Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 29th November 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 & GruesomeZimbabwe's diamond mines lead to rape, murder, and thievery
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: While money isn't flowing into government coffers, plenty is ending up in the pockets of rank-and-file soldiers and Mugabe's inner circle Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped l (By News Poster)...USA: Economic Meltdown - Gold goes mainsteam - currencies are collapsing... as we predicted in 2007 - Gold nears $1,200
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: [Just over 2 years ago, I posted a story mentioning what my friend Gordon Frisch, the Research Editor of the International Harry Schultz letter told me. He said Gold would head for $1,200-$1,600 per o (By Jan)...Uganda: MPs Debate Land (amendment) Bill 2007
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Kampala - Tuesday, 17 November 2009Parliament met at 2.57pm in Parliament House, Kampala.PRAYERS(The Speaker, Mr Edward Ssekandi, in the Chair.)The House was called to order.COMMUNICATION FROMTHE CHAI (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Looks Beyond 'War On Terror'
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Ernest HarschThe government of Mali declared in early June that it would mount a "merciless struggle" against terrorist forces operating in the country's far northern desert. President Amadou Touma (By News Poster)...USA: Economic Meltdown - Gold goes mainsteam - currencies are collapsing... as we predicted in 2007 - Gold nears $1,200
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: [Just over 2 years ago, I posted a story mentioning what my friend Gordon Frisch, the Research Editor of the International Harry Schultz letter told me. He said Gold would head for $1,200-$1,600 per o (By Jan)...Shoddy Policing For People, Private Security For Rich
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Mary KimaniOutside an imposing residence in Runda, an upscale residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, two men in black-and-orange uniforms stand guard. They work for Group 4 Security, a private securit (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fordyce in trouble after tirade
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: A few dinner party comments fuelled by a few too many drinks has landed Bruce Fordyce in the hot seat with the Human Rights Commission.Allegations of Fordyce verbally abusing a woman at a dinner party (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Diplomatic Double-Standards and an International Resource Grab are Stoking One of the Worst Wars in the World
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The United Nations Security Council's tenuous authority in Africa has been further threatened by an explosive new report from a UN Group of Experts* showing wide-ranging violations of the arms embargo (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Who is Defending Albino Killers?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Amri LugunguloDar Es Salaam - THE good relationship between albinos and human rights activists has been strained in recent days. Some albinos complain bitterly saying that some human rights activis (By News Poster)...Homecoming For Darfur Refugees Fraught With Problems
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The Hague - Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately wants to return to his village, Mestarei, from which he was (By News Poster)...David Bullard says 'Hunt for honest African leaders a waste of time'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Did you read that this year's Mo Ibrahim Award for good governance in Africa won't be awarded because the committee couldn't find anyone who deserved it? Probably not, because the dead tree media was (By Gairk)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-11-2009)
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Howzit Not long after lunch today I will be catching a bus into town, and then a second one to Royal Derby Hospital where I will visit the Pulvertaft Hand Unit and see the hand specialist. I will b (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: Why BEE should be abolished
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Moeletsi MbekiBlack economic empowerment is one of the most destructive policies that have been adopted by the ANC government since the advent of democracy in 1994. Sadly, conventional wisdom in So (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Nation's Resilience Despite Continuing Denial of the Genocide
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Brig. Gen. Frank RusagaraKigali - During a presentation at the Rwanda Symposium held in Oxford in March 2009, the audience was struck at the resilience exhibited by local Rwandans in their villages (By News Poster)...Global: Man Made Swine Flu Designed to Cause Genocide
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Researchers have warned about the dangers of vaccinations for the swine flu. It boils down to whether you will let the government stick a needle in your arm with intent to kill or cause great bodil (By Gairk)...International Indictments - Justice Or Western Plot?
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Mary KimaniIn July 2008 Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to prosecute President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for human rights v (By News Poster)...USA: People, even in the Western world are truly stupid, as Jason Kelly's experiment proves...
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: [I received this email from Jason Kelly, read it and realised he was being satirical. Shockingly, 65% of his readers were too dumb to realise this. What Kelly learned is truly shocking when you think (By Jan)...Uganda: How the Country Can Avoid Becoming a Petro State
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Prof. A.B.K. KasoziIn 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, the director o (By News Poster)...Uganda: Who Killed Gen. Kazini, And Why?
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Andrew M. MwendaKampala - Maj. Gen. James Bunanukye Kazini spent most of Monday evening November 9 out with his girlfriend, Lydia Draru a.k.a. Lydia Atim Draru. At about 5am, the former Uganda Peop (By News Poster)...AFRAA Wants Government to Protect African Airlines
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Maputo - The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) is asking African governments to protect the civil aviation market from an "invasion" by competitors from the west."We are asking the African governme (By News Poster)...Islam in fast demise. In Africa alone 16,000 Muslims leave Islam everyday
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Hitler said if a lie is repeated often enough and long enough, it would come to be perceived as truth. One such lie often repeated is “Islam is the fastest growing religion”. Despite the fact that (By Gairk)...[Graph] USA: Horror Movie: This graph tells the whole story - total Meltdown - Why a Mega-Crash is coming...
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: [Some of the people, like Professor Roubini who predicted all this, have warned that THE WORST IS YET TO COME! In South Africa, where we live a life of Alice in Wonderland, we have front page newspape (By Jan)...Uganda: The Land Bill Will Protect the Rights of the Minority
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Prof Apolo NsibambiKampala - ON Tuesday, the Prime Minister vehemently defended the proposed Land Bill, saying it was necessary given the rampant evictions. Below is his speech in full:Illegal evic (By News Poster)...South Africa: Double killing rocks Pretoria
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Graeme Hosken Crime ReporterA Pretoria pensioner and his elderly caretaker were strangled to death with wire cables after their attackers tied their hands up.The two, Martin Jacobs, 65, and the car (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Bippa Goes Against SA Law - Legal Consultants
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: SOUTH African legal consultants have said if the government of South Africa proceeds to conclude the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) with the government of Zim (By News Poster)...Science: Dead Sea is 'rapidly vanishing'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Ghor Haditha, Jordan - The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, (By News Poster)...Africa: The Right Ways to Tackle Poverty in Africa
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Roger Bate and Thompson AyodeleLagos - Last month, the International Monetary Fund and the African Export-Import Bank made $800-million in credit available to Zimbabwe. This initiative is meant to (By News Poster)...Uganda: Remarks by Stephen Lewis Delivered at the Commonwealth People's Forum
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: This is a moment of truth for the Commonwealth. The anti-homosexuality Private Member's Bill introduced into the parliament of Uganda, and now proceeding through the normal legislative process, puts t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Prosecute Jos Killings by Security Forces, Says Rights Group
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Dakar - The Nigerian government has not brought a single prosecution or even begun investigations a year after Nigerian policemen and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians in responding to deadly se (By News Poster)...2010 World Cup: SA preps for spotlight in World Cup Draw
Friday 27-Nov-2009: A newly confident South Africa is polishing up for the global spotlight during the World Cup draw in two weeks, eager to show it's ready for the games that on Sunday will be 200 days away.Many of the (By News Poster)...South Africa: COPE leader slams 'irresponsible' league
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota has described calls for former president Thabo Mbeki and those who served under him to be charged with genocide as an irresponsible and dangerous distortio (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robbers get smart with bluetooth
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Caryn DolleyThe Internet is making it "very easy" for syndicates to share stolen bank card information, according to Jerome Hardenberg of the police's Commercial Crimes Unit.He said places where ca (By News Poster)...South Africa: Local actress should play role of Winnie
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Ainsley DanielsOscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson is set to play Winnie Mandela in a film charting the turbulent life and times of the ex-wife of South Africa's first black president.Does South (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Activist's Plea On Albino Body Parts
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Patty MagubiraMwanza - A human rights activist has asked the Government to trace customers of albino organs in order to end witchcraft-associated killings of melanin deficient persons mostly rockin (By News Poster)...South Africa: What happened to McBride's car?
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Was Robert McBride the target of an abortive assassination attempt the night he wrote off his official car?The controversial former Ekurhuleni metro police chief goes on trial in March on charges of d (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Averting Kidnapping During Xmas
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Ebenezer EdohasimKidnapping which sends goose pimples on the bodies of the wealthy in the country and also pump more adrenalin into their system started as a genuine protest by various militants in (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Farm Invasions Illegal, South Africa Acknowledges
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Vusumuzi Sifile and Jennifer DubeHarare - THE South African government has accepted that the ongoing land invasions are unlawful, and that rulings of the Sadc Tribunal were binding.This followed a (By News Poster)...Uganda: Buganda MPs Accused of Failing to Get Common Position On Bill
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Kampala - Parliament met on Wednesday, November 18 at 2:00pm to continue debating the Land Amendment Bill. The Speaker, Edward Ssekandi, chaired the session. Below are the proceedings.COMMUNICATION FR (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Drug Trafficker On Danger List for Swallowing Cocaine
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Lukkey AbawuruA drug suspect who allegedly swallowed 85 wraps of cocaine is in danger list in an un disclosed hospital in Abuja for failure to excrete some of the ingested substances.Our correspond (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Rhodesian Propaganda at its finest: Calling Roy Bennett a 'murderous Selous Scout'
Friday 27-Nov-2009: [This is so funny, if it wasn't a complete load of hogwash. To my understanding, Roy Bennett was a Policeman and was never in the Selous Scouts. But along comes Mugabe with his normal "Rhodesian propa (By News Poster)...Health: Go on, touch someone
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Roger DobsonLondon - When Jim Coan scanned the brains of married women in pain, he spotted changes that may help to shed light on an age-old mystery. As soon as the women touched the hands of their (By News Poster)...Senegal: Koukoie Samba Sanyang's Letter to President Abdoulaye Wade Close Contact Exposed
Friday 27-Nov-2009: This is the scoop of the year 2009. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal is in close contact with Koukoie Samba Sanyang, a Gambian dissident and leader of the July 1981 obortive coup.The letter from Ko (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Shock As TPDF Soldier Runs Amok, Kills Two
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Police and the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) have launched a manhunt for a soldier, who went berserk on Monday, and opened fire on his colleagues, killing two of them on the spot in Kigoma Re (By News Poster)...Benin: Suspected Pirates Attack Oil Tanker
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Lagos - Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says.Cdr Fernand Maxime Ahoyo (By News Poster)...Is President Obama a Communist mole sponsored by Russia to infiltrate America?
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: A very quick note to all of you:- I had a long chat with my friend Jeff Nyquist in the USA and he mentioned to me that there is someone claiming that they were told in 1992 in Russia that the Russi (By Jan)...Zimbabwe cabal seizes diamond riches to buy power
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: “It will be much more money than they have ever had" Jon SwainA fabulously valuable diamond field in Zimbabwe has fallen under the control of a select few at the top of the country's securit (By News Poster)...From Jan Lamprecht: Attention Readers: Massive changes coming to AfricanCrisis & new websites...
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Hi All, I'm going to give you a heads-up. I am planning some big things for AfricanCrisis in 2010. I have been chatting to our volunteers and sizing up the situation. Most years, during my annual (By Jan)...Uganda: Rebel Leader to Seek Protection From Sudan Army
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Els De TemmermanKampala - LRA leader Joseph Kony has instructed his troops to move into Darfur and report to the first detachment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) seeking protection and logistica (By News Poster)...Africa: Pirates kill seaman in W.Africa tanker attack
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Cotonou - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian officer before escaping with the contents of the ship's safe, the ship's owners and Benin's navy commander sa (By News Poster)...World: US teachers attacked in Indonesia
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Banda Aceh, Indonesia - Gunmen fired at the home of two US academics in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks directed against foreigners in the region, police s (By News Poster)...Zim: Four farms under siege by land invaders in Chegutu
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Hung up the phone, saying he had a ‘critical meeting' to attend By Alex BellFour farms in Chegutu are under siege this week by land invaders, as the campaign against the country's remaining (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Four Farms Under Siege By Land Invaders in Chegutu
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Alex BellFour farms in Chegutu are under siege this week by land invaders, as the campaign against the country's remaining commercial farmers keeps escalating.Farmer Ben Freeth, who also faced simi (By News Poster)...Africa: "Africa Needs to Significantly Scale Up Investments in Both Renewable And Low-Emission Fossil-Fuel Technologies," Says AfDB Infrastructure Director, Gilbert Mbesherubusa
Friday 27-Nov-2009: "In order for African countries to begin shifting to clean energy and a lower carbon development path, they need to significantly scale up investments in both renewable and low-emission fossil-fuel te (By News Poster)...World: London panel begins review on invasion
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: London - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened on Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led Lo (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Malema is a racist'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: The Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) wants to talk to the ANC Youth League about its president Julius Malema's insults about SACP general secretary Jeremy Cronin.It was "disgusted" at th (By News Poster)...Former PLO Operative Wanted By The FBI For Helping Iraqi Terrorists
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: [Isn't this interesting here? It seems that a possible "former" PLO operative Husayn Muhammed al-Umari has been charged with aiding terrorism by the FBI. This time, he's been involved in helping Ira (By Lone Wolf)...South Africa: Credit card fraud still a problem
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Credit card fraud continues to hit South Africa's banking industry, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) said on Monday.In a statement, it said the industry's financial losses re (By News Poster)...Africa: The Bank Supports Efforts to Strengthen Domestic Taxation in Africa
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The African Tax Administrators Forum (ATAF), an African network of tax commissioners, was officially launched at a ceremony in Kampala, Uganda, opened by the President of Uganda, Mr. Yoweri Museveni o (By News Poster)...The Pathology of Power And Paranoia
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Henning MelberWith Namibia's parliamentary and presidential elections on 27-28 November, hype and obsession mount by the day. The assumption that democracy is about competition between contesting p (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court Orders Govt to Protect Farmers in Zimbabwe
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Alex BellA South African court has ordered the government to protect the land rights of its citizens in Zimbabwe, as well as to respect the rulings of the human rights court of the Southern African (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma Initiatives Raise Optimism
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Kholwani NyathiHarare - SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a new mediation team for Zimbabwe will add impetus to efforts to find a quick solution to the outstanding issues as the e (By News Poster)...Zim: GGMC manager says surprised Guyana fingered in ‘blood diamonds' report
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: “In 2009, Zimbabwean diamonds showed up as far afield as Guyana and Sierra Leone" By Stabroek staffGuyana has been commended several times for its adherence to diamond certifying and exporti (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: VP Clashes With Finance Minister in Govt's Worst Clash
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - Vice-President Joice Mujuru on Tuesday lambasted Finance minister Tendai Biti over the contentious handling of the over US$500 million facility from the International Moneta (By News Poster)...Burundi: Upcoming Polls to Test Country's Fragile Peace
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Bujumbura - Next year's elections in Burundi, billed as a milestone on the country's long road to sustainable peace, could trigger more conflict because of a combination of widespread illegal weapons (By News Poster)...World: Iraq war - Tony Blair lied?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Ian DruryBritish military operations in Iraq were so badly resourced that some soldiers went into battle with only five bullets each, secret documents have revealed.Troops were put at "significant (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Powerful Mugabe Minister Suffers Party Defeat
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - THE endorsement last weekend of the newly-nominated Zanu PF presidium by Midlands province and Masvingo, which dramatically changed its initial decision after a failed bid t (By News Poster)...Zim: Talks resume between Zanu PF and MDC formations
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Last week there was an angry spat between the parties for not taking the talks seriously after the first deadline set by a SADC Troika summit was missed By Tichaona SibandaThe country's three (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Group Calls for Arrest of 'Warlord'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The Hague - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) joint trial of two Congolese rebel leaders offers victims the chance to see accountability for atrocities committed in Congo's armed conflict, Huma (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Zuma is allergic to courts'
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Fred KockottPresident Jacob Zuma will grant his erstwhile friend, Schabir Shaik, a presidential pardon and maybe even "give him back R39.2 million of his ill-gotten gains", Democratic Alliance lead (By News Poster)...Sudan: Southerners Still Besieged by Suspected LRA Fighters
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Juba - Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.Several (By News Poster)...South Africa: FF+ slams Montlanthe
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: The FF Plus on Sunday accused deputy-president Kgalema Motlanthe of attempting to justify farm murders."Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is looking for a justification for farm murders. No murder ca (By News Poster)...Uganda: A New War Rages in the North
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Gloria Laker and Frederick WomakuyuKampala - Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and ro (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fugitive nabbed after shoot-out with cops
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By GRAEME HOSKEN Crime ReporterA wanted hijacker and armed robbery suspect, who is out on bail for a string of hijackings, house robberies and a cash-in-transit attack in Gauteng and Limpopo, was caug (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Parties Clear Way for Central Banker's Exit
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Caiphas ChimheteTHE partial immunity from prosecution granted to the Central Bank Governor Gideon Gono through amendments to the Reserve Bank Reform Bill "is a safe exit strategy" for a man under i (By News Poster)...Liberia: Taylor Denies Sending Rebels to Attack Guinea
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Alpha SesayThe trial for former Liberian president Charles Taylor took an early adjournment today when immediately after the mid-morning break, one of the judges reportedly fell ill. Prior to the c (By News Poster)...World: 'I think I've killed my wife'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Rebecca HardyThere's a black granite headstone on Christine Thomas's grave, with a gold leaf inscription that reads: "In loving memory of Christine Thomas, devoted wife of Brian, loving mother and (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Group Seeks Probe of Killings By Security Forces
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Davidson IriekpenLagos - The Human Rights Watch has urged the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute members of security forces implicated in the killing of more than 130 civilians in Jos, (By News Poster)...Africa: Don't Throw Away the Gem in Immigrants
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Joseph RwagatareKigali - Nearly two years ago the world witnessed horrific images of murder and arson on a horrendous scale. We saw pictures of grim-looking, matchete-wielding young men roaming the (By News Poster)...Africa: Tsvangirai welcomes SA intervention
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Chengetai ZvauyaHarare - Zimbabwe's prime minister said on Sunday that he is thankful for South African efforts to help rescue his coalition government, and he said South Africa's president is expe (By News Poster)...Chavez Endorses Mahmoud Abbas...Why Are We Supporting This?
Friday 27-Nov-2009: [Why is the USA still supporting the failed two-state process here? It seems arch Fatah terror chief Mahmoud Abbas is openly aligning himself with Hugo Chavez whom is an ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe: Eddie Cross: Guided Suicide...
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Hi All I thought that you would like to see this letter from Eddie Cross. I agree with Eddy the noose is getting tighter around the necks of Mugabe and his bunch of genocidal maniacs. Regards Gerry (By Jan)...World: Bomb suspected in deadly Russian train crash
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Denis SinyakovUglovka, Russia - At least 39 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a Russian express train was derailed late on Friday in what the head of the national railway company said (By News Poster)...Rwanda: French Team Arrives for Genocide Probe
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Felly KimenyiKigali - In what has been described as a landmark development regarding judicial cooperation between France and Rwanda, two senior judges from the Paris Court of Higher Instance have a (By News Poster)...Africa: Congolese rebels plead in The Hague
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Mariette le RouxThe Hague - Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty as they were accused in The Hague on Tuesday of plotting to wipe out a village where their forces killed civilians, raped wom (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Eddie Cross: Guided Suicide...
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Hi All I thought that you would like to see this letter from Eddie Cross. I agree with Eddy the noose is getting tighter around the necks of Mugabe and his bunch of genocidal maniacs. Regards Gerry (By Jan)...East Africa: Whose Community is It Anyway?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Kalundi SerumagaNairobi - The recent droughts in the region are another blow to East Africa's already beleaguered agricultural communities.A late September edition of the UK-based Economist magazin (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: U.S.$80 Billion Chinese Investment Package Hailed
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's economy is set for turnaround following the huge investment package - worth US$8 billion -- unveiled by a Chinese-Angolan joint venture company, China Sonangol.Reserve Bank of Zimb (By News Poster)...South Africa: Julius Malema is a racist - most IOL readers
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Ainsley DanielsThe Young Communist League of South Africa wants to talk to the ANC Youth League about its president, Julius Malema, and his recent fiery comments in public.Most readers shared the s (By News Poster)...Rwanda: None So Blind as Those That Will Not See
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Jon ElliottBritain's ambassador to Rwanda, Nicholas Cannon, gave a revealing insight into British policy on Rwanda in his interview with the Rwandan News Agency (RNA) on 17 November.British aid to (By News Poster)...Uganda: New Breed of Conmen in Town
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By John NjorogeKampala - Sometime in August, operatives attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) arrested one of Uganda's biggest fraudsters ever. The 21-year-old Michael Mugarura ha (By News Poster)...World: Troops deployed after massacre
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Saniag, The Philippines - The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south on Tuesday as anger spiralled over a savage political massacre that left at least 46 people dead. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Obama Praises Women for Non-Violent Resistance
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The full text of remarks by President Barack Obama at the presentation to Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) of the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at (By News Poster)...Uganda: 'You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I'm Gay'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Wambi MichaelKampala - The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becom (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema angers FF+
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Political BureauComments by ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema on land reform have angered the Freedom Front Plus.Pieter Groenewald, the FF+ spokesman on land and agricultural affairs, said it w (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Politics of Food Security
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By 'Sola KolawoleLagos - Many out there, especially those engrossed in the hustle of city life, may not appreciate the magnitude of the impending food crisis. For such and more, agriculture appears se (By News Poster)...World: Russia hunts for train bombers
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Moscow - Russian police on Sunday hunted for the bombers behind an attack that killed at least 26 people on an elite passenger train, while relatives began the grim task of identifying bodies.It remai (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Riot As Truck Kills Six Women in Warri
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Warri - SIX market women were killed in the early hours of yesterday at Effurun, Delta State, by a trailer suspected to be laden with stolen crude oil, while a mob partly razed the Ebrumede Police Sta (By News Poster)...'Global Warming' Huge names in science actually fudged numbers
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: [Jan received the following from Capt Joe Smith, the American journalist who fought in Rhodesia.] Talk about HUGE STORIES! Revelations this week that huge names in the Houses of Science actually fu (By Gairk)...Zimbabwe: Ian, You Are Not Kgosi Here
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Tendai ManzvanzvikeHarare - BOTSWANA is an African country shaped by African value systems.It is also a sovereign state which shapes its own destiny, depending on those values.The same applies to Z (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: MDC-T - Sharing is Not Grabbing
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Dambudzo MapurangaHarare - "WE are in Government to grab power" was what one MDC-T functionary said at a rally soon after the party entered into the power-sharing agreement with Zanu-PF and the MDC (By News Poster)...World: Violence expected after massacre
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Manila - The massacre of at least 22 people in the southern Philippines has exposed a brutal culture of guns, greed and money that has poisoned the nation's political system for decades, experts said (By News Poster)...Uganda: Lord's Resistance Army Thrives in Sudan
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Kampala - SUSPECTED Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of South Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.Several (By News Poster)...Zim: South Africa's Zuma sending high-powered team to Harare to promote accord
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: "As tough as nails" Pretoria sources said the team to be sent to Harare by President Jacob Zuma includes trusted lieutenants who are “as tough as nails"Blessing ZuluWashington - South Africa (By News Poster)...Uganda: The Journey of Leaving IDP Camps
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Paul Amoru & Cissy MakumbiIn 2006 when the government announced the beginning of camp phase-out in northern Uganda, majority of internally displaced persons had high hopes of living a better life i (By News Poster)...In Changara, the Dead Vote Again
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Paul FauvetAs the Constitutional Council considers the results of the 28 October general elections, and the appeal against them by the former rebel movement Renamo, one of the issues it will have t (By News Poster)...World: Iranian lawmaker warns UN
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Tehran - A hardline Iranian lawmaker warned on Saturday his country could withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in response to a UN nuclear watchdog resolution censuring Tehran over its nu (By News Poster)...Kenya: Knife Murder Rocks Bishop Deya Family
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Gitau Wa NjengaLondon - UK police on Tuesday arrested a son of embattled London-based Kenyan preacher Gilbert Deya on suspicion of murder. Paul Deya, 31, was arrested after his three-year-old son, (By News Poster)...Africa: Congo rebels have foreign supporters - report
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Rukmini CallimachiConakry, Guinea - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Eur (By News Poster)...World: Anger as China mine death toll rises
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Hegang, China - Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers on Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China's worst mining disaster for two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 1 (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robbery suspect flushed out by tracker
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Leila SamodienA traditional tracker has become a local hero after he used his skills to help catch a West Coast gang that had unleashed a reign of terror on the quiet town of Yzerfontein.Carlos Mun (By News Poster)...South Africa: Shops of horrors
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Dasen ThathiahSmall businesses in KwaZulu-Natal are reeling under the strain of high crime rates and increased security costs.The number of businesses targeted by armed robbers in the province this (By News Poster)...South Africa: Benchmark Ruling Paves Way for Zimbabwe Treaty
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - A RULING in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday paved the way for the signing today of a historic bilateral investment protection treaty between Zimbabwe and SA. (By News Poster)...Africa: Youth forced to fight Somali war
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Chicago - A group of Somali-American youth recruited to fight for an Islamist militia in Somalia were told it would be "fun," court documents showed on Monday.Some 20 young men - all but one of whom w (By News Poster)...Mozambican Observers Criticise CNE
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has done "little or nothing" to investigate the malpractice that occurred during the 28 October general elections, accuses the Electoral Obser (By News Poster)...Saudi Columnist Wishes For USA To Collapse?
Friday 27-Nov-2009: [Bow or not as what Obama did to the Saudi King, it's quite the obvious the Saudis haven't changed a thing in their policy. Lone Wolf.] Saudi Columnist: Obama Will Be President of the 'United Coll (By Lone Wolf)...Africa: New Hope for Africa's Farmers
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Cindy Shiner with Tami HultmanSome 218 million people in Africa struggle with hunger daily – about 30 percent of the continent’s total population, according to the U.N. Food and Agricul (By News Poster)...South Africa: Market killing raises security concerns
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Lebogang SealeAbout 10 employees were taken in for questioning after their elderly employer was shot and killed in an armed robbery yesterday. The employees, all in their 20s, were locked in a poli (By News Poster)...Indian Maoists Suspected In Derailing Recent Train In India
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: [Now isn't this quite a deadly turn of events here? It seems India's local Maoist insurgency were likely responsible in derailing a train. Terrorists have always floated the idea of derailing trains (By Lone Wolf)...Zim: Mugabe bodyguards to dodge prosecution?
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Police have been advised to formally interview Mapfumo Marks and his female colleague Manyaira Reliance Hong Kong - Two bodyguards protecting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's student daugh (By News Poster)...South Africa: Businessmen killed in ambush
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Dasen ThathiahTwo businessmen were shot dead in a hasty ambush orchestrated by two men who had robbed a fishing store in Clairwood, south of Durban, yesterday.Goolam "Bill" Asmal, 83, and Harshim H (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Post-Amnesty Offer for Oil-Producing Communities
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Joseph OmowaIju - Following the embracement of the amnesty offer by majority of the Niger-Delta militants, after years of hostility and destruction of oil facilities, the Federal Government has ent (By News Poster)...Party Manifestos - the Economy
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Brigitte WeidlichELECTIONS are due next week and it's time to look at the diverse promises political parties make to see how realistic they are and if the projects and plans they want to implement (By News Poster)...Africa: Mugabe bodyguards to dodge prosecution?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Hong Kong - Two bodyguards protecting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's student daughter in Hong Kong could be prosecuted for working in the city on tourist visas, officials confirmed on Monday.The (By News Poster)...Liberia: Taylor Helped Rebel Leaders to Reconcile Their Differences
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor helped three major Sierra Leonean rebel commanders to reconcile their differences but such reconciliation was not for purposes of a military takeover of the country, the a (By News Poster)...Africa: Punitive Laws Threaten HIV Progress - Focus on Treatment as Prevention Requires Respect for Human Rights
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: New York - HIV prevention efforts - and the promise of antiretroviral therapy as prevention - are being undermined by punitive laws targeting those infected with and at risk of HIV, Human Rights Watch (By News Poster)...Africa: Sailor killed during raid by pirates
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Fiacre VidjingninouCotonou - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of West Africa, killing a Ukrainian officer before escaping with the contents of the ship's safe, the ship's owners and Ben (By News Poster)...Africa: European Investors Eye Unlisted Firms
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Africa InsightNairobi - The uninspiring granite exterior of the London Stock Exchange provided the quiet backdrop for a meeting that would almost have gone unnoticed, if it did not have such a stro (By News Poster)...World: 'Terrorism behind Russia train attacks'
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Uglovka, Russia - A bomb derailed an elite passenger train speeding through the forest from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, killing up to 39 people and injuring nearly 100, Russian officials said on Satur (By News Poster)...Rwanda: UN Report Exposes Global Network of Hutu Rebels
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - An explosive report from a UN group of experts has exposed a network of allies comprising of individuals, companies, charities and governments that have aided the survival o (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Kagame's Human Rights Record Faces Scrutiny
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By John AllenAs Rwanda applies this week to join the Commonwealth, the international grouping dominated by ex-British colonies, both its membership application and a number of recent books on Central (By News Poster)...Ghana: The 2010 Budget: What are the prospects for the smallholder farmer
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Peter FiamorThe importance of the agriculture sector to the Ghanaian economy was manifest once again in the 2010 national budget statement presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (By News Poster)...Obama awards Zimbabwe group, blasts Mugabe
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: "Sap a dictator's strength" Washington - US President Barack Obama has given an award to a leading women's rights activist in Zimbabwe, labeling Robert Mugabe a "dictator" in the process. Obam (By News Poster)...Uganda: Country's Miserable Showing At the 2009 Food Summit
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Kikonyogo NgatyaAs Agriculture Minister Hope Mwesigye tried to convince the world leaders attending the 2009 Food Summit in Rome that Uganda was improving the sector greatly, a report by Food and A (By News Poster)...West Africa: Piracy Grows in Region
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Francis KokutseAccra - There is a growing indication that the West Africa region is becoming a piracy zone as rebels from Nigeria's troubled Delta Region seem to be extending their activities outsi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Pitfalls of the Amnesty Programme
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Peter BiakparaLagos - The problems of the Niger Delta are Marginalization, lack of infrastructural development and lack of political space. These problems gave rise to youth militancy. The federal (By News Poster)...Liberia: Taylor Admits Sending Advisor With Rebel Chief to Burkina Faso
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor today admitted that he sent his Chief of Protocol to accompany a Sierra Leonean rebel commander to Burkina Faso in 1998 but denied that he helped him transport arms and am (By News Poster)...South Africa: Judgment reserved in Malema case
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Judgment in the hate speech case against ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was reserved in the Equality Court on Tuesday.Magistrate Colleen Collis said she would indicate at a later stage the d (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robber chase ends in tragedy
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Jauhara KhanAn attempt by two Durban businessmen and their friends to fight back and chase after armed robbers ended in tragedy when two were shot and killed yesterday.One of them was Goolam Hoosen (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man refused bail - cops under fire
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Zelda Venter High Court ReporterCity police could be in trouble with a Pretoria High Court acting judge who has demanded that they appear before him today, and explain their conduct, including fail (By News Poster)...Benchmark ruling paves way for Zimbabwe treaty
Friday 27-Nov-2009: The SA government undertakes to honour the SADC tribunal's decision Stephan HofstatterA ruling in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday paved the way for the signing today of a historic bilat (By News Poster)...Africa: Africa Watch
Friday 27-Nov-2009: GROUP OF 20: Africa gets seat at policy tableIn a move that underscores the shift of global economic power, the Group of Eight (G-8) club of major industrialized economies - the US, UK, Japan, Germany (By News Poster)...South Africa: Abuse: '4 women killed every day'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Women in South Africa are six times more likely to be killed by their "male partners" than elsewhere in the world, says the senior researcher at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, Lisa Vetton.She (By News Poster)...South Africa: Briton denied bail after drug haul
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: How did alleged drug syndicate kingpin Paul Bromley - who has a string of previous convictions, mainly for drug offences committed in the UK - get a residence permit to live in South Africa?Verulam ma (By News Poster)...South Africa: Victims have right to object to deductions
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Rene Groyer's story echoes that of thousands of South Africans who - with no prior warning or opportunity to have any input - suddenly one month discover they have less take-home pay than usual, thank (By News Poster)...South Africa: Taxi driver shot dead in Muizenberg
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Kowthar SlomonsPolice have opened a case of murder and hijacking after a 27-year-old taxi driver from Lotus River was gunned down in Muizenberg.The incident took place in Capricorn Drive yesterday (By News Poster)...World: Defiant Iran plans nuclear expansion
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Parisa Hafezi and Reza DerakhshiTehran - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme, just two days after the United Nation (By News Poster)...Harness Technology to Mitigate Against Climate Change
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Festus MogaeThe objective of this workshop is to share knowledge, and facilitate business and partnership opportunities.We, therefore, hope that you will go away from this workshop with enhanced ap (By News Poster)...South Africa: Three held, one shot for Dorning murder
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Niyanta Singh and Shan Pillay"It doesn't bring my husband back, but at least now I have some closure over his death. "I am happy that there is justice. I know the police have worked hard to ensure (By News Poster)...Zim: Zanu PF alarmed by Zuma's tough new mediators
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Effectively ended Mbeki's role Stanley GamaHarare - Zimbabwe's warring parties in the troubled unity government believe President Jacob Zuma's new Zimbabwe facilitators will make a difference (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Assassinations by Mugabe's ZANU(PF) continue unabated for 10 years now...
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: [This is news I received from Zimbabwe. Jan] Hi All I thought that you would like to read this letter. Regards Gerry Whitehead 1. ZANU ASSASSINATIONS - JL Robinson Dear Jag The defini (By Jan)...Nigeria: Petrol Subsidy is a Waste of Resources - Obi
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Mrs Nkechi Obi is the Managing Director, Techno Oil Limited, a significant player in the downstream sector of the oil industry. In this interview with Vanguard's Yemie Adeoye she speaks on infrastruct (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Assassinations by Mugabe's ZANU(PF) continue unabated for 10 years now...
Monday 23-Nov-2009: [This is news I received from Zimbabwe. Jan] Hi All I thought that you would like to read this letter. Regards Gerry Whitehead 1. ZANU ASSASSINATIONS - JL Robinson Dear Jag The defini (By Jan)...Zim: Mutsekwa orders arrest of killer Mwale
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Doubts that the MDC minister has the leverage By Lance GumaCo-Home Affairs Minister Giles Mutsekwa has ordered the police to arrest notorious state security operative Joseph Mwale, who is accu (By News Poster)...S.Africa: The Land of Lunatic Economics, we say: Recession is over... the sun is about to come out!
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Everywhere I drive in Johannesburg I see newspaper billboards saying: "The recession is over". I switched on the TV news, and the black newsreader was saying how business confidence is up and the rece (By Jan)...World: Women 'sexually assaulted, killed'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Cotabato, Philippines - A politician whose family was targeted in a southern Philippine massacre that left 52 people dead described the attackers on Wednesday as monsters, saying his murdered sister a (By News Poster)...Zim: Bennett trial: No proof of Hitschmann's account
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Accused of depositing money into Hitschmann's account to buy weapons By Own CorrespondentHarare - A police investigator on Monday told the Harare High Court he was unable to prove the existenc (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Internet Fraudulant Nabbed
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Lilian AgihAbuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former student of the Igbinedion University, Edo State, Okoro Osagie Victor, who is an ardent member of the Christ Emb (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Chinese Bank to Help TIB to Develop Credit Line for Farmers
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Jaffar MjasiriDar Es Salaam - THE Bank of China has started negotiations with the Tanzania Investment Bank to help it develop credit line for farmers."The TIB will soon start borrowing a leaf from (By News Poster)...South Africa: Our Racist Vice President, Motlanthe blames White farmers for farm murders
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: [I'm not a fan of Motlanthe. I have been very suspicious of him all along. He stood in as President for a while after they kicked out Mbeki. This is one of those instances of blaming the whites fo (By News Poster)...Liberia: Double Standard in Bribery Saga
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: If anyone thinks the purging of two top officials from the Sirleaf administration in the aftermath of the notorious LPRC-Zakhem contract did effectively put the matter to rest, it must be a mistake. S (By News Poster)...Africa: DRC war crimes trial starts
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war went on trial on war-crimes charges in the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Tu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Death season on SA roads
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Louise FlanaganStatistically you are more likely to die on South African roads in your home province, or during December, or if you are a man, or aged between 35 and 49. The least number of fatal a (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Agliotti murder charge
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Glenn Agliotti is to face a new charge of attempted murder - related to the shooting of Allan Gray executive Stephen Mildenhall - when he goes on trial for orchestrating Brett Kebble's alleged "assist (By News Poster)...Africa: Obama pays tribute to Mugabe's foes
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Washington - United States President Barack Obama honoured a group of women on Monday who have confronted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and said they had defied a dictator."They often don't get f (By News Poster)...Recent Israeli Strikes In Lebanon And Gaza Split Hezbollah Leadership
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: [Now isn't this a bit suspicious here? The Hezbollah leadership is split on whether or not to escalate further tensions against Israel, after recent Isareli responses. What I see happening, is that (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe: Diamonds Auctioned for a Song
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Chris MuronziZIMBABWE could have lost millions of dollars in a diamond sale after Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) authorised Sabi Gold Mine to auction gems for a song, businessdig (By News Poster)...South Africa: Crime wave spirals in Eshowe
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Dasen ThathiahA recent spate of robberies in Eshowe has left business owners trading in fear, with some claiming police inefficiency is exacerbating the problem.SAPS crime statistics for the precin (By News Poster)...South Africa: HIV a real killer, says tearful prisoner
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Gallery: Prisoners join the fight against abuse By Poloko TauA sea of orange uniforms seemed to come alive with loud cheers. The hands of jubilant inmates moved rhythmically to the music.Inmate Xolan (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Country Finds Gold in the South
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By James MwakisyalaDar Es Salaam - Tanzania could become the biggest gold producing country in Africa following new discoveries of gold in the most unlikely areas of Lindi and Nachingwea districts in (By News Poster)...South Africa: State slammed in Selebi trial
Monday 23-Nov-2009: The State in former police commissioner Jackie Selebi's corruption case came under fire in court on Monday for making indemnity deals with confessed criminals in exchange for testimony.Taking the stan (By News Poster)...Babynet Front Page: What would Jesus eat?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Flic EverettLondon - New diet fads constantly offer hope to the unhappily overweight, before fading away, leaving only disappointed expectations and stubborn flab.The more extreme the eating plan, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Join a union, immigrants told
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Carien Du PlessisCosatu has called for illegal immigrants working in South Africa to be unionised to fight exploitation by employers.Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi said yesterday that uni (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Killing of Abubakar Umar
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Abuja - Malam Abubakar Umar, the special adviser to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) was gruesomely killed by persons that the police are yet to identify and apprehend.T (By News Poster)...World: UK probe reveals lead-up to Iraq war
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: London - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened on Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led Lo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Talks on Unity Govt Crisis Finally Begin
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Zimbabwe's three governing political parties have finally started dialogue to save their shaky power sharing arrangement after missing a two week deadline.Representatives f (By News Poster)...South Africa: Riddle of McBride's car crash
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Was axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride's 2006 car crash an assassination attempt aimed at silencing his questions into a multimillion-rand property deal?This is the question being asked (By News Poster)...Somalia: Heavy Clashes Kill 11 in Mogadishu
Monday 23-Nov-2009: At least 11 people have been killed and 18 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and fighters loyal to insurgent Hizbul Islam group, Radio Garowe reports on Monday.The clas (By News Poster)...Nigeria: When Bankers Steal
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Lagos - When bankers steal it is sad. When bankers steal, the whole concept of banking becomes meaningless. The 2008 Annual Report of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed that (By News Poster)...Somalia: Heavy Fighting Kills Two, Wounds Five Others in Mogadishu
Monday 23-Nov-2009: At least two people have killed and 5 others wounded after heavy fighting between the Islamist fighters and the transitional government troops backing by AMISOM broke out in parts of the Somali capita (By News Poster)...South Africa: MPs May Take On Treasury Over Land Reform Shortfall
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Linda EnsorCape Town - Parliament has urged the government to allocate more money to agrarian reform, saying SA cannot afford to postpone this any longer and the lack of sufficient funding would co (By News Poster)...World: Russia mourn victims of train wreck
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Steve GuttermanRussians mourned at religious services and soccer stadiums on Sunday after a deadly train wreck that authorities blamed on a terrorist bomb. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church (By News Poster)...World: Man dies after Russian police beating
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Moscow - A Russian police officer beat a man to death in Saint Petersburg, authorities said Thursday, amid a growing public concern over abuse of power and corruption among the country's law enforcers (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Amnesty - Shell's Reentry Boosts Oil, Gas Output Figures
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Sopuruchi OnwukaShell's reentry into the Niger Delta has started yielding expected jumps in production figures as the oil giant prepares to reclaim its status as Nigeria's lead oil and gas producer (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Network Blacklists Marange Over Rights Violations
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Bheki MpofuTHE Rapaport Diamond Trading Network -- an overseas-based global network of companies that supports the development of free, fair and competitive global diamond markets -- said yesterday (By News Poster)...Uganda: Corruption More Rampant in Country, Says International Report
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Lydia NamubiruKampala - PUBLIC sector corruption in Uganda continues to worsen according to Transparency International. Corruption is now seen by Ugandans to be more rampant than it was in any of t (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Genocide calls won't help Aids plight'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Recent calls for former president Thabo Mbeki and former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to be charged with genocide were unhelpful, an HIV and Aids association said on Tuesday."We need to sp (By News Poster)...Transparency International's Mischief
Monday 23-Nov-2009: "Namibia Highly Corrupt" screamed a newspaper headline in one of the local dailies this week, prompting many Namibians to wonder whether this is the Namibia they know or another country.The cause for (By News Poster)...USA: The Economic Crisis: Dubai's Financial Sandstorm
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Castles in the sand. Everyone knows that when you build sand castles, eventually the tide changes, the question is, how far did you build your castle from the shoreline? Janolifant --- Castles i (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: Dumped medical waste could pose health risk
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: A medical waste company that was found to be illegally dumping highly infectious raw waste is being investigated for corruption and fraud, the Environmental Affairs Department said on Sunday."One aspe (By News Poster)...Africa: Mercenary Mann says SA backed coup plan
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: London - Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said South Africa tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup in the oil-rich African nation.Mann (By News Poster)...Africa: Al Shabaab seizes border town
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Mogadishu - Rebels suspected of links to al-Qaeda seized a Somali town near the Kenyan border on Saturday, sending civilians fleeing towards the neighbouring country. Al Shabaab insurgents, who Washin (By News Poster)...Africa: Eleven dead after rebel attack
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Military officials in the Central African Republic said on Friday that two soldiers and nine rebels had been killed when several hundred rebels attacked an army position in the remote town of Ndele in (By News Poster)...Economist Calls for Deepening of Democracy
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Jo-Mare DuddyWindhoek - THE biggest challenge thousands of Namibians face today and tomorrow as they cast their votes in the fourth presidential and parliamentary elections is to what extent they w (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cronin says sorry to Malema
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Apologies for a "silly comment" - but a firm insistence that the SACP and the ANC Youth League are not at odds over the nationalisation of the mines.That's the message from SACP deputy general secreta (By News Poster)...World: UK panels hears of WMD doubts
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Cyril BelaudLondon - Britain was told days before invading Iraq that its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official told a public inquiry on Wednesday, adding the overall in (By News Poster)...Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Taint Election
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Conditions in Equatorial Guinea cast serious doubt about the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled (By News Poster)...Africa: Congo violence leaves dozens dead
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Kinshasa - Communal violence has claimed at least 100 lives and displaced 53 000 people since the end of October in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-west Orientale province, the United Nations (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Woman Dies, Secretly Buried After Abortion
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Felex ShareHarare - AN Epworth woman and her daughter are on the run after a botched backyard abortion that resulted in the death of a city woman and the subsequent illegal burial of her corpse in (By News Poster)...Liberia: Opposition Wins Senatorial By-Election
Friday 27-Nov-2009: The county of Montserrado, and perhaps the entire country, stood still in the last twenty-four hours awaiting results from a marathon senatorial by-election. Political activities in the last three mon (By News Poster)...Africa: AfDB Helps South Africa Tackle Energy Crisis-Approves 1.86 Billion Euro Loan for Medupi Power Project
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Tunis - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved €1.86 billion (UA 1.70 billion) loan for South Africa’s energy utility company, Eskom Holdings Limited, to finance a power project t (By News Poster)...Uganda: After Losing a Job, Musengeri Vowed to Give Hope to Others
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Moses NampalaKampala - To commemorate the World AIDS Day on December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarka (By News Poster)...South Africa: Victim tells of rape at knifepoint
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Sherlissa PetersYet another of the victims of the alleged Midlands serial rapist testified in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday, giving a chilling account of her attacker's modus operandi. (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'I didn't pay gardener to kill my wife'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Hanti OttoCourt ReporterThe geologist accused of hiring his gardener to murder his former wife paid more than R40 000 to private investigators in the search for Cordelia Prinsloo's murderer.Cobus P (By News Poster)...Africa: Three held after kidnapping in Darfur
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Opheera McDoomKhartoum - Sudan has arrested three Sudanese suspected of helping to kidnap a French/British Red Cross worker in Darfur, security and aid sources said on Tuesday.Gauthier Lefevre was (By News Poster)...Africa: 'Bennett trial based on false evidence'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By MacDonald DzirutweHarare - The case against a senior official in Zimbabwe's MDC party is based on false evidence, his lawyers said on Monday in a trial which has raised tensions within the fragile (By News Poster)...South Africa: Woman killed in hail of bullets
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Murray Williams Staff WriterTwo women have been shot dead in the doorway of an alleged drug dealer's house in Lotus River.Police said Heidi Baarde, 22, and Jessica Amos, 32, had been killed in a ha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma 'blue light' man faces trial
Monday 23-Nov-2009: One of President Jacob Zuma's bodyguards is accused of being the blue light bully who shot at an elderly Durban motorist who was in the path of a speeding cavalcade on the Southern Freeway last year.M (By News Poster)...World: Russian police search for train bombers
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Moscow - Russian police on Sunday hunted for the bombers behind an attack that killed around 25 people on an elite passenger train, while relatives undertook the grim task of identifying bodies.It rem (By News Poster)...Traditional American Holidays Irk Communist Party USA
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: [Writing in the Communist Party USA's own publication, the People's Weekly World, one far left individual really WANTS the end of the American holiday traditions. Even trying to alude how July the 4t (By Lone Wolf)...Africa: Guinea poll 'a sham', say rights groups
Friday 27-Nov-2009: BY Michael LoganNairobi/Malabo - Oil-rich Equatorial Guinea goes to the polls on Sunday in what observers say is a sham election designed to rubber stamp the rule of long-term president Teodoro Obiang (By News Poster)...Zim: Exhibits could have been tampered with - Bennett defence
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Firearms were transported without a full contemporaneous inventory Wongai ZhangazhaThe police had no full control of exhibits during arms dealer Michael Hitschmann's trial in 2006, raising con (By News Poster)...Africa: 'A stronger opposition will be good'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Alexandra Regner and Celean JacobsonWindhoek, Namibia - Namibia's longtime ruling party is expected to return to power in Friday elections but its hold on this desert nation may weaken with the eme (By News Poster)...Zim October inflation up on food prices
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Pushed up by higher prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages Harare - Zimbabwe's inflation quickened to 0,8% month-on-month in October from -0,5% in September, pushed up by higher prices fo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Obama Labels Mugabe a 'Dictator'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Alex BellUS President Barack Obama on Monday night delivered his strongest rebuke yet to Robert Mugabe, labelling him a 'dictator,' while criticising his regime of 'oppressors' for their brutal tre (By News Poster)...Africa: Somalia Back in Business With AfDB
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Tunis - After decades of interruption, Somalia re-established its relationship with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday, 23 November 2009 with the signing of a USD 2 million grant to provid (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Survival through the night is unlikely'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: One person was shot dead and three others wounded when three civilians engaged in a shoot-out with gunmen who robbed a fish tackle shop in Clairwood, Durban, paramedics said.Netcare 911 spokesman Jeff (By News Poster)...No Need for Panic
Monday 23-Nov-2009: FOLLOWING the incident at Outapi, panic buttons are being pressed. The impression that is being created is that the entire country is engulfed by a fireball of political violence.And yet, nothing is f (By News Poster)...Zim: US to probe China cargo plane crash
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: "Carrying nothing of any sensitive nature" By James T Areddy, Andy Pasztor and Dan MichaelsShanghai - A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from Shanghai's intern (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Sharpens Its Voice On Climate
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Ernest HarschWhen African representatives travel to Copenhagen in early December for crucial international talks on climate change, they will strive to speak in unison. "For the first time in histo (By News Poster)...Somalia: Explosion Kills a Civilian, Injuries Another in Mogadishu
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Hassan Osman AbdiMogadishu - At least one civilian has been killed and another one wounded in Derkenley district in south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Wednesday (By News Poster)...RDP, MAG and NDMC Positions on BEE
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: To afford readers and voters more insight into the policy positions of the various political parties taking part in the upcoming National Assembly and Presidential elections in November, New Era appro (By News Poster)...Africa: Abused Zim women speak out
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Washington - After the beatings by President Robert Mugabe's policemen, the overcrowded, lice-ridden jail cells, the degradation of nightly strip-searches, Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu still (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop arrested for Dorning murder
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Three people, including a policeman were arrested on Saturday for the murder of a former KwaZulu-Natal government top official, Antony Dorning, police said.Another suspect was killed when he allegedly (By News Poster)...Africa: 'Elections here have become a game'
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Michelle PaulThe impoverished and violent country of Equatorial Guinea holds a presidential election on Sunday that its leader of 30 years says he will win again by a landslide.Teodoro Obiang Nguem (By News Poster)...Africa: Zim to continue with US dollar
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's central bank governor said the country will not put the local dollar back into circulation anytime soon as the economy must first achieve growth rates of at least seven percent, a (By News Poster)...World: Secret Service 'embarrassed' by gatecrashers
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Picture galleryWashington - The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met President Barack Obama at the event, a White House photograph released on Friday showed.The (By News Poster)...Bonela Repeats Calls for Sex Work
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Onalenna ModikwaBotswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has reiterated its call for commercial sex work to be legalised in the country.BONELA official Annah Chalmas said the move will (By News Poster)...South Africa: Racist whiteys, prepare to shed your tears
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: FRIENDS, Capetonians and fellow South Africans:Switch off your cellphones and give me a moment of your time. I come to examine the life of Jeremy Cronin, not to praise him. His background suggests tha (By News Poster)...Africa: Local Content - African Oil Chiefs to Meet Next Month
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Sopuruchi OnwukaRepresentatives from national, international and smaller contracting oil companies are scheduled to meet with African government representatives to discuss local content policy this (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Country Wins Praise Over Food Security
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - Rwanda has joined Malawi as the next successful example of a green revolution in Africa.Besides Tanzania, it is the only other East African country that has committed at l (By News Poster)...Zim: Respite for Gono, Tomana
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Parties have agreed to suspend discussions on the appointments By Kholwani Nyathi and Vusumuzi SifileThe country's three governing parties have agreed to suspend discussions on the controversi (By News Poster)...Uganda: LRA Abducts 24, Kill One in Central African Republic
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Risdel KasasiraThe Lord's Resistance Army rebels have abducted 24 people and killed one in a remote corner of Central African Republic, 850km east of the capital Bangui, the army said yesterday.The (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sisulu in blistering attack on Sexwale
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauDefence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has launched a blistering attack on Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale, accusing him of failing to come u (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nation's Corruption Rating
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The latest rating by global corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), which ranked Nigeria 130 out of 180 countries surveyed in the 2009 corruption index, has, contrary to positions in off (By News Poster)...Africa: Rebels claim Ndele in CAR
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Bangui - Rebels in the Central African Republic claimed on Thursday they had taken control of the key north central town of Ndele after an attack which was confirmed by an army source, with casualties (By News Poster)...World: 'World's biggest animal sacrifice'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Bariyapur, Nepal - Up to a million Hindu devotees gathered on Tuesday in a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread c (By News Poster)...Science: Brain tumour hard to detect
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Lucy ElkinsWhen Nicole Witts complained to her GP about excruciating headaches she was told it was sinusitis.When, four months later, she asked why her arms were going into spasm she was told she p (By News Poster)...Liberia: Bropleh Canned in Unsettled Debacle
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Justice Clogged in Politics of Untouchability? Untested Guilt Verus Assumed VindicationWhen President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf mid-October ordered one of her principal aides and confidants, suspended Inf (By News Poster)...Rwanda: British Envoy Defends Kigali Against Fierce Criticism
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Fred MwasaStanding by Kigali against some of the latest fiercest critics such as the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), the British envoy Mr. Nicholas Cannon (By News Poster)...Uganda: Ssemujju Nganda - Museveni Formed Land Agenda in Bush
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Ssemujju Ibrahim NgandaThe biggest argument the NRM Chairman, Yoweri Museveni, has put on the table to push for the Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 is that it will stop rampant eviction of peasants from (By News Poster)...World: White House gatecrashers were filmed
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Gallery: Couple crashes Obama's State dinnerWashington - The couple who crashed a White House state dinner were being filmed that day by a camera crew connected with a reality television programme, a (By News Poster)...Africa: Namibia ruling party set to retain power
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Agnieszka FlakWindhoek - Namibians went to the polls on Friday in a presidential and parliamentary vote likely to hand President Hifikepunye Pohamba five more years in power, but with a new opposit (By News Poster)...South Africa: Violence Imminent - Imizamo Refugee
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Warda MeyerA Zimbabwean national, forced to flee his home in Hout Bay's Imizamo Yethu informal settlement last weekend, says that without swift government intervention the situation will degenerate (By News Poster)...Somalia: Pirates Threaten to Kill Old British Couple
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates are warning that their lives are in danger after their captives threatened to kill them if their ransom demands are not met within a week.A new video ai (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma Delays Visit Over Deadlock
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Kitsepile NyathiNairobi - South African President Jacob Zuma has postponed his visit to assess Zimbabwe's troubled power sharing agreement after the feuding parties missed a deadline to kick start (By News Poster)...Africa: Angola 2010 - Amodu Cautious, Oliseh Warns as Eagles Draw Egypt, Mozambique
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Patrick Omorodion With Agency ReportAS the 2010 Africa Nations Cup draw conducted in Angola Friday pitched the Super Eagles against defending champions, Egypt, Mozambique and Benin Republic in Grou (By News Poster)...Kenya: Economy On Path to Recovery, Says Central Bank
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Jevans NyabiageNairobi - Kenya's economic growth is still depressed but signs of recovery are starting to emerge, the country's top economic advisory organ has said. The Monetary Policy Committee, (By News Poster)...Africa: HIV Infections Down in Sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: New data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update shows HIV infections in the world have reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years.Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AI (By News Poster)...Africa: 'If you control K4 you control Mogadishu'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Herve BarMogadishu - Snipers have taken over where bombers left off in Mogadishu, the war-wracked capital of Somalia where UN peacekeepers are facing an uphill battle to counter the advance of Isla (By News Poster)...South Africa: Selebi investigator takes the stand
Monday 23-Nov-2009: The chief investigating officer in the corruption trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi took the stand in the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday.Andrew Gordon Leask, who worked for the D (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Housing Beneficiaries Come Under Attack
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Siyabonga KalipaFour new state-subsidised houses in a Khayelitsha housing project were attacked by local backyarders on Tuesday night (17/11/2009), a week after they were handed over to beneficiari (By News Poster)...World: Ex-Nazi guard to face 27 900 charges
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Munich, Germany - Eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk takes the stand on Monday over the gas chamber deaths of thousands of Jews in what will likely be the last major Nazi war crimes trial.The Ukraini (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Zuma's first choice was not Simelane'
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Sibusiso Ngalwa and Moshoeshoe MonareControversial newly appointed prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane turned on Thabo Mbeki and former presidential legal adviser Mojanku Gumbi, telling President Jaco (By News Poster)...World: Three die as Zim cargo plane crashes in China
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Eugene HoshikoShanghai - A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed as it took off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said.The official Xinhu (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma Piles Pressure on Unity Govt
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Constantine ChimakureHarare - A HIGH powered South African delegation is expected in Harare on Sunday to speed up talks among partners in the shaky inclusive government, as it emerged yesterday tha (By News Poster)...WWII: BBC: World at War: Jeremy Isaacs - A Bizarre fact about all World War II film footage...
Friday 27-Nov-2009: I am sure most of you have at one time or other seen the excellent World at War series produced by the BBC. In the late 1970's we saw the whole series in Rhodesia and I was glued to the TV set with in (By Jan)...Africa: Prosecute gunmen for Jos killings - group
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Lagos - Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Nigerian authorities to prosecute those involved in sectarian clashes that claimed hundreds of lives a year ago in central city of Jos."The Nigerian (By News Poster)...Africa: French national kidnapped in Mali
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Bamako - Armed men have kidnapped a French national in northern Mali in the Sahel zone where Tuareg rebels, al-Qaeda militants and all kinds of traffickers roam freely.In recent years, several western (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Rapaport Bans Marange Diamonds
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The Rapaport Group and the RapNet Diamond Trading Network have implemented an immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields due to severe human rights violations. As Mar (By News Poster)...South Africa: Simelane 'a government yes-man'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Gaye DavisMenzi Simelane has been described as "arrogant", "condescending" and guilty of misconceptions about the functioning of the Justice Department he formerly headed.But Pre (By News Poster)...South Africa: Communist Youth Oppose Nationalizing Mines
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - YOUNG Communist League (YCL) national secretary Buti Manamela says the call by its counterpart in the African National Congress (ANC) to nationalise mines only amounts to (By News Poster)...South Africa: Whazzat? Global warming's all about moolah?
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Global warming? I'm just glad the previous week's unseasonal cold snap ended before I had to drag out the winter duvet, let alone bring all the cats and young Cedric into my freezing bed. Now it's hot (By News Poster)...Zim to continue with US dollar
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Gono earlier this year had said the Zimbabwe dollar might return Harare - Zimbabwe's central bank governor said the country will not put the local dollar back into circulation anytime soon as (By News Poster)...Africa: Five hurt when UN helicopter is fired on
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Kinshasa - Five people were injured on Thursday aboard a United Nations helicopter when it came under fire in DR Congo in a northwestern region where tribal violence has claimed 100 lives, a UN source (By News Poster)...South Africa: Woman sues ministers over husband's killer
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Fatima SchroederA Saldanha woman is suing the ministers of Safety and Security and Justice after her husband was killed by a man she claims should have been behind bars.However, the minister of saf (By News Poster)...Zim: GPA negotiators change venue to dodge prying eyes
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: "Can only spell doom if the fate of the country is decided only by six individuals" By Tichaona SibandaTalks aimed at finding a lasting solution to the country's shaky inclusive government are (By News Poster)...South Africa: Vodacom accused duped lawyers, court hears
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: One of three men accused of defrauding Vodacom clients also allegedly swindled more than R2 million from a firm of attorneys, it emerged in the Johannesburg Commercial Crime Court on Thursday.A leg-sh (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'They plotted to kill me'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: With a Ganesha murthi at her bedside, flowers adorning her room and a cellphone and laptop at her disposal, hijacking survivor Kavisha Seevanarain appears to be well on her way to recovery. So much so (By News Poster)...World: More hate crimes reported across America
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Delvin BarrettWashington - Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in the US in 2008, according to new FBI data released on Monday.Overall, the number of reported (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Confronting Camara And His Junta in Guinea
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Tony OkeraforFollowing the passing away of Guinea's long-time ruler, Lansana Conte, in December 2008, the medium-sized country sitting along Africa's west coast has barely escaped the international (By News Poster)...South Africa: Life Expectancy Drops
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.Average life (By News Poster)...Brazil's Race Baiting President Blames Whites For Deforestation Of Amazon
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: [How is this so pathetic here that Brazil's own President is blaming whites, in Spanish terms "gringos" of the ongoing deforestation of Brazil? Now isn't it also ironic he wants those same "evil" gri (By Lone Wolf)...World: Sex-murder trial: Defence begins summing up
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Perugia, Italy - American student Amanda Knox's Italian boyfriend had a "romantic approach to the other sex" and was incapable of taking part in the alleged sexual misadventure that led to the murder (By News Poster)...Economic Recovery Don't Pop the Champagne Corks Yet
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyNAMIBIA'S economy is likely to experience only a "statistical recovery" next year, and consumers will only come out of their recession towards the end of 2010, FNB Namibia has forecast (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sexwale slams 'morally reprehensible' fraud
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: A total of 923 government officials have been caught during the Human Settlement Department's crackdown on corruption, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday."We cannot allow people (By News Poster)...World: Drug smuggler swallows 67 packages of cocaine
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: A drugs mule stunned customs officers by swallowing an amazing 67 packages of cocaine in a botched attempt to smuggle them into Britain.Hard-up college student Fidelis Ozouli, 30, risked his own life (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Rape ruptured toddler's kidney'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Jade Witten Court ReporterTwo-year-old Randoline Fortune was raped until her insides ruptured, causing excessive bleeding and sending her tiny body into shock, the Parow Regional Court has heard.Pa (By News Poster)...South Africa: One killed, one injured after hijacking
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Johannesburg police said on Thursday that one man had been shot dead and another wounded during a shootout near Randburg after a car hijacking. Inspector Balan Muthan said the two men had hijacked a (By News Poster)...Africa: HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts for nine of every 10 new infecti (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man denies killing former wife
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Pretoria geologist Cobus Prinsloo, accused of having his former wife killed by his gardener, denied on Tuesday that he had anything to do with murder.He and co-accused Lucas Noto Moloi were applying f (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Trial of Rebel Leaders to Open
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at (By News Poster)...Africa: Foreign links not helping Africa, says Patel
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Peroshni GovenderJohannesburg - Africa has not benefited from its links with rich nations and should ensure economic interactions with others are not one-sided, South Africa's Economic Development (By News Poster)...Somalia: Al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam Fight Near Kismayo
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Fierce armed clashes between Islamist rivals in southern Somalia were reported on Saturday near Kismayo, a strategic port city about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu (By News Poster)...World: Iran rebuked for nuclear cover-up
Friday 27-Nov-2009: The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret, and demanded it freeze the project immediately.The resolutio (By News Poster)...South Africa: DA slams absence of cops stats in N West
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The Democratic Alliance has criticised the failure of the police in North West to present crime statistics to the provincial legislature."There is lack of accountability and transparency in the NW [So (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alliance is key, says ANC heavyweight
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: There is no need for the African National Congress to be protected from the South African Communist Party, ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday."We must educate the younger generatio (By News Poster)...South Africa: Male Circumcision Plan Almost There
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Anso ThomSouth Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engagin (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Of Colonialism, North-South Dichotomy
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Omololu OgunmadeLagos - Issues and contentions which arose from the launch of a book by elder statesman and legal practitioner, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi last week, will linger for so long, as the book su (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police angered by 'community justice'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Quinton MtyalaPolice fear "bundu courts" have been revived, claiming the lives of four suspected criminals at the hands of vigilantes in the community.Over the weekend there (By News Poster)...South Africa: Four-year-old's alleged rape: men arrested
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Luvuyo MjekulaAngry residents of Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay tore down the informal wooden home of a Malawian man and evicted a number of AFricans after the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl on Fr (By News Poster)...South Africa: There's no spat - Sisulu, Sexwale
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale have a great working relationship and continue to consult each other on matters of governance, their (By News Poster)...Africa: Troops join search for abducted Frenchman
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Bamako - Malian soldiers were drafted in Friday to hunt for a missing Frenchman, apparently kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the lawless north of the country, the government said."Military and secu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robbers Get Smart With Bluetooth
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Caryn DolleyThe Internet is making it "very easy" for syndicates to share stolen bank card information, according to Jerome Hardenberg of the police's Commercial Crimes Unit.He said places where ca (By News Poster)...World: Rebels suspected in Phillipine massacre
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Manila - A scion of a powerful political family detained for allegedly masterminding a gruesome massacre of 57 civilians in the southern Philippines on Friday blamed Muslim separatist rebels for the c (By News Poster)...Africa: Fears Forest Proposals Are 'Human Rights Disaster'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Leonie JoubertCopenhagen - The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropica (By News Poster)...Kenya: Women's Effort to Fight Hunger Bearing Fruit in Daadab
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Sammy CheboiNairobi - As Kenya contemplates a policy shift from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation, some women in North Eastern Province are ahead of the game: they have turned to rain water harves (By News Poster)...Uganda: Opposition Accuses Army of Rights Abuses
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Gerald BareebeThe Forum for Democratic Change President, Dr Kizza Besigye has, in his first major press conference since returning from a 10-day tour of Karamoja, accused the Uganda People Defence (By News Poster)...Zambia: Lawyers Made a Killing From Chiluba Corruption Case
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Arthur SimuchobaNew evidence has emerged showing that both local and foreign lawyers probably did not want the Chiluba corruption case to die because they were making a killing.The Ministry of Just (By News Poster)...Uganda: He Broke the Silence, Gave HIV At Workplace a Positive Face
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Arthur BagumaKampala - This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played (By News Poster)...Uganda: 'I Will Remain a Virgin Till I Make a Big Impact in the HIV Fight'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Conan BusingeKampala - This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played (By News Poster)...South Africa: How Bizarre Fight Over Mines Skews the Agenda
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Tim CohenJohannesburg - WHAT does one make of the bizarre argument between the South African Communist Party's (SACP's) deputy general secretary, Jeremy Cronin, and the African National Congress Yo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'No Seed, No Fertilizer, Nothing,' Cry Farmers
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Vusumuzi SifileChikomba - Any serious farmer gets worried when rains are delayed, even by a short while.It is only natural that they start worrying about whether or not their seed will germinate wh (By News Poster)...Central Africa: Cassava Farmers in Great Lakes Facing Double Disease Strike
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Zaynab TurukuNairobi - Cassava farmers in the Great Lakes region are at risk of suffering losses following an outbreak of brown streak disease and cassava mosaic that are spread by white flies.The (By News Poster)...Africa: SWAPO set to win on day two
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Agnieszka FlakWindhoek - Namibians voted for the second day on Saturday in presidential and parliamentary elections that looked set to keep the ruling party SWAPO in power and hand President Hifike (By News Poster)...Tsvangirai welcomes prospect of Zimbabwe rejoining Commonwealth
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: "It's a club. If they think we can rejoin them, it's entirely up to them" Jan Raath in HarareThe Prime Minister of Zimbabwe welcomed the prospect of his country's readmission to the Commonweal (By News Poster)...South Africa: The scandal of the missing dockets
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Sibusiso NgalwaPolice officers lost 671 criminal dockets last year - in police stations. Now experts are pointing fingers at corrupt cops, saying this is the only explanation for a 1 500 percent sp (By News Poster)...World: American die in Zim plane crash in China
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Shanghai - A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed as it took off from Shanghai's main airport on Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four other employees after it veered off the runway (By News Poster)...South Africa: Screams as passengers burn to death
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeAt least 10 people were killed last night when a bus collided head-on with a truck transporting grapes on the notorious Moloto Road.Some of the people were burnt beyond recognition. (By News Poster)...Zim: Bennett's trial under scrutiny
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: "The handling of what to charge Bennett with and the failure to explain the multiple changes in charges against him raised suspicion" Harare - South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Azha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops kill man in Durban
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Police shot and killed a man and arrested three for robbery in KwaMashu's C section on Thursday morning, KwaZulu-Natal Police said."Police were arresting the three suspects when a fourth man came out (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alleged robbers escape from police cells
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Three armed robbery suspects have escaped from the Johannesburg police holding cells, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.During a cell visit on Tuesday morning, police found that one of the mesh windows o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Minister Tasks Security Agents On Violence Against Women, Children
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Laide AkinboadeAbuja - Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other law enforcement agents, to ensure prompt repo (By News Poster)...Africa: Congo gunmen open fire on UN helicopter
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Joe BavierKinshasa - Gunmen involved in violent ethnic clashes in the remote northern Democratic Republic of Congo fired on a United Nations helicopter on Thursday, injuring five people on board, t (By News Poster)...South Africa: ATM bombing probed by police
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: An Absa ATM was bombed by suspected robbers in Soshanguve on Thursday, Pretoria police said.Security guards said they heard an explosion at 3.20am on Thursday at the Nkululeko hardware store and went (By News Poster)...Africa: We repulsed them, say rebels
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Opheera McDoomKhartoum - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday accused government troops of launching two attacks in a development likely to hinder peace talks which began this month. Rebel c (By News Poster)...South Africa: North West HIV, Aids Campaign Taken to Farms
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Pretoria - In the build up towards World AIDS Day, the North West Health and Social Development Department will be taking its HIV and AIDS awareness campaign to farming communities.The campaign will r (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Economy needs revamp'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Carien Du Plessis Political BureauCosatu has slammed the government for its slow response in rolling out plans to ease the effects of the recession and says the economy needs to be overhauled to cr (By News Poster)...Africa: Don't Cry Tears Lest They Ask for Water
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Safiel Kulei's simple statement goes to the heart of the plight of many of his neighbors hit by consecutive years of drought in Kenya."I had 88 cows. I sold 50. The rest died. I have nothing at the mo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe blood diamonds banned by trade network on rights abuse
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Carli LourensRapaport Group's RapNet Diamond Trading Network, the world's biggest, banned its members from dealing in gems from Zimbabwe's Marange fields because of reports of “severe†(By News Poster)...Uganda: Why Country's Oil is Like Prostitutes And Gamblers
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Charles Onyango ObboI was quite tickled that Mr Tony Buckingham, the shrewd ex-mercenary and chief of Heritage Oil, is set to make £80million (Shs240 billion) from selling its lucrative oil f (By News Poster)...South Africa: Teens commit suicide over 'boyfriend issues'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: A Tongaat granny has made a heart-wrenching plea for teenagers to discuss their problems with family or friends before resorting to drastic measures like suicide.This comes a week after her 16-year-ol (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop shot as hold-up gang tries to escape
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: An armed robber is behind bars and a traffic officer is in hospital after a gang of nine men hit the Kibler Park Spar.Joburg police spokesperson Inspector Lorraine van Emmerik said the men entered the (By News Poster)...World: UK role in Baghdad invasion probed by panel
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Michael HoldenLondon - An official inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq War begins on Tuesday, promising a thorough investigation which could prove embarrassing for the government ahead o (By News Poster)...Tanzania: President Kikwete - 'Agriculture is Everything'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: As President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania was about to leave Dar es Salaam on November 15 to attend the World Food Summit in Rome, he sat down at State House to discuss a range of issues with All (By News Poster)...South Africa: Twenty-four in dock for xenophobic attacks
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Twenty-four people appeared in the De Doorns periodical court on Monday for public violence following alleged xenophobic attacks in the area last week, Western Cape police said.The 24 people were arre (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Recalls Phone Threat Ordeal
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Jolly KamuntSouth Kivu - It is Wednesday, September 8, 2009, around 9.30 am when suddenly, my phone rings. I pick up and hear the voice of my colleague Caddy Adzuba from Radio Okapi on the other en (By News Poster)...Uganda: Alcoholism Main Cause of Domestic Violence - Poll
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Angelo IzamaKampala - Most Ugandans say domestic violence which has become a topical subject of recent, is mainly caused by alcoholism, according to a new poll.Police records show that 137 cases of (By News Poster)...Namibia: Electoral Commission Acts Against Observers
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Servaas van den BoschWindhoek - The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has again suspended the observer status of a human rights watchdog it accuses of lying about mistakes on the voter's roll.E (By News Poster)...Treason trial of Zimbabwe PM ally adjourned to Jan
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: A key prosecution witness failed to attend court on Friday Harare - The trial of a top ally of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on terrorism charges has been adjourned to January next (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Criminals can't pick their jails'
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Friday that no inmate in South Africa's prisons could dictate where he or she wanted to serve their term."You have rights, but there is a (By News Poster)...The Economic Meltdown: China crashes... Dubai sways... new panic... markets teeter??
Friday 27-Nov-2009: [So mighty China isn't so mighty as they thought. And in Dubai, a massive default is possible and that has been sending shockwaves around world. Meanwhile in loony South Africa we of course think ever (By Jan)...Nigeria: Our Warped Revenue Allocation
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Josef OmorotionmwanLagos - We are disturbed by all this unending deregulation blues. This is where the government becomes everything to itself. It is the judge and the jury. The citizenry has no ch (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Albino Killings Cause Fear And Anxiety
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Kibiwott KorosNairobi - The bizarre killings of albinos in Burundi and Tanzania has evoked deep fear and anxiety in the two countries, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Soc (By News Poster)...Four People Died in Cholera Riot
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Maputo - Four people lost their lives when the Mozambican police opened fire on a mob destroying a cholera treatment centre in the northern province of Cabo Delgado earlier this month, according to a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Visiting Blikkiesdorp risky for politicians
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Caryn DolleyPoliticians planning to visit Blikkiesdorp, the temporary relocation settlement in Delft, should first let the SAPS know for safety reasons, the area's police commissioner has warned.Is (By News Poster)...World: Hondurans vote after coup
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Mica Rosenberg and Gustavo PalenciaTegucigalpa - Hondurans choose a new president on Sunday in an election that could ease a crisis triggered by a coup, but the vote has pitted Washington against s (By News Poster)...Uganda: Corporates - Getting to the Top By Hook Or Crook
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Joachim BuwemboThis is a difficult article to write for two reasons, one moral and the other legal. The legal one is the less difficult - just avoid mentioning any thief by name. The moral one is t (By News Poster)...Uganda: National Forestry Authority Chokes Under Gross Corruption
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Obed K. KatureebePresident Museveni recently directed the minister responsible for Water and Environment to send Damian Akankwasa, the Executive Director of the National Forestry Authority, on a th (By News Poster)...Kenya: Prosecutor Asks Hague Judges for Probe of Election Violence
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Bernard NamunaneThe indictment of key post-election violence suspects drew closer on Thursday after International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked for the go-ahead to start invest (By News Poster)...Science: Can Obama find balance on green issues?
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Washington - Having vowed US climate action, President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen needing to perform a delicate balancing act between huge expectations and the reality of a reluctant Congress.Ob (By News Poster)...World: Obama remembers troops on Thanksgiving
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Washington - Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military on Thursday, lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgi (By News Poster)...Africa: Aids Efforts Fail Women
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to addres (By News Poster)...Sudan: Despite Progress, Challenges Remain on Child Soldiers, UN Official Reports
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Despite progress in Sudan in the past two years in tackling the problem of children in armed conflict, many challenges remain, ranging from reintegrating child soldiers to dealing with youngsters abdu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Burglar shot dead
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: A suspected burglar was shot dead by pursuing police officers in Seshego near Polokwane late Tuesday afternoonThe suspect, Phillemon Moloto, was fleeing from police near Moletji just outside Seshego w (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe set for Commonwealth return by 2011
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The re-admission will be linked to a series of reforms being implemented by Harare By Andrew Porter, Political EditorZimbabwe could be allowed back into the Commonwealth in two years time, und (By News Poster)...South Africa: Shopping basket back to 2007 prices
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The recession is technically over - but economists and consumer groups are warning that this shouldn't prompt a spending spree over the festive season.Stats SA figures released yesterday showed 0.9 pe (By News Poster)...Uganda: Nsibambi Defends Land Bill
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Kampala - PRIME Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi vehemently defended the proposed Land Bill yesterday, saying it was necessary to deal with the rampant eviction of tenants.However, several MPs from both (By News Poster)...Nigeria: That Militants' Rape of Port Harcourt
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Dahunsi AdedejiLagos - Has anyone really been raped? How many and by who? Conflicting reports emanate from everywhere. Will we ever really know what happened? As always, the truth is a scarce commo (By News Poster)...South Africa: Does R7,5m pave the way for Pikoli's new job?
Monday 23-Nov-2009: President Jacob Zuma has opened the door for axed prosecuting head Vusi Pikoli to find a new job in the government.And, in the R7,5 million settlement deal that ended Pikoli's legal war with the state (By News Poster)...Somalia: UN Expert Condemns Stonings, Floggings
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: An independent United Nations human rights expert today condemned the series of stonings that have been taking place in Somalia, and called for an urgent end to such "cruel, inhuman and degrading" pra (By News Poster)...South Africa's Rotten Hospitals: 'Why did those doctors maim my daughter?'
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: [The Saturday Star ran a headline story about our rotten hospitals and this was one of those stories. I saw it first-hand with my mother. They are too flipping lazy to do their work... and then hideou (By News Poster)...Africa: House Endorses Sanctions Against Despots
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Onwuka NzeshiAbuja - The House of Representatives yesterday endorsed the imposition of sanctions on undemocratic governments in the West African sub-region, saying African leaders must summon the m (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man shot dead at drug den
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: A 25-year-old man was shot dead and another was wounded while they were working on a car at a house in Muizenberg. Muizenberg police spokesman captain Stephen Knapp said the two men were approached by (By News Poster)...DDT Benefits Outweigh Risks - Ntebela
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Maranyane NgwanaamothoHuman health is constantly under threat which is why governments leave no stone unturned in search of ways to eradicate diseases that have for decades remained a challenge to (By News Poster)...Rwanda: International Court Prosecutors Call for More Cooperation
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Abraham RumanziAt the end of the 5th colloquium of prosecutors from various international criminal tribunals, held in Kigali last week, participants called for more cooperation from governments to (By News Poster)...World: US hails settlement move by Netanyahu
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Jeffrey HellerJerusalem - Israel announced on Wednesday it was limiting settlement construction for 10 months to try to revive peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but they said the step fell (By News Poster)...Africa: Al Shabab bans WFP
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Ibrahim MohamedMogadishu - The UN's World Food Programme must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hardline rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the aid agency of devastating local a (By News Poster)...Zim: Dealer ‘tortured' to implicate top MDC man
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: “He felt a burning from his buttocks and blacked out" Harare - Zimbabwean state agents tortured a gun dealer until he passed out to make him confess to working with a top ally of Prime Minis (By News Poster)...World: Two executed over milk scandal
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Christopher BodeenBeijing - China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman on Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula - severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuag (By News Poster)...Decision to Expel Ex-Renamo Deputies Reaffirmed
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Maputo - As expected, the Standing Commission of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Monday reiterated its decision to deprive nine parliamentary deputies of their seats becaus (By News Poster)...Kenya: Oil Marketers Raise Alarm Over Piracy Risks to Vessels
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Joseph BonyoNairobi - Oil marketers are raising alarm over increased threats to vessels delivering crude oil to the Kenyan coast, due to piracy.These threats are likely to led to an increase in loc (By News Poster)...HIV Infection Rate Declining Globally
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Lawmakers Flay Firm's Threat to Abandon Recovered War Explosives
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Chidi NkwoparaOwerri - The threat by the consultants locating and destroying landmines and explosives abandoned in the South East and South-South after the Nigerian civil war, to stop work if the F (By News Poster)...Africa: SA appeals to Korea for help
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The South African government has urged the Korean government to quadruple its development aid to Africa in the next three years, to enable the continent to realise its Millennium Development Goals. Eb (By News Poster)...Nigeria: HIV/Aids - The Real Issues
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Ruby RabiuAbuja - So much has been woven around figures. Statistics on infections with HIV/AIDS are reeled out daily, as if they are what should matter. It is time to dwell on issues of how to make (By News Poster)...Africa: Ahmed seeks backing from abroad
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Herve BarMogadishu - Somalia's embattled president appealed to the international community on Monday to do more to prop up his transitional government, fighting for survival against an al-Qaeda-ins (By News Poster)...South Africa: Gardener admits spade attack
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: A gardener, who intends pleading not guilty to murdering his employer's wife, on Monday admitted in the Pretoria High Court that he hit Cordelia Prinsloo, 56, with a spade in October.Lucas Noto Moloi, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bombs Detonation - Consultant Threatens to Pull Out
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Amby UnezeOwerri - Unless urgent arrangements are made to release funds to continue the demining and detonation of bombs and dangerous explosives as well as the detonation of several weapons alread (By News Poster)...Visiting Stanchart Bosses Defend Risk Averse Strategy
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Brian BenzaInternational banking group, Standard Chartered Bank says that its conservative approach to business is the reason why the bank has been successful over a long period of time and they ar (By News Poster)...South Africa: Women killed in drive-by shooting
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Two women were killed in a drive-by shooting in Lotus River in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Monday.Occupants of a white Ford Bantam bakkie opened fire on a shebeen late on Sunday night, spok (By News Poster)...South Africa: The SABC's R400m ruse for 2010
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Louise Flanagan and Baldwin NdabaThe SABC used the World Cup as an excuse to avoid an interdict overturning a questionable R400 million contract - but it has now emerged that it doesn't have a broa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Who are the president's men?
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: President Jacob Zuma has made a number of curious appointments of close allies recently, some with controversial pasts. Moe Shaik, head of the SA Secret ServiceThe new head of the South African Secre (By News Poster)...Eritrea: A Nation of Promise Never Fulfilled
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Nikolaj NielsenEritrea's ambassador to the European Union, Girma Asmerom, was conspicuously absent. The Europe External Policy Advisors' moderator had assured everyone that the invite was sent. In (By News Poster)...Women Robbed, Raped
Friday 27-Nov-2009: TWO women, aged 25 and 40, had a horrifying experience in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when they were held at gunpoint, robbed, and raped.The incident took place at around 01h00 in Ombakata S (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Deregulation Tango - Lamentations of Dr. Barkindo (NNPC/GMD)
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Adisa AdeleyeOf late, the Group Managing Director of NNPC has joined on the side of the protagonists and the apostles of Deregulation of the Downstream Sector of the Nigerian Oil Industry.This is s (By News Poster)...MVA Has to Shell Out N$243 Million to Simon Crash Survivors
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Werner MengesTHE financial toll that former world champion boxer Harry Simon's deadly car accident between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund in November 2002 will take on the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund an (By News Poster)...Young Man Charged Over Panga Attack
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Werner MengesA YOUNG Windhoek resident, who is accused of chopping off part of his girlfriend's right hand in a vicious panga attack last week, remains in Police custody after making a first court (By News Poster)...South Africa: Hijacked car not embassy car - police
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The car of a woman and her four-year-old son who were hijacked by two robbers in Kempton, was not an embassy car as has been claimed, Gauteng police said on Thursday."The car used to belong to an empl (By News Poster)...Police Smash Zim Cigarette Smuggling Ring
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Karabo SenameThe police have said they are still on the trail of smugglers suspected to have driven trucks loaded with high quality cigarettes into Botswana from Zimbabwe.This is contrary to report (By News Poster)...Africa: Interview With Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global Aids Coordinator
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, we asked people on Facebook one question: What do you want to ask the U.S. global AIDS coordinator? What follows are your questions and Ambassador Eric Goosby's (By News Poster)...Renamo Claims Plot to Eliminate Dhlakama
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo has accused the ruling Frelimo party and the Mozambican police of conspiring to kidnap or assassinate its leader, Afonso Dhlakama.According to Wednes (By News Poster)...South Africa: Oasis of Food in Cape Town Gangland
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Brenda NkunaIn the middle of one of the most gang-ridden areas of the Cape Flats flourishes a 300 square metre organic vegetable garden which is changing the lives and attitudes of a score of young (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police nab hijackers, house robbers
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly hijacking a truckload of alcohol in Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkhurst.Inspector Moses Maphakela, a spokesman for the Johannesburg police, said the truck, wit (By News Poster)...World: Mine overcrowded, says official
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Hegang, China - Too many miners were below ground at a Chinese coal mine where 104 workers were killed in a gas explosion, a safety official charged, as rescuers pressed on Tuesday with the hunt for f (By News Poster)...South Africa: Protesters 'mourn' shebeens' death
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Lavern De Vries and Thomas PearcePedestrian traffic came to a halt when hundreds of passers-by stopped and stared at about 250 protesters as they carried a coffin through the city centre.They said (By News Poster)...Science: Petrol fumes make rats angry - study
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Paris - Breathing in fumes from petrol made lab rats more aggressive, a finding that has wide implications for urban pollution, according to a study published on Tuesday.Cairo University researcher Am (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police warn against vigilantism
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Western Cape police on Monday cautioned Khayelitsha residents against vigilantism, saying "bundu courts" were not the answer.The warning was issued after three men suspected of theft and housebreaking (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'U.S.$72,000 of Confisticated Money Missing'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Chiedza GondoHarare - Over US$72 000 went missing from the US$1, 5 million a Mozambican businessman allegedly tried to smuggle through the Harare International Airport to Dubai last month, the defe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop arrested for allegedly raping prisoner
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Eastern Cape police said on Monday that a 40-year-old policeman had been arrested for allegedly raping an awaiting-trial prisoner in Mthatha.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the female prisoner had (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mandelas turn on Sexwale
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Fiona FordeMadiba's daughters have decided to take on Tokyo Sexwale and Denis Sassou-Nguesso over the Congolese president's semi-autobiographical book and Nelson Mandela's disputed foreword to it.I (By News Poster)...Mauritania: Women Struggle for Equality, Says Rights Lawyer
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Ebrima SillahNouakchott - Mauritania formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2001, but in the eight years since, it has had limited effect on the stat (By News Poster)...World: Can Obama keep Hispanic support?
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Austin, Texas - Barack Obama has erased his Republican predecessor's political inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the Democratic president exceptionally strong (By News Poster)...Kenya: Gang Stages Daring Daylight Robbery
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Anthony KitimoNairobi - Armed gangsters on Thursday afternoon robbed a mobile shop within Mombasa Central Business District and walked away with cash and goods worth more than Sh400,000.The five ga (By News Poster)...World: Victims urge wider probe of child sex abuse
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Investigations into child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Ireland should be widened nationwide, a leading campaigner said on Friday, a day after a damning study condemned a decades-long cover-u (By News Poster)...South Africa: Woman strangles dogs to death - police
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Bronwynne JoosteStaff ReporterIn a brutal killing rampage, a woman strangled her two Jack Russell dogs to death in the front garden as helpless neighbours watched, before retreating to her Ottery h (By News Poster)...World: Panel hears of shift by Blair
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Peter MillershipLondon - George Bush and Tony Blair appeared to have "converged" on regime change in Iraq after talks at the American president's Texas ranch in April 2002, a former British ambassa (By News Poster)...The Masses Must Show The Way
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Kae Matundu-TjiparuroTHIS weekend effectively presents political parties with the last push in their campaigns towards the Presidential and National Assembly elections, exactly a week from today st (By News Poster)...Africa: U.S.$8.8 Billion the Magic Malnutrition Number?
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Dakar - It would take US$8.8 billion annually over several years to halve the number of malnourished children worldwide, currently at some 178 million, says Save the Children in a new eight-point acti (By News Poster)...South Africa: Drug dealers dodge security steps
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Tenants who live in Senator Park, a notorious block of flats in central Cape Town, and engage in crime are finding ways to work around the improved security measures so they can continue their unlawfu (By News Poster)...Zim: Simon Mann 'bribed' his way out of jail, claims co-conspirator Nick du Toit
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: "It's already cost me more than £400,000 and they still want more" By Richard Edwards, Crime CorrespondentSimon Mann, the freed British mercenary, allegedly “bribed†his way out of prison (By News Poster)...Uganda: Loopholes in Oil Agreements Revealed
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Angelo IzamaKampala - Uganda settled for relatively unfavourable terms from agreements she signed with companies currently working the huge oil fields discovered in western Uganda, according to a n (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Sino-Zim in Contract Farming Negotiations
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe and China are negotiating arrangements for contract farming as the Asian giant steps up efforts to assist the country's agrarian reforms.This was revealed by Secretary for Foreign Af (By News Poster)...South Africa: Public Works rip-offs probed
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Moshoeshoe MonarePublic Works Minister Geoff Doidge has called in the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe the theft of furniture from government offices and ministers' houses, as well as offi (By News Poster)...World: Italian sex-murder trial nears end
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Perugia, Italy - The defence in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the gory 2007 sex-murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher in Italy began closing arguments on Saturday.With a ver (By News Poster)...Africa: Delay in Norwegians' Congo murder trial
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo - A verdict in the appeal of two Norwegian ex-soldiers sentenced to death for the murder of their driver in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed u (By News Poster)...Elections - It's All Systems Go!
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Christof MaletskyWindhoek - Polling stations around the country are ready for today and tomorrow's presidential and National Assembly elections. Yesterday, the polling station atONE of Namibia's bi (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Dad forced to search through dead babies'
Friday 27-Nov-2009: A father has today written to the Minister of Health complaining about the treatment of his pregnant wife and how after their baby son died he had to search through 40 dead babies to find his child at (By News Poster)...Africa: Meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue On Africa (CODA)
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The African Development Bank is hosting a meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CODA) in Tunis on 28 November, which will be attended by numerous African VIPs.These VIPs include:H.E. Mr Fes (By News Poster)...Uganda: Policeman Sexually Assaults Defilement Victim
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Dalton Wanyera and Irene AnyangoJinja - She ran to the Police seeking justice against the monster who had defiled her but her flight only led her in the hands of another defiler.A police officer in (By News Poster)...Africa: iBurst Africa Supports Fight Against Cyber Crime
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Daniel NonorAccra - As part of its corporate strategy to contribute towards fighting cyber crime, iBurst Africa has donated 10 modems, in addition to the allocation of "connect & go!" traffic vouch (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'A mascot for evil'
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Murderer Donovan Moodley is almost at the end of the road in his bizarre attempt to prove that he never intended to kill 21-year-old Leigh Matthews.This morning he lost his appeal against his life sen (By News Poster)...Africa: Meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue On Africa (CoDA)
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The African Development Bank is hosting a meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) in Tunis on 28 November, which will be attended by numerous African VIPs.These VIPs include:H.E. Mr Fes (By News Poster)...Israeli Fined N$50 000 Over Rough Diamonds
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Werner MengesA BUSINESS trip to Namibia went badly wrong for an Israeli woman involved in the diamond industry last week, when she found herself being arrested, charged and finally fined N$50 000 f (By News Poster)...South Africa: Minister tells the police not to lose heart
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The Deputy Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula, has urged the police "not to lose hope", despite people criticising the service "from the luxury of their homes".When the police resolved to come down ha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Spy's Selebi evidence on hold
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: An ex-intelligence official was stopped from testifying in camera in the corruption case of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi on Tuesday.The state security ministry's lawyer, Marumo Moerane, to (By News Poster)...South Africa: ANC speaks on DA MP's death
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The office of the ANC Chief Whip said it was saddened on Tuesday at the death of Democratic Alliance MP Cobus Schmidt.Schmidt died in an accident in Welkom on Monday night."He was undoubtedly one of t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwean Asylum-Seekers Cry for Beloved Country
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Baboki KayaweZimbabwean asylum-seekers convened last Thursday to get an update on the fragile unity government in their country.The meeting sought to keep those who do not follow the political even (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Try This Genocide Suspect
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Our concern in this editorial is the way in which some people suspected of participating in the Genocide are never questioned by any Gacaca court.Is it because these people have the ability to bribe b (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Yar'Adua Has Acute Heart Disease
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Golu Timothy, Uchenna Awom and Winifred OgbeboAbuja - The Presidency came clear yesterday to announce that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is suffering from acute pericarditis, an inflammatory condit (By News Poster)...Retired SA Judge Warns Against Delayed Justice
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Werner MengesA FAILURE to deliver an outstanding judgement in good time is as much an abuse by a judge as beating a spouse would be, a retired South African Constitutional Court judge said in Windh (By News Poster)...16 Escape From Police Cells
Friday 27-Nov-2009: SECURITY at the Katutura Police station came under scrutiny this weekend after 16 trial-awaiting prisoners escaped from the cells after cutting the burglar bars in front of a window.The Police have no (By News Poster)...World: Israeli air strike wounds four Gaza militants
Friday 27-Nov-2009: An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Israeli military and Palestinian medical workers said.An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strike had targ (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Of The Nation And The Transparency Rating
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Paul OhiaLagos - Nigeria descended lower on the corruption index this year and this attracted a lot of attention by government watchers but last year progress was made which did not attract much co (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema, Cronin Ease Away From Public Spat
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE public debate between the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress Youth League over nationalising mines rages on, despite efforts to ke (By News Poster)...South Africa: Simelane named as NPA head
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Former justice director general Menzi Simelane - accused of misrepresenting facts in a public inquiry last year - is the new national director for public prosecutions (NDPP).The presidency announced o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG Lists Security, Niger Delta, Food As Priorities
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Tony AilemenAbuja - President Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday said the 2010 budget will focus on five critical sectors: Infrastructure, human capital development, land reform and food, security and the Ni (By News Poster)...World: Obamas host first state dinner
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Washington - The first state dinner of the Obama White House had it all: Oscar-winning entertainers, Hollywood moguls, a knockout guest chef and even a wardrobe malfunction.Traditional evening gowns v (By News Poster)...A Step Beyond: Novice spy grabbed by police
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Jerusalem - An apprentice spy for Israel's once vaunted Mossad overseas intelligence service was arrested by rank and file police during an abortive training exercise in the country's metropolis of Te (By News Poster)...Somalia: Mass Exodus As Militia Takes Control of Southern Town
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Nairobi - Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence.T (By News Poster)...Kenya: Refinery Stand-Off Poses Supply Shortage Risk in Petroleum Market
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Zeddy SambuAccording to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers.But the KPRL's general manager Mr John Mruttu said the refiner held 139,00 (By News Poster)...Science: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Manaus, Brazil - Brazil's president said on Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruct (By News Poster)...South Africa: Grandad killing accused sent for evaluation
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Hanti Otto Court ReporterThe teenager who allegedly stabbed his grandfather to death earlier this month has been referred to the Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital in Krugersdorp, after a district s (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man shot during Red Ants eviction
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Poloko TauA man was shot and wounded when police allegedly shot him with a rubber bullet when he tried to claim his belongings during an eviction at a suspected hijacked building in the Joburg CBD. (By News Poster)...South Africa: Rapist collapses in court
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterA former Sun Valley security guard, who was convicted of the 2005 rape of a 14-year-old girl in Fish Hoek, collapsed in the dock at the Cape High Court after he he (By News Poster)...South Africa: Two in court for hijacking
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Two men briefly appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday after they allegedly hijacked a BMW X5 in Braamfontein.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the men, aged 23 and 31, were with t (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Evil' Moodley courts media
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Gallery: Donovan Moodley's freedom bid rejected 'Stronger than ever", "not afraid to stand alone", "a media favourite" - these are the terms killer Donovan Moodley has used to describe himself in a p (By News Poster)...South Africa: Simelane slammed as 'inappropriate' choice
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Opposition parties expressed reservations on Wednesday about the appointment of Menzi Simelane as National Director of Public Prosecutions.The Democratic Alliance spokesperson on justice Dene Smuts wa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Opposition upset over new NPA head
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Opposition parties expressed reservations on Wednesday about the appointment of Menzi Simelane as National Director of Public Prosecutions.Democratic Alliance spokesman on justice was "shocked" at the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Who's driving 'gender machinery'?
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: South Africa's "gender machinery" is in "disarray" with it not even being clear who is co-ordinating the 16-Days of activism campaign, a group of NGOs said on Wednesday."At a time when it is most need (By News Poster)...World: Baby born during Mumbai attacks turns 1
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Mumbai - Shamu Lakshman Chavan and his wife Viju look like any other proud parents in the Colaba Woods Garden in south Mumbai, playing with their young daughter as she wriggles and gurgles in their ar (By News Poster)...South Africa: Economy Moves Out of Recession
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Cape Town - South Africa's economy turned around in the third quarter of 2009, registering marginal growth, the government's statistics agency reported Wednesday."The seasonally adjusted real GDP [gro (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG, Stakeholders Flex Muscles Over Deregulation
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Sheriff BalogunLagos - The decision of the Federal Government to deregulate the oil sector has generated a lot of controversies from stakeholders. While the labour kicked against it, government ins (By News Poster)...South Africa: Most readers against bull-killing ritual
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Ainsley DanielsAnimal Rights Africa (ARA) is going to the Pietermaritzburg High Court in a bid to stop the "cruel" Ukweshwama ritual of killing a bull.Most readers shared were also opposed to bull (By News Poster)...South Africa: FNB ATM bombed in Duduza
Monday 23-Nov-2009: A group of armed robbers blasted an Automated Teller Machine in Duduza on Monday morning, taking an undisclosed amount of money, Springs police said.Inspector Yakub Rasool said the First National Bank (By News Poster)...South Africa: Aircon fiasco stops court
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Jade Witten Court ReporterWestern Cape Regional Court president Robert Henney has given magistrates permission to stop proceedings when conditions in courtrooms become unbearably hot.On Friday, a m (By News Poster)...Somalia: Bitter Fighting Restarts in Southern Region
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Bitter fighting between the forces who were recently fighting in Jubba regions has restarted in out of the Kismayu town in Lower Jubba region in southern Somalia, witnesses said on Saturday.Officials (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Community Decries Intimidation By Oil Firms
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Samuel OyadonghaYenagoa - The people of Otuasega community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State have raised alarm over the continued use of soldiers as instrument of intimidation by thre (By News Poster)...Science: China eyes 2010 launch for second lunar probe
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Beijing - China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported on Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad."It will orbit 100 kilometr (By News Poster)...Africa: Mali to probe suspected cocaine plane
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Bamako - Mali has opened a judicial inquiry into a burnt-out Boeing plane that the UN says transported cocaine from Venezuela to the west African country, a government statement said on Saturday."Foll (By News Poster)...South Africa: Experts not sure about cop minister's jet
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: By Xolani MbanjwaCivil aviation experts have refuted Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's claims that the police's new R150 million jet can land on small streets, and other police officials say the force (By News Poster)...Namibia: Waiting At the Polls
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - "We have been here since four in the morning, my baby is tired," says Melisia Shinedhimha (24) outside the polling station in Okuruyangava, one of Windhoek's poorest (By News Poster)...South Africa: More South Africans paying tax
Friday 27-Nov-2009: The SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Friday that it had received a record number of returns for the 2009 tax season.Sars Commissioner Oupa Magashula said in a statement that by the season's deadline (By News Poster)...Tanzania: 'Cashewnut System Unfair to Farmers'
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Faraja MgwabatiDar Es Salaam - A study by the World Bank Dar es Salaam office has criticized the cashew nuts warehouse system, saying it does not help farmers get good prices and creates more liabi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Parties Suspend Crisis Talks
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Zimbabwe's three governing parties have suspended until Saturday their negotiations on outstanding issues impeding the work of the unity government after three days of mara (By News Poster)...The Great Butchers of the Okavango
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Gasebalwe SeretseThey have been known to strike terror in the hearts of their enemies. In fact these two animals seem to have no friends except their own kind - the crocodile and the hippopotamus.D (By News Poster)...South Africa: Housing fraud - 923 officials caught
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: A total of 923 government officials have been brought to book by the human settlement department's crackdown on corruption, Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday."We are hot on the steps of other pe (By News Poster)...World: The story of 9/11 as it happened
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Guy Adams in Los AngelesThey started the day with bagels, coffee, and a boring commute. Then a plane crashed into the World Trade Centre. Several terrifying hours later, thousands were dead, Manhat (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: UN Boosts Food Aid to Thousands Uprooted by Tribal Violence
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it is ramping up efforts to feed tens of thousand of Congolese who fled a recent outbreak of tribal violence in north-western Democratic Republ (By News Poster)...Somalia: Aweys Condemns Fighting Between Rebel Groups
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: The leader of Somalia's Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has condemned the on-going clashes between his group the militant group Al-Shabaab.Speaking after officiating the reopening of Asaley ai (By News Poster)...Hamutenya Not Involved in April 1 Fiasco - Naholo
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Adam HartmanTHE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has denied the involvement of its presidential candidate in the "scandal of April 1 [1989]" in which Swapo fighters clashed with South African (By News Poster)...South Africa: Multiple and Concurrent Partners
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Kerry CullinanYears of working as a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV.Matube works in the heart of the Free State (By News Poster)...South Africa: Engen Denies Knowledge of Zimbabwe's Veto of BP, Shell Proposal
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - FUEL retailer Engen Petroleum yesterday pleaded ignorance to reports Zimbabwean authorities had thwarted its bid to acquire fuel assets in the country.Engen and Kenyan (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Varsity Lecturers, Students Demand Relocation of Ex- Militants' Camp
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Chinedu WosuPort Harcourt - Lecturers and students of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, have urged the Rivers State Government to relocate the rehabilitation camp for the ex-milita (By News Poster)...Uganda: I Work Towards an HIV Free-World
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Hope MafarangaKampala - FACT FILEName: Umaru GumusirizaAge: 33Location: KamwengeContribution: He has formed a team of four to sensitise the community Position: Counsellor at Saluti in Kamwenge Town (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Investors Impressed By Business Climate
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: By Edmund KagireKigali - A high level delegation of investors from Europe which has been in the country on a fact-finding mission said on Friday that Rwanda, has a 'terrifically attractive investment (By News Poster)...South Africa: Do rape survivors know their rights?
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Rape victims should be encouraged to apply for compulsory HIV testing of alleged rapists, the minister of for women, children and persons with disabilities said on Sunday."Rape survivors should fully (By News Poster)...A Wish for Peaceful Elections
Friday 27-Nov-2009: TODAY and tomorrow the Namibian people will cast their votes to elect the parties and President of their own choice. It is my hope that, as they take to the polls on Friday, they will do so fearlessly (By News Poster)...Tsumeb Council Set to Make Decision On Disputed Land
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Tileni MongudhiTHE Tsumeb Town Council will today decide whether to give a disputed piece of land to Mayor Engel Nawatiseb or to former Swapo MP Nico Kaiyamo.This was after the Anti-Corruption Comm (By News Poster)...South Africa: BHP Billiton Has 10bn for New Projects
Friday 27-Nov-2009: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - HP Billiton , the world's largest mining group, said yesterday that it would use its strong cash position to capitalise on the recovery in commodities to fund new projects (By News Poster)...Uganda: Land Bill Must Pass to Avoid War, Says Prof. Nsibambi
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Emmanuel Gyezaho and Isaac ImaakaKampala - The government is pushing for land law reforms as contained in the Land Amendment Bill 2007 to avoid "a major war" from taking place between landlords and (By News Poster)...South Africa: More criticism over Simelane
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Former National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala says she stands by what she said about former justice director-general Menzi Simelane, whose appointment as the country's new national prosecutions chief (By News Poster)...After Swapo-RDP Tension, We Need To Work on Tolerance
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Gwen ListerWITH the polling days in our 2009 presidential and National Assembly elections now virtually upon us, we already need to start taking stock of the whole process that has preceded the bal (By News Poster)...Science: NZ climate law condemned
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand's Parliament passed a revised climate change law on Wednesday that was condemned by a key official as likely to increase emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gas (By News Poster)...South Africa: Spat as alleged child killer cop granted bail
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: A scuffle broke out outside the Tembisa Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after the police officer accused of shooting dead a three-year-old boy was granted bail. A man believed to be the officer's relati (By News Poster)...Africa: Nigerian leader plans sharp spending rise
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Felix Onuah and Camillus EbohAbuja - Nigeria plans to increase spending by a third next year, to help lift itself out of an economic downturn, overhaul its shambolic power sector and develop the Ni (By News Poster)...Nam Air Safety Sadly Lacking - Expert
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyRUNWAY 19, the notorious runway at Eros Airport that was used for take-off in last Sunday's air crash in which three people died, has not been surveyed for safety take-off gradients, a (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'I loved her dearly, she was my eyes'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Jade WittenCourt ReporterA blind man accused of beating to death his life partner and leaving her body to decompose for three days before reporting her death told the Cape Town Magistrate's Court t (By News Poster)...Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Forces Detain Suspected Men in Central Region
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The security forces of Ahlu Sunna Wlajama'a clerics in Guriel district in Galgudud region have detained two suspected of committing explosions in parts of the region, officials said on Monday.Mohamed (By News Poster)...Couple Hospitalised After Mob Attack
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Ndingililo GaoswediweA husband and wife are recuperating from wounds and fractures at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital after being assaulted by gangsters who broke into their house at Chadibe Village n (By News Poster)...South Africa: One killed in Durban shooting
Monday 23-Nov-2009: One person was killed and two others wounded in a suspected botched hijacking in Durban on Monday, paramedics said.Netcare 911 spokesman Jeff Wicks said paramedics were alerted to a shooting in Sastri (By News Poster)...Internet Scam Claims Victim in South
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Luqman CloeteA KEETMANSHOOP businessman has fallen victim to a new internet banking scam.The businessman, who preferred not to be named, said the internet banking scammers intercepted his one-time (By News Poster)...South Africa: Attack on Zulu culture 'malicious'
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Sipho Khumalo Political staffMatters relating to culture - such as the ukweshwama (first fruits) ceremony, in which a bull is killed barehanded by Zulu warriors - were sensitive and should be treat (By News Poster)...Africa: Nguema eyes landslide victory
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Malabo - Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema looked to extend his 30-year rule over the West African oil nation on Sunday in a poll widely criticised for falling short of democratic stan (By News Poster)...World: Four police officers gunned down
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Seattle, Washington - Four police officers were shot dead in a targeted ambush near a United States air force base in Washington state, law enforcement sources said on Sunday.Pierce County Sheriff's O (By News Poster)...Science: Climate 'time bombs' stoke scientists' fears
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Paris - Whatever the outcome of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, Nature may have some extremely nasty surprises up its sleeve, say scientists.They say Earth's biosphere has numerous "tipping point (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man arrested for murder of spouse
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: A 45-years-old man was arrested after he allegedly murdered his wife at their home in Ventersburg in the Free State, police said on Sunday.Spokesman Inspector Malebo Khosana said police were called to (By News Poster)...South Africa: Two killed, 15 injured in R101 crash
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Two people were killed and 15 others were critically injured when a taxi and a bakkie burst into flames after a head-on collision on the R101, north of Pretoria, the Tshwane community safety departmen (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mpuma taxi boss shot dead
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Mpumalanga police said on Friday that a taxi boss had been killed and three people injured in a shooting outside a car repair shop in Standerton.Superintendent Abie Khoabane said Albert Shabalala had (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Appeals Court Acquits 'Mr Z' of 1994 Genocide
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By HirondelleArusha - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday reversed the 20-year sentence imposed on Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former Rwand (By News Poster)...World: Twenty held for massacre
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Manila - Philippine security forces took control of two southern towns on Thursday and arrested 20 men linked to the murder of 57 people in a brutal election-related massacre this week, authorities sa (By News Poster)...Riruako Attacks Corruption, Promises Better Under Nudo
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Werner MengesCORRUPTION has become endemic in Namibia under the Swapo government, Nudo President Kuaima Riruako charged at his party's last big election campaign meeting in Windhoek on Sunday.Addre (By News Poster)...Uganda: Land Dispute Cases Overwhelm Police
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: By Mariam KabasongoraPolice in Kamwenge District are overwhelmed by disputes resulting from land distribution and boundary demarcations, Daily Monitor has learnt.The Police Community Laison Officer, M (By News Poster)...South Africa: Spy bosses intervene in Selebi case
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Spy bosses have halted the state's plans to lead its crucial closing evidence against ex-police chief Jackie Selebi - at least until next week.Former intelligence chief Barry Gilder only has to answer (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Over 80 000 Trained as Youth Militia
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By Lance GumaDeputy Youth Minister Thamsanqa Mahlangu has revealed that over 80 000 young Zimbabweans have passed through the controversial 'Border Gezi' youth service programme. Graduates from the ca (By News Poster)...Africa: UN: African women vulnerable to HIV
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday."An estimated 1.9 million (By News Poster)...Africa: UN Outlines New Steps to End Poverty
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded a new report which outlines steps to be taken by Africa and its development partners to help lift millions of people across the continent out of poverty.The (By News Poster)...South Africa: Warning to consumers on formula
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Consumers have been warned that thousands of cans of baby formula stolen from Nestle South Africa's Harrismith factory, which the thieves are now trying to sell informally, may not be safe for human c (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cosatu threatens Sun City stoppage
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: The Congress of SA Trade Unions has threatened a work stoppage and road block at Sun City in December over unaddressed work grievances, it said on Tuesday."This is wholly prompted by the stubbornness (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'I ran away as one threatened to shoot me'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: An ANC official was hijacked on a driveway in Pretoria, the party said on Tuesday.Ishmael Mnisi, who works at the ANC's Luthuli House as a media co-ordinator, had just dropped off a friend and was wai (By News Poster)...Science: 'Junk food a stress killer'
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: Sydney - A high-fat, high-sugar diet could have the same effect on brain chemistry as mood-altering drugs, giving scientific support to the craving for "comfort food", Australian researchers said on T (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court appearance for cop accused of rape
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: A 40-year-old policeman accused of raping an awaiting trial prisoner appeared briefly in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.A police spokesman, Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela, said the case had (By News Poster)...Dhlakama Suffering From Arthrosis
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Maputo - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, is suffering from arthrosis, according to medical sources in the northern city of Nampula.It was clear to journalists co (By News Poster)...How Ghana's Media Can Check Corruption
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Accra - Last Wednesday, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) disseminated the findings of its study titled Monitoring Media Reportage on Corruption. The study was conducted by the astute media l (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Petroleum Ministry Renews Exxonmobil Oil Licences
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Chika Nwachukwu With Agency ReportLagos - After pocketing an estimated $600 million as signature bonus as revenue for the Federal Government, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources yesterday renewed t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Women Kidnap, Rape Teenager in Church
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Harare - Three women kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza and forced him to be intimate with one of them at a cathedral in Harare's city centre on Tuesday, police have confirmed.On Tuesday, the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police swoop on matric leak suspects
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Mpumalanga police and Education officials said on Monday that nine people, including an education department official, had been arrested at the weekend in connection with leaked matric exam papers."Fo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: African Global Capital Keen to Invest in Mining
Monday 23-Nov-2009: By Golden SibandaHarare - SOUTH Africa-based investment firm, African Global Capital, believes now is the time to invest in the local mining industry to avoid losing opportunities to suitors also eyei (By News Poster)...Africa: Zuma ends Mbeki's role in Zimbabwe
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his of (By Jan)...Africa: Nigeria buys helicopters for oil missions
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Abuja - Nigeria has agreed to purchase five used Super Puma helicopters from France to assist security forces in the oil-producing Niger Delta and on foreign peacekeeping missions, a government minist (By Jan)...India's Self-Sucidial Decision On Not To Use Air Force Against Indian Maoists
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: [How is it so typical here that the Indian government is holding its military force back? This time, the Indian government has stated it would not send its air force to bomb Maoist targets in India i (By Lone Wolf)...Southern Africa: SADC Observers Say They're Not Here 'To Police Namibia'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Brigitte WeidlichCONTESTING political parties and voters should bear in mind that elections are not a time to view each other as enemies, but as competitors because all involved in the elections ar (By Jan)...South Africa: 'It's a war zone out there'
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Nondumiso Mbuyazi and Dasen ThathiahTraffic cops aim to stop and inspect more than one million vehicles during the festive season in a attempt to reduce the annual carnage on the country's roads.Mo (By Jan)...South Africa: Cape Town begins drug den evictions
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Natasha PrinceAt least 55 of Cape Town's council homes have been identified as drug dens or shebeens - and a further 254 are being investigated as possible sites of similar activities.The City of C (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Global HIV/Aids Fund Donates U.S.$180 Million
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaHarare - ZIMBABWE will receive about US$180 million from the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with the first phase of the grant expected in January nex (By Jan)...South Africa: League and Cronin bury the hatchet
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The African National Congress Youth League and the South African Communist Party's deputy general secretary have buried the hatchet after their spat over the nationalisation of mines."We are particula (By Jan)...South Africa: ANC calls for action on Cape taxi violence
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: The Cape Flats community of Vrygrond was under siege from taxi warlords, Western Cape MPL Mcebisi Skwatsha said on Wednesday."No one, and no taxi association, should be allowed to take the law into it (By Jan)...The Danger of "Mission Creep" - Eeben Barlow
Monday 23-Nov-2009: One of the key principles of strategy is to “select and maintain the aim or objective”. This principle is furthermore found in the principles of war and in the principles of the offense. This princ (By JanOlifant)...'Former' Shining Path Terrorists Set 2011 For Peru's Doomsday Date?
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: [It seems that members of the Shining Path are hoping to take power in Peru. Never you mind that they were responsible for countless of deaths of many Peruvian people. They even hope to get amnesty (By Lone Wolf)...Ghana: Oil to Deepen Corruption
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: By Frederick AsiamahAccra - Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, former Ghana Ambassador to La Cote d'Ivoire, has cautioned that oil flow may well fuel corruption to disturbing levels."With oil, you are bo (By Jan)...Obama Sent A Letter To The Leader Of The Filipino-Based Moro Islamic Liberation Front?
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: [Now isn't this quite troubling? While the President isn't demanding Jews in Israel surrender to terrorists, he's going over to the Philippines to demand the Filipino government to surrender to its t (By Lone Wolf)...International Socialist Organization Agrees With Trumping The Charge Of 'Islamophobia'
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: [It seems here that even on campuses, it's quite obvious that the far left would agree with these self-describe Islamists on silencing freedom of speech. Most recent incidents include a pie attempt a (By Lone Wolf)...Suicides in US Army hit record levels
Monday 23-Nov-2009: The number of suicides in the U.S. Army is reaching record levels. As of November 16th, the Pentagon said 140 soldiers on active duty and 71 not on active duty took their own lives so far this year. U (By Gairk)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (27-11-2009)
Friday 27-Nov-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- Yesterday I wrote about Zimbabwe being offered a place back in the British Commonwealth within the next couple of years. Before anyone real (By The BeardedMan)...USA: The Economic Meltdown - Part II: This scary figure from the Federal Reserve, tells it all...
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: In Jason Kelly's latest newsletter he mentions a fact which is totally mind-blowing. The Federal Reserve is buying up bad loans from US Banks to the tune of $70 billion PER WEEK. That is $14 billion o (By Jan)...Obama Honors Anti-Mugabe Activists, Calls Mugabe A "Dictator"
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Barack Obama bestowed the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on a Zimbabwean activist Monday, calling the country’s leader Robert Mugabe a “dictator†in the process. (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Grandson Of Late Yugoslav Communist Tyrant Josiph Broz Tito Becomes Head Of New Serbian Communist Party
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: [Now isn't this quite bit suspicious here on what's going on in Serbia? It seems that a grandson of Yugoslavia's late Communist tyrant Josiph Broz Tito has become the head of a new Serbian Communist (By Lone Wolf)...YouTube Video: Little Hypocrisy Over Reacting To A Contraversial Obama Critic?
Friday 27-Nov-2009: [Now I'm not endorsing the way James David Manning has approached on how to tackle Obama, but it seems that if it is true he was visited by the CIA and the Secret Service. What the hell are they not (By Lone Wolf)...The Right Perspective: 2009.11.27 Archive
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Frank goes down the list of embarrassments Obama made this week, from the gatecrashers who got face time with him to the overspending on his budget and health care bill. Plus, a rebuttal to the SPL (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (25-11-2009)
Wednesday 25-Nov-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated -o00o- Now - this is important. From Tuesday through Friday next week I will only be posting as and when I can. The reason for this is that I will be (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (23-11-2009)
Monday 23-Nov-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- As I indicated yesterday, this posting will probably only get out there a little late today as I have an early morning appointment at the den (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (29-11-2009)
Sunday 29-Nov-2009: Howzit A disaster yesterday has seen one of my external drives decide that it doesn't want to play anymore, and, as luck would have it, it is the drive that has all of my photos, pictures and artwo (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (28-11-2009)
Saturday 28-Nov-2009: Howzit I don't know of many Zimbabwean registered cargo plane companies, but I do know of one - and I am particularly good friends with two crew members of that company... " A Zimbabwe cargo pl (By The BeardedMan)...[video] Chinese Couple Overcome Disability
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009: By:Robb WJ Ellis Normally this sort of thing just stays on my machine and that's it - but you all know the problems that I have had over the last nine years with this left arm of mine - and this (By JanOlifant)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (26-11-2009)
Thursday 26-Nov-2009: Howzit This page continues to focus on the sham trial of Roy Bennett on charges of banditry, terrorism and related firearms offences. "The trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC senior official accused o (By The BeardedMan)...
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