From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 25th October 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 & GruesomeSouth Africa: A Difficult Partnership - The United States and South Africa
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By J. Daniel O'FlahertyWashington, DC - The U.S. and South Africa have shared interests in many areas, including peacekeeping, climate change, economic development and counter-terrorism. However, the (By Jan)...South Africa. It's Genocide plain and simple
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Which community suffer from the highest murder rate in the world? If thoughts go through your mind of a gritty urban jungle, you are mistaken. The backdrop of the world's highest murder rate is some o (By Gairk)...South African Genocide
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Which community suffer from the highest murder rate in the world? If thoughts go through your mind of a gritty urban jungle, you are mistaken. The backdrop of the world's highest murder rate is some o (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: 'Where do all the black people work?'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: In a survey of employment equity in the Western Cape commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme, researchers Dr Sabie Surtee and Professor Martin Hall found that contrary to claims that whites (By Jan)...Hate Crimes Against Minorities in South Africa
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Brandon Huntley, a "white" South African, was recently granted asylum in Canada. It is a direct result of notable genocidal conditions that are steadily on the rise in South Africa. There is a common (By Gairk)...Guinea: Guinea (Conakry) - More Than an Inquiry?
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Washington, DC - "Three weeks after over 150 people were killed in a military crackdown on demonstrators in the capital Conakry, with women and girls raped, Guineans are coping with the aftermath, som (By Jan)...Global: Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: 1989 was a momentous year. Across the world, from Trafalgar to Tiananmen Square, voices long repressed began to be heard. Unrest became pandemic. Nation after nation began to shake off the shackles th (By Gairk)...Nigeria: Anxiety Over Petrol Price Hike...as Full Deregulation Begins Nov 1
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Yemie AdeoyeDeregulation of the downstream sector of Nigeria's oil and gas industry has been on the front burner of public discourse for quite a while now, and as it fully takes effect, November 1, (By Jan)...Gambia: Celebrations of the Anniversary of the 70th Year of the Beginning of World War II
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By PublisherThe views published in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of Foroyaa. - EditorThe on-going gatherings by European Leaders only in Europe and the conspicuous exclusion of Afri (By Jan)...South Africa: Homewoner put up a fight against robbers
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Alex EliseevIt was a split-second decision between surrender and a mad dash to the bedroom to fetch a gun and square off against a gang of robbers inside his house. That moment, in which the father (By Jan)...Sudan: A Critical Moment, A Comprehensive Approach
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Sudan is at an important crossroads that can either lead to steady improvements in the lives of the Sudanese people or degenerate into even more violent conflict and state failure. Now is the time for (By Jan)...Africa: Continent Readies United Front for Crucial Copenhagen Talks
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Thalif DeenAs African leaders meet in Ethiopia to discuss the devastating impacts of climate change, the United Nations has released a report warning that the economically-troubled continent will b (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe Cannot Be Part of Country's Road to Democracy - DA
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Alex BellSouth Africa's main political opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), on Thursday said Robert Mugabe cannot be part of Zimbabwe's road to democracy, saying the dictator must be offered a (By Jan)...S.Africa: The Amazing way the Western world transformed Jacob Zuma...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: [I never cease to be amazed at what Dr Richard Cummings wrote many years ago about how the CIA was out to moderate the ANC. To see the original article, read this: Original Article: How the CIA defeat (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Diaspora - Two Sides of the Coin
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Conway TutaniHarare - IN the 1970s, a Malawian group had a smash hit in the region titled "APhiri Ana Bwela". It went like this:"APhiri anabwela kuchoka kuHalale"Mukati mwasutukesi munalibe kantu s (By Jan)...South Africa: Cape Town a racist city - study
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Craig McKuneCape Town is seen to be hostile to black people, while white people are still being appointed and promoted at rates suggesting "positive discrimination" in their favour, a damning new s (By Jan)...Africa: Ping Says AU Effectively Tackling Toughest Economic and Political Problems Facing the Continent
Monday 19-Oct-2009: The African Union has a mandate that spans political, economic and financial, cultural and technological matters affecting its 53 members, which include all nations on the African continent expect Mor (By Jan)...Nigeria: Unsolved Murders - Forensic Evidence, the Missing Key
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Lorita ChigboLagos - LAGOS State Ministry of Justice and the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, held a forensic workshop on crime scene management recently in Ikeja, Lagos.The event attracted po (By Jan)...Sudan: Clinton, Rice and Gration - Remarks on the Sudan Strategy
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of StateSusan E. Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations , U.S. Mission to the United NationsScott Gration Special Envoy to SudanSECRETARY CLIN (By Jan)...South Africa: Xenophobia Deja Vu and Human Rights in South Africa
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Tafadzwa Thelma MadondoSouth African citizens in township areas recently demonstrated for the government to improve their living conditions in relation to water, sanitation and housing. Once again, (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema nationalisation ultimatum
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Carien du PlessisANC Youth League president Julius Malema has given ANC leaders an ultimatum to either support nationalisation or forget about leading the ANC in 2012."Whoever says 'I want to be th (By Jan)...From Jan: I'm back - Email to White S.African concerning leaving - 50% of American Homeowners will sink
Monday 19-Oct-2009: [Here is an excerpt from an email reply I wrote to a White South African who purchased my book, Government by Deception. I've not mentioned the global economic situation but it is SCARY, SCARY and SCA (By Jan)...World: US drone strike kills 14 in Pakistan: report
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Khar, Pakistan - A missile strike by a US drone killed at least 14 people in a Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said.The strike took place on a village 15 kilomet (By Jan)...Africa: DRC Hands SA Farmers Access to Land
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: South African farmers now have access to an estimated 10 million hectares of arable land in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the signing of a deal touted to be the largest land agreement in (By Jan)...Court Cancels Bail Bonanza for Farm Robbery Suspects
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Werner MengesA MAGISTRATE'S decision to grant bail to the five alleged members of a gang accused of carrying out a violent armed robbery at a farm east of Windhoek at the end of August was suspende (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema a leader with no strings attached
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Fiona FordeA pint-sized patriot, Julius Malema had just turned nine when he donned his marshal's uniform for the first time. It was March 1990. And it was a big day. His home township of Seshego, i (By Jan)...S.Africa: Banking Shocker : A Big Bank refuses to grant Homeloans - The S.African Govt creating a new banking BUBBLE
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: I cannot tell you my source, nor who said it, nor where it was said, but it is recent. One of the big four banks in South Africa took a strategic decision this year NOT to grant any homeloans! Yea (By Jan)...S.Africa is dumber than all of Africa put together... Taking stupidity to fabulous new undreamed of levels...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: The ANC who rule South Africa are, in my opinion, the worst thing that has ever happened to this country. I've said it before and I'll keep on repeating it. Study South Africa's history and you'll see (By Jan)...Uganda: Can Africa Lead in Oil Export?
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Prof. A.B. K. KasoziKampala - In a bid to stimulate the debate on Uganda's newly discovered oil and the sharing of the oil wealth, Business Vision runs a series of articles by Professor Kasozi, th (By Jan)...Africa: Dos Santos - the Tale of Africa's Second Longest Ruler
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Tony OkeraforSince Angola gained its independence in 1975, the oil-rich southern African country has only known two heads of state.Following the forced withdrawal of Portuguese forces from the coun (By Jan)...Science: Into the blackened forest
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Daniel HowdenThe sound of the first crack stops the patrol dead. Halfway up the 3 407m of the Nyiragongo volcano, the rangers fan out in the direction of the chopping noise, leaving the path of sha (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: U.S. Declares MDC-T Running Mate
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Tafataona MahosoHarare - LAST week's revelations by the US State Department during hearings before the US Senate Sub-Committee on African Affairs were quite shocking.The US is involved in an on-goi (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (20-10-2009)
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Howzit I am trying to get today's posting our a little earlier than usual as I have a 'non-existent' appointment at the hand unit at lunch time. Yesterday, with it being so cold, I suffered big tim (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: 25 gang murders in just 2 months
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Lavern De Vries and Thomas PearceStaff ReportersTwenty-five people died in gang violence across Cape Town in the past two months, say police, as in-fighting and new gangs trying to establish themse (By Jan)...Africa: 'Pirates are expanding their operations'
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Lucy HornbyThe hijacking of a Chinese ship carrying coal across the Indian Ocean shows that Somalian pirates are expanding their reach beyond the Gulf of Aden, Chinese shippers said.The De Xin Hai, (By Jan)...WWIII: Russia violating treaty, developing missile
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Republicans in the Senate are gearing up to battle the Obama administration over the high-priority plan to finish a new arms-control treaty with Russia before the end of the year. Sen. Jon Kyl, Ari (By Gairk)...World: Wanted man gets a job in US prison
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A man wanted on suspicion of drug and fraud crimes has been arrested - in an American maximum security prison where he was working as a guard. A simple Google search of Michal Preclik's name brings up (By Jan)...South Africa: Menlyn mini war zone drama
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachMenlyn turned into a virtual mini-war zone yesterday as a gun battle broke out between police and a gang of about 12 robbers.The drama resulted in a Fidelity security guard being (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Humanitarian Crisis Now Unfolding
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Luanda-Kinshasa - A burgeoning humanitarian crisis among the tens of thousands of people expelled by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to neighbouring Angola is beginning to unfold."The fears of (By Jan)...Sudan: Current Status of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Recent Travels
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Washington, DC - Briefing by Scott Gration, Special Envoy to Sudan MR. KELLY: Good morning. We’re very pleased to have with us today Scott Gration. General Gration grew up in the now Democrat (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: Country Ready For 'High Return investment' - President Koroma
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Ernest Bai KoromaFollowing is the text of a speech to the European Development Days in Stockholm by Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, on his country's response to the Global Economic Do (By Jan)...Nigeria: Amnesty is Not a Farewell to Arms, Says Afejuku
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Simon EbegbulemBenin City - Former Head of Department at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and Professor of English and Literature, Professor Tony Afejuku is a household name in the Niger Delta stru (By Jan)...World: Twin suicide attack strikes university
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Islamabad - Twin suicide blasts tore through a university campus in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday killing five people, as the military pursued a major anti-Taliban offensive in the lawless north-west. (By Jan)...Science: Ditch power station and go solar, say greens
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Sheree BegaEnvironmentalists have urged Eskom to reconsider its plans to complete a new coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, arguing that the plant's polluting carbon emissions will equal those (By Jan)...Africa: Thirty killed in Mogadishu shell fire
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdi SheikhMogadishu - Mortar bombs killed at least 30 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday after rebels launched shells at the president's plane and African Union (By Jan)...South Africa: Closing Political Space - Abahlali and Country's Authorities
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Stuart WilsonI would like to talk, in the time allotted to me, about Abahlali baseMjondolo, a movement of informal settlers in KwaZulu-Natal I represented while I worked at CALS [Centre for Applied (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Racist' fireworks during Diwali
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Yogas Nair and Jolene MarriahDarkness pervaded Diwali celebrations for three Hindu families in Durban and Pietermaritzburg on Saturday evening, after the lighting of clay lamps and fireworks sparke (By Jan)...Uganda: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Wambi MichaelKampala - Over three decades ago a 14-year-old girl, her sister and a group of young teenagers from Bukwo headed to the River Amana for a ceremony that would change their lives forever (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Tiday" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-10-2009)
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Howzit When I first read this article, it annoyed me that Moyo should use the analogy of Israel and the NAZIs, but then we have to remember that Mugabe has called himself "Hitler - tenfold" and w (By The BeardedMan)...Ghana: Now That Police Are Dying
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By I. K. Gyasi"We call for constant support for the police if we intend to tackle the armed robbery threat head-on." - From the DAILY GRAPHIC editorial of Wednesday, October 14, 2009. When the Ghana P (By Jan)...Africa: Tsvangirai seeks SADC pressure on Mugabe
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By MacDonald DzirutweZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will this week meet regional leaders to pressure coalition partner President Robert Mugabe to resolve disputes in the country's unity g (By Jan)...Africa: Botswana's President Khama wins new term
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Serena ChaudhryBotswana's President Ian Khama secured a new five-year term on Sunday, extending his rule over the world's largest diamond producer, after his governing BDP party swept to victory in (By Jan)...South Africa: Mother and son slayed
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Lesego MaemolaA 21-year-old woman and her two-year-old son have been found murdered at the home of the woman's boyfriend in Refilwe, Cullinan, east of Pretoria.Police are looking for the boyfriend (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Fresh Violence Rocks Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Tichaona SibandaFresh violence erupted in Chiweshe district this week as 50 homes belonging to known MDC supporters were burnt down by ZANU PF militias.Expressing concern over the situation the MDC (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Time to Get Tough On Crime
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Harare - THERE has been a resurgence of armed robberies and burglaries in Harare and other surrounding areas but police must be commended for rising to the task by crushing the violent criminals.More (By Jan)...South Africa: Bullets fly in mall shoot-out
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Jacques Breytenbach and Graeme HoskenFive gunmen, armed with an AK-47 rifle and pistols opened fire in the crowded Kolonnade Shopping Centre yesterday morning after storming a jewellery store.The g (By Jan)...Kenya: International Firms Step Up Search for Oil And Gas Reserves in Country
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Jim KamanziNairobi - Kenya has inched closer to joining the league of "big oil" African countries as exploration reports indicate existence of oil and natural gas reserves in the Upper eastern regi (By Jan)...Africa: Tsvangirai seeks help from regional leaders
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Chengetai ZvauyaHarare - Zimbabwe's prime minister will be on the road this week asking other leaders in the region to "rescue" the unity government from which he temporarily withdrew, his spokespe (By Jan)...World: 'We'll fight until our last drop of blood'
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the c (By Jan)...South Africa: Drugs 'at every school in province'
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Zara NicholsonSchoolground drug dealing has become a serious problem for teachers and police, with nearly 30 young dealers expelled from city schools in less than two years. Police say in some case (By Jan)...Africa: China tells its ships to avoid pirate seas
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: China has warned its ships to avoid waters off Somalia where pirates seized a Chinese coal ship on Monday, as Beijing sought to recover the vessel and crew.Somali pirates took control of the De Xin Ha (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Guebuza Meets With Tsvangirai
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Chimoio - Zimbabwean Prime Minister and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, told reporters in the central Mozambican city of Chimoio on Tuesday that he remains commi (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Why did this have to happen to my husband?'
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Nompumelelo MagwazaKwaZulu-Natal has suffered at least one hijacking a day for the past week, with an attempted hijacking in Pinetown on Thursday leaving a businessman dead.The fatal shooting of Di (By Jan)...South Africa: Cape cracks down on brothels
Monday 19-Oct-2009: With more than 120 sex workers arrested and the closure of two brothels at the weekend the City of Cape Town signalled that it would further intensify its campaign against the flesh trade, said Neil A (By Jan)...Renamo Tramples on Samora Machel's Memory
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo on Monday, as the general election campaign entered its final week, suddenly announced that the first action of a Renamo g (By Jan)...Somalia: Unprecedented increase in Somali pirate activity, ICC reports
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Global piracy figures have already surpassed the total number of attacks recorded in 2008, according to the latest quarterly piracy report released today by the International Chamber of Commerce’ (By Jan)...World: Mangled bodies litter Baghdad
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Saad Shalash and Waleed IbrahimBaghdad - Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500 and leaving mangled bodies and cars on the streets in one of Ir (By Jan)...World: Bloodiest attack in Baghdad in months
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Saad ShalashBaghdad - Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 75 people and wounded 460 in Baghdad on Sunday, police and health officials said, in the bloodiest attack in (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Drunk' trio held after high-speed chase
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterThree occupants of a car who were apparently drunk were arrested after a high-speed chase through the Pretoria city centre.The police were forced to open fire on them.The (By Jan)...World: BBC an 'ultra-Leftist establishment': Griffin
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Jason GrovesThe BBC was on Thursday braced for a furious backlash after giving an unprecedented platform to Nick Griffin on Question Time.Members of the audience booed, jeered and mocked the Britis (By Jan)...Guinea: China's Business Ties to the Loathed Camara Junta Could Quickly Backfire
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Beijing's Foreign Ministry officials are energetically distancing themselves from a US$7 billion minerals deal announced on 9 October by the increasingly isolated military regime in Guinea with the Ho (By Jan)...Somalia: 11 Killed in Insurgent Attacks, Govt Claims Foreign Fighter Killed
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Mogadishu - At least 11 people were killed in fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu overnight Sunday and into Monday morning, Radio Garowe reports.The battles started after Al Shabaab insurgents at (By Jan)...Ghana: The Role of Stakeholders in Fighting Corruption
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Bribery, corruption and delays have long been endemic for commercial transport on the Tema-Ougadougou corridor. The trunk road from Ghana's port to Burkina Faso's capital passes through Kumasi and Tam (By Jan)...Africa: Zuma's concern at Zim 'chaos'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Mercury CorrespondentsPresident Jacob Zuma said yesterday that South Africa was concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe and that the country "should not be allowed to slide back into instability" (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (22-10-2009)
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Howzit The situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated to the point that the various political camps are shouting at each other and making all sorts of statement about each other and their own aims and (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: Lawyer fights against 'illegal trappings'
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Fiona GoundenA Durban lawyer is preparing to seek an interdict against the Metro Police to stop them trapping on or from bridges and will soon be working on getting refunds for all such cases where (By Jan)...South Africa: Iranian officials questioning UN deal
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Tehran - Top Iranian figures criticised on Saturday a UN-brokered deal to produce nuclear fuel for Tehran from its own partly enriched uranium, apparently challenging what President Mahmoud Ahmadineja (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: SADC Crisis Talks As Mugabe, Tsvangirai Fall Out
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) will this week intervene in Zimbabwe's crisis to avert a collapse of its shaky government of unity.Diplomatic sources (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: UN Intervention in Critical - Ben Freeth
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Alex BellChegutu farmer Ben Freeth, who last week concluded an awareness-raising trip to the United States, on Tuesday said that the intervention of the United Nations will be critical for Zimbabwe (By Jan)...South Africa: Son sees father shot dead
Monday 19-Oct-2009: He was the Good Samaritan, a man who set up a bursary scheme for needy children and even helped a newly released prisoner find a place to stay. But on Saturday, the Good Samaritan, Mohamed Dajee, (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Shamu Contradicts Mugabe On Zimplats
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Bernard MpofuIF the South African-owned platinum mining company, Zimplats, had thought it had found new friends in government when President Robert Mugabe showered it with praise last week it must (By Jan)...Kenya: Kibaki Speaks Out Against Local Militias
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Peter LeftieNairobi - The government will not allow militias to rearm themselves and unleash terror in any part of the country, President Kibaki has warned.The Head of State challenged Kenyans to h (By Jan)...Africa: 'We shall make their people cry!'
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Abdi Guled and Ibrahim MohamedSomalia's hardline al-Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries th (By Jan)...World: Brazilian police crack down on drug gangs
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Pedro FonsecaRio de Janeiro - Police killed seven suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, bringing to 33 the total number of deaths since the city's worst recent outbreak of viol (By Jan)...World: Bangladesh MP escapes explosion
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Anis AhmedDhaka - About a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when unidentified attackers threw a bomb at the car of a Bangladesh politician related to the country's prime minister, police and w (By Jan)...Africa: Continent Must Engage China With Win-Win Strategies - Expert
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiA leading Sino-Africa expert says African nations, including Botswana, need to develop strategies to ensure that engagement with the continent's burgeoning business partner is mutua (By Jan)...World: Murdered under the noses of police
Monday 19-Oct-2009: A grieving family have accused the police of a catalogue of errors over the murder of a mother-of-two by a convicted killer. Maria Stubbings, 50, was strangled with a dog lead by her ex-boyfriend days (By Jan)...South Africa: Alleged robbers shot dead by police
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Two robbers were shot dead by police after a house robbery in Mbazwana near Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday."Two men were shot dead by police in Mbazwana area after they had allegedly (By Jan)...Uganda: Kampala Summit Puts Spotlight on IDP's
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Kampala - FORTY years after African leaders adopted the 1969 Refugee Convention under the auspices of the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, the continent's leaders will meet in Kam (By Jan)...World: Could China bend on Iran nuclear sanctions?
Monday 19-Oct-2009: China has repeatedly said it opposes sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, but Beijing could make concessions to protect its wider interests, especially in terms of Sino-US ties, experts (By Jan)...Uganda: No Sign That Nation's Wild West Will Sober Up
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Josh KronNairobi - It is one of the most violent and dry regions of East Africa.For years, water has been hard to come by; food sometimes even more difficult. Now alcohol is gone too.Uganda last we (By Jan)...Africa: 'Zim should not be allowed to slide back'
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By MacDonald DzirutweHarare - A Zimbabwe minister said on Wednesday he was hopeful President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai would meet this week to resolve disputes that forced the (By Jan)...Southern Africa: SA Will Not Appeal for Mission to Zimbabwe
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Linda Ensor and Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - SA WOULD not appeal to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to send a fact- finding mission to Zimbabwe and would not impose a blanket arm (By Jan)...Rwanda: Growing Bananas for Food Security
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Stephen RwembehoKigali - Bananas have had a great impact on people's lifestyles and livelihoods in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. They provide food security during long periods of drought and are (By Jan)...World: Obama condemns bombings in Baghdad
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Washington - President Barack Obama led US condemnation of the twin suicide bombings that rocked Baghdad on Sunday, saying they showed the attackers' "hateful and destructive" agenda.At least 100 peop (By Jan)...Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
Friday 23-Oct-2009: [I’ve been saying for years this is a lot of Leftist political rubbish invented to give the Left a fake cause. Its all junk science, with a definite political agenda. If you want to get rid of Global (By Gairk)...Nigeria: Things Look Up as Guns Fall Silent in the Oil-Rich Niger Delta But....
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Nairobi - Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has numerous things going his way. Fighters who threatened to cripple Nigeria's oil production are marching out of the Niger Delta creeks in their tho (By Jan)...Africa: Leaders rally on eve of polls in Mozambique
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Joshua Howat BergerMaputo - Mozambique's political parties made their final push for votes on Sunday, the last day of campaigning before Wednesday's elections which are widely expected to be won by (By Jan)...Sudan: Policy Aims at Ending Genocide, Implementing Peace Accord
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Stephen KaufmanSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a "comprehensive" U.S. policy for resolving the conflicts in Sudan, focused on ending human rights abuses and genocide in the Darfu (By Jan)...Nigeria: OPEC May Increase Output in December
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuLagos - Following the rise in crude prices at the international market yesterday, member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) may increase their o (By Jan)...South Africa: Shaik should not be pardoned - most readers
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Ainsley DanielsConvicted fraudster and for financial adviser to President Jacob Zuma, Schabir Shaik was released from prison earlier this year on medical grounds.It has now emerged that Shaik is ap (By Jan)...Nigeria: Lagos Goes Tough on Land Grabbers, Encroachment
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Olasunkanmi AkoniIn recent time, Lagos State Government has been having running battles with faceless groups and individuals known as "land-grabbers" including those who encroach on government's la (By Jan)...Nigeria: Nigeria's Image And Banking Reforms
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Ovuakporie EfeCorruption is a worldwide phenomenon that cuts across every race and tribe; it is not an indigenous property of Nigeria.What is, however, a cause for concern is the extent of its exis (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Why We Must Break the Silence
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Kambale MusavuliSince 1996, it is estimated that nearly six million people have died in the Congo and hundreds of thousands of women have been raped as a means of terrorizing communities to get a (By Jan)...Kenya: Invest in Pipeline, Railway to Reduce Oil Tanker Accidents
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By George WachiraA fortnight ago, a news item read: "As many as 70 people were feared dead after a fuel tanker and six commuter buses crashed in southern Nigeria."This is not different from what happe (By Jan)...South Africa: Anger at rogue cop acquittals
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Stunned MPs have been told by top police officials that of almost 1 000 police officers charged with corruption, they had only managed to have half of them convicted. The National Assembly's police ov (By Jan)...Nigeria: Chimobi Faults Police On Killing of Suspected Robbers in Abia
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Anayo OkoliUmuahia - THE four people killed on Monday, by the Abia State police command have been confirmed not to be armed robbers but people engaged in different trades in Umuahia, Abia State cap (By Jan)...South Africa: Canada seeks Huntley case review
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: The Canadian government has slammed the ruling that granted asylum to "crime refugee" Brandon Huntley as perverse, irrational and based on a "jaundiced assessment" of South Africa.Canadian Immigration (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops crackdown on Mitchells Plain crime
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: A high-speed chase of alleged burglars in a white kombi full of stolen goods kicked off the police's crackdown in Tafelsig last night.Police have launched a 30-day lockdown of the crime-ridden suburb (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Nestlé Under Pressure to Renew Commercial Ties With Mugabes
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Alex BellInternational food giant Nestlé has this week come under growing pressure from groups loyal to Robert Mugabe and his family, to renew its recently severed commercial ties with the F (By Jan)...Nigeria: Weapons in the Niger Delta
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: One of the high points of the amnesty granted militants of the Niger Delta region by the Federal Government was the surrender of astonishingly large caches of arms and ammunition as well as other mili (By Jan)...There is a Difference Between Commercial Farming and Squatting
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Daniel SteinmannWindhoek - A report on land reform across the African continent came across my desk during the week. The first interesting fact that jumped at me was that most sub-Saharan countries (By Jan)...Rwanda: A Kenyan Professor's Propaganda
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Shyaka KanumaIn an article published on the 4th of this month in the Kenyan newspaper The Standard, renowned law professor, Yash Pal Ghai claims he is telling his readers "what they don't tell you (By Jan)...Rwanda: Oil Exploration Progresses, But No Guarantees of Finding Black Gold
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Sam RuburikaThe Canadian firm Vangold is continuing its exploration of the Kivu region to find oil, State Minister Butare warns that there are no guarantees that we might get as lucky as neighbor U (By Jan)...Kenya: Country Leading UN Campaign Against 'Merchants of Doom'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Kevin J. KelleyNairobi - Kenya is pressing within the United Nations for the start of talks on a binding global treaty to restrict the illegal transfer of small arms that take scores of lives in ea (By Jan)...S.Africa: Back to Apartheid: Now the Black Govt wants to use Apartheid names...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: How funny is this? Apparently the ANC Govt is now reviving names for depts and structures that are similar to the names during Apartheid. The intelligence is being referred to as "State Security" w (By Jan)...Africa: Botswana mulls life after diamonds
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Botswana has received a harsh wake-up call as the global economic crisis sees diamond revenues plummet, giving a stark view of what lies in store when the country's economic mainstay runs out.The Bots (By Jan)...Uganda: General Aronda Warns of Terror Attack On Nation
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Emmanuel GyezahoKampala - Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima threw his weight behind the police's alerts of possible terrorist attacks in the country and said yesterday that the country (By Jan)...South Africa: Parliament Grills Police After 'Shoot to Kill' Tragedy
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - Shooting at cars was not part of the training police officers received, although all recruits were educated in the laws governing the use of lethal force, South African P (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: New Twist to IMF Funds Saga
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Harare - THE Reserve Bank is empowered by law to manage and disburse the US$510 million extended to Zimbabwe by the International Monetary Fund, it has emerged.In the two months since the money was re (By Jan)...South Africa: 'The kingdom has fallen!'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: The battle of Standerton has ended with the mayor, Juliet Queen Radebe-Khumalo, being deposed. "The kingdom has fallen!" community activist Thabo Selepe declared yesterday as he and other residents bu (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma condemns violent protests
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday condemned the violence of recent service delivery protests, but also called for a major rethink on the role and functions of municipalities."It is clear that we need to (By Jan)...World: Man beheaded in drug city
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Ciudad Juarez - Gunmen shot dead a teenager at a funeral and a man was beheaded and dismembered in the latest attacks in Mexico's most violent city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said on Monday.Ten of (By Jan)...South Africa: Gun laws need another look, says Zuma
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: President Jacob Zuma has raised concerns about the current gun laws, saying there are too many guns in South Africa, SABC News reported on Sunday."This country which has such a high level of violent c (By Jan)...South Africa: Man who fought off hijackers dies
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Arthi SanpathHorst Dieter Zerna, the man who fought a gun battle with hijackers in Pinetown yesterday morning, died several hours later in the operating theatre.The 57-year-old Pinetown-based man, (By Jan)...South Africa: Name changes spark outcry
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana's announcement in the Government Gazette that she approved the changing of 42 place names caused an outcry from opposition parties and organisations on Wednesda (By Jan)...Africa: Unamid warns of military build up in Darfur
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Andrew HeavensRebel and Sudan government forces have been massing in Sudan's Darfur region, raising fears of new violence, peacekeepers said a day after the United States demanded concrete moves to (By Jan)...South Africa: Human trafficking: not enough awareness
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Increased awareness of human trafficking was necessary to combat the practice ahead of the 2010 World Cup, non-profit organisations said on Friday."Awareness is rising steadily, but it's not where it (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops winning war against criminals?
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: An effort to curb armed robberies and hijackings in the Eastern Cape has led to the arrest of 80 people since August, police said on Wednesday."Several strategic operations and careful planning in the (By Jan)...World: China has a dirty secret: rights group
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Emma Graham-HarrisonScores of Uighur men have disappeared since deadly ethnic riots in far-west China in July, seized by security forces who refuse to tell their families anything about their fate, (By Jan)...World: Twin car bombs kill 62
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Baghdad - Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings including the justice ministry killed at least 62 people and wounded 158 in central Baghdad on Sunday, police said, in the bloodiest attack (By Jan)...South Africa: Sexual offences statistics questioned
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Is there a serial rapist in Gauteng or are police officers fiddling with their stats?Sex offences in this year's crime statistics have shot up nearly four-fold at some police stations around Gauteng.I (By Jan)...South Africa: Robbers didn't expect it, says father
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Alex EliseevA robber was shot dead and two others arrested after attempting to rob a house in Fountainbleau, northern Johannesburg this morning.Cops were hunting for two others who managed to escap (By Jan)...South Africa: Witness claims he didn't lock up Italian cops
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Ben MaclennanFormer elite policeman cop Andre Lincoln on Tuesday denied he kept Italian police locked in a Cape Town hotel room while his colleagues raided the farm of alleged mafioso Vito Palazzol (By Jan)...Cardoso Murder - Full Page Ad for Convicted Assassin
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Maputo - Once again, a Mozambican paper has given a full page to a convicted assassin to plead his innocence.The man in question is Ayob Abdul Satar, one of the businessmen found guilty in 2003 of ord (By Jan)...South Africa: Bullish Global Recovery Outlook Spurs Oil
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Edward WestJohannesburg - THE price of crude oil reached 79,05 a barrel in New York yesterday, its highest level since last July as speculation on higher demand arising from global economic recover (By Jan)...South Africa: Muslims question al-Qaeda 2010 plot reports
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Local Muslim activists have taken issue with reports that an al-Qaeda terrorist cell in South Africa planned to disrupt the 2010 Fifa World Cup and said they rejected any such plan as contrary to Isla (By Jan)...Ghana: What is 'Corruption'? African Development Bank Provides Answers
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Accra - The term "corruption" is used as a shorthand reference for a large range of illicit or illegal activities. Although there is no universal or comprehensive definition as to what constitutes cor (By Jan)...South Africa: Rasool: 'Leaks' ruined me
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Andisiwe Makinana Political WriterEbrahim Rasool has broken his silence over his recall as Western Cape premier in the wake of claims by his successor, Helen Zille, that his ANC comrades leaked inf (By Jan)...South Africa: Robber killed in Robindale shooting
Friday 23-Oct-2009: One of three men who tried to rob a house in Fontainebleau, north of Johannesburg was shot dead during a shoot-out with police on Friday, police said.Inspector Bokkie Keulder who was at the crime scen (By Jan)...Sudan: Hearing on Darfurian Rebel's Charges Begin
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: The International Criminal Court (ICC) today began a hearing into whether to confirm war crimes charges against a rebel leader accused of having directed the deadly September 2007 attack against peace (By Jan)...Nigeria: It's So Annoying - Amaechi
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Okey MaduforoLagos - First Republic Minister for Aviation and one of the surviving members of the Zikist Movement during Nigeria's struggle for independence, MBAZURUIKE AMAECHI spoke with Correspon (By Jan)...South Africa: Preparing for a blackout-free World Cup
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Fifa and power utility Eskom are confident South Africa will be able to host a blackout-free World Cup next year, although concerns about the country's strained electricity supply persist.Eskom has st (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: GPA Principals to Meet
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Harare - THE three parties to the Global Political Agreement have agreed to "holistically" look at divisive issues affecting the inclusive Government and a meeting of the three principals might take p (By Jan)...Rwanda: Understanding Country's Governance Rankings - Comparative Analysis of Harvard And Ibrahim Indexes of African Governance
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Prof. Shyaka Anastase and Sheldon Wardwell,Kigali - Since 2007, readers, scholars, analysts and indeed nations themselves have looked to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance for valuable insight (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Corruption in Kinshasa a Decade After the Fall of Mobutu
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Several inconvenient facts are undermining President Joseph Kabila's ambitious 'zero tolerance' anti-corruption campaign. Recent reports highlight the failure of efforts to reform Congo's state and th (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Govt Says Tsvangirai is Still Prime Minister
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Mabasa Sasa and Takunda MaodzaHarare - MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is yet to formally communicate his party's decision to "disengage" from the inclusive Government amid revelations that the P (By Jan)...Burundi: Why Burundi is New Destination for Adventurous Citizens
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Andrew LimoNairobi - Burundi, which formally joined the East African Community (EAC) in June 2007, is becoming a popular destination for Kenyans looking for jobs and business deals beyond their own (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma warns Malema
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: ANCYL leader Julius Malema is planning to visit the volatile Sakhile township in Mpumalanga - but has been warned by President Jacob Zuma "to behave" himself.Malema would travel to the Standerton town (By Jan)...South Africa: Bullet hits toddler, kills woman
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Kowthar Solomons Staff ReporterA Cape Town woman was shot dead and her eight-month-old nephew, who she was holding in her arms at the time, was wounded, after her ex-boyfriend allegedly fired a gun (By Jan)...Nigeria: MEND Stirs Fresh Tension in Niger Delta
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By George Onah and Samuel OyadonghaTension is building up afresh in the Niger Delta after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) declared on Friday that it was ending its 90-day c (By Jan)...Rate War Heats Up
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyWITH only 12 days left to the Bank of Namibia's (BoN) deadline for a narrower interest rate spread of 425 basis points, the central bank and the commercial banks remain at odds about t (By Jan)...Guinea: UN Approves Probe Team for Guinea Killings
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Tamba Jean-MatthewDakar - Amidst mounting international pressure on the Guinean military junta, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has approved the setting up of an international comm (By Jan)...South Africa: Judge autopsy riddle
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Warda Meyer, Staff ReporterPathologists have still not been able to determine how Cape Town High Court Judge Patrick Maqubela was killed - four months after the police started investigating his dea (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Statistics - Mining Figures Fail to Add Up
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Chris MuronziEconomic data and statistics are often available in Zimbabwe but when they do come through the numbers often do not add up. Elsewhere, market players and investors rely on government d (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Watching the Water Flow Away
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Zenaida MachadoMaputo - Less than 100km from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads.They walk slowly, their bodie (By Jan)...Rwanda: Gov't Welcomes Arrest of Genocide Fugitive in Italy
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Edmund KagireKigali - The government has welcomed the arrest by Italian authorities of a Catholic priest accused of taking part in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He has been working as a prie (By Jan)...East Africa: Bid to Let Regional Court Try Rights Abuse Suspects
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Fred OluochNairobi - Kenya and Rwanda could be the first beneficiaries of a proposed regional legal mechanism to try perpetrators of human rights abuses within the East African Community bloc.But t (By Jan)...World: Obama renews pledge on troops
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Steven R. HurstWashington - President Barack Obama renewed his vow on Tuesday to have all United States combat troops out of Iraq by next August while nudging Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to see t (By Jan)...Africa: Zim cabinet meets despite MDC boycott
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: President Robert Mugabe led a Zimbabwean cabinet meeting in Harare on Tuesday despite a boycott by unity partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has flown to South Africa to appeal for regional (By Jan)...South Africa: Cop murder: Another suspect arrested
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Lebogang SealePolice this morning arrested the third suspect in connection with the murder of a traffic police officer last week.At the scene of the crime last Wednesday, Gauteng Community Safety MEC (By Jan)...South Africa: 'DA's challenge threatens Zuma's rights'
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Acting prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe says a legal challenge to his decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma would "lay bare" the president's highly sensitive personal records - and should not be (By Jan)...Africa: Shabaab rebels execute two for spying
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdi GuledMogadishu - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents executed two young men in public on Sunday after telling a crowd in a rebel-held port that they had confessed to s (By Jan)...Africa: Remittances Hold Immense Untapped Potential for the Poor
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: African workers send home more than US$40 billion to the region each year but restrictive laws and costly fees hamper the power of remittances to lift people out of poverty, according to a new report (By Jan)...Kenya: Country to Strike Oil in Two Weeks' Time, Or Will It?
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - Kenya is smelling petrodollars. The EastAfrican can authoritatively report that in two weeks, the country is expecting to join the league of oil producers on the continent (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe Refuses to Budge Over Mdc Cabinet Boycott
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By ReutersHarare - President Robert Mugabe has shrugged off the former opposition's boycott of Zimbabwe's unity government, saying he would not yield to pressure to make concessions, state media repor (By Jan)...Africa: Zim police raid PM party's offices: MDC
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Harare - Armed police raided a house belonging to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party claiming they were searching for weapons, a top party official said on Saturday."Last night armed po (By Jan)...South Africa: New 'death' jibe against Asmal
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By SIBUSISO NGALWA Political BureauA day after the MK Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) told former education minister Kader Asmal to "go and die", ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has warned (By Jan)...Africa: Red Cross worker grabbed in Darfur
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Khartoum - Armed men kidnapped a French aid worker from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, the charity said.Darfur has seen many kidnappings thi (By Jan)...Kenya: Aids Prevention Amongst Drug Users a Challenge
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Susan AnyanguMombasa - The United Nation Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) claims that Kenya has more drug users than any other East African country. UNODC estimates there are 100,000 cocaine users, (By Jan)...World: Child killed in Mosul
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Baghdad - A series of attacks in the northern Iraqi cities of Kirkuk and Mosul and the confessionally mixed area south of Baghdad killed nine people on Wednesday, including a child and a cameraman, po (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Cops must not shoot schoolkids'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Police boss Bheki Cele has told MPs he is prepared to take the heat if his officers shoot to kill - as long as their targets are armed criminals. The national police commissioner yesterday said police (By Jan)...S.Africa: Saving the most corrupt Top Cop in the World... the secret hands of Jackie Selebi...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Jackie Selebi, the most corrupt top cop we've ever had - and probably in the world, is finally on trial. A friend of mine was wondering what the ANC's attitude is towards Selebi and he was pondering w (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Nestle Faces Zanu PF Youth Militia Threats
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Alex BellInternational food giant Nestlé, which recently ended a commercial relationship with the country's First Lady, has remained firm in its decision to stop buying milk from her farm, d (By Jan)...South Africa: Women arrested after alleged rapist killed
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Thirty-eight women who allegedly beat a rape suspect to death were arrested in Ngcobo near Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday.The women allegedly attacked the man after his release from polic (By Jan)...Zambia: Corruption - a Major Obstacle to Good Governance
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Gillian Mukula MwabaIN the words of none other than President Rupiah Banda, "Corruption has been and still is a significant impediment to good governance in Zambia. Since attaining independence in (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Farmers to Get U.S.$400 a Tonne for Wheat
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Elita ChikwatiHarare - THE Grain Marketing Board has announced a 2009 winter wheat free-on-board import parity price of US$400 per tonne that farmers say is in line with their expectations.At the c (By Jan)...South Africa: Rape me instead, pleads granny
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Sherlissa PetersA young rape victim yesterday spoke of how her grandmother begged her attacker to leave the girl alone and rape her instead.This was the testimony of a nine-year-old Grade 4 pupil i (By Jan)...Africa: UN condemns rape 'madness' in DR Congo
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: The United Nations on Tuesday launched a cry of alarm over the "madness" behind a growing wave of rapes committed by the warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo."Once again we're c (By Jan)...Nigeria: Overview of Nigeria's Rebranding
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Charles O'tudorLagos - The United Nations recently concluded its Climate Change Summit in Bangkok and the blow was; "how be it that our nation's presence at such global event of the most significan (By Jan)...West Africa: The Folly of Giving Africa's Tyrants Time
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Chege MbitiruNairobi - West African leaders belatedly and lamely dealt with the continent's latest political punks at the weekend. However, the punks remain in power. What they do, augurs ill for W (By Jan)...Country Dips in Press Rankings
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: NAMIBIA'S friendliness towards the media has dropped 12 places according to the latest press freedom index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday.The media violations watchdog ranked Na (By Jan)...Africa: SA farmers sign Congo land deal
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Muchena ZigomoJohannesburg - South Africa has signed a deal with the Republic of Congo that will give South African farmers access to up to 10 million hectares of farmland, the country's biggest fa (By Jan)...South Africa: Bail-outs cost state billions
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Carien Du Plessis Political BureauEskom is almost entirely to blame for an almost tenfold increase in state handouts to state-owned entities last year, which amounted to almost R200-billion.The ele (By Jan)...South Africa: Robbers kill woman in KwaZulu-Natal
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: A woman was killed when three men attacked her in her house in Pessislaer, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Sunday."Police found the naked body of a female, who has been identified as Fikisiwe Mnikathi, 5 (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Attempt to Smuggle U.S.$1,5 Million Backfires
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Harare - A Mozambican businessman was on Monday arrested at the Harare International Airport while allegedly trying to smuggle over US$1,5 million in cash to Dubai.Vayani Abdul Rachid (42) was arreste (By Jan)...World: Air strikes keep Gaza border jumpy
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Douglas HamiltonSderot, Israel - Israeli warplanes hit targets in Gaza before dawn on Thursday after a rocket was fired into Israel from the enclave controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Ham (By Jan)...South Africa: We are nobody's puppets - Malema
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Carien du PlessisANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said the league would not support any ANC leader for election in 2012 if they were not in favour of the nationalisation of mines.Speaking at a (By Jan)...A Step Beyond: Armed robber prays for victim's forgiveness
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Daily Mail ReporterThis is the astonishing moment an armed robber is overcome by guilt - and tearfully starts praying for his victim's forgiveness.CCTV footage captured the robber walk into a cash (By Jan)...South Africa: Successful Thai Vaccine May Be Tested in This Country
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Kerry CullinanParis - Further research on the world's only vaccine to show some protection against HIV may be conducted in South Africa. This was revealed yesterday at the International AIDS Vaccin (By Jan)...Senate OKs Sending GITMO Prisoners To New York For Trial
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: [What could go wrong here? Trust GITMO detainees whom adhere to an ideology that hates you because you are not apart of the right path of a certain religion? Not to bash the Obama administration, a (By Lone Wolf)...South Africa: R12 000 tik bust in Delft
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Jason WarnerPolice have won another battle in the war on drugs, seizing R12 000 worth of tik in Delft. This follows three large busts this month in which police have confiscated a total of more tha (By Jan)...South Africa: Inmate-release scam was 'gold mine'
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Botho MolosankweA court official who was part of Operation Skelm Sake has testified how she was roped into fraudulently releasing convicted criminals and how the scheme was "a gold mine". Former J (By Jan)...South Africa: De Lille accuses ANC of abusing power
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik applied for a presidential pardon in April last year, the Presidency said on Monday."The Presidency received an application for pardon from Mr Schabir Shaik last year (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Cops not to blame for Kekana's death'
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Police shooting victim Olga Kekana's father stood with his hand over his face, as a member of Parliament used his daughter's funeral to tell them not to lose faith in the police.Frans Makgotla appeare (By Jan)...South Africa: Children see mom killed by hijacker
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: A woman's three children watched in horror as she bled to death in front of them after being stabbed in the neck and heart by a hijacker who drove off in her car.Ulla Albertus, 38, had just returned t (By Jan)...Nigeria: Omatseye X-Rays Gains of Local Shipping in Crude Oil Supply
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Blessing OnumajuruDirector general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Temi Omatseye has identified some of the benefit derivable from effective management of transpo (By Jan)...South Africa: Van Der Westhuizen's wife speaks
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Karen Breytenbach"There are no winners in this case."Police Captain Charlotte van der Westhuizen was speaking after her estranged husband and former acting commander of the Claremont police station (By Jan)...Somalia: 12 Killed in New Clashes Near Kismayo
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Kismayo - At least 12 people were killed during Wednesday clashes in southern Somalia between rival Islamist factions, Radio Garowe reports.The fighting erupted at Birta Dheer village, located 90km no (By Jan)...Africa: Guineans seek out the missing after massacre
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: More than 150 people were massacred in Guinea on September 28, according to the United Nations, but dozens of families are still looking for relatives who went missing that day."We receive complaints (By Jan)...'Fighting Affects Party Performance'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By New EraVeteran politician, Dirk Mudge, who retired from active politics 16 years ago, pours his heart out to New Era journalist Toivo Ndjebela on a variety of issues such as his disappearance from (By Jan)...World: Indian train crash: 22 killed
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A Delhi-bound Indian express ploughed into the back of another passenger train near the Taj Mahal town of Agra early Wednesday, killing 22 and injuring 17, police said.Senior police officer Vijay Kuma (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Flies to Mozambique to Meet Guebuza
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was set to hold a crucial meeting on Tuesday with Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, who chairs the SADC's organ on Politics, Security and Defenc (By Jan)...World: Iran's comments on France delay nuclear talks
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers were held up Tuesday after Iran said it did not want France to be part of any deal on uranium enrichment.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did n (By Jan)...South Africa: Sexwale fingered in Mandela book row
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Fiona FordeTokyo Sexwale has emerged as the middle man who authorised the use of Nelson Mandela's words in the biography of the Congolese president. However, as the controversy over Denis Sassou Ng (By Jan)...Long, Hard Slog of Sustained Engagement in Sudan
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By J. Stephen Morrison and Jennifer G. CookeWashington, DC - After months of internal debate, mounting impatience among U.S. activist groups, and rapidly approaching deadlines in the Sudanese Comprehe (By Jan)...Nigeria: Cyber Crime - EFCC Shuts Down 800 Scam Sites, Busts 18 Syndicates
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Lilian AgihAbuja - In a renewed bid to fight cyber crime through an initiative, "Project Eagle Claw", the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has shut down about 800 scam websites and arrested (By Jan)...Nigeria: Electricity, Not Excuses
Friday 23-Oct-2009: IT is a long time since President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said a word about Nigeria's low electricity supply, or even his electoral promise to declare an emergency on electricity within months of being in (By Jan)...Guinea: Aid Groups Mobilize to Help Wounded
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Dakar - Aid agencies are mobilizing funds and relief supplies to help more than 1,000 Guineans injured in 28 September violence, as well as to brace for further unrest as the country remains "very vol (By Jan)...South Africa: Madiba-Congo spat erupts
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Sibusiso NgalwaCongo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is insisting on the retraction of a Nelson Mandela Foundation statement condemning his alleged "brazen abuse" of Ma (By Jan)...Nigeria: Murder of a Youth Corper
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Lagos - The recent cold-blooded murder of Miss Grace Ushang, a member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) in Borno State, after she was allegedly raped is quite unfortunate and should be roundly (By Jan)...South Africa: Alleged bakery robber nabbed
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: One of six men who allegedly held up a bakery in the Johannesburg CBD has been arrested, police said on Wednesday."It is alleged that six suspects entered the store pretending to be customers, they pu (By Jan)...South Africa: Mbalula hits back at 'raving lunatic' Asmal
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: MBALULA'S RESPONSE TO KADER ASMALThe diatribe Kader Asmal metes out at the leadership of the ANC is nothing more than hot air from a disgruntled individual who refuses to come to terms with reality. (By Jan)...Africa: Niger election declared invalid
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Abdoulaye MassalatchiWest Africa's regional bloc suspended Niger on Tuesday in protest against what it said were flawed parliamentary elections being held there.The Economic Community of West Afric (By Jan)...World: Fugitive lands in police station
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Mulhouse, France - A fugitive German cardiologist convicted over the death of his French stepdaughter 27 years ago was kidnapped and dumped, bound and gagged, outside a court in France, police said on (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma Talks Tough On Violent Protests
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has warned that government will not tolerate the destruction of property, violence and intimidation that often accompanies service delivery protests."There is no cause (By Jan)...Ghana: More Than One Billion People Are Hungry Worldwide - Ki-Moon
Monday 19-Oct-2009: More than one billion people are hungry worldwide, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.In a statement read for him in Accra to mark this year's World Food Day, Mr. Ban said food and nutrit (By Jan)...Africa: Ethiopian rebels deny owning arms cache
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels denied on Monday that a weapons cache displayed by the government belonged to them and accused the authorities of trying to tarnish their imag (By Jan)...South Africa: I was hurt, says Mbeki
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Former president Thabo Mbeki says he was hurt and could still not figure out why Judge Chris Nicholson implicated him in plotting against President Jacob Zuma.Speaking for the first time about circums (By Jan)...Africa: Worst of Global Crisis May Be Over - Central Bank
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Windhoek - The Bank of Namibia says there are signs that the worst of the global economic crisis might be over. The central bank noted that some of the positive signs include an improvement during the (By Jan)...Police Fined for Tearing Down Renamo Posters
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Maputo - The Murrupula district court, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, has found two policemen guilty of destroying election posters belonging to the main opposition party, Renamo, rep (By Jan)...2010 World Cup: SA's dream team for 2010
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: There was a anti-drug campaign in the United States some time back that had a simple slogan: "Just say no." I am today imploring the South African Football Association to follow this slogan when consi (By Jan)...South Africa: No excuse for violence in protests, says Zuma
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: The government would not tolerate the destruction of property and violence that often accompanied service delivery protests, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday."There is no cause in a democratic and (By Jan)...Nigeria: Country Worst Property Market in Africa - World Bank
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Yinka KolawoleA recent report by the World Bank classified Nigeria as the most difficult place to register a property in Africa, in a further reflection of the sorry state of housing development in (By Jan)...South Africa: Local ANC sick - Zuma
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Andisiwe Makinana Political WriterThe race by party officials and members to hold positions of authority and to make money are the ANC's new enemies - and those enemies are more dangerous than apar (By Jan)...Africa: The Continent and Agriculture: A Winning Combination for Success
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Lauri ElliottIn general, Africa journeyed from a net exporter to a net importer of agricultural products over the past fifty years. This means Africa no longer produces enough food to feed its own (By Jan)...South Africa: Fight human trafficking, says Salvation Army
Friday 23-Oct-2009: There was not enough awareness of human trafficking to combat the scourge during the 2010 World Cup, the Salvation Army said on Friday."Awareness is rising steadily but it's not where it should be... (By Jan)...USA: Black woman claimed she was assaulted now says she fabricated the whole incident
Friday 23-Oct-2009: A troubled young woman whom the Rev. Al Sharpton championed as a victim of a horrific, racially motivated sexual assault now says she fabricated the incident -- despite the fact that all of her allege (By Gairk)...Africa: Leaders to Improve Refugee Conditions
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Cyprian Musoke And Milton OlupotKampala - AFRICAN countries need to build strong institutions of the army, the police, intelligence and judiciary to forestall wars that cause displacement, Presiden (By Jan)...World: S Korea mum on secret meeting with N Korea
Friday 23-Oct-2009: South Korea declined to comment Friday on news reports that it had a secret meeting with North Korea last week in Singapore to discuss a possible summit of their leaders.South Korea's largest televisi (By Jan)...Sudan: Blue Helmets Bring Deadly Tribal Violence Under Control in Darfur
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Peacekeepers serving with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region have intervened in deadly tribal clashes, bringing the situation under control, it was ann (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Kwela stabbed Dyantyi until he was dead'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Sherlissa PeterDaily NewsThree men charged with the rape and murder of a young woman and the murder of her husband on October 11 last year appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.T (By Jan)...Africa: Sudan's Bashir Skips Kampala Visit
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Cyprian Musoke and Milton OlupotKampala - THE Sudanese government has dispatched two junior ministers to attend the AU heads of state summit on refugees, returnees and internally-displaced persons, (By Jan)...World: Human rights abuses probed in Honduras
Monday 19-Oct-2009: A delegation from the Organisation of American States arrived Sunday to look into possible human rights violations in Honduras since the June 28 coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.The three-m (By Jan)...South Africa: 'We felt the ground move'
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Bronwyn Gerretsen and Latoya NewmanFirefighters struggled for more than three hours in volatile conditions on Sunday afternoon to cool four oil tanks at the SATI Chemicals plant in Umbogintwini, so (By Jan)...South Africa: Former policeman can appeal murder sentence
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Former police officer Marius van der Westhuizen was on Thursday granted leave to appeal a 24-year jail sentence for killing his three children.He appeared in the Cape High Court, before Judge Willem L (By Jan)...Algeria: Security Clampdown Conflicts With Bouteflika's Aims
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Amel BoubekeurThe clashes between police and young people protesting poor housing conditions in Algiers earlier this week reflect growing efforts in recent weeks to stem public demonstrations by a (By Jan)...South Africa: What was last straw for Selebi's advocate?
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Alex EliseevJackie Selebi "all along" harboured suspicions that the judge trying him for corruption was biased against him.But it was a heated tiff between Judge Meyer Joffe and S (By Jan)...Nigeria: Time to Rebuild This House
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Dele MomoduLagos - To borrow the title of one of Wole Soyinka's novels, this indeed is a season of anomy. The bitterness I see all around has reached a boiling point. Many of our fellow citizens ar (By Jan)...South Africa: Hijackers dropped me off, says woman
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeA woman who was thought to have been abducted during a hijacking last week has been found by police. Police Superintendent Buhle Ngidi said Makhosi Ntsele and a man had been travel (By Jan)...World: Organ traffickers exploit poor Jordanians
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Ali, a 30-year-old Jordanian father of three, was without a job and desperate. A friend convinced him that selling one of his kidneys could improve conditions for his family and also save someone's li (By Jan)...South Africa: Burglars destroy home in four-day rampage
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterA Pretoria man's home has been ruined by a gang of burglars that repeatedly ransacked his house in a four-day rampage which saw ceiling lights, taps, cupboards, internal (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to Meet With SADC Leaders Over Unity Crisis
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - ZIMBABWEAN Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was in SA yesterday ahead of meetings with key Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders on the latest politica (By Jan)...Africa: Islamist rebels destroy grave and mosque
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Hardline al-Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia after shooting in the air to drive away local protesters.Al-Shabaab, which Washingto (By Jan)...Avid Seven Get Trial Date, But Only in June 2011
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Werner MengesDELAYED justice appears to be on the cards for the seven people facing criminal charges in connection with a failed investment of N$30 million that the Social Security Commission place (By Jan)...South Africa: Zille to spill beans on ANC leaks
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Premier Helen Zille says she will spill the beans before a provincial ad hoc committee on how the ANC's Max Ozinsky and Mcebisi Skwatsha leaked information to the DA.The ANC has called for an ad hoc c (By Jan)...South Africa: Cop 'brutally' shot dead
Friday 23-Oct-2009: A 35-year-old policeman was shot dead in Mthatha's Khwezi township, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.Captain Zamukulungisa Jozana said the cop from the National Intervention Unit was "brutally" shot (By Jan)...Election Software Presented
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Maputo - The Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service, on Thursday presented the software that will be used in tabulating the votes f (By Jan)...South Africa: Readers struggling to keep up debt payments
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Ainsley DanielsAs the recession continues, more and more consumers are struggling to keep up with their debts.More and more consumers are finding themselves deeper and deeper in debt and have no wa (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Cholera Returns and Kills Five, So Far
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Harare - Five people have died from cholera at two different locations in Zimbabwe, and 30 other people are undergoing treatment for the waterborne disease, raising the spectre of another epidemic.The (By Jan)...Nigeria: Uncertainty, Confusion Hit Fuel Market Ahead of Deregulation
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Sopuruchi Onwuka - Preparations on ground strongly show that the much expected and controversial commercial deregulation of the Nigerian petroleum market may come under full implementation by November (By Jan)...Uganda: Ipu - Nigeria Backs Nation's Proposal Against Hunger
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Sufuyan OjeifoGeneva - For the first time in the last decade, the Africa Group succeeded yesterday in pushing through an emergency item-the fight against global hunger-for discussion at the 121st A (By Jan)...Somalia: Eritrea's Negative Role is Unacceptable
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Often, the Ethiopian government is blamed for its military interventions in parts of Somalia. Rightfully so, since Ethiopian troops occupied Mogadishu in a period (2007-2008) marked by some of the wor (By Jan)...Uganda: Bahati's Bill - a Convenient Distraction for Country's Government
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe and Frank MugishaOn 14 October 2009 the Hon. David Bahati (MP, Ndorwa County West, Kabale) tabled a private-members bill before the Ugandan parliament titled the 'Anti-Hom (By Jan)...Nigeria: Release of Debtors' Lists, EFCC Causes Panic in Capital
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Michael EbohExpert in the Nigerian capital market has attributed the bearish run recorded in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, to uncertainty trailing the conclusion of the audit of ban (By Jan)...South Africa: Car dealership accused of fraud
Monday 19-Oct-2009: "Guaranteed not stolen" is what InspectaCar says about the cars it sells, but at one franchise the boss was effectively stealing cars from their owners, selling them on to unwitting buyers and pocketi (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Namibians to Assess Business Opportunities
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Nqobile BhebheA NAMIBIAN business delegation is expected in Harare on Monday to assess investment opportunities in the country. The visit by the delegation follows a resolution taken in September d (By Jan)...South Africa: Four held for Jeppestown murder
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Four men were arrested in connection with the murder of Jeppestown shop owner Mohammed Dajee, said Johannesburg police on Monday."They were arrested in different areas in Gauteng on Sunday following i (By Jan)...South Africa: Nowhere to hide for Thabo Mbeki allies
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: How long will Trevor Manuel survive in the Zuma government, is the question on many lips these days. The short answer is not for long - odds are it's only a matter of time before he is frustrated and (By Jan)...South Africa: Student's arm nearly cut off after robbery
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Sheree BegaCiandi Vosloo screamed as two robbers ran off with her cellphone in Centurion this week, but seconds later one returned and attempted to cut off her right arm, almost succeeding in sever (By Jan)...Kenya: Telkom Charges at Rivals Over Cable Vandalism
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Kui KinyanjuiCompetition in the information technology industry has risen to a new peak with security of fibre optic cables as the new battlefront where operators are diluting the quality of their (By Jan)...Rwanda: Genocide Remains Discovered in Tanzania
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Gashegu MuramiraKigali - Remains of victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, have been discovered buried in the Kagera region in Tanzania, an official of the National Commission for the figh (By Jan)...Guinea: Probe Into Bloody Crackdown Gets Green Light
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A proposed international probe into last month's deadly crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea has received the green light from local and regional stakeholders, with the army captain who seized (By Jan)...Uganda: We Are Under Obligation to Cooperate With ICC
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Denis MutabaziOn July 14th 2008, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir became the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).The ICC charged the Sudanese (By Jan)...Africa: Global Money Shortage Undermines Aids Fight
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Kerry CullinanParis - A shortage of money is threatening the AIDS battle at the very time when progress is being made against the epidemic and vaccine research is showing promise.This is according (By Jan)...Africa: Obama keeps Sudan sanctions
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Andrew QuinnWashington - The Obama administration on Monday said it would renew economic sanctions on Sudan, but also offered Khartoum new incentives to end violence in Darfur and the semi-autonomo (By Jan)...Somalia: Land Mine Explosion Targeted to Amisom Troops' Military Vehicle in Mogadishu
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Hassan Osman AbdiMogadishu - Land mine explosion has been targeted to one of the AMISOM troops' military vehicles at around Kulliyada Jalle Si'ad, a base for Burundian troops in the capital, offici (By Jan)...South Africa: Shaik applied for pardon in 2008: DA
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik applied for a presidential pardon in April last year, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday.The presidency had confirmed to the DA that it had indeed received an app (By Jan)...World: Iranian nuclear site checked by UN team
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Hossein JasebTehran - United Nations nuclear experts on Sunday inspected a uranium enrichment site whose existence was announced by Iran last month, the semi-official Mers news agency said.Tehran's (By Jan)...South Africa: SA brand body too 'white and liberal'
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: The International Marketing Council (IMC) has become the latest target of government restructuring, apparently because it is "full of white liberals" and chaired by a COPE member. The IMC board, chair (By Jan)...South Africa: Condolences for slain cop
Friday 23-Oct-2009: The Eastern Cape's top cop, Commissioner Mpumelelo Landu, has sent his condolences to the family of the 35-year-old policeman who was shot dead in Mthatha.Landu called on all communities to work with (By Jan)...South Africa: Domestic workers 'helped robbers'
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Four men robbed a house in Sandton, allegedly with the assistance of two domestic workers, Johannesburg police said on Friday.Inspector Lee Ramdiyal said the incident happened on Thursday morning in B (By Jan)...World: Obama administration cuts executive salaries
Friday 23-Oct-2009: The Obama administration has opted to slash executive salaries at firms rescued by taxpayer bailouts, cutting cash payments by 90 percent amid a public backlash at bloated Wall Street bonuses.In a dra (By Jan)...Kenya: The Long Road to Oil Riches for Country
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Kennedy SenelwaNairobi - It will take Kenya at least six years to start crude oil production if a Chinese firm strikes commercial deposits in a well drilling exercise that starts next week.China Na (By Jan)...Science: Algae: Secret weapon in climate change war?
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum.As it turns out, a (By Jan)...Africa: Continent Moves to Settle Refugee Crisis
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Emmanuel Gyezaho and Gerald BareebeKampala - Uganda is playing host to a special gathering of the African Union on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons at a conference aptly dubbed (By Jan)...South Africa: Mbalula attacks Asmal
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Carien du PlessisThe deputy police minister has launched a stinging personal attack on former minister and ANC MP Kader Asmal, labelling him a "raving lunatic" and a "latterday Don Quixote" after A (By Jan)...Nigeria: CNPP Scribe Escapes Assassination
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Stanley NkwochaAbuja - Chief Willy Ezeugwu, the secretary-general of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Saturday night escaped assassins' bullets which attempted to snuff life ou (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Nkunda Secret Book Unveiled
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Josh KronNairobi - A political manifesto allegedly written by former Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda just days before he was arrested by the Rwandan Government surfaced for the first time last wee (By Jan)...Guebuza in Former Renamo Stronghold
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Maringue - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Sunday brought his campaign for re-election to the central district of Maringue, which housed the headquarters of the apartheid-backed rebel movement (By Jan)...Sudan: Gunmen Attack Peacekeepers
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded three peacekeepers, two critically, from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in an attack on Saturday in the war-ravaged region on th (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (23-10-2009)
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated… -o00o- For some reason I am unable to log into Blogger - so I have put this posting together using Word and will attempt to publish it later. Sor (By The BeardedMan)...Rwanda: Agricultural Production Excellent While Other EAC Regions Face Famine
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Sam Ruburika1.02 billion people have gone hungry this year, according to a report released this year. This comes at a time when several regions in East Africa are threatened by famine due to drough (By Jan)...Renamo Cries Fraud in Beira
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Maputo - Before a single vote has been cast in next week's general and provincial elections, Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, in the central province of Sofala, ha (By Jan)...South Africa: Pardon for Shaik Would Be a Travesty of Justice - DA
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Linda EnsorCape Town - The Presidency has confirmed that convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has applied for a presidential pardon which will have to be considered by President Jacob Zuma , for whom (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops 'clueless' after fire kills three
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: There have been no new leads into a fire that killed a mother and her two daughters in their Khayelitsha home on Sunday morning.The bodies of Ntombizonke Nondzwane, 34, and her two daughters Yonela, 1 (By Jan)...South Africa: No favours for Shaik, says Zuma's office
Monday 19-Oct-2009: President Jacob Zuma's former financial adviser, who was jailed for fraud and corruption, applied for a presidential pardon in April last year, the president's office said on Monday.Schabir Shaik was (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: EC Ready to Fund Land Audit
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Chris MuronziTHE European Commission (EC) yesterday said it was prepared to fund a land survey in Zimbabwe if government is willing to implement an "inclusive, transparent, and comprehensive land a (By Jan)...Rwanda: Country is Food Secure, Says Minister
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Paul NtambaraNyaruguru - The food situation in the country is more stable than it has been in many years, Agriculture and Livestock Minister, Dr Agnes Kalibata has said.Speaking during the 29th cel (By Jan)...South Africa: Philippi marchers demand the basics
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Michelle JonesFrustrated Brown's Farm community leaders and Cape Town city councillors meet this week to discuss service delivery problems after protests this weekend led to clashes with police off (By Jan)...Global: Japanese firms to develop small nuclear reactors
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: [I have said before that nuclear power is the way to go and that the proliferation of nuclear technology can’t be stopped – and it would be silly to do so. Nuclear power is truly amazing and look at h (By Gairk)...South Africa: e.tv journalist stalked and killed
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Three days ago, Shadi Rapitso's neighbour came to her house. He declared his undying love for her and told her that if she didn't take him as her lover, he would kill himself. Yesterday morning, he ar (By Jan)...South Africa: Elite Group That Can Control Their HIV Offers Vaccine Hope
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Kerry CullinanThree South Africans are part of a special group of HIV positive people that may provide valuable clues to scientists searching for a vaccine.Scientists call them "elite controllers" (By Jan)...South Africa: Ministry seeks suspension of Reitz decision
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Jonathan Jansen, vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State, came under fire from the Higher Education Ministry and Cosatu on Wednesday, for his decision to drop the complaint against the "Re (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Delivery protests are our right'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Ella Smook Metro WriterGroups representing impoverished Cape Town communities have lashed out at President Jacob Zuma's warning that the government will not tolerate violent service delivery protes (By Jan)...South Africa: A Deadly Combination of HIV and Alcoholism
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Phakamile MagamdelaExcessive use of alcohol is not advised in people taking AIDS medication as it may counteract the effect of the drugs. Elizabeth Xaba is proof of this.Elizabeth is a 57 year-old (By Jan)...Kenya: Watchdog Group Wants Prominent Kenyans' Land Deals Probed
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Francis Mureithi and Henry WanyamaNairobi - A watchdog group wants land transactions between former Defence minister Njenga Karume, the Kenyatta family and government investigated.The Kenya Lands A (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops, residents clash: CPF investigates
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Thandiwe MthethwaThe Inanda Community Policing Forum (CPF) is investigating allegations from Amaoti residents who claim they were attacked by police in the township this weekend.The clash between resi (By Jan)...South Africa: Police arrest three wanted for KZN murder
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Jabulani police arrested three people wanted for a murder in KwaZulu-Natal during a raid on a Soweto hostel on Monday night.Inspector Kay Makhuvele said the three were wanted by KZN police for a murde (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Power Exports to Botswana
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Nkululeko SibandaBulawayo - Zimbabwe might soon start exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Botswana for three years after the two neighbours opened negotiations on the revival of the Bulawayo p (By Jan)...Africa: Chinese ship seized by pirates
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Mogadishu - Somali pirates were behind the hijacking of a Chinese bulk carrier with 25 Chinese crew seized in the Indian Ocean on Monday, a member of the gang said."We have captured a Chinese ship car (By Jan)...Namugongo Denies All Fraud Charges
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Werner MengesOVER and over, again and again, former Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo on Friday denied the accusations of corruption, fraud, theft and forgery that he ha (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Rapes and Attacks on Civilians Continue in Eastern Region, UN Reports
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Night-time attacks on civilians and rape by armed men remain widespread in a strife-torn region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where nearly 5,400 cases of rape were reported in the firs (By Jan)...South Africa: Unruly crowds 'intimidating' drivers
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Metrorail services between Pienaarspoort and Greenview stations in Tshwane will be suspended if passenger violence does not stop in the next five days, the Public Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) said on Mon (By Jan)...Africa: Kidnapped aid worker is being fed - Red Cross
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Khartoum - A kidnapped French aid worker in Darfur is in good spirits and was being given food and water, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday after their first direct c (By Jan)...South Africa: Asmal attack: MK Vets backtrack
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Political BureauThe ANC's military veterans made an about-turn today after a stinging personal attack on former cabinet minister Kader Asmal in which they said he must go to the nearest cemetery an (By Jan)...Somalia: Amisom Spokesman Denies Shelling Targeted to Bakara Market in Mogadishu
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Mogadishu - Maj. Brighye Bahuko, the spokesman of the African Union troops AMISOM has Thursday denied the heavy shelling targeted to Bakara, the biggest market in the Somali capital Mogadishu.More tha (By Jan)...Somalia: Scores Killed as Somali President Leaves for Kampala
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Nairobi - Fifteen people died and many more were wounded when Somali rebels attacked the airport as a presidential convoy headed there before jetting off for a summit in Uganda.As the presidential con (By Jan)...Somalia: Somalia Militant Groups in Fierce Clash
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Abdulkadir KhalifNairobi - Somalia militants groups Hizbu Islam and al-Shabaab clashed today engaged in fierce clash west Kismayu, the capital of Lower region.Most of the fighting took place betwee (By Jan)...World: Deadline on nuclear deal looms for Iran
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Mark Heinrich and Sylvia WestallVienna - The United Nations nuclear watchdog presented on Wednesday a draft deal to Iran and three world powers for approval within two days to reduce Tehran's stock (By Jan)...South Africa: Gunman gets 22 years for killing taxi boss
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A man hired to shoot a Newcastle taxi boss who was allegedly fleecing rivals was jailed for 22 years by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.Musawenkosi Sibisi, 26, pleaded guilty to the murde (By Jan)...World: Man guilty in car crashes for cash scam
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A Briton who cost the insurance industry about £1.6 million by staging almost 100 car crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed for four-and-a-half years on Wednesday.Mo (By Jan)...Zimbabwean Arrested in Possession of Cocaine
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican police arrested a Zimbabwean woman last week at the Machipanda border post, in the central province of Manica, in possession of 10 grams of cocaine.Police spokesperson Pedro Co (By Jan)...Inflation Quickens to Seven Percent On Rental Increases
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiBotswana's consumer inflation quickened to 7.0 percent year-on-year in September from 6.1 percent in August, driven largely by an increase in rent paid by tenants (3.7 percent), whi (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: Tit-for-Tat Deportations Leave Thousands At Risk
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Louise RedversLuanda - More than 30,000 Angolans are stranded in transit camps after being abruptly deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo and there are growing fears of a cholera outbreak (By Jan)...Is it PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN to sing songs about killing White people?
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A friend with an eagle eye spotted something quite interesting. There is somebody out there advertising and using the PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN wording, but without the proper copyright, selling the "Umsh (By Jan)...Africa: Algiers rocked by second day of marches
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Lamine ChikhiAlgiers - Protesters threw stones and petrol bombs at police in Algeria's capital on Tuesday in a second day of clashes over housing conditions.Tens of young men were throwing missiles (By Jan)...Africa: Five die in New Zim cholera outbreak
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Five people have died in a fresh outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe, the Herald reported on Tuesday."Five people from Mashonaland West and Midlands provinces have died of cholera while 30 more received t (By Jan)...Science: This sex doctor has one mission in life...
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Stephanie WongHong Kong - Sitting in his office between a sculpture of a penis and a pile of pornographic magazines, psychiatrist Ng Man-lun says he is on a mission to elevate sex to the realm of a (By Jan)...Nigeria: Murder of Corper Ushang
Monday 19-Oct-2009: The killing of Miss Grace Ushang, a Batch B member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Maiduguri, Borno State, is painful and demands that everything must be done to bring the perpetrators t (By Jan)...Africa: Released women safe in Khartoum
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Two female aid workers released after more than 100 days of captivity in Darfur arrived in Khartoum on Monday, exhausted but delighted to be free and eager to get back home.Irishwoman Sharon Commins, (By Jan)...World: Crisis talks collapse in Honduras
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Tegucigalpa - Talks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras have collapsed over the de facto government's refusal to reinstate ousted president Manuel Zelaya.Zelaya late Friday had rejected a pro (By Jan)...South Africa: DRDGold Loss 'Due to Power, Pay Hikes'
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - MINER DRDGold recorded a net loss of R63m for the quarter ended last month as wage increases and a 32% tariff hike pushed up its operating costs, putting pressure on margi (By Jan)...South Africa: We'll pay for Manuel's sidelining
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By James MyburghCarl von Clausewitz famously wrote that one of the peculiar difficulties facing a commander in war was the absence of objective knowledge at his disposal."All action must, to a certain (By Jan)...World: Israel investigates pro-settler demo
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Dan WilliamsA group of Israeli army conscripts who disrupted their swearing-in ceremony by calling for continued Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank were threatened on Friday with dismissal (By Jan)...Africa: Continent Has Full Partner in UN in Fight Against Forced Displacement - Ban
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged full United Nations support to help Africa address the needs of some 14 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) driven from their homes by f (By Jan)...Africa: African leaders to sign treaty on refugees
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Emmanuel GoujonAfrican leaders gathered Thursday in the Ugandan capital for a two-day summit aimed at agreeing a treaty on improving the plight of the continent's 17-million refugees and displaced (By Jan)...Africa: Child sacrifice: Ritual wipes out Uganda kids
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Ritual sacrifices have claimed the lives of 23 people in Uganda, mostly children and juveniles, since the beginning of the year, a police report said on Thursday.Child sacrifice is on the rise in the (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Zuma 'Concerned' Over Country
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma expressed concern about the situation in Zimbabwe after meeting Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Cape Town yesterday.Zuma and Tsvang (By Jan)...Botswana: A-Cap Needs P1.6 Billion to Proceed to Uranium Mining
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Brian BenzaGaborone - BSE-listed A-Cap Resources says the company will require a maximum of P1.6 billion to advance from exploration to mining at its Letlhakane and Serule uranium resources in the (By Jan)...South Africa: The mystery of Durban harbour
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Shipwreck sleuth Vanessa Maitland likes nothing better than a mystery, and getting to the bottom of something for her means real deep research.Maitland is a maritime archaeologist and when the ocean f (By Jan)...South Africa: Prasa Issues Ultimatum After Train Violence
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Pretoria - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has issued a strong warning to the Pienaarspoort and Greenview communities that Metrorail services in the area will be suspended if passeng (By Jan)...Nigeria: Nigeria Militants Say Attack Two Shell Oil Pipelines
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Abuja - Nigeria's main militant group said yesterday its fighters had attacked two Royal Dutch Shell oil pipelines in Rivers state, taking its latest offensive to the eastern Niger Delta for the first (By Jan)...Somalia: UN Political Chief Calls for Increased World Support in Push for Peace
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: The top United Nations political officer, co-chairing a high-level meeting in Kenya on implementing a peace pact between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and some of its Islamist milita (By Jan)...Nigeria: Investors of Troubled Banks Get Guidelines
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Babajide KomolafeLagos - THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has spelt out the guidelines for investment in any of the 10 troubled banks.Governor of the bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, speaking at (By Jan)...Africa: Pastoralists Face Climate Change Threat
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Aaron TesfayeAs the world's leaders meet in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 December 2009, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, things are already starting to look bleak for the poorest of the (By Jan)...South Africa: Truck blaze probed by police
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A truck was set alight in KwaZulu-Natal's Midlands area, allegedly by a farmer who accused the driver of straying onto his farm, police said on Thursday."It is alleged that the owner of the farm douse (By Jan)...Communist China Sides With Israel Over Goldstone Report?
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: [As much as I am against the Red Chinese government it seems that there seems to be unlikely bedfellows here. Reason why the Red Chinese are up in arms agianst the Goldstone Report, is that they have (By Lone Wolf)...World: Woman who chopped up son hanged in Iran
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Iran has hanged five convicted murderers in the capital's Evin prison, including a woman who was found guilty of killing and chopping up her five-day-old son, the state-owned Iran newspaper reported o (By Jan)...South Africa: Girl allegedly raped in KZN school toilets
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A 15-year-old girl was raped in the toilets of a high school in Amanzimtoti outside Durban, police said on Wednesday."I can confirm that the rape case has been opened. The investigation is still at a (By Jan)...Kenya: Kibaki's Vision for Graft-Free Country
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Dave OpiyoNairobi - President Kibaki on Tuesday outlined his vision for a new and prosperous Kenya devoid of crime, corruption and impunity.He said Kenyans must first shed their tribalism and conce (By Jan)...Nigeria: Opec to Consider Higher Quota for Country
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Sopuruchi Onwuka - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) may soon honor Nigeria's quest for increased production quota as output from the country continues to improve.The exporters' gro (By Jan)...PFLP Proclaim Responsibility In Shooting An Israeli Soldier
Monday 19-Oct-2009: [I've said this over, and over again. I think Fatah's lying that it's for peace in Israel. It's allies known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Lib (By Lone Wolf)...Nigeria: Ripples in Presidency Over Deregulation
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Sylvester Enoghase and Adeola YusufLagos - President Umaru Yar'Adua at the weekend summoned Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman Finance Minister, Mansur Muhtar and Nigerian National Petroleum Corpor (By Jan)...Tunisia: Elections in an Atmosphere of Repression
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: New York - Repressive acts and tight controls on the election process have tainted the prospects for free and fair presidential and legislative elections in Tunisia on October 25, 2009, Human Rights W (By Jan)...South Africa: Job creation target too much?
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Carien Du PlessisWith barely two months to go until the government's deadline for the creation of 500 000 new jobs, municipalities were lagging behind targets and some did not even have a clue wher (By Jan)...South Africa: Man shoots hijackers in self-defence: police
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Nompumelelo MagwazaA 57-year old man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot during a shootout with hijackers in Ashely, Pinetown, on Thursday morning.In self-defence the man shot de (By Jan)...South Africa: Hijacker shot dead
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A hijacker was shot dead allegedly by a motorist on Pinetown's 7th Avenue on Thursday morning, Durban paramedics said.The motorist was driving into a property when two men tried to hijack his car.The (By Jan)...South Africa: Bomb found on Durban beach
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Mpume Madlala and Dasen ThathiahA rusty bomb found on Addington Beach in Durban over the weekend has been detonated and investigations are under way to find where it came from.The 80mm shell was di (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: ARVs Give Gweru Folk New Lease of Life
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Bertha ShokoGweru - Since the death of her husband in 1995, 46-year-old Euphrasia Chawuruka's health has been very poor. "For years since my husband died I was always in and out of hospital," Chawu (By Jan)...South Africa: Selebi knew nothing, claims Agliotti
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: State witness Glenn Agliotti says he used former police head Jackie Selebi's name - without him knowing it - to get money, according to a recording viewed in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday.Gal (By Jan)...World: Israeli ministers weigh Gaza probe
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Israeli ministers will discuss whether to set up an investigation into the Gaza war after the UN Human Rights Council endorsed a damning report that called for such a probe, officials said on Tuesday. (By Jan)...South Africa: Media freedom vs politicians
Monday 19-Oct-2009: It's never going to be a good thing when newspapers abroad report pejoratively on a South African politician railing against our media.Since there is usually a brotherhood of sorts between journalists (By Jan)...Africa: Mozambique's Guebuza heads for re-election
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Charles MangwiroMaputo - Mozambique President Armando Guebuza looks set to win re-election this week, with splits within the opposition ranks precluding any serious challenge to the millionaire bus (By Jan)...Ghana: TIPCEE Makes Waves Up North
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Daniel NonorThe Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE), a sponsored program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has made waves in the (By Jan)...Nigeria: Mend Threatens Attacks As Ceasefire Ends
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: By Ahamefula OgbuPort Harcourt - Just a few hours after the expiration of the extension of the ceasefire announced by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the militant group says it w (By Jan)...South Africa: Wife in coma but 'don't jail him'
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: South African tax boss Oupa Magashula believes that his friend, Joburg IT specialist Alex Mokgoro, doesn't deserve to go to jail for bludgeoning his wife into a coma.Mokgoro was convicted earlier this (By Jan)...Liberia: Policeman Allegedly Stabs Man to Death
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: There was pandemonium at the Paynesville Redlight, a business district on the outskirts of Monrovia, Wednesday morning when an officer of the Liberia National Police (LNP) allegedly stabbed a motorbik (By Jan)...World: Nato nails down new strategy for Afghanistan
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Nato defence ministers met on Friday to narrow down new ways to combat the insurgency in Afghanistan and counter growing public opposition to the mission as casualties climb.The top Nato commander in (By Jan)...Science: Time to kick the internal combustion habit
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: London - With oil prices near $140 (about R1 126) a barrel, motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving. But experts sa (By Jan)...Africa: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric Aids
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Nalisha KalideenJohannesburg - Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.In that moment she thought she had lost her cha (By Jan)...South Africa: Foreign Miners' Expropriation Claim 'Threatens SA Policies'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Franny RabkinJohannesburg - POLICIES that give effect to the constitution could be threatened by a compensation claim brought against SA by foreign mining companies, say four nongovernmental organi (By Jan)...Africa: Leaders to Strengthen African Court
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Cyprian MusokeKampala - AFRICAN Union (AU) member states will only refer cases to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a last resort when the African Court of Justice is established with crimi (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Doctor shouldn't be treating Zuma'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: The chairman of Parliament's sports portfolio committee, Butana Komphela, has vowed to ensure that Dr Harold Adams, the doctor for the South African team at the world athletics championships in Berlin (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Fake cop' arrested
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: A 28-year-old man was arrested for impersonating a police officer when he produced a police certificate instead of his driver's licence in Dutywa, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday."The man was stop (By Jan)...Cameroon: Boosting Food Security - Gov't Advocates Concerted Action
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Godlove BainkongMinister Aboubakar Sarki said if all stakeholders work together food crisis would belong to history.Stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Cameroon have been told to work as a t (By Jan)...Science: Experts warn of less money for Aids research
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Tan Ee LynParis - The global financial crisis and a loss of interest in the Aids epidemic may translate into less money in coming years for research, treatment and prevention of the virus, HIV expe (By Jan)...GIPF Lost N$5 Billion in Meltdown
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliTHE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) asset base suffered a N$5,4 billion loss in market value as a result of the global financial crisis.This was reported by Board Chair (By Jan)...South Africa: Dad, son survive driveway blast
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: By Annie DorasamyA Chatsworth father and son are lucky to be alive after fireworks led to a blast that destroyed cars and part of a house.The blastis estimated to have caused R500 000 in damages. Ron (By Jan)...South Africa: Twelve held after Riverlea violence
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Twelve people were arrested and one person injured after a protest turned violent in Riverlea on Thursday, Johannesburg police said.Gallery: Service Delivery Protest In RiverleaInspector Gordon Billin (By Jan)...Africa: China: Hijacking won't be resolved easily
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A top Chinese general said freeing a Chinese ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean will be a long, difficult process, and did not rule out a military response.The cargo ship carrying a crew of 25 Chinese (By Jan)...Rwanda: Belgium Shields Genocide Suspect
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By James Karuhanga and Edmund KagireKigali - Reports that Belgium has welcomed a Genocide suspect wanted by Interpol, Dr. Eugene Rwamucyo, have created shockwaves.Reliable sources say Belgium has acco (By Jan)...Somalia: International Community Failing Uprooted Somalis, Says UN Rights Expert
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Expressing his shock at the level of violence faced by civilians in Somalia, an independent United Nations human rights expert today rebuked the international community for failing the 1.5 million peo (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Cheeky Suspect Shot, Injured in City
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Harare - A suspected armed robber was last Friday shot and seriously injured at a house in Houghton Park after he attempted to charge towards detectives who had ordered him to surrender.Jabulani Kunze (By Jan)...Rates Drop At 'Own Peril', BoN Warned
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyINTEREST rate cuts have cost FNB Namibia more than N$300 million so far this year.The financial impact of the Bank of Namibia's (BoN) push to narrow the gap between the repo and the pr (By Jan)...Africa: Tsvangirai continues to raise deal concerns
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has again raised his concerns about the failure to implement the power-sharing deal he agreed to with President Robert Mugabe last year, according (By Jan)...South Africa: Man nabbed in big R20m scam
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A Merebank man charged with 200 counts of fraud totalling almost R20-million was released on R150 000 bail in the Durban Commercial Crime Court yesterday (Tuesday).Niresh Parsad, 34, formerly of Lotus (By Jan)...Botswana: EU Intervention Extends BCL Mine's Operations
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Onalenna ModikwaSelebi-Phikwe - The intervention of the European Union's (SYSMIN)facility System for Stabilising Export Earnings from Mineral Products has played a pivotal role in the continuation (By Jan)...S.Africa: Proof (again) that Black people can't handle the truth about themselves - The Bizarre story of Bafana Bafana's coaches
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: I've said many times that black people can't handle the truth about themselves and that they need to blame someone else for their troubles. If you don't believe me, then take a close look at our natio (By Jan)...South Africa: Survey Finds Poor Planning in ICT Sector, But It is Far Ahead On Transformation
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Sanchia TemkinJohannesburg - THE skills challenge in the telecommunications sector is made worse by the lack of formal career planning, limited bursary programmes for information technology and tel (By Jan)...Senegal: Confronting Aid Challenges in Volatile Casamance
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Dakar - Aid workers are evaluating the needs of families recently displaced by armed conflict in Casamance, southern Senegal. Some of the displaced persons have joined families who were themselves for (By Jan)...Zanu-PF, MPLA Seek Ways to Strengthen Relations
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Harare - A delegation from Angola's ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola party jetted into the country yesterday and met officials from Zanu-PF led by secretary for administration Cde (By Jan)...South Africa: True press freedom remains elusive - Louw
Monday 19-Oct-2009: The degree of media freedom has improved since the advent of democracy in South Africa, but a lot more still needs to be done, said Raymond Louw, deputy chair of the South Africa chapter of the Media (By Jan)...South Africa: Warburton's murder a 'mistake'
Monday 19-Oct-2009: One of the men accused of killing psychology student Bianca Warburton told the Alexandra Magistrate's Court on Monday her murder was a "mistake"."It was a mistake," 25-year-old Ntembiso Msalaku said, (By Jan)...South Africa: Battle looms at Free State varsity
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Political parties and student bodies are preparing for battle in Bloemfontein. The troubled University of Free State will be rendered "ungovernable" on Monday, they say, when the so-called Reitz Four, (By Jan)...Kenya: Court Frees Gang Leader Charged With Murder
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Kampala - A Kenyan court freed the leader of the country's notorious Mungiki criminal gang on Friday after prosecutors dropped multiple murder charges against him.The outlawed gang, which claims to ha (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Angry' farmer set truck alight
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Sharika Regchand Pietermaritzburg BureauA man, believed to be a councillor in Greytown, allegedly set a truck alight last night after its driver apparently drove over his property.Police Inspector (By Jan)...South Africa: Blade: Jansen's decision 'insensitive'
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Political BureauHigher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has called for the University of Free State head Jonathan Jansen to "suspend" his decision to withdraw an internal complaint against the Rei (By Jan)...South Africa: Bullets, stones fly in Joburg protest
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Four people were arrested and one person was injured when police fired rubber bullets at a crowd of angry protesters in Riverlea, Johannesburg police said.Inspector Gordon Billing said that protesters (By Jan)...A Step Beyond: Robber joins cashier in prayer
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Washington - A repentant robber fell to his knees and prayed with the clerk of the store during a hold-up, according to US media on Wednesday, which said the man nevertheless proceeded to pinch $20 fr (By Jan)...South Africa: Numbers speak for themselves - Govender
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Allowing the police to shoot to kill did nothing to address the weaknesses in the criminal justice system, South African Human Rights Commission chairperson Pregs Govender said on Wednesday.She was ad (By Jan)...World: 'Alleged robber prayed before robbery'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Indianapolis - Police say an armed robber spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with a clerk at an Indianapolis check-cashing business before fleeing with $20 from the register.Security video c (By Jan)...South Africa: Netshitenzhe's departure "unfortunate"
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Sibusiso Ngalwa and Christelle TerreblanchePresidency spokesman Vusi Mona has dismissed as "far-fetched" speculation that pressure from the ANC's allies on the Left had precipitated the resignation (By Jan)...South Africa: Major General Landman dies
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: The chief director of force preparation of the SA Military Health Service, Major General Abraham Jacobus Landman, died on Wednesday, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said. Landman, 58, died at (By Jan)...South Africa: No loot for ATM robbers
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: An Absa ATM was bombed in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, in the early hours of Wednesday, Gauteng police said.Captain Godfrey Maditsi said the incident occurred at a BP garage in Gadebe Section."We (By Jan)...Africare Board Names Darius Mans as New President
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Washington, DC - Africare, a leading international development organization specializing in development assistance to Africa, has chosen Darius Mans, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Chall (By Jan)...South Africa: Police unions on Mbalula comments
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Aziz HartleyThe notion of turning the country's police service into a paramilitary force with ranks and discipline, received mixed reaction from police unions on Tuesday.Deputy Police Minister Fiki (By Jan)...South Africa: Residents destroy RDP houses
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Michelle Cahill Staff ReporterHundreds of Barkly West residents in the Northern Cape have taken to the streets, venting their anger on schools and shops belonging to foreigners in the town.Apart fr (By Jan)...Somalia: Foreign Minister Condemns Eritrea
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Nairobi - Somali Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed "Jengeli" has condemned Eritrea for fanning the flames of war in Somalia, Radio Garowe reports.Minister Jengeli made the public remarks moments before depar (By Jan)...South Africa: State to grill Agliotti's ex
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Alex EliseevGlenn Agliotti's ex-girlfriend is expected to be the next witness to take the stand against former top cop Jackie Selebi.And, after Selebi's defence team attacked both (By Jan)...Kenya: Country Steps Up Security At Sudan Border
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Barnabas BiiNairobi - Kenya has stepped up security near its border with Sudan after reports of clashes between police and Toposa pastoralists.The General Service Unit, Administration Police and re (By Jan)...Africa: Oil rebels surrender their weapons in Lagos
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Lagos - More than 15 000 militants who laid down their arms in Nigeria's restive oil region have so far been registered, but the number could rise at the end of documentation, the Nigerian defence min (By Jan)...New Taxi ID System Engineered to Fight Crime-City Police
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Theron KolokweWindhoek - It is more than mere random chance that you have seen a few taxis with big letters and numbers on them around town. This is a new identification system which Windhoek City (By Jan)...South Africa: Slain cop commended
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Nine-year-old Odirile Sebe didn't say a word. He stood, head bowed, and listened as his message was read."I look like my daddy. He looks just like me. My name is Odirile and his name is Odirile."I am (By Jan)...South Africa: His bite is worse than his bark
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterA Pretoria house robber bit off more than he could chew when he tried to fight off a police dog during a botched house robbery.The suspect and three accomplices were rans (By Jan)...Guinea Bissau: Beyond Cashews and Rice
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: San Domingos - Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, where 90 percent of farmers grow rice or cashews to survive, making them vulnerable (By Jan)...South Africa: Cape refugees fight eviction
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterThe City of Cape Town has told the Cape High Court that it is essential to evict more than 200 refugees from Bluewaters, near Strandfontein, because it requires th (By Jan)...Sudan: SPLM Warns Split With Khartoum is a Reality
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Fred OluochNairobi - Sudan is on the verge of a break up as prospects of a referendum in the South dwindle, the Darfur issue becomes more complex and former political allies in the north part ways. (By Jan)...South Africa: Bullets fly in shopping centre robbery
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: A Fidelity guard is in a critical condition after a shoot-out with robbers at the Menlyn Retail Centre in Pretoria on Thursday, emergency personnel said."A group of armed men attacked a jewellery stor (By Jan)...Tanzania: Results of HIV Vaccine Trials Out Soon
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Wilfred EdwinNairobi - Tanzania has reported progress on efforts aimed developing at an effective HIV vaccine after two years of extensive research and trials at the Muhimbili University of Health (By Jan)...Africa: Six killed as building falls
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Tom OdulaNairobi - Six people died and 14 were still missing after a three-storey building collapsed on the outskirts of the country's capital, a police official said on Tuesday, as experts warned (By Jan)...Africa: Rift in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: report
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood was swift in its rejection of reports that its leader resigned after a row with conservatives, but the crisis exposed a profound rift among the Islamists, analysts said.The (By Jan)...Rwanda: Nun Tells Synod Forgiveness Brings True Reconciliation
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Nairobi - A Catholic nun who lost her family members in the Rwandan genocide has said that reconciliation is possible even in the wake of horrific violence such as the genocide in her country that occ (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Farmer Returns From 'Productive' U.S. Trip
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Sandra MandizvidzaBEN Freeth, the Chegutu farmer whose house was burnt down by alleged Zanu PF militants, has returned from the US where he took his fight to hold onto his Mount Carmel Farm. Freeth (By Jan)...South Africa: Selebi trial: video takes state by surprise
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Alex Eliseev and Karyn MaughanAs the coffee cups clinked and the cellphones rang, Glenn Agliotti and police intelligence boss Mulangi Mphego sat chatting about the giant "consultancy fee" the Kebbl (By Jan)...Ghana: Chiefs Urged to Stop Collaborating With Illegal Miners
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Friday said it is being alleged that some chiefs in the Region are in collaboration with illegal miners who are encroaching on mining concessions and (By Jan)...Zambia: Govt Tackles Fuel Crisis
Monday 19-Oct-2009: GOVERNMENT has requested the Zimbabwean government not to close the Chirundu border at 18:00 hours and also instructed security wings to escort trucks entering from Nakonde to ensure timely delivery o (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Freda Mine Resumes Gold Production
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Leonard MakombePRODUCTION has resumed at Freda Rebecca Mine with 180 ounces of gold ore produced on Tuesday after the successful completion of phase one refurbishment of the mine. Gold dore is a ba (By Jan)...South Africa: Cape cops on the warpath
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Esther LewisStaff ReporterMetro Police have vowed not to relent on their war on lawlessness after they raided several suspected drug dens, an illegal shebeen and arrested nine people for drunken drivi (By Jan)...World: Cops offer huge reward for 'vampire' killer
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Sydney - The search for a Melbourne underworld figure suspected of ordering the murder of a male prostitute intensified on Sunday when police posted a reward of 1 million Australian dollars (900,000 U (By Jan)...Nigeria: In the Shadow of a Saint
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Owei LakemfaI am not a Catholic, was never one and may never be. But one of my childhood heroes was a man called Father Damian. I am not sure whether in the innocence of childhood, I ever associate (By Jan)...South Africa: AU Leaders to Sign Treaty for Displaced People
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Pretoria - At least 46 African nations are expected to sign a declaration which is expected to be an effective legal instrument for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons.Details (By Jan)...Africa: Nigeria's anti graft police shuts 800 scam websites
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Nigeria's anti-corruption police said Friday they had shut down some 800 scam websites and busted 18 syndicates of email fraudsters in a drive to curb cyber-crime the country is notorious for. "Ove (By Gairk)...South Africa: Tutu Tester unit gets seal of approval
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Jason Warner"This world is a world that is in danger. We are leaving the world in your hands, the hands of the young. So for goodness sake, know your status."These were the words of an optimistic A (By Jan)...South Africa: First a bomb, then live rounds and now...
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Dasen ThathiahMilitary artefacts continue to wash up on Durban's beaches, with two more cartridges discovered yesterday.Durban journalist Jonathan Oberholster - who found two live rounds on Addingt (By Jan)...Togo: Gunmen attacked Togocellulaire, killing 2 military
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Unknown gunmen attacked Thursday the Adidogome Togo Cellulaire office in Lome, killing two soldiers.The robbers then took on their wheels on board a black car, shooting in the air. They reportedly too (By Jan)...Kenya: No Hope of Cheap Internet
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - The ongoing war of words between the Kenya government and Internet service providers over prices is the result of a canny scheme to rope the latter into paying for idle ca (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops arrest more Riverlea protesters
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Eight more people were arrested following violent protests in Riverlea on Thursday, Johannesburg police said.This brought the number of arrests to 12, Inspector Gordon Billing saidFour people were arr (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Angola Joins SADC Observer Team in Mozambique Polls
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Luanda - Angola is integrating the troika of observers of Mozambique's general elections of the Organ for Political, Defence and Security Cooperation of the Southern African Development Community (SAD (By Jan)...South Africa: Ex-cop wants his job back
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterFormer presidential investigative task unit commander Andre Lincoln wants to sue the State for malicious prosecution.Last week the Cape High Court acquitted Linco (By Jan)...Uganda: Boost Small Farmers to Fight Hunger
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: Kampala - THE number of hungry people in Uganda increased from 12 million in 1992 to 17.7 million in 2007, according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation. How does this happen in a country which (By Jan)...Africa: Zuma vows pressure on Zimbabwe
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma reiterated to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai when they met on Wednesday that South Africa was ready to assist in the implementation of the Global Polit (By Jan)...Diamond Production Rose to 116 Percent in Second Quarter
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Windhoek - "Relative to the levels produced in the corresponding period of 2008, as the world economic crisis continues impacting on demand, lower diamond production is expected during the remaining q (By Jan)...Nigeria: Legislative Intervention in Gas Sector
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Emeka NwosuLagos - Nigeria has continued to be a country of paradoxes and ironies, almost fifty years after its independent political existence. It is the sixth largest producer of crude oil in the (By Jan)...World: Man 'raped woman while he was sleepwalking'
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: A RADA graduate accused of raping a student after a party told police he may have done it while sleepwalking, a court heard.Nick Walker, 21, told officers he could not remember the encounter but had d (By Jan)...Nigeria: No Going Back On Subsidy
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Sopuruchi OnwukaThe federal government appears to have concluded plans to go on with subsidy withdrawal, with the importation yesterday, of 128 cargoes of refined petroleum products comprising dies (By Jan)...Nigeria: FG May Sell NNPC Joint Venture Stakes to China
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Ejiofor Alike With Agency ReportLagos - The Federal Government has said it may sell part of its interests in the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and some mu (By Jan)...South Africa: Reitz students should face chargers - readers
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Ainsley DanielsLast year a video surfaced showing four students from the University of Free State allegedly initiating some cleaning staff by giving them food that had been urinated in.The universi (By Jan)...South Africa: 'System' to blame for vd Westhuizen murders
Monday 19-Oct-2009: The police system was to blame for former police officer Marius van der Westhuizen killing his three children, the Cape High Court heard on Monday.The incident could have been avoided if police offici (By Jan)...Guinea: UN to Probe Massacre
Monday 19-Oct-2009: By Tamba Jean-MatthewDakar - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has approved the setting up of an international commission of inquiry into Guinea's September 28 massacre.Mr Ban has conse (By Jan)...South Africa: Police station attacked in KZN
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Five people were arrested for public violence after they allegedly threw stones at the Emawoti police station outside Durban demanding the release of a community member, police said."On Sunday night (By Jan)...South Africa: Nine killed in Limpopo crash
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Nine people were killed and one was critically injured when two cars collided in Tafelkop, near Motetema, on Sunday morning, Limpopo police said.A red Toyota Conquest travelling from Groblersdal to Ne (By Jan)...Nigeria: Top Politicians and Businessmen Among Troubled Banks Top Debtors
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Thomas Imonike - Notable politicians and businessmen including Chief Tony Anenih, Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola and Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim were among 149 individuals and corporat (By Jan)...Africa: More die after Egypt train crash
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Cairo - The death toll from a train crash south of Cairo has reached 18, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, a day after the accident involving two passenger trains.The ministry, in a statement carrie (By Jan)...South Africa: ANC staff worried about their jobs
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Frustrated ANC parliamentary staff members picketed last week as they were fed up with their organisation's inaction to renew their contracts.With a few weeks left before their contracts expire in Nov (By Jan)...Africa: Religious clash after murder
Saturday 24-Oct-2009: Cairo - Witnesses in southern Egypt say Muslims and Christians have clashed following the murder of a Christian villager by attackers who accused his son of having an affair with a Muslim.Saturday's c (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Gold Glitters At Turk Mine
Friday 23-Oct-2009: GOLD production at New Dawn Mining's Turk Mine has continued to increase since the company resumed production early this year. This comes at a time when RioZim has reported that gold production at Ren (By Jan)...South Africa: Father and son sue newspaper
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Noelene BarbeauAn Amanzimtoti man yesterday told the Durban High Court that he and his son had not been involved in a racist attack as reported by a local newspaper, but had stopped the jogger beca (By Jan)...South Africa: Townships prepare for 2010 influx
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Clayton Barnes2010 WriterCape Town's townships are gearing up for a tourist rush during the World Cup next year.B&B owners in Gugulethu, Langa and Khayelitsha have developed their own hospitality s (By Jan)...South Africa: Riverlea calm after protest
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Riverlea was quiet on Friday morning following a service delivery protest which resulted in injuries to one person and the arrest of 12 others, Johannesburg police said."Police were monitoring the sit (By Jan)...Nigeria: Air Force Probes Killing of Father of 10
Friday 23-Oct-2009: By Ismail MudashirKaduna - A board of enquiry has been constituted by the Nigerian Air Force to investigate the alleged killing of one Abdulrauf Wuraola Shittu, an ex-employee of the National Rolling (By Jan)...Africa: Press club slams Zim for assault of reporters
Friday 23-Oct-2009: The National Press Club on Friday "strongly condemned" the reported assault and detention of Al-Jazeera journalists in Zimbabwe this week."It once again shows the Zimbabwean government's total disrega (By Jan)...South Africa: Filling station safe bombed
Friday 23-Oct-2009: Police were searching for a man who bombed a petrol station safe in Palmridge on the East Rand on Friday."According to reports one man bombed the drop safe at the Palmridge Engen garage in the early (By Jan)...South Africa: HIV and Aids Tutu Tester on a move
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: By Jason Warner"This world is a world that is in danger. We are leaving the world in your hands, the hands of the young. So for goodness sake, know your status."These were the words of an optimistic A (By Jan)...Africa: Guinea leader will work alongside UN team
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Louis CharbonneauNew York - Guinea's military government has promised to co-operate with a United Nations inquiry into a bloody crackdown against protesters in the West African country last month, (By Jan)...Guinea Bissau: Falling Through the Assistance Cracks?
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: San Domingos - The International Committee of the Red Cross might seem out of place running agricultural diversification projects in northern Guinea-Bissau, given its mandate to help people in times o (By Jan)...South Africa: 'You can't fight a war without soldiers'
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: South Africa's public hospitals are in a bleak state with failing equipment, a lack of basic consumables and dwindling numbers of doctors, Parliament heard on Wednesday.Professor Bongani Mayozi, the h (By Jan)...South Africa: Skwatsha, Ozinsky betrayed Rasool?
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: By Andisiwe Makinana Political reporterWestern Cape Premier Helen Zille has accused two senior provincial ANC members - Mcebisi Skwatsha and Max Ozinsky - of leaking information to the DA as part of t (By Jan)...South Africa: Sixth person held for public violence
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: A sixth person was arrested on Tuesday for public violence after a mob allegedly threw stones at the Emawoti police station outside Durban demanding the release of a community member on Sunday, police (By Jan)...South Africa: Media must question more - Asmal
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: The media should ask questions about the circumstances that led to the dropping of charges against President Jacob Zuma. This is the view of former minister Kader Asmal, who was speaking at a functio (By Jan)...South Africa: Photographer who painted with his camera dies
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: Award-winning former Cape Times photographer Garth Stead, 37, found dead in his Woodstock home yesterday, "not only took pictures, but painted with his camera".Stead's body was found by friends, conce (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops seek jewellery store thieves
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: By Jason WarnerPolice say they will view CCTV footage in the hope of identifying two well-spoken women who allegedly stole rings worth more than half a million rands from a V&A Waterfront store. On Sa (By Jan)...World: 'What is going to happen to Thailand?'
Monday 19-Oct-2009: As Thailand's ailing 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej begins the second month of a hospital stay Monday, his countrymen are wondering just how sick he really is.Concern for his well-being reflects (By Jan)...South Africa: 265 to appear in court
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Two-hundred-and-sixty-five people arrested for crimes ranging from rape to attempted murder will appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday, said police.Captain John Maluleke said the peo (By Jan)...Global: Asian nations look to 'lead world'
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Asian nations discussed plans at a major summit Saturday to "lead the world" by boosting economic and political cooperation and possibly forming an EU-style community. The prime ministers of region (By Gairk)...How Is This Helpful? U.S., NATO Allies Screwing Themselves In The Name For Democracy In Afghanistan
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: [At the cost of American and NATO troops dying at the hands of the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies? It's all about democracy, democracy, democracy and not about stablizing Afghanistan for democracy (By Lone Wolf)...[Humor] Under Communism - East German Jokes Collected by West German Spies
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Did East Germans originate from apes? Impossible. Apes could never have survived on just two bananas a year. Such jokes were whispered in communist East Germany -- and West German spies recorded them (By Gairk)...S.Africa: A Banking Super-shocker... Somewhere in a bank in South Africa...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: I'm not going to tell you what I know, nor how I know it, nor where it is. Somewhere in a bank in South Africa... is a white woman... who has had 60 fraud charges brought against her by the bank s (By Jan)...USA: Economist says impact of stimulus will level off
Friday 23-Oct-2009: [The economic stimulus plan, is already wearing thin… and it was sooooo much money… spent for so little return!!!! The Market always rules… and these fools are spitting into the wind. Jan] A top Wh (By Gairk)...South Africa: Petition against Eskom's price increase
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Here is a proper online petition against raising the electricity rates, so please click on the link below & sign the petition - if you agree. To: Thulani Gcabashe - CEO of Eskom The latest is t (By Gairk)...Zimbabwe: News of the Hwange game count
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: [I really enjoyed this Colleen. Thanks for sending. Joseph (Columbus) Smith] Having unpacked and settled into our lodge at Main Camp by 4:30pm on Wednesday 30th September, we went off for a short d (By Gairk)...Workers' World Party Praising Pro-Government Health Care Group Linked To The White House?
Friday 23-Oct-2009: [It seems that members of the Workers' World Party are praising a pro-government health care group that may likely be a front for the White House to do its dirty work in attacking the health care indu (By Lone Wolf)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (19-10-2009)
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- As one might expect, there are plenty articles about Zimbabwe and the disengagement from ZANU PF by the MDC. And I have read article after (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (25-10-2009)
Sunday 25-Oct-2009: Howzit For those outside the United Kingdom, please note that we have moved the clocks back one hour this morning and we are now two hours behind Zimbabwe... -o00o- No one can tell me that th (By The BeardedMan)...S.Africa: Johannesburg - Order your Christmas sweeties & treats early...
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: A friend of mine whom I used to work with runs a lovely catering service in Johannesburg. Here is a list of her specials and sweeties in preparation for Xmas. Just click on the link below to view the (By Jan)...YouTube Video: Obama's Manufacturing Czar Ron Bloom Honestly Praising Mao
Thursday 22-Oct-2009: [While it seemed like Anita Dunn admitted she was "joking" on supporting the late Communist tyrant Mao Zedong. If Anita were praising Hitler, she'd have been tared and feathered but if praising Mao w (By Lone Wolf)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (21-10-2009)
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- We returned from the hospital just on 5 yesterday afternoon. The first bit of good news is that nothing is broken. Just a little bit of swe (By The BeardedMan)...
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