Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
Sunday, 14th February 2010
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
| 2010 Budget Speech Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Honourable O.K. Matambo, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, delivered to the National Assembly on 8th February 2010."TRANSFORMING OUR ECONOMY AFTER THE CRISIS: 2010 AND BEYOND"I. INTRODUCTI (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: President Jacob Zuma is even switching off non-whites who laugh at him Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma is really quite a prick - in all possible senses of the word. This business of his of having 3 wives, 19 legitimate children and one (that we know of) illegitimate child... is rea (By Jan)... |
| The progressive erosion of the rule of law in independent Zimbabwe Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Legality and constitutionality have been cast aside Third International Rule of Law Lecture: The progressive erosion of the rule of law in independent ZimbabweBy Justice Anthony GubbayWhen sev (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Awol And Economy Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Rotimi DurojaiyePresident Umaru Yar'Adua's absence without official leave (AWOL), now into its 78th day, for medical treatment at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is takin (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: First Mugabe took the farms now it is white-owned firms Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Another slap in the face from his rival, who has been bolstered by Zuma's recent taking of sides By Jane Fields in HarareWhite people will no longer be able to open hairdressers, advertising a (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: 2010: President Jacob Zuma's completely worthless & comical State of the Nation address... When to kick the ANC HARD Thursday 11-Feb-2010: I sat down after a good and highly productive day at work - which is more than can be said of the worthless ANC trash who run this country who have no idea how to make anything work... I sat down and (By Jan)... |
| Angola: MPLA Ltd - The Business Interests of Country's Ruling Elite Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Rafael Marques de MoraisDuring the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola's (MPLA)[1] central committee meeting in Luanda in November 2009, President José Eduardo dos Santos defined h (By News Poster)... | South Africa: State of the Nation Address By His Excellency JG Zuma Friday 12-Feb-2010: Honourable Speaker;Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema Motl (By News Poster)... |
| Sierra Leone: The Death Penalty - Where Christian Abolitionists Have Got It All Wrong Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Idrissa Salam ContehFreetown - I have been first inspired to write on this topic for three reasons: Firstly, I have realized that most Christians do not understand the Bible. Secondly I have been d (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (09-02-2010) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Howzit You may recall that I was a little irked at the US$100 bail for a murder suspect - a senior police officer who had shot a man dead in Bulawayo a few years back - and I am in a position this (By The BeardedMan)... |
| S Africa/USA: The Educational System: Friend or Foe? Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Submitted by Grazy: The Educational System: Friend or Foe? This week I have something to share with you all which I feel or rather know needs to be heard and understood, we are all falling victi (By JoAn)... | Zim: Zanu PF chef rebuked for blaming land chaos on white farmers Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Dumped more than 30 families on the roadside By John MakuraMutare - Zanu PF Manicaland chairman, Mike Madiro's double standards over the land issue were exposed after he tried to blame white f (By News Poster)... |
| [video] European Genocide, Survival Free Speech, or Hate Speech? Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: (By JanOlifant)... | South Africa: NGO Condemns Xenophobic Looting Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) is extremely concerned by the renewed xenophobic violence which has taken place in Siyathemba, Balfour.Last night, shops owned by fore (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Empowering Genocide Widows Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Kigali - Sixteen years after the Rwandan genocide, many women are struggling to come to terms with the violence they endured.According to the association of genocide widows NGO, Avega Agahozo, sexual (By News Poster)... | Africa: CAF's Togo Ban - Hayatou, You Got It Wrong Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Kola AlapinniLagos - On January 8, 2010, the Togolese national team - The Hawks - set out by bus for Cabinda, Angola from the Congo to commence their campaign in the African Cup of Nations. A brief (By News Poster)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (14-02-2010) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Howzit Last evening I watched the Sue Lloyd-Roberts report from Harare in its entirety - and there is one part of the report that I believe needs discussion - and action. While she is interviewi (By The BeardedMan)... | All of history was one big experiment - The Secrets of history that nobody notices... Friday 12-Feb-2010: I have been fascinated by history since I was young and it was one of my favourite subjects in high school in Rhodesia. Most children are bored by history and just memorise stupid dates and hate it. B (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (11-02-2010) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Howzit Today, my wife is not well at all. Yesterday we had the doctor out and he told us that she had bronchitis and prescribed antibiotics and she stayed in bed. This morning she is wheezing and c (By The BeardedMan)... | South Africa: 'Ancestors told me to eat flesh' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Shaun Smillie and African Eye News ServiceA cooked human head, a liver and a basket full of entrails were what police officers found when they searched the North West home of a man who claimed to h (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Body of teacher recovered from manhole Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The body of a Johannesburg school teacher was on Wednesday found in a manhole and his tenant has been arrested for his murder, police said.Police found John Scrooby's body after being called to his ho (By News Poster)... | South Africa: The town that's still Whites Only Friday 12-Feb-2010: Welcome to Orania where everything is orange.The tablecloths, the town signs, the brochures, they're all orange.Only white folks are allowed to move into the Northern Cape town.This naked segregation (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: One Year On - Why Obama Has Failed Africa Vol. 3 Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Kwame OseiToday we see Zimbabwe being attacked by United States (US) and British media terrorism. Their attack is under the guise of bringing "democracy" to Zimbabwe, led by US imperialist fronts l (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police probe farm assault of boy, 14 Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Esther Lewis, Staff ReporterRobertson police are investigating a case of assault against a farmer, his son and a foreman for allegedly beating a 14-year-old with pipes.Investigating officer Captain (By News Poster)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (08-02-2010) Monday 08-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- My thanks to everyone who sent birthday emails, text messages and messages on Facebook to me yesterday. I enjoyed my day with the family, r (By The BeardedMan)... | SHOCKER: S.Africa: Zuma's bodyguards act like Mugabe's Soviet style bodyguards: They shoot at a White Afrikaner Thursday 11-Feb-2010: [I take this seriously. When I visited Zimbabwe after Mugabe took control, I was told by local whites of the way Mugabe travels. (I mentioned all this in my book Government by Deception (2001)). The w (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Driver, 84, was a danger to Zuma' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The head of a blue light convoy transporting Jacob Zuma says he had to fire a "warning shot" from his Uzi semi-automatic machine gun at the car of an elderly Durban motorist, because the man posed a " (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Tourists shun KZN over prices (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Matthew Savides and Buhle MbonambiEmpty beds and seats are giving nightmares to B&Bs, hotels and airline companies, as the expected 2010 boom has yet to materialise.Airfares and accommodation have (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Melinda Gates Lauds Health and Economic Advances for Continent's Poorest Friday 12-Feb-2010: Despite impressive economic growth across Africa in recent years, the distribution of wealth has been uneven, and pernicious poverty persists. Few countries are expected to meet the United Nations Mil (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Little to Celebrate a Year Into Unity Govt Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Harare - A year after a political pact was forged in the hope of answering Zimbabwe's myriad social and economic problems, the country remains trapped in the same quagmire, with few signs of progress. (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Coalition Against Jos Genocide Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Hajiya BilkisuThe Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria FOMWAN sent messages to members of its numerous affiliate groups inviting them to join the protest march on the genocide in Jo (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: Nation Should Not Abandon Special Court Detainees Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Alfred Munda SamforayFreetown - Whether they are former rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), or people's heroes of the Sierra Leone Civi (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Maize Scandal - Don't Sacrifice the Innocent, Says PM Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Eric Shimoli and Jeff OtienoNairobi - Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday defended civil servants in his office named in the maize scandal by an audit report. He said public servants should not (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Putting Land Reform to Rest Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Fidelis MunyoroHarare - About three years ago the full bench of Zimbabwe's Supreme Court confirmed the legality of the Land Reform Programme as implemented under the supreme law of the country.Howe (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Big Companies Press Museveni for Oil Deals Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Jocelyn EdwardsKampala - The wrangle over who will win the right to develop Uganda's oil has turned from a tussle into an all-out brawl in recent weeks, with the Ugandan government at the centre.Mu (By News Poster)... | Africa: Unveiling the Diversity of Chinese Finance in Africa Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Chris Alden and Riaan MeyerChina increasingly is playing a crucial role in African economies. Two-way trade between China and Africa exceeded U.S. $106 billion in 2008 and Beijing is the leading tr (By News Poster)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (10-02-2010) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Howzit As happens in Zimbabwe, when things begin to happen, they begin to act with quite some alacrity. "White-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black busi (By The BeardedMan)... | South Africa: Protestors Turn Anger on Ethiopian Refugees Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - Foreign nationals are being attacked with "impunity" in South Africa, a leading human rights organization charged as the latest service delivery protests turned violent and several hund (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Global Terror - Confronting Extremism At Home Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Imam ImamLagos - In addition to causing a major diplomatic storm, the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab late last year for attempting to bomb a United States airliner drew attention to religious (By News Poster)... | Africa: Behind the Scenes of Gadaffi's Failed Bid for a Second Term as AU Chairman Monday 08-Feb-2010: The reign of Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity as the Colonel had promised. He flounced out of the (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Militias Causing Increased Havoc in Northeast Friday 12-Feb-2010: Bunia - Eight months after the end of joint military operations by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, many parts of Orientale Province, in northeastern DRC, are still in turmoil, says (By News Poster)... | More of the same on Zim coalition anniversary Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: "How do you tell the difference?" CommentWhen any section of the Zimbabwe civil service goes on strike, the usual retort from the long-suffering public is: "How do you tell the difference?" A (By News Poster)... |
| Attention: Readers... some surprises for you tomorrow... on AfricanCrisis... Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Hi All, Some surprises await you in the form of a stack of new articles and photo stories... lots of them fun, for monday. I've been working on some new concepts that allow me to get more quality (By Jan)... | South Africa: Lawyer tried to cut Mandela's Rivonia speech (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: View Mandela archive photosOne of Nelson Mandela's Rivonia trial lawyers confessed on Friday how he tried - and failed - to stop the ANC leader using one of the most famous phrases in South African hi (By News Poster)... |
| Ghana: Can Oil Turn Economy Around? Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Daniel NonorGhana's oil fields, which is expected to pour its first oil in the last quarter of this year, continue to attract a lot of offshore investors and is receiving a great deal of attention (By News Poster)... | Black Zimbabweans to take control of white-owned companies Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Whites are barred from some sectors altogether By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien BergerWhite-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black businessme (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Copt killings trial begins Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Qena, Egypt - Three Egyptian Muslims accused of gunning down six Coptic Christians in southern Egypt last month pleaded not guilty on Saturday at the start of their trial amid heavy security.A Muslim (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Western Cynicism, Biggest Threat to Peace Talks Says Biti Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Sydney KawadzaHarare - MDC-T secretary-general Mr Tendai Biti has said the biggest single threat to the subsistence of the inclusive Government is Western cynicism that has sought to deride the arr (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Pan Africanism - From Kwame Nkrumah to Libya's Gaddafi Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Patrick GatharaNairobi - African Union summits rarely escape a Muammar Gaddafi lecture on his pet project: the United States of Africa.The Libyan leader's harping on the need for common government (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Efforts to Contain HIV/Aids Among Teens Slackens Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Aimable TwahirwaKigali - Eighteen-year-old David Kimenyi* is sure he infected his girlfriend with HIV. They had unprotected sex many times, even after he discovered he was HIV-positive."I am afraid (By News Poster)... |
| Zim economy grows for first time in decade Monday 08-Feb-2010: The economy grew 4.7 percent last year Harare - Zimbabwe's economic recovery will be further entrenched this year but it remains very fragile, with political tensions between coalition rivals (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence Exacerbates Aids Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Allyn GaestelSexual violence used as a weapon of war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continues unabated as more than a decade of conflict in the area drags on. This week the world has again (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Banks Hit in War on Land Grabbing Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Kaara WainainaCommercial banks were on Thursday scouring their records for signals as to how big the government's decision to revoke more than 130 titles for prime properties in Nairobi, the first (By News Poster)... | Zambia: Precision Farming - Paradigm Shift in Agricultural Production Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Stanslous NgosaWHY pay a farmhand when machines that never grow tired can be purchased?This is one of the questions for Zambian farmers especially now in an era of technology.Traditional farming me (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Police Inspector, 60, to Die By Hanging Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Patience AkpuruLagos - For 60-year old Muslim Folorunsho, a Police Inspector, January 15, 2010 must be an awful day. The days following that date must be very horrifying for that was the day a Lago (By News Poster)... | Record Cash Heist Trial Gets Stuck Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE High Court trial of the six men being prosecuted in connection with a N$5,7 million cash-in-transit heist north of Windhoek near the end of 2004 has ground to a halt.Almost three w (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea Fuelling Somalia War Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Hezron NyawachiA year ago there were hopeful signs that after the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia and the resignation of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia factions would rally ar (By News Poster)... | Uganda: 21 Suspects Arrested, Guns, Bomb Recovered Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Steven CandiaKampala - THE Police Rapid Response Unit has arrested 21 suspects and recovered three guns and a stick grenade in a two-week operation aimed at fighting crime.The operation was done in (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Who is a Terrorist? Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Kunle OyetomiNigerians are furious that America has given us a name which does not belong to us. According to them, Nigeria is classified amongst countries that sponsor terrorism. This is outrageou (By News Poster)... | Zambia: NCC on Mining, Exploration Rights Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Patrick JabaniTHE National Constitutional Conference (NCC) has vested in the president the powers of exploration and mining of minerals and petroleum on behalf of the people of Zambia.This is conta (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Jos Crisis - CLO Condemns Al Qaeda Military Assistance to Nigerian Muslims Monday 08-Feb-2010: By George OkojieLagos - The Civil Liberties Organisation has carpeted the military offer made by Al Qaeda, terrorist group to the country's Muslims, saying the offer by Al Qaeda to Nigerian Muslims in (By News Poster)... | How Yar'Adua Has Improved Nigerian Democracy Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Funmi Feyide-JohnThe title above will seem ludicrous to many who read it. After all, President Yar'Adua was handpicked by former President Obasanjo for the job of president. His elections scandalis (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Security Beefed Up for Displaced in North Kivu Monday 08-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Internally displaced people (IDPs) are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even as (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Deregulating the Downstream Sector (2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Victor OdoziLagos - Given the consistently poor record of past administrations in the administration of excess revenues from petroleum product price increases, Nigerians are cynical about the promi (By News Poster)... |
| World: Bomb attack claims eight Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Rituparna BhowmikPune, India - At least eight people were killed after a bomb blast ripped through a restaurant popular with foreign tourists in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday, police (By News Poster)... | Somalia: 17 Killed, 37 Wounded in Mogadishu Clashes Thursday 11-Feb-2010: At least 17 people, mostly civilians have been killed and 37 others injured in heavy clashes between Somali insurgents and government forces backed by African Union troops in the capital Mogadishu, wi (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: As Kaduna Confronts Hunger Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Imam ImamLagos - The sight of hordes of hungry citizens on the streets continues to raise serious concerns among stakeholders in the country, leading to frenzied efforts at different levels. In its (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Farmers to Challenge High Court Dismissal of SADC Land Ruling Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Alex BellZimbabwe's commercial farmers are once again set to approach the human rights court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to challenge the dismissal of a landmark SADC rulin (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Five Die in Police, Soldiers' Clash in Benin Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Francis OnoiribholoBenin - Tension mounted in Benin City on Thursday evening as five persons were feared killed with several others injured during a clash between mobile policemen and soldiers at t (By News Poster)... | Botswana: A Look at Budget Expectations Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Rampholo MolefheThe immediate task of the February budget will be to point the nation in the direction of the economic activities that will assist recovery from the global recession of the past few (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Farmers to challenge High Court dismissal of SADC land ruling Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Government's decision to ‘pull out' of the Tribunal was null and void By Alex BellZimbabwe's commercial farmers are once again set to approach the human rights court of the Southern African (By News Poster)... | A Look At Budget Expectations ... Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Rampholo MolefheThe immediate task of the February budget will be to point the nation in the direction of the economic activities that will assist recovery from the global recession of the past few (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Zuma team due in Harare today Monday 08-Feb-2010: Requested to meet negotiators By Own CorrespondentBulawayo - South African mediators are expected to meet negotiators from Zimbabwe's squabbling coalition partners on Monday ahead of resumptio (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Brotherhood Has Brought NRA and UPDF This Far Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Joshua KatoKampala - LAST Monday it was announced that a new UPDF chieftaincy had been created. It is the Chieftainancy of Fighting and Training doctrine. It is to be headed by Maj. Gen. Pecos Kute (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: There Are Terrorists in The Country - Hayab - Hayab Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Baba NegeduKaduna - JOSEPH HAYAB, a reverend gentleman, is the secretary and spokesman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter, the position he has been holding for the (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Taxi assassins target cops (Page 1 of 3) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Daily News ReportersDurban policemen tasked with having to arrest the hitmen responsible for taxi-related murders, have been placed on a hit list by the killers-for-hire.National Police Commissione (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Oil Scramble Shouldn't Turn Nation Into Global Septic Tank Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Samuel OlaraKampala - Uganda is in the midst of an "oil boom" and continues to attract serious attention from the world's major oil players. The "oil boom" has predictably resulted in what appears (By News Poster)... | Zim: Tsvangirai goes for fresh poll Friday 12-Feb-2010: "If there are any outstanding issues we will park them and proceed" Constantine ChimakureTalks to tackle outstanding issues of the global political agreement have deadlocked, amid reports that (By News Poster)... |
| [Afrikaans] S.Africa: Orphanage burned down... White Children died? Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Hi Colleen, [My neice sent me this email with this story about an orphanage which apparently burned down. I am leaving some of the details in here so people can check up before just donating money. I (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma is Vulnerable, Not Vanquished Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - JACOB Zuma is no longer just a politician. He is an issue, a lightning rod, a test for this or that -- the judiciary, the economy, race relations, morality and the rule o (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: "I see no reason why the South African government cannot apply the necessary pressure" By Karen BreytenbachThe South African government has been hauled over the coals by a Pretoria High Court (By News Poster)... | South Africa: The President And HIV Prevention Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Kerry CullinanHIV prevention is based on getting people to change their sexual habits - but this is a very difficult process as President Zuma has shown.Although South Africa has almost a million H (By News Poster)... |
| Britain faces 'oil crunch' within five years Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Consumers face a spike in costs for heating, transport, food and other goods, according to the report entitled 'The Oil Crunch - a wake up call for the UK economy'. It said the challenges facing t (By JanOlifant)... | Africa: Militias raid Darfur camp Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Andrew HeavensEl-Fasher, Sudan - Militias raided a Darfur refugee camp, shooting dead two people and injuring at least 10 in an escalation of tensions in Sudan's restive west, witnesses and UN offi (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: How Police Smashed Lagos Robbery Gang Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Andrew UtuluA member of a robbery gang in an aborted operation in Apapa area of Lagos has paid dearly for his nefarious acts by paying the supreme price for crime. He was gunned down by a team of a (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Landmark Ruling On Indigenous Land Rights Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: New York - A ruling by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights condemning the expulsion of the Endorois people from their land in Kenya is a major victory for indigenous peoples across Afr (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Aims for New Election Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Constantine ChimakureTALKS to tackle outstanding issues of the global political agreement have deadlocked, amid reports that facilitator -- South African President Jacob Zuma -- will arrive in the (By News Poster)... | Racism is ok if Black people do it: Zimbabwe government passes law on 51% black ownership Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: [Racism is only wrong when WHITE PEOPLE DO IT! When Black people do it, to quote an Afrikaans term, its "lekker" (great). And... pray tell... how is the Great MDC experiment going of getting into bed (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Concern Grows Over Uncertainty of Heritage Sale Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Katherine HaywoodThere has been a deluge of news articles in recent weeks regarding the sale of Heritage Oil's interests in oil Blocks 1 and 3A in the Albertine Rift Basin. Katherine Haywood asked (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Officials Squabble Over Diamonds Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Alex BellAlmost 30kgs of diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond claim have reportedly disappeared after being removed from the Reserve Bank by police last week.The contested diamonds, whi (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: The Missing 90 Million Litres of Fuel Monday 08-Feb-2010: Lagos - It is surprising that several weeks after the Federal Government announced that a probe was being conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the 90 million litres of (By News Poster)... | Science: The Great Global Warming Collapse Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: For years I've been writing about how science has been used and abused by the political left. Now we see that Global Warming was nothing more thank junk science. Jan] In 2007, the most comprehensiv (By JanOlifant)... |
| Africa: Zimbabwe strike forces Bennett trial delay Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Nelson BanyaHarare - The trial of Zimbabwe opposition politician Roy Bennett was postponed indefinitely on Monday as court workers joined a wage strike by government employees.Court officials turne (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Rising Cases of Scam Mails Monday 08-Feb-2010: Lagos - There is concern over the rising cases of fraud in electronic banking in the country. Banks like United Bank for Africa, GT Bank and Zenith, which are among those in the forefront of the compe (By News Poster)... |
| Love Street Murder Charges Abandoned Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE murder and robbery charges against two suspects who were arrested after a young man was found killed in a house next to Namibia's Parliament buildings in July 2006 have finally bee (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Economists Cautiously Optimistic Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Jo-Mare DuddyECONOMISTS differ in their optimism about economic recovery in Namibia in 2010, with growth forecasts varying from three per cent to 4,7 per cent.Painting the bleakest picture is the W (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: In God we trust Monday 08-Feb-2010: Good for many in the country but not for money traders The dollarisation of the Zimbabwean economy has been good for many in the country but not for money traders on the country's formerly boo (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Ethiopia-Kenya Power Grid Link to Go Live Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Argaw AshineNairobi - Kenya and Ethiopia, two nations that have co-existed peacefully for five decades in one of Africa's toughest neighbourhood, last week deepened their economic ties with a major (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Terror link to KZN fraud suspect (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Greg Arde and Masood BoomgaardA Durban businessman is involved in a legal battle to secure bail after being charged with fraud amounting to R100 million, allegedly committed using illegal identity (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: A Single Act, a Punished People - Nigerians Face Backlash Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Funmi Feyide-JohnThe last few weeks have been unprecedented for Nigerians. As a people, they are accustomed to the negative stereotypes and press that come with being known for online princes dupin (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Amnesty As Casualty of Yar 'Adua's Absence Monday 08-Feb-2010: By George OnahPort Harcourt - President Umaru Yar'Adua was the pillar and architect of the amnesty programme. He is generally seen as the very first Nigerian leader to show genuine commitment to the c (By News Poster)... | World: Restaurant bomb kills nine (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Salil PanchalPune, India - A bomb ripped through a restaurant popular with tourists in the western Indian city of Pune late Saturday, killing nine people and casting a shadow over the resumption of (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Customs, Agents' Raging Battle Over 'Machine Outside' Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Lagos - The battle line is drawn. The Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) command of the Nigeria Customs Service has decided to put its feet down to check the reign of cargo clearance malpr (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Cocaine Trial to Resume in April Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE trial of the two Angolan nationals who are accused of trafficking more than N$20 million worth of cocaine through Namibia at the end of 2007 is scheduled to continue in the High Co (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Mob Murders Policeman in Zambezia Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Maputo - A mob armed with clubs, knives and similar weapons broke into a police station in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia last Thursday, and beat to death police officer Cristovao Celesti (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - THE murky details of SA's multibillion-rand arms deal are unlikely ever to come to light after weapons maker BAE Systems last week cut a deal with UK and US officials (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mboweni's accuser collapses (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 13-Feb-2010: As the holder of 9 800 shares in the South African Reserve Bank, businessman Mario Pretorius was "shocked, disgusted and affronted" when former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni allegedly called him (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Gang members get life for killing officer Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Kamini PadayacheeTwo members of a gang who killed a policeman during a robbery in July last year were handed life sentences in the Durban High Court on Thursday.Siyabonga Mketshana, 33, of Umlazi, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mystery surrounds bank heist Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Bianca CapazorioFour men sauntered into Absa Bank at the top of Adderley Street early yesterday, made their way to the safe deposit box area, and took two women hostage.It is unclear whether they s (By News Poster)... | South Africa: DRDgold Eyes Zimbabwe for Expansion Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - DRDGOLD was eyeing Zimbabwe seriously for its growth prospects, despite political uncertainty, CEO Niël Pretorius said yesterday.Presenting DRDGold's performance repo (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: EU split over Mugabe sanctions Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Denmark and Germany supported softening the sanctions regime By Basildon Peta in BrusselsDivisions have rocked the European Union about whether to renew targeted measures against Robert Mugabe (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police arrest 16 in Balfour violence Monday 08-Feb-2010: Balfour police arrested 16 protesters for public violence in Siyathemba township on Monday after foreign-owned shops were set alight and looted."They were burning tyres and barricading roads," said a (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Zimbabwe in Pledge to Rwanda Over Genocide Suspect Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Zimbabwe has pledged to assist Rwanda locate one of the most wanted genocide suspects believed to be hiding in the southern African country.Rwandan authorities say Mr Potra (By News Poster)... | Madagascar: The First of a Series of Testimonials from the Antanosy People in Southern Region Friday 12-Feb-2010: In March 2009, Madagascar underwent a political coup in which Marc Ravolamanana's government was unseated. Until the planned general elections in October 2010 Madagascar is being 'managed' by Haute Au (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Absence is Derailing Amnesty Deal--Nupeng Scribe Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Ufomba UzuegbuLagos - Comrade Elijah Okougbo is the General Secretary of National Union of Petroleum and National Gas Workers (NUPENG). In this interview with UFOMBA UZUEGBU, he reflects on a wide (By News Poster)... | Taylor Says Conspiracy Brought Him to Court Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayAs the cross-examination of Charles Taylor drew to a close after almost two months, the former Liberian president repeated his claim that a conspiracy by western powers to oust him from (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Darfuri refugees at risk of increased attacks if UN withdraws from Chad Friday 12-Feb-2010: Amnesty International today called on the Chadian government to allow UN peacekeepers to continue protecting 250,000 refugees from Darfur and 170,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the east of (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Some Grounds for Hope in Darfur Conflict, UN Peacekeeping Official Says Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Although sporadic fighting persists in Sudan's Darfur region, where the Government and rebels have waged a deadly seven-year war, and formal talks for a political solution have not yet been possible, (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: SA facilitators leave, no progress in talks Thursday 11-Feb-2010: No date to return By Own CorrespondentHarare - South African facilitators left Harare on Wednesday, but there was no meaningful progress on the inter-party dialogue to end a power-sharing disp (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Red Tape Aggravates Food Woes Monday 08-Feb-2010: By George OmondiStringent quality standards, red tape and unawareness of the customs union top the list of challenges that the East African Community heads of state face in their renewed bid to promot (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Economy is on the road to recovery, says Zuma Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Wendell RoelfSouth Africa's economy is on the path of recovery but the government will maintain measures to boost jobs and growth, President Jacob Zuma said in a State of the Nation address on Thur (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma to Focus On State of Economy Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE state of SA's economy is expected to be a point of focus in President Jacob Zuma 's speech when he addresses the nation tonight, with officials saying he will outline (By News Poster)... |
| Grave Concern at Continuing Violence Against Refugees and Migrants Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Amnesty International deplores the failure of the police at local and provincial levels to protect the safety and property of refugees living in the Siyathemba/Balfour area of Mpumalanga province.On t (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Britain to investigate arms deal with SA (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Celean JacobsonBritish investigators were looking into a multimillion-rand defence contract between Britain's BAE Systems and South Africa in an arms case that has long been marred by scandal, a Br (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Knives out for criminals (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Nathi OlifantThis week, national police commissioner, Bheki Cele reiterated that knives have overtaken guns as the favoured weapon of criminals since police stepped up operations to recover stolen (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'De Klerk is no hero' (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Esther Lewis and Sibusiso Ngalwa Staff ReportersFormer president FW de Klerk is "not a hero" of South Africa's struggle against apartheid, and must "never be celebrated", ANC Youth League leader Ju (By News Poster)... |
| Swaziland: Dating in a Time of HIV Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Mantoe PhakathiMbabane - Jabulile Dlamini* is sweet sixteen and has never been kissed. And she is not expecting to be kissed any time soon or to even receive any gifts this Valentine's Day.While mo (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: South African Talks Team Arrives in Harare Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Violet GondaThe inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21 (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Mali Dislodges Nation As No. Three Gold Producer Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Ray NaluyagaMali has dislodged Tanzania as the third largest gold producer in Africa, according to The Economist magazine.South Africa is still by far the largest gold producer, having taken out of (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Big guns to probe taxi murder (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Clayton Barnes Staff WriterThe Provincial organised crime unit has taken charge of the investigation into the murder of Retreat taxi driver Leonard Benjamin.Benjamin, 41, was gunned down in his veh (By News Poster)... |
| Zambia: Here's How to Sustain HIV/Aids Workplace Policies Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Jessie Ngoma-SimengwaWORKPLACES are increasingly being targeted as fertile grounds for the fight against HIV/AIDS because workers spend most of their time there; working and interacting with their (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Hope for Congolese Displaced By LRA Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Daniel DickinsonMarch 15, 2009 is not a date Celestin Mbikamboli is likely to forget. At 5 a.m. a group of rebels from the Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) broke into his hut in the eastern pa (By News Poster)... |
| Police Nab Armed Robbery Suspects Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The police have arrested three Batswana men aged between 26 and 52 years for robbing Botswana Post of over P356, 000 cash along Kgagodi/Maunatlala road on Tuesday.The Botswana Post vehicle was transpo (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Three sisters attacked, one killed Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Three sisters were allegedly attacked by an unknown man who stabbed one of them to death and raped another in Sundu Hills near Dozen Hoek, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Sunday."Three sisters were sleep (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Five killed in Mogadishu clashes Friday 12-Feb-2010: At least five civilians were killed Friday in Mogadishu during clashes between Somali government forces and Islamist insurgents, as both sides edged closer to a major battle.The skirmish broke out whe (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Al-Shabab Says Its Fighters Targeted Blasts to Amisom's Base in Mogadishu, Spokesman Denies Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The officials of Harakat Al-shabab mujahideen have Wednesday said that their fighters targeted explosions to the main base of the African Union troops (AMSIOM) in Mogadishu and killed officers, just a (By News Poster)... |
| World: Clashes reported as Iran marks Revolution Day (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Iranian security forces clashed with opposition supporters on Thursday when huge crowds flocked to central Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.State television showed live fo (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Boko Haram - Representatives to Probe Alleged Police Killing of Sect Members Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Otei OhamAbuja - House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its joint committees on Police Affairs, Human Rights and Justice to investigate complicity or otherwise of the police in the alleged (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Poll: Most South Africans are happy with Zuma Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Most South Africans believe President Jacob Zuma is doing a good job, a survey has found.The Ipsos Markinor poll, released on Wednesday, found that 77 percent of South Africans felt Zuma was doing his (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Cops threatened to shock our penises' Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Megan BaadjiesCops seem to have a penis fetish when it comes to a suspected drug dealer born with both male and female sex organs.First they claimed intersex suspect Fadwaan "Vet" Murphy had a fake (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Civil servants strike forces postponement of Bennett trial Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Negotiations between government and union leaders ended in deadlock on Friday By Tichaona SibandaHigh Court workers on Monday joined the civil servants strike that started last week on Friday (By News Poster)... | Zim: Chombo, Shamu leasing farms – Mliswa Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Alleged that Chombo and Shamu were engaging former white farmers from Chegutu and Zvimba who were instrumental in the damning judgment from the SADC Tribunal Faith ZabaLocal government ministe (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: UN Agency Ramping Up Aid Efforts as Clashes Drive More Somalis from Capital Friday 12-Feb-2010: The United Nations refugee agency is stepping up efforts to provide emergency relief to civilians displaced by the latest surge in fighting in the Somali capital, where some 24 people have reportedly (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Bank Embarks On a Property Campaign Amid Low Demand Friday 12-Feb-2010: Windhoek - Bank Windhoek has embarked upon a property campaign in the hope of creating awareness on the value of owning property by placing red doors in the country's major shopping malls amid low dem (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cop held after suspect walks free Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Kowthar Solomons, Staff ReporterA Mitchells Plain police officer has been arrested and charged with defeating the ends of justice after allegedly helping a prisoner to escape.Mitchells Plain police (By News Poster)... | The polarised lives of Zimbabwe's rich and poor Thursday 11-Feb-2010: "A gift from God" By Sue Lloyd-RobertsThursday marks the first anniversary of Zimbabwe's so-called "inclusive government". It has been a year since President Robert Mugabe swore in his former (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Paving the Way for Green Energy Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithThe first "green energy" kilowatt-hours to be fed into Namibia's national grid could herald the start of a two-pronged solution to Namibia's invader bush and electricity supply issue (By News Poster)... | The polarised lives of Zimbabwe's rich and poor Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Thursday marks the first anniversary of Zimbabwe's so-called "inclusive government". It has been a year since President Robert Mugabe swore in his former political rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, as Prim (By JanOlifant)... |
| South Africa: 'Police threatened to kill me' Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Suspected sugarcane killer Thozamile Taki on Wednesday told the Ramsgate High Court he was forced to point out decomposed bodies dumped in sugarcane plantations."It is not true that I did the pointing (By News Poster)... | World: Pakistan claims success in foiling bomb plot Monday 08-Feb-2010: Lahore - Pakistani police claimed on Monday to have arrested six suspects, including a would-be suicide bomber, who were allegedly plotting to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans.Senior police (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: PM orders revision of indigenisation law Sunday 14-Feb-2010: "The Council of Ministers have resolved that the minister has until March 1 to sit down with other relevant ministers" By Vusumuzi Sifile and Ndamu SanduPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's offi (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Fresh Elections 'Only Way Out' for Country, Says Tsvangirai Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has given the clearest indication that his party is preparing for fresh elections when he hinted they were prepared to 'park' outstanding issues in (By News Poster)... |
| World: British MI5 chief denies link to torture case Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Adrian CroftThe head of Britain's MI5 security service denied on Friday that his agency colluded in torture after a court ruling showed it knew that a detained British resident had been abused by U (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Meeting to Map Out Path to Global Food Security Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Sammy CheboiA global meeting slated for next month will explore ways of strengthening and harnessing the use of agricultural research to double food supply over the next 40 years.Some 1,000 World F (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Arcelormittal Sitting Pretty After a Tough Year Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - DESPITE a very tough year for steel makers, ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) is sitting on a cash pile of about R4bn, which it could use for acquisitions such as Zimbabwean steel maker Zisco, to (By News Poster)... | Namibians Attacked in Angolan Capital Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithSEVEN Namibians were attacked by eight unidentified armed robbers in Luanda, Angola, on Monday night.Two of the Namibians were stabbed and had to receive stitches.The Namibians, a gr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma calls off Gugs visit at last minute (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Carien Du plessis and Gaye DavisPolitical BureauA planned walkabout by President Jacob Zuma in Gugulethu was abruptly cancelled on Monday, but the ANC denied the reason was because of threatened pr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mthethwa warns criminals on 2010 Monday 08-Feb-2010: People who threaten to disrupt the much awaited soccer world cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned on Monday."Any criminal or would-be-criminal who thr (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Forget Obsession With Land - Exploit ICT Potential Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Lukoye AtwoliNairobi - The ongoing debate on a new constitution as well as events such as the Mau forest reclamation saga have revealed a part of the Kenyan psyche that is often ignored despite its (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: The Offer From Al-Qaeda Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Lagos - We were shocked and alarmed that an al Qaeda group has offered to train and arm Nigerian muslim groups to fight perceived enemies in the country. We are, however, comforted by the swift assura (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Offended Winnie snubs prison festivity (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela snubbed the ANC's 20th anniversary celebration to mark the release of former husband Nelson Mandela from prison after a dispute with the party, and Mandela's grandson Nkosi M (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Clerics lash Zuma, now Lekota unmasked (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Staff Reporters and Political BureauLeaders of South Africa's two biggest Christian denominations have launched an unprecedented attack on President Jacob Zuma and his fitness for office.On Friday, (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Heavy Fighting Kills Five, Wounds More Than Ten in North Mogadishu Friday 12-Feb-2010: At least 5 people have been killed and more than 10 others wounded in a heavy fighting between the transitional government troops and Islamist fighters that broke out in north of the Somali capital Mo (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Cwele co-accused to plead not guilty Friday 12-Feb-2010: Frank Nabolisa, the man accused of working with Sheryl Cwele, the wife of the state security minister, to traffic drugs, will plead not guilty to all the charges against him, the Pietermaritzburg High (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Harare's 51% law troubles firms and investors Friday 12-Feb-2010: A "significant obstacle" to its attempts to buy Zisco By Roy Cokayne and Florence de VriesZimbabwe's new law to force foreign-owned companies to sell a stake of at least 51 percent to locals w (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Woman shot and killed, ex-boyfriend suspected Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Shaun SmillieIn June last year, Nomalanga Nkosi, 37, laid a charge of pointing a firearm against her former boyfriend. This week, he allegedly used that gun to kill her. Nkosi was gunned down in th (By News Poster)... |
| Otjomuise Rape Case Thrown Out Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesA GERMAN national who spent more than a year and a half in custody without bail while charges of rape and attempted murder were pending against him was acquitted on all counts in the W (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Two Diamond Bosses Arrested Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Harare - TWO South African directors of Canadile Miners, one of two firms extracting diamonds at the Chiadzwa fields, have been arrested on allegations of illegally possessing the precious stones.Komi (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Boko Haram - Reps to Probe Al-Jazeera's Footage of Killings Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Adesuwa TsanAbuja - The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committees on Human Rights, Police Affairs and Justice to investigate a video clip that has been airing on Al-Jazeera, an int (By News Poster)... | Judge Slams Illegal Land Sale Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithA High Court judge has blasted a fraudulent land deal in which a Gobabis farmer, an attorney and a South African bypassed the Land Reform Act by disguising the sale of two farms as a (By News Poster)... |
| Trusty appointees for Zimbabwe's key commissions Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Simpson Mtambenengwe replaces Judge George Chiweshe, who presided over several farcical elections in recent years Peta ThornycroftHarare - Among the fractious paralysis of Zimbabwe's unity gov (By News Poster)... | Uganda: New Strategies Needed in Fight Against HIV Among Adolescents Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Joseph WanindaAccording to statistics from Uganda's Ministry of Health and UNAIDS, about 110,000 children are living with HIV/Aids in the country. Of these, 50,000 children are in need of Anti retr (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mozambican Shot Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Harare - A notorious Mozambican criminal who twice escaped from lawful custody in Zimbabwe was last week shot and seriously injured in Gaza Province.Richard Kumba (35) a convicted robber who still ha (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Balfour marchers held over public violence (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: Police arrested at least 21 people for public violence in Balfour on Monday afternoon after shops were looted and roads barricaded, Mpumalanga police said."These people barricaded roads with burning t (By News Poster)... |
| Agribank Experiences Growth of 70 Percent in Loans Granted Friday 12-Feb-2010: Windhoek - "Agribank will continue to invest in agriculture for today for a prosperous nation tomorrow", said the bank's CEO, Leonard Iipumbu in his year-end statement released this week.Agribank gran (By News Poster)... | South Africa: De Klerk 'a product of apartheid' (Page 1 of 3) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Racism, unemployment and the housing shortage were all the legacy of former state president FW de Klerk, ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema said on Thursday at celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Treaty will protect SA investors in Zimbabwe (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - A bilateral investment treaty signed recently between South Africa and Zimbabwe will protect future investors where expropriation and compensation are involved, a law firm said on Wedne (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma to leave economic details to ministers Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma would indicate a change in industrial policy in his State of the Nation address, but leave an expected announcement on monetary policy to the National Treasury, the Minister in th (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Zim failing to stop rights abuses: Amnesty Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Zimbabwe's unity government has failed to keep its promise to reform state institutions to prevent rights abuses and perpetrators are given the "all clear," Amnesty International said on Wednesday.A y (By News Poster)... | Guinea: Guinea And the Ensuing Peace Process Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Tony OkeraforLagos - THE official line coming from inside Guinea-Conakry, the Burkina Faso government and the ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, is that Captain Moussa Dadis Kamara is in Ouagad (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Plett woman says cop raped her Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Luvuyo MjekulaA Plettenberg Bay guest house owner has accused a Kynsna policeman of raping her while his colleague allegedly held her down.The 32-year-old woman told the police she had gone to a Ky (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police "fire live ammunition" at protesters Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Nontobeko MtshaliIt took the presence of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to calm the tensions and violence between protesting police reservists and police members at the Beyers' Naude Square, in central (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Yemeni Cleric Asked Me to Bomb US Airline, Says Mutallab Monday 08-Feb-2010: A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US jet has told investigators a radical US-born Yemeni cleric directed him to explode the bomb over US soil, CBS News reported.Senior US officials said this w (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Divisive' Malema draws ire of the IFP Saturday 13-Feb-2010: The IFP on Friday lambasted ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema for his remarks about the IFP and former president FW de Klerk, and raised the possibility of legal action."The IFP would like to plac (By News Poster)... |
| ECN Attacks Poll Challenge Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE Electoral Commission of Namibia has gone on the attack against the election challenge in which nine opposition parties are asking the High Court to annul Namibia's National Assembl (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Fire at kids' centre: Six bodies identified (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo MagwazaSix of the 11 people who died in a fire at the Hope in Christ centre at Ingogo, Newcastle, were positively identified on Thursday, paving the way for their funerals to be held.DN (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Mining Sector Gearing for BEE Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE Chamber of Mines says its members are ready to embark on Government's black economic empowerment (BEE) policy and to apply it at all mining companies once the green light is gi (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'She threatened to burn me like a witch' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterA family feud during which the sister-in-law of a Kameeldrift woman allegedly threatened to burn her "like a witch" and said her "bones will be picked up on street co (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Puntland Police Diffuse Bomb Intended for Galkayo Mayor Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The commander of police force and mayor escaped an assassination attempts Sunday night in central Somali town of Galkayo, the capital of Mudug region in Puntland State.Commander Muse Ahmed Abdirahman (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Orphanage fire kills 15 Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Fifteen people including at least eight children were burnt to death at an orphanage outside Newcastle on Tuesday, the KwaZulu-Natal department of social development said.Another nine children were ta (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Hague Court Attacks Prosecution Evidence as 'Weak,' 'Unreliable' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The International Criminal Court has described evidence against a Darfur rebel leader accused of an attack on African Union peacekeepers variously as "weak", "scant" and "unreliable."A Pre-Trial Chamb (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Winnie calms cops versus cops demo (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Nontobeko MtshaliWinnie Madikizela-Mandela can still command a crowd.All it took to calm tensions and violence between protesting police reservists and police officers at Beyers Naude Square in cen (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: ICC Dismisses Charges against Darfurian Rebel Leader for Lack of Evidence Monday 08-Feb-2010: The International Criminal Court (ICC) today declined to confirm the charges made against a rebel leader accused of directing the September 2007 attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers i (By News Poster)... | Kenya: It's a Windfall for Farmers As Brewer Turns to Sorghum Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Kitavi MutuaNairobi - A major initiative to make sorghum a dependable cash crop for farmers in arid and semi-arid regions has begun to bear fruit.More than 10,000 farmers in Eastern Province are in (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: New Telecom Bill Sends Shockwaves to Investors Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Bernard James and Damas KanyabwoyaParliament yesterday passed a communication bill that makes it mandatory for mobile companies to be listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE).But the bill h (By News Poster)... | Somalia: 5 Killed in Mogadishu Clashes, Al Shabaab Declares Jihad Friday 12-Feb-2010: At least five people are killed and 15 others injured on Friday in fresh clashes that rocked parts of Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, medics and witnesses said.Witnesses said clashes erupted on t (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Britain Happy With The Country's Drug War Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Ezra IjiomaLagos - British Government has expressed satisfaction that the increased cooperation with Nigeria in the war against drug trafficking has led to a number of seizure and arrests in both c (By News Poster)... | Zim: Mugabe withdraws controversial directive Friday 12-Feb-2010: Makone accused Sibanda of attempting to usurp Tsvangirai's powers Loughty DubePresident Robert Mugabe has withdrawn a directive to ministers and permanent secretaries to report to his deputies (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to Assess Food Situation in Matabeleland and Midlands Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is to conduct a quick three-day assessment of the food security situation in the two Matabeleland provinces, as well as the Midlands province, his o (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Online Propaganda And Social Media Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Yushau A. ShuaibThe battle ground has shifted. In advanced society conflict is no longer resolved through the use of bows and arrows. This crude method of conflict resolution can only be found in a (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: How to Cash in on the Coming Food Boom Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Matt BrownFood prices are going to keep rising. With a little bit of foresight and investment, you can be in a position to profit. "I want to say one word to you. Just one word: plastics." This is (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: Sexual Violence Remains Unpunished Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: In calling for the media to take a more pivotal role in combating Sexual and Gender based Violence (SGBV), Samuel Harbor, UNDP Deputy Country Director said, "inequalities between men and women (in Sie (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: We need Zuma - residents (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: A policeman narrowly escaped death in Siyathemba, Mpumalanga, yesterday as youths went on the rampage, while community leaders admitted they had lost control.Residents are calling for President Jacob (By News Poster)... | Remembering Atrocities of the Past Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Windhoek - An International Day of Commemoration was held in Windhoek last week to honour the victims of the Holocaust and others who perished in genocides.In a packed foyer at the National Archives, (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: More of the same on Zim coalition anniversary (Page 1 of 3) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: When any section of the Zimbabwe civil service goes on strike, the usual retort from the long-suffering public is: "How do you tell the difference?"A year after the heady inauguration of the country's (By News Poster)... | EU gives Zim $13-million for smallholder farmers Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Training and farming inputs such as seed and fertiliser Harare - The European Union on Thursday announced a $13-million fund to help thousands of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers, in a bid to re (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Somali sports minister dead - report Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Abdi GuledMogadishu - Somalia's sports minister has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, relati (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Fuel Prices Up By 3.5 Percent Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Saul ButeraKigali - Fuel prices have gone up by 3.5 percent from Rwf887 per litre to Rwf918 making it the highest prices the country has ever experienced.According to the mini-survey carried out by (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma Leaves Many Wanting More Friday 12-Feb-2010: Johanesburg - As South Africa marked the 20th anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela's release from prison, President Jacob Zuma reaffirmed his government's commitment to the fight against HIV (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma speech: Opposition underwhelmed (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Political BureauReaction to President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address last night saw the ruling party and its allies largely closing ranks behind their leader, while opposition parties gav (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Zimbabwe troops accused of poaching Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Harare, Zimbabwe - The leader of the United Nations programme to protect endangered species on Thursday charged that Zimbabwean security forces are spearheading poaching of elephants and rhinos in the (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Sale of Estate - Family Drags NDIC to Court Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Patience AkpuruLagos - The children of Late Babatunde Adeyemi, former Chairman of Temple and Golders Enterprises Nigeria Limited have dragged the National Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC) to a F (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Shell, Militants Trade Allegations Over Pipeline Blast Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Shell's claim that its Trans-Ramos pipeline was blow by vandals has continued to generate issues between the oil firms and the organized militant movement in the Niger Delta (By News Poster)... | Zim: Talks remain deadlocked as negotiations enter day two Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: “You can't call these ‘talks' because there is no talking" By Violet GondaThe latest negotiations between the political parties in the coalition government entered day two with still no pr (By News Poster)... |
| Rumour or Fact: Will FNB - First National Bank - bring us PayPal in April? I mentioned this before anyone else... Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this newsletter in which the topic was whether Paypal was going to be brought to South Africa. They claim this started spreading around on Twitter in December 2009. I mentioned this (By Jan)... | South Africa: Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachThe South African government has been hauled over the coals by a Pretoria High Court judge for not protecting its citizens from Robert Mugabe's land expropriations.The government w (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: AU Seeks 'Hybrid Court' for Darfur Crisis Monday 08-Feb-2010: Nairobi - The African Union has asked Sudan to set up a "hybrid court" to help find justice over the Darfur crisis.Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said the court should have both Sudanese a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: COPE wants Zuma to resign Monday 08-Feb-2010: Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of the Congress of the People, said on Monday that the party would move for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma when Parliament resumed this week." (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Chinese mafia suspects held for extortion (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterFour suspected members of a Chinese mafia who were allegedly extorting R1.5 million from four South Korean diplomats were arrested in a police sting operation in the Menl (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mugabe Withdraws Controversial Directive Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Loughty DubePRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has withdrawn a directive to ministers and permanent secretaries to report to his deputies, Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo, after protests by Prime Minister Morgan (By News Poster)... |
| Morocco: Western Sahara Displacement Results in Numerous Financial Deficits Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Rachel PollockInformal talks between the parties involved in the dispute over the Western Sahara will take place on February 10 and 11 in Westchester, New York.The talks have been set up to discuss (By News Poster)... | World: Mexico president has plan for violent city (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Alicia CaldwellRelatives of youths killed in a recent massacre interrupted and jeered President Felipe Calderon as he pledged on Thursday night to spend more on social programs to curb runaway drug (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Nigeria oil rebel faction claims attacks Friday 12-Feb-2010: A Nigerian militant group claimed on Friday to have blown up two key pieces of oil infrastructure and a gas pipeline in the Niger Delta this week, but there was no independent confirmation of any such (By News Poster)... | Botswana: What Are the Presidents Mumbling About? Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Rampholo MolefheThe Botswana Guardian of Friday 29 January report that former President, Festus Mogae, was at one time confronted by Louis Nchindo, the former managing director of Debswana, who wan (By News Poster)... |
| Zim failing to stop rights abuses: Amnesty Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: "The Attorney General's office, police and army have been left to freely violate human rights in pursuit of a political agenda" Zimbabwe's unity government has failed to keep its promise to re (By News Poster)... | Gambia: Govt Holds Secret Prisoners, Say Rights Groups Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Damilola OyedeleAbuja - Amnesty International and Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) have disclosed that some Nigerians and other Africans are being held without trials in se (By News Poster)... |
| What Are the Presidents Mumbling About? Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Rampholo MolefheThe Botswana Guardian of Friday 29 January report that former President, Festus Mogae, was at one time confronted by Louis Nchindo, the former managing director of Debswana, who wan (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Odinga Seeks More Powers Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Francis MureithiNairobi - FRUSTRATED by President Kibaki's laid-back style in dealing with corrupt ministers, Prime Minister Raila Odinga now intends to amass more powers to deal with culprits hims (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Criminal elements blamed for looting Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Criminals, and not legitimate protesters, were responsible for the looting and torching of property during the protests in Balfour, a man identifying himself as a community leader said on Tuesday."We (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Acsa investigating handbag theft at OR Tambo Monday 08-Feb-2010: The company that owns Johannesburg's main airport is investigating the theft of a woman's bag as she checked in, and the theft later of money from her bank account using her bank cards."It appears tha (By News Poster)... |
| World: Tourist shooting mars start of Carnival (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Rio de Janeiro - A 37-year-old Dutch tourist was in hospital in Rio de Janeiro Sunday after being shot twice by a mugger who attacked him and his wife after the city's fabled Carnival festivities got (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Nobalisa applies for bail Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersAfter exchanging a smile and a brief handshake, drug trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and Nigerian Frank Nabolisa parted ways at the Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday.The two wi (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Renamo Threatens Former Member Friday 12-Feb-2010: Maputo - A group of members of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, now the country's main opposition party, made death threats on Thursday against former Renamo member Fernando Carrelo , when h (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwean security forces accused of poaching Friday 12-Feb-2010: Recommended to be brought before the CITES board to explain By Chengetai ZvauyaHarare - The leader of a UN program to protect endangered species on Thursday charged that Zimbabwean security fo (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Death Toll of Yesterday's Shelling Rises 30, 50 Injuries, People Flee From Mogadishu Friday 12-Feb-2010: Death toll of yesterday's deadly shelling has risen to 30 and the injuries of more than 50 others, just as the remained residents started fleeing from their houses in Mogadishu, witnesses and official (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: On Agricultural Boom and Food Self Sufficiency in Sierra Leone Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Brima Karl SamuraFreetown - Food security via a turnaround in agricultural production remains topmost in the Ernest Koroma-led government.Indeed, there seems to be light at the end of the proverbia (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Key events in SA history since Madiba release Thursday 11-Feb-2010: South Africa marks 20 years on Thursday since anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Here are some of the key events in the Rainbow Nation since he walked to freedom.- 1990: Mandela (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Resurgence of Illegal Refineries in Niger Delta Worries Military Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Omon-Julius OnabuWarri - Military authorities in the country are very worried about the resurgence of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta, Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Major-General S (By News Poster)... |
| South Africans arrested for stealing diamonds in Zim Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The two work for Canadile Miners, a joint venture between a South African company and the Zimbabwean government Two executives of a South African firm were arrested in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on c (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Senior BAE officials named in arms deal probe Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Senior executives at British defence manufacturer BAE Systems have been named as suspects in a corruption inquiry being conducted by Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into contracts with South Afri (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Victim fears airport staff helped with theft Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The owners of OR Tambo International Airport are investigating the theft of a woman's bag as she checked in, and a later theft from her bank account using her stolen bank cards, a company spokesman sa (By News Poster)... | Half of All Citizens Unemployed Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyONE out of every two Namibians in the country is jobless, Government has confirmed in its latest labour force survey.The Namibia Labour Force Survey (NLFS) 2008 shows that 51,2 per cen (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Engonga fired for alleged coup plan Monday 08-Feb-2010: Malabo - The deputy head of national security in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has been dismissed on allegations of planning a coup, a police official said on Sunday.Captain Bienvenido Esono Engonga, who (By News Poster)... | World: Iran is bluffing - experts (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Paris - Iran's latest nuclear provocation is a bluff, experts argue, and the West should be wary of being drawn into talks with Tehran that might hand a victory to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fragile regime (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Girls Less Likely Than Boys to Be Freed from Ranks of Child Soldiers - UN Friday 12-Feb-2010: Despite efforts to end the use of child soldiers in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), youngsters are still being recruited within the ranks of both the rebels and the na (By News Poster)... | Angola/Ghana: Angola 2010 - the Black Stars' Highs, Lows And Way Forward Friday 12-Feb-2010: By John KumiUntil the final whistle was blown I couldn't believe the Richard Kingson-led Black Stars could only be gallant losers in their final match against the Pharaohs of Egypt.I was anxiously wai (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Press Freedom - Despite Constraints, Legal Framework Favourable Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Maputo - Mozambique has a political and legal framework that is generally favourable to freedom of expression, and to pluralism and diversity in the media, although constraints still persist in the pr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Usual suspect held for murder Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Bianca WilliamsA third suspect has been arrested for the murder of a Tafelsig street committee member.Two men walked away scot-free from the murder last year - and now a man with a rap sheet as lon (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Police Get Sh23 Billion Tools to Aid Darfur Peackeeping Efforts Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Francis KagoloKampala - THE Netherlands and Canadian governments have donated military and other equipment worth $12m (sh23b) to the Uganda Police to boost the peacekeeping mission in Sudan's weste (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Durban officials held for fraud Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Dasen Thathiah and Arthi SanpathCrime Intelligence investigators swooped on two municipal officials suspected of committing fraud at their respective offices yesterday.Both were arrested and were e (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Islamist Oppose Djibouti Peace Troops Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Somalia's Hizbul Islam officials condemns Djibouti for its readiness to send peacekeeping troops to the war-torn country.Sheik Mohamed Ma'alin, the information secretary of Hizbul Islam told a press c (By News Poster)... | World: UK to probe SA arms deal Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Britain's Serious Fraud Office is investigating alleged "substantial payments" from BAE Systems to a senior South African defence ministry official over a 1999 arms deal, The Guardian said Saturday.Th (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: MDC wants fresh elections for Zimbabwe Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Fresh elections are the only way to a lasting solution for Zimbabwe, the MDC in South Africa said on Tuesday."We sincerely believe that SADC [Southern African Development Community] must now shift its (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Botswana Rangers to Face the Law Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Harare - Harare is committed to maintaining cordial diplomatic relations with Gaborone but the three armed Batswana game rangers recently arrested in the Kazungula area on allegations of illegally ent (By News Poster)... |
| Top Cops Fined in Theft Trial Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE theft trial of the suspended Commanding Officer of the Namibian Police's Special Branch, Commissioner Nelomba Lotti Uusiku, and a former high-ranking colleague, retired Commissione (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Two SA Companies Align to Develop Country's Gold Deposits Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Harare - SOUTH Africa-based privately owned mining house Clarity Capital has formed an alliance with a subsidiary of the JSE-listed Aveng group, E+PC Engineering & Projects, to develop certain mineral (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Kidnappings raise fears of fresh violence Monday 08-Feb-2010: Lagos - Fresh attacks on oil pipelines and a spate of new kidnappings have heightened fears that a peace deal in southern Nigeria's oil war has lost momentum because of President Umaru Yar'Adua's heal (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Fires rage on in the Cape Monday 08-Feb-2010: Wildfires continued to rage in the southern Cape on Monday with 180 veld and forest fire-fighters on the ground beating back flames at seven different blazes, authorities said.The head of disaster man (By News Poster)... |
| [Pics] Jeff Rense asks me: Who lives here? House of: Robert Mugabe? Jacob Zuma? Who? Sunday 14-Feb-2010: [Jeff Rense recently sent me an email with these photos, and he asked: "Is this accurate?" I posted these photos some time back. They first came around in this form below claiming to be the inside (By Jan)... | South Africa: NPA to prosecute three in electricity scam Friday 12-Feb-2010: Three Gauteng men are to face 78 287 counts of racketeering relating to the sale of R9 million worth of pre-paid electricity.The National Prosecuting Authority said on Friday that Quentin Andile Mngad (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Micro-Insurance Gains Popularity Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Jaco MaritzMicroinsurance is slowly but surely becoming more popular in Africa. Low-income Africans are purchasing microinsurance to manage their financial risks while mainstream insurance companie (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Baby sparked Mandela's friendship with guard (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Shafiek TassiemAn act of kindness was the seed that blossomed into a friendship between a young prison guard and the man who would leave his jail cell to eventually become South Africa's first blac (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: De Lille angry over UK deal Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Mercury CorrespondentID Leader Patricia de Lille has slammed the British government for fining UK-based arms company BAE Systems, which was implicated in the South African arms deal."This is a blow (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Gunmen Attack Explosions to Hizbul Islam Official in Afgoi Town Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Unidentified gunmen have attacked explosions to Hizbul Islam official's house in Afgoi, a town which is 30 kilometers to south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Tuesday (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: New email scams plague bank clients Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The number of schemes to fraudulently obtain confidential information from Internet banking users has grown, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) said on Tuesday."Banking industr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Cops 'beat' man to death Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) is investigating three police officers for allegedly assaulting a man who later died in Mthatha on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said. Captain Zamukulungisa (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 8,000 Women Raped Last Year by Combatants in Eastern Region - UN Monday 08-Feb-2010: The number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence committed by warring factions has reached endemic proportions, topped 8,000 last year, according to f (By News Poster)... | Uganda: UPDF, Media Relations Grow to Mutual Trust Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Lt Col. Felix KulayigyeKampala - IT is a universal truism that governments and the media are like poles, which always repel whenever attempts are made to link them. In every country or state, media (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Prison Named Heritage Site to Commemorate Mandela's Release Friday 12-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - As part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela's release, the Victor Verster Prison has been named a memorial site."The Victor Verster Prison wil (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Next time we'll kick Fifa's door down' Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Luvuyo MjekulaIrate workers have demanded that Fifa stops importing football World Cup-related clothes and mascots from China at the expense of local workers and manufacturers.Angry traders and wor (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Maize Farmers Raise the Alarm over Falling Prices Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Zeddy SambuMaize farmers are petitioning the State to ensure they get right prices for their produce as harvesting starts.The farmers are coming out strongly after realising that the prices have dr (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: UN War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Former Rwandan Soldier to 15 Years in Prison Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The United Nations-backed tribunal tasked with trying atrocities committed during the 1994 massacre in Rwanda of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus today handed down a 15-year prison sentence to a forme (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mandela supported nationalisation - Malema Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Nationalisation was a policy that Nelson Mandela himself had supported, ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.Malema was speaking at an African National Congress breakfast - held at D (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Businessman in waste case secures bail (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The Welkom Magistrate's Court on Wednesday granted local businessman Gavin Brasher, who is linked to illegally dumping medical waste in the Free State, conditional bail of R50 000.Magistrate Magda van (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Marais's killing: Worker apologises (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Jade Witten Court ReporterThe former live-in domestic worker of Ruby Marais has pleaded with the family of slain businessman Basie Marais to forgive her.Hester Afrika made the appeal in the Swellen (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Energy Ministry Seeking Bio-Power Investors Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Nairobi - The ministry of Energy is seeking consultants to carry out studies for electricity generation from flower farms' waste and biogas from sewerage systems. The move comes as pressure piles on K (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Unpaid Claims Land Insurer Class Action Court Battle Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Steve MbogoPolicyholders have filed a multi-million shilling class action suit against an insurer they accuse of refusing to pay claims in time, opening a new battlefront in an industry where growt (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma apology 'unwelcome' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The Pan Africanist Congress Youth League (PACYL) wants a committee to accompany President Jacob Zuma on house visits "because we have realised that he cannot control himself and we do not want to hear (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Legal operators targeted' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Henri Du Plessis Staff WriterGunmen shot and killed a taxi driver today, as a battle for control of routes around Vrygrond continues unabated.The driver, aged about 43, has not yet been identified. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: PICS: Children spearhead violent protest (Page 1 of 3) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Gallery: Balfour service delivery protest Children set municipal offices alight, destroyed foreign-owned shops and tore down infrastructure as Siyathemba township in Balfour, Mpumalanga, was left bur (By News Poster)... |
| World: Police arrest four over child sacrifice Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Kathmandu - Nepali police said on Thursday they had arrested four people in connection with the death of an eight-year-old girl believed to have been killed in a human sacrifice.The police said the ch (By News Poster)... | South Africa: MPs expect Zuma to speak on job creation Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Political BureauHardly two hours before President Jacob Zuma delivered his second state of the nation address, MPs and unionists expect him to focus on jobs, jobs, crime, service delivery and poverty. (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Oil Exports Soars to 2.2 MBD in January Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Cumulative crude oil export from Nigeria averaged 2.2 million barrels per day in the first month of the year, nearly 100 percent of the 1.2 million barrels per day in Januar (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Input On Transnet Pipeline Tariffs Sought Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - THE National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has hinted at possible future reductions in Transnet's petroleum pipeline tariffs.Nersa has invited public comment on the me (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Guests arrive for Mandela celebrations Thursday 11-Feb-2010: VIP guests have begun arriving at Drakenstein prison near Paarl for a morning of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from jail.The morning, organised by the ANC, kick (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Deadly Explosion Occurs in Mogadishu, Al-Shabab Claims Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Deadly explosion targeted to government soldiers has occurred at Hamar Jajab district in the Somali capital Mogadishu, just after Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen claimed its responsibility, witnesses and (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: My boyfriend killed his son, says woman Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Fatima Schroeder, High Court WriterDescribing her boyfriend as "an animal", a woman wept in the Western Cape High Court as she told how she had watched him pick up an iron rod and beat his three-ye (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Couple Faces U.S.$6 Million Fraud Charges Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Harare - NMB Bank allegedly lost US$6 million to a South Africa-based couple and the director of a local company over a two-year period through fictitious payment sheets.It is alleged the couple would (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Pollsmoor prison is a cesspool' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachJustice Writer"Pollsmoor is a society on its own, with its own rules. It's a cesspool."These were the words of Dudley Lee, 63, who is suing the Department of Correctional Services (By News Poster)... | All Eyes on Pilot Solar Power Station Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Mbongeni MguniDevelopers of the country's first solar power station, due to be built from September, are hoping the project's success will lead to the proliferation of similar stations and a shift (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Tsvangirai rubbishes indigenisation laws (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Harare - Regulations published on Tuesday in Zimbabwe declaring that large companies must hand blacks a 51 percent stake within five years were summarily dismissed as "null and void" by Prime Minister (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Bodies removed from overcrowded mortuary Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Over 200 bodies were removed from the overcrowded Gail Street Mortuary in Durban and buried in paupers' graves, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health said on Tuesday."All 212 bodies have been removed (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Govt Recalls Diplomats From Zim Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Ephraim KeorengBotswana has called for the removal of Zimbabwean defence and intelligence attaches from Gaborone. The attaches are expected to be out of the country by the end of the month.The reca (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Rude family attacked by cops' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Megan BaadjiesA Young Flats man says cops ruined the most important night of his life.Charl Diedericks was about to accept his key during his 21st birthday celebration on Saturday when he claims po (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Gbagbo's men should disarm, say former rebels Monday 08-Feb-2010: Bouake - Ivory Coast's ex-rebels called for militias loyal to their former foe President Laurent Gbagbo to be disarmed, a statement on their website said on Monday.The rebel New Forces have controlled (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Two Million Face Starvation As Crops Fail Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Nqobani NdlovuBulawayo - Over two million Zimbabweans face starvation before the harvest season in March, a huge jump from the December figure of 1,74 million, a survey conducted by a USAid food mo (By News Poster)... |
| Jacob Zuma Says 'Sorry' To South Africa Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Jacob ZumaWilson Johwa - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's apology to the nation for his latest sexual indiscretion appeared in danger of backfiring yesterday, as analysts and political opponents dismissed i (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police destroy 10 000 guns Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo MagwazaMore than 10 000 firearms were destroyed by police top brass led by the minister of police, Nathi Mthethwa, in Prospecton, Durban, on Monday.The destruction of the firearms is pa (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Hawks bust 'runners' for cocaine operation Monday 08-Feb-2010: A Nigerian drug syndicate alleged to have smuggled pure cocaine into South Africa hidden inside a consignment of knives from India has been smashed by the Hawks.The five men and a South African woman (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Police Arrest Three Suspected Highway Robbers Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Joseph MugisaFort-Portal - Three men have been arrested as suspected members of a gang that has been ambushing and robbing passengers on the Kampala-Fort Portal Highway.According to the police, one (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Beaming Mandela welcomed with applause Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Former president Nelson Mandela beamed on Thursday night as a packed National Assembly welcomed him with a song in his honour and a slow, respectful clap.Gallery: The parade to ParliamentGallery: The (By News Poster)... | Cameroon: Man Detained for Announcing Own Death Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Martin NkematabongThe schemer was arrested by the police, in collaboration with his disgruntled family.A 36-year old folk, Motakuri Marius, who announced his own death over a private radio station (By News Poster)... |
| Ghana: GNPC Allays Fears Over Purchase of $4 Billion Kosmos Stake in Oil Field Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Chris TwumGhana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has allayed fears that the $4billion it is seeking to buy the Kosmos Energy stake of the Jubilee Fields would not affect the country's economy. (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Bitter Confrontation Kills Four Soldiers in Mogadishu Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: At least 4 government soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in Mogadishu after better confrontation between the transitional government troops happened in parts of Hamar-jajab district in (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: 10 Killed in Mogadishu as Govt Commander Ditches to Al-Shabaab Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in heavy shelling and gunfire exchanged in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu,The clashes erupted in Mogadishu's Bondhere, Karan, Abdiasis, Yaqshid (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Police Mum About Escaped Murderer Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Adam HartmanTHE Police were not willing to reveal any information yesterday about the escape of one of the suspects arrested for the murder of the Kruger farming couple in March 2009.Police spokesp (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: UN Criticizes Renewed Rebel Attacks On Displaced Monday 08-Feb-2010: By James KaruhangaKigali - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been alarmed by the renewed armed attacks against camps for displaced people in Eastern Dem (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Minister Wounded in Bombing Dies Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Somalia's Sports Minister, Suleyman Olad Roble has died in hospital after being wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast more than two months ago.The minister flown to the Saudi Arabia, but despite the effort (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cop shoots himself after failing course (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterA policeman desperate to join an elite crime fighting unit allegedly shot himself in the head in front of his colleagues at a Pretoria training college moments after he w (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Anambra - V-P Orders Onovo to Prosecute Offenders Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Tony AilemenAbuja - The Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ogbonna Onovo and the Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC) to immediatel (By News Poster)... |
| Financial tsunami as crisis hits Spain and Portugal Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The Greek debt crisis has spread to Spain and Portugal in a dangerous escalation as global markets test whether Europe is willing to shore up monetary union with muscle rather than mere words. (By JanOlifant)... | South Africa: We've lost control, say community leaders (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Gallery: Siyathemba service delivery protest: Day two A policeman narrowly escaped death in Siyathemba in Mpumalanga as youths went on the rampage and community leaders admitted they had lost control (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Endorois to Get Back Their Land, Thanks to AU Court Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Samwel KumbaNairobi - Job Kiprotich was only four years old, in 1974, when his family was ordered out of their ancestral land. Today, 36 years later, he is celebrating justice after a court ruling (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Nigeria's Fuel of Pains Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Luke OkoroLagos - Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is the minister of petroleum resources. He had occupied the same position 20 and three years ago, in 1987, under the regime of the ,military president, General (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Guinea counts cost clashes kill two Monday 08-Feb-2010: Conakry - Shops and markets re-opened in Guinea's second-largest city Monday in the wake of weekend clashes between Muslims and Christians which left two dead.Authorities appealed for calm and the res (By News Poster)... | South Africa: ANC cools to Zuma's steamy sex life (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Peroshni GovenderSouth African President Jacob Zuma's fathering of an illegitimate child has hit his chances of running for a second term, with some ANC heavyweights saying his sex life is damaging (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Tech Firms Set for Good Year As Recession Wanes Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Gabriel MadwayAs technology companies make their annual trek to Las Vegas to unveil their coolest gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, investors are laying bets on another good year (By News Poster)... | Africa: 'Be warry of backing of DR Congo offensive' Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Kinshasa - Criticised for failing to protect civilians during a 2009 government offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels, UN peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo are using prudence before backing (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: KZN may inherit medical waste (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: Thousands of tons of rotting medical waste - including amputated body parts, bloodstained bandages and used syringes - may end up being dumped at a Durban landfill site after Gauteng environmental off (By News Poster)... | Africa: 'They will regret it if they attack us' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Hundreds of Mogadishu residents were fleeing the war-ravaged city on Wednesday, ahead of a large offensive Somalia's government has promised against the insurgents to wrest back control of the countr (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Appreciation of Rand Drives Prices Up Monday 08-Feb-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican currency, the metical, has not undergone any significant devaluation in recent months, according to the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Ernesto Gove.Cited in Monday's issue (By News Poster)... | Africa: 'I am a man of dialogue and openness' Monday 08-Feb-2010: Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno arrived Monday in Khartoum on his first visit to Sudan since 2004, amid a thaw in ties between the African neighbours, an AFP correspondent said.Sudanese President O (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Amisom Denies Al-Shabaab Claims Friday 12-Feb-2010: A spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia refutes claims that an attack by Al-Shabaab insurgents on the troops' base in the restive Mogadishu has killed senior officials.Maj. Barig (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma, a 'confident liar': COPE youth Friday 12-Feb-2010: COPE Youth Movement has branded President Jacob Zuma a "confident liar" after he announced in his state of the nation address that 480 000 jobs had been created last year."This we know is devoid of an (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Inspector 'broke' door of Mbeki's plane Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Craig McKuneAn official South African aviation inspector has landed himself in hot water after he climbed aboard Thabo Mbeki's charter plane in Khartoum without permission and "forced and broke" th (By News Poster)... | Graft-Busting Agency Fails to Take Off Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Mbongeni MguniGovernment's cash squeeze has forced the suspension of the much-anticipated Financial Intelligence Agency, whose development was planned to accelerate this year and beyond.The fraud-b (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Analysts unimpressed by Zuma's speech (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: South Africa's economy is on the path to recovery but the government will maintain measures to boost jobs and growth, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.Gallery: The parade to ParliamentGallery: Th (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Opposition critical of Zuma's speech Thursday 11-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma's second state of the nation speech found little favour with most opposition party leaders on Thursday.Addressing a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, Zuma promised a (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Union concerned by lack of focus on jobs Thursday 11-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address lacked "recognition" of the unemployment crisis, the union federation Cosatu said on Thursday.Gallery: The parade to ParliamentGallery: The opening o (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Jonathan Redeploys Aondoakaa Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Golu TimothyAbuja - Barely 48 hours after assuming full presidential powers as acting president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan yesterday redeployed three ministers.The controversial M (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's bid to measure (Page 1 of 3) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Gaye Davis Group Deputy Political EditorAs South Africans mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from jail, Jacob Zuma will be preparing for the most crucial speech of his nine month (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Do Not Dismiss Sacrifice Claims Yet Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Kampala - The Police have dismissed claims by Angello Pollino, an evangelist in Northern Uganda that he sacrificed over 70 people while working as a traditional healer between the 1980s and 1990s. Mos (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Indigenous Rights Ruling Could Have Big Impact on Land Disputes Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Cynthia MorelIn 1973, Kenya forced the Endorois people off their ancestral land in the heart of the Great Rift Valley to create a wildlife reserve, plunging a community of traditional cattle-herder (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Younger Teachers More Open About HIV Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - Younger teachers in South Africa are taking the lead in talking to students about HIV but are not practicing what they preach, according to new research.A yet-to-be released study by th (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tongo Mountain - the New Chiadzwa Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Tichaona ZindogaHarare - The sight of an unfamiliar car pulling off at Mhakwe Business Centre in Chief Muusha's area in Chimanimani draws the attention of almost everyone at this far-flung area of (By News Poster)... | Government is Over-Reacting Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: A Zimbabwean court has finally pronounced a verdict on the blameworthiness of three Batswana game wardens who apparently strayed into Zimbabwe.The court fined them US$100 each and freed them. Indeed t (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Police Plan Improved Neighbour Watch System Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Frederick KebadiretseThe Botswana Police Service (BPS) will launch a newly improved neighbourhood policing system in the near future. The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Dikgakgamatso Se (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Crime And Poverty 'Not Correlated' Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - VIOLENT crime is not necessarily linked to high poverty rates, according to a new report from the South African Institute of Race Relations.SA has one of the world's (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Benue - Real Or Mystic Food Basket Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Francis Ottah AgboAbuja - Benue State, since inception in 1976 has been envisioned to produce enough food that could feed the Nigerian populace as well as meet the export needs of the country.The f (By News Poster)... | Africa: New Bio Lab to Link Up African Scientists With the World Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Halima AbdallahNairobi - A multi-million dollar laboratory expected to boost research and put Africa at par with the world's most advanced research institutions has opened its doors to African rese (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Italy's ENI Withdraws Bid for Oil Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Ibrahim KasitaKampala - ENI, the Italian firm that showed interest in Uganda's oil fields, has withdrawn its bid after Tullow exercised its right of first option. Two oil fields, blocks 1 and 3A in (By News Poster)... | South Africa: PIC: 'Drugs ruined my sweet child' (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesThe heartbroken mother of Angelique Cilliers believes an attack in which her daughter, then 16, was raped, beaten and left for dead might have led her to a life of drug addiction and, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Max's hopes of W Cape DA leadership fade Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Allegations of sexual harassment may threaten Lennit Max's prospects of becoming the Democratic Alliance's Western Cape leader, Rapport newspaper reported on Sunday."Max is going to go the same way as (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Wanted criminal escapes Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Mpumalanga police were on Saturday searching for a wanted criminal who escaped from a hospital while under police watch.Captain Leonard Hlathi said Bheki Mazibuko who was wanted for car theft was re-a (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Woman killed in attempted robbery Saturday 13-Feb-2010: A 59- year-old woman was shot and killed in an attempted robbery in Ndolo village outside Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday."The woman and her husband were asleep in their home at 10.30pm (By News Poster)... | Liberia: Drugs Den Threat Friday 12-Feb-2010: By A. Abbas DullehDrug trafficking is on the rise in the country, including via air transport, and Liberia is also a transit point for human traffickers, Justice Minister Christian Tah said last week. (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Boys arrested for taking a gun to school Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA 17-year-old Grade 11 boy and his two friends, aged 15 and 16, were arrested for possession of a firearm after they allegedly tried to attack a security guard at a Phoenix school. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma's bodyguard acquitted (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The "blue-light" policeman who shot at an elderly motorist while transporting President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of attempted murder and malicious injury to property yesterday.A magistrate ruled that (By News Poster)... |
| Djibouti: Famine Network Calls for Food Aid Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Kevin James MooreA poor rainy season in the east African country of Djibouti is causing concern. The Heys/Dada rains, which last from October to February and on which farmers depend for the growth (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mining, Taxation Laws Need Urgent Amendment - Biti Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Harare - Finance Minister Tendai Biti has called on Government to urgently amend the country's mining and taxation laws if Zimbabwe is to benefit from its huge natural resources.Minister Biti's call c (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Why did they shoot my daddy?' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Graeme Hosken Crime Reporter'Why did they shoot my daddy? Why did the bad men shoot my dad?" This was the question on the mind of a young Pretoria boy, Maqwin Paulse, after his father, Marzine Paul (By News Poster)... | Africa: Somali gunmen release bulk carrier Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Mogadishu - Somali pirates said on Tuesday that they have released a Panamanian-flagged ship and its mostly Indian crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of $3.1-million."The ship was freed this afternoo (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Indian-Based Training for Country in Diamond Cutting Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Botswana is interested in Indian-based training in the fields of diamond cutting and polishing.According to the Economic Times of India, Botswana is looking at increasing the number of Batswana that g (By News Poster)... | Botswana: Police Commissioner Tsimako to Retire? Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Lekopanye MooketsiThe Commissioner of Police, Thebeyame Tsimako is expected to retire this year when he turns 60 years, the compulsory retirement age.While the spokesman of Botswana Police, Dipheko (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PICS: Fire continues to devastate Cape Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Gallery: Fires engulf FranschoekBy Murray Williams and Esther LewisFirefighters are still battling fires in the Boland and the southern Cape on Tuesday as dry conditions and hot weather continue to f (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Further hitch in Selebi graft trial (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Alex EliseevThe judge in whose hands Jackie Selebi's fate rests was adamant last week he wanted no delays in clearing the final hurdle to the resumption of the former police chief's trial on corrup (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Researchers Map Areas Suitable for Green Energy Crops Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Walter MenyaThe International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) has completed the initial phase of mapping areas suitable for production of feed stock to the country's nascent alternative (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police chief issues World Cup warning Monday 08-Feb-2010: People who threaten to disrupt the much-awaited Fifa World Cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned on Monday."Any criminal or would-be-criminal who threa (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: How Nation Can Get the Best Oil Deals Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Independent TeamKampala - On October 16, 2009, University of Oxford's Prof. Paul Collier in a public address at Serena Conference Centre in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall for Uganda cr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Another elderly couple killed at home (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: Yet another elderly couple have been brutally murdered in the city, bringing to six the number of pensioners killed in Pretoria over the past month.The bodies of Theuns Venter - who celebrated his 85t (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Boy found dead after alleged kidnapping Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Shellee GeduldA 14-year-old boy has been found dead just hours after he was allegedly kidnapped from school.Oval North High School pupil Keenan Drial's body was found in bushes in Khayelitsha betwe (By News Poster)... | 'Perhaps We Should Just Sign' Friday 12-Feb-2010: Windhoek - Countries are quietly signing up to the Copenhagen Accord, but commitments on emissions cuts and funding remain unclear."We have to decide by this Sunday whether we sign the Copenhagen Acco (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: 'Food Crops Ideal for Biofuel Production' Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Finnigan Wa SimbeyeDar Es Salaam - TECHNOLOGY that is currently available worldwide can only use food crops such as sugarcane and palm oil to manufacture biofuels.A former World Bank lead economist (By News Poster)... | World: Prisoner Facebook pages removed after abuse Thursday 11-Feb-2010: London - Justice Minister Jack Straw said on Thursday that 30 pages had been removed from social networking site Facebook after prisoners used them to taunt their victims.Straw met representatives fro (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - AP Orders 10 Cargoes of Petrol Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Indigenous petroleum products marketer, African Petroleum (AP), has become the firms major marketing firm in the country to announce huge import of petrol after government w (By News Poster)... | Botswana: Diamond Talks Should Not Undermine DTCB - De Beers Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Brian BenzaBotswana will not necessarily derive better value from its diamond by breaking the Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) monopoly when negotiations resume for a new diamond sales agree (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Defence team calls for dismissal of rape case Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Kamini PadayacheeThe defence team for a Belgian national accused of sexually assaulting and raping a nine-year-old boy has applied for all charges against him to be dismissed.Gunter Gys, 41, of Cre (By News Poster)... | Africa: I'm on hunger strike, says Comoros politician Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Moroni - Comoros opposition leader Said Larifou said on Tuesday he had gone on hunger strike after being arrested and briefly detained."I am starting a hunger strike until such time as they tell me I (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe has no money for strikers – minister Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: "Let them sell diamonds and we share that wealth instead of it being enjoyed by few individuals" Johannesburg - Zimbabwean Public Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro said on Monday that his (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Jail Yengeni officer, urge cops (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesWhile a correctional services officer has recommended correctional supervision for the former Goodwood police station commissioner, two senior police officers feel he should be jailed (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PICS:Knives more popular than guns - Cele Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Gallery: Police destroy 10 000 gunsBy Nompumelelo MagwazaKnives have overtaken guns as the favoured weapon of criminals since police stepped up operations to recover stolen and illegal firearms. This (By News Poster)... | Botswana and Zimbabwe in Row Over Rangers Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Kitsepile NyathiNairobi - Zimbabwe and Botswana inched closer to a diplomatic standoff after Gaborone today accused its neighbour of playing hide and seek with its game rangers who were arrested a (By News Poster)... |
| World: More tainted milk powder found in China (Page 1 of 3) Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Cara AnnaBeijing - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 34 drug cases struck off roll Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Lavern De Vries Crime WriterMitchell's Plain police are demanding that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) investigate why several drug-related cases have been struck off the court roll at the (By News Poster)... |
| Fides Bank Granted Banking License to Operate Monday 08-Feb-2010: Windhoek - The Financial Systems Development Services (FIDES) Bank Namibia Limited has received its permanent banking license from the Bank of Namibia this week in the form of a certificate of authori (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Experts Want Survey On Genocide Remains Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Gashegu MuramiraKigali - Genocide experts have called on the government to conduct a nationwide survey of all memorial sites to inspect the condition of remains.In a communiqué issued yester (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Huge support for polygamy, study finds Sunday 14-Feb-2010: Support for polygamy and the legalisation of prostitution is surprisingly high among South Africans, a new study has revealed.Polygamy has dominated recent headlines, largely because of President Jaco (By News Poster)... | Africa: Nigeria power transfer is political tonic (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: The transfer of power to Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria's acting president in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua is the tonic needed to revive governance in the key oil producer, analysts say.Oppo (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: 'Lack of Progress in Human Rights' - UN Expert Friday 12-Feb-2010: Despite positive steps by the Sudanese authorities towards human rights in the country's different regions, deficiencies persist in key areas, an independent United Nations expert said today."I have w (By News Poster)... | Professional Hunter, Farmer Charged With Illegal Lion Hunt Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithA REGISTERED professional hunter and a farm owner were arrested this week on charges of staging an illegal lion hunt on a farm situated next to the Etosha National Park.The Tsumeb Ma (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Fatal fire: Family to rebuild kids' centre (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo MagwazaThe family of Sarah Holland, who died while saving children in a fire that left 11 people dead on Tuesday, is determined to keep her memory alive and also to continue the welfare (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Parents Keep Children at Home Amid Security Fears in Dongo Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Kinshasa - Schools in Dongo, Equateur Province, in western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scene of inter-ethnic clashes from October to December 2009, are still closed because parents are wor (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Now or Never' for Fuel Refinery Project Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - SA MUST decide now whether to build a major new oil refinery, as a delay for Project Mthombo at Coega could make it no longer financially viable, PetroSA warned yeste (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Herpes Treatment Not Effective in Reducing HIV Infection Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Lungi LangaTreating herpes does not reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, a New England Journal of Medicine study has found. The anti-herpes medication is dispensed from all South African Primary He (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mandela prison house declared heritage site (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: The Victor Verster prison house from which former president Nelson Mandela walked free after being jailed for 27 years has been declared a heritage site."Today the NHC recognises the site as one of th (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Angloplat to Cut Debt in R12,5bn Share Sale Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - ANGLO Platinum (Angloplat) - the world's largest miner of the precious metal - yesterday announced plans to launch SA's biggest rights issue to date to cut its mounting lo (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Minister Pleads to Kabaka Over Land Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Francis KagoloKampala - Part of the Kigo Prison complex, which the Kabaka wants the Government to relocate Part of the Kigo Prison complex, which the Kabaka wants the Government to relocate.KIGO Pr (By News Poster)... | Africa: Lack of evidence scuppers Garda trial (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: The Hague - The International Criminal Court said on Monday that it will not charge Darfur rebel chief Bahar Idriss Abu Garda over the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers in 2007, citing a lack o (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Policeman wounded during hijacking Monday 08-Feb-2010: An off-duty police officer has been shot and wounded in a hijacking in KaBokweni near White River, Mpumalanga police said on Monday.Superintendent Malcolm Mokomene said the incident happened at about (By News Poster)... | Private schools sprout in Zim as public system struggles Monday 08-Feb-2010: No disruption to learning Fanuel JongweHarare - "No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and pl (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Cashew Nut Farmers Turn Back to Brokers Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Githua KiharaMiddlemen are taking advantage of lax enforcement to buy cashew nuts from farmers despite a government ban on export and a directive that the nuts be bought through the National Cereal (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Barbie' to hear her fate on sex charges soon (Page 1 of 2) Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterWhile Dirk Prinsloo started to serve his 13-year jail sentence in Belarus last week for a failed bank robbery there, his blonde former girlfriend Cezanne Visser - bet (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Kenya suspends ministers over graft Sunday 14-Feb-2010: By Daniel Wallis Nairobi - Kenya's prime minister suspended two ministers over corruption allegations on Sunday after the president took the same action against eight officials in moves that will plea (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Elders Call for Release of Pirate Hostages Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Hassan Osman AbdiHawiye traditional elders have called for Somali pirates to release of a British couple detained in the north of country, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.Mohamed Hassan Had (By News Poster)... |
| Sierra Leone: Rape Suspects Have a Field Day Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Tamba Jean-MatthewNairobi - Rapists and men committing gender violence are still having a field day in Sierra Leone.According to statistics, not a single suspect was convicted for 927 crimes in the (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Hague Court to Charge Up to Six Leaders With Polls Violence - Envoy Friday 12-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Six prominent Kenyans could be charged at the International Criminal Court at the Hague for their involvement in the 2007 post-election violence, President Obama's ambassador-at-large on war (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma steers clear of sex scandal Thursday 11-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address on Thursday failed to mention a number of issues that some citizens appeared to have wanted him to.Gallery: The parade to ParliamentGallery: The open (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Barbie 'a battered woman' Thursday 11-Feb-2010: Cezanne Visser, also known as Advocate Barbie, was "psychologically imprisoned" when she committed sex acts with under-aged girls, a psychologist testified on Thursday.Clinical psychologist Micki Pist (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: War On Graft is Playing to Empty Houses Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Alison Tilley and Emma LevyJohannesburg - WHEN Jacob Zuma became president of the African National Congress (ANC), he made it clear that, despite or because of his own history on the issue, corrupt (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Defence Budget Under Fire Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Jo-Maré DuddyNamibians are on the offensive when it comes to defence, using The Namibian's Facebook budget site to voice their unhappiness with the nearly N$9 billion Government intends pumping int (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: 'Somebody hurled a grenade inside ' Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Bujumbura - A Burundian man suspected of witchcraft and his three children were killed in a grenade attack on their home, officials said Wednesday.The attack occurred late Tuesday near Itaba, a villag (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Indigenisation Regulations Gazetted Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Fanuel KangondoHarare - Government has gazetted the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment (General) Regulations 2010, which spell out the country's indigenisation policy and take effect on March (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Kenya warned over planned onslaught Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Somalia's al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab warned Kenya on Wednesday against providing military assistance to the Mogadishu government for a planned massive nationwide offensive against the militia. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Two arrested for Midrand robbery Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: A Malawian and a Mozambican were arrested for allegedly robbing an appliance shop in Midrand on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said.The two were part of a five-man gang who tied up a security guard at (By News Poster)... |
| Ntlo Ya Dikgosi Want Police Officers Not Court Bailiffs Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Lekopanye MooketsiA motion by Kgosi Lotlamoreng II of Barlong to suspend the recruitment of court bailiffs for customary courts, has been deferred pending a meeting with the Minister of Defence, Ju (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Man accused of dumping medical waste Monday 08-Feb-2010: The Green Scorpions have arrested a Free State man believed to be at the centre of the illegal dumping of medical waste in the Welkom area, environmental authorities said on Monday.Environmental Affai (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Ecobank Opens Representative in Country Monday 08-Feb-2010: ECOBANK has opened a representative office in Johannesburg, making South Africa the 30th African country in which the pan-African bank has a presence.The South African office will enable Ecobank to se (By News Poster)... | Uganda: HIV/Aids- Poor Feeding Shortens Life Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Gilbert KidimuKampala - FOOD insecurity may have no borders but its effects are far more consequential for those bound up in other predicaments. And for people living with HIV/AIDS, the effects of (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Karas Farmers Join Hands With Police Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Luqman CloeteCOMMERCIAL farmers in the Karas Region have joined forces with the Police to suppress stock theft in the region.The farmers' spokesperson, Edward Foster, said farmers formed neighbourh (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Country's Secrecy Invites the Oil Curse Monday 08-Feb-2010: Nairobi - The Government of Uganda has finally approved Tullow Oil's bid to buy out partner Heritage Oil from two blocks of oilfields in the west of the country that the two firms own equally.This put (By News Poster)... |
| World: Neo-Nazis mark WWII raid Saturday 13-Feb-2010: By Dirk Mueller-ThederanDresden, Germany - About 5 000 neo-Nazis gathered in the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday to stage a provocative funeral march remembering German victims of the Allied air r (By News Poster)... | Africa: UFC quits Togo election body Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Lome - Togo's main opposition party said on Saturday it had quit the commission organising presidential elections next month.The Union of Forces for Change said in a statement that it did not want to (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: SACP hails Zuma's speech Saturday 13-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address stuck to the big issues that concern the poor and working class, the SA Communist Party said on Saturday."These include job opportunities, improving (By News Poster)... | Sudan: UXO Threat to Development, Elections Friday 12-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Major routes in Sudan have been cleared of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) but there are still areas where the devices threaten civilians, as well as affecting aid and development e (By News Poster)... |
| Central Africa: LIfe in Africa's ICT Slow Lanes Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Russell SouthwoodLondon - Two of Africa's least effective Government incumbent telcos - Congo Télécom (Congo-Brazzaville) and SOCATEL (Central African Republic) are using internationa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: It Pays to Have Good Relations Friday 12-Feb-2010: Harare - NOW that the three Botswana rangers have been released from custody after a Hwange Magistrates' Court found them guilty of illegal entry into Zimbabwe and fined them US$100 each, it is necess (By News Poster)... |
| World: China urges US to cancel Dalai Lama meeting (Page 1 of 2) Friday 12-Feb-2010: Beijing - China urged the United States on Friday to immediately cancel plans for President Barack Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama next week, warning the move could further hurt ties.The meeting is (By News Poster)... | Zambia: Witness Testifies in Mohan's Case Friday 12-Feb-2010: A WITNESS yesterday told the Lusaka High Court that he reported the killing of Lusaka businessperson Sajid Itowala after allegedly witnessing the shooting of the deceased by a man on murder suspect, M (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: The Kgotla Meeting Where No One Dared Oppose Friday 12-Feb-2010: By Ephraim KeorengMochudi - The question of the democracy or otherwise of the kgotla system has always been pondered by both its critics and supporters. Dissenting voices are rarely welcomed openly.Th (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Council for the blind thanks Mandela Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The SA National Council for the Blind thanked former president Nelson Mandela on Thursday for his part in paving the way for the blind to cast their vote in secret."Mr Nelson Mandela also paved the wa (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Governor in Trouble Over Slain MDC-T Activist Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Vusumizi SifileA storm is brewing in the Midlands where Zanu PF supporters are pushing for the resignation of provincial governor Jason Machaya, whom they accuse of fuelling divisions and lawlessne (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Angry mom made up rape allegations' Thursday 11-Feb-2010: By Kamini PadayacheeA Belgian national charged with the sexual assault and rape of a nine-year-old boy claims the boy's mother made up the allegations to destroy him.Gunter Gys, 41, of Crestholme, nea (By News Poster)... |
| Science: Study yields clue to anxiety drug addiction Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Kate KellandLondon - Valium-like drugs use the same potentially addictive "reward pathways" in the brain as heroin and cannabis, scientists said on Wednesday, findings which may help in the search (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Robbers caught in the act Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Five armed men were arrested while robbing a business in Woodstock, Cape Town on Wednesday, Western Cape police said.Police caught the men robbing a textile business in Victoria Road around 5.40pm, Su (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: 'Rwanda clamping down on political opponents' (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: Kigali - A Rwandan opposition party and a rights group said on Wednesday that the authorities were clamping down on political opponents six months before the presidential election."Opposition party me (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Shape up, mortuary told (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: KwaZulu-Natal mortuary services would adhere to a strict 30-day burial rule to prevent a repeat of overcrowding at the Gale Street Mortuary in Durban, Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo said yesterday.Dhlo (By News Poster)... |
| Good Growth Figures for Agribank in 2009 Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: AGRIBANK experienced growth of 70 per cent in the loans granted from January to December 2009 compared to 7 per cent growth for 2008.The bank granted loans totalling N$135,9 million to 504 beneficiari (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Third time unlucky for taxi driver (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Mandikhale TshweteDeath has finally caught up with a taxi driver involved in a dispute over an illegal route.Retreat taxi driver Leonard Benjamin had been lucky to escape two shootings in the past (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Shack fire: boy fights for his life Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: By Lesego MasemolaThe 11-year-old boy who suffered severe burn wounds after his mother's shack was gutted by fire, killing his 18-month-old sister at the weekend, continues to fight for his life in ho (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Why Mobil Was Sealed by Workers - Pengassan Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Senior staff in the oil and gas industry under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) for two days last week sealed off the entrance to the Operational Offices of (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mandela avoids the spotlight in retirement (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Gordon BellTwo decades after a walk to freedom that captivated South Africa and the world, Nelson Mandela remains revered the world over but is rarely seen in public. The anti-apartheid icon's mind (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Man held for murder of Reverend's wife Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: Police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the brutal murder of a Bothasig woman.Nonkosi Makananda, 54, was stabbed several times and died at her Bothasig home on Friday.Superintendent (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Business Group Takes Climate Plunge Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - BUSINESS Unity SA (Busa) had undertaken to establish a high-level think-tank to contribute to continuing climate change negotiations, the organisation said yesterday. (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: 60 MDC-T Members Arrested Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: By Thupeyo MuleyaHarare - Nearly 60 MDC-T members were arrested on Saturday after a district meeting degenerated into fistfights as internecine strife continues to dog the party.Riot police were calle (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Selebi trial - ministry approaches Concourt Monday 08-Feb-2010: The state security ministry was expected to file papers in the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Monday to prevent an ex-intelligence official from testifying in the Jackie Selebi corruption tri (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Blind man found guilty of killing partner Monday 08-Feb-2010: By Jade WittenCourt ReporterA 61-year-old blind man has been found guilty of beating to death his life partner inside the couple's Woodstock home last year.Cape Town Regional Court magistrate Wilma va (By News Poster)... |
| USA: The Economic Meltdown Shocker: CNBC guest says: Eventually ALL Governments, including USA, will default Thursday 11-Feb-2010: [Take a look at this fascinating analysis that made the TV hosts sit up and take notice! Jan] 'Power Lunch' Guest Says No to Greek Debt, Warns All Governments Will Default Just one day after Tr (By Jan)... | [Graph] Stock Markets: How is the first Market Crash of 2010 doing? Thursday 11-Feb-2010: 2010 looks, by all reports to be a year that's going to see a lot of financial instability again. The bailout of 2009 has run its course and achieved very little. Instead it has used taxpayer money to (By Jan)... |
| S.Africa: 2010 FIFA World Cup - So how is Johannesburg's crime? Bad... even in upmarket secure complexes Wednesday 10-Feb-2010: [The Govt at the moment is trying to lie to everyone about how great things are in this country. They try to only put out stories about them defeating crime, etc. Its their typical one-sided nonsense. (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Satire: ANC begs top part officials to stop being total retards Thursday 11-Feb-2010: [No being retards is what they do best and what they were born to do. Stuffing this country up... is what they do best. Jan] PRETORIA. The ANC has circulated a top-secret memorandum to senior leade (By JanOlifant)... |
| [Humour] [Joke] S.Africa: President Jacob Zuma and the Pope die on the same day... Thursday 11-Feb-2010: The Pope and Jacob Zuma died on the same day and because of an administrative mix up the Pope went to hell and Jacob Zuma went to heaven. The Pope explains the situation to the administrative clerk (By Jan)... | South Africa: Black on Black War: Library burned down as march becomes ugly Tuesday 09-Feb-2010: The library in Balfour's Siyathemba township went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon during a protest that appears to have shifted from labour recruitment demands to an insistence the local mayor resig (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: Wow... Credit Card Interest rates shock me... Thursday 11-Feb-2010: I received a new credit card the other day. I was totally amazed when the bank pointed out that they charge over 20% interest on outstanding amounts. I haven't really taken notice and normally I don't (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (12-02-2010) Friday 12-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- Yesterday I received two comments which, unfortunately, were from anonymous posters. The one is easy to sort. You can email me from the link (By The BeardedMan)... |
| [Pics] USA: Chilling aerial images of 9/11 attack released Sunday 14-Feb-2010: (By JanOlifant)... | Another good Satirical South African website? Check... South Africa... P.I.G.... Thursday 11-Feb-2010: I spotted this new website and had a good laugh. I haven't had a chance to read it, but browsing through it... this looks funny... they've got some nice pics there. Check it out. The link is below. (By Jan)... |
| [video] Experience Europe with Marc Wilder in his 'Long Walk' Thursday 11-Feb-2010: [Wow! What an inspiration Marc Wilder is, in fact, this is the type of story best selling movies are made of! We here at AfricanCrisis wish Mr Wilder the best of luck, and may he enjoy the absolute be (By JanOlifant)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (13-02-2010) Saturday 13-Feb-2010: Howzit Whatever B has is catching because this morning I have woken up with a splitting headache, my nose is streaming and I feel a little feverish. Oh well, the joy of living on Mud Island. (By The BeardedMan)... |
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