Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 21st 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 |
| South Africa: Budget Speech 2010 Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan Friday 19-Feb-2010: Honourable SpeakerIt is my privilege to present the first budget of the administration of President Zuma to this House.Last week we had the special honour of hosting former President Mandela in Parlia (By News Poster)... | [Pics] Onslaught of Africa's Whites - 'we’ll come back to eat your children' Thursday 18-Feb-2010: They turned up that dark evening, as they would for many more to come, when supper was over. Screaming ‘out, out, out’ and thumping drums, Mugabe’s mob lit a noose of 50 fires around the farmhouse. (By JanOlifant)... |
| [Humour]The Test: are You Liberal or a Conservative Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: This is a nice summary, and it is just this simple. If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test! Lot of truth here! If a conservative doesn't like guns, he does (By JanOlifant)... | [Pic] [Humor] The difference between the US and South Africa in 2010 Monday 15-Feb-2010: This image has been doing the rounds among South Africans for months. Its mainly because people think President Jacob Zuma is an asshole. (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Security Reform Key to Protecting Women Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Ernest HarschThe massacre of nearly 200 opposition demonstrators in Conakry, Guinea, in late September 2009 shocked Africa and the world. Beyond the sheer brutality of the crackdown, one feature wa (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Zim: Why Africa has gone to hell... Africa continues to appall... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: [I agree with what this author writes. Its the truth. There are times when I look at Zimbabwe and think to myself that even now, with the MDC having progressed as far as it has, that Zimbabwe will rem (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Elections in Country - Chaos Before Stability Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Savo HeletaIn the present situation, with so many issues unresolved around the country, Sudan's complicated national elections would not lead to pluralism and democracy but rather to instability, f (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe proves my book: Government by Deception true... Seizing White businesses... Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: A quick note to all. I will comment more on this later. For years here on AfricanCrisis I've been mentioning Mugabe's plans to seize even white businesses. Now people can see that he's still at it. (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: How the Colonial Masters Empowered the North - Chief Mbazulike Amechi Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Ochereome NnannaGetting to the country home of Chief Mbazulike Amechi in Ukpor Nnewi, was no easy task, even in a Jeep. But when we eventually got there on Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, we met a ma (By News Poster)... | Mugabe feasts as Zimbabwe suffers Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: The fiscus has to support Mugabe's mansion click here to enlarge imagePeta ThornycroftHarare - President Robert Mugabe consumes about 5 percent of bankrupt Zimbabwe's revenue. While civil serv (By News Poster)... |
| [Pics] [Humor] Completely BRILLIANT: How to explain the birds and the bees to kids, using, er pens... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [This is totally hillarious. Jan] How to explain "the birds and the bees" to kids.... (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'There is no replacement for my son' Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Jae WittenCourt ReporterThe family of businessman Basie Marais, who was murdered by a hitman hired by his wife, say they can now move on with their lives.After Marais's wife, Ruby Marais, 44, was s (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Alarming Remarks by Special Envoy Gration to Darfuri Expats is Last Straw for American and Sudanese Activists across the Country Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Today over 35 organizations representing Sudan advocates and Sudanese expatriates from across the country sent an open letter to President Obama calling on him to relieve Special Envoy to Sudan, Major (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Accused claims cops beat him till he talked Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachJustice WriterThe man accused of raping and murdering five-year-old Chelsea Jacobs was allegedly beaten by three police officers at the Delft Police Station after his arrest.Counse (By News Poster)... |
| SHOCKER: S.Africa: 2010: This bizarre photo taken at Kriel Power Station Monday 15-Feb-2010: [I received this text and photo from a friend of mine. Take a look at the incredibly long queue of coal trucks lined up to enter this power station. Jan] This is what my friend sent me:- Sent: 1 (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Polygamy, Promiscuity and Progressive Leadership Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Colleen Lowe MornaIF nothing else, President Jacob Zuma's belated apology about his out-of-wedlock child with Sonono Khoza following unprecedented outrage at the way he has demeaned the highest off (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: At Last, Signs of Progress on Aids Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Michael FleshmanIt was long years and hundreds of thousands of deaths in coming. But on 1 December, South African President Jacob Zuma stood before a cheering throng in the capital city, Pretoria, (By News Poster)... | Africa: Gaddafi dispute: Libya bars European visitors (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Libya is refusing to issue visas for visitors from nearly every European country in a bizarre escalation of a dispute that began when Swiss authorities arrested the son of Muammar Gaddafi on suspicion (By News Poster)... |
| 2010 World Cup: 2010 ticket shock Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Sameer Naik and Thabiso ThakaliEarly-bird South African fans who rushed to secure the best seats for the World Cup matches have just had their Category 2 and 3 tickets devalued by R700.But the good (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zille to ban blue-lights (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisPresident Jacob Zuma will not be exempt from new provincial legislation, to be announced today by Premier Helen Zille, that will ban all politicians from using blue-light convoys and sire (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: New ARV Tender Taking Shape Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Anso ThomThe health department is redesigning the new ARV tender in the hope of procuring cheaper antiretroviral medicine amid claims that South Africa is paying around 30% more than the global rat (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe a plum posting for envoys Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Certainly not Abuja or Kinshasa By Zimbabwe Correspondent (author cannot be identified because of Zimbabwe's press restrictions)Harare - Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, sinks into an abyss of infr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Fraudster's wife, one child also had fake IDs Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: The State says he is a powerful man, a serial fraudster who duped banks out of R100 million by using three identity books - two of them false.But Durban businessman Yusuf Omarjee says the Home Affairs (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Malema's lifestyle sponsored by tenders Sunday 21-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's lavish lifestyle is being bankrolled by lucrative government contracts awarded to his companies, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.Some of the multi-millio (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: ZRP Cracks Down On Corrupt Cops Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Harare - Several police officers have either been dismissed or suspended in recent weeks as the force cracks down on corruption in its ranks.Last Saturday, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihur (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Finance People Must Play By Rules Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Conway TutaniHarare - READING a newspaper article last week about the court case in which several employees at Central Africa Building Society and outsiders allegedly opened bank accounts in the na (By News Poster)... |
| Verdict Awaited in Panga Murder Trial Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE High Court trial of young double murder suspects Ruben Tjombe and Fritz Gaoseb moved into its final phase this week, with the verdict in the trial now being awaited.Should Tjombe ( (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Chiadzwa Can Be Sanctions Waterloo Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Tichaona ZindogaHarare - DURING that British House of Commons debate last month in which foreign secretary David Miliband said that sanctions Britain and the EU imposed on Zimbabwe would, "above al (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Cocaine traded for arms - UN Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Rukmini CallimachiDakar, Senegal - Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the UN's drug czar said on Monday - an exchange of contraband that is (By News Poster)... | Zim: Confusion as senior police officer is removed from EU sanctions list Saturday 20-Feb-2010: "They mistook me for Winston Changara (Mugabe's bodyguard, who died in 2006)" By Tichaona SibandaThere is confusion surrounding the removal of a serving senior police officer from the EU sanct (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Black widow' gets life for husband's murder Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Jade Witten, Court ReporterThe tendency for spouses to kill their partners or hire contract killers to carry out the murder must stop, Judge Daniel Dlodlo said minutes before sentencing Ruby Marais (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Negotiating an Oil Agreement Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Prof A.B.K. KasoziKampala - IN a bid to stimulate the debate on Uganda's newly discovered oil and the sharing of the oil wealth, Business Vision runs a series of articles by Professor Kasozi, the d (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Top-up fees almost double plane ticket prices Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesSome airlines are nearly doubling the prices of their initial ticket quotations with the addition of airport taxes, including fuel surcharges and aviation insurance, a Cape Times surv (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Robbery suspects' held after wild car chase Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterA suspected group of armed robbers, linked to a spate of violent attacks against Pretoria home owners, including a police officer, were caught after a high-speed air and (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Open conflict over diamonds Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Government is taking steps to stop the inquisitive parliamentary portfolio committee chaired by Chindori-Chininga Dumisani MuleyaThe fight for control of the controversial diamond fields in th (By News Poster)... | Zim: 16 judges benefit from Mugabe land grab Sunday 21-Feb-2010: These same judges preside over litigation involving commercial farmers By Own CorrespondentHarare - At least 16 judges have received land seized from whites under President Robert Mugabe's cha (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'I feel like I wasted five years of my life' Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Sipokazi MaposaHealth WriterA woman who graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) has cried foul over the national Department of Health's refusal to let her do (By News Poster)... | Drug dealers on Zim diamond boards: MPs Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Active in the DRC's diamond trade when Zimbabwean troops fought there By Sebastian NyamangambiriHarare - Some members of the boards of two firms mining diamonds at Zimbabwe's controversial Mar (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Ruling Factions Struggle for Control of Diamonds Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - THE fight for control of the controversial diamond fields in the eastern part of the country could soon explode into a major open conflict involving powerful politicians and (By News Poster)... | [Pic] An Afrikaans view of President Jacob Zuma's shennanigans - ZUMANUS AFRICANUS - a unique species... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this. I think it comes from an Afrikaans publication. Zuma has made a real asshole out of himself. Perhaps he was an asshole all along... but nobody noticed. Jan] (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Porous Borders Raise Security Fears in Spite of Crackdown Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Patrick MayoyoNairobi - Reports of an intricate syndicate in which foreigners acquire Kenyan citizenship led to the recent countrywide crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Nation has learnt.The ope (By News Poster)... | Botswana: Of Botswana, Zim And Uncalled for Diplomatic Tiffs Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Gasebalwe SeretseThe recent diplomatic standoff between Botswana and Zimbabwe over the detention of three Batswana rangers who were caught after allegedly trespassing into Zimbabwe, while armed, gr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Can Jacob Zuma wrap himself in Nelson Mandela's cloak? Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Pretty amazing to me, that South Africans would celebrate the release of a communist terrorist, even if it did happen 20 years ago. Is it now LET BY GONES BE BY GONES? Google Mandela's article: "How t (By JoAn)... | Kenya: Halt Anti-Gay Campaign Friday 19-Feb-2010: New York - Kenya's government should act quickly to protect people accused of homosexual conduct and groups offering HIV/AIDS services from vigilante attacks, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PICS: Malema's millions Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Angelique SerraoYou do the maths ...Two houses: R4,6m Cars: R1,2m plus Breitling watch: R250 000 Monthly salary: R20 000 Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League president, owns two multimillion-ran (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Black widow' jailed for life Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Jade WittenCourt ReporterThe tendency for spouses to kill their partners or hire contract killers to carry out the murder must stop, Judge Daniel Dlodlo said minutes before sentencing Ruby Marais t (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Steenberg gang strife keeps cops on alert Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Lavern de VriesCrime WriterCommunity life in Steenberg is being threatened by three rival gangs vying for control of the area, forcing police to step up patrols around schools, as principals and pa (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Crime breakthrough: Cops bust notorious gang Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziPolice made huge strides in the fight against crime earlier this month when they arrested a gang of seven men who had been terrorising the community of Isipingo and surrounding are (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Counter-Encirclement Strategy Confronts Ahlu Sunna Wal-Jama'a Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Dr. Michael A. WeinsteinThrough the first half of February, Somalia's central regions were quiet, as the parties to the conflicts in Hiiraan and Galgadud regrouped and mobilized for further confron (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Girl, 11, raped, murdered and mutilated Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Esther LewisStaff ReporterThe rape, murder and mutilation of an 11-year-old girl has rocked the Beaufort West community, with some residents saying they are living in fear.The body of Warronie Dani (By News Poster)... |
| [Pic] [Humor] S.Africa: 2010: The Potholes in our roads... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [I got this from an American friend of mine! Very cool... well done! Jan] Potholes in SA........... :) Giraffe_final_sml (By Jan)... | Ghana: Time Bomb At Ajenua a-Beposo As farmers Battle Newmont Over Mining in Forest Reserve Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Daniel NonorEven before Newmont Ghana Limited prepares to mine in one of the few forest reserves left in the country, the traditional problems of compensation, police intimidation/detention, and fa (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: I was tortured by drunk security agents – Gwezere Monday 15-Feb-2010: "They told me that I was a stubborn man, so they were going to use the ‘undertaker method'" Wongai ZhangazhaMovement for Democratic Change (MDC) transport manager Pasco Gwezere says he is a (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: When Diamonds Become Pawns in a Power Game Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Professor Jonathan MoyoHarare - AS the national economic empowerment agenda begins to take root in our country against the backdrop of continuing illegal sanctions whose main thrust was maliciously (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Inmates caused suspect's injuries: detective Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachJustice WriterThe man accused of raping and murdering five-year-old Chelsea Jacobs in Delft in 2008 claimed he confessed his guilt to the police because he was assaulted by police (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Getting to know the real Jacob Zuma - by Helen Zille Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this. I can't confirm the source. Jan] SA Today - from Hellen Zille Getting to know the real Jacob Zuma The latest controversy surrounding President Jacob Zuma illustrates (By Jan)... |
| The Rise and Fall of Debswana's Top Man Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Gideon Nkala and Tshireletso MotlogelwaHe died alone. Sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning Louis Goodwill Nchindo took his last breath. Alone. Out there in the forest where nature u (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Five cops linked to cash-in-transit heist Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziFive KwaZulu-Natal police officers have been arrested for corruption and cash-in-transit robbery. Two Ladysmith police officers, along with a security guard from Newcastle, were ar (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Nearly 40 African Nations Ban Cluster Bombs Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), which seeks to ban the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of these weapons, has been ratified and will enter into force on 1 August 201 (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Body parts used for muti, court heard Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The body parts of a victim of a serial killer were removed and used for muthi (traditional medicine), the Ramsgate High Court heard on Thursday.The court heard evidence that serial killer accused Thoz (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Lacklustre president keeps his mouth shut Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Political BureauPresident Jacob Zuma is facing open rebellion.The opening salvoes were fired this week as a furious Cosatu rejected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget.And on Thursday night, Z (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Woman shaken after alleged attack by cops Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Sharika RegchandPietermaritzburg BureauTwo Pietermaritzburg police officers face charges of assault and crimen injuria after being accused of trying to push a woman off the road and then manhandlin (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Climbing Beans Improving Rwandan Agriculture Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Kevin James MooreRwandan farmers have adopted new varieties of climbing beans to replace bush beans, recognizing the climbing beans' potential to supply a greater amount of food and income.Improvem (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Alleged serial killer haunted by guilt Saturday 20-Feb-2010: The Ramsgate High Court heard on Friday that the suspected "sugar cane" serial killer had keenly pointed out scenes where he allegedly dumped the bodies of his victims because he was haunted by what h (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Signal Hill muggings spark new security call Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesA call has been made for security to be stepped up near Signal Hill in Cape Town after four tourists were robbed there in just three days this week.An American man was robbed and appa (By News Poster)... | Zim: Diamond miner wants top cop probed Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Gumbo and police officers pounced on the RBZ offices and seized diamonds in contempt of a court ruling Chris MuronziAfrican Consolidated Resources (ACR)'s lawyers have filed a complaint agains (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Ikun Dairy Farm - Tales of Many Troubles Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Toba SuleimanLagos - Twenty-nine years ago, precisely in 1980, former president Shehu Shagari established Ikun Dairy Farm in Ikun-Ekiti, in the old Ondo State. The aim was not only to provide emplo (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Selebi trial: Ex-spy boss to testify at last Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Alex EliseevThree months, three courts and three judgments. The long legal battle over whether a retired spy boss can testify in Jackie Selebi's corruption trial is finally over, and the case again (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Shake-Up Looms in Power Sector Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Ejiofor AlikeAbuja/Lagos - Worried by the failure of the power sector to generate enough electricity for the nation, the Federal Government is planning to implement a far-reach (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Crooks thought they'd committed perfect crime (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Alex EliseevAt 3.15 on a regular Friday afternoon, two men walked out of the Emperors Palace casino with a leather bag containing R800 000 in cash. They drove a flashy red BMW and were dressed in d (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Dad mourns son who burnt to death Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Elisabeth GovenderA distraught Verulam father was inconsolable after he received news that his five-year-old son, Diego-Al Moodley, had burned to death in an explosion in Ingogo, 30km from Newcastl (By News Poster)... | The Dearth of Economists and Economics in Nation Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Alexactus T KaureIn a classic essay published in 1963, the economist Dudley Seers bemoaned the inability of fellow economists to rise to the demands of their epoch.He wrote: "Economists seem very s (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Widow of slain man tells of her love for him Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Graeme Hoskenrime Reporter'I just want to tell him that I love him. I want him to know that he will be mine forever." These were the heart-wrenching words of a Pretoria psychology student, whose hi (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Four freed in probe into stadium killing Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterFour men have been released after being taken in for questioning in connection with the shooting of an Eersterus teenager at a schools' athletics meeting this week. The f (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Wife held after hubby's mysterious death Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: A Reservoir Hills woman who apparently stood to gain a fortune from her wealthy late husband's estate was nabbed by police at her Dolphin Road home last Wednesday for his alleged murder.Mother of two, (By News Poster)... | Niger: Is Coup Retaliation for Tandja's Wrongs? Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Dakar - Opposition parties, Niger's largest union and members of civil society announced their support on 19 February for a military ruling council that abducted President Mamadou Tandja the day befor (By News Poster)... |
| Niger: Military Seize Power in Coup d'etat Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Iyobosa Uwugiaren with agency reportNigerien troops stormed the presidential complex amid deadly gun battles in Niamey yesterday and seized President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet in a coup d'etat (By News Poster)... | Africa: Fight Female Mutilation Harder, Urge Activists Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Pavol StracanskyVienna - With hundreds of thousands of girls and women believed to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Europe, rights groups have mounted a campaign to get EU leaders t (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Threatens to Defy Diamond Trade Standards Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Alex BellRobert Mugabe has threatened to defy the diamond trade standards laid out by the international trade watchdog the Kimberley Process, saying the country's gems can be sold 'elsewhere'.Mugab (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Jonathan, Industry Chiefs Rekindle Amnesty Deal Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Nigeria's crude oil export increased by 80,000 barrels per day to 2.080 million barrels per day in January, according to figures compiled by Platts Energy group on export fr (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Food, Water, and Milk Flow Again As the Guns Go Silent Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sam KiplagatNairobi - Older folks remember vividly and talk of the constant raids that not only robbed them of their livestock but also stole the lives of their loved ones.The few who survived were (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Bail ruled out for suspect of two hijackings Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachJustice WriterA man allegedly involved in two hijackings in which the victims were shot, one outside the popular Mzoli's Place in Gugulethu, has failed in his bid to be released on (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Armed Robbers Attack Bank in Maputo Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Maputo - Three gunmen attacked a branch of the Standard Bank in downtown Maputo on Wednesday afternoon, and stole an as yet unspecified amount in cash from the bank tellers.During the attack, one poli (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Harsh penalties for 2010 trademark abuses Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Clayton Barnes2010 WriterBusinesses and individuals caught using Fifa's trademarks illegally face harsh penalties, including having to make substantial royalty payments and possible jail time.The f (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mom, son accused of fleeing crash scene Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Kowthar SolomonsStaff ReporterA mother and son have been arrested after allegedly jumping a red robot, crashing into a car and fleeing the scene.Traffic spokeswoman Merle Lourens said the incident (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: The West, Media and Islamophobia (ii) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Mohammed HarunaNature, he said, abhorred vacuum and unless the West, America in particular, did something about this threat , the Islamic countries of Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan will make successfu (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Chopper, dogs and divers used in cop chase Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Genevieve SerraA dramatic police helicopter chase ended in the abrupt death of a gunman hiding in a dam.Police used a helicopter, sniffer dogs, special task teams, divers and even closed roads to f (By News Poster)... | Petrol Price Up Again Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyFUEL prices increase on Wednesday for the first time in the new year, when 95 octane unleaded petrol goes up by 20 cents per litre, while the price of 93 octane lead replacement petrol (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Chegutu Farmer Defends Criticism of Legal Ruling on Land Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Alex BellA commercial farmer, who was facing contempt of court charges for criticising a shock ruling by a High Court Judge, has defended his comments in a letter to the Law Society of Zimbabwe, ur (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Hijackers 'trick victims with number plates' Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Thandi SkadeIf your number plates are being flashed to you from another car, resist the urge to stop - they might be hijackers.According to an e-mail doing the rounds, hijackers are removing motori (By News Poster)... |
| Exclusive: Hot off the Press in Israel: Boaz Bismuth: SOUTH AFRICA: 20 Years from the end of Apartheid Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A conservative friend of mine in Israel sent me this article which was published in Israel. He translated it especially for us. It was published in the Israeli newspaper: Israel Today. Yoel was the s (By Jan)... | South Africa: Beaufort West 'is rife with child sex abuse' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Esther LewisStaff ReporterBeaufort West is gripped by poverty and many of its children are suffering the consequences, a children's rights activist has warned.Euna Wentzel represents NGO Molo Songo (By News Poster)... |
| Electricity Hike Threatens State's Recovery Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddySOUTH African power utility Eskom's request for a 35 per cent tariff hike every year for the next three years can keep Namibia stuck in recession, economists have warned.The beleaguere (By News Poster)... | Africa: Indian Firm Bids U.S. $10 Billion for Mobile Phone Operator Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Kui KinyanjuiKuwait-based mobile phone firm Zain's acceptance of a $10.7 billion offer for its Africa operations promises a major realignment of the wireless telecoms landscape on the continent, an (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: They're no angels, says ANC Monday 15-Feb-2010: Revelations that COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota fathered a child out of wedlock and allegations of an extra-marital affair by the DA's Lennit Max have exposed the hypocrisy of opposition parties calling o (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Deregulation - FG Hikes Price of Industrial Fuel Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - With uncertainty over the prices of petrol and domestic kerosene hanging in the air, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has increased the depot prices of key ind (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: EU Observers Give Final Verdict on Elections Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Paul FauvetGiving its final report on Mozambique's general and provincial elections held on 28 October, the European Union Observation Mission on Tuesday praised the organisation of the polling, bu (By News Poster)... | SA team says Zim parties still negotiating Monday 15-Feb-2010: "I am not sure why he is saying that because we are yet to receive a report from the parties to that effect" By Simplicious ChirindaJohannesburg - A team appointed by South African President J (By News Poster)... |
| Ghana: Gov't to Fly Down Craig Murray Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By By Bismark Bebli and Daniel NonorCredible sources at the National Security has hinted The Chronicle that the government of Ghana has taken serious notice of an article written and published by Mr. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Man admits beating wife to death Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterIn a dramatic turn of events, a Centurion man admitted that he had beaten his wife to death, but said she died because of his negligence and not because he had murder (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Cops hunt for homosexuals Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Blantyre, Malawi - Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals.There is a debate over gay rights in this conservative southern African country, s (By News Poster)... | World: Politician gets life for murder Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Jakarta - An Indonesian district court sentenced a politician to life in prison for his role in the murder of a journalist on the resort island of Bali last year, media reports said on Tuesday.The Den (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Cops terrorised me after I was mugged' Saturday 20-Feb-2010: A Cape Town student mugged in Long Street has accused police of pepper-spraying him in the eyes before taking him on a hell ride in the back of a police van.Alex MacPhail, 21, a second year BCom stude (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Police Link 2 More Murders to Serial Killer Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Fred MukindaNairobi - The recent murder of women in Thika Town was carried out by a serial killer targeting prostitutes, according to their colleagues. They say eight commercial sex workers have be (By News Poster)... |
| Father Denies Murder of Two Children Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE trial of a Kavango Region resident who is accused of murdering two of his children almost three years ago has begun in the High Court at Oshakati with the accused man pleading guil (By News Poster)... | World: Hezbollah warns Israel Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Yara BayoumyBeirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday the powerful Shi'a guerrilla group would hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport if the Jewish state struck Beirut's (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'DA MP actually said f*** you in Parliament' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Gallery: Drama in ParliamentBy Political BureauA row about whether a Cope MP - who was ordered from the House - had said President Jacob Zuma was "deliberately leading the nation into lawlessness" pr (By News Poster)... | The Rwandan Politician Who is Challenging Kagame Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Charles Kazooba and Esther NakazziNairobi - Less than a month ago, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was informed of a challenger for his seat, Victoire Ingabire, the leader of the Unified Democratic (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Counry Not Among Most Pirate-Prone, Says Ports Agency Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Godwin OritseTHE Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has opposed the verdict of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) which rated Nigeria as (By News Poster)... | Niger: When is a Coup not a Coup? The AU's Dilemma Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Kathryn SturmanEvents in Niger are unfolding as a classic coup d'etat: after gun battles in the capital, Niamey, President Mamadou Tandja was captured by the military, including members of his own (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Man arrested for pool death Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Murray WilliamsStaff WriterA Cape Town homeowner has been arrested for allegedly killing a man next to his swimming pool.Police arrested the man, aged 35, at his home in Atalanta Street, Melkbosstr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Woman uses lamp as weapon against robber Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Hanti OttoCourt ReporterWhen an armed man entered her bedroom, Hester Kok, then aged 68, shouted and threw her bedside lamp at the intruder.The man quickly retreated.However, seconds later her son- (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Man haunted by storm tragedy Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Slindile MalulekaGrief-stricken and sickly, Jonathan Mkhize of Mid Illovo, will never be able to erase the memory of the tragic final moment before three of his loved ones were struck by lightning. (By News Poster)... | Taylor Denies Arms Smuggling Reports Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayClaims that Charles Taylor secretly smuggled arms and ammunitions into Liberia in 1997 without informing the West African peacekeepers were dismissed as "nonsense" today by the former Li (By News Poster)... |
| USA: Obama Henchmen Defend Terrorist Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: (Editor's note: This story was updated on Feb. 16, 2010.) (CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s newly appointed envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference was quoted in 2004 as saying an Amer (By JanOlifant)... | East Africa: Sudan, Chad Open a New Page On Peace Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Paul ArheweThe two 'Horns of Africa' countries which hitherto are torn on each others' flesh have decided this week to let by-gone be by-gone, and turn a new page.Chadian president Idriss Deby made (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Smallholder Dairy Farming - Option for Growth Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Obert ChifambaHarare - WHEN the smallholder dairy farmer looks at a cow, he sees more than just a simple economic asset whose value is reckoned in terms of the milk it produces.What he sees is an a (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Shell - the Struggle for Accountability Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Ben AmunwaThe settlement of the landmark Wiwa v Shell lawsuit in June 2009 marked a small but significant step forward for the dozen plaintiffs involved.They charged Shell with complicity in human (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Union slams Malema (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Xolani Mbanjwa Political BureauWhile a Cosatu-affiliated union leader described Julius Malema as part of a "marauding gang" threatening to destabilise the ANC, the youth leader in turn warned the f (By News Poster)... | Africa: U.S.- African Trade More Than Doubled in Eight Years Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.In the past eight years, U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled as Africans improve their lives and livelihoods while exporting an ever-expanding list of (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Panga Murder Trial Verdict Postponed Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesPANGA murder suspects Ruben Tjombe and Fritz Gaoseb will have to wait another two months before they can expect to hear the verdict in their High Court trial.Final arguments on the jud (By News Poster)... | World: Pakistani air strike kills 30 militants (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Zeeshan HaiderIslamabad - Pakistani jet fighters killed 30 militants in remote, forested mountains on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said, as U.S. forces spearhead one of NATO's bigges (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Tighten cash-in-transit security - minister Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Cash-in-transit companies needed to tighten their security measures to make heists more difficult or even impossible, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday."We need to ensure these companies t (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Tourist' tries to con cops twice in a month Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Yusuf MoollaA con artist thought he was on to a good scheme after successfully taking advantage of the generosity of Durban North police and residents in January. However, he came unstuck when he t (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Central Bank Warns against Foreign Currency Loans Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Maputo - The Governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Ernesto Gove, on Wednesday warned that commercial banks who give clients other than exporters loans in foreign currency are contributing to the depreci (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Wrong body sent home to Zim Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Lyndon KhanThe family of a Zimbabwean who drowned while swimming in Clanwilliam three months ago say they are still waiting for his body to be repatriated.A body sent to Zimbabwe last month was not (By News Poster)... |
| Zambia: Mobile Banking Makes Life Easy Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Aneina DanroDespite on-going concern of the financial crisis affecting various sectors like mining, manufacturing and trading, the mobile banking technology continued to advance in Zambia.Xapit, th (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Optimism in East as Warlord Remains in Detention Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Josh KronNairobi - Goma 2010 looks a lot different from Goma 2009. Or 2008. Or 2007.Gone are the rebel threats to the city centre and the droves of refugees carrying anything they owned up and down (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Alarm after spate of cop killings (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Barry Bateman and Graeme HoskenPolice officers in Pretoria are dying more quickly by their own hands and those of their colleagues than in the line of duty.In a space of 24 hours, three police offi (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Zanu PF Chef Rebuked for Blaming Land Chaos On White Farmers Monday 15-Feb-2010: By John MakuraMutare - Zanu PF Manicaland chairman, Mike Madiro's double standards over the land issue were exposed after he tried to blame white farmers for the chaos in the province's commercial far (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Police pay for teen's arrest trauma Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterThe police have agreed to pay R50 000 in damages to a teenager who was 14 when he was thrown into a police cell and detained for an hour, following his arrest on susp (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma: 'I knew exactly what I wanted to say' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauA confident President Jacob Zuma has responded to opposition parties' savaging of his State of the Nation address, saying there is no need for anyone to defend him." (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Condom Conundrum Puts Prisoners At Risk Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Nairobi - The Kenya Prisons Service has won praise for its HIV programmes, including education, testing and the provision of anti-retroviral drugs to prisoners, but specialists say unless the issue of (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: ZWNEWS 02.09.10 - Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins Monday 15-Feb-2010: From The Mercury (SA), 9 February Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins By Karen Breytenbach The South African government has been hauled over the coals by a Pretoria High Court judge for not (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Storms leave KZN severely battered Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziKwaZulu-Natal remains on high alert after Tuesday night's violent storms that killed three people and left many families throughout the province homeless, the Department of Co-oper (By News Poster)... | Africa: Tandja seized in coup Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Abdoulaye MassalatchiNiamey - Mutinous troops led by an army major captured Niger's President Mamadou Tandja on Thursday after storming his palace in a four-hour gun battle that killed at least thr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: He always said he was innocent Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: A graphic artist from Douglasdale, north of Joburg, was arrested for his wife's gruesome murder following the interpretation of the opinion of a police "expert" based on the pattern of the blood splat (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'This is a terrible industry' Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Kristen van SchiezzThe mounds of stinking medical waste in the basement of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital have finally been taken away.Hospital CEO Dr Barney Selebano on Monday con (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'He was a leader who led by example ' Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Fouzia van der FortStaff ReporterThe PAC has held its second annual Sobukwe memorial lecture on Robben Island where the party's founder, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was jailed by the apartheid govern (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police to charge teen over kidnapping hoax Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Lesego MasemolaThe police will soon be charging a 19-year-old Mamelodi woman with perjury after their investigations revealed that she lied about having been kidnapped. The woman, Masechaba Mogamo, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 2010: President Zuma's guards act like Mugabes: Student's arrest 'reminiscent of Zimbabwe' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: [Here we go... more on the heavy-handed, communist-dictator style of Jacob Zuma's convoys. Like Mugabe, you'd think he's God. Jan] The arrest of a student for "swearing" at President Jacob Zuma's c (By News Poster)... | World: Student gunned down in Iraq Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Mosul, Iraq - A Christian student was shot dead and another wounded in Mosul on Tuesday, taking to three the number of Christians killed in the restive northern city in as many days, Iraqi police said (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Six in Court Over Murder of Senior NDF Officer Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE six men charged in connection with an alleged armed robbery in which Namibia Defence Force officer Elias Katanga was killed in the Brakwater area north of Windhoek in November last (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Make-or-break exercise' for World Cup safety Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Craig McKuneAviation authorities will have their last shot in April at testing their ability to manage South Africa's air security and flying restrictions during the World Cup.Top priorities includ (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Trial Date for Alleged Serial Robber Set Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Isaiah MorewagaeMolepolole - The trial of alleged serial robber, Botsi Kefitile for armed robbery and burglary is scheduled for February 22 to 25 before Molepolole Principal magistrate, Nehemiah Mu (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Isodec, Partners Explore HIV/Aids Impact On Local Governance Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Ama Achiaa A. Baafi & Alberta DudomeThe Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), in collaboration with the African Democracy Institute (Idasa) of South Africa and the Centre for the Developme (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Rape is a crime, victims told Monday 15-Feb-2010: By David YouantMwitwobe, DR Congo - Five goats and some money used to be the price to forget an act of rape in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but UN staff are telling women they c (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Gangs Now Engage in Criminal Activities Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Fred MukindaNairobi - Protest groups organised by politicians during the post-election violence have transformed into criminal gangs, posing a big threat to national security. Some have retained th (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Crime 'victim' runs foul of top cop Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA con artist who opened two false cases in Durban was yesterday arrested when he was recognised by the provincial head of detectives, Assistant Commissioner Pat Brown. A police spo (By News Poster)... | Zim: Bring on the polls Saturday 20-Feb-2010: The government of national unity looks terminally disunited CommentJohannesburg – After the relative optimism of last year, the situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating badly. South African-me (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Kibaki, Odinga Declare Truce Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Bernard NamunaneNairobi - High level intervention from key foreign powers has persuaded President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to call a ceasefire on their war of words as they prepare to (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Investment Needed in Small Scale Agriculture Friday 19-Feb-2010: A new paper published last week in Science warns that billions of dollars promised to fund programs to boost small-scale agriculture in developing countries are unlikely to succeed in feeding the worl (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Councillors urged to eradicate pollution Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The Msunduzi Council has been urged to ensure that resources are put in place to eradicate the severe pollution and the alien plant invasions along the uMsunduzi River.At a presentation on Monday, th (By News Poster)... | South Africa: PIC: Alex counterfeit operation goes belly-up Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Gallery: Counterfeit money and goods seized in JoburgBy Solly Maphumulo and Nontobeko MtshaliTwo police operations yesterday netted R1,1 million in counterfeit money and uncovered goods worth R42m in (By News Poster)... |
| Why Ian Smith was not allowed to win the Rhodesian war - Vorster, Pik Botha, the KGB, etc... Monday 15-Feb-2010: [Here is an excerpt from some private correspondence between some friends of mine one of whom was in the Police Special Branch in Rhodesia back then. I edited this to remove names of various people. (By Jan)... | Power crisis grips Zimbabwe Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Five of the six generating units at Hwange Power Station are down Loughty Dube/Nqobile BhebheA major power crisis has gripped the country with reports that five of the six generating units at (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Court hears of spade killing Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersBeaten to death with a spade, buried under a mango tree, exhumed, and then thrown in a river.This was the fate of 37-year old Richards Bay father of two, Gansen Gounden.Michelle Na (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Cops out to get fake ticket users Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Clayton Barnes2010 WriterSoccer fans who use the web to buy fake World Cup tickets will be barred from entering stadiums during the tournament.And those thinking of producing fake tickets at the ga (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Power Crisis Grips Country Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Loughty Dube and Nqobile BhebheA MAJOR power crisis has gripped the country with reports that five of the six generating units at Hwange Power Station are down. The operational unit is generating a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Elite Police Unit Accused of Apartheid-Style Torture Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Fatima SchroederA man arrested for the Absa Bank robbery on Adderley Street at the weekend claims that Hawks police unit members tortured him.The 30-year-old alleges that the Hawks police officer s (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Destruction of Farm Land - Lagos Community Takes Firm to Mediation Centre- Demands N500 Million Compensation Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Wale IgbintadeLagos - Lagos State Citizen's Mediation Centre, an alternative dispute resolution mechanism will tomorrow (Thursday) commence hearing of a petition written by Kaselu Eleki farmers and (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Stuck in Refugee Camps With Nowhere to Go Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Paul Amoru and Cissy MakumbiGulu - Among the many tragic episodes of contemporary world history, is the depressing tale of the 'Boat People', a term that was used to describe the Vietnamese refugee (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Tension in Borno Over Al-Jazeera Boko Haram Video Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Abdulkareem HarunaMaiduguri - Borno is tension-soaked after Al-Jazeera released a video showing persons in police uniforms ordering the killings of unarmed civilians in the Boko Haram sectarian cri (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Did Tullow Oil Short-Change Uganda? Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Steve ManteawPublic Agenda has stumbled on a report which suggests that Tullow must have short-changed Uganda in the negotiation of its oil contract in that country. The report affirms that, Produc (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Keep politics out of crime fight - Mthethwa Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned councillors in Khayelitsha outside of Cape Town on Saturday to keep politics out of the fight against crime. 'I don't care if the problems are with the ANC or any (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Residents may be living under haze of danger Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Lyndon KhanThe City of Cape Town has warned that smoke from a fire burning at the Athlone sewage plant could pose "hazardous" to nearby residents.City of Cape Town disaster management spokesperson (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: World's biggest bird to land in SA Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Kristen van SchieOR Tambo International Airport is all aflutter in preparation for the arrival of an Air France A380 on Thursday.The plane was due to arrive from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Jewellery thieves strike in the suburbs Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Lavern de VriesCrime WriterPolice say that Hindu and Muslim residents in parts of Athlone are being targeted by what police believe is a gang of jewel thieves.Athlone police say that R2-million wor (By News Poster)... |
| Zille Takes the Offensive Against Zuma Thursday 18-Feb-2010: I will, this morning, undertake an oversight visit to the Mowbray Police Station to investigate the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of Chumani Maxwele, the 25 year old UCT student w (By JanOlifant)... | South Africa: 'Scrap Eskom's plan to steal' Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Noelene BarbeauPensioners and schoolchildren braved the blistering heat yesterday to make their disgruntled point outside Eskom's offices in Westville. Some of their T-shirt slogans illustrated the (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Nchindo - Dead Men Tell No Tales Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Until the forensic experts make their findings public, all talk about what killed the late Louis Nchindo, will be a toss-up between conspiracy theories, rumour, truth, lies and outright fantasy.One th (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Lagos Police Recover Ak47 in Uncompleted Building Monday 15-Feb-2010: Lagos - In a renewed onslaught against men of the underworld, operatives of the Lagos State police command have arrested two suspected armed-robbers and recovered arms and ammunition including an AK47 (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: ZWNEWS 02.09.10 - EU split over Mugabe sanctions Monday 15-Feb-2010: [Dam!!! There's no question... SANCTIONS! The West is so pathetic. The MDC is even more pathetic. Jan] From Zim Online (SA), 9 February EU split over Mugabe sanctions By Basildon Peta in Brus (By Jan)... | World: Dalai Lama 'very happy' after Obama meeting Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Jennifer Loven and Foster KlugWashington - President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House on Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their ge (By News Poster)... |
| Niger: Turmoil in Country Raises Fears of Coup Friday 19-Feb-2010: Niamey - Small vendors abandoned their stalls as the typical lunch hour break opened with gunfire at the presidential palace shortly after 1pm local time in Niger's capital, Niamey.Firing continued in (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Govt Plans New Land Reform Policy Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - The government plans to introduce a new draft land reform policy this year that will focus -- amid severe budget constraints -- on acquiring land more cheaply from (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Oil Deals Allow Gas Flaring, Say NGOs Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Confidential Oil Contracts and Audit Reports for British/Irish companies Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil's operations in Uganda on the Lake Albert border with Congo have been revealed today.These are acco (By News Poster)... | South Africa: R3m tender goes to mother of Zuma's kids Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sipho KhumaloPolitical StaffA multimillion-rand contract for catering services for the KwaZulu-Natal legislature awarded to Nonkululeko Mhlongo, a Pietermaritzburg businesswoman, was not advertised (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Evidence of Grand Corruption Mounts in Kinshasa's Dealings with Chinese Companies Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Over US$23 million in signature bonuses payable on China’s $6 billion Sino-Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) deal with the Kinshasa government have been stolen according to a probe by a commissio (By News Poster)... | Africa: Darfur rebel group signs truce deal Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Khartoum - Darfur's most heavily armed rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, said on Saturday that it had signed a framework agreement with the Sudanese government in Chad that provides for (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Pandor sees stars in NRF's Charles dispute Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Craig McKuneScience and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor moved to intervene in a dispute between the National Research Foundation (NRF) and suspended astronomer Phil Charles, but the NRF told her (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Parts of SA may be uninsurable' Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Melanie GoslingEnvironment WriterAs the effects of climate change intensify, large areas of South Africa could become uninsurable, according to Santam's chief executive Ian Kirk."Huge tracts of thi (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: World Cup to raise Welcome Village from dust Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Kristen van SchieIt looks like little more than a dusty construction site now but it is hoped that the Dries Niemandt Park in Kempton Park will be transformed into a fully fledged day hangout for W (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: New HIV Awareness Drive Targets Prisoners Friday 19-Feb-2010: Kigali - Rwandan health authorities have embarked on a campaign to sensitize the country's prisoners - considered high risk for HIV - on how to protect themselves from contracting and transmitting the (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Probe into bogus SOS on MXit Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziThe National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is to contact the creators of cellphone social network MXit to help them track down a man who made false claims on MXit, saying he was adri (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma Can't Ignore What is Happening in Zimbabwe Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Tim CohenJohannesburg - DID you know that white Zimbabweans may soon no longer be allowed to run hairdressing salons? Apparently, part of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment (General) Regul (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Teacher released over attack on 6-year-old Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Nontobeko MtshaliPolice have arrested the teacher who allegedly punched a six-year-old Grade R pupil at a Joburg primary school, but later released her, saying a senior public prosecutor would deci (By News Poster)... | Somalia: U.S. High Court Decide on Impunity for Foreign War Criminals Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Bashe Abdi Yousuf, a U.S. citizen, was a young businessman in Somalia when he was detained, tortured, and kept in solitary confinement for over six years. Aziz Mohamed Deria, also a U.S. citizen, lost (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Two Amuru Girls Burnt to Death over Land Disputes Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Chris OcowunKampala - FIVE people, who allegedly burnt to death two primary school pupils over a land dispute in Amuru district, have been arrested by the Police.According to the Police, the five m (By News Poster)... | Africa: Several killed at demo in west Ivory Coast Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Abidjan - Several people were killed on Friday in clashes between security forces and demonstrators staging a protest against President Laurent Gbagbo at Gagnoa in western Ivory Coast, hospital source (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Land - New Pragmatism Curtails Reform Ambitions Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - Severe budget and capacity constraints, and a new mood of pragmatism on the land issue, have prompted a drastic cutback on ambitious land- reform targets.Figures re (By News Poster)... | [Cartoon] Brilliant: 2010: S.Africa: President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: A friend sent me this cartoon by Yalo who is a good black cartoonist in South Africa. In Africa women carry babies on their backs exactly the way depicted in this cartoon. This is a reference to Zu (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Sparks Fly in Addis as Top Officials Debate Governance Panel Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Steven GruzdSparks flew in Addis Ababa recently as representatives of the 29 member states of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent's home-grown governance promotion instru (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Biti Says Talks Have Reached Deadlock Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaTendai Biti, the secretary-general of the MDC-T and also the chief negotiator for the party, has said dialogue between the three parties is 'going nowhere' and that as negotiators t (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Air France plane arrives in SA Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Gill Gifford and Kristen van SchieWith puffs of smoke from the 22 tyres on its main undercarriage cushioning its massive 380-ton weight, an Air France Airbus A380 touched the concrete at OR Tambo I (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Every time we attend court it opens wounds' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Zelda VenterHigh Court Reporter"We want answers. Every time we have to attend court it just opens the wounds again. Is it only an accused who has rights?"These were the questions asked by the irate (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Sex crimes with boys: teacher guilty Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Hanti OttoCourt ReporterA Pretoria teacher was on Tuesday convicted in the Pretoria Regional Court of committing six sexual crimes with two boys.These crimes were committed while Frank de Wet was o (By News Poster)... | Africa: 'Who killed my son?' Monday 15-Feb-2010: Khartoum - Hundreds of protesters gathered at the funeral of a Darfuri student who colleagues said was abducted, tortured and killed by Sudanese authorities in a case that has sparked tensions ahead o (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's first lady unseated by Winnie Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Sibusiso NgwalwaPolitical BureauWinnie Madikizela-Mandela caused a logistical nightmare for parliamentary staff when she took the seat reserved for President Jacob Zuma's first wife during Wednesda (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Explosives to break up barge carrier Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Melanie GoslingEnvironment WriterThe wreck of the massive barge carrier Margaret, which towers over Jacobs Bay like a block of flats, will be broken up using explosives in a controlled demolition o (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Storm death toll reaches four Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Yusuf MoollaThe number of deaths resulting from Tuesday night's heavy thunderstorms, which tore through several parts of KwaZulu-Natal, has risen to four.Co-operative Governance Department spokesm (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Hague Prosecutor Examines Jos Killings Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Abimbola AkosileLagos - Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, The Netherlands, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, has decided to consider an urgent petition by an NGO, the Socio-E (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Two Police Officers Murdered in Maputo Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Maputo - Criminal gangs have murdered two members of Mozambique's Criminal Investigation Police (PIC) in Maputo in the space of 48 hours.The first case occurred at the 28 May garden in the central Map (By News Poster)... | South Africa: DA: army should not take over border security Sunday 21-Feb-2010: The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday that Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu should reject the "hopelessly inadequate" proposal for the Defence Force to take over the border security function."If (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Seven Deaths in Cholera Violence in Zambezia Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Maputo - Seven people have died in disturbances caused by disinformation about the spread of cholera in the central Mozambican district of Gurue, in Zambezia province, reports the Beira daily paper "D (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Taxis seized as routes battle hots up Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Nikita SylvesterStaff ReporterPolice have confiscated taxis belonging to drivers in Vrygrond after another shooting was reported on Thursday morning.Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happen (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Man arrested over teen sex assault Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: A man described by police as a "prominent member of the Vredendal community" has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage boy and for being in possession of child pornography.The 49-y (By News Poster)... | South Africa: R91m Lotto family flees Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Nikita Sylvester Staff ReporterThe Cape Town family who won R91-million in Friday night's PowerBall draw has been spirited away, apparently by employees of the National Lottery.Stanley Philander, a (By News Poster)... |
| Jonathan Expresses Concern over Coup in Niger Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Lawani Mikairu and Daniel IdonorThere is indication in Niger that there is a coup as President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet are being held by soldiers after gun battles in the capital. And in a s (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: 17 Buried Amid a Flood of Tears Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Patty Magubira and Anthony MayungaMusoma - There was an outpouring of grief as thousands of mourners yesterday attended the burials of the 17 victims of Monday night's massacre at a village near Mu (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Nurse trainees back at college after protests Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sipokazi MaposaHealth WriterTeaching at the Western Cape College of Nursing was expected to resume on Tuesday morning after violent student protests shut down the facility for more than two weeks.Y (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Teacher punches pupil' story was all wrong Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Nontobeko The Gauteng Department of Education says the six-year-old who was allegedly punched by his Grade R teacher at a Joburg primary school was injured fighting with a classmate.The department (By News Poster)... |
| Killing of Girlfriend Set for Trial in High Court Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE murder case of a young Windhoek resident who is accused of killing his girlfriend in a prolonged attack in Katutura in June last year was transferred to the High Court last week.Ap (By News Poster)... | South Africa: From ruthless IFP hitman to a life of luxury Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Tanya WaterworthExpensive taste seems to have driven the success of Durban businessman Romeo Mbambo. Mbambo's Lamborghini Murcielago was involved in a crash with a Ferrari F430 in the main street o (By News Poster)... |
| USA: 9/11: DVD: Endgame Versus John Wayne's brilliant documentary: When a Politician controls your trigger finger... Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Alex Jones and documentaries like Endgame about the 9/11 Twin Towers collapse in many ways prove John Wayne's words true from decades ago. My longest-serving volunteer on my websites, JoAn Wilcox, (By Jan)... | Mugabe Birthday Party a Sign of Insensitivity? Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Alex BellA lavish all night celebration for Robert Mugabe's 86th birthday is being slammed as 'insensitive', as the country's civil servants remain on strike over the government's refusal to increa (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Urban Women Grow Food in Sacks Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Nancy Karanja, Danielle Nierenberg and Mary NjengaDriving through the crowded streets of the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, it’s nearly impossible to describe how many people live in this (By News Poster)... | Africa: Another day, another crisis (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: BY Michael LoganNairobi - It seems like hardly a day goes by without Kenya's coalition plunging into a crisis, sparking fears that the East African nation will be pitched into a repeat of the tribal (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Business Express train stoned Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Lebogang SealePassengers using the Pretoria to Joburg Business Express train scurried for cover on Monday as stones hurled by disgruntled commuters pelted their coaches.The Business Express, which (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Repeal of Sanctions a Herculean Task - Analysts Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Constantine ChimakureIT will be a task of Herculean proportions for the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to be revoked quickly even if the country meets the democratic benchmarks set by the United Sta (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zille accused of double standards Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisConstitutional law expert Pierre de Vos has accused Premier Helen Zille of double standards and hypocrisy in her response to allegations of infidelity against Community Safety MEC Lennit (By News Poster)... | NCCI Wants Investors Checked Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Jo-Maré DuddyThe Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) yesterday called on Government to ban "piecemeal type" foreign investors who don't create jobs or boost economic growth, but rather (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cape kids can't count or spell, test shows Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Ilse Fredericks Education WriterOnly 17.4 percent of the Western Cape's Grade 6 pupils have the required numeracy skills for their grade level, and only 48.6 percent are reading and writing at the (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Consensus on Need to Change Electoral Legislation Friday 19-Feb-2010: Maputo - A two day seminar on electoral reform held in Maputo by the European Union Electoral Observation Mission concluded on Thursday that the Mozambican electoral legislation needs to be overhauled (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Liquid gas price may drop by 30% Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisConsumers may soon be paying at least 30 percent less for liquid petroleum gas (LPG), says the Department of Minerals, as plans to regulate the price look set to be announced in the next (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Court's Decision On Secret Oil PSAs May Be Unconstitutional Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Jocelyn EdwardsKampala - Despite a setback last week, activists and journalists in the campaign for the release of Uganda's oil Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) vowed to continue fighting, stri (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Don't get taken for a ride by pirate taxis Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Tourists and locals wanting a ride in a safe, clean, metered taxi should look for vehicles carrying Durban's new 2010 sticker and a permanently fitted roof light - a new feature being sported by accre (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Joint Military Exercises With Germany to Start Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - A GERMAN task force arrived at the Simon's Town naval base yesterday for a month-long exercise with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).The visit shows th (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Mob attacks health workers in Moz Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Maputo - A mob attacked health workers in a town in northern Mozambique, killing one and injuring three others, after accusing them of spreading cholera, state media reported on Tuesday.Local police i (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Officer's Death Remains a Mystery Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Angelo IzamaKampala - The death of former army chief of staff, Maj. Gen. David Oyite-Ojok in a helicopter crash in December 1983 is one of the biggest unexplained mysteries of Ugandan military hist (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Did Odinga Plan Coalition Govt Crisis? Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Nairobi - DID Prime Minister Raila Odinga and some of his ODM colleagues start plotting long to paralyse the government?Or did the overturned suspension of Agriculture minister William Ruto and Educat (By News Poster)... | Science: Green electricity for 2010 Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisFifa will soon be able to buy green electricity, produced by the Darling Wind Farm, for the World Cup. This wind energy could also be used to illuminate Table Mountain and other city land (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: UN Refugee Agency Accused of 'Xenophobia' over Migrants Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Alex BellA refugee rights group in South Africa has accused the United Nations refugee agency of 'xenophobia,' for not affording Zimbabwean refugees the same treatment as other refugees in South Af (By News Poster)... | South Africa: UCT reels as another student is murdered (Page 1 of 2) Monday 15-Feb-2010: The UCT community has reacted with anger and deep sadness at the killing of the third student in five months on the streets of a city suburb.Joseph Dominic Giddy, a 22-year-old social science student (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Men held for UNAMID shooting Friday 19-Feb-2010: Khartoum - Sudanese authorities arrested two men in connection with the shooting of seven Pakistani peacekeepers in Darfur, officials said on Thursday.Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire on a p (By News Poster)... | Mugabe defends local takeover of Zim firms Friday 19-Feb-2010: "Forty-nine percent is a hell lot of equity. It is only the foolish ones who will say no" Nelson BanyaHarare - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday defended his government's drive to (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Licence fraud arrest was baseless: car dealer Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Murray WilliamsStaff WriterThe owner of a well-known Cape Town car dealership is crying foul after his arrest on licence fraud charges that were withdrawn before his first court appearance.Niyaaz J (By News Poster)... | A Common lie British & American politicians like to tell about Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: friend of mine sent me this note. I agree with what he says: Those who knew Mugabe knew he was evil, from the start, and the USA knew it and the CIA knew it. In his book, The Pied Piper, Dr Richard Cu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Renting out rooms for World Cup? Be warned... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Jason WarnerThose hoping to rent out rooms for the first time to cash in on the World Cup have been warned of substantial risk to guests and owners."This has got to be a business decision: people m (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: One Dead in Cholera Riot Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Maputo - one person died and three others were injured in a clash on Friday between the Mozambican police and a crowd of about 300 people who attacked a health post at Macaroja, in Moma district, in t (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Is There Piracy Link in Real Estate? Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Ibrahim MwathaneAt a recent FAO meeting on governance of land tenure in London, I went on alert when the session moderator suddenly averred that Kenya's liberal real estate market could be a boon t (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Brakes fail, driver hits petrol pump Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA Durban woman is lucky to be alive after her car crashed into a petrol pump, spilling petrol on to the station's forecourt. Emeric Pilz, the manager of Umvoti Shell Ultra City in (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: State set to seize proceeds of global sex ring (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: South Africa's Assets Forfeiture Unit is going after the local properties of a British-based sex ring and experts believe the unusual action could succeed.UK authorities requested the help of the Nati (By News Poster)... | Free Primary Education in African Schools Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Michael FleshmanWhen the Kenyan government announced it would stop charging fees for primary school education - just days before the beginning of the 2003 school year - the result was pandemonium. (By News Poster)... |
| World: 'Nothing changes unless there's a body count' Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Kelley Shannon and Jay RootAustin, Texas - A software engineer who crashed his plane into an office building with nearly 200 federal tax agency employees inside left behind a rambling anti-governme (By News Poster)... | Liberia: Taylor Denies Working For CIA Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not work for the United States' top spy agency while he was a rebel leader in Liberia, but did receive sophisticated communication equipment from the agency in the hop (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Harare - THE European Union yesterday extended its illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe by another year, citing what it called "lack of progress in the implementation" of the Global Political Agreem (By News Poster)... | South Africa: One last hug for teacher before child drowned Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Every morning when 10-year-old Lerato Bontsa arrived at school, she would greet her teacher with a hug.But on Tuesday there were no hugs.Letaro died on Monday after falling into a full stormwater drai (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 2010: Communism: President Zuma lies to Foreign Investors - Nationalising Mines is Not Government Policy - Zuma Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: [President Zuma's statements are a lot like Bill Clinton's when they were trying to catch him out. He began debating the meaning of words, etc. Zuma says now that nationalising the mines is not Govern (By News Poster)... | Botswana: The Hard Life of Zimbabwe Immigrants Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Russo LumaFrancistown - It is Saturday morning, around 10 o'clock when I arrive at Francistown bus rank. Buses are queuing up to take passengers to their destinations. I am more attracted to the Bu (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: TUT student to fly SA flag at summit Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: A student at the Tshwane University of Technology is part of the team representing South Africa at an international environmental summit in May.Tribute Mboweni, 23, a B Tech ecotourism student, was ch (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Rasool's disciplinary hearing postponed again Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisThe political fate of former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool remains uncertain after his disciplinary hearing for bringing the ANC into disrepute was postponed for the second time.And (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Fresh Fighting Kills Six, Wounds More Others in Southern Region Friday 19-Feb-2010: Somalia - At least 6 people have been killed and more others wounded after heavy fighting between the Islamist fighters of Harakat Al-shabab Mujihideen and other rival forces flared up at Dobley town (By News Poster)... | Zim: Mugabe finally appoints five MDC ambassadors Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Three women and two men received their letters of credential from Robert Mugabe By Tichaona SibandaFive new ambassadors and high commissioners from the MDC were on Wednesday officially appoint (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: New Body to Buy Private Electricity Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - THE government's apparent enthusiasm to go ahead with setting up an independent systems operator is just what independent power producers (IPPs) eager to enter the electricity market wa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: EU Gives U.S.$13 Million to Boost Agriculture Lifeline Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Vusumuzi SifileTHE European Union (EU) has scaled up efforts to rehabilitate Zimbabwe's battered agricultural sector through the announcement of a 9.2 million Euro (US$13 million) funding scheme to (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: 'Blood Diamonds' Inspire 'Conflict Minerals' Campaign Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Kevin J. KelleyNairobi - A campaign is growing in the United States to end wars and atrocities in eastern Congo by discouraging the export of what organisers describe as "conflict minerals."The eff (By News Poster)... | Africa: Rwanda rocked by twin grenade attacks Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Kigali - One person was killed and 18 injured in three simultaneous grenade attacks on public places in the Rwandan capital Kigali, national public radio said on Saturday.Five of the injured were in a (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Electioneering Begins in Volatile Climate Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Juba - Officials are appealing for calm during the campaign period ahead of upcoming historic elections in April as insecurity remains a major concern in Southern Sudan.Electoral campaigning in the hi (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Guard killed before reunion with girl Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Bianca WilliamsA Reunion between two long-lost friends had a bitter ending when one of them was murdered hours before they could meet.Carine Roos, 20, says she had a coffee date on Tuesday night wi (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: People stock up on booze Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziEven as Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan was delivering his budget speech, people across Durban were stocking up on booze.Fearing the worst from what has become known as "the sin (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Hawks in torture probe after heist (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Fatima SchroederHigh Court WriterA man arrested for the Absa Bank robbery on Adderley Street at the weekend claims that Hawks police unit members tortured him.The 30-year-old alleges that the Hawks (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Fresh Surge in Deadly Violence in Capital Sparks Alarm From UN Official Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia expressed grave concern today at the latest spike in violence in the capital, Mogadishu, which has killed at least 80 civilians and forced more (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: HIV-Positive Youth Still Stigmatised Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Salma Ahmad KanoKano - "I will never have anything to do with women since I have been diagnosed to have a killer disease." It is not clear how Muhammad Jungudo (17) contracted HIV, but he suspects (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: UN-African Union Envoy Urges Calm Following Darfur Violence Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today issued a call for maximum restraint by all parties following the eruption of deadly violence which has displaced (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mom won't give up after 17-year wait Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Fouzia van der FortStaff ReporterA Mitchells Plain mother has been holding on to the hope for almost 17 years that her missing daughter will be returned to her.During that time, Delores Cyster, 47, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Defence minister sued for R1.95m Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterIt's a miracle that 52-year-old Pearl Jason is alive today, a medical expert says.But Jason lived to tell her tale and has instituted a R1,95-million Western Cape (By News Poster)... | Zim: Plans for all-night Robert Mugabe birthday party are insensitive Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: "It's better spent on textbooks" David Smith JohannesburgPlans to hold a lavish all-night birthday party for the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, were today condemned as insensitive to the (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mandela Bridge swallowed by darkness Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: The Nelson Mandela Bridge is an international landmark and a gateway to the country's economic hub, yet none of Joburg's city departments want to take responsibility for keeping its lights working.At (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Pupil still missing in drain tragedy Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Shaun Smillie and Angelique SerraoThree girls were walking home from their private school in Vander-bijlpark on Monday afternoon when one of them was swept away after they had all fallen into an op (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Family grieves stabbed UCT student Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Warda Meyer and Murray WilliamsStaff WritersThe family of a UCT student murdered at the weekend have spoken with dismay of his death.Joseph Dominic Giddy, a 21-year-old social science student, was (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Four Al Shabaab Fighters Killed in Bakara Blast Monday 15-Feb-2010: At least four Somali Al-Shabaab fighters have been killed and over 10 others injured in an explosion that rocked their base in restive capital Mogadishu.The explosion, which is still unclear its cause (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Ajibola Panel Indicts Hausa Community on 2008 Jos Crisis Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Andrew AgbeseJos - The commission of inquiry led by former Attorney General of the Federation Prince Bola Ajibola which was set up by the Plateau State Government to investigate the Jos crisis of N (By News Poster)... | Africa: Darfur rebels sign truce deal with Sudan Sunday 21-Feb-2010: N'Djamena, Chad - Darfur's most powerful rebel group has signed a truce with the Sudanese government, marking the rebel group's return to peace talks aimed at ending the Darfur conflict.The truce betw (By News Poster)... |
| Madagascar: International Community Warns of Sanctions Saturday 20-Feb-2010: An international contact group on Madagascar has warned the rulers of Madagascar that "necessary steps," including sanctions, will be implemented if the impasse over returning the country to constitut (By News Poster)... | Somalia: 4 Killed as Govt Forces Fight Each Other in Mogadishu Friday 19-Feb-2010: At least four people, including two civilians have been killed and five others injured in infighting between government soldiers in the restive capital Mogadishu, officials said on Thursday.The fighti (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Notorious robber's luck runs out Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Genevieve SerraCops weren't surprised when they responded to a robbery and saw this man bleeding on the ground.Brakenfell police say the suspect is a serial robber known to all officers in the area (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Father levels abuse charge at teachers Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Sinegugu NdlovuThree Durban teachers face a child abuse charge after they allegedly made the pupil stay out of class in the heat for several hours.The charge against the teachers, of Highway Christ (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: '17 government troops dead' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Addis Ababa - An Eritrean rebel group said on Tuesday it killed 17 government soldiers and injured more than 20 others in an attack on military barracks."The attack was carried out in Fura in central (By News Poster)... | West Africa: Jonathan Condemns 'Rape' of Rights of West Africans Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By George Oji And Etim ImisinAbuja - Nigeria's leadership of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was extended for another year last night as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was elect (By News Poster)... |
| World: Court denies bail for 'merchant of death' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Thailand's appeal court on Tuesday rejected a bail request by Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as a legal battle over plans to extradite him to the United States looked set to drag into a third year.Th (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Missing Link in Abdul-Mutallab Conspiracy Theories Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Farooq A. KperogiAtlanta - Let me begin by stating that I have problems with the term "conspiracy theory." Its invocation is sometimes no more than an idle, off-handed rhetorical strategy to margin (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cosatu fumes over Sowetan headline about Zuma (Page 1 of 2) Monday 15-Feb-2010: The Congress of SA Trade Unions has demanded a retraction of a newspaper report comparing President Jacob Zuma to his predecessor Thabo Mbeki.The report published in the Sowetan on Monday under the he (By News Poster)... | Incest Suspect Wins Appeal Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesA RESIDENT of northern Namibia who was sent to prison for 12 years in October 2007 after being found guilty on a charge that he had raped his own daughter scored success in the High Co (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Power Generation Threatened As Militants Attack Shell Pipelines Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Ahamefula OgbuPort Harcourt - If the claim yesterday by the Joint Revolutionary Cou-ncil, the umbrella body of militants in the Niger Delta is anything to go by, the already epileptic power sector (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Racism - 2010: AA Papers - EBAGUM Indigenisation & Economic Empowerment Regulations Feb 10 Monday 15-Feb-2010: [This is from an email I received. Jan] Subject: AA Papers - EBAGUM Indigenisation & Economic Empowerment Regulations Feb 10 Hi xx, Thank you for this information and how appropriate for it (By Jan)... |
| Namibia: This Week in the Khuta Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By David AdetonaA man's worth is valued by his sense of responsibility in teaching his kids the importance of spirituality or religion, waiting until when emotionally and financially prepared to fathe (By News Poster)... | Science: PBMR company 'running out of money' Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Melanie Gosling Environment WriterThe Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) company announced yesterday that it was set to retrench 75 percent of its staff because it was running out of money.In a stat (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: On the FRSC's Operation Safe Express Friday 19-Feb-2010: Lagos - The recurring menace of disruptive face-offs between petrol tanker drivers and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is traceable to the centralization of fuel tan (By News Poster)... | South Africa: It's tickets for OR Tambo's vehicle thieves Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Botho MolosankweThe licence plate recognition system at OR Tambo International Airport has ensured that not a single vehicle has been stolen from the parking lots in five years."Some guy tried to s (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: We Are Investigating Fashola - EFCC Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Lilian Agih, Bidon Mibzar and Catherine AgboAbuja - The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has ordered investigations into the recent allegations o (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Presidency's response 'a slap in the face' Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Thandanani MhlangaStaff ReporterThe presidency says it has no plans to "legitimise a baseless campaign" by accepting the thousands of letters gathered by trade union Solidarity as part of their ant (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Chopper drill turns into real mayday drama Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Alex EliseevAn exercise simulating a helicopter emergency turned real at Rand Airport in Germiston on Tuesday, leaving an instructor injured. A student flying a small Robinson 22 helicopter was not (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Valentine Day Tragedy - Ex-AIT Reporter Murdered Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Yemi AkinsuyiAbuja - A day of love and sharing turned tragic yesterday as a former reporter with African Independent Television (AIT) , Mr. Efenji Efenji, was hacked to death by suspected assailant (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PowerBall winners won't even tell children Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The R91-million PowerBall winner is a 43-year-old mother of two teenagers who slipped her winning ticket into her husband's wallet and booked them into a Cape Town hotel at the weekend, before laying (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Govt Climbs Down Over Foreign Firm Takeovers Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Vusumuzi Sifile and Ndamu SanduHarare - PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office has challenged the recent gazetting of new empowerment laws forcing foreign owned firms to cede 51% of their shareh (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Ministers accused of fraud keep their jobs Monday 15-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki reinstated on Sunday evening two ministers suspended over fraud investigations by his prime minister hours earlier.The president said that he had not been consul (By News Poster)... | Sudan: UN-African Union Mission, Sudan Commit to Prison Reform Sunday 21-Feb-2010: The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region and the Sudanese Government on Sunday signed an agreement to improve prison management and inmates' living (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Yields Over Security Body Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Loughty DubeHarare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe finally succumbed to pressure when he agreed that meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) would from now be held every month as stipulated in th (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Tip-off spoils 'surprise' raid Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Lebogang SealeIt was meant to have been one of the biggest raids in the Joburg CBD targeting traders selling illegal merchandise, especially the new Bafana Bafana jerseys and World Cup goods.About (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Darfur - UN-African Union Mission Condemns Attack on Seven Peacekeepers Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region has deplored an attack carried out yesterday outside of the South Darfur capital of Nyala that wounded seven Pakista (By News Poster)... | Kibaki, Raila Clash Over Cabinet Purge Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Jeff Otieno And Peter LeftieNairobi - President Kibaki on Sunday evening lifted the suspension of two Cabinet ministers by Prime Minister Raila Odinga, terming it illegal.Mr Odinga had earlier anno (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: The Media Shouldn't Give Succour to Ingabire's Revisionist Rhetoric Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Ngango RukaraKigali - Last month, Victoire Ingabire earned herself the most vicious distinction for being the first and only person to publicly espouse a revisionist and Genocide denial position, i (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Malema denies having lavish lifestyle Saturday 20-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Friday dismissed recent media reports as an untrue reflection of his lifestyle and earnings.Addressing the Temba community in Hammanskraal, he said those wh (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Judge Loses Out to Grace Mugabe, Seizes Another Farm Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Constantine Chimakure and Chris MuronziHarare - A HIGH Court judge, Ben Hlatshwayo, who reportedly lost a farm to First Lady Grace Mugabe in 2008, has occupied part of an estate in Mashonaland West (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Corruption Has Brought Down Many Great Nations Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By David SseppuuyaKampala - Lest we forget, many great nations and empires have been brought down by corruption. Even civilisations, have undergone, owing to the sheer weight of corruption.- Rome - so (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: New Unit to Probe State Tender Corruption Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE Treasury would establish a unit to investigate tender corruption in provincial governments, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday during his reply to the debate on his (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 17 000km fibre-optic cable lands in KZN Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System - which landed in Mtunzini on Monday - is one of nine undersea telecommunications cables that will connect various parts of sub-Saharan Africa to the rest of (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Row rattles Kenya's shaky unity government (Page 1 of 2) Monday 15-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Kenya's fractious coalition government faced its biggest crisis on Monday since emerging from post-election violence two years ago, as rival leaders clashed openly over a corruption probe.Pr (By News Poster)... | Africa: Fresh rallies back Niger coup (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Fiacre VidjingninouNiamey - Thousands of people took part in fresh demonstrations Sunday in support of Niger's new military junta, state radio said, as UN and African envoys arrived for urgent talk (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Mugabe ignores PM's directive Sunday 21-Feb-2010: “No going back†on the regulations By Ndamu SanduPresident Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF ministers have ignored Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's directive that the controversial empowerment (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Policemen's assets to be seized in drugs case Saturday 20-Feb-2010: The Asset Forfeiture Unit has plans to seize the property of three former policemen accused of dealing in drugs, according to the National Prosecuting Authority.Mthunzi Mhaga, a spokesman for the NPA, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cellphone companies accused of shady deal Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Cellphone operators came under fire from MPs on Tuesday for trying to force regulator Icasa to agree not to review their rates until 2013 if they agreed to cut interconnection fees. Senior ANC MP John (By News Poster)... | AG Gives Bad Verdict On Land Acquisition Fund Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichAuditor General Junias Kandjeke has given an adverse audit opinion on the financial accounts of Government's Land Acquisition and Development Fund, which has N$190 million for buyi (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Zim scraps diamond licence Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe has cancelled a British firm's mining license, the company's lawyer said on Tuesday, in the latest tussle over diamond fields plagued by human rights abuses.The decision to cancel th (By News Poster)... | Africa: Ex-PM Mahdi blasts Sudan ruling party Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Former Sudanese premier Sadiq al-Mahdi kicked off his presidential campaign on Monday with a blistering attack on the ruling National Congress Party, which he accused of devastating the country.Mahdi, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma mauled by MPs (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana and Mercury ReportersIt was a wounded President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on Monday, and opposition parties went for the jugular.For the first time in a State of the Nation debate in (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Time to Rethink Fuel Subsidy Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Simon KolawoleLagos - Yes, you heard me right: the time has come to rethink fuel subsidy. All my life I have argued in favour of fuel subsidy, but now I am shifting my position. My pro-subsidy argu (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Home of Terrorism Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Tony NnajiOwerri - When the Owelle of Onitsha, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, advocated for one Nigeria in his active days in government, he never envisaged the mergence of social vices such as terro (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: The West, Media and Islamophobia (i) Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Mohammed HarunaI'll like to define the key words in today's lecture. These are Terrorism, The Media, and Islamophobia. To start with Terrorism, no two persons agree on the meaning of the word "terr (By News Poster)... |
| World: Twelve Taliban killed in Nato offensive Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Golnar MotevalliTwelve Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a Nato offensive against the group's last stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province, a provincial government official said.T (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Ignore European Sanctions, Says Mugabe Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Sydney KawadzaHarare - President Mugabe yesterday called on Zimbabwe to ignore the European Union's decision to extend illegal sanctions by another year and concentrate on exploiting the country's (By News Poster)... |
| World: US strike kill Taliban leader's brother (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Islamabad - The brother of a senior Afghan Taliban commander has been killed in a US missile strike in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials and a Taliban commander said on Friday - the latest (By News Poster)... | Niger: Tandja Ousted After Third Term Bid Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Paul Ohia, and Sufuyan Ojeifo in Abuja with agency reportLagos - Niger Republic was thrown into fresh turmoil yesterday as the military ousted President Mamadou Tandja.Armed soldiers stormed the pr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Sars can now check every financial facet Friday 19-Feb-2010: A Sars official on said that for its new lifestyle audits, Sars would establish if the income people declared every year was an accurate description of what they brought home. Sars now had the technol (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: FG Allays Investors' Fears On PIB Friday 19-Feb-2010: Lagos - The Federal Government has allayed investors' fears on some of the provisions in the soon-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying the concerns raised by stakeholders will be resolve (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Finance Minister Stares Down Populist Allies Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Miriam Isa and Linda EnsorCape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered a budget yesterday which tackled the need for job creation after last year's severe recession without destabilising t (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: 'I Do Not Waver On My Genocide Ideology' - Ingabire Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Theobald GasarasiKigali - As she continues to articulate her genocide denial, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, is increasingly coming out in the open as truly the revisionist demagogue that she is.Her la (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Four injured, 42 arrested in Ogies protest Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Four people were injured and 42 were arrested in Ogies, Mpumalanga, on Thursday in protests against BHP Billiton - the second violent action targeting a mining company in the past two weeks, police sa (By News Poster)... | Uganda: How Environmental Degradation Begins and Worsens Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Cyril MugyenyiWhat begins as an invisible environmental problem gradually metamorphoses into a strong social problem that demands costly political intervention with many unintended victims.The cycl (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Taxi drivers: Abu Dhabi employer denies guilt Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The South African men who went to work in Abu Dhabi clearly went with unrealistic expectations based on what they had been told by the recruiting agent, their former employer said on Tuesday.Emirates (By News Poster)... | Africa: New Ways to Fight Hunger Sought Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Sammy CheboiNairobi - Food security experts meet in Nairobi on Wednesday to map out new ways of keeping hunger at bay.Recognising the key role women play in tackling hunger in many households, the (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Chainsaw attack: Victims become suspects Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Shellee GeduldDaily Voice ReporterA woman and her daughter have been charged with murder after surviving a horrific attack with a chainsaw.Karin Adams and her daughter Tracey Adams, 20, are current (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Madiba honour sparks clash Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sibusiso Ngalwa Political BureauCultural observance clashed with gender equality when Science Minister Naledi Pandor called IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi to order for asking men in the National A (By News Poster)... |
| S. Africa: Legitimizing Crime Monday 15-Feb-2010: Production of witblitz and a range of other illegal activities will be captured in future calculations of gross domestic product (GDP). Coverage of activities not previously recorded - including crime (By JanOlifant)... | Kenya: Crisis Looms as Surge in HIV Patients Drains Drug Stocks Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Arthur OkwembaNairobi - The government achieved more than it bargained for when it urged people to get tested for HIV as part of its anti-Aids campaign. Many answered the call, and learnt that they (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zille blames drugs for 'bad matric results' (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By HELEN BAMFORD and ANDISIWE MAKINANAWestern Cape Premier Helen Zille believes the drop in Grade 12 results is directly linked to the escalation of drug abuse which often starts in primary school.She (By News Poster)... | Côte d'Ivoire: Several Dead in Clashes With Security Forces Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Security forces shot dead six people in Cote d'Ivoire during protests on Friday following the dissolution of the government and the electoral commission.Fraternite Matin reported demonstrations and cl (By News Poster)... |
| Treason Trial 'Confessions' Ruling in March Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesA RULING that will conclude a phase of the main Caprivi high treason trial that has kept the trial occupied since April last year was postponed to the beginning of March when the treas (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Trawler nets couple's holiday snaps Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Liam MosesStaff ReporterA South African couple will be reunited with their camera more than a year after it fell into the ocean somewhere off the British coast.Barbara and Dennis Gregory of Joburg (By News Poster)... |
| Schabir Shaik Trial: Five KZN cops nabbed Friday 19-Feb-2010: Five KwaZulu-Natal police officers have been arrested for alleged involvement in cash-in-transit heists and corruption, police said on Thursday.Two policemen from Ladysmith and a security guard from N (By News Poster)... | Science: Exploring Zulu plants Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Colleen DardaganIntegrating the knowledge of indigenous Zulu medicinal plants into the teaching of chemistry is under investigation by Fulbright scholar Deshi Moodley, now a science education lectu (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Bad municipalities warned Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Some municipalities - the chronically bad ones - could be eliminated as the government strives to improve service delivery, says the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo (By News Poster)... | Somalia: TFG State Minister Escapes Big Blasts, Kills Four in Mogadishu Monday 15-Feb-2010: At least 4 people have been killed and more others injured in Mogadishu after big blasts targeted to the military convoy led by the state minister of the transitional Federal Government of Somalia She (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Wanted man held after shoot out with police Sunday 21-Feb-2010: A man wanted for murder, house robbery amongst other crimes was arrested following a shoot out with police in Durban on Sunday.Senior provincial police official director Phindile Radebe said police fo (By News Poster)... | Ghana: IMF Boss Warns Nation Oil Revenue will Not Make a Difference Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Linda Akrasi KoteyThe Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. John Lipsky, has observed that legislators and policy makers are faced with the challenge of explaining (By News Poster)... |
| 2010 World Cup: Trust South Africa to host World Cup: Blatter Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Brian HomewoodZurich, Switzerland - Fifa president Sepp Blatter said staging the 2010 World Cup was a reward for African football and host nation South Africa should be trusted."It will be a wonder (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 21 injured, 61 arrested in Ogies protest Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Twenty-one people were injured and 61 were arrested in Ogies, Mpumalanga, on Thursday in protests against BHP Billiton - the second violent action targeting a mining company in the past two weeks, pol (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 40% of witnesses quit protection programme Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Carien du PlessisPolitical BureauMany witnesses placed at safe houses under the state protection programme have left due to the financial squeeze.In the past year about 40 percent of witnesses have (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma 'not involved' in student's arrest (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Bronwynne Jooste, Murray Williams and SapaThe presidency has distanced itself from the arrest of a UCT student after he allegedly brandished his middle finger at President Jacob Zuma's cavalcade.Ch (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Ten Killed in Mogadishu Fighting Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: At least 10 civilians were killed and 15 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in the Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Monday.Insurgent (By News Poster)... | World: Death toll rises in Belgian train crash Monday 15-Feb-2010: Brussels - Two commuter trains collided head-on at rush hour in a Brussels suburb on Monday, killing as many as 25 people.Belgian National Railways told the VRT radio network that 25 people had died. (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Minister refuses to fire corrupt Chitungwiza council Monday 15-Feb-2010: Corruptly allocated a stand to build a hotel by the same officials he is now protecting By Lance GumaLocal Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has moved to protect 23 MDC-T councillors in Chit (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Soldiers Killed At Sudan Border Monday 15-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Two Kenyan soldiers were on Sunday shot dead and six others seriously injured in an attack on a Kenya Army convoy in the volatile Kenya/ Sudan border are of Nadapal on Sunday morning.The sol (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: ANC in bid to attract coloured voters Monday 15-Feb-2010: By LUVUYO MJEKULATHE ANC is to target the coloured vote in its quest to reclaim control of the Western Cape.This was decided after it emerged from the party's three-day lekgotla that the coloured comm (By News Poster)... | Zim: CRD finds secret diamond mining at Charleswood Estate Saturday 20-Feb-2010: "Mining activities have been going on for a year now" click here to enlarge imageclick here to download reportclick here to download further informationBy Jeff MillerThe Center for Research an (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Massacre probe begins Friday 19-Feb-2010: Conakry - The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court arrived late on Wednesday in Guinea on a three-day visit to assess whether it can try those responsible for a 2009 opposition massac (By News Poster)... | Africa: Amnesty slams harassment of Rwanda opposition Friday 19-Feb-2010: Human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the harassment of opposition figures in Rwanda - ahead of presidential elections planned for August.Members of opposition parties FDU-Ink (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 15,000 Protest to Zuma Over Crime Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Caitlin RossCape Town - Tens of thousands of letters addressed to President Jacob Zuma asking him to prioritise the fight against crime, were dumped on the steps of parliament after the presidency (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Five-star 2010 accommodation almost full-up Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Jason WarnerWorld Cup tourists are booking out upmarket establishments in Cape Town with five-star hotels nearly fully booked.The Cape Times surveyed a number of establishments in the greater Cape (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PIC: Zuma cops lock up jogger (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Michelle Jones and Quinton MtyalaA UCT student has been arrested, had his house searched and been questioned about his political affiliations after gesturing at President Jacob Zuma's convoy of ve (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Suspected Hoodlums Kill Ex-AIT Reporter on Valentine Day Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By David AgbaAbuja - Sunday, Valentine Day, has turned awry for Efenji Efenji, a former African Independent Television (AIT) reporter who was reportedly hacked to death by suspected assassins.The trag (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Spade killing - woman gets 25 Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: A small, thin 23-year-old mother stared grimly ahead when jailed for 25 years on Tuesday for the murder of a man who had for a long time persistently made sexual advances on her.Michelle Nadesen, dres (By News Poster)... | World: Fritzl begs his rape victim daughter for cash (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Allan HallJosef Fritzl has been writing begging letters to the daughter he locked up and raped in a secret dungeon for 24 years.Every two weeks Fritzl, 74, pens a pleading note to daughter Elisabet (By News Poster)... |
| Southern Africa: African Catholics to Manage US Emergency Aids Relief Funds Monday 15-Feb-2010: The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, with other local partners, is being given the responsibility for the administration of a U.S. grant for treating HIV patients, according to ZENITH.Ca (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Knives sharpened for Zuma (Page 1 of 2) Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Xolani MbanjwaPolitical BureauOpposition parties were honing their knives yesterday ahead of today's debate on President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address, which many analysts deemed "lackin (By News Poster)... |
| World: 'Box escape' murder suspect commits suicide Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Paris - A murder suspect who grabbed France's attention by escaping from prison concealed in a cardboard box and eluding capture for two months has committed suicide.Suspected of the murder of two wom (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Annan Team Report Faults Kibaki, Raila Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Emeka-Mayaka GekaraNairobi - A group commissioned by the Kofi Annan-led Panel of Eminent African Personalities has delivered a damning verdict on the performance of President Kibaki and Prime Minis (By News Poster)... |
| Mali: Dutch Companies Invest in Biofuels Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Rachel PollockDutch automaker Kia Netherlands recently announced that it would be investing in Mali Biocarburant SA (MBSA), a Dutch-backed biodiesel program in Mali. This investment allows for Kia (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Cat fight ends in death (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Megan BaadjiesA teenage girl is dead after a love rival allegedly stabbed her in the head with a screwdriver.This week Chanel Michaels's mother had the excruciating task of pulling the plug on her (By News Poster)... |
| Zambia: Magobbo Cane Growers Targets Self-Sufficiency Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Brian HatyokaTHE expansion of Nakambala Sugar Estates by Zambia Sugar Plc has continued to be a source of pride to the local people as well as a source of employment and economic stimulation in Zam (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Lotto: tabloid admits to error Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Nikita Sylvester The Afrikaans language tabloid Die Son which first carried the story of Friday night's supposed R91m Powerball "win" by Stanley Philander has denied paying the deaf Parkwood man fo (By News Poster)... |
| Southern Africa: SADC Records Surplus Food in 2009/10 Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The overall food security situation in southern Africa for the 2009/10 marketing year is favourable, with a regional cereal surplus of 476, 000 metric tonnes compared to a deficit of 1.78 metric tones (By News Poster)... | Guinea: Security Council Hails Poltical Resolution Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The Security Council today welcomed "recent positive developments" in Guinea, which has been gripped by unrest since Government forces opened fire on unarmed protesters last year, killing at least 150 (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Why It Makes Sense to Pay Others to Die for You Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Charles Onyango-ObboI was brought up to hate mercenaries.However, an article in Uganda's Daily Monitor about the record 10,000 Ugandans who work as American guards in Iraq got me thinking if we cou (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Church earmarked for shebeen Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Genevieve SerraThe only spirits you'll find in this former Mitchell's Plain church is more likely to be of an alcoholic sort.The former drug den was the toast of the town when it was handed over to (By News Poster)... |
| World: Bloody school attacks stoke fear in France Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Paris - The French government came under pressure on Tuesday to curb violence in schools after a 17-year-old boy was slashed with a knife and beaten with baseball bats by a gang during a sports class. (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Oil Thieves Threaten Group Over Exposure Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Emma AmaizeWarri - A syndicate of oil thieves in the Niger-Delta has threatened to deal with members of a non-governmental organisation, Niger Delta Waterways Vigilante, NDWV, for allegedly exposin (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Traffic department's plea to parents Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersTraffic authorities are pleading with parents to ensure their children's safety when transporting them to school.They are also appealing to early morning drivers to be wary of child (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma orders review of troubled state firms Sunday 21-Feb-2010: South African President Jacob Zuma has ordered an external audit of state companies, following persistent reports of mismanagement and political meddling, and said he wants faster action to curb corru (By News Poster)... |
| World: Many dead, hurt in mud torrent on island Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Funchal, Portugal - Flash floods that turned into street torrents destroying houses and pulling down bridges have killed at least 38 people and injured more than 100 on the Portuguese island of Madeir (By News Poster)... | IMF restores Zimbabwe's voting rights Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Zimbabwe owes a combined $1.3b to the IMF, the World Bank and the ADB By Veronica SmithWashington - The International Monetary Fund on Friday restored Zimbabwe's voting rights after a suspensi (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: Jubah's Alleged Killers Prop-Up in Court Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Peter N. TobyThe trial of nine suspects indicted for murder, criminal facilitation and criminal conspiracy following the brutal killing of Public Procurement and Concession Commission chair Keith J (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mpshe's resignation confirmed Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Carien Du Plessis Political BureauFormer prosecutions chief Mokotedi Mpshe has resigned from the civil service following an outcry over his appointment as an acting judge.Mpshe was "seconded" from (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Government's mixed messages over status of indigenisation regulation Saturday 20-Feb-2010: “Disregard the comments from the Prime Minister's Question Time, disregard that" By Violet GondaThe latest newsletter from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the government ‘dropped' th (By News Poster)... | Liberia: Taylor Explains Covert Bank Account Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayFormer Liberian president, Charles Taylor, today described how he evaded a United Nations arms embargo by funneling millions of dollars through a secret personal bank account to buy arms (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Aid restrictions hurt Somalis Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Katharine HoureldNairobiI, Kenya - US restrictions designed to stop terrorists in Somalia from diverting aid are hurting humanitarian operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country, UN officials (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Woman commits suicide after husband's murder Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A woman has committed suicide at her home in Raslouw, two days after her husband was murdered.Farzaana Naidoo, 23, whose husband was shot while sitting in his car in the Menlyn Park Shopping Centre pa (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Lucky the finger wasn't aimed at Mugabe (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The UCT jogger arrested for "gesturing" at President Jacob Zuma's blue-light convoy as it passed by should consider himself lucky.Had he done it to President Mugabe's convoy in Zimbabwe he would have (By News Poster)... | Africa: Unaids Chief Begins Visit to Southern Africa with Stop in Swaziland Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The head of the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has called for a greater national response to the disease in Swaziland, which has the highest rate of HIV prevalence in the worl (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: UNAMID Peacekeepers Ambushed Outside IDP Camp, Seven Injured Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Seven Formed Police Unit (FPU) peacekeepers with the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were wounded yesterday in an ambush outside of Nyala, South Darfur.The Pakistani peacekeepe (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Free State policeman arrested for rape Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A 28-year-old police constable has been arrested for rape in Bethlehem, Free State.A spokesman for the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), Moses Dlamini, said on Wednesday that the policeman als (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Sculptor denies Big Five contract Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Gugu MbonambiInternationally acclaimed elephant artist Andries Botha repeated on Tuesday that he had not been commissioned to sculpt the Big Five for the eThekwini municipality - his mandate was to (By News Poster)... | South Africa: SACP slams opposition walk-out Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The SA Communist Party on Wednesday accused opposition parties of "missing the point" by staging a walk-out in the National Assembly."It is sad that the opposition has missed the point and sought to r (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: How to Boost Food Security Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By James ShikwatiIt is not easy to fathom whether the increase in cell phone uptake in Africa was driven by prior knowledge that every villager would want to talk to their siblings.In the 90s, it appe (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Car dealer charged with fraud Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Murray WilliamsStaff WriterThe owner of a well-known car dealership faces criminal charges for allegedly falsifying the registration of his R1-million sports car.The man, who cannot be named until (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: World Bank Faults Government Over Economic Disparities Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Martin Luther OketchKampala - The government has been faulted for failing to distribute the benefits of economic growth to all the regions of the country, which has created economic disparities.In (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Indha'ade Survives Suicide Car Bomb in Mogadishu Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Reports from restive Mogadishu say Somalia's State Minister for Defense, Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad (Indha'ade) has survived a twin suicide car bombing that targeted his convoy in the capital's Maka Al (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Burundi Denies Pulling Out Peacekeepers Monday 15-Feb-2010: The Burundian contingent serving in the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will stay in Mogadishu until it restores peace and stability and would not be deterred by the insurgent a (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Militants Dismiss Attack Claims Monday 15-Feb-2010: Lagos - Nigeria's main militant group will wait to be invited by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to resume peace talks and its ceasefire in the oil-producing Niger Delta remains suspended, it said (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cops on the hunt for bank robbers Monday 15-Feb-2010: Police are appealing to the public to help them solve a robbery at Absa in central Cape Town on Saturday.The Directorate of Priority Crimes, better known as the Hawks, is to investigate.Four men enter (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Fire destroys Rani resort Monday 15-Feb-2010: A fire has gutted the head office of Rani Resorts in Jukskei Park, Randburg, causing millions of rands' damage. The group is the owner of a number of resorts and hotels, including the Stanley and Livi (By News Poster)... |
| Sierra Leone: Koroma Hails Multi-Million-Dollar Biofuel Investment Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Sheka TarawallieFreetown - President Ernest Bai Koroma has on Tuesday 9th February 2010 hailed the large-scale agricultural investment of the Swiss-based Energy Corporation, Addax & Oryx Holdings B (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Licences in return for rugby tickets Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Fiona GoundenFormer Sharks loose forward Warren Britz, who is now living in France, allegedly had his learner driver's licence and his driver's licence arranged on the same day by the Hibiscus Coas (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Drug-addict son's 'fiery revenge' (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: The soot-covered rooms showed no evidence of ever having been painted. The explosion and red-hot flames had been so intense that they cracked the walls and lifted the roof off the house.But today the (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe inflation rising as disinflationary effect of hard-currency move fades Saturday 20-Feb-2010: "Access to general resources would depend on Zimbabwe clearing its arrears" Blessing ZuluWashington - Zimbabwean consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in January after a 1.8 percent monthly gain in (By News Poster)... |
| Chasing the Dots ... Dichotomies and Lobotomies Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Chris SmithBlinkers off; look around this crazy world of ours and the institutions that have grown globally seemingly to moderate the madness of man intent on destroying himself. These are showing (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Infant raped, killed in E Cape Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Eastern Cape police are investigating the murder of a five-month-old baby after a post mortem revealed that she was raped and "severely abused", a spokesman said on Wednesday."An inquest docket was op (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Technicality gets Ozinsky off the hook Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Aandisiwe MakinanaPolitical WriterDisciplinary charges against the Western Cape ANC's former chief whip, Max Ozinsky, have been dropped - for now.A disciplinary committee decided on Tuesday to drop (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Indian Firm Goes Head-to-Head With African Telecoms Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Simon MundyJohannesburg - FIVE months after the collapse of a proposed tie-up between MTN and India's Bharti Airtel, the two are set to go head-to-head in Africa's cellphone industry, after Bharti (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Sun City manager killed Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: A Sun City manager was found strangled in her flat at the resort on Monday, the day that a Fifa workshop started there, North West police said."The police found her on Monday afternoon... the woman wa (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Watchdog Wants UN Action On DRC Mineral Exploiters Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By James KaruhangaKigali - Global Witness, a rights watchdog, has urged the UN Security Council to start using targeted sanctions against companies that have failed to clean up their act and continue (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: African Exploration to Focus Attention On Coal Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - STATE-owned mining entity African Exploration Mining and Finance had invested about R50m in mining activities since its inception two years ago, said CEO Sizwe Madondo.Afr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Socialites battle it out in court (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The socialite sons of two wealthy Durban men squared up in court on Tuesday with one accusing the other of trying to kill him, apparently because of jealously over a woman.In the witness stand in the (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Political Crisis Escalates as Party Boycotts Cabinet Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Benjamin Muindi And Peter LeftieNairobi - The crisis in the Grand Coalition Government escalated on Tuesday after Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ODM declared a boycott of Cabinet meetings until the (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Country Braces for Influx of Burundians Fleeing Famine Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - Rwanda will be on the alert to deal with a possible influx of refugees from Burundi reported to be fleeing from a famine that has hit the Northern part of the country.Reports (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'I gave him R100, then sent him to die' (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Gallery: 19-year-old murdered in EersterusBy Graeme Hosken Crime ReporterHundreds of Pretoria high school children cheering on classmates at an inter-schools athletics competition watched in horror a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Accused fathered son of girl, 11 Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Jade Witten Court ReporterDNA test results have revealed the man on trial for raping an 11-year-old girl is "99,99 percent" the father of the baby boy conceived during the attack.Superintendent Sha (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Airlines Face Fare Probe Ahead of World Cup Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Julius BaumannJohannesburg - THE Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism are expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation of the way airlines publish their airfares, and i (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Scams Likely to Rise At World Cup Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Simon MundyJohannesburg - TECHNOLOGY company Symantec has launched a website to give free advice to internet users concerned about scams linked to this year's Soccer World Cup.Symantec analyst Paul (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cop spends weekend in Pollsmoor Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Shellee GeduldA cop accused of threatening to kill his wife and colleagues spent the weekend in Pollsmoor Prison.Rowland Moolman, 43, was arrested last week and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates' (By News Poster)... | Africa: Zimbabwe's Mugabe marks 86th birthday Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's state media on Sunday showered President Robert Mugabe with praise on his 86th birthday - while the country's foreign minister condemned Europe's move to extend sanctions.State-own (By News Poster)... |
| Credit markets flash hottest warning signal since crisis Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Jitters over Chinese credit tightening and default risks in Greece and Dubai are causing bond vigilantes to batten down the hatches across the world, bringing the most dramatic credit rally for a cent (By JanOlifant)... | South Africa: 'Mantashe is being eaten alive' Saturday 20-Feb-2010: ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe does not need President Jacob Zuma's protection from attacks by the party's youth league president Julius Malema, the party said on Friday."The term of elected off (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Building of Science and Technology Park Launched Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Maluana - Mozambique's Minister of Science and Technology, Venancio Massingue, on Thursday laid the first stone for a Science and Technology Park in Maluana, in Manhica district, about 80 kilometres n (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Bus company owner held for fuel theft scam Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The owner of an Eastern Cape bus company and a diesel tanker driver were arrested following a fuel theft scam that was presented to police as a hijacking, police said on Thursday.Superintendent Mzukis (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Mr Shilowa, you are a hypocrite' (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The majority of citizens lose both interest and hope in politics when the leaders they look upon to change their lives for the better display a continuous disregard for the masses.Political science st (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Somalia Government Foils Attack on Officials - Report Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Somalia's fragile government says it has foiled a plot to kill many of its officials, who were supposed to attend a 'bogus seminar' at one of Mogadishu's hotel.The plot was to coincide with Monday's s (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Journo wrongfully arrested in Zim Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's security agencies are thwarting attempts to boost tourism to the cash-strapped country during the World Cup in neighbouring South Africa, a government minister complained.Zimbabwe (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mand shot in fight over woman Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Mandilakhe TshweteA Somali man has been shot and injured in a fight over a woman.The 27-year-old gunman allegedly heard his ex-lover was in town visiting her new love, then went mental.Roble Gala w (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: EU renews sanctions on Zim (Page 1 of 2) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Brussels - EU leaders on Tuesday renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year, citing a lack of progress in implementing the country's power-sharing agreement.The 27-member bloc said travel ban (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mlaba makes trunk call on elephant sculptures Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziDurban mayor Obed Mlaba was unaware of the controversial elephant sculptures being created near Durban's new Warwick Avenue interchange.The sculptures made headlines this weekend a (By News Poster)... |
| World: India: two detained for bombing Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: New Delhi - Indian police have detained two people over a weekend bombing at a German bakery in the west of the country which killed nine people and injured 57, a report said on Tuesday.The Press Trus (By News Poster)... | Cameroon: Tiko - Bandits Kill Housewife After Stealing FCFA 200.000 Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sylvester AsongThree suspects have been nabbed and are helping the forces of law and order in investigations.The population of Tiko on Monday 8th February turned out massively at the "New Quarters" (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: UPDF Chief Shoots Wife and Self Dead Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Robert MuherezaSt. Valentine's Day, observed to celebrate love, ironically turned tragic in Kisoro District after a UPDF commander shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself.Lt. David Oku (By News Poster)... | Africa: Soldiers ambushed, killed Monday 15-Feb-2010: Isiolo, Kenya - Two Kenyan army personnel were killed by raiders from neighbouring Sudan as they patrolled the country's border, a spokesman with the defence department told Reuters.The two, who were (By News Poster)... |
| World: Dubai killers used 'diplomatic passports' Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Dubai - The hit squad that killed a senior Hamas militant in Dubai last month had made use of diplomatic passports, the Gulf emirate's police chief said in a government-owned newspaper on Sunday."Ther (By News Poster)... | Somalia: President Calls on Insurgents to Embrace Peace Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Somali president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has called on insurgents to stop fighting and embrace peace.Ahmed said dialogue is only way to attain sustainable peace in war-torn Somalia, calling on arme (By News Poster)... |
| World: 'I want him dead' (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Patrick BazTrikh Nawar, Afghanistan - "Could you get him in one clear shot?" the American sergeant barks down the radio."I got eyes on him, but too many women and children around," replies the snip (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Three People Killed in Bosaso Town Friday 19-Feb-2010: Unidentified gunmen have separately shot and killed three people in the port and business town of Bosoaso in the semi-autonomous region of puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.Locals sa (By News Poster)... |
| Ghana: Is Migration a Blessing Or Curse? Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Stephen YeboahThe exodus of Ghanaians to other countries still remains very pertinent and crucial in all aspects of development discourse of the country.The second half of the twentieth century has (By News Poster)... | World: 'Civilians used as shields' (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Patrick BazMarjah, Afghanistan - A US-led offensive in southern Afghanistan dragged into a sixth day on Thursday, with progress slowed by hidden bombs and what commanders say is the Taliban's use o (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zim national held for false robberies Friday 19-Feb-2010: A Zimbabwean national was arrested for allegedly reporting two false robberies in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.The man was arrested when police noticed he had opened a similar case as (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Farmers Reaping Fruits of Their Labour Thanks to Technology Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Daniel Otieno and Stella CheronoNairobi - Even in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty, goes an old saying. For farmers in Homabay and Vihiga districts the bumper harvests have in the past no (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Crowd Defends Cholera Riot Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Maputo - Residents of the locality of Mucoroge, in Moma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, have told provincial governor Felismino Tocoli to his face that they were quite correc (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Traffic cop wounded in shooting Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A Free State woman traffic officer was on Wednesday shot and seriously wounded at work in an apparent domestic dispute.A police constable shot Mary Lebone five times in the basement parking of the Len (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Supertramp' almost at his destination Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Nikita SyvesterStaff ReporterWhen 23-year-old Kyle Meeneham first started making his way around the perimeter of South Africa more than 270 days ago, it was because he "just felt like walking". Now (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Firearm Licences Too Easy - Amathila Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE issuing of firearm licences should be stricter, as there have been several reports of women being shot by their boyfriends or husbands, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amath (By News Poster)... |
| World: Saudi prince quizzed over servant's murder Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A Saudi prince is being quizzed by police on suspicion of murder after one of his servants was found battered to death at a top London hotel.Officers were called to the five-star Landmark Hotel in Mar (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Navy Impersonator Lands in Police Net Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Andrew UtuluLagos - A man, Ayeyemi Majek, 28, until his arrests dressed in naval attire and known and addressed in his residential area as a Naval officer. But nemesis caught up with him recently w (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Militias Fight Over Border Town Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: At least five people were killed and several others injured when Hizbul Islam fighters engaged Al-Shabaab fighters in the Somali border town of Dhobley near the Kenyan border, officials and witnesses (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Eighty Killed, 8,000 Displaced in Mogadishu Fighting Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR says more than 80 people have been killed and over 8,000 others displaced in the restive Somali capital Mogadishu within this month.Mark Bowden, the UN resident (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Blank lottery paper found on sidewalk Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Kim TshukuluLottery operator Gidani is investigating how rolls of unused lottery paper ended up on the pavement of a Leondale, Ekurhuleni, premises.Dr Peter Velter said he found long rolls of unuse (By News Poster)... | Experts Probe CFL Bulb Disposal Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Mbongeni MguniA team of experts from the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) will today assess whether Gaborone's waste handling facilities are capable of disposing of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Summit Focuses on Hunger Woes Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By George OmondiFailure by African governments to spur increased production of food crops to feed the continent's rapidly growing population comes into focus again as experts converge on Nairobi today (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Metals in Cell Phones Financing Brutal War Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: London - Metals found in everyday electronic items, such as mobile phones and computers are being mined illegally in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and funding a conflict that has caus (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'To get out we signed not to speak the truth' Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Seven KwaZulu-Natal men who had a nightmarish experience in Abu Dhabi arrived back home in Durban on Monday night.And although they had signed an agreement with their former employer not to talk, they (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Accountability is so judgmental' Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: PRETORIA. President Jacob Zuma has confirmed that he will personally hold all incompetent or corrupt public servants accountable, failing which he will just hold them. "Sometimes a long, lingering hug (By News Poster)... |
| ODM Calls for Annan to Mediate Talks Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Peter LeftieNairobi - The Orange Party on Monday called for the return of mediator Kofi Annan as the crisis in the coalition government entered its second day.Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Hacked bodies of mother, baby found in veld Monday 15-Feb-2010: A woman and her five-month-old child have been found hacked to death in veld near Benoni, Gauteng.A police spokesman, Captain Alfred Nakana, said their bodies had been found by children playing in a f (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Tanker Drivers, Doctors Threaten Strike Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Akor Sylvester and Williams AttahAbuja/Gombe - Petroleum Taker Drivers (PTD) and Resident Doctors have warned that they may embark on a nation-wide strike this week, unless their demands were met.W (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Man allegedly hacks wife to death Sunday 21-Feb-2010: A woman in her early 30's was hacked to death with a panga allegedly by her 48-year-old husband during a fight in Lefiso Village near Marapyane on Sunday, Mpumalanga police said.Sergeant Hastings Chaa (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Government Moves to Avert Clash With Mobile Phone Firms Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Beatus KagasheThe government has moved to forestall a possible clash with mobile telephone companies over a proposed law that would make it mandatory for the firms to sell shares worth billions of (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Similar Killings in the Past Sparked Protests Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Fred MukindaNairobi - Five years ago, prostitutes in Nairobi's Majengo slums staged a protest march to Shauri Moyo Police Station after a serial killer strangled four of their colleagues.In this ca (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: I was raped at disabled school - minister Friday 19-Feb-2010: A national government minister says she was a rape victim 20 years ago at the school exposed in Sowetan this week for employing teachers who raped disabled pupils, according to a report.Deputy Ministe (By News Poster)... | Africa: AU condemns Niger coup Friday 19-Feb-2010: Addis Ababa - African Union chief Jean Ping on Friday condemned the military coup in Niger and said he was following developments "with concern."Ping, who heads the continental body's executive arm, " (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'I heard a bang and pupils started screaming' (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo Magwaza and Sinegugu NdlovuEducation authorities have reacted with outrage after six children were injured when a shotgun being carried in a school bag at a Verulam school went off on T (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Historic flag bought by SA businessman Friday 19-Feb-2010: A historic South African flag signed by former presidents FW de Klerk, Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki has been bought by a South African businessman living in London.The flag was to have been sold on (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Not a bad Budget debut, minister (Page 1 of 3) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The budget speech by the finance minister of any government is a political statement as well as an economic one.In the speech, the minister is expected to reinforce government priorities - as outlined (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Oil Pipeline Project Cost Hits Shs 600 Billion Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Independent TeamKampala - The Kenya government is weighing the fate of its plan, jointly with Uganda, to extend the oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala. It cites the escalating cost and the uncert (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Gas merchants 'making a killing' Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The mark-up on the selling price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) is a massive 176% percent, members of Parliament's energy portfolio committee heard on Tuesday.Producers, wholesalers and retailers of LP (By News Poster)... | Africa: Jonathan, MEND to resume talks? Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Nick TattersallAbuja - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan expects swift progress reviving an amnesty programme in the oil-producing Niger Delta and recent talks with militants give ground (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Expose FDLR fighters: senator Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Goma, DR Congo - An influential US senator said on Monday the international community should be instrumental in solving the problem of Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Spe (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Potato Farmers Dig in for Law to Block Cartels Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Paul JumaPotato farmers have asked the government to speed up the implementation of the industry policy to streamline production, storage and marketing of the crop.They are digging for the policy t (By News Poster)... |
| Nchindo is Dead, Body Discovered Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Gideon Nkala and Tshireletso MotlogelwaThe body of former Debswana Managing Director Louis Goodwill Nchindo was discovered in the Pandamatenga farming area yesterday morning by a police search part (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police reservists arrested for theft Monday 15-Feb-2010: Two police reservists have been arrested for stealing an admission of guilt register from the Strand police station in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Monday."Surveillance footage revealed that (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tel-One, Zimpost Defy NEC Directive Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - TEL-ONE and Zimpost have defied a directive from the National Employment Council for the Communications Industry to choose arbitrators to break a deadlock with their labour u (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Allegedly drunk driver crashes into cop van Monday 15-Feb-2010: Three Pretoria policemen were injured when an allegedly drunk businessman crashed into their bakkie while they were on patrol.The accident, which left the policemen with neck and back injuries, happen (By News Poster)... |
| World: Taliban reject renewed Karzai call for peace Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Kabul - Afghanistan's Taliban on Sunday rejected President Hamid Karzai's latest call for peace, despite pressure from a Nato offensive and the capture of its number two.Karzai renewed his appeal in p (By News Poster)... | Africa: Niger opposition urges elections (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Niamey, Niger - Niger's political opposition has urged the desert country's new military junta to hold elections as soon as possible and restore civilian rule after a coup to oust the uranium-rich wes (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Niger opposition calls for early elections (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Niamey, Niger - Niger's political opposition urged the desert country's new military junta Saturday to hold elections as soon as possible and restore civilian rule after a coup ousted the uranium-ric (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Nearly 20,000 Somalis Have Fled Capital So Far This Month, UN Reports Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Nearly 20,000 people have been uprooted from their homes in the Somali capital by renewed clashes between the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and opposition groups since the start (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: 'Things were heating up in Niger' Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Abdoulaye MassalatchiNiamey - Smoke was seen rising from the presidential palace amid heavy gunfire in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Thursday in what one intelligence official said was a coup attempt (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Notorious Visa Fraudster Grabbed Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Issah AlhassanKumasi - A self-styled Kumasi-based businessman, who has duped a number of unsuspecting people under the pretext of securing them visas, has been arrested by the police.Kingsley Ntiam (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Safe sex a slippery subject across cultures (Page 1 of 3) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By David HarrisonMost expert and lay commentators have been quick to say that President Jacob Zuma's casual sexual behaviour is not part of Zulu culture, but is simply personal irresponsibility. I sus (By News Poster)... | World: German teacher stabbed to death Friday 19-Feb-2010: Ludwigshafen, Germany - A teacher was stabbed to death in an attack at a vocational school in the German town of Ludwigshafen on Thursday, police said.Police also said that a 23-year-old former studen (By News Poster)... |
| World: Robbers murder woman during Brazil's carnival Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A German woman vacationing in Brazil with her Italian husband and family during Carnival was killed by robbers when she resisted an assault in the northeastern city of Recife, media reported.Jennifer (By News Poster)... | Africa: Algerian doctors demand more pay Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Algiers - Algerian doctors on strike for better pay and conditions staged a rare protest in front of government headquarters on Wednesday in a fresh sign of social tensions in the energy exporting nor (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's lost political vooma in his first term (Page 1 of 3) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Allister SparksIf the events of the past two weeks have combined to convey any clear political message, it is that Jacob Zuma is a lame duck a mere nine months into his presidency.He has been hobbl (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Counry Extends HIV-Aids Treatment Programme Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - New national treatment guidelines are set to make the world's largest antiretroviral (ARV) programme even bigger as South Africa extends treatment to more HIV-positive infants, pregnant (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Police Seize Bhang Haul in Oil Tanker Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Anthony KitimoNairobi - An oil tanker was on Monday seized at the Coast ferrying a large haul of bhang.Police officers, acting on a tip-off from the public, raided a yard at Mazeras on the Nairobi- (By News Poster)... | South Africa: President drops dignitaries for birthday bash Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Xolani MbanjwaPolitical BureauPresident Jacob Zuma chose to skip lunch with dignitaries and captains of industry attending his Presidential Address Golf Challenge on Saturday and instead opted to s (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Fear and repression undermine 'Smiling Coast' (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Dakar - Days after Gambia expelled a UN official without explanation, critics of President Yayha Jammeh accuse him of ruling through fear and repression.Min-Whee Kang an envoy with the United Nations (By News Poster)... | World: Chinese schools deny link to Google attack Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Shanghai - A prestigious Chinese university and a lesser-known vocational school have denied a report that they were the source of recent cyber attacks on internet giant Google and other US corporatio (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: A mysterious arms dealer lands Illinois golf course in legal "twilight zone" Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Todd C. FrankelMarion, Illinois - Until recently, people here had little reason to know the name John A. Bredenkamp or anything about his past, a tale worthy of a James Bond villain, fille (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Fresh Bid to Tame Leading Livestock Killer Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Allan OdhiamboLocal and international scientists have started the search for an effective and cheaper vaccine to control the spread of East Coast Fever."This is an important project for us," Philip (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zille: 12 new schools for Cape (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Andisiwe Makinana Political WriterPremier Helen Zille has promised fundamental changes in the Western Cape over the next four years, but warns that these will be gradual.Click here to read the full (By News Poster)... | Zim: Court orders ZMDC to stop mining ACR claims Friday 19-Feb-2010: "If anyone has removed the diamonds from the Reserve Bank, he has done so unlawfully and in contempt of the order of this court" By Daniel NemukuyuThe Supreme Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Mi (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: MPs Have Their Way As Security BilI is Passed Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Faraja JubeDodoma - Parliament carried the day as the Executive gave in to its demands for changes in the 2009 National Security Bill, which was finally passed yesterday.The Bill, which was roundly (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Somalia Govt Officials Accuse Al Shabaab of 'Violent Tactics' Friday 19-Feb-2010: Somalia's security ministers accuse hardline insurgent group Al-Shabaab of employing violent tactics to continue with its plans of plunging war-torn Somalia into further disarray.Interior Minister She (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Dramatic twist in Villieria blast case (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Hanti OttoCourt ReporterWhile Derric Barrett was due on Thursday to start serving his sentence for the Villieria explosion in 2000, his son has announced that he was in fact the one responsible for (By News Poster)... | Science: Quake shakes China, N Korea Friday 19-Feb-2010: Seoul - A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the border between North Korea, China and Russia on Thursday but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, seismolo (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa's Tutu Gives His Genes to Science Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Tamar KahnCape Town - When Archbishop Desmond Tutu applied to the apartheid authorities for an identity document, his papers came back stamped "nationality: undeterminable". Mystery solved, Tutu is (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mthethwa wants probe into jogger's arrest Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked the ICD to investigate the arrest of the Cape Town student who "swore" at President Jacob Zuma, a spokesman said on Thursday."As the ICD we agreed that we shou (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Pupil stabbed to death at KZN school Thursday 18-Feb-2010: A 21-year-old pupil has died after a fellow pupil stabbed him during an argument at Hlonono High School in Maphumulo, KwaZulu-Natal."The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim once in the back ... durin (By News Poster)... | Africa: DR Congo to require "clean" diamond exports (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Thomas HubertKinshasa - The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to make the cleaning of rough diamonds compulsory before export as part of a wider drive to raise minerals revenues, officials said.Th (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: A lead on the Ark of the Covenant Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The professor has been right before By David van BiemaWhen last we saw the lost Ark of the Covenant in action, it had been dug up by Indiana Jones in Egypt and ark-napped by Nazis, whom the Ar (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Diesel truck hijacked Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Three armed men hijacked a diesel truck in Tsolo near Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the men had hijacked the truck at the Tsolo junction on Tuesday (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Storm from the Berg causes big flooding Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Yusuf Moolla Mopping-up operations will start in earnest on Wednesday to repair the damage caused by Tuesday night's storm, which left homes flooded, shacks destroyed, trees uprooted and water-dama (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: European Union Extends Targeted Sanctions on Country Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: By Violet GondaThe European Union has extended targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe for a further period of 12 months, but has removed six individuals and nine companies from the list. The European Union sa (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Man swore at president, says ministry Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The 25-year-old student arrested for "waving" at President Jacob Zuma's convoy last week swore at the president and resisted arrest, a spokesman has said.Police Ministry spokesman Zweli Mnisi said Chu (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions Again Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - The European Union's decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and senior members of the ruling ZANU-PF party was endorsed by a leading human rights organi (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Behakanira, a Man of Debts Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Raymond Baguma and Edward AnyoliKampala - The departure of businessman Joseph Behakanira yesterday leaves lingering questions on his astuteness in business and his role in the CHOGM controversy ove (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Druggie' severely beats girlfriend's baby (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Genevieve SerraA heroin addict has been arrested for allegedly beating a 10-month-old severely.Cops say the man was desperate for a hit of drugs when he took the infant and her mother to an abandon (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Woman admits to role in murder (Page 1 of 2) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Sharika RegchandPietermaritzburg BureauA North Coast woman confessed to the murder of her father's friend on Monday, saying she and her boyfriend had decided to kill him because he would not stop s (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Paradise found as Muizenberg flats restored Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Ella SmookMetro WriterLess than a year after facing almost certain demolition, a dilapidated Muizenberg building formerly dubbed the "Peppermint Slum" is rapidly being transformed into an upmarket (By News Poster)... |
| We Should Rethink Our Agricultural Policy Monday 15-Feb-2010: Hardship and hard times are upon us and thousands upon thousands of our population suffer serious deprivation. This is so because government revenue has shrunk and continues to shrink with no end in s (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Defense Claim ICC 'Concocted Evidence' In War Crimes Trial Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Wairagala WakabiTwo defense witnesses who testified in Thomas Lubanga’s war crimes trial this week accused intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of concocting evidence with (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Socialite's mystery death (Page 1 of 3) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: By Vivian AttwoodResidents at the multibillion-rand gated Mount Edgecombe Estate have been rocked by the mysterious death of a prominent socialite - often referred to as Durban's own Marilyn Monroe - (By News Poster)... | Niger: Deploring Coup in Niger, Ban Calls for Peaceful Resolution Sunday 21-Feb-2010: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the coup d'état in Niger after renegade soldiers reportedly stormed the presidential palace on Thursday with the stated aim of returning the c (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Elderly couple murdered in home Saturday 20-Feb-2010: An eldery couple was murdered in their home in Tinmyne in Limpopo on Friday, police said.Superintendent Ronel Otto said the couple, a man aged 70 and his wife, 54, were out in town when two men arriv (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mboweni remarks reasonable, claims defence Saturday 20-Feb-2010: People not discriminated against found it difficult to understand the sensitivity of victims of discrimination, former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni's counsel told the Equality Court in Pretoria (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: PIC: Grieving widow kills herself (Page 1 of 2) Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterFor Farzaana Naidoo, 24, the death of her high school sweetheart and husband, Kushalen - murdered in a botched hijacking in Pretoria this week - proved too much to cope w (By News Poster)... | A Step Beyond: VIDEO: Granny takes on robber twice her size Friday 19-Feb-2010: This is the moment a plucky grandmother thwarted a robbery at a convenience store in the US.CCTV pictures show the unnamed 75-year-old picking up a price scanner and fighting off a thief twice her siz (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Large Profits for Mozambican Banks Friday 19-Feb-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican commercial banking sector, taken as a whole, made net profits in 2008 of 3.13 billion meticais (113.3 million US dollars, at current exchange rates).This was an increase of 17. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Lightning kills mom, daughter and grandchild (Page 1 of 2) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Gallery: Lighting kills three in KZN By Nompumelelo Magwaza and Kamini PadayacheeA woman, her daughter and grandchild were killed when lightning struck their rondavel during the storm which hit KwaZu (By News Poster)... |
| World: Lebanon crash: Missing black box memory found Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Lebanese navy divers on Tuesday retrieved the memory of the cockpit voice recorder of an Ethiopian plane which crashed off the coast last month killing 90 people on board, the military said."We have r (By News Poster)... | South Africa: New York trip to open pupils' minds to hope Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Liam MosesStaff ReporterNine young Capetonians are embarking on the trip of a lifetime in May, when they will visit New York as part of a mentoring programme.The trip for the group of matric pupils (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Al-Shabab Declares War Against Amisom and TFG Troops Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Sheik Moktar Robow Ali (Abu Mansour), high profile official of Harakat Al-shabab mujahideen has Friday declared war against the African Union troops (AMISOM) and transitional government troops in the (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Double tragedy sparks feud and court appeal (Page 1 of 2) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Pretoria has been stunned by the Romeo and Juliet-type tragedy of two sweethearts.It began with the gunning down of a young husband in a botched hijacking, was followed by the devastated widow's suici (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: ANC: Malema business interests are legal Sunday 21-Feb-2010: ANC youth league president Julius Malema has not "bridged" any law or code of ethics by being involved in business, the ruling party said on Sunday.In response to Sunday reports detailing Malema's inv (By News Poster)... | Africa: Two African migrants killed on Egypt border Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Rafah, Egypt - An Egyptian security official says border guards have shot and killed two African migrants and injured three others trying to cross the border into Israel.The migrants refused to surren (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Poaching on Decline - National Parks Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Harare - Poaching has significantly decreased over the past 15 months because of heightened security, the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has said.Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Ms Caroline W (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Orengo Made Right Move on Grabbed Land Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Gabriel DolanThe last public function that the late Vice-President Kijana Wamalwa attended was in his home town of Kitale on May 19, 2003, when he flagged off a march and launched the campaign to r (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Kumba Gets Ready for Surge in Iron-Ore Price Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - IRON-ore prices could increase as much as 50% this year, Kumba CEO Chris Griffith said yesterday, citing growing signs of upward pressures in the market.Global steel consu (By News Poster)... | World: Two killed in Ingushetia blast Friday 19-Feb-2010: Moscow - Explosions in Russia's turbulent region of Ingushetia on Friday killed at least two people and injured 28 others including two top local law enforcement officials, Russian news agencies repor (By News Poster)... |
| Country at the Crossroads - Between Decay and Development Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Alexactus T KaurePOST-ELECTIONS stalemate, increasing unemployment, high failure rate at schools, and deepening poverty. These are just some of the burning issues that will confront Namibia as we e (By News Poster)... | Ethiopia: CPJ urges Ethiopian Prime Minister to pursue press reforms Friday 19-Feb-2010: The following is a letter from the Committee to Protect Journalists to Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi concerning press reforms in the country.February 16, 2010His Excellency Meles ZenawiPrime Minist (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Court Orders ZMDC to Stop Mining ACR Claims Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Daniel NemukuyuHarare - THE Supreme Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe to cease operations on diamond mining claims for (By News Poster)... | South Africa: R10m air ambulance scam probed Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The Eastern Cape health department may have been defrauded of as much as R10 million over the past three years in a scam run under cover of an air ambulance contract, spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said on Th (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: COPE leader injured in crash Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The DA in Mpumalanga on Thursday called on the provincial government to repair the roads, after COPE leader Prudence Madonsela was injured in a road accident.DA provincial chief whip Velly Manzini sai (By News Poster)... | Africa: Peacekeepers attacked in Darfur Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Khartoum - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on international peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday, injuring seven, two of them seriously, the force said.The ambush on an armed police patrol (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: UN Urges Media to Highlight Lack of Punishment for Sexual Violence Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: The United Nations is urging media practitioners in Liberia to play a major role in creating public awareness about gender-based violence, one of the most frequently committed serious crimes in the co (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Two injured, three arrested during protest Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Two people have been injured and three arrested while throwing stones at anti-land invasion officials removing illegal structures in Scottsdene, Cape Town.A spokesman for the city, Neil Arendse, said (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Europe to Extend Targeted Sanctions Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe European Union's council of ministers will meet in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday to endorse a proposal to extend the sanctions against Zimbabwe until 20 February 2011.The Committ (By News Poster)... | [Pics] S.Africa: 2010: Flooding Vaal River near Parys in the Free State... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: [I received this from a friend with the Afrikaans caption below. It mentions the Vaal River and that the sluice gates need to be opened more as the water will rise for another 48 hours. Jan] FW: P (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Health Department Approves New HIV Treatment Guidelines Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Anso ThomThe national health department has signed off new HIV treatment guidelines, bringing South Africa in line with international best practice and removing a drug responsible for a wide range (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Senate Moves against U.S.$1.5 Billion Crude Oil Theft Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: The Senate Committee on Downstream Petroleum has called on the Federal Government to device a means of prosecuting persons caught stealing petroleum products from vandalised pipelines in order to stem (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Rising Cases of Food Poisoning Worries Minister Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Njoku PaschalYola - Minister of State for Health, Aliyu Idi Hong, has described as alarming the rising cases of food poisoning in the country as a result of misuse of agrochemicals and pesticides o (By News Poster)... | World: Police seek gunman who shot two at US church Monday 15-Feb-2010: Richmond, California - The police are looking for a hooded gunman who horrified the congregation of a California church when he paced the aisles then pulled out a gun and shot two teenagers.No arrests (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Letters on crime flood Zuma's inbox Monday 15-Feb-2010: Solidarity union's anti-crime campaign saw President Jacob Zuma receive a letter in his inbox every six seconds on Monday morning."At least 7 000 anti-crime letters have landed in President Zuma's ema (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Tide Moves Against Yar'Adua's Men Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Jide Ajani, Ben Agande, Umoru Henry, Tordue Salem with agency reportsLoyalists of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, especially those who had held sway since his November 23, 2009 departure to Saudi (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Peacekeepers Remain on Defensive Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Michael WakabiNairobi - African Union peacekeeping troops in Mogadishu will continue to play a defensive role despite increasingly daring attacks by insurgents.The 15-member African Union Peace and (By News Poster)... | Southern Africa: Preparing for Flood Season Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Bulawayo - Ignatius Banda interviews FARID ABDULKADIR, Red Cross disaster management coordinatorSouthern Africa is entering flood season. Governments and policy makers have been challenged to adopt a (By News Poster)... |
| N$350 Million Tourism Project in Danger Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Clemencia JacobsWindhoek - A N$350 million tourism development project in the Oshikoto region is in danger of collapsing as villagers of the King Kauluma Settlement fight the Centre for Resources a (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Benny Hinn Disowns Esther Cult Saturday 20-Feb-2010: By Grace KerongoNairobi - US televangelist Benny Hinn has denied any knowledge of the controversial Finger of God church in Runda which KTN former presenter Esther Arunga joined recently."Benny Hinn h (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zuma's team fails to win over angry township (Page 1 of 2) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: A high-powered delegation dispatched by President Jacob Zuma to embattled Siyathemba in Mpumalanga faced a disbelieving crowd who vowed to continue their protests.Minister of Co-operative Governance a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Zuma jogger' apologises Friday 19-Feb-2010: The Cape Town student who gave President Jacob Zuma's blue light convoy the finger has apologised for his actions, the Police Ministry said on Thursday.Chumani Maxwele had two criminal records, one fo (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Sanusi - Petroleum Subsidy Gulps N1 Trillion in Four Years Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Onwuka Nzeshi and Emele OnuAbuja/Lagos - Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has spent about N1trillion (one trillion (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Minister Leads Soldiers to Destroy Cocoa Farms Friday 19-Feb-2010: By Sebastian R. FreikuTepa - The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has embarked on an operation to recover Forest Reserves at Camp II, near Subriso in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti (By News Poster)... |
| Zim: Harare tries to calm sceptical foreign investors Friday 19-Feb-2010: The government recently gazetted a law that forces foreign owned firms to cede 51 per cent of their shareholding Kitsepile NyathiNairobi - Zimbabwe's ambitious drive to lure back tourists has (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Woman raped on Valentine's Day Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Bianca WilliamsWhat was to be a romantic day turned into a nightmare for a woman raped on a farm on Valentine's Day.A 20-year-old suspect was arrested the day afterwards and appeared in a Villiersd (By News Poster)... |
| World: Dalai Lama to meet Obama Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: New Delhi - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama headed on Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.For the 75-year-ol (By News Poster)... | World: Cops in 50-shot death off the hook Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: New York - Several New York City police officers who killed an unarmed black man in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day will not face criminal civil rights charges, the US Justice Department said (By News Poster)... |
| World: Train drivers strike after deadly crash Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Belgian train drivers went on strike on Tuesday, a day after a rail crash that killed 18 people, increasing disruption to local and international services.Services were hit heaviest by the wildcat sto (By News Poster)... | South Africa: One dead, one injured in Cape Town shootings Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Paramedics said on Tuesday that a man had been killed and another wounded in separate shootings in Cape Town.ER24 spokesman Tristan Wadeley said in a statement that the dead man had been shot in the d (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Savute the Dead River Calls Again Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Mokagedi GaobtlhobogweFor wild animals, which know nothing at all about the tragic tale of how their ancestors perished in tens of thousands at the Savute Channel when it dried up 30 years ago, the (By News Poster)... | Are We Serious About Job Creation? Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: By Johnathan BeukesA few contradictory headlines about Namibia's labour situation made me sit up and cringe.The Namibian recently reported that the Namibia Labour Force Survey 2008 puts unemployment a (By News Poster)... |
| Madagascar: Government Cuts Hit Education Hard Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Antananarivo - Madagascar's unresolved political crisis is causing havoc in its education system after steep cuts increased the island state's inability to meet schoolchildren's basic needs, bringing (By News Poster)... | South Africa: No bed of roses for Adderley flower sellers Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Thandanani Mhlanga, Staff ReporterFlower sellers in Adderley Street are furious after a film shoot saw the area around their popular market being closed - on Valentine's Day.February 14 traditional (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Canine Distemper Disease Hits Chobe Monday 15-Feb-2010: By Maranyane NgwanaamothoAn animal disease called Canine Distemper has attacked dogs in the Chobe District. A virus called the Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) causes this disease.Chobe District's princip (By News Poster)... | South Africa: ANC responds to COPE's no-confidence plan Monday 15-Feb-2010: ANC RESPONSE: COPE's Motion of No Confidence against President ZumaCOPE's plan to propose a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma in the National Assembly today is nothing other than a (By News Poster)... |
| S. Africa: TLU SA/TAU SA: Media Statement on Budget Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Submitted by Kobie Nel: 17 February 2010 05:13 PM MEDIA RELEASE Issued by: TAU SA TLU SA The Budget: Agriculture hovers on the brink of a catastrophy TAU S (By JoAn)... | [Pics] S.Africa: 2010 - in flood - Pics from: Atlasville 26 Jan 2010 Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this of photos taken in Atlasville in January 2010. Jan] (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo (By Jan)... |
| S.Africa: 2010 - Afrikaners murdered by the ANC since 1994... Monday 15-Feb-2010: [A friend of mine sent me this really cool image. I'm not sure who did this, but I think someone did this for a website relating to this subject. You can see my original Farm Murders page here: (By Jan)... | [Pics] S.Africa: 2010 - The Vaal River floods... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me these photos of the Vaal river in flood. Jan] (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Health - Shot in the Arm for HIV/Aids Treatment And for Public-Private Partnerships Thursday 18-Feb-2010: By Tamar KahnJohannesburg - The Treasury has set aside an extra R8,4bn for HIV/AIDS over the next three years, reflecting its commitment to improving the quality of services for people affected by the (By News Poster)... | [Pics] Are these Cell Phone guns for real? Thursday 18-Feb-2010: friend sent me this query... and I asked someone to investigate and come back with an answer. Jan] Hi Jan You sent me this one last year (perhaps you have forgotten). I replied then (and the re (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (16-02-2010) Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: Howzit You may remember that a couple of days ago I wrote about Phillip Chiyangwa's daughter 'doing a major' in the UK and I questioned as to why the child of a Mugabe apologist should be educated (By The BeardedMan)... | South Africa: 'Stop blaming apartheid for corruption' Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Lax and corrupt public officials should stop blaming apartheid for their misdeeds, a senior government official has been quoted as saying in the ANC journal, Umrabulo, featured in The Sunday Independe (By News Poster)... |
| [Cartoons] S.African crime cartoons... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: lot of these are oldies but goodies and still true. These were doing the rounds. Jan] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (P (By Jan)... | [Cartoon] S.Africa: Julius Malema - FW: Zapiro - This one says it all.. Monday 15-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this one with this comment. Jan] Subject: FW: Zapiro - This one says it all.. Zapiro-0410_162217d.jpg Julius Malema (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| Assassination by Pothole Saturday 20-Feb-2010: [If it werent so serious, it would be a joke... the New South African style. Janolifant] Johannesburg - The leader of Cope in Mpumalanga was seriously injured after her car struck a huge pothole an (By JanOlifant)... | South Africa: DA suspends Kohler-Barnard Thursday 18-Feb-2010: The Democratic Alliance has suspended MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard for five days for swearing in the National Assembly, the party said."After consultation with our Parliamentary leader, Athol Trollip MP, (By News Poster)... |
| [Cartoon] Brilliant: 2010: S.Africa: President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address... Monday 15-Feb-2010: A friend sent me this cartoon by Yalo who is a good black cartoonist in South Africa. In Africa women carry babies on their backs exactly the way depicted in this cartoon. This is a reference to Zu (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Storm wreaks havoc in KZN - KwaZulu-Natal Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this email. Last night, at my house in Johannesburg, I had 51mm of rain – in the night! That is highly abnormal. Jan] Durban – Large parts of KwaZulu-Natal were devastated by bad (By Jan)... |
| S.Africa: 2010 FIFA World Cup: Get Your Protective, anti-stabbing vests NOW! Thursday 18-Feb-2010: You can find Protektorvest' website here: (By JanOlifant)... | [Pic] [Humor] S.Africa: ok, explain... WHY? Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this pic with this commentary below. A woman writes that she took this photo with her camera near St Lucia... at a time when the temperature was 30 degrees celsius or more. She was w (By Jan)... |
| [Cartoon] S.Africa: 2010 - The Zuma Baptism - LOL - Good one!!! Monday 15-Feb-2010: [Here is another cartoon a friend sent me... of our President with his zipper problem. Jan] ------ End of Forwarded Message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com (By Jan)... | [Pic] [Humor] Julius Malema joke... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: is Julius Malema joke is doing the rounds. Jan] Deborah Patta recently interviewed Julias Malema, below is just one of the questions she asked Julias. cid:image003.jpg@01CA9077.AEC1B9C0 Debor (By Jan)... |
| A Catholic woman gets extremely angry with me over a Pope and Jacob Zuma joke... Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: [Oh my... look at this furious email I got from a woman over a joke I posted about Jacob Zuma and the Pope... You'd think I'd invented the joke! My goodness... look at the rage. I had a Catholic girlf (By Jan)... | [Pics] Amazing Elephants in Zimababwe... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this story about these elephants. NB: Whites in Africa tend to look after the animals... Jan] Subject: FW: FW: Wonderful stuff! Read first.. Thought that you would appreciate (By Jan)... |
| [Pics] The bizarre story of a 12 storey building in China... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: ve seen this from a number of sources. Jan] Anybody who bought a condo here sure has a problem. Talk about a collapsed market! YES, IT'S A 12 STORY BUILDING IN CHINA LYING ON THE GROUND. Brin (By Jan)... | [Pic] [Humor] The difference between President Reagan and President Obama Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [I received this from a friend. Jan] No Truer Statement reagan_cowboy.jpgBob Hope.jpgJohnny.jpg Remember when Ronald Reagan was president. We also had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. No (By Jan)... |
| [Cartoon] Muslim cartoon: You look Gorgeous! Thursday 18-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this! Brilliant! Jan] (Photo) (By Jan)... | [Cartoon] The, er... last man STANDING... Thursday 18-Feb-2010: is is a brilliant Zapiro cartoon about Zuma's zipper problem. Jan] (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] [Humor] Tiger Woods... the movie... Tuesday 16-Feb-2010: [A friend sent me this shortly after Tiger Woods problems took place. People are really fast with these sorts of jokes. Jan] (Photo) (Photo) (By Jan)... | [Video][Humour] The New Burqa - You've never seen Muslim Women like this! Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: [WARNING this video contains MUSLIM NUDITY, 18+. This is just hilarious...pfff, I bet the muslims will start to burn French embassies all over the middle east now, which hey, is perfect, means no emba (By JanOlifant)... |
| [Video] USA: Obama 'saw America as the enemy' - Obama the Fringe Marxist' College Acquaintance Saturday 20-Feb-2010: [This is ironic. Here is a man that considers a country to be 'the enemy', and planned to bring revolution to America, and yet, he ran for office, swearing to protect and serve that very country! It's (By JanOlifant)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (20-02-2010) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Howzit Contrary to stories on the internet the last couple of days, the indigenisation of white and foreign owned companies is to go ahead. What this article tells me, which so many others did n (By The BeardedMan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (19-02-2010) Saturday 20-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- It was with some relief that I read yesterday that mines minister Obert Mpofu is going to be taken to task by the Supreme court for defying (By The BeardedMan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (15-02-2010) Monday 15-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. Once again, tomorrow's posting will be later than usual as I have a dentist appointment during the morning. Late - but it will happen. -o00o- Mug (By The BeardedMan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (18-02-2010) Thursday 18-Feb-2010: Howzit Twenty-nine years ago today, I joined the Zimbabwe Republic Police with every intention of doing thirty years service. Sadly, the powers that were decided that they didn't want a headstrong (By The BeardedMan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (17-02-2010) Wednesday 17-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- "Hwange Central MP Brian Tshuma (MDC-T) was involved in a deadly car smash which killed two people and left eight injured on Monday, police s (By The BeardedMan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (21-02-2010) Sunday 21-Feb-2010: Howzit We woke up this morning, and it was much later than normal for me. I must have gone into 'hibernation' mode, because, well... this is what greeted us outside... Yesterday, I took delivery (By The BeardedMan)... |
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