ASA president Leonard Chuene has been at the forefront of the row. At the weekend Chuene admitted that some of the statements he made was untrue. (By Jan)...South Africa: Athletics Chief 'Lied' Over Athlete's Sex Tests - Report
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Lynnette Johns and Bianca CapazorioCape Town - Go now. That is the message opposition parties are sending to Athletics South Africa (ASA) boss Leonard Chuene over the Caster Semenya affair.It has b (By Jan)...Africa: Dozens wounded in grenade attack
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Kigali - Four people were killed and 52 others were injured when an unidentified man lobbed a grenade into a crowd at a village market in Rwanda, public radio reported on Sunday.The incident at Karamb (By Jan)...Gambia: African Leaders Must Stand Up to Jammeh, Say Lawyers
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Dakar - Lawyers and rights activists are calling on the African Union's human rights body to move its headquarters out of The Gambia after President Yahya Jammeh on national television threatened huma (By Jan)...South Africa: Development Indicators to Help Govt Plan Better
Friday 25-Sep-2009: Cape Town - The findings of the 2009 Development Indicators would provide pointers for future government policies, says Minister in the Presidency for National Planning, Trevor Manuel."This 2009 publi (By Jan)...South Africa: Duo involved in murder of principal - cops
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyFive people are in police custody on suspicion of killing the acting principal of Sithemebele Matiso High School in New Crossroads in her office last month.Nomzoxolo Dziba, 52, from Par (By Jan)...Changes to Spy Law Proposed
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: By Christof MaletskyONLY the Judge President or another Judge designated by him should be able to issue an interception order against individuals and companies if the Communications Bill becomes law, (By Jan)...Africa: Zim authorities clash on use of IMF funds
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Zimbabwe's central bank chief Wednesday accused Finance Minister Tendai Biti of stalling the distribution of 10-million Zimbabwe dollars received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in August.L (By Jan)...Somalia: Puntland Leaders Attend Eid Celebrations Among Thousands
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Top leaders in Somalia's Puntland State government attended Eid celebrations Sunday, marking the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan among thousands of civilians, Radio Garowe reports.Dr. Abdirahman (By Jan)...South Africa: I can cure Aids - healer
Monday 21-Sep-2009: Scientists at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are testing a concoction of indigenous plants used by a traditional healer who claims it can cure HIV and Aids.The re (By Jan)...Nigeria: Marketers' Debts - Oil Workers Give FG 14-Day Ultimatum
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungLagos - WORKERS in the nation's petroleum industry, weekend, warned that if the Federal Government failed to pay the billions of debt owed by petroleum marketers within two weeks (By Jan)...World: Brown braces for tough election
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: Brighton, England - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed on Sunday that he would not "roll over" and give up the fight as his embattled Labour Party kicked off their last conference before the ge (By Jan)...Zim: Women's League plagued by vote rigging claims
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: "From our investigations, Muchena only had about 800 votes and Mahofa 1 064 votes" Faith ZabaConroversy continued to plague the Zanu PF Women's League with some members alleging vote-rigging i (By Jan)...Zim: Chanakira's Meikles job saved by riot police
Friday 25-Sep-2009: "How ill he is I don't know, but we do know that he managed to conduct his business quite satisfactorily from wherever he was" By Violet GondaThe specification of Kingdom Meikles Africa Limite (By Jan)...Police Shoot Worker Dead by Mistake
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Maputo - A policeman in Maputo shot a man accidentally in the head on Wednesday, killing him instantly, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".The victim, identified only as Arselio, (By Jan)...South Africa: Recovery wishes for plane crash victims
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele sent wishes of a speedy recovery to those injured in a plane crash in Merebank, outside Durban on Thursday."We want to wish those injured in the plane crash in Mere (By Jan)...World: Indian chimney collapse: 100 feared dead
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: At least 100 people are feared dead after a giant chimney under construction at a power plant in central India collapsed in bad weather, the top union official at the company told AFP Thursday."I expe (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Govt-Namibia Sign MoU
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe and Namibia have signed a Memorandum of Understand that will see the two countries sharing technical expertise on land reform and resettlement.The MoU, a third agreement between the (By Jan)...Africa: SKorea to develop farmland tract in Tanzania
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Congested South Korea will develop a large tract of land in Tanzania for farming and food processing in its latest attempt to establish agriculture overseas, officials said on Thursday.The state-run K (By Jan)...Burundi: Congolese Refugees Scared to Move to New Burundi Camp
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Nairobi - More than 2,000 refugees in Burundi have rejected UN appeals to move to a new camp for fear they could be exposed to attack.The refugees, from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Banyamul (By Jan)...South Africa: US still on 'terror' scare alert
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Peter Fabricius, Shaun Smillie, Gillian Gifford and ReutersAll US government buildings will remain closed for a second day today because of a suspected terrorist threat.The US embassy in Pretoria h (By Jan)...South Africa: 'My son was present at rape scene'
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: A Khayelitsha mother testified at a rape trial that has implicated her son, who is in the dock with two other men. Sybil Yabo's son, Jabu "Ntulo" Daluxolo, 27, Lubabalo "50 Cent" Fongoqa, 19, Lwazi "B (By Jan)...Kenya: Border Security Stepped Up
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: By Eunice MachuhiNairobi - Kenya has increased surveillance along the border with Somalia due to intensified fighting in the neighbouring country.The border, according to Coast provincial commissioner (By Jan)...Global: Swine flu 'could kill millions unless rich nations give £900m'
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world's poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich countries to pay for vaccines and antiviral medicines, says a UN report (By Gairk)...Africa: The Continent is Reforming, Kagame Tells Experts
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: By Arthur AsiimweNew York - A new wave of reform is sweeping across Africa and the continent is keen to engage the rest of the world in doing business, President Paul Kagame, told the think-tank Inter (By Jan)...South Africa: State talks tough on food price collusion
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The government will be unrelenting in dealing with suppliers who colluded on food prices, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday."It is unacceptable that food prices should be artificial (By Jan)...Africa: AfDB President Gives Key Note Address at Africa Investor Summit and Awards at the New York Stock Exchange
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, will give the keynote address at the Africa Investor Index Series Summit and Awards scheduled to take place on 21 September 20 (By Jan)...South Africa: Lotto winner Canterbury sentenced
Monday 21-Sep-2009: But he wasted the money, turned to a life of drugs, and now has to serve 28 years behind bars for murder after being sentenced in the Cape High Court on Friday.In August, Canterbury and Russel "Sniper (By Jan)...East Africa: EAC Considers to Set Law On HIV/ Aids
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Irene V. NambiKigali - As East Africa (EA) moves towards real integration, the regional bloc has set up a taskforce to develop the bill that seeks to help curb the AIDS scourge in the region.The te (By Jan)...South Africa: Cancer-causing chemical found in SA
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Craig McKuneA known groundwater contaminant, banned in Denmark and the subject of class-action lawsuits throughout the US, and which can cause cancer if consumed in high doses, has been found in gr (By Jan)...South Africa: More than 200 convicts in public service
Monday 21-Sep-2009: By Xolani MbanjwaPolitical BureauA probe by the Public Service Commission (PSC) has found that 223 public servants, employed full-time, have criminal records for offences ranging from fraud and corrup (By Jan)...Africa: About 17 killed in Somalia conflict: elders
Monday 21-Sep-2009: At least 17 people, mainly combatants, were killed in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces in western Somalia, elders said on Monday.The fighting broke out late Sunday when fight (By Jan)...Namibian Liberator Sam Nujoma attacks West & Whites again - threatens war: Keep your hands off Zimbabwe!
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: [Sam Nujoma was the leader of SWAPO and he came to power after the liberation struggle for Namibia was over. However, his background is the same as that of Mugabe, Mandela, etc. He was trained and sup (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma downplays Cosatu, State disagreements
Monday 21-Sep-2009: The National Planning Commission is a necessary means of implementing economic policy, President Jacob Zuma told delegates at the 10th annual Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) congress i (By Jan)...S.Africa: Our Worthless nurses... did my mother die from medical malpractise?
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: I am going to be brief. In my discussions over the last few days with my private nurse, the doctor and other people, I am starting to wonder whether my mother died from actual negligence in hospital O (By Jan)...WWII: Winston Churchill's massive propaganda, manipulation & lying exercise to Americans
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: I am not going to go into the full detail on this, but I'm mentioning this, for those who wish to start digging into it. There really is an interesting historical angle to World War II that people (By Jan)...Gaddafi Endorses The Taliban
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: [What a big surprise here. The Libyan tyrant shows his true colors, yet we still are supporting this mad man? Lone Wolf.] Gaddafi defends Taliban From correspondents in the United Nations Sept (By Lone Wolf)...S.Africa: Our useless Nurses - My Candidate for a front row in Heaven...
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: I will still give more updates on the state of my mother since she was in the BEST hospital in Johannesburg. A friend of mine's mother-in-law is a former nurse. Her name is Elsie. And that 70-year (By Jan)...USA: Race-based discipline in Tucson schools
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Warning, if you are a parent with children in the TUSD school district, this will make your head explode. Today, Tucson’s school district hit the national scene, unfortunately for all the wrong reason (By Gairk)...[video]Commedy: US training Iraqi troops
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: (By JanOlifant)...Chile Harboring Shining Path Members?
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: [Now that Chile is under the control of the Chilean Socialist Party which was exposed to really be a KGB front after one of its most famous/infamous leaders Salvador Allende was exposed to be a KGB ag (By Lone Wolf)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (23-09-2009)
Wednesday 23-Sep-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- There was a story that I read late yesterday about a 'plea bargain' for Billy rautenbach which resulted in him being fined R40 million for (By The BeardedMan)...The Genetics of History
Saturday 26-Sep-2009: Frank goes after the three-ring circus at the UN, with Quadaffy Duck, Hugo Chavez the Flying Monkey, and Dr. Evil, Ahmadenejad from Parthia, as conducted by the ringmaster, our Foreign Occupier, who s (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Jan Lamprecht: The Last entry in my late Mother's diary... brings me to tears...
Friday 25-Sep-2009: I have always had the habit of keeping a diary, on and off, over the last 25 years. I go through phases where I write a lot and sometimes when I don't care. And at times I also bought my mother a diar (By Jan)...[video]Commedy: Failure at US Border Post
Sunday 27-Sep-2009: This is quite funny...reminds me of an advertisement Sanlam once had, where the chicken tried to save one egg, losing the rest of her eggs trying to save that one... Leon Schuster type material! (By JanOlifant)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (22-09-2009)
Tuesday 22-Sep-2009: Howzit It is very difficult to work out exactly how Mugabe receives the support that he enjoys - either regionally or domestically. Having destroyed one of the most beautiful countries in the world (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-09-2009)
Thursday 24-Sep-2009: Howzit I was deeply saddened this morning when I read news that a dear friend's mother had passed away shortly after a bout in hospital. Our thoughts and prayers go out to him as he comes to terms (By The BeardedMan)...
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