From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 28th February 2010From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa.
Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too.
Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & GruesomeSouth Africa: Aids Bodies Welcome the Budget
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The AIDS Law Project (ALP) welcomes those aspects of the 2010/2011 budget that deal with health tabled by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan on 17 February 2010.Financing for HIV TreatmentWe believe t (By News Poster)...From Canada: Obama’s secret political life: Is Barack Obama A Marxist Mole?
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: [This is an old article, but it reflects thoughts I've had for quite some time. Jan] In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama’s life as a “secret smoker” and how he “went (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Kill the f***ing whites now!!!'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Carien du Plessis and Murray WilliamsStaff WritersThe PAC has come under fire after messages urging the killing of whites were posted on its Facebook site.The party says it will not remove the offe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma Coalition Threatens to Unravel
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - NOT only is the African National Congress (ANC)-led alliance plagued by a debilitating succession battle, it is also riven with economic policy fissures.Allegations of co (By News Poster)...Case raises questions about UN's role in Zimbabwe
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: "The UN chief in country had been forcing agencies in Zimbabwe to say that Zimbabwe was on the same footing as Lesotho..." A former UN official claims his warnings of a coming calamity were st (By News Poster)...Africa: Carson Cites 'Powerful Success Stories' and Reiterates U.S. Commitment to Political and Economic Progress
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Reed KramerWashington, DC - Since taking office in May as the lead policymaker on Africa for the U.S. administration, Johnnie Carson has been on the go. As assistant secretary of state for Africa, (By News Poster)...Angola: Release Cabinda Rights Defenders - January 8 Attack on Togolese Footballers Used to Crack Down on Civil Society
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The Angolan government should promptly release three human rights defenders who were arrested on apparently political grounds following the January 8, 2010 attack on Togolese footballers in Cabinda, H (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Testimony by John Campbell - Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The following is the testimony of John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations at a recorded hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign R (By News Poster)...Africa: Testimony by Johnnie Carson - Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: The following is the testimony of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson at a recorded hearing for the Corporate Council on Africa meeting in Washington, DC.Thank you for the very kind intro (By News Poster)...Uganda: Who Are Most Corrupt Politicians?
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Matsiko Wa Mucoori, Rukiya Makuma and Mubatsi Asinja HabatiKampala - When the NRA rebels took power on January 26, 1986, President Museveni launched a working document called The Ten-Point Programm (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'We are tired of kwerekweres'
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Irene KuppanZimbabwean national Eugene Madondo is adamant that ANC and Albert Park ward councillor Vusi Khoza was the "ring leader" of the gang that attacked him at the Ventura Africa block of flat (By News Poster)...[Pic] GUARD YOUR CHILDREN LIKE GOLD, AFRIKANERS WARNED...
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: JANUARY 28 2010 - ROODEPOORT - This beautiful 20 month old Afrikaans toddler from Weltevreden Park in Roodepoort now is safe in his mother’s injured arms: saved from a kidnapper by his frantic mom whi (By JanOlifant)...Nigeria: Why Banks Can't Make Inroads into South Africa - Sanusi
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has explained why the Nigerian banks could not make in roads into the South African economy.Sanusi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Pretoria (By News Poster)...South Africa: Jobs and Housing, Not Sex Scandals, will Determine Jacob Zuma's Future
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Reports of President Jacob Zuma’s political demise are exaggerated. Yet what should have been a moment of triumph for him during the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from priso (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Party Conflict Over Diamonds Sucks in Mugabe
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is caught in a sticky situation over the raging diamonds conflict, facing an explosive confrontation with the Reserve Bank and the Supreme Court.Offi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Learner drivers get a longer ride
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Yusuf Moolla The validity of a learner's licence has been extended from 18 to 24 months, and driving licence tests may now also be taken on Sundays, the Transport Department has said.Minister of Tr (By News Poster)...South Africa: No pay, no blood
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Thandi SkadeIf you're not on medical aid, and find yourself being treated at a private hospital and in need of blood, ensure that you have money, because you'll have to pay for the blood upfront.An (By News Poster)...Ghana: Country's 2010 Oil 'Boom' - Ensuring Public Interest over Private Gain
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Mawuli DakeGhana is on the precipice of an oil 'boom'. The nation's anticipated oil production begins this year, 2010. And along with the production, the public's high expectations from oil wealth, (By News Poster)...Kenya: TV Personality Arrested Over Benny Hinn Scam
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Henry Wanyama/Maxwell MasavaNairobi - Police arrested former KTN presenter Esther Arunga at 2 am yesterday morning. Efforts were being made to release into her mother's custody as she was not feeli (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-02-2010)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- I saw the dentist as planned and will see him again in two weeks, when the plate with my replacement tooth is handed over. I will be much h (By The BeardedMan)...Africa: Aids Fight in Africa
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Chinua AkukweThe 2009 AIDS Update reconfirms Africa as the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS global epidemic. The continent represents 10 percent of the global population but accounts for 67 percent of all (By News Poster)...Zim: Mugabe sucked into diamond saga
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Went along with Mpofu's “unlawful†explanation that gemstones must be kept at the MMCZ Dumisani MuleyaPresident Robert Mugabe is caught in a sticky situation over the raging diamonds confl (By News Poster)...South Africa: PICS:Singer's wife raped: police make headway
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Graeme Hosken Crime ReporterPolice have made a breakthrough in their investigation into the rape of the wife of an Afrikaans gospel singer, by arresting a five-man gang of suspected house robbers i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: When is Time to Lift the Burden?
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Roland OgbonnayaLagos - Mr. Nwabuko Adimora is a Lagos based legal practitioner, but hails from Isingwu, Umuahia, capital of Abia State. Until recently when fuel became scarce which necessitated th (By News Poster)...Russians Playing Catch-Up with Chinese on African Oil
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Kester Kenn KlomegahMoscow - Russian efforts to acquire oil and gas fields in Africa and prospect for minerals on the resource-rich continent have yielded little success over the past decade due to (By News Poster)...[Pic] S.Africa: 2010: IMPORTANT GUN OWNERS: Do NOT hand in your firearms... Guns make you safer...
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: [Here is a brilliant advert that one of my friends and supporters had a hand in. This advert I believe ran in THE CITIZEN newspaper. Nice one! As my friend said: A real kick in the teeth for the ANC. (By Jan)...South Africa: Dogs 'clean up' after 'muti' killing
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tanya WaterworthIt was the stuff of nightmares when police and KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife (KZNEW) officers responded to a report of hunting dogs eating a human body in Hopewell, near Pietermaritzburg.It (By News Poster)...Zim: Freedom fighters of the diaspora
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: He does not shout or pound his fist. He is a bookish sort of revolutionary Tanya PampaloneJohannesburg – Munjodzi Mutandiri has a tightly trimmed goatee, dimples and wire-framed spectacles a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How FG Can Stop Fuel Scarcity-Induced Hardship, By Ukaoha
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Christopher AdedejiPresident Umaru Yar'Adua's absence from office more than two months ago has invariably become a household debate by all and sundry. To many Nigerians, the various sectors of the (By News Poster)...S.Africa: 2010 FIFA World Cup - The Collapsing Infrastructure of South Africa: Kroonstad: sewage running in streets, etc
Friday 26-Feb-2010: [Here is an excerpt from an email of a family member of mine who lives in Kroonstad, a town of about a 100,000+ people in the Free State. The "Duikweg" is a road that goes under a railway line and dur (By Jan)...South Africa: Police bust Sandton housebreaking gang
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Botho MolosankwePolice believe they have bust a gang who have been terrorising northern Joburg residents, pouncing in the early hours of the morning while their victims were asleep.The gang's favou (By News Poster)...South Africa: Prison break - warders unaware
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Mpume MadlalaIt was the desperate crying from pain by the alleged Umzinto serial killer after he fell four storeys that alerted guards at Durban's Westville Prison to the escape of eight dangerous (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (26-02-2010)
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- Yesterday, you may recall the article about the 'IT expert' who appeared for the State in the Roy Bennett trial who turned out to be a cable (By The BeardedMan)...Nigeria: CBN, Sanusi, E-Banking And Pillar of Inclusion
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Abuja - If the time frame of the CBN governor Sanusi Lamido, gave the impression of frailty, his sweeping reforms have projected a different story. Notwithstanding the competing views on his house cle (By News Poster)...South Africa: Top Court Affirms Apartheid Victims' Rights
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Ella SmookThe Constitutional Court today ruled that the victims of apartheid crimes had a right to be heard before the president made a decision on pardoning the perpetrator.The ruling relates spec (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA's most wanted suspects held
Monday 22-Feb-2010: One of the country's most wanted robbery suspects was nabbed by the Hawks at the weekend. As an added bonus, two other suspects were with him when the police surprised them.According to a statement by (By News Poster)...Sudan: A Peace Process Play-by-Play
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: As the ink still dries on a preliminary deal between the Government of Sudan and Darfur’s largest rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, the situation at the Darfur peace talks in Doha, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Teen accused of killing mom denied bail
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesA teenager accused of murdering his mother on her birthday could possibly have suffered brain damage from his addiction to tik.Amandla Makananda, 19, was denied bail in court on Thurs (By News Poster)...Somalia: Fragile and Failed, Country Matters too Much to Continue 'Fighting in Peace'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Mwangi S. KimenyiNairobi - For the past few years, Somalia has held onto the top spot of both the Index of Failed States and the Fragile States Index.This country - if one can use that term - is li (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cape doctors 'soft targets'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Sipokazi MaposaHealth WriterDoctors practising in parts of the Cape Flats say they work in fear and are being "targeted" by criminals. Speaking after a spate of robberies and burglaries at surgerie (By News Poster)...Nigeria: US, UN, France, Others Condemn Military Coup in Niger
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Andrew OotaAbuja - The World yesterday rose against the military coup in Niger Republic condemning usurpation of power through unconstitutional means.The French Foreign Ministry and a top African U (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma cannot grant pardons
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Former president Thabo Mbeki has effectively prevented President Jacob Zuma from unilaterally pardoning a number of racist, religious and political killers. At least, not without consulting their vict (By News Poster)...Zim: Union leader back in hiding after police raid
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Harassment has been ongoing since release of two reports on the plight of farm workers By Alex BellThe Secretary General of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Ga (By News Poster)...South Africa: A mother's cry for justice (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Hanti Otto Court ReporterWill there ever be justice for four-year-old Connie Ncube? Four years after the little girl was apparently murdered for muti in February 2006, a Pretoria inquest court has (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Born Again Farouk Muttalab And World Peace!!
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Les LebaThis week, this column will take a break from its characteristic advocacy on the national economy and instead review the case of the young Nigerian, Farouk Muttalab who is currently facing (By News Poster)...Uganda: The LRA Threat is Far From Over
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Ledio CakajKampala - Despite public statements from Congolese and Ugandan officials that the Lord's Resistance Army rebels are finished, the insurgents killed many innocent civilians in the Democra (By News Poster)...Tanzania: How U.S. Navy Rescued Dar Ship From Pirates
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Bernard LugongoThe Unites States Navy made a dramatic intervention to rescue a Tanzanian ship and seized eight of the marauding Somali pirates, who attempted to hijack the vessel on Sunday, it was (By News Poster)...World: 'Four killed in Pakistan suicide bombing' (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Peshawar, Pakistan - Four people were killed and over two dozen wounded, most of them police officials, in a suicide car-bomb attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan Saturday, officials said. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Unravelling Causes of Xenophobia
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Fatima BulaXENOPHOBIA attack is a phrase that raises alarm bells in the minds of many Zimbabweans as it evokes memories of the barbaric attacks visited on their kith and kin striving to make ends m (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bodies found behind wall of school
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Two murder dockets have been opened by Bishop Lavis police after they discovered two bodies in Kalksteenfontein yesterday morning.The bodies were found behind a wall of the Montana Primary School's fi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Four in court after Sun City murder
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Poloko TauFour men have appeared in the Mogwase Magistrate's Court after they were found in possession of a cellphone belonging to a murdered gaming marketing manager at the Sun City resort near Ru (By News Poster)...Muckraker - Silence Finally Golden for Gono
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Tucked away among the many slavish messages of support for the president on his birthday was a little advert from the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe. Instead of getting on with its work to diversi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema is like Hitler - SACP
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauThe ANC Youth League said yesterday it had "closed the debate" on its leader Julius Malema's allegedly making millions off the government, while the SACP in the West (By News Poster)...Gambia: Non-State Actors Consulted On Proposed Food Safety Agency
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Ousman SillahA one day Consultation Meeting with Non-State Actors on the consultancy report on The Gambia's Unified Food Safety and Quality Control System was held on Monday 15 February 2010 at the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alleged building hijacker walks free
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: All fifteen charges against alleged Joburg building hijacker James O'Shea have been provisionally withdrawn.O'Shea gained notoriety by allegedly purchasing mainly residential properties on auction in (By News Poster)...Africa: Aid Organizations Promote Media Awareness as a Tool against Sexual Violence
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Rachel PollockLast week, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a workshop in Freetown to discuss the issue of sexual violence in Sierra Leone and ways in which the media could serve (By News Poster)...South Africa: PICS: Mayhem in Orange Farm
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Gallery: Service delivery protest in Orange Farm By Lebogang SealeAs Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane promised "a year of action" yesterday, Orange Farm erupted, with disgruntled residents barricadi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop shot, wife attacked at home
Monday 22-Feb-2010: A Pretoria police captain was shot twice in the stomach and his wife severely assaulted when armed robbers attacked them at their Kilner Park home."He is okay - for now. He is in a lot of pain, but he (By News Poster)...Zim: Police besiege union's offices
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: "If they go alone to the police that is when they disappear" By Caroline MvunduraHarare - Zimbabwean police on Friday launched a second surprise raid in four days on the headquarters of the Ge (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Washington, DC - Testimony by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State to theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African AffairsMr. Cha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Task team probe charred body
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA special team has been tasked with investigating the disappearance and possible brutal murder of ANC ward councillor Bheka Mthiyane, police said yesterday.Mthiyane, 52, Ward 18 co (By News Poster)...South Africa: HRC probes prison break
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Mpume MadlalaThe Human Rights Commission is trying to establish who - if anyone - had given the order for the electric fence at Westville Prison to be switched off, making it easy for eight awaitin (By News Poster)...Uganda: Clash of Science and Prejudice in Fighting HIV/Aids Among Gays
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Paul SemugomaKampala - It was early evening when he slouched into my office. Medium height, thin, brown, he had lost some weight recently. There was a nervousness to his eye, a lack of comfort inti (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Kill whites' call sparks hate speech frenzy
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: A call to kill white people on the Pan Africanist Congress Facebook page has sparked a frenzy of hate speech fanned by extremists of various races, threatening violence against each other.The demeanin (By News Poster)...South Africa: 30-minute hijacking rampage
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Shaun SmillieIt was a car chase involving about 20 vehicles speeding through the streets of Germiston, with shots being fired.The good guys, members of the Verwoerdpark Community Police Forum, were (By News Poster)...South Africa: MEC pleads for school safety
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Noelene BarbeauEducation MEC Senzo Mchunu has called on parents to play a greater role in ensuring their children are safe at school.This comes after three incidents of violence at or outside schoo (By News Poster)...South Africa: Beleaguered policeman granted bail
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersThe embattled former commissioner of the Mountain Rise police station, Hariram Badul, has succeeded in his appeal for bail in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.Badul's family and frie (By News Poster)...Zim: Mugabe militia set up torture camps: Group
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Stepped up a campaign to intimidate villagers to back the controversial Kariba draft constitution By Own CorrespondentHarare - Militant supporters of President Robert Mugabe have set up tortur (By News Poster)...South Africa: Electric fence switched off
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Mpume MadlalaWestville Prison boss Bheki Mabanga has made a shocking admission: the eight awaiting-trial prisoners who broke out on Sunday could have had their daring escape foiled by the prison's (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma hotline can't cope
Monday 22-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma's hotline is overwhelmed and cannot cope with the volume of calls from aggrieved South Africans, with only 13 percent of 445 000 calls received between September and October havin (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Miner Wants Top Cop Probed
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Chris MuronziAFRICAN Consolidated Resources (ACR)'s lawyers have filed a complaint against a high-ranking police officer over his role in the seizure of diamonds from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe o (By News Poster)...South Africa: BP Mounts Bid to Put State Off Building Huge Refinery
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - ENERGY giant BP Africa has taken the unusual step of publicly discouraging the government from going ahead with the building of PetroSA's project Mthombo, SA's largest (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Stupid-as-Zuma' teacher gets warning
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Sinegugu NdlovuA Durban high school teacher has landed in hot water over remarks she made in her classroom, comparing her pupils' behaviour to that of President Jacob Zuma.The incident, for which t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Tighter measures for police firearms
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleySeven firearms are on average stolen from or lost by police officers around the country every day. And many of these weapons are being used to commit violent crimes.Police Minister Nath (By News Poster)...ZIMBABWE YOUTH WING (ZYW) CALL ZIMBABWEANS TO PATRIOTISM
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Edition 1, Date 24 February 2010 Zimbabweans are suffering (By Collen Makumbirofa)...2010 World Cup: South Africa's top cop on World Cup
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Donna BrysonSouth Africa's top cop said on Monday that World Cup fans would be safe and the country will be safer because of the work his force has done to prepare for the tournament which will beg (By News Poster)...Somalia: International Navies Coordinate to Deter Pirates
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Jacquelyn S. PorthWashington - An international naval flotilla of vessels from the European Union, NATO, Russia, China, the United States and other nations is patrolling the Gulf of Aden to deter S (By News Poster)...South Africa: Molester gets off with R10 000 fine
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Caryn Dolley"There's a hard, cold truth to the justice system."These are the words of a mother whose now teenage daughter was sexually molested by Cape Town photographer and film-maker Neil Hermann (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Will New Leader Be Nation's Saviour?
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Andrew M. MwendaKampala - Since her return to Rwanda as a presidential candidate, Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire has animated media interest. The main issue in her campaign is her claim that "those who (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Niger Calm After Coup
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Yemi Adebowale With Agency ReportLagos - Two days after soldiers in Niger overthrew President Mamadou Tandja, the military junta yesterday identified its chief as Squadron Leader Salou Djibo and sa (By News Poster)...World: Bomb explodes outside N Ireland court: police
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Eamonn MallieA massive car bomb exploded outside a Northern Ireland court, police said, in an attack that one lawmaker blamed on dissident republicans.There were no reports of casualties after the (By News Poster)...South Africa: PIC: I have nothing to hide, says Vavi
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Zwelinzima Vavi, the man who called on President Jacob Zuma to introduce a lifestyle audit, says his life is an open book. "I want to lead by example. I have nothing to hide," he said on Sunday. He e (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Controlled Deregulation, Answer to Fuel Crisis -Etiebet
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ajibola Abayomi,Lagos - Don Etiebet is a former Minister of Petroleum. In this interview with Senior Correspondent, Ajibola Abayomi, in Lagos, he took a critical look at some salient economic facto (By News Poster)...South Africa: Inflation Slowdown Signals Low Rates
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - INFLATION slowed last month, defying forecasts of an increase and suggesting that interest rates would remain lower for longer, despite the economy's recovery.The consumer (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Shell - PIB Will Worsen Nation's Dwindling Oil Production
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku, Ejiofor Alike and Onyebuchi EzeigboAbuja - Outgoing Shell's Regional Executive Vice- President, Exploration and Produ-ction, Africa, Ms Ann Pickard, yesterday raised alarm ov (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alleged child abuser in tears
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Karen Breytenbach Justice WriterA Hanover Park father whose alleged abuse led to the death of his two-year-old son in 2003 broke down when he finally took the stand in the Western Cape High Court y (By News Poster)...South Africa: UCT's Price threatens politicians
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By George ThomsonSpeaking at the memorial of murdered student Dominic Giddy, UCT Vice-Chancellor Max Price lashed out at the failure of authorities to curb violent crime. "To politicians we say enough (By News Poster)...Zim: Indeginisation rules create system of patronage
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: “Any law that requires the continuous involvement of an individual is likely to be less credible and leave room for abuse or corruption" Chris MuronziZimbabwean businesses want Empowerment M (By News Poster)...South Africa: Producer Price Rise Taints Inflation Outlook
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - INFLATION at factories, mines and farms rose faster than expected last month as mineral prices surged, tarnishing the benign inflation outlook suggested by data earlier thi (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: The Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle (Part II)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Alemayehu G. MariamWhen I wrote Part I of 'The hand that rocks the broken cradle' nearly a year and eight months ago,[1] the heartbreaking and outrageous scandal in the broken adoption system in Et (By News Poster)...South Africa: Lesbian murder: two in court
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Nondumiso MbuyaziTwo men accused of raping and killing a KwaZulu-Natal lesbian in what her family and activists believe was a homophobic attack are expected to appear in court today. Thokozani Qwab (By News Poster)...South Africa: Visser 'deserved 70 years'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Her daughter's seven-year sentence had come as a shock to her family, Cezanne Visser's mother said.Susan Lemmer said both she and Visser had been given sedatives after the day in court."We are very sh (By News Poster)...South Africa: FET campuses hit by arson attacks
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Sinegugu NdlovuOne of Durban's biggest further education and training (FET) colleges is on high alert after a spate of arson attacks at three of its campuses. Disgruntled former employees of the El (By News Poster)...Zim: Bennett says Russians & Zanu PF chefs mining diamonds on his farm
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Pocketing the proceeds with total impunity By Violet GondaRoy Bennett, the MDC Treasurer General and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate, confirmed reports that diamonds have been found o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Khoza trial rolled over
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The trial in which ANC councillor Vusi Khoza and three others are accused of being part of a xenophobic mob attack in Durban was stalled yesterday because no State witnesses were available to testify. (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bullet to the face won't deter Oscar
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tanya WaterworthWith a brave heart and never one to shirk his duty, SAPS canine member Oscar dived into a sugar cane field as he chased three fleeing criminals on Monday, just outside Empangeni.The (By News Poster)...South Africa: Girl, 13, dies after brother torches house
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The youngest daughter of Eldorado Park's Trollip family, whose son petrol-bombed their house last week, has died.Samantha Trollip, 13, succumbed in hospital to her burns this week while Markham Trolli (By News Poster)...Angola: Unicer - Brewing Corruption in Country
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Rafael Marques De MoraisIn previous investigations I have examined how members of the Angolan government went into partnership with the multinationals Castel Group and SABMiller in order to gain co (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop 'too lazy' to help victim
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterMystery surrounds the circumstances under which police apparently refused to open a docket on attempted hijacking and assault against a man who tried to hijack a Pretoria (By News Poster)...South Africa: Poor state of Cape blood lab
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleySeventeen months ago they were told their "young, vital" 19-year-old son died of a drug overdose.But barely two months after hearing this, Eleanor and Irving Srot went to a private fore (By News Poster)...South Africa: 108 illegal foreigners netted in cop raid
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Mogomotsi MagomeMore than 100 illegal foreigners were arrested during an early morning police raid at the Schubart Park flats on Friday.About 400 Tshwane Metro Police, SAPS and Home Affairs immigra (By News Poster)...South Africa: Shaik 'threatened' Maroga in talks
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Thabiso ThakaliThere is some confusion over who paid for fraudster Schabir Shaik's attorney brother, Yunus, to mediate in the Eskom debacle which saw its axed CEO Jacob Maroga file a R80 million cl (By News Poster)...Masire-De Beers - the Civil Coup of 1987
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Lediretse MolakeThe BDP youth must understand that the game has changed. Our people are not interested in pronouncements of a glorious internal party democratic tradition that is under attack from (By News Poster)...Niger Struck by Mamadou Tanja Disease
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Owei LakemfaMAMADOU TANDJA who was removed in a military coup last Thursday, February 18, after being president of Niger Republic for 10 years, was a time bomb. His overthrow was not only unexpecte (By News Poster)...South Africa: No to SA porn channel!
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Child rights and faith organisations have vehemently opposed MultiChoice's announcement that it was researching the viability of a pornography channel."In the last few months, MultiChoice has been inu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Virgin rape - life for trio
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Hanti Otto Court Reporter"What hurts her the most was that she was a virgin and complete strangers violated her, taking away her purity."This was the comment in a victim impact report on a 15-year- (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Soyinka - Intellectual Perspective to The Nation's Image
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Yemi AdebisiLagos - When he emerged the first African Nobel laureate in Literature in 1986, Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, popularly known as Kongi by colleagues and friends assumed the thron (By News Poster)...South Africa: Murdered detective identified
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Natasha PrinceA Lansdowne detective shot while pursuing two armed gunmen has been identified as Mpunzi Fipaza, 37.Police spokesman Inspector November Filander said the relatives of Fipaza, who was (By News Poster)...Converting Country's Bush Encroachment Problem into Clean Energy
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Kevin James MooreInvasive bush species in Namibia makes large areas of land unusable and creates a problem for rural farmers. The bush infestation in Namibia affects 26 million hectares and has lea (By News Poster)...South Africa: Lack of black academics lamented
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauUniversities are battling to persuade young black and women graduates to stay on and train to become academics, and this is hampering transformation in higher educat (By News Poster)...South Africa: Calls for AG to probe SABC
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Political BureauThe new SABC board has called for the Auditor-General to return to Auckland Park for an intensive probe into allegations of financial irregularities and mismanag (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Russians, Zanu PF Secretly Mine Diamonds, Says Official
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Violet GondaRoy Bennett, the MDC Treasurer General and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate, confirmed reports that diamonds have been found on his former farm, Charleswood Estate, which was se (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting for Peace in DRC's Kivu Region
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Goma - A year ago, Goma town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was temporarily home to tens of thousands displaced by fighting between government forces and various armed groups. Now, many (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Keep McLeod behind bars'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Thandi SkadeWhile the police fought to keep Kenneth McLeod behind bars on kidnapping, housebreaking, robbery and car theft charges - calling him a danger to society - his advocate called the State' (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cassels murder case: accused a no show
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The sons of slain Durban advertising executive Richard Cassels travelled from Joburg yesterday to testify in the trial of the two men accused of his murder.But they left the Durban High Court without (By News Poster)...South Africa: Jogger hires lawyer
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesThe UCT student who gestured at President Jacob Zuma's blue light convoy has appointed a lawyer to take legal action against the police officers who arrested him.And Chumani Maxwele, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Zero in on Cross-Border Robbers
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Ifeanyi OkolieA notorious trans-border robbery kingpin, Sunday Fashola (42), who specialized in snatching exotic cars from its owners and ferrying them to the Republic of Benin, where they are disp (By News Poster)...Ruling on 'Unlawful' Land Reform to Be Enforced in South Africa
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Alex BellA landmark regional ruling declaring Robert Mugabe's land 'reform' programme unlawful will now be enforced in South Africa, after the High Court in Pretoria ruled that the ruling should be (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'They threatens to shoot me'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Rizwana Sheik UmarThree men, believed to be police reservists, allegedly pepper-sprayed and assaulted a Greenwood Park motorist before taking him on a "terrifying" ride last Friday. Brent Asbury, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Taxi washers blamed for potholes
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: First it was residents discharging their swimming pool water into Joburg streets that was causing potholes across the city. Now it is taxi drivers washing their vehicles.This is the latest explanation (By News Poster)...South Africa: Child muti-murder case delayed
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Hanti OttoTwo men who allegedly murdered Connie Ncube, four, for muti will face charges in the Pretoria High Court of murder, kidnapping and despoiling or violating a corpse.But a date still has to (By News Poster)...South Africa: PICS: One ocean away from Indian first
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Henri du PlessisStaff WriterHe broke the unwritten golden rule of military service, which is never to volunteer for anything.And because of it, Indian navy commander Dilip Donde can lay just claim (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Army Dismisses Coup Plot
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Achilleus Chud-Uchegbu and Cosmas EkpunobiAbuja - THE Nigerian Army yesterday said the military would continue to subordinate itself to civilian authorities just as it described as "nonsense" fear (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'My baby is going to live a normal life'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sipokazi MaposaHealth WriterWhen her one-month-old baby was diagnosed with a congenital heart disorder, Akhona Nogogo was devastated.And the next six months were hell for the 24-year-old single mot (By News Poster)...South Africa: Strand deaths: Nail polish remover to blame?
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleyBurning nail polish remover may be behind the deaths of seven Strand relatives, who apparently used the liquid to light coals in their upmarket Strand flat nearly five months ago.Nadia (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mystery surrounds woman's plunge to her death
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Mogomotsi MagomeMystery surrounds the death of a half-naked woman who is believed to have fallen to her death from the high-rise Schubart Park block of flats yesterday afternoon.Police are investig (By News Poster)...Gambia: Stakeholders Validate Draft Food Safety And Quality Bill
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Annia GayeA Stakeholder consultative workshop on the proposed Food Safety & Quality Bill and Policy spearheaded by National Codex Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee (NCSPSC) and supported by the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dalton attempted murder case resurrected
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Two years after a case of attempting to murder his wife was struck from the court roll, former rugby hooker James Dalton was back in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday facing the charge.It is all (By News Poster)...Zuma will press Britain to help lift Zimbabwe sanctions
Friday 26-Feb-2010: "Suppose somebody in Zimbabwe is using these issues to maintain tension until elections?" By Richard Lapper and William Wallis in JohannesburgSouth Africa will seek to win British support for (By News Poster)...Nigerian Stock Market Moves Towards Recovery
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Kingsley IghomwenghianFollowing the severe bashing received by stock markets across the globe, the boards of companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), among others, have gravitated tow (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop shoots himself
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Henri du Plessis Staff WriterA Pinelands police officer has killed himself with his service pistol following a late-night confrontation with a woman at a flat in Thornton.Police were called to the (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Glory-boy' Hawks rile cops (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterTension is brewing between Pretoria-based police units and the newly established crime-fighting unit the Hawks, following claims that Hawks members arrested three of Sout (By News Poster)...Botswana: Thou Shall Not Insult the President
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Greg Kelebonye"I call on all Ministers and Assistant Ministers and every other person to sing like parrots. During Mzee Kenyatta's period, I persistently sang the Kenyatta tune.[When] people said ' (By News Poster)...South Africa: SADC's Zimbabwe Property Ruling Enforced
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Stefan HofstatterJohannesburg - THE North Gauteng High Court ruled yesterday that a landmark property rights judgment by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) tribunal in Windhoek again (By News Poster)...Central African Republic: Under the Gun - Violence and Displacement in Country
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Central African Republic (CAR) has been in the throes of a humanitarian crisis for more than a decade. Army mutinies, coups and attempted coups, rebellions, gangs that kidnap for ransom and, more rece (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fatal fire: arson suspected
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo MagwazaPolice are again combing a Newcastle orphanage - which caught fire three weeks ago, killing 11 people - for a 12th body.And police said yesterday that arson had not been ruled ou (By News Poster)...South Africa: Accused 'consulting a healer'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Slindile MalulekaThe man accused of murdering advertising boss Richard Cassels failed to turn up for his trial because he was ill and had travelled to Empangeni to consult a traditional healer, the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zille slammed for 'anti-poor' address
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By AneL LEWISOPPOSITION parties have slammed Premier Helen Zille for her "anti-poor" State of the Province address.ANC opposition leader in the provincial legislature Lynne Brown said the address did (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Industry Lashes Out at KP over Blood Diamonds
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Alex BellLeaders in the global diamond industry have lashed out at the international trade watchdog, the Kimberley Process, for allowing Zimbabwe's blood diamonds to reach the consumer market.The d (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mayor moves to defuse anger
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersMsunduzi Mayor Zanele Hlatshwayo has called for calm and has invited the leadership of municipal unions to approach her after two days of unrest on Pietermaritzburg's streets.Hundre (By News Poster)...Africa: 'I saw three dead bodies'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Mogadishu - At least three people are dead after a mysterious explosion that rocked a stronghold of the Islamist insurgent Shebab group in southern Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said on Monday.Th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma-linked women in spotlight
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tanya WaterworthOpposition parties have called for further investigation into the lucrative catering contract awarded to Nonkululeko Mhlongo, who has two children with President Jacob Zuma. This wa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema fighting for his political life (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Political StaffJulius Malema is fighting for his political and financial life. As opposition parties demand a probe into his personal life and Cosatu and the SACP gun for him, Malema's biggest thre (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Watch out for World Cup scare-mongering'
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Ella SmookMetro WriterWestern Cape Premier Helen Zille has warned senior officials and politicians in the city and province to watch out for World Cup journalists trying to squeeze controversial st (By News Poster)...East Africa: EAC Seeks Joint Piracy Patrol
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Wilfred EdwinNairobi - Following a long time of Somali pirates' attacks along the eastern African coast and the Gulf of Aden, the East African Community member states are seeking cooperation to sup (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Political Violence in Epworth
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Harare - SIX ZANU-PF youths were severely injured on Sunday when political violence erupted in Epworth, dampening ongoing national healing and reconciliation efforts.Three Zanu-PF supporters injured i (By News Poster)...South Africa: Arrest Warrant to Determine Fate of Genocide Suspects in South Africa
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Gashegu MuramiraKigali - A Rwandan couple, working in a South African hospital can only answer to Genocide crimes they allegedly committed during the 1994 genocide against Tutsi if an international (By News Poster)...ABSA Bids for Bank Windhoek - Eyes Controlling Stake in Holding Company
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyNAMIBIA may lose its only wholly-owned local bank, with Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH), the majority shareholder of Bank Windhoek, considering an offer to sell the controlling int (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sugarcane killer suspect tries to escape
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The sugarcane serial killer suspect Thozamile Taki was seriously injured when he fell while trying to escape from the Westville Prison on Sunday afternoon, KwaZulu-Natal police said."I can confirm tha (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Central Bank Sets Deadline for Mergers
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - As part of measures to ensure stability in the troubled banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that mergers and acquisitions of the affected institutions would be (By News Poster)...South Africa: Afrasia Bank Launches SA Expansion Drive
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Mauritius-registered AfrAsia Bank has announced the start of an African regional expansion drive, with initial focus on South Africa.The bank has strong Indian connections. Now Africa and South Africa (By News Poster)...South Africa: PAC to remove racist page
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania has promised to remove its Facebook page after messages encouraging the killing of white people were posted earlier this week. The page's administrator, Anwar Ada (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma hopes to build on World Cup momentum
Friday 26-Feb-2010: London - President Jacob Zuma has said South Africa's public works programme will continue beyond June's World Cup to try to build on infrastructure projects and boost employment.And he intends to use (By News Poster)...Suspect Denies Walvis Restaurant Murder
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTHE young man accused of murdering Walvis Bay restaurant owner and former newspaper editor Awie Brand in June 2008 claimed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that Brand's death wa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Eskom increase likely to hit middle class
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: As South Africans prepare to hear the final verdict on whopping power price hikes on Wednesday, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has hinted that rich and middle-class homeowners will be saddled with a new (By News Poster)...Botswana: Govt Spends P5 Million on Zimbabwe Deportees
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Joyce GreyFrancistown - The Botswana government has been urged to find cheaper ways of dealing with the issue of Zimbabwean illegal immigrants.Batswana interviewed likened the present state of affa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Tourism boss praises Durban
Friday 26-Feb-2010: A lot has changed - for the better - in Durban in the six years since the president of one of the world's most influential tourism organisations was last here."There is a vision and the city is projec (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Bank Robbers Arrested
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police have arrested five of the criminals who robbed a central Maputo branch of the Standard Bank and two Maputo shops last week.Announcing the arrests at a press briefing on (By News Poster)...South Africa: KZN's custom-made condoms
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Condoms in custom-made packaging are to be distributed at busy tourist spots around the province during the World Cup.The packaging will say something along the lines of "Let's Play Responsibly" - wit (By News Poster)...GNU Deserves a Four Out of Ten Mark - Analysts
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Wongai ZhangazhaTHE inclusive government has performed dismally since it came into being a year ago and analysts say it deserves a 4 out of 10 mark for the work done so far.While some analysts and (By News Poster)...Govt spends P5 million on Zim deportees
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Likened it to a mad man who kept on pouring water into the drum and the water kept coming out at the other end Joyce GreyFrancistown - The Botswana government has been urged to find cheaper wa (By News Poster)...SADC's Zimbabwe property ruling enforced in SA
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Two properties in Cape Town Stephan HofstatterThe North Gauteng High Court ruled yesterday that a landmark property rights judgment by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribuna (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nabolisa to apply for bail
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersAlleged Nigerian drug smuggler Frank Nabolisa will make his bid for bail tomorrow.Nabolisa hit the headlines last month when he and Sheryl Cwele were arrested on drug trafficking al (By News Poster)...South Africa: Jogger's case for cops, not me: Zuma
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Political BureauPresident Jacob Zuma says it is not his "duty" to deal with the incident involving a UCT student arrested for allegedly showing his motorcade the middle finger.He told the parliamen (By News Poster)...South Africa: David and Goliath battle in court
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Durban businessman Sean Murphy says the eThekwini municipality ruined his business - and it must pay.The owner of a now liquidated air-conditioning company, Murphy says he would still be in business i (By News Poster)...South Africa: You are just like Mbeki, says Malema (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana and Star ReportersANC Youth League president Julius Malema has accused those who leaked stories about his houses, cars and enrichment through government tenders of employing strateg (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Extension Services Must Be Participatory
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Obert ChifambaHarare - UNTIL the early 1980s, the agricultural extension agent was to the farmer what the teacher is to a student today: essentially the expert and therefore the sole source of idea (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'This time they killed him'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Kristen van SchieAt 75, Donovan Smith lived an active life. He woke up at the crack of dawn for gym. He swam 30 laps in the pool each day. He played golf. He loved to bet on the horses. And he alwa (By News Poster)...Namibia: Child Murder Trial Postponed to March
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Oswald ShivuteTHE trial of a Kavango Region resident who is accused of murde-ring two of his children almost three years ago has been postponed until early next month.Herbert Cimu Nkasi (38), who w (By News Poster)...South Africa: McBride's presence in Parliament questioned
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Patsy BeangstromIs Robert McBride set to be the new director-general of the Northern Cape?This was the question asked yesterday by Neville Mompati, provincial leader of COPE in the Northern Cape, a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Elderly man on trial for killing sickly wife
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Helped by his policeman son, a frail and sick 69-year-old man shuffled into the Durban High Court yesterday to stand trial for the murder of his chronically-ill wife.Anthony Ronald Brooks, of Vivien R (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mom buries her three 'angels'
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Nompumelelo MagwazaFamily and friends who came to bid farewell to three Newcastle siblings who died in a fire two weeks ago could not contain their emotions when the three small coffins were brough (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Shell's Threat - Barkindo Seeks Defence Minister's Protection
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - FOLLOWING a threat by the Anglo-Dutch oil firm Shell Petroleum Development Company to shut down its gas facilities over non-evacuation of condensate by the Nigerian Nati (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Gold Payment - RBZ's Default Continues
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Bernard MpofuFINANCIALLY beleaguered Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe could continue defaulting payment of gold deliveries made by bullion producers amid fears that Special Tradable Bonds re-issued by the (By News Poster)...Africa: Nigeria, Others, Accused of Blocking Torture Report at UN
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Nigeria, leading other African countries, and Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), has been accused of blocking the reading of a human rights report on arrest and secret detentions around the worl (By News Poster)...Khayelitsha Holds Some of the Answers
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Even if Zuma's World AIDS Day speech is matched with sufficient budget allocation, innovative models of providing HIV and TB care will be needed to achieve the targets of the National Strategic Plan. (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court scrutinises footage for clues in murder
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Sherlissa PetersA DVD and video tape of murder accused Mohamed Shuaib Sathar sitting in his father's shop on the morning of September 15, 2005 was on Tuesday entered into evidence at the Pietermari (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe novelist finds a safe haven in Miami
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: "We have to pick up some flowers from the sadness of exile" By Michael VasquezThe death threats? Too numerous to count. The serious attempts on his life ranged from make-believe doctors offeri (By News Poster)...South Africa: Speeding cop dodges prison time
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Thandi SkadeConstable Johannes Ramalope may have dodged prison for now, but his day of reckoning is yet to come. This was Michelle Harris's reaction to the sentence handed down to the man responsib (By News Poster)...South Africa: DA 'jumping the gun'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Bronwynne Jooste Staff ReporterThe DA has called on the government to scrap a "bizarre plan" to force abalone fishers to sell their catch to a single buyer. But the Ministry of Agriculture, which t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gas Shortage - NNPC Wants Military to Protect Pipelines
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ejiofor Alike and Onyebuchi EzigboLagos/Abuja - Rattled by the shortage of gas and the possibility of further shortfall of power generation by 1,000 megawatts from the current 2,7000mw, the Nigeria (By News Poster)...South Africa: Children drown as mother plaits hair
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Botho MolosankweTwo tiny lifeless bodies in a murky pool, wailing sirens and a devastated mother who fainted.This was the scene at a Florida, Roodepoort, house on Sunday after a hairdresser, who ha (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mergers Loom in Banking Sector
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - MERGERS and acquisitions are imminent in the banking sector as the March 30 deadline to meet the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe minimum capital requirements draws closer.The banking (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Price Increases Need to Be Explained - Analysts
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Paul NyakazeyaWhere is the National Incomes and Pricing Commission chairman Goodwill Masimirembwa when you need him?Masimirembwa's role is to compare prices of goods and services in the region and (By News Poster)...South Africa: Museum hails island's new leadership team
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Henri du Plessis, Staff WriterThe Robben Island Museum says it is grateful to the government for appointing a new council, after nine months without one."There is clearly a lot of experience to be (By News Poster)...South Africa: COPE enters Malema spy papers fray
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The Congress of the People is entitled to an explanation why ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has access to state intelligence documentation, COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota said on Wednesday.On Tuesd (By News Poster)...Kenya: Speedy Arbitration Leaves Squatters in Fresh Land Rows
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Jane Karuga and Ken MachariaJeremiah Safari Kesi is a disgruntled and bitter man.He feels cheated after seeing his land given to someone else in an accelerated government process that was supposed (By News Poster)...South Africa: Lion 'attacks' Durban family
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Slindile MalulekaA traumatised Ishal Haripersad, 35, and his wife, Ronica, 32, and their two sons, Isthir, 3, and Nihal, 2, were heading home to Umhlanga after a holiday in the Drakensberg when the (By News Poster)...South African Media Play 'Useful Idiots'
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Aubrey MatshiqiLAST Sunday, we entered a new phase in the battle for ANC with accrual. Although the African National Congress is a broad church, marriage is not what I have in mind this morning.In (By News Poster)...South Africa: McLeod granted bail
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Nontobeko MtshaliKenneth McLeod, a Scottish immigrant charged with kidnapping, housebreaking, robbery and car theft, has been granted bail of R10 000 in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court.McLeod wa (By News Poster)...Fatal Brothers' Quarrel Ends in Murder Verdict
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesWINDHOEK resident Theophilus Sisande, who was accused of murdering his brother with a shotgun in their family home in Windhoek in April 2008, was convicted as charged in the High Court (By News Poster)...aaUnclassified: DA gains as voters go for changes
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Andisiwe Makinana Political reporterThe DA won three of the four by-elections in the Western Cape yesterday, with Independent Civic Organisation of SA (Icosa) candidate Jeffrey Donson, of Ladismith (By News Poster)...Zim: Tsvangirai warned by Zanu PF youths
Friday 26-Feb-2010: "We ask for your immediate response within a period of a month" By Alice ChimoraA month long ultimatum has been issued to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai by Zanu PF youths today for him to ca (By News Poster)...South Africa: No load-shedding for 2010
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Eskom said it was confident there would be no load-shedding during the World Cup, despite the event's being held in winter when demand for household power was higher.Ayanda Noah, the managing director (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Lazy baboons and k*****s'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Poloko TauTeaching at Topaz Secondary School in Lenasia, south of Joburg, has ground to a halt following a dispute between the school's principal and staff.On Thursday, parents, teachers and pupils (By News Poster)...Zim: China throws birthday bash for Mugabe
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The first time Mugabe had visited a foreign embassy in the country since independence Beijing - China said on Monday its embassy in Zimbabwe had thrown a birthday party for President Robert Mu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Translators sought for WC
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Lavern de Vries Crime WriterThe police will recruit Spanish, German, French and Portuguese-speaking volunteer translators from universities and embassies during the World Cup.In the Western Cape, t (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'One vision' IFP unity plea
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Slindile MalulekaThe Inkatha Freedom Party faced "becoming history" if its leaders failed to mend their differences, the party's youth movement said in Durban yesterday."Chaos in the party (and) co (By News Poster)...South Africa: DA backs education budget
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Karabo SeanegoThe DA supported Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's decision to allocate R165-billion to education, party leader Helen Zille said. Addressing hundreds of people who packed the Soshangu (By News Poster)...Kenya: Militias Turn Into Criminal Gangs
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Fred MukindaNairobi - Militias which perpetrated some of the worst violence in the last general election have transformed into criminal gangs and pose a grave threat to the nation's security.Most o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Thousands of Firearms, Ammunition Surrendered
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Pretoria - Over 6 300 firearms and more than 90 000 rounds of ammunition have been surrendered to the South African Police Service to date.This is in line with the Ministerial Amnesty which expires on (By News Poster)...Namibia: Appeal Bid Fails in Shock Rape Case
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesTWO young men who are serving lengthy jail terms for kidnapping, gang-raping and attempting to murder a ten-year-old girl at a town in the south of Namibia in early 2006 had an appeal (By News Poster)...United Nations Says It Can Act On Mass Graves
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Christof MaletskyTHE United Nations says it will evaluate and refer to a competent authority, which includes the International Criminal Court, any claims of enforced disappearances if there are leg (By News Poster)...South Africa: Pothole accident: COPE leader in surgery
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By African Eye News ServiceThe leader of the Congress of the People in Mpumalanga who was involved in a car accident last week underwent surgery in Nelspruit on Tuesday.Prudence Zale Madonsela, the pa (By News Poster)...East Africa: Experts Voice Food Security Concerns
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Bumper harvests being reported in several east African countries will do little to improve long-term food security in countries like Kenya, where almost six million of its 38 million inhabit (By News Poster)...South Africa: Vavi belittled on audits
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Carien Du Plessis and Caiphus KgosanaPresident Jacob Zuma has put Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi in his place over his call for lifestyle audits of politicians and public servants.Address (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Use me to promote KZN'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Sipho Khumalo Political staffKing Goodwill Zwelithini is using the looming World Cup to press for his palaces to be revamped and for his portraits to be mounted at key public venues, such as airpor (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema hands target list to police
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has asked the police to investigate a list of people believed to be targeting supporters of President Jacob Zuma, he told SAFM on Tuesday in the wake of a deba (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mystery of Malema's companies (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Xolani Mbanjwa and Shaun SmillieJulius Malema, in a state of angry denial, has deepened the mystery surrounding his wealth.Addressing the media at Luthuli House in Joburg yesterday, the ANC Youth L (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Teens used to sell drugs'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: A drug syndicate used children barely in their teens to sell their contraband to customers in Lenasia, south of Joburg.This is a claim that prosecution authorities make in an indictment of six people (By News Poster)...South Africa: Prepare for rate hikes
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Anel Lewis Metro WriterThe City of Cape Town has appealed for calm as new property valuations are calculated, saying electricity tariff hikes are likely to hit people's pockets more severely than p (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma Blasts Sanctions' Extension
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Harare - THE continuation of the illegal economic sanctions against Zimbabwe undermines the Global Political Agreement signed by the country's three main political parties, South Africa's President Ja (By News Poster)...South Africa: Wife of 'Mr Big' free
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterThe wife of notorious Quinton "Mr Big" Marinus has left the Cape High Court a free woman after she was acquitted of drug dealing charges.But four men who shared th (By News Poster)...BDP-De Beers Sleaze - Finally a Secret Told
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Greg KelebonyeThe absence of legal instruments that make it compulsory for government and politicians to share information remains the bane of our so-called democracy.Take for instance the fact tha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Last chance to see Iziko exhibitions
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Kowthar Solomons Staff ReporterThe Iziko South African gallery is giving visitors one more chance to view its exhibitions before it closes for renovations in preparation for the World Cup. The gall (By News Poster)...South Africa: Langa Six remains exhumed
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Mogomotsi MagomeFamilies of six PAC activists hanged by the apartheid government more than 40 years ago are close to getting closure after their remains were exhumed in Pretoria yesterday.Known as (By News Poster)...South Africa: Western Cape not best for service delivery'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Luvuyo MjekulaThe City of Cape Town came under attack as angry Khayelitsha residents, living in informal settlements, vented their anger over the lack of service delivery in their areas on Monday.H (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema's life not in danger - most readers (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Ainsley DanielsJulius Malema has blamed a smear campaign and "unethical" journalists for "unfounded" media reports that he says have placed his life and that of his family in danger.IOL asked its r (By News Poster)...South Africa: Principal 'targeting blacks'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Ilse Fredericks Education WriterBlack parents have accused a Table View principal of targeting their children after he called all black pupils into the school hall and blamed them for "all inapprop (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Kingpin' one of escapees (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Tania Broughton and Kamini PadayacheeOne of the escapers from Westville Prison is said to be the man who, for R10 000, has been organising fake bail documentation - complete with official stamps an (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'A clear case of patronage'
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Bronwyn GerretsenOpposition parties in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature have lambasted the awarding of government tenders to a company under the joint directorship of Premier Zweli Mkhize's wife and d (By News Poster)...Zim: Farmworkers union officers in hiding after police raids
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Entire leadership has gone underground after a series of raids, arrests and threats against them To view House of Justice, click hereHarare - The entire leadership of Zimbabwe's union for farm (By News Poster)...Consumer Trust Welcomes Law Changes On Bank Charges
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE Namibia Consumer Trust (NCT) has welcomed an amendment to the law governing bank charges, which was tabled in Parliament last week."The NCT pledges its support to the Payment S (By News Poster)...South Africa: More held in Sharpeville
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Poloko TauA supermarket was burgled and looted, and a house and a vehicle were burnt overnight as service delivery protests continued in Sharpeville.The number of people arrested for public violenc (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ex-Pirates player in court over stabbing
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: "I am stressed and I have had enough of you taking photographs of me."This was the reaction yesterday of former Orlando Pirates striker Mandla "Metroblitz" Sithole after the Roodepoort Regional Court (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema in Zuma plot rage (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi and Gaye DavisANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has claimed that he has an "intelligence document" listing the names of prominent political leaders who backed President Jaco (By News Poster)...Botswana: Batswana Soldiers Used Firearms during WWII, Says Veteran
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Gasebalwe SeretseIt is not everyday that one gets to meet a World War II veteran so when the Mmegi team, chance upon Modisa Thebe of Tshosa Ward in Kumakwane, there is some excitement.The 90-year-o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Prison boss axed
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Political BureauCorrectional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has terminated the contract of prisons boss Xoliswa Sibeko.Sibeko's contract - which was due to expire onl (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma to Plead with UK Government to Remove Targeted Sanctions
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaSouth African President Jacob Zuma will use his state visit to the UK next week to plead with the British government to remove targeted sanctions against Robert Mugabe and his allie (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robber dies, cop critical after shoot-out
Friday 26-Feb-2010: A robber was killed and a police constable is in a critical condition after a shoot-out in Benoni on Thursday afternoon, Gauteng police said.Constable Godin Nyathi said 12 men entered a supermarket in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Parade traders face relocation
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Clayton Barnes 2010 WriterInformal traders operating on the Grand Parade, Cape Town's main Fifa fan park, face uncertainty ahead of the World Cup.The traders, many of whom have been operating on th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cape accused of land invasion
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Anel LewisMetro WriterThe surfacing of an area outside the Cape Town Stadium that is supposed to be a grass playing field has outraged residents in the area.James Loock of the Green Point Ratepayer (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ex-ANC man, family robbed
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Murray Williams Staff WriterProminent businessman, community leader and former ANC provincial leader Chris Nissen and his family are traumatised after being robbed in a daring smash-and-grab at the (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Controversy Over 'Ark of Covenant'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Walter MarwiziHarare - A British Professor who claims a 700-year-old wooden object found in a rat-infested museum in Harare is a replica of the lost Ark of the Covenant is set to leave Harare disap (By News Poster)...South Africa: The brutality of backstreet abortions
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Katy KatopodisI've been a journalist for many years now, and few stories shock me. This one did.Being six-and-a-half months pregnant, and not being in just another disguise for the sake of an inves (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'I can see my son is ready to kill'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Mpumi KivaThe recent murders of at least three adults, allegedly by tik addict relatives in Cape Town townships, have parents living in fear.Scared parents, who all have children addicted to tik, s (By News Poster)...Africa: Police wounded in Ivory Coast clashes
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Abidjan - Shooting broke out in clashes between the police and opposition demonstrators in Abidjan on Monday, leaving two policemen wounded.Youths protesting against President Laurent Ggabgo's shock d (By News Poster)...South Africa: Kewton flat upgrade begins
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Thandanani Mhlanga Staff ReporterThe first of the families living in council-owned flats in Kewtown are to be relocated to their temporary homes today as part of the City of Cape Town's plan to upg (By News Poster)...South Africa: Catapulting festival into big time
Monday 22-Feb-2010: From time immemorial, a cultural ceremony of "huge significance" has been celebrated in northern KZN, as well as in Mozambique and Swaziland.Now, if the plans of regional tourism bosses (the Departmen (By News Poster)...South Africa: Muti murder case postponed
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The matter against a hairdresser and a traditional healer accused of committing a muti murder was postponed in the Pretoria magistrate's court on Wednesday.Lourenco Eric Ngoveni, 30, a hair dresser, a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Patients, families pampered at spa
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Hospitals, doctors and hideous medical treatments were set aside for a day when a group of girls with life-threatening diseases were invited for a dream day of pampering and spa treatments.The Mangwan (By News Poster)...Namibia: Trade Union Disunity Harms Workers
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithNAMIBIA'S peace and stability are under threat, unless striking socio-economic inequalities in the country are addressed.This warning is contained in the new book, 'Namibian Workers (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cape reveals plans for 2010 transport network
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The City of Cape Town has unveiled its public transport plan to accommodate World Cup tourists and locals during the football tournament.The plan envisages trains, buses, minibus taxis and metered tax (By News Poster)...South Africa: Call for ministers to use pre-paid meters
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Cabinet ministers should fit pre-paid electricity meters in their homes and official residences to popularise the concept of pre-payment and curb the "disease" of not paying for services. This was the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bid to muzzle Maroga
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Eskom has asked the Johannesburg High Court to prevent former CEO Jacob Maroga revealing damning or "confidential" information that led to his "forced" resignation.In its replying affidavits, Eskom al (By News Poster)...Kenya: Politicians Went on a Maize Looting Spree While People Starved
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Patrick GatharaNairobi - Last year, Kenya experienced the worst food crisis in its history, with starvation threatening the lives of more than 10 million people.In a letter to the IMF in May 2009, (By News Poster)...Black Gun Owners of South Africa: Stop De-arming Law Abiding South Africans
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Black Gun Owners of South Africa are in complete agreement that the National Police Commissioner should have no faith in the honesty and integrity of his own police force. This is -we feel- also the (By JanOlifant)...Nigeria: Understanding the Cost of Fuel
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuLagos - For three to four weeks, some advertisements sponsored by a group known as Movement for Economic Emancipation have appeared in the newspapers with regular frequency.The obje (By News Poster)...South Africa: Biker hopes to make his 'old girl' legal
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Andrew Mather is a man of many mistresses. His youngest is 41 and the eldest turned 100 quite recently."I think I have 22 old girls. Well, that is as many as I'm prepared to admit to, to my wife. It h (By News Poster)...South Africa: Taki faces escape charge
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The sugarcane serial killer suspect Thozamile Taki is facing a charge for trying to escape at Durban Westville Prison, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.Director Phindile Radebe said Taki was facing (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe, Tsvangirai in Tussle Over Business Law
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ndamu SanduHarare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF ministers have ignored Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's directive that the controversial empowerment law passed recently be withdrawn.The t (By News Poster)...Zim: Tsvangirai snubs Mugabe's lavish birthday feast
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Owed his long life to God and the security forces By Nkululeko SibandaBulawayo - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his two deputies yesterday stayed away from President Robert Mugabe's lavi (By News Poster)...Zambia: Farming - Unpredictable Weather Patterns Hurting
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Judith Hara"Farming has now become completely different and difficult," laments Dickson Siangoma.Mr Siangoma is a headman at Malundu Village in Lusitu area of Siavonga and is struck by the changing (By News Poster)...Zim: Harare to punish foreign firms over shares
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: "The less you want to be indigenised the more you pay the levies" By Own CorrespondentBulawayo - Zimbabwe will impose a punitive levy on foreign firms to compel them to cede controlling stake (By News Poster)...Liberia: 'Infamous' - Prince Johnson Earns World Headlines
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Major news outlets have greeted former warlord now Senator (Nimba) Prince Johnson's 2011 candidacy for President with headlines describing as "one of the most infamous" who drank beer as ordered later (By News Poster)...Africa: Congo militia recruits child witch doctors
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Kinshasa, Congo - Human rights groups say Congolese children are being kidnapped and recruited to serve as witch doctors for an armed group in volatile eastern Congo.Friday's report from a coalition o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: From Black Gold to Raw Gold
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Towards the end of 2009, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development under the leadership of Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke disbursed micro grant of $10 million to 31 small-scale mining cooperatives and (By News Poster)...West Africa: Niger - a Coup Foretold
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: LAST week's coup in Niger, Nigeria's northern neighbour, had been foretold since 2008, when 72-year-old Mamadou Tandja began manipulating the constitution to ensure he was in power forever.It is not s (By News Poster)...Kenya: 'Flash Blood' Puts Drug Users at Risk of HIV
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Mombasa - Amina* and Rajab*, in their mid-twenties, spend most of their days getting high on heroin; when broke, Amina injects herself with Rajab's blood as soon as he has mainlined his heroin, for a (By News Poster)...East Africa: Regional Food Crisis Looms in Spite of Bumper Harvest
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Cosmas ButunyiNairobi - Food insecurity in Kenya has been the force behind the flourishing cross border trade in agricultural produce in East Africa.Faced with unfavourable weather, ineffective agr (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Excess Funds in Banks but No New Investments
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Babajide KomolafeBanks are now battling with money deposited by customers in their vaults which they are either not ready to give out as loans or nobody is coming forward to take. This is a fall ou (By News Poster)...South Africa: Power Tariff Hikes Slammed
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Pretoria - The National Electricity Regulator of SA (Nersa) has been widely criticised for granting Eskom a multi-year tariff increase.Nersa on Wednesday announced it was granting the power utility a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Families lose appeal against eviction
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Karen BreytenbachJustice WriterA group of families who lived as backyard dwellers in Grassy Park have lost an appeal against their eviction by the City of Cape Town and their relocation to Happy Va (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sadtu slams WCED
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Ilse Fredericks Education WriterThe SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has taken a swipe at the provincial education department, saying that while other provinces were moving forward with the Qua (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Two Presumed Criminals Shot Dead
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police announced on Thursday that they have shot three criminals belonging to the gang which murdered two officers of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC) earlier this month (By News Poster)...Alweendo Sees 2010 As 'Promising Year'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyBANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo was in an upbeat mood yesterday at his first media conference of the year, saying he believes 2010 will be a "promising year" in which the e (By News Poster)...South Africa: 2010 Trends - Online Keeps Maturing
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Diane ChartonAs we move into 2010, we can look forward to robust growth for the online advertising industry as bandwidth prices keep falling, more consumers join the broadband world, and more compa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cape keeps mum on plan for homeless people
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Craig McKune and Anel LewisCity of Cape Town officials say they have a "constitutional" World Cup plan for street children and homeless people which will ensure they are treated with respect and di (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cape Zimbabweans scared
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Nikita Sylvester Staff ReporterZimbabweans living in a temporary refugee camp in De Doorns stayed away from work yesterday after being frightened by rumours of a protest by locals.The protest did n (By News Poster)...South Africa: TAC Questions Zuma's Leadership on Aids
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: The Treatment Action Campaign explains why it is important for Zuma to show leadership and take responsibility for himself, for those around him and for South Africa when it comes to preventing HIV.Pr (By News Poster)...Nigeria: HIV/Aids Prevalence Worries Jonathan
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Golu Timothy and Winifred OgbeboAbuja - Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed deep worry over the current prevalence of the dreaded HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country. He reiterated (By News Poster)...Zim: Parly defers diamond firm's hearing
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Only Mbada board chairman Robert Mhlanga turned up By Own CorrespondentHarare - Only one board member of Mbada Investments – one of the two companies mining diamonds at Zimbabwe's controvers (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema still listed as company director
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: ANCYL leader Julius Malema was on Monday afternoon still listed as a director of SGL Engineering Projects - despite his claims to the contrary in the morning.A search of the SA Company database, publi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How Generals Helped to Stabilise Polity
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Sam Akpe And Rafiu AjakayeLagos/Abuja - Clearer, suspense-filled revelations have been linked to the installation of Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President. That is not withstanding the key role pl (By News Poster)...South Africa: Towers face immediate demolition
Monday 22-Feb-2010: An engineering study has found that the old cooling towers at Athlone's defunct power station could come tumbling down in strong winds.This has prompted the city to act more quickly on the planned re (By News Poster)...Witness Says, Taylor Did Not Receive Diamonds From Rebels
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayFormer Liberian president Charles Taylor did not form or contribute to any plan to commit crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone, nor did he receive any diamonds from Sierra Leonean rebel fo (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Cholera Outbreaks in Five Provinces
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Maputo - The chorea outbreaks in northern and central Mozambique have taken 36 lives so far this year, but no cases have been reported from the south of the country, according to the spokesperson for (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dad waited a week to report missing girl
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Robertson police are urging the public to help them find an eight-year-old girl who was last seen outside her father's home two weeks ago.Keonie Klein was last seen by neighbours with her father's gir (By News Poster)...South Africa: Moloto would've jailed me - Malema
Monday 22-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema contended on Monday that he was the victim of a conspiracy to discredit him in the media."... Those who own the means of production [mine owners in particular] (By News Poster)...South Africa: Barbie 'spent time in clinic'
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Zelda Venter High Court ReporterCezanne Visser, or "Advocate Barbie", as she is better known, spent time in Vista clinic following her tears in the Pretoria High Court 10 days ago, but she has sinc (By News Poster)...Africa: Curfew in Liberia after religious clashes
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Monrovia - Liberia's government has imposed a curfew in the northern county of Lofa after religious clashes killed two people there on Friday.The fighting near the Guinean border was the third outbrea (By News Poster)...South Africa: High Court Registers Zimbabwe Land Ruling
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - Civil Rights Group AfriForum says it's registered a High Court case in Pretoria which confirms the SADEC Tribunal against decision against the land reform programme of Zimbabwe.The regi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Molewa's stand 'ground-breaking'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Political BureauSocial Development Minister Edna Molewa's refusal to accept a top official's resignation before his disciplinary hearing into an alleged R11-million tender irreg (By News Poster)...South Africa: On top of the world after first stadium jump
Friday 26-Feb-2010: For just the briefest of moments, city manager Michael Sutcliffe wondered what on earth he was doing.His toes were over the edge of one of the rungs of the iconic arch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium; he (By News Poster)...BoN 'Won't Steamroll Banks'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE Bank of Namibia (BoN) does not intend steamrolling commercial banks with its stronger powers once the necessary legislation is changed, but it will guard national and consumer inte (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ghost squad smashes 2nd car
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Crime WriterA car belonging to the City of Cape Town's Ghost Squad fleet has been involved in a crash, making it the second of the elite unit's vehicles to be damaged in less than two months.The tr (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema and the spy papers (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Moshoeshoe Monare Group Political EditorJulius Malema's "intelligence document" was compiled by a former Sars employee - who is facing criminal charges but insists he was part of a sting operation. (By News Poster)...Africa: Suspect in synagogue attack nabbed
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Cairo - Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of throwing a suitcase containing a makeshift bomb at Cairo's main synagogue, describing him as a criminal previously involved in violence, (By News Poster)...Health Authorities Tackle Maternal Mortality
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Kerry CullinanWhen maternal mortality almost doubled in fourteen years, health leaders in Namibia decided to make maternal health a priority - and set up a pilot in Khomas region.A sleek new minibu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mining Reform Will Grow Nigerian Economy - Jonathan
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - The Federal Government has explained that the ongoing reform in the mining sector is part of efforts to diversify Nigeria 's oil-mono-product economy.The Vice-President (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Sarkozy's Visit Ushers in a New Phase in Rwanda-France Relations
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Kezio-Musoke DavidNairobi - The planned visit to Rwanda by President Nicolas Sarkozy on February 26 - the first of its kind by a French head of state since the 1994 genocide - is expected to boost (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zuma Takes Sanctions War to London
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Harare - South African President Jacob Zuma has said he will take on Britain over the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe because the embargo is "suffocating" the inclusive Government.President Zuma (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'R40m aid funds returned'
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Political BureauHigher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says former black universities - which mainly serve poor students - have returned millions of rands in government-sponso (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Hungry Wealth - Voices from Madagascar
Friday 26-Feb-2010: My life used to be good, just like everyone else's in the village. I lived off fishing activities...Fishing has been a tradition from generation to generation in the village.In addition to fishing, pe (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Thanks Cape Town, we did it'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sipokazo Maposa Health WriterThe Groote Schuur Hospital's fundraising drive to raise money to buy 20 life-saving incubators for the hospital's cash-strapped neonatal unit has reached its target.Thi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Council to delay implementing hike
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Tshwane Metro Council is to implement a massive electricity hike, but its residents will be afforded a three-month reprieve after the municipality said yesterday it would only implement the 24,8 perce (By News Poster)...World: Brazilian nabbed after German wife's murder
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Rio de Janeiro - A Brazilian man was under arrest Wednesday on suspicion of murdering his German wife during a vacation in northern Brazil and blaming her death on gun-wielding robbers, media reported (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man jailed for life for rape, murder of niece
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: A 25-year-old Pietermaritzburg man who raped and then killed his seven-year-old niece was twice jailed for life by the city's High Court on Wednesday.Siphiwe Ndlovu, of Nchanga, pleaded guilty to the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Men beat up Tour cyclist
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Natasha Prince Staff ReporterA Durbanville cyclist has been attacked by five men wielding iron bars, mugged and left to crawl to safety along the N7.Neville Murray, 57, of Durbanville, was looking (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'It was agony being away from her'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Fourteen months in the Antarctic can seem like an eternity if you have just fallen in love.This was the case for electrical engineer Erick Minnie of the University of Potchefstroom, who returned yeste (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alexandra residents taking streets back (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Moving steadily through the narrow, unlit streets in one of Johannesburg's toughest neighbourhoods, weapons-hunting volunteers stop everyone in their path. No one is spared and few resist.All submit t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Price-fixing claims against PnP
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Kamini PadayacheeA Durban North businessman has accused Pick n Pay of price fixing and of having a flawed pricing system.Mark Coetzee, 44, manager and sole director of Pick n Pay franchise Rinaldo (By News Poster)...South Africa: Huge police arsenal missing
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: 2010-02-23 08:41 Weapons Act challenge in court Police destroy 80 611 guns This is a important article I think. What right do the police have to store and confiscate legal firearms if this k (By JoAn)...South Africa: Tangled web may be a court's nightmare (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Alex EliseevIt's going to take an astute judge to untangle the sensational web of allegations spun by two former friends and millionaire businessmen now doing court battle and accusing each other o (By News Poster)...Baking Cakes in Kigali - Book Review
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Dorcas MolefeGaile Parkin (2009)Baking Cakes in Kigali is a sad story of the aftermath of the ethnic cleansing of the Tutsis that happened in Rwanda, a genocide that had been fuelled by a myth by a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alleged killer's relative apologises (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Genevieve SerraA relative of one of the men accused of kidnapping and murdering a teenage boy says he wants to say sorry.The heartbroken man said he desperately wanted to attend the funeral service (By News Poster)...South Africa: Hit-and-run victim lose leg
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Esther Lewis Staff ReporterA second city cyclist belonging to the Recyclers Cycling Club is set to lose his leg following a hit-and-run accident on Ou Kaapse Weg.Ren Brand, 68, was hit by a car on (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Setako Handed 25 Years for Genocide Crimes
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Gashegu MuramiraKigali - The former Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Defence of the genocidal regime, Lieutenant Colonel Ephrem Setako, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years for Genocide (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Intrigues And Controversies of Yar'Adua's Return
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Ademola AdeyemoLagos - Ninety three days after he left the country to receive medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, against all expectations, President Umaru Yar'Adua made a surprise return to the cou (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Lesbianism' shuts school hostel
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sinegugu NdlovuThe boarding house at a South Coast high school has been closed and 300 girl pupils have been removed from the facility, after allegations of lesbian relationships.The provincial Edu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Attack on Malema declaration of war - ANCYL
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The ANC Youth League reopened the chapter on its president Julius Malema on Thursday, with its KwaZulu-Natal branches saying they would defend his right to do business with anyone."We believe that eve (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court Denies Land Claim Because State Says It's Too Costly
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - THE Land Claims Court has made a landmark ruling against restoring land to a community dispossessed under apartheid because the state cannot afford it.The court rul (By News Poster)...South Africa: Farmer, wife, worker injured in farm attack
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: An 83-year-old farmer, his family and a farm worker have been attacked by eight men pretending to buy cattle in the Welkom district.A police spokesman, Captain Stephen Thakeng, said the incident had h (By News Poster)...South Africa: PICS: Sharpeville erupts (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Gallery: Service delivery protest in SharpvilleBy Poloko Tau and SapaAbram Mokoena has seen it all before. He was 14 at the time of the Sharpeville massacre, but yesterday, 50 years later, he was cau (By News Poster)...South Africa: Secret probe exposes abortion racket (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: A conman - who has allegedly extorted money from women by claiming links to an alleged illegal abortion racket - has been nabbed following an undercover investigation by Eyewitness News.The man, who i (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema says he fears for his children (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Gallery: Malema defends his richesBy Xolani Mbanjwa and Shaun SmillieJulius Malema has blamed the government companies register, a smear campaign run by leftist ANC officials and "unethical" journali (By News Poster)...Zim: Mugabe's nephew in Fifa deal
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Match Hospitality is run by Fifa president Sepp Blatter's nephew Craig McKuneIn Zimbabwe, the exclusive and lucrative contract to sell Fifa's World Cup hospitality packages has been awarded to (By News Poster)...Gambia: Senior Police Officer Testifies in Giboro-Jidda Land Case
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Kebba CamaraA Senior Police Officer ASP Buba Jassey who is the officer commanding the Brikama Police Station testified in the on going land case between Giboro and Gidda.When the case was called ye (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mom tells of hijacking ordeal
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Rizwana Sheik UmarA mother who refused to get out of her car despite a knife to her throat, says her children's quick thinking led to their escaping unhurt from a hijacking ordeal on Saturday night (By News Poster)...South Africa: ANC 'Must Address Conflicts of Interest Issue'
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - IT WAS time for the African National Congress (ANC) to draw a line in the sand and bring an end to the involvement of office bearers in state tender processes once (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Kidnapping in Akwa Ibom
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: SOME groups in Akwa Ibom State are re_inventing kidnapping, at a time the penalty for the crime in the State is death sentence and kidnapping is on the decline elsewhere.The motives for kidnapping in (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Four Women Gang-Rape Man At Gunpoint
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Freeman RazembaHarare - FOUR women gang-raped a 25-year-old Masvingo man at gunpoint after forcing him to gulp an unknown concoction that later led him to pass out for eight hours on Sunday morning (By News Poster)...South Africa: Arrested man linked to 50 rapes, five murders
Friday 26-Feb-2010: A man wanted by the police for 50 rape cases and five murders has been arrested near the Grasmere toll plaza after allegedly raping another woman."The female victim spotted a metro police officer as h (By News Poster)...Swazi Court Grants Women New Land Rights
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Mbabane - The High Court of Swaziland ruled on 23 February 2010 that some married women will be allowed to register property in their own name. It has been five years since the new Constitution grante (By News Poster)...South Africa: Abducted newborn found
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleyAfter nearly three agonising days, a Villiersdorp father received "the best birthday present ever" - the safe return of his newborn daughter who was snatched hours after her birth on Mo (By News Poster)...South Africa: DA fishwife to undergo coffee enema therapy
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: This article was originally published on a satirical news website, www.hayibo.comThe Democratic Alliance has confirmed that suspended Dianne Kohler-Barnard has been signed up for a week of intensive t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Artistes Hit Airwaves With Anti-Piracy War
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Lagos - The anti-piracy war the coalition of nine major associations in the Nigerian music industry started last year is gathering huge momentum. Not long after the coalition orchestrated the historic (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robber's bullet misses woman, hits pal
Monday 22-Feb-2010: BY Mandilakhe TshweteA Cape Town woman can thank her lightning-quick reflexes for saving her life after a robber tried to shoot her.The pair of robbers had just stolen her cellphone when they turned o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Warning: obey rules of road
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleyMotorists need to be tolerant of cyclists and cyclists need to be vigilant and obey the rules of the road.This is the warning from the Pedal Power Association and provincial traffic dep (By News Poster)...Zim: University's funds looted, intakes frozen
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Nyagura is on a list of people targeted by sanctions for suppression of academic freedom The University of Zimbabwe is battling to recover nearly US$5 million in research funds looted from its (By News Poster)...Bad Debts on Home Loans Hurt Nedbank
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - PROFIT at Nedbank Group, the local banking subsidiary of London-based Old Mutual, was hit by rising bad debts, mainly on home loans, in the year to December 31 last year, (By News Poster)...World: Inquest angers 7/7 victims' family (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Families of the July 7 victims reacted furiously yesterday to the decision to include the deaths of the four bombers at the inquest.They said they were appalled that terrorists could be given the same (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop killed in Cape Town
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Jason WarnerA detective constable has been shot dead while chasing a gunman that he and his police partner spotted as they were driving home to Mfuleni yesterday afternoon. The Lansdowne detective, (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Making Progress, Says Anti-Corruption Group
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Charles W. Corey"Hopeful" and "moving in the right direction" is how a senior representative of Transparency International (TI) describes democracy and governance across sub-Saharan Africa. But, he (By News Poster)...South Africa: UWC honours first PhD
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Education WriterThe University of the Western Cape, as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, has honoured the late Frank Quint, who became the first recipient of a doctorate from UWC when he e (By News Poster)...Zuma says sanctions hurting efforts for free and fair poll in Zimbabwe
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The constitution making process is seven months behind schedule By Tichaona SibandaPresident Jacob Zuma of South Africa has said efforts to create a conducive environment for free and fair ele (By News Poster)...South Africa: New princess draws crowds of adoring fans
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Gallery: Lilly the white lion cubBy Kristen van SchieAt just two weeks old, Lilly the white lion cub lives the life of a princess.Born on February 8 at the Mystic Monkeys & Feathers Wildlife Park in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Hotline: 87% of calls go unanswered
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Political BureauThe Presidency has defended President Jacob Zuma's hotline.Presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Monday they were aware of the capacity problems experienced by the hotline (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Uduaghan Unmasks Illegal Oil Bunkering Sponsors
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Omoh GabrielDELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that not a few industries outside the Niger Delta region were encouraging illegal bunkering that has resulted in increased pipeline (By News Poster)...Africa: Pirates seize trucks to get colleagues freed
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Mogadishu - In a rare land attack, Somali pirates in Puntland have seized food aid trucks and their drivers to obtain the release of detained comrades.The five trucks were intercepted after delivering (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Former Rwandan Colonel Gets 25-Year Sentence from UN War Crimes Tribunal
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan genocide today sentenced a former top officer in the country's armed forces to 25 years of imprisonment after being found (By News Poster)...World: Goldstone Gaza findings sound: UN
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay yesterday defended the controversial Goldstone investigation into Israel's 2008/09 assault in Gaza, saying its methods and conclusions were sound. The rep (By News Poster)...Witness Denies Taylor Planned to Destabilize Region
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Apha SesayCharles Taylor did not formulate a plan to destabilize West Africa, according to the former Liberian president's first witness who said he trained with Mr. Taylor's rebels in Libya in the (By News Poster)...Kenya: When a Few Dead Bishops Are Just Not Enough
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Charles Onyango-ObboNairobi - It was the Kenyans, again, who started this business of bishops dying in car accidents.In 1990, outspoken Bishop Alexander Muge was killed when a milk truck crashed in (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Kingdom Sets Up U.S.$800,000 Fund for Small-Scale Gold Miners
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Edward MukaroHarare - THE Zimbabwe Gold Miners' Association has secured a US$800 000 revolving fund from Kingdom Bank to buy gold.Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Murwisi Zwizwai hai (By News Poster)...South Africa: Licence testing hours 'won't change'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Michelle JonesCape Town's traffic service is so confident of its new measures to slash waiting periods for learner's and driver's licence tests that it will not, for the time being, open testing st (By News Poster)...World: China tells US to undo Dalai Lama damage (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Beijing - China on Tuesday demanded that the United States "undo the damage done" by a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, while lashing out anew over US arms sales to Taiwan.Th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Moloto not upset by Malema remarks
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Former Limpopo premier Sello Moloto said he was not upset by comments directed at him by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema who is embroiled in controversy over directorships in companies awarde (By News Poster)...South Africa: Race squabble hits DA (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Andisiwe Makinana Political WriterColoured members of the DA have accused the party's leaders of undermining black and coloured members and raised concerns about the role of black delegates at the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Heist gang hits armoured truck
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: A G4 armoured truck was robbed after a gang stopped it with a staged road block outside Polokwane on Tuesday, Limpopo police said."Security guards from the company were on their way from Marble Hall t (By News Poster)...Africa: Ugandan rebels kidnap 40 in raid
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Bangui - Ugandan rebels have been accused of kidnapping at least 40 people and wounding a soldier during an attack in the south-west of the Central African Republic.A Central African soldier said on M (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Time to Rethink Fuel Subsidy (II)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Simon KolawoleLagos - Last week, I remoulded my age-old campaign for fuel subsidy. I tried to address a dilemma: how do you get the subsidy to those who need it? Why should a bank MD buy petrol at (By News Poster)...Kenya: Barclays Bank Earnings Call a Pointer to Industry's Fortunes
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - Barclays Bank Kenya reports its full year results for 2009, that are going to shed some crucial light on the prospects of the banking industry in the country.Equity analys (By News Poster)...Niger: First Steps Towards the Restoration of Democracy?
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Ousseini Issa*Niamey - As its promised transition to democratic rule begins, the military junta that overthrew Nigerien president Mamadou Tandja on February 18 has named a former information minist (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Nation Regains IMF Voting Rights
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday restored Zimbabwe's voting and related rights after a suspension of nearly seven years but said Harare is still ineligible to access loans without clear (By News Poster)...South Africa: How Eskom hike will hit you (Page 1 of 2)
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sapa & Staff ReportersThe electricity price increase granted to Eskom yesterday could cost 250 000 South Africans their jobs, see scores of small business under threat and increase the pressure on (By News Poster)...2010 World Cup: 100 days to go and SA still wooing fans
Friday 26-Feb-2010: by Tabelo TimseLandmark new stadiums and gleaming modern airports are already redefining South Africa's cities but, 100 days before the World Cup, the nation is still sprucing up its image to woo inte (By News Poster)...Zim returns Botswana rangers' equipment
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Part of moves to ease tensions between the two countries By Tafadzwa MutasaHarare - Zimbabwe has returned a car and rifles seized from three Botswana rangers in January as part of moves to eas (By News Poster)...South Africa: Debt a serious threat for South Africa: DA
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: South Africa faces a "serious debt crunch" of around R1.4-trillion by 2013 and the taxpayer will have to pay the bill, a Democratic Alliance MP on Wednesday."If our economy does not grow as fast as pr (By News Poster)...South Africa: Hospital 'refused' to treat shot cop (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Graeme Hosken and Hanti OttoA Pretoria policeman shot and seriously injured in a house robbery was apparently turned away from a city hospital because a surgeon on standby did not want to come in.T (By News Poster)...South Africa: Escaped prisoners 'colluded' with officials
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: A "high level" team is to probe the escape of eight dangerous awaiting-trial prisoners from the Durban Westville correctional centre in KwaZulu-Natal, the correctional services department said on Mond (By News Poster)...Africa: Third suspect arrested after Kigali attacks
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Rwandan police have arrested a third suspect in connection with three grenade attacks on Friday in the capital Kigali that left two people dead, according to a revised toll, a spokesperson said on Mon (By News Poster)...Somalia: Deadly Explosions Occurs, Kills Three in Mogadishu
Monday 22-Feb-2010: At least three people have been killed in Mogadishu after deadly explosions occurred around Salama hotel at 30 Street in Mogadishu; witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday.Residents said that the blas (By News Poster)...Zanu PF Supporters Disrupt MDC Rally in Epworth
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThere was complete mayhem in Epworth on Sunday during an MDC rally when ZANU PF supporters in a three-vehicle convoy allegedly drove at the crowd forcing them to scatter, resulting (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court Releases Illegally-Detained Asylum Seeker
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ordered the Department of Home Affairs on 24 February 2010 to immediately release an Ethiopian asylum seeker from "unlawful" detention after he ha (By News Poster)...Important: Policing the Police - Service Available to Protect YOU from Rogue Cops
Friday 26-Feb-2010: FREE to all registered eblockwatch members - please ensure that your 4 support member details are correct in the system (especially their email addresses!). Please note that normal cell phone rates ap (By JanOlifant)...Kenya: National Oil Company Unveils Plan to Influence Prices
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Johnstone Ole TuranaThe National Oil Corporation of Kenya (Nock) is looking at establishing more petrol stations across the country to actively carry out its role of influencing market prices.The c (By News Poster)...Uganda: Negotiation Best Solution to Land Disputes in North
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Peter LabejaKampala - Three years after the guns fell silent in northern Uganda, the region continues to lose innocent lives in violent land wrangles. The way to justice remains dim as thousands of (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cosas backs comrade Malema
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The Congress of SA Students (Cosas) in Gauteng supports ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, provincial secretary Oagile Louw said on Tuesday."Comrade Malema, like any other South African, has the r (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Research Fuels 'Test and Treat' Debate
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - New research could bolster arguments for a controversial approach that could eradicate HIV transmission in South Africa within five years, said Dr Brian Williams of the South African Ce (By News Poster)...Rwanda: It's a Shame Egypt Won't Be in South Africa
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Kigali - I know it's been said over and again but I find it such a shame that Africa's best team won't be playing in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.Four years ago, at the Africa Cup of Nations in (By News Poster)...East Africa: New Virus Host - Online Cash Schemes
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Cosmas ButunyiNairobi - Online money making schemes are the latest means by which viruses and other malicious software will spread across the Internet, says Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab in (By News Poster)...Zim: Court blocks fake emails in MDC official's case
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: “Inappropriate and not permissible†By Tendai MarongaHarare - A High Court Judge on Tuesday barred lawyers for a top official of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party charged with t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Teacher and class held at knifepoint
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Charlene RamjithA teacher and her class of grade two pupils have sought counselling from the department of education after a robbery at their school.On Friday around midday, two armed men entered D (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Victims must be heard on pardons' (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Ella Smook Staff WriterThe Constitutional Court today ruled that the victims of apartheid crimes had a right to be heard before the president made a decision on pardoning the perpetrator.The ruling (By News Poster)...South Africa: Double execution rock Cape
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Tshego LepuleA cold-blooded double execution carried out next to a primary school has rocked the Cape Flats.The bodies of two men with bullet wounds to the head were found by a passerby along Modde (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema slams media 'lies'
Monday 22-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League President Julius Malema says that, since 2008, he has stopped being an active director of all the companies he was previously involved in, and has rejected offers to run others.Malema (By News Poster)...The Zille vs Zuma Fight Continues
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Professor Pierre de Vos has accused me of "double standards and hypocrisy" because of the way I am dealing with allegations of marital infidelity and sexual harassment against MEC for Community Safety (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: Mugabe's nephew in Fifa deal (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Craig McKuneIn Zimabwe, the exclusive and lucrative contract to sell Fifa's World Cup hospitality packages has been awarded to president Robert Mugabe's nephew, businessman and former Zanu-PF MP Ph (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Exiled Dokubo-Asari Asks Oil Firms to Quit Niger Delta
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Emma AmaizeLEADER of the Niger-Delta Peoples' Volunteer Force, NDPVF, and the Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari and National President, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Dr. Chri (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gas Cuts - Electricity Generation Plunges to 2,543 MW
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Following a steep plunge in the national electricity power generation due to acute shortage of gas fuel at the thermal generation stations across the country, government has (By News Poster)...Zim: Bennett's defence unmasks state witness
Friday 26-Feb-2010: "It's my first time to hear that (hackers and forensic expects). Where are the hackers trained?" By Own CorrespondentHarare - A key state witness – supposed to be an information technology e (By News Poster)...South Africa: Knock-on effect on price tags
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Kristen van SchieConsumers won't just see the 25 percent Eskom hike on electricity bills, but on price tags too."If they increase electricity costs, we have to pass it on to the consumer," explaine (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma Rejects Union Call for Lifestyle Audits
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Wydham HartleyCape Town - Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi received another blow yesterday when President Jacob Zuma rejected his call for a lifesty (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Ingabire's Assistant Exposed!
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Kigali - The world was too small for Joseph Ntawangundi to hide in. The hitherto unknown acolyte of Victoire Ingabire, has gained notoriety as each day goes by, thanks to their yet-to-be-registered po (By News Poster)...South Africa: Youth Leagues support leader
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Provincial offices of the ANC Youth League came out in support of their leader on Tuesday - and blamed "forces of darkness" for the controversy surrounding Julius Malema's personal assets and company (By News Poster)...South Africa: Shops looted in Orange Farm protest
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Foreigners' shops were looted in Orange Farm during a service delivery protest on Tuesday, police said.Inspector Mzimkhulu Mthimkhulu said residents went on the rampage at Extension 7 and 8, ordering (By News Poster)...World: Iran hangs three drug traffickers
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Theran - Iran has hanged three convicted drug traffickers, one in the eastern city of Zahedan and the others in the central city of Isfahan, Kayhan newspaper reported on Monday.It said two men were ha (By News Poster)...Kenya: Raila Wants Right to Move ODM Ministers
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Lucas Barasa and Oliver MathengeNairobi - Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday hinted that he would push for a reshuffle of Orange ministers during his meeting with President Kibaki. Speaking a fe (By News Poster)...Zim: Govt seeks US$135m to ease power cuts
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Faults at Hwange, while the three other thermal stations at Bulawayo, Munyati and Harare are not producing any electricity at all Loughty DubeGovernment is seeking about US$135 million from tw (By News Poster)...Somalia: Land Mine Blast Kills 4 Soldiers, Wounds 5 Others
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Hassan Osman AbdiSomalia - At least four government soldiers have been killed and five others wounded in Mogadishu after land mine blast targeted to Somali government military vehicle traveling aro (By News Poster)...South Africa: Rapist, robber jailed for 30 years
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: A man who raped and robbed an eight and a half months pregnant woman was jailed for 30 years by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday.Twenty three-year-old Njabulo Ndlovu got no mercy from Acting (By News Poster)...World: Coup plot: Tense time as Turkey leaders meet
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Daren ButlerTurkey's political and military leaders meet on Thursday as a storm gathers over a coup plot investigation against the armed forces which is threatening stability and investor confidenc (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops probe backyard fishing boat used as home
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Western Cape police have stumbled across a fishing boat in a Caledon resident's backyard that was being used as a makeshift dwelling by two men. The men said they bought the boat, which lacked identif (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema's money not my business, says Zuma
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said there was nothing to prevent ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema from having undeclared business interests because he is not an elected public official."I'm not (By News Poster)...World: NATO airstrike kills 33 civilians
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Kabul - A NATO airstrike in Afghanistan killed 33 civilians, including women and children, and wounded 12 others, the president's office said on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday in Dai Kundi p (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Trust's Columnists And the Jos Crises
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By George Onmonya Daniel"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."-- PlutarchEven though the Daily Trust newspaper is one of my favourite Nigerian dailies, I have come to a conc (By News Poster)...Politicians Need to Be Ethical
Monday 22-Feb-2010: SO this is it. A relatively senior political leader can stand up and openly utter falsehoods without shame. And that he does knowing fully well that there would be no repercussions for him and his par (By News Poster)...Namibia: Dempers Slams Hardap Council's Interpretation of AA Compliance
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Luqman CloeteTHE Head of the Namibian Trust Development, Ronny Dempers, is questioning the Hardap Regional Council's stance on affirmative action.Responding in an open letter to an article 'NBC act (By News Poster)...Tanzania: 'Date-Rape' Drugs On the Rise, UN Warns
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: A UN report is warning of a growing danger in the unchecked abuse of prescription drugs that it said could get worse in countries that lack appropriate monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. The Unite (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: SA Engineering Firm Eyes Country's Mining, Water Sectors
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Harare - SOUTH African-based consulting engineering and scientific firm SRK Consulting has set its sight on investing in Zimbabwe's mining and water sectors.The firm is positioning itself for an aggre (By News Poster)...South Africa: ConCourt rules against Matatiele
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Mercury reporterResidents of Matatiele have lost their final battle to remain in KwaZulu-Natal.The Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that legislation to transfer the town from KZN to the Eastern (By News Poster)...Railway Tender to Chinese Firm Heading to Court
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithTHE Namibian Government has "effectively ceded its sovereignty to the Chinese government", a company which tendered for the northern railway extension project said in a strongly word (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Rising Crime Rate Source of Concern
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: The latest national crime statistics released at a police chiefs' meeting are shocking. Something needs to be done immediately to ensure that the situation does not out of control.According to Vice-Pr (By News Poster)...Uganda: UPDF Private Shoots Lover, Kills Himself
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Herbert SsempogoKampala - SHOCK gripped residents of Kinawataka slums in Kampala after a UPDF soldier shot his lover dead before turning the gun on himself at dawn yesterday.The incident occurred i (By News Poster)...South Africa: Interdict granted against noisy bar
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By ZELDA VENTER High Court ReporterTHE University of Pretoria has obtained an interdict against the Springbok Bar in Hatfield to protect students at House Asterhof from "disturbing, loud and irritat (By News Poster)...Africa: One week, three dead
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: El-Arish, Egypt - Egyptian police shot and killed an Ethiopian migrant on Tuesday, injured two others and arrested 10 as they tried to cross the Egyptian-Israeli border, medical and security sources s (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Cops targeting me' (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Warda Meyer Staff ReporterA shebeen owner has accused the police of victimisation, saying several of his patrons have been manhandled and arrested even though they were not drinking.But the police (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Another Senior Renamo Figure Close to Defecting
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Maputo - Another key figure in Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo, former parliamentary deputy Luis Boavida, is about to join the breakaway Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM).According to a M (By News Poster)...Niger: Mr Tandja's Politicide
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Issa AremuAnother avoidable coup d'état occurred in Niger Republic on 18 February 2010. This reactionary development has once again brought to the fore the imperatives of good governance in (By News Poster)...South Africa: New developments in Sun City murder case
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Police arrested a man for the murder of a Sun City employee after positive fingerprint matches, Northwest police said on Saturday."The suspect's fingerprints match those found on the crime scene," sai (By News Poster)...Namibia: NCCI Worried about Lack of Focus in Foreign Direct Investments
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Lorato KhobetsiWindhoek - "The NCCI has observed an influx of peace meal type of foreign direct investments targetting sectors which will not necessarily have a meaningful impact on economic growth (By News Poster)...South Africa: Court delivers blow to affirmative action (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: A landmark Labour Court judgment was handed down on Friday ordering the SA Police Service to promote Captain Renate Barnard after she was denied a career move because of her race."The failure to promo (By News Poster)...Africa: Rwanda praises reconciliation with France
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Kigali - Rwanda's foreign minister has said that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Rwanda has opened a chapter of reconciliation between the two countries but a number of "very tough issues" (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mthethwa Declares War On Izinyoka
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Pretoria - Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has urged the community of Thembalethu in the Western Cape to help identify cable thieves and ensure that they are thrown in jail."When criminals steal the (By News Poster)...South Africa: 82 in court for public violence
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Eighty two residents of Oukasi near Brits arrested for public violence were appearing in the Brits Magistrate's Court on Friday, community leader July Khoza said.They were arrested after a service del (By News Poster)...Africa: Madagascar faces sanctions
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Alain IloniainaAntananarivo - Madagascar's President Andy Rajoelina has called a meeting next week with leading opposition groups to try to resolve a year-long political crisis before the African U (By News Poster)...World: Mom who starved girl, 7, cleared of murder
Friday 26-Feb-2010: London - A mother who starved her seven-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder on Thursday after prosecutors accepted her defence of diminished responsibility.Angela Gordon, 35, who admitted (By News Poster)...Africa: Court favours white Zim farmers
Friday 26-Feb-2010: SADC tribunal rulings against the seizure of farmers land in Zimbabwe should be registered, recognised and enforceable by the South African government, the High Court in Pretoria ordered on Thursday.J (By News Poster)...Africa: Quarrelsome Kenya is at it Again
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: It was bound to happen again. Kenya is once again living up to its reputation as one of the most quarrelsome countries of the world.For the umpteenth time, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mw (By News Poster)...World: Military gay ban budge: Defence chiefs unsure
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The US Army and Air Force chiefs voiced doubts Tuesday about lifting a ban on gays serving openly in the military, saying now was not the time to make the change in the midst of two wars.The comments (By News Poster)...Kenya: African Churches Use Mobile Phone to Ring Up Growth in Members
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Fredrick NzwiliNairobi - A mobile phone suspended on a belt round the waist, or from the neck, is a common sight among members of church congregations in Africa. Now, church leaders are heaping pra (By News Poster)...'I Have a Thokolosi for Sale'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Greg KelebonyeYou may become a thokolosi upon your death and burial.That is if thokolosi "manufacturer" Dr Imrani, or his woman colleague Mama Aisha decide to go after your corpse. If they do and y (By News Poster)...Africa: Turkish warship foils 'pirate' raid
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Manama - A Turkish warship has foiled a suspected pirate attack on a Panama-flagged merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the US navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday.A "suspicious" skiff ca (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Lavish Birthday Bash Planned for Mugabe
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Nkululeko SibandaBulawayo - Zanu PF is planning lavish birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe despite revelations last week that over two million Zimbabweans need urgent food aid. Mugabe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Eskom hike decision soon
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) will announce its decision on Eskom's tariff application on Wednesday.A media briefing will take place at noon in Pretoria at which Nersa will give its view (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Presidency Bigger Than President, Says Rice
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Sufuyan OjeifoAbuja - Former US Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, yesterday night made a prognosis of where Nigeria should be within the next fifty years, saying that the country should hav (By News Poster)...South Africa: We'll name and shame troublemakers, warns ANC
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The African National Congress in Johannesburg has pinned the blame for most of the service delivery protests in the city on "unscrupulous elements" within the party."While some of the service delivery (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Top U.S. Official Urges Electoral Reform
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Stephen KaufmanThe top U.S. diplomat to Africa says he has stressed to Nigerian leaders the importance of a credible 2011 election and urged the country to make electoral reform one of its highest (By News Poster)...Rate Relief Unlikely, Say Economists
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyNO interest rate surprises are expected this morning, with economists believing that Bank of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo will keep the repo unchanged at 7,0 per cent.Leading ec (By News Poster)...South Africa: Six injured in Brits protest
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Six people were injured on Thursday morning when police fired rubber bullets at protesting residents of Oukasi in Brits, North West police said.They were trying to force their way into the municipal b (By News Poster)...2010 World Cup: Fifa deny World Cup ticket discount rumours
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Mark GleesonFifa have denied reports that they will cut World Cup ticket prices or give away free seats to ensure capacity stadiums at the finals in South Africa later in 2010."There is no question (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Rogue Soldiers Storm Police Station
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Freeman RazembaHarare - A lieutenant based at 2.1 Infantry Battalion has been accused of leading a group of about 13 soldiers in a raid of Mutoko Police Station and holding a policeman at gunpoint (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'We have lost hope of service delivery'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: JOHANNESBURG Feb 23 SapaThe ANC on Tuesday condemned violent service delivery protests that left two people, including a metro police officer, injured in Orange Farm and Sharpeville."We request people (By News Poster)...Namibia: 'Progress' With Diesel Clean-Up
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Adam HartmanMOST of the diesel believed to be more than 100 000 litres that leaked from an underground fuel-storage tank in Walvis Bay has been cleaned up, a spokesperson at BP headquarters in Joha (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Governorship Tussle - Violent Protest Erupts in Sokoto
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Ali Alkali and Mahmoud MuhammadKaduna/Sokoto - Violent protest erupted yesterday in Sokoto State as a result of a widely spread rumour that the expected judgement of the Court of Appeal between Gov (By News Poster)...World: Iran to build enrichment plants (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Tehran - Iran said on Monday it is considering plans to start building two new uranium enrichment plants from March, with the sites concealed in the mountains to avert air strikes.The announcement fro (By News Poster)...South Africa: Traffic police arrested for demanding bribes
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Six traffic officials have been arrested for corruption in two separate incidents in the North West.Superintendent Lesego Metsi, a police spokesman, said four officers had been arrested on Monday in Z (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Inflation to Rise Sharply Due to Fall in Crop Production
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Abduel ElinazaNairobi - Tanzania forecasts low food production - far from previous projection - following crop destruction by heavy rains in 18 regions early this year.The drop in food production c (By News Poster)...South Africa: ANC cadres should declare business interests
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ainsley DanielsANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is at the the centre of a controversy over his business interests.IOL asked its readers: "Should ANC senior cadres declare their business intere (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Two Policemen Assassinated
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Maputo - Mozambican Interior Minister Jose Pacheco has admitted that the two agents of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC) assassinated in Maputo last week may have violated disciplinary norms.The (By News Poster)...Uganda: Minister Probes Kibaale Land Row
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Pascal Kwesiga and Ismael KasoohaKampala - ACQUISITION of land in Kibaale district's Nalweyo and Kisita sub-counties has been banned until a dispute between the two is resolved.The dispute erupted (By News Poster)...Africa: Hope for European hostages in Mali: president
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure said Sunday he had hopes for the freedom of six Europeans taken hostage by an al-Qaeda group.Toure's statement came after a Malian negotiator said a Frenchman hel (By News Poster)...South Africa: ANCYL defends Malema lifestyle
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The African National Congress had fought in the struggle for the sort of lifestyle that youth league president Julius Malema enjoyed, an ANCYL official said on Friday."He has a right, because these ar (By News Poster)...South Africa: Probe Malema - DA youth
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Democratic Alliance Youth leader Khume Ramulifho has asked the State Tender Board to investigate all tenders awarded to companies linked to ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.Ramulifho on Friday (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Uncover Land Scam At FCDA
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja - Police authorities at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, have uncovered a multi-million Naira land scam by a syndicate inside the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, wh (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Statoil Faces Legal Action for Breach of Contract
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuLagos - A Nigerian company, Inducon Nigeria Limited, is threatening to drag Norway's Statoil to court for the latter's refusal to honour its obligations under a tacit agreement reac (By News Poster)...Niger: Women's Group Slams Coup d'Etat
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Yochuku Ofoka YobolisaAbuja - African women under the aegis of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment (WAELE), has condemned the recent military coup in Niger Republic which oust (By News Poster)...Africa: Mediator heads to I Coast for crisis talks
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The mediator in Ivory Coast's political crisis, Burkino Faso's President Blaise Compaore, heads to Abidjan Monday for talks with government and opposition leaders to break the stalemate.Compaore's vis (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nedbank, Ecobank to Acquire Troubled Banks
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Gbenga Ogunbufunmi With Agency ReportNedbank Group Limited, the South African bank controlled by Old Mutual Plc, said on Thursday that it is interested in buying into one of the 10 banks recently d (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop chase: Suspect shot in buttocks, one held
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: A man was shot in the buttocks and another arrested after the two tried to rob a couple at a park in Ennerdale on Saturday, Gauteng police said."At around 11.45am, a couple was relaxing in the park wh (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Post-Yar'Adua Era (2) - Boers And Northern Oligarchs
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Kanmi AdemiluyiLast week we alluded to the proposition that the country's saving grace could just come from the north. We also stated our intention to do a comparative analysis of the use of power (By News Poster)...Some donors willing to cancel Zimbabwe debt: minister
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: "They will help us, once there is a green light from government" Some donors would be willing to cancel Zimbabwe's 5.4 billion dollar foreign debt, if the strained unity government presents a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: When the Military Seemed Welcome
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Maimuna Abba WabiI can not recollect whose idea it was who said 'the worst civilian administration is better than the best military government.' In all honesty, I don't believe such to be any where (By News Poster)...South Africa: Promote white cop, SAPS told
Friday 26-Feb-2010: In a landmark affirmative action case on Friday the Labour Court ruled that the South African Police Service should promote captain Renate Barnard to superintendent.Trade union Solidarity, on behalf o (By News Poster)...World: 'We will not leave a single stone unturned' (Page 1 of 2)
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Talek HarrisAustralia summoned the Israeli ambassador on Thursday and delivered a stark warning on ties after three Australian passports were used by suspected Mossad assassins who murdered a top H (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Textile Industry Unravels
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Antananarivo - Tensions between street traders and the city authorities in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, are mounting as hundreds of recently unemployed textile industry workers compete with est (By News Poster)...South Africa: Youth League Leader Sings New Tune on Nationalisation
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - IN AN apparent climb-down yesterday, African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema - against a background of his unexplained wealth - told a media briefing (By News Poster)...Botswana: Diamond Trading Company's End in Sight - Analyst
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Brian BenzaThe changing dynamics in the diamond industry will see the end of the Diamond Trading company (DTC) in the next few years as governments of diamond producing countries take over control (By News Poster)...South Africa: Vavi on state contracts (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Caiphus Kgosana Political BureauCosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has called for all career politicians - and their spouses - to be banned from doing business with the government.And three A (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Suspect Confesses to Grenade Attacks
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Bosco R. AsiimweKigali - A man suspected to have been part of the group that carried out the simultaneous grenade attacks in three places in Kigali City, has confessed to the crime.According to pol (By News Poster)...Botswana: Who Will Succeed Khama?
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Lekopanye MooketsiBatswana are in the dark about who will be their next president after President Ian Khama, and can only speculate.It is an open secret that Vice President Mompati Merafhe will not (By News Poster)...Rwanda: EALA Adopts Common Strategy On Food Security
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Gashegu MuramiraKigali - As part of a rapid response to food insecurity in the region, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has agreed on a strategy aimed at boosting food production in the (By News Poster)...Two Percent VAT Increase a Sucker-Punch
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Russo Luma"Madam Speaker, although achievements have been made including in areas such as education, health and infrastructure development, conditions of poverty still persist," said the Minister o (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Country Faces Power Cuts
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Harare - The country is likely to experience acute power deficits after complete loss of power generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station.In a statement yesterday, Zesa Holdings spokesperson Mr Fullar (By News Poster)...South Africa: Petrol Price to Rise By Six Cents
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Pretoria - Motorists are expected to pay 6 cents more for a litre of petrol as of next week, the Energy Ministry announced on Friday.The retail price of all grades of petrol will go up next Wednesday (By News Poster)...Uganda: MP Jailed for Offering Bribe to Public Officer
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Edward AnyoliKampala - Tingey MP Sabila Kaale and his accomplice Nelson Sammy heading to Luzira over attempted bribery of the IGG officialTINGEY Member of Parliament Herbert Sabila Kaale (NRM) has (By News Poster)...Niger: UN Calls for International Aid to Thwart Second Food Crisis
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Rebekah MintzerAn approaching food crisis in Niger has prompted the United Nations and its NGO partners to issue an appeal for aid internationally. According the United Nations, 7.8 million Nigerie (By News Poster)...World: 'It will be war - open war' (Page 1 of 2)
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Mariani, Haiti - Haiti's supreme voodoo leader has vowed to wage "war" after Evangelicals attacked a ceremony organised by his religion honouring those killed in last month's massive earthquake.The at (By News Poster)...South Africa: Guns seized at taxi ranks
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Police seized 12 licensed firearms at taxi ranks in the East Rand on Wednesday following violence last week at the Germiston taxi rank.Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said members of the organised crim (By News Poster)...Africa: Bennett's lawyers dispute e-mail evidence
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Harare - Lawyers for Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett disputed on Wednesday a state witness's evidence backing up e-mails linking Bennett to a terrorism plot, saying he was not qualified to declare t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sharpville tense after protest
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Police described the situation in Sharpeville as calm, but tense on Tuesday afternoon following violent service delivery protests earlier in the day.Superintendent Nthabiseng Mazibuku said protesting (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'State does not protect us' (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Mary-Anne Gontsana and George ThomsonDemanding an end to violence, thousands of University of Cape Town students yesterday marched from the university's upper campus to Observatory - the scene of t (By News Poster)...Botswana: Disabled Need Access to HIV/Aids Information - Keoagile
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Baboki KayaweLack of integrating people with disability in HIV and AIDS messages and intervention means such as counselling is a hindrance to the fight against the scourge.Currently communications (By News Poster)...Libya's Hannibal Gaddafi Storms the Alps
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Chege MbitiruLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi doesn't dish out apologies. That aside, he owes one over a diplomatic row that needed not occur. After all, at issue is just a family nutter. That's Hanni (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Uneasy Calm After Wave of Protests
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Abidjan - An uneasy calm has been restored in cities across Côte d'Ivoire following fresh protests over the past few days, according to aid workers.The latest protests in the central-western cit (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Planning Ahead Crucial for Grain Imports
Monday 22-Feb-2010: THERE have been calls for government to start importing 500 000 tonnes of grain as it is obvious that this season has been disastrous. The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Develop (By News Poster)...Niger: Niger Junta Names Platoon Commander As Leader
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Babiodun Oluwarotimi With Agency ReportsNew York - A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers annou (By News Poster)...World: Its sabotage, claims Chavez on power grid
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Christopher ToothakerPresident Hugo Chavez accused his adversaries on Sunday of sabotaging Venezuela's electricity grid as part of a broader plan aimed at bringing about the system's collapse - and (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Legislators Hailed for Passing Law On Illegal Land Sales
Monday 22-Feb-2010: The Asagba-in-Council, the Asaba traditional council, has hailed the Delta House of Assembly for the passage of law prohibiting the illegal sales of land and other related matter in Delta.Chief John I (By News Poster)...South Africa: Five die as mercury soars (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Caryn DolleyFive people, including two children, died at the weekend in blistering heat which kept rescuers on their toes, battling fires in scorching conditions and helping swimmers and hikers.Bea (By News Poster)...Botswana: The Shock of Suicide Tragedies among Teenagers
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Isaac Pinielo and Pini BotlhokoFrancistown - The recent suicides of five young people who hanged themselves in Masunga over a period of one month have left many people dumbstruck.No one knows why t (By News Poster)...World: Turkey coup - 31 remanded in custody
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Istanbul - A Turkish court ordered 11 more soldiers remanded in custody for suspected involvement in an alleged 2003 coup plot, bringing the total number to 31, Anatolia news agency reported on Friday (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man held for cop's murder
Friday 26-Feb-2010: A 20-year-old year old man was arrested in Khayelitsha on Friday for the murder of a police constable, Western Cape police said.Inspector November Filander said Constable Mtunzi Fipaza, 37, and a coll (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Eni to Drive Power, LNG Projects to Conclusion
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Italian energy group, Eni, has declared its readiness to drive its gas liquefaction and power production projects in Nigeria to conclusion.The Chief Operating Officer of ENI (By News Poster)...Kenya: Mystery of Lake's Dying Fish Leaves Experts in a Whirl
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Macharia MwangiNairobi - Researchers and the fishing fraternity have been thrown into a spin as they try to unravel the mystery behind the recent fish deaths in Lake Naivasha.The phenomenon which w (By News Poster)...Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns 17 Over Oil Bunkering
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Adeze OjukwuNo fewer than 15 Nigerians and two Ghanaians were on Monday February 22 arraigned before a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta state capital, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commiss (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG's Negotiations With Shell, Chevron Ongoing
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Adeola Yusuf With Agency ReportsThe negotiations between the Federal Government and two oil giants, Chevron Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA), over the renewal of their shallow-water oil (By News Poster)...Africa: Darfur truce could pave way for peace (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Sudan's upcoming elections and dramatically improved ties with neighbouring Chad have raised hopes that a truce to be signed on Tuesday between the government and the most powerful rebel group in Darf (By News Poster)...Rulers Meet to Bid Nchindo Farewell
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: It is Wednesday morning and one of the most recognisable families in Botswana, the Nchindo family, is having a memorial service for the family patriarch Louis Goodwill Nchindo.Anyone who is anybody is (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Notorious' robber caught in Mpumalanga
Monday 22-Feb-2010: A man "notorious" for his armed robberies and escapes from police custody has been arrested in Delmas, Mpumalanga police said on Monday.Thomas Madonsela, 32, was arrested with four others by the Mpuma (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Feingold Opening Statement at a Hearing on Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Russell FeingoldWashington, DC - Nigeria has received increased attention by the U.S. media following the Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack. While it appears that al Qaeda in the Arabian (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nedbank Profits Fall 25 Percent
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - "Demand for credit slowed dramatically and retail impairments increased significantly as consumers came under severe pressure from falling income, job losses, declining asset prices and (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Factional Conflict Hits Mugabe's Party
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Reeling from widening political divisions and tensions following the recent controversial appointment of its new politburo, Zanu PF is considering establishing a Council of Elders to restore cohesion (By News Poster)...World: Chile quake: More than 85 dead (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Alonso SotoA massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 85 people, knocking down buildings, homes and hospitals, and triggering tsunami alerts.L (By News Poster)...South Africa: 5-Year Campaign on Violence against Women to Be Launched Soon
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: A global youth initiative will launch a five-year campaign to stop Violence Against Women (VAW) and girls during the World Cup 2010 scheduled in June 11 and July 11 in South Africa.The campaign is org (By News Poster)...Botswana: Can Masire Be Prosecuted?
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Tshireletso MotlogelwaIt has become common to associate politicians with corruption to the extent that those engaged in the trade are often found guilty by profession.This week the opposition Botsw (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Nersa decision won't help climate change' (Page 1 of 2)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By John Yeld, Environment & Science WriterLocal environmental groups have reacted sharply to energy regulator Nersa's decision to approve an average 25 percent increase in the electricity price for th (By News Poster)...Namugongo Awaits Judgement Day
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Werner MengesFORMER Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo should be acquitted on all of the corruption and fraud charges on which he has been standing trial, Namugongo's def (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Hearing Begins on Destruction of Farmland
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Adelanwa BamgboyeAn Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) at the Lagos State Citizen's Mediation Centre has commenced hearing of a petition written by Kaselu Eleki farmers and land holding family of (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Mining Firm Targets Investors in London
Friday 26-Feb-2010: African Barrick Gold (ABG), the new company, which has taken over four gold mines in Tanzania, hopes raise up to $1 billion (about Sh1.3 trillion) when it sells 25 per cent of its stake to investors i (By News Poster)...South Africa: What 'universal access' means
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Political BureauCommunications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has spelt out what the "universal access" promised in the Electronic Communications Act will mean.In an announcement in the Government Gazette (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold - Hearing on 'Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition'
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: "Nigeria has received increased attention by the U.S. media following the Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack. While it appears that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Saudi Arabia and (By News Poster)...World: Whale kills trainer at SeaWorld
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Jane SuttonA killer whale at the SeaWorld amusement park in central Florida killed a trainer on Wednesday, police and company executives said."She was rubbing the killer whale's head, and (it) grab (By News Poster)...Seizure of Power in Country
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: The following is a question-and-answer session held by William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, on the U.S. reaction to the coup in Niger overthrowing Mohammad Tandja.What i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Making Abuja Recreation Parks Safer
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: All over the world, parks, gardens and other recreation centres are carved out of bustling cities to encourage residents to relax and sometimes interact with nature in its elements. Such centres also (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man stabbed in beer row
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Mandilakhe TshweteA Cape Town man has been stabbed to death allegedly in an argument over traditional beer.A resident of Sweet Home Farm in Philippi said he found the bloody body of Fikile Kwanana (By News Poster)...South Africa: Heavy police presence in Orange Farm
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Lebogang Seale and Kim TshukuluResidents of Orange Farm, south of Joburg, continued to wage running battles with the police on Tuesday morning as they tried to intensify their protest action over a (By News Poster)...Somalia: 'My Govt Has no Power', Says President
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Somalia's president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has called on international community to assist his fragile government in restoring peace and stability in the war-torn country.Ahmed acknowledged that h (By News Poster)...World: Freezer murders: Mom 'beat, locked kids up'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Sarah Karush A woman was convicted on Monday of murdering two of her adopted daughters, whose bodies were found in a freezer in the woman's home.Renee Bowman, 44, was found guilty of two first-degr (By News Poster)...Africa: Kenyan police free kidnapped Canadian
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Kenyan police freed at the weekend a Canadian resident, who had been kidnapped for ransom days earlier, in a raid that left two of the captors dead, police said on Monday."The man is very safe, he was (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Racist eye specialist made me blind' (Page 1 of 2)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Sipokazi MaposaHealth WriterA Paarl woman has lodged a complaint with the Health Professions Council of South Africa after her eye specialist allegedly called her a "k*****", then chased her out of (By News Poster)...Ghana: Women Seek Space in Post Conflict Discourses
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Ama Achiaa A. BaafiAn expert on gender studies, Prof. Amina Mama, has said that militarism in the sub region ; a high level of influence by military personnel and ideals on the government or polici (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Witnesses Shun Testifying In Public in Warlord's Trial
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Wairagala WakabiThe two witnesses called by Thomas Lubanga’s defense this week gave their evidence in closed session, thereby providing no indication of their identities or of the issues they (By News Poster)...Zim: African leaders show there are many countries for old men
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Mugabe last week turned 86 in a country where average life expectancy stands at 45 CommentDavid SmithJohannesburg - Let them eat cake. That is one of the likely headlines after an all-night bi (By News Poster)...Electricity Tariffs to Soar
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - THE decision by the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) to grant Eskom a 24,8% tariff increase has been slated by unions, political parties and the South African Cham (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Who is Responsible for Brand Faking in Country?
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: This question has called for a great concern today because brand faking is dangerous and poisonous. It is dangerous in the sense that it has thrown confusion in the world of products where customers o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Country Confirms Seizer of Korean Arms Shipment
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Pretoria - South Africa has informed the United Nations (UN) that they had seized a container ship that was carrying parts of military weapons.The cargo, which was originally shipped by a North Korean (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bank man may be jailed
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Friday authorised a warrant for the arrest of a former bank financial planner, who allegedly failed to repay stolen money.In September last year, Ma (By News Poster)...Africa: Regional Integration Fundamental
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Donald KaberukaWhile much of Africa has avoided the worst effects of the recession, we face significant risks and uncertainty.The impact of the global turbulence though varying, from region to regi (By News Poster)...Ghana: Infernos in Our Offices; Demystifying the Facts!
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Eugene Sam-OkyereKumasi - The 1983 fires which hit Ghana have been a major reference point in the history of our country and left an indelible mark in our minds. It caused a great deal of hunger an (By News Poster)...South Africa: PICS: Zuma's wife in eviction row (Page 1 of 2)
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Wendy Jasson da CostaPresident Jacob Zuma's wife Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma has apparently escaped eviction from her plush Durban house after a dispute between two wealthy businessmen who help bankroll (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'No more questions on Malema's lifestyle'
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The ANC Youth League will not take any more questions on its president Julius Malema's "media conducted lifestyle audit", it said on Tuesday."The chapter is closed, we should move on and members of th (By News Poster)...Sudan: As Govt, Darfur Rebels Sign Ceasefire, Ban Calls for Definitive Peace Pact
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties in the deadly conflict in Sudan's Darfur region to agree on a definitive political settlement following the signing of a cessation of hostilit (By News Poster)...World: SA notifies UN of seized Korean arms
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: United Nations - South Africa has reportedly notified the UN Security Council that it recently seized a shipment of North Korean arms bound for Congo in violation of UN resolutions.One diplomat, speak (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Unsafe Injection, Poor Medical Waste Management Fuel HIV, HPB Transmission, Say Experts
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Chioma ObinnaTwo decades into the HIV pandemic, the use of unnecessary injections and unsafe practices are still common in both developing and transitional countries and is an issue even in develop (By News Poster)...Botswana: Absa to Take over Bank Gaborone
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Brian BenzaSouth Africa's largest retail bank, Absa is set to take over Bank Gaborone in a development that could result in a merger in the local financial market.Absa, which is 60 percent owned by (By News Poster)...World: Armed robbery suspect hands himself in
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: London - A man accused of taking part in a robbery at a cargo warehouse at Heathrow Airport has handed himself in to the police, almost a week after he went on the run after escaping from court.Peter (By News Poster)...South Africa: Burnt tyres block Golden Highway
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Protests against poor service delivery continued along the Golden Highway on Tuesday with police closing the road and then re-opening it shortly after 10am, Johannesburg metro police said.Chief Superi (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Urges Veterans to Fight Graft
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Vision ReporterKampala - President Yoweri Museveni has enlisted the support of the Luwero war veterans and NRM activists in his battle against corruption in the Government.Presidential press secret (By News Poster)...South Africa: Libhold Recovers From its Half-Year Loss
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - LIBERTY Holdings' net profit fell in the year to December, but management was upbeat yesterday as steps taken to resume profit growth have shown success.Net income fell to (By News Poster)...Ghana: Speed-Up Investments Into Oil and Gas Infrastructure - President Mills
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: President John Evans Atta Mills has directed the Ministries of Energy and Transport to fast-track investments into the construction of a Deep Sea Port with a dedicated oil services facility, and the r (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Boycott Malema's crap'
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Actor Pieter Dirk-Uys has urged the media to "boycott Malema's crap".Better known as his persona, Evita Bezuidenhout, Uys used his customary straight-talking wit to cut through all the fuss about ANC (By News Poster)...Uganda: We Have the Capacity to Tackle Food Insecurity
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Violet NabanobaKampala - A recent report from the Meteorological Department shows that there is going to be a long spell of drought in the near future. To mitigate the negative effect of the drough (By News Poster)...Pirates Beat Spurs to Go Top
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Sheefeni NikodemusORLANDO Pirates climbed above defending champions African Stars to top the MTC Premiership standings with a scrappy win over bottom club Hotspurs on Wednesday.For Hotspurs, their (By News Poster)...Kenya: Coalition Row Angers Locals - Poll
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By John NgirachuNairobi - Kenya's apparent political instability is among the most important issues currently facing the country.Most Kenyans - 61 per cent - also feel that disagreements between the t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Countries Make Peace After Ranger Affair
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Botswana and Zimbabwe have finally made peace, after weeks of tension following the arrest of three Botswana game rangers in Zimbabwe.So tense was the situation that words that bordered on war talk we (By News Poster)...South Africa: Guard dies in robbery
Friday 26-Feb-2010: A security guard was shot dead in an armed robbery at a shop in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, on Thursday said ER24.Spokesman Tristan Wadeley said paramedics arrived on scene to find the guard in a pool (By News Poster)...East Africa: EAC to Ensure Regional Food Security
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Milton OlupotKampala - THE East African Legislative Assembly has adopted a common strategy to ensure food security in the region.The strategy encompasses avenues for increased productivity, better (By News Poster)...IOL Sport: Fifa denies cheap tickets claim
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Angelique SerraoThis may just be semantics, but Fifa says World Cup tickets will not be discounted.At a press conference at Sun City yesterday, Fifa general secretary Jereme Valcke said they had "r (By News Poster)...Africa: Foreigners provided arms in Guinea massacre
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Amnesty International said weapons supplied from abroad were used by Guinea's armed forces to perpetrate a "horrific" massacre of opposition supporters last year, in a report published Tuesday.The rep (By News Poster)...South Africa: Khoza accused still at large
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: One of the men arrested for the murder of Lethabong businesswoman Mirriam Khoza and her four relatives is still at large, North West police said Wednesday.Superintendent Lesego Metsi said Goodboy Maba (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Treatment Guidelines Announced/ Correction
Wednesday 24-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)...South Africa: Sars can investigate me - Malema
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Speaking on SABC's SAFM on Tuesday, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said he would find out why he was still listed as being a director of several companies.Malema said the ANCYL was "not oppo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Speaker, Clerk Row Rages On
Monday 22-Feb-2010: By Zvamaida MurwiraHarare - Speaker of the House of Assembly Mr Lovemore Moyo has threatened Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma with "disciplinary action" as the row between the two officials rages o (By News Poster)...South Africa: PIC: Arrival of quadruplets stuns parents
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Gallery: Family celebrates birth of quadrupletsBy Karabo SeanegoThe Smal household is abuzz after the arrival of quadruplets, born to Teresa and Hennie Smal. The quadruplets were born at the Kloof Me (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mining Industry Wary of Long-Term Effect of Power Hike
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - THE mining industry yesterday welcomed the latest annual tariff hikes of about 25% over the next three years granted to Eskom but said they were still too high and could a (By News Poster)...Verification Centre for Okahandja Poll - ECN
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE controversial system of election verification centres introduced by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) during the November 2009 elections to verify counted ballots will (By News Poster)...World: Teacher tackles suspect in school shooting
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By P Solomon BandaLittleton, Colorado - A gunman walked through a middle school parking lot taking shots at students with a hunting rifle, wounding two students, as terrified teenagers ran for their l (By News Poster)...South Africa: Boerboel attacks on kids 'on rise' (Page 1 of 2)
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Murray Williams Staff WriterA surgeon has issued a plea for parents to take extreme care with a breed of dog - the boerboel.Dr Jonathan Toogood, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, said this afte (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Defects in De-Regulation
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: REGULATION, the public thinks, is another name for price increases without any certainty about improvements in services. While de-regulation has worked with the telecommunications industry, where the (By News Poster)...Science: Whaling plan would OK hunts, seek fewer kills (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The global body that regulates whaling has proposed giving the green light to Japan to keep hunting the sea mammals in return for reducing the number of animals killed.Greenpeace and the World Wide Fu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Catholic Bishops Attack Zuma as 'Scandalous'
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Durban - The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference expresses its strongest concern of the scandalous behaviour of leaders who shamelessly flout the norms of morality and decency, accepted and (By News Poster)...IOL Sport: Cele: SA trying to minimise World Cup threats
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Gordon BellSouth Africa is working with international agencies like Interpol and the FBI to minimise the threat of terror attacks during the World Cup, the country's top policeman said on Monday."N (By News Poster)...World: Quake fears become Haiti boogeyman (Page 1 of 2)
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Hundreds of houses that survived Haiti's killer quake still stand empty even as quake victims desperate for shelter crowd the streets. The reason is fear: Nobody is quite sure (By News Poster)...South Africa: Human Trafficking is Modern-Day Slavery - Gigaba
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Pretoria - Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba has called for collective action among Southern African Development Community countries to combat human trafficking.Gigaba on Monday said human tr (By News Poster)...End of the Road Nears for Pastoralists' Way of Life
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Paul RedfernNairobi - The government of Kenya and the donor community should act fast to preserve the way of life of nomadic people.For long, the economic worth of nomadic people has been underplay (By News Poster)...Congo-Brazzaville: IMF and World Bank Announce Debt Relief to the Republic of Congo
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) have agreed to support US$1.9 billion in debt relief for the Republic of Congo, which includes US (By News Poster)...Kenya: Bid to Keep Interest Rates Low Praised
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Nairobi - The business community on Tuesday welcomed President Kibaki's announcement that laws on bankruptcy would be modernised, interest rates kept low and free economic zones created.Central Bank g (By News Poster)...US sanctions don't affect loans to Zimbabwe
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: "There is a widespread misunderstanding that the US has some kind of veto at the IMF" By Lance GumaA diplomat at the United States Embassy in Harare has said sanctions imposed by his country o (By Jan)...Uganda: After 14 years, Former Camp Boy Helps School Get Division One
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The guns have gone silent in northern Uganda after over two decades of senseless killings, abductions of school-going children, with under-aged girls defiled and raped in the presence of their defense (By News Poster)...South Africa: Khoza fugitive re-arrested
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: North West police have re-arrested a man who escaped from custody while awaiting trial for the murder of Lethabong businesswoman Mirriam Khoza and four of her relatives.Superintendent Lesego Metsi sai (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Govt, Botswana Row Resolved
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The diplomatic row sparked by the arrest and subsequent conviction of three armed Batswana game rangers who had strayed into Zimbabwe has been resolved.This follows a Zimbabwe-Botswana Joint Permanent (By News Poster)...West Africa: ECOWAS Leader Demands Fresh Polls in Niger
Friday 26-Feb-2010: By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi And Chesa ChesaAbuja. - Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has directed the military junta in Niger R (By News Poster)...Renamo Deputy Sues Journalist
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Maputo - Lucia Afate, a parliamentary deputy for Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, is suing journalist Jose Vasco da Gama over a story that appeared in the weekly p (By News Poster)...Court rules in favour of Zim farmers
Friday 26-Feb-2010: Tribunal rulings should be registered, recognised and enforceable by the SA government Pretoria - SADC tribunal rulings against the seizure of farms in Zimbabwe should be registered, recognise (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bail for alleged fraudster
Friday 26-Feb-2010: The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday granted bail of R5 000 to a former police station commissioner awaiting trial for alleged theft and fraud.Judge Jerome Mnguni found that a previous court ru (By News Poster)...Liberia: Defense Witness Contradicts Taylor's Testimony
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor's first witness who is presently testifying in his defense has contradicted the former president's testimony about disciplinary actions taken against the former director o (By News Poster)...Witness Says, Taylor Did Not Send Gambian Fighters to Country
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not send Gambian fighters to help in the March 1991 rebel attack on Sierra Leone, nor did he use children in combat while he served as leader of rebel forces in Liberi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Implats Seeks Clarity On Indigenisation Law
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Harare - PLATINUM miner Implats says it is seeking clarification with Government over "outstanding issues" and the latest indigenisation statements as it seeks direction over expansion projects.Implat (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ends do Not Justify the Means in Niger
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Johannesburg - WORLD leaders have condemned the coup that ousted Niger President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet recently, although those responsible, a militant group called the Supreme Council for th (By News Poster)...Sudan: Darfur - Recent Fighting Leaves 1,500 Displaced and without Aid, UN Reports
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Over 1,500 people have been displaced by increased fighting in the western part of Sudan's war-torn Darfur region and very few agencies have been able to provide them with desperately-needed aid due t (By News Poster)...Burundi: Drought Leaves Thousands Needing Food Aid
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: Kirundo - Failed rains in northern Burundi have left tens of thousands of people needing food aid and prompted many to seek work in neighbouring Rwanda to earn enough to feed their families.Some 35,71 (By News Poster)...World: Nine dead, 50 injured in office fire
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: New Delhi - Nine people have died and 50 have been injured in a fire in an office complex in India's information technology hub of Bangalore.IANS news agency reported that the deaths had been caused b (By News Poster)...Ghana: NDC Denounces Police
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: THE RULING National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed grave concern over the swift manner the police arrested a New Patriotic Party (NPP) radio panelist, Nana Darkwa Baafi, and the subsequent tw (By News Poster)...2010 World Cup: WC accommodation to be surveyed - minister
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: The tourism department has commissioned a survey to look into allegations that some accommodation providers are hiking prices excessively for the Soccer World Cup, Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk sai (By News Poster)...Let the 'Battle of Okahandja' Start
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: By Christof MaletskyTOMORROW the traditional hope of the oppressed, Swapo, will come up against a coalition of the wounded as Okahandja residents decide on a new regional councillor for the 'garden to (By News Poster)...World: Dubai killing: More UK passports used
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Raissa KasolowskyThe United Arab Emirates has identified four more suspects who carried British and Irish passports in the Dubai killing of a Hamas commander, a source familiar with the investigati (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema denies any wrongdoing
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema challenged anyone who suspected irregularity in tender awards in companies associated with him to lay charges with the police, in a radio interview on Tuesday. (By News Poster)...Rwanda: HIV/Aids 'Herbalist' Gets 30 Years for Genocide
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Daniel SabiitiKigali - Isidore Mahoro, a self acclaimed HIV/Aids herbalist, was on February 21 sentenced to 30 years for Genocide crimes committed in the then commune Musambira in Kamonyi district. (By News Poster)...Uganda: Rights Body Blocked From Probing Terrorism Task Force
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Gerald BareebeKampala - The Uganda Human Rights Commission, a government human rights watchdog, has been blocked three times from inspecting the safe houses of the Joint Anti- Terrorism Task Force (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Top UN, African Envoys Meet on Polls Crisis
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: The top United Nations envoy in Côte d'Ivoire today met with the African mediator seeking to end the political crisis threatening the much-delayed elections in the divided West African country." (By News Poster)...Moody's Lowers Economic Outlook to Negative
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: By Brian BenzaRating agency Moody's on Friday announced that it has downgraded Botswana's economic outlook from stable to negative on a basis of the country's weakening financial position.The downgrad (By News Poster)...East Africa: Together, Region Will End Hunger
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: Nairobi - Nairobi last week hosted three high-level meetings to discuss food security in the eastern Africa region.The meetings, that brought together experts from the Government, NGOs, the academia a (By News Poster)...Zim: Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, shows his age at 86
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Can no longer carry on a conversation without nodding off, and has to be woken repeatedly Jan RaathHarare - Robert Mugabe turned 86 yesterday - and after 30 years of his clinging to power, dou (By Jan)...Zim: Mines Minister splashes US$40 000 on gardening equipment
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Everyone inside the shop was shocked to see the minister bring out such huge sums of money By Lance GumaMines Minister Obert Mpofu brought business to a standstill at Halsted Brothers in Bulaw (By Jan)...What Google reveals about: Black Racism versus White Racism...
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: I was doing some google keyword analyses this evening because I am experimenting with some advertising. While going through all manner of keywords and talking to friends, I stumbled on some interestin (By Jan)...Using Landmines to Protect Your Home
Tuesday 23-Feb-2010: [This is EXACTLY what we need these days in South Africa, and soon, in the United States and Europe, to weed out the scum that come in the night to slaughter our women and children! I think we must se (By JanOlifant)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (27-02-2010)
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: Howzit My apologies if this posting has more than its fair share of spelling mistakes - the spell checker within Blogger has joined the Zimbabwean civil servants and gone on strike! -o00o- "T (By The BeardedMan)...Environmental Groups Pretend to Save Our Environment
Monday 22-Feb-2010: After 30 years as a member of the Sierra Club, formed by my favorite and the first environmentalist—John Muir—I stopped giving them $35.00 a year because I learned they wasted my money while doing not (By JanOlifant)...USA: [Video] SHOCKING Obama words: bombshell anti-white audio uncovered!
Friday 26-Feb-2010: (By JanOlifant)...South Africa “Not Ready” For World Cup: Fifa
Friday 26-Feb-2010: With barely three months left until the start of the 2010 World Cup Games, Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke says South Africa is not ready to host the event. More at: (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...“Mossad Mania†Grows As Assassin Probe Widens
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: The Mossad as grown to unprecedented popularity in Israel as a Dubai probe into the assassination of a Palestinian militant, allegedly conducted by the Israeli spy agency, widens. Read more at: (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...USA: Yesterday the Stock Markets dropped almost 1% - the new trend... You will die dirt poor
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: I have been watching the markets closely since Jason Kelly told his readers to get out. For a week, the market seemed to go up rather than down... and that was a bit disconcerting. But then yester (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (22-02-2010)
Monday 22-Feb-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- We woke up this morning to find it very cold, but the snow has largely gone. Phew! I didn't fancy going to the hospital tomorrow with snow st (By The BeardedMan)...Science: 'Breakthrough' in migraine research....
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: By Health Writer Migraine specialists are hoping for a better treatment for migraines following a "breakthrough" study that found that the chemical responsible for the headaches was actually not in (By Jan)...[Pic] [Humor] A Journalist's guide to firearms... What is an AK47?
Wednesday 24-Feb-2010: I spotted this pic on an American website and it gave me a really good chuckle. This was making a mockery of journalists and their knowledge/claims of firearms. Nice. (Photo) (By Jan)...USA: Boeing Lays Off More Hard Working Americans - Stocks Rise
Monday 22-Feb-2010: CHICAGO – Boeing Co. said on Friday that it sent layoff notices to more than 1,000 people, most of them technology workers in Washington state and California. The notices mean the workers are at ri (By JanOlifant)...USA: Stock Markets: Is a very sharp crash coming within 2 weeks? My own Technical Indicator's rare buy/sell signal...
Saturday 27-Feb-2010: I am watching the markets with interest. I posted some articles recently saying that Jason Kelly was telling his readers to prepare for a market fall. Then I mentioned that the charts indicate the mar (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (28-02-2010)
Sunday 28-Feb-2010: Howzit Well, believe it or not, this page has been in existence for five years today. (My huge thanks to MDT who first coaxed me into blogging...) Not everything I write on this page meets with (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (25-02-2010)
Thursday 25-Feb-2010: Howzit I have been trawling the various internet news sites with regards to the court order which instructed mines minister Obert Mpofu to return the 29 kilograms of diamonds removed in contraventi (By The BeardedMan)...
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