Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 20th February 2011From 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 & GruesomeS.Africa: GENOCIDE: Attention: All non-Blacks - How many people do you know who were murdered by Blacks since 1994?
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: One of our regulars who does a great job on this site, Grazy, emailed me this morning to tell me that someone he knew personally was murdered by a black man. He said this is the tenth person he knows (By Jan)...S.Africa: Collapsing Infrastructure: 17 Years of ANC rule - To fix the country: A staggering R1 trillion is needed!
Friday 18-Feb-2011: I heard from a friend of mine that recently in parliament or wherever, a staggering figure came to light. It had to do with the collapsing infrastructure of this country – the electricity, etc. (By Jan)...From: Dr Peter Hammond of The Frontline Fellowship - HYPOCRISY
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: HYPOCRISY “Beware of the leaven of the pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have (By Jan)...S.Africa: The ANC: A Political Party of the Stupid, for the Stupid, run by greedy, lying, power-hungry un-democratic bastards - A New National Anthem
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: I think I have found the song that should be the ANC's anthem. They should sing it at every political rally. Heck, it should be our new national anthem! I was listening to it the other day and it made (By Jan)...South Africa: Shoot-out at shopping centre. Please read the comment at the bottom
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: I post this article with a comment copied in. Very interesting comment I may say.(Grazy) Johannesburg - A 35-year-old man was arrested in Vosloorus on Friday for attempted business robbery, attempt (By Grazy)...Dr Peter Hammond - What is Happening in the Middle East? Also, Jan's thoughts...
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: [My own assessment of the events there, despite American “Liberal-speak” of “Arab Democracy” – is that an enormous disaster is actually occurring there. What is happening there, in my view, is similar (By Jan)...S.Africa: High Ranking ANC members are above the Law: Winnie Mandela's speeding ticket - Black & Afrikaner Cops get nailed instead
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Why are an Afrikaner policeman and his black colleague being persecuted simply for doing their job? Is this merely to once again confirm that despite a great South African constitution we are, in fact (By A Different Perspective)...Russia: Military History: The true story of Red October
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: [Peter found this fascinating story for us. Jan] A Leninist Hero of our Times In Memory of Valery Sablin: The true story of Red October "Trust the fact that history will judge events (By Jan)...From Dr. Peter Hammond - The Worst Hypocrites in History
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: There is probably no more detested vice than that of hypocrisy. And yet it is pervasive. Living a Lie Hypocrisy involves the deception of others. Hypocrisy is living a lie. Hypocrisy is the st (By Jan)...S.Africa: Whites were the majority at the U2 concert - so Whites should boycott U2 - Kill the Boer song - Bono kisses Black Trash ass - Julius Malema - IRA scum
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: I know a couple of people who were at the U2 concert. I asked which population group was the most at the concert. My friends said: unquestionably WHITE. So blacks do not even really listen to U2. A (By Jan)...S.Africa: KILL THE BOER! Julius Malema! Now they pretend Bono never sided with Malema - Bono should openly denounce Malema & Kill the Boer - or Boycott U2!!!
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [One of the Afrikaans women I know who went to the U2 concert sent me an article where the journalists now deny that Bono sided with Malema. Well, if someone has a recording of what Bono said, then le (By Jan)...South Africa: David Bullard - Job creation....the ANC’s latest practical joke.
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: In the immediate aftermath of President Zuma’s state of the nation speech last week, online journos were under pressure to put up some comment or other in an attempt to tell the rest of us what it was (By Bommer)...The New Age of many Hitlers - Which whites are more dangerous? Liberals or NAZIs? The future of Whites in Africa & the World...
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [Recently, I published excerpts from a note I wrote to my brother about the future of whites in Africa. Then one of our readers, Murf, made some comments. The article is here: (By Jan)...Inefficiency ANC Style: S.African roads cost four times more to build per Km than American roads...
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: I have said that the ANC has nothing to contribute to this country, well, let me be more accurate: The ANC has nothing POSITIVE to contribute to this country. Recently a friend of mine told me abo (By Jan)...State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, At the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Repub (By News Poster)...South Africa: BBC coments on U2's Bono Comment
Monday 14-Feb-2011: The Irish pop star Bono has been criticised for apparently endorsing a song which includes the lyric: "Shoot the Boer". The U2 frontman said the song, which was sung during the fight against aparth (By Bommer)...A Note to my Brother about the future of South Africa & Zimbabwe - Only war in the end...
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: [Below are extracts from an email I sent to my brother in reply to some information he got which originally came from my website, but from which someone had removed my name. Jan] …. Hi, Thanks f (By Jan)...South Africa: The last Boers of Patagonia
Monday 14-Feb-2011: RICKY HUNT - Feb 04 2011 "Ek verstaan 'n bietjie Afrikaans, maar te praat is nie maklik vir my nie [I understand a bit of Afrikaans, but it's not easy for me to speak it]," says Juan Blackie matte (By Grazy)...Somalia: Stop War Crimes in Mogadishu, Says NGO
Monday 14-Feb-2011: New York - The scale and severity of the crimes during the intense fighting in Somalia in recent months demonstrates the need for an international commission of inquiry, Human Rights Watch said today. (By News Poster)...South Africa: Winnie spat - suspensions upset union
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Interesting comments on this one that say more than the article. (grazy) Pretoria - The SA Policing Union (Sapu) on Wednesday condemned the announcement that two policemen had been suspended after (By Grazy)...Ethiopia: Gender Violations of Minority Women
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: With one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, limited political and legal resources for women, elevated rates of forced marriage, and female genital mutilation, the overall situation (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Charge Bono with HATE SPEECH! U2 lead singer's pro-Boer genocide remarks - Supporter of Julius Malema scum - USAF paper on Farm murders
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: I have been meaning for several days to say something about that bone-head, Bono, the lead singer of U2 who came to SA recently, had lots of whites, including Afrikaners at their concert, then, the id (By Jan)...Egypt: Nation Turns to Recovering Stolen Wealth
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: As Egypt turns from the gripping drama of the 18 days that brought down the Mubarak regime, there are multiple issues on the agenda. Among them not the least important is recovery of stolen wealth fro (By News Poster)...Africa: Annan Warns of Civil War in Cote d'Ivoire; Defends Kenya Settlement
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Kofi AnnanA lecture delivered by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, for Exeter College on February 13:I am delighted to be here today and for this (By News Poster)...South Africa: Afrikaners must find their own Nkandla - Zuma
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Pieter du Toit and Lizel Steenkamp, Beeld Cape Town – The Afrikaner should find his own Nkandla, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. Not a geographical area, but a psychological home where h (By Bommer)...Africa: Africa - Green Growth Pioneers?
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Joe PowellIf incentives for cost-effective clean energy are not put in place, Africa may follow the same dirty industrialisation route of China and India.Environmentalists and poverty campaigners h (By News Poster)...South Africa: DA slams social grant situation
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Cape Town - The fact that some 15 million South Africans receive social grants from the state is no success story, Democratic Alliance MP Patricia Kopane warned on Wednesday. "We should not regard (By Bommer)...Shocking New IMF Report: The U.S. Dollar Needs To Be Replaced As The World Reserve Currency And SDRs "Could Constitute An Embryo Of Global Currency"
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Shocking New IMF Report: The U.S. Dollar Needs To Be Replaced As The World Reserve Currency And SDRs "Could Constitute An Embryo Of Global Currency" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...Zimbabwe: Why Corruption is Now Endemic
Monday 14-Feb-2011: A people who do not share history, who do not appreciate the shared experiences that their history and nationhood represents, are a people who cannot utilise mutual trust, dependability and a sense of (By News Poster)...South Africa: Farm Murders: 1 farm attack a day since Zuma address - Kill the Boer
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: [I would like to direct people to the AfricanCrisis farm murders page. Nothing has changed in the last 10 years. White farmers and their families and workers are still being targetted for annihilation (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Bad Loans Still Make Banks Uncomfortable
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: By Rotimi DurojaiyeWhile the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) bailed out nine banks with N620 billion in August 2009 and fired the chief executives of eight banks, and the Asset Management Corporation of (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: South Africa's Zuma Condemns Political Violence
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Wongai ZhangazhaHarare - SADC facilitator South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday condemned politically motivated violence and intimidation that has flared up in Harare's high-density suburbs (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets - A Prediction that the bottom will fall out of Gold - Gold will collapse by up to 30% - Really?
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: [I really think here is a "guru" who has got his knickers in a knot. He says stock markets will explode over the next decade and Gold will collapse. I find that very hard to believe. Every indicat (By Jan)...South Africa: English has colonised our languages
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Khaya Dlanga Our official languages are only official on paper. The Constitution. It is time we became honest about this. One is almost inclined to say that that part of the Constitution was writte (By Grazy)...Egypt: Corruption - Egyptians Can Claim Mubarak's Billions
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Julio GodoyGeneva - For decades, European bank accounts and trusts and the real estate market were havens for dictators seeking safe places to deposit billions of dollars they were stealing from th (By News Poster)...USA: History: The Man who NEVER SURRENDERS... changes the world... The Hollywood 19 communist conspiracy - The German Communist who went to Hollywood...
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: I love history, and history keeps on teaching the same old lessons over and over for thousands of years. We think that only modern history counts. We forget that at the time of the Romans and Greek (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Five Petrol Bombs Thrown in Mbare
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Freeman RazembaFIVE petrol bombs were thrown at the Zanu-PF district office in Mbare early yesterday morning in what is suspected to be an attack by MDC-T youths.Two people are in police custody ov (By News Poster)...Nigeria: IMO Police Command Intensify War Against Criminals
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Chidi NkwoparaTHE war against crime and criminality in the Imo state has begun to yield some fruitful results with the recent arrest and recovery of arms and ammunition by detectives attached to th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Statement by Chairperson of the Infrastructure Development Cluster and Minister of Transport Mr. Sibusiso Ndebele (MP)
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Media briefing held in Parliament, Cape Town on 15 February 2011A very good morning to you all, and welcome to this post-State of the Nation (SoNA) media briefing to articulate the delivery programme (By News Poster)...Africa: Nato Captures Pirate mother ship.
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: A Nato warship has captured a suspected pirate mother ship off Somalia, Nato's counter-piracy mission has said. It said Denmark's warship fired warning shots on Saturday, forcing the vessel to stop (By Bommer)...Côte d'Ivoire: Why Gbagbo Won't Go
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Robert MukondiwaAFTER the electoral crisis that has dominated the aftermath of elections in Cote d'Ivoire, Robert Mukondiwa travelled to West Africa's grandest economy to read the mood on the groun (By News Poster)...SA finally joins BRIC club, will it cut it?
Friday 18-Feb-2011: What earns South Africa the qualification to be invited to join the BRIC countries? This is one question that has left socio-economic analysts buffled and some academics black and blue. The size o (By Kwanele Sibanda)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (15-02-2011)
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Howzit Roy Bennett is a special project of Robert Mugabe. ZANU PF, under direct instruction from their leader will do anything and everything in their power to ensure that Bennett has an as uncomfo (By The BeardedMan)...Libya: Governments Should Demand End to Unlawful Killings - Death Toll Up to 173 Over Three Days
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: New York - The African Union and African, Western, and Arab countries that have relations with Libya should urge the Libyan government to stop the unlawful killing of protesters, Human Rights Watch sa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police dept denies gun owners’ claim
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The police ministry on Thursday denied a Gun Owners' of South Africa (Gosa) claim that it was refusing firearm licence applications by people compliant with requirements. "The primar (By Grazy)...Gun Licence Refusal Claims Disputed By Police
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Pretoria - The Police Ministry has dismissed allegations that it refused gun licences to some applicants, even though they complied with the necessary regulations.The ministry labeled claims made by t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dead baby found at Oprah school
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The body of a new-born baby was found at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls after a 17-year-old gave birth to it on Wednesday, Gauteng police said. Police could not confi (By Bommer)...South Africa: ConCourt dismisses Johnstone application
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: If I recall correctly, this is the woman who was married to the black USA inmate. She came back to SA and was discusted with they way things turned out here. She will be kept silent I believe, becau (By Grazy)...USA: [Pic] Humor: Bumper Sticker Of The Month - The Best Obama Bumper sticker... How the Rich save America... Obama is a Socialist bum
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [A lady in Oregon sent me this one. Its brilliant. This is doing the rounds among Americans. What can I say? I agree! Obama is busy back-tracking. It has been fascinating watching Obama at work. I hav (By Jan)...South Africa: Miljoen bruines kan werk in Kaap verloor/A million colords can lose their jobs in the Cape.
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Short English. If the sugested labour laws get pushed through, 1 million coloreds will lose their jobs to make place for blacks. It is probably a ANC move to get control over the Western Cape from the (By Grazy)...Suid Afrika: Boere sien rooi oor plan
Monday 14-Feb-2011: In short, new adjustments to the law of living rights on farms, allow farm workers to farm on the farmers land, and to keep cattle without the concent of the farmer. That will obviously leave the far (By Grazy)...South Africa: The Murder of Farmers must now STOP!! Moord op boere: The 10th White Person I know personally murdered by Blacks since 1994
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: [Helgard Muller is my niece's husband. He will be the 10th white person directly connected or personally known by me who has been murdered by blacks since 1994. Before 1994 no white person that I, my (By Grazy)...'Zanu Pf Sabotage Derailing Unity Govt'
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Morgan TsvangiraiIT IS appropriate that we mark the second anniversary of the formation of the transitional government rather than celebrate it.From the outset it is important to state that the Glo (By News Poster)...Libya: Security Forces Kill 84 Over Three Days
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: New York - Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days of protests in several cities in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today, based on telephone interviews with local hos (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Wikileaks And Swiss Bank Secrecy
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: The handing over of data on about 2,000 cross-border accounts to the now-famous whistleblower site, WikiLeaks, by a former employee of a storied Swiss bank has expectedly put that nation's fabled bank (By News Poster)...Suid Afrika: Jý help betaal vir ANC se eeufees/ You,tax payer will help pay for the ANC's cetury feest this year
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Jan-Jan Joubert Suid-Afrikaanse belastingbetalers kan hulle regmaak om hul sakke te skud om te help betaal vir die ANC se “kolossale” eeufeesvieringe en partytjies wat vir volgende jaar beplan word. (By Grazy)...South Africa: Fistfight breaks out at right-winger meet
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannebsurg - Rightwing nationalist Piet "Skiet" Rudolph and one of his followers have been arrested after a bloody fistfight at a meeting at the Paardekraal monument in Krugersdorp. Beeld newspap (By Grazy)...Zimbabwe: Political Violence Escalates
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Harare - Zimbabwe's Government of National Unity (GNU) was born out of political violence in 2008, and analysts see its demise occurring in much the same way.The two-year-old unity government was form (By News Poster)...Gambia: Finance PS Number Two , Former Lands Director Testify at Lands Commission
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Sanna JawaraSerign Cham, permanent secretary No. 2 at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs; and Ousman Jarjusey, former director of Lands and Survey, Thursday testified at the ongoing Lands (By News Poster)...Will Uganda Survive Oil Curse?
Monday 14-Feb-2011: In 2002, during a meeting with African heads of state, US President George Bush tapped his pencil and looked bored as most of the African Presidents talked. But when Fradique de Menezes of the Democra (By News Poster)...South Africa:
Monday 14-Feb-2011: This one is specialy for YoAn who fell in love with the Karoo when visiting us. (Grazy) Port Elizabeth - The Karoo was hit by flash floods at the weekend, The Herald reported on Monday. More tha (By Grazy)...Sout Africa: ANC a 'complete mess' - WikiLeaks
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The ANC is a "complete mess" and its young cadres have no interest in history, but simply want access to jobs and personal enrichment, according to a United States embassy cable obtaine (By Grazy)...Nigeria: IMF Tasks CBN On Inflation
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Omoh GabrielLagos - THE International Monetary Fund, IMF, has urged the CBN to focus more on inflation targeting, instead of the current focus on banking supervision.The International Financial sur (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Land - Booster of Economic Development
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Omotola OloruntobiAbuja - Land is of great importance to the economic growth and development of any country. Omotola Oloruntobi in this piece, explains why the federal government needs to utilise a (By News Poster)...Uganda: Presidential Candidates Lay Out Manifestos
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: WITH five days to polling day we bring you highlights of the presidential candidates' manifestos to help you decide who to vote.UPC: Olara OtunnuEstablish an independent credible Electoral Commission (By News Poster)...Ghana: Ecobank Robber Lynched at Ofankor
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Nathaniel Y. YanksonA NOTORIUOS armed robber, Awudu Mahama, who has been on police wanted list for some years now, was attacked and killed by a mob, at the Ofankor township in Accra on Wednesday.Aw (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Bank's Defining Moment
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Tamrat G. GiorgisThe largest state owned commercial bank, which is not only the dominant player in the banking industry but also critical in financing the public sector, the Commercial Bank of Ethi (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Fury Over Bomb Blasts
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Lucas LigangaCalls are mounting for the resignation of the Defence and National Service minister, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, and the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Davis Mwamunyange. They come a da (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Nation's Crude Export Threatened - U.S. to Slash Importation
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Adeola YusufLagos - The Nigeria's daily export of one million oil barrels to the United States was at the weekend threatened as the U.S, biggest consumer of Nigeria's crude, announced plans to slas (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe/South Africa: South Africa Humiliates Warriors
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Petros KausiyoKhartoum - Zimbabwe's Warriors paid a heavy price for being wasteful in the opening half as 10-man South Africa came from behind to send them reeling out of the African Championship o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Terror accused 'driven by Zim situation'
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A South African businessman accused of threatening to unleash biological weapons on Britain and the United States may have been driven by concern over the plight of white farmers in nei (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Country And Food Crisis, Why FG Must Face Reality
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Omoh GabrielTwo weeks ago, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, an agency of the United Nations, raised alarm that Nigeria, Morocco and Bangladesh face imminent food crisis.The report, posted on (By News Poster)...Zambia: Tapping Rural Market Potential Through Banking
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Maimbolwa MulikelelaRURAL banking offers an opportunity for diversification and growth despite the challenges of supportive facilities and the necessary technology to sustain the implementation of (By News Poster)...Central African Republic: Concerns Rise Over Human Rights Abuses
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Bangui - Attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) have created a complex situation that not only limits the humanitarian response but also raises conc (By News Poster)...Africa: Livestock Diseases - Africa Lacks Capacity for Veterinary Services - Reports
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Jimoh BabatundeNew assessments from International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have spelt out how livestock diseases present 'double trouble' in developing countries where increasing numbers (By News Poster)...Libya: People Fury Challenges Gaddafi
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Emad MekayCairo - The movement for change sweeping across the Middle East has now rocked Libya. Thousands of people have taken to the streets across many cities to demand an end to the 41-year auto (By News Poster)...[Pic] S.Africa: How the ANC is wasting over R1 billion in Johannesburg - Stunning resignation by Black Official unwilling to LIE!!!
Friday 18-Feb-2011: [Some very important and creepy things are happening in Johannesburg. My Liberal friend sent me this from the star the other day. The media is talking about the billing crisis in Johannesbu (By Jan)...South Africa: ENews team moved to safety
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: I waited for this kind of "let's make like Egypt" turn in the events. Maybe I'm planting a seed by saying it, so I better shut up. "Children see, children do". Well, the ANC trained them. Johannes (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Borno Police Kill Three Robbery Suspects
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Maiduguri - The Borno Police Command has said that it shot three suspected robbers along Banki Highway in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, the Commissioner of Po (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma Calls for Inclusive Economy
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Chris BathembuCape Town - With the government declaring 2011 a year of job creation, President Jacob Zuma on Thursday called for an "inclusive" economy in which the black majority, women, persons w (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: U.S. $100 Million From Diamonds Goes 'Missing'
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Patience NyangoveHarare - OVER US$100 million realised from the auction of the Marange diamonds last year has allegedly gone missing, The Standard can reveal.The offense only came to light after th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Statement on the Occasion of the Media Briefing Following the State of the Nation Address
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Ladies and gentlemen of the mediaThank you and welcome to the Social Protection and Community Development Cluster media briefing session. The purpose of this media briefing is to provide more details (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Dakar - IRIN has produced a series of briefings exploring the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire triggered by contested elections in November 2010.With both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara laying clai (By News Poster)...Libya: Security Forces Fire on 'Day of Anger' Demonstrations
Friday 18-Feb-2011: The security forces' vicious attacks on peaceful demonstrators lay bare the reality of Muammar Gaddafi's brutality when faced with any internal dissent. Libyans should not have to risk their lives to (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Lessons to Draw from North Africa
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Véronique TadjoThe revolution in Egypt that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak has once again given voice to the street and revived a more just vision for our world. The preservation of what has been (By News Poster)...South Africa: National Truck Drivers' Strike Turns Violent
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Two men were seriously injured after their truck was petrol bombed in Durban on Thursday as the fourth day of the road freight workers countrywide strike drew to a close."Both men, the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: I'm an Ex-Cultist, Not Armed Robber, Says Suspect Found With Arms
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Femi OgbonnikanLagos - Four young men, Olatunji Shobowale, Tope Kolawole, Remilekun Kolawole and Tunde Awonbiowo are being quizzed by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SC (By News Poster)...Mobile Phone Spells Doom for Businesses in Kenya
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Jevans NyabiageNairobi - It was seen as a panacea to communication problems - collapsing time spent on travel and postage to instant delivery.But the mobile phone is turning out to be a cannibal - (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Increasing Violence Worries Churches
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Alex BellZimbabwean church groups have added their voices to increasing worries about violence across the country, with the Christian Alliance seeking an urgent meeting with police commissioner Aug (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Monument Promised for Matola Martyrs
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Maputo - The Mozambican and South African Ministers of Culture, Armando Artur and Paul Mashatile, on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build a monument in honour of the 13 South African f (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets: How dangerous is inflation really? - My analysis - Inflation is your friend and your enemy
Friday 18-Feb-2011: [Jason Kelly had this to write today about inflation, which is the result of the US Fed crashing the US dollar. Inflation per se is not "dangerous" if you earn a salary. If you are in debt, inflat (By Jan)...Nigeria: Senate Prescribes Death for Terror
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Ben Agande And Tordue SalemAbuja - THE Senate, yesterday, passed a tough Anti-Terrorism Bill prescribing death for any act of terror including kidnapping, pipeline destruction or similar acts that (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Heading for Bust?
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Abidjan - The financial system in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa's second-biggest economy after Nigeria, is grinding to a halt after an exodus of international banks amid continued political chaos.T (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mwonzora Detained At Remote Police Post Near Mozambique
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Tichaona SibandaThe MDC-T MP for Nyanga North, Douglas Mwonzora, is being detained at a remote police post, 65km away from Nyanga town and close to the border with Mozambique. He is the only person (By News Poster)...Lord's Resistance Army Exploits State Weakness (news)
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Bangui - Attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) have created a complex situation that not only limits the humanitarian response but also raises conc (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Killer Kerosene - Death Toll Hits 20 in Rivers
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Jimitota OnoyumePort Harcourt - NO fewer than 20 victims of kerosene explosion were on admission at different hospitals in Rivers State at the time of writing this piece. Some of them that could sp (By News Poster)...Namibia: Inflation Figures Dim Rate-Relief Hopes
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: The latest inflation data, showing an increase in the annual rate from 3,1 per cent in December to 3,5 per cent last month, has cut hopes of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) decreasing interest rates later t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fulani Herdsmen Invade Farms in Benue, Kill 12, Torch Houses
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Joseph WantuMakurdi - About 12 persons were feared dead in Gwer West Local Council of Benue State after armed Fulani herdsmen invaded Tyotegh council ward to carry out reprisal attacks over purport (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Land Reform a Success - Survey
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Tinashe FarawoTHE Government has achieved its objective of empowering indigenous Zimbabweans through the land reform programme as two-thirds of the beneficiaries are ordinary citizens, a new study (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Dawn for Defence
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Secretary for Defence, Mpumi Mpofu, says policies are being reviewed and new ones drafted to ensure the smooth implementation of the recommendations made by the Interim National Defence For (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mthethwa: Corrupt cops study misleading
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - An SA Institute of Race Relations study on South Africa's corrupt police is "misleading", Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday. "While we welcome contributions from all rese (By Grazy)...Zimbabwe: MDC' s Election Manifesto Synonymous With Violence
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Sihle DubeIT has now become commonplace that whenever elections are around the corner, there is violence in Zimbabwe.While Zanu-PF has been blamed for pushing for early elections, it does not make (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Masaba, 86 Wives - Exclusion Or Identity Problem?
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Abu NmoduRecently, the super-polygamist octogenarian with 86 wives, Mohammed Abubakar Bello Masaba, alleged that members of his mega family were denied registration in the just-concluded voter regi (By News Poster)...Sudan: Rival Parties in Abyei Region Strike Defiant Tone
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Matthew Stein & Stephen BolAs Sudan's leaders gathered in Khartoum on February 7, 2011 to announce the south's overwhelming vote in favor of succession, the issue of Abyei, a turbulent region at th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Court Judgment Deters Investors
Friday 18-Feb-2011: THE RECENT Supreme Court judgment on the constitutionality of State-Indebted Companies and Reconstruction Act will further deter investors from doing business in Zimbabwe as it proves that the country (By News Poster)...Sudan: Rebecca Garang Promotes Accountability for New State
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Tami HultmanJuba - 'Mama Rebecca', widow of John Garang - the charismatic leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and commander of its army - welcomes the opportunity for southern S (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Is Corruption Really the Problem?
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Jideofor AdibeMany commentators to my last week's piece, 'Buhari's Bakare's Choice' disagreed with my contention that Buhari appears to rely only on his charisma to win the election rather than dev (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bloody Maulud - Policeman, Five Others Killed in Jos
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Achor AbimajeJos - No fewer than six persons, including a mobile policeman were killed in Jos, the capital of Plateau State yesterday during the Eid'l Maulud celebration. Though there were several (By News Poster)...Egypt: Pharaoh Fixes His Fortune
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: By Cam McgrathCairo - As Egypt's popular uprising gained momentum and Hosni Mubarak's downfall looked increasingly inevitable, he used his final days in office to secure his vast wealth, say analysts. (By News Poster)...'Zanu Pf to Employ Dirty Poll Tactics'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Wongai ZhangazhaA REPORT by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition says Zanu PF will use, among other strategies, intimidation, violence, displacements and inflation of votes to ensure victory in the next el (By News Poster)...Nigeria: IMF Proposes Devaluation of Naira
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Kunle AderinokunWith public spending shooting up to 37 per cent in 2010 from 10 per cent in the previous year, the International Monetary Fund Thursday suggested that the Central Bank of Nigeria fu (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Party Splits - a Recurring Theme in Politics
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Leonard MakombeZIMBABWEAN political parties - whatever their history - are synonymous with factionalism as their leaders are continually fighting for control at the expense of purported party objec (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Journalists Blocked From Attending Tsvangirai's Address
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Alex BellJournalists have expressed their frustration after many were blocked from attending a 'public' address by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, comparing the action to ZANU PF's treatment of t (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Economic Impact of HIV/Aids Discussed
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Maputo - More than half of the funds for health activities in Mozambique are channelled to the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to Health Minister Alexandre Manguele.Speaking at a Maputo Forum on the (By News Poster)...Gambia: More Complaints at Lands Commission
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Sanna JawaraThree more complainants Monday testified at the Lands Commission at the High Court in Banjul.Amadou Sonko from Kololi, Modou Cham and Alhaji Mohamed Kalipha Barrow both from Sukuta vill (By News Poster)...Libya: Protesters Killed During Day of Anger
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: A number of demonstrators are reported to have been killed during an Egypt-style "Day of Anger" in Libya. France on Thursday condemned the "excessive" use of force in Arab nations hit by anti-governme (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How 'Price And Pick' Armed Robbers Were Rounded up
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Albert AkporTHEIR activities and manner of operations could be likened to shoplifting, but the difference between this syndicate who specialized only in raiding shops and supermarkets is that they (By News Poster)...Sudan: Mounting Violence Shifts Focus to Darfur
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By David ElkinsWashington - As peace negotiations over Sudan's Darfur region come to a close in Doha, Qatar and a number of issues related to last month's referendum remain unresolved, several Washing (By News Poster)...South Africa: National Transport Strike Turns Violent
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Unions and the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) will meet on Tuesday to thrash out solutions to a wage dispute in the sector, which has sparked violent protests in Johannesbu (By News Poster)...GPA Principals Asked to Deal With Upsurge in Violence
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Tichaona SibandaThis follows a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) that took place in Harare on Friday. The upsurge in political violence dominated the tension filled meeting, according (By News Poster)...South Africa: Farmer killed in shootout with robbers (Previously posted in Afrikaans)
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Cape Town - A Cloetesville farmer was shot dead after trying to defend his wife and two children in a shootout that left one intruder injured, Western Cape police said on Friday. "After shots were (By Grazy)...Nigeria: 'FG Lacks Political Will to Pass PIB Into Law'
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Clara NwachukwuThe delay in passing the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, into law is generating increasing anxiety among stakeholders.The Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Econo (By News Poster)...Sudan: North Army Denies Accusations of Supporting Southern Rebels
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Khatoum-Juba - North Sudan's army has denied accusations of supporting insurgents in South Sudan with the intent of destabilizing the region ahead of its formal independence in July this year.Clashes (By News Poster)...South Afrika: Aanvallers skiet man in arm, maag
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: I waited for the English article, but .... Grazy Hilda Fourie ’N Man is in die maag geskiet toe hy gaan soek het na boewe wat oomblikke vantevore sy skoonouers aangeval het. Terwyl die aanval (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Killer Policeman to Die By Hanging
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Tobi SoniyiAn Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Abubakar Talba Monday sentenced a police corporal, Obanla Julius to death by hanging for killing a motorist at a police check-point without j (By News Poster)...Egypt: Wave of Strikes Challenges Military
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Cam McgrathCairo - The iron fist that has kept a tight grip on Egypt's labour movements for nearly six decades relaxed this week, unleashing a wave of wildcat strikes that is testing the resolve of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN, Banks And Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
Monday 14-Feb-2011: We totally support the CBNs circular of 7th February, 2011, which was addressed to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Acquirers, on the issue of "Penalty for Non-Compliance with CBN Circulars and Guidelin (By News Poster)...Central African Republic: Rebel Victims Tell of Horrific Attacks
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Risdel KasasiraFour victims of Lord's Resistance Army atrocities from Central African Republic who are receiving treatment in Uganda yesterday gave horrifying experiences of the rebel attacks on th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Landlord, Security Guard Remanded in Prison Over Alleged Murder
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: An Ebute Meta Magistrates Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered a 68-year-old landlord and a security man remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons over the shooting to death of an alleged armed robbery suspect.The (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zesa Gives Tobacco Farmers Reprieve
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: ZESA Holdings has agreed to let farmers pay half the amounts they owe to get uninterrupted electricity, as auction floors wind up preparations for the start of the marketing season.The agreement also (By News Poster)...Libya: Paramilitaries Target Civilians in Crackdown
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: New fighting erupted in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sunday as anti-regime protests spread across the country. Security forces in Libya's second city were reportedly assisted by mercenaries (By News Poster)...Uganda: Escalating Land Disputes in the North
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Amuru - Disputes over land in northern Uganda have escalated, affecting the resettlement plans of former internally displaced people, say locals."As people return to their villages, they are confronte (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA won't be a 2nd Tunisia - Zuma
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Lizel Steenkamp and Pieter du Toit, Beeld Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma says he is confident that South Africa will never become "a second Tunisia". Zuma gave this assurance in an interview w (By Bommer)...Nigeria: Union Bank to Remain Shut Till Friday -NLC
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said that Union Bank Nigeria offices across the country will remain shut until Friday, unless the management of the bank reverses its "anti-labour" decisions.Th (By News Poster)...Sudan: Bashir Says He Doesn't Fear Dethroning As Revolutions Sweep Region
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Khartoum - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Sunday reiterated that he is not fearful of facing the same fate of the Tunisian and Egyptian leaders who were thrown out by unprecedented po (By News Poster)...Egypt: Military Under Mubarak's Shadow
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-OmraniCairo - Egypt's armed forces, the de facto rulers of the country since last week's ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, have already met several longstanding de (By News Poster)...Africa: Your Take - Wired for Freedom in Africa
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By John Dramani MahamaWatching the the Egyptian crowds as they listened to a speech by their now former president, Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak, who had been in power since the assassination of Anwar (By News Poster)...South Africa: One Dies as Police and Protesters Clash
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Jean-Jacques CornishOne man died in South Africa's eastern province of Mpumalanga on Tuesday in the second day of clashes between police and protesters. At least 33 others were injured during prote (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Woza Condemns Members Arrests, Zanu PF Militias Terror
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Irene MadongoTwo members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested on Monday, during a Valentine's Day anti-violence protest that was supported by up to 1,000 members in different par (By News Poster)...South Africa: 3 on trial for death of missing man
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Three KwaZulu-Natal men will go on trial on Tuesday in the North Gauteng High Court for allegedly murdering an Ekurhuleni councillor whose body was never found. The matter was postponed (By Grazy)...Kenya: In Order to Fight Drugs Effectively, We Need to Have All Information About Narcotics
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: By John B. OsoroNairobi - Having a conversation with the former boss of the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada), Mr Joseph Kaguthi, on the drug abuse problem in Kenya is extre (By News Poster)...Uganda: Escalating Land Disputes in the North
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Amuru - Disputes over land in northern Uganda have escalated, affecting the resettlement plans of former internally displaced people, say locals."As people return to their villages, they are confronte (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Villagers Told to Sign Zanu-PF Petition Or Face Death
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Caiphas ChimheteChimanimani - Zanu PF officials and traditional leaders here are forcing villagers to attend rallies and to append their signatures to a petition calling for the removal of targeted (By News Poster)...South Africa: Minister Weighs in On Crime Research Paper
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on academics, analysts and researchers to contribute objectively to the fight against crime.The minister's comments come in light of a recently-pub (By News Poster)...South Africa: Grisly farm murder scene 'indescribable' (Previously posted in Afrikaans)
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Virginia Keppler, Beeld Pretoria - The son and the sister of a man who was gruesomely stabbed to death and assaulted with a shovel along with his girlfriend have described how the couple's bloody bod (By Grazy)...South Africa: Zille prioritises jobs, growth for Cape
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance has made a clear choice to put economic and employment growth at the front and centre of its agenda for the Western Cape, Premier Helen Zille said on Friday. "A (By Bommer)...Nigeria: High Food Prices Push Inflation to 12-1 Percent
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Obinna ChimaLagos - Inflation rate in Nigeria increased for the first time in five months in January to 12.1 per cent, from the 11.8 per cent achieved a month earlier due to higher food prices and (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tobacco Sales Off to Good Start
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: THE 2011 tobacco selling season got off to a promising start with the first bale selling for US$4,20 per kg.This was however, marginally lower than US$5 that was received for the fi-rst bale that went (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Increased Gold Sales for New Dawn
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: NEW Dawn Mining Corporation's local gold mining operations through Central Africa Gold recorded their highest quarterly consolidated sales and production in the December quarter.According to its lates (By News Poster)...Sudan: A Warning to All of Africa - Mo Ibrahim
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Mo IbrahimAs Southern Sudan prepares to become an independent nation in July, the northern government in Khartoum faces enormous challenges. Disputes simmer in Darfur, to the west, with more than f (By News Poster)...Zanu-Pf, MDC Unite Against Sanctions Renewal
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: ZANU-PF and MDC yesterday condemned the European Union for extending its illegal economic sanctions regime on Zimbabwe, saying this may strain relations in the inclusive Government.Analysts also said (By News Poster)...South Africa: Industrial Development Corporation Ploughs Billions Into Economy
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Cape Town - The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has committed R25 billion to new investments in the green economy over the next five years.The announcement was made by Economic Development Mi (By News Poster)...Sanctions Have Paralysed Health Delivery System
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Sanctions have had a devastating effect on Zimbabwe's social services. Ordinary people have borne the brunt of the West's illegal measures. One of the sectors adversely affected is the health sector. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Lesson in HIV Prevention for the Continent
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - African countries struggling to contain HIV epidemics can learn a thing or two about HIV prevention from Zimbabwe, say the authors of a new study which found that a reduction in sexual (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Blast Victims Return Home as Safety Concerns Persist
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Dar es Salaam - Life was yesterday slowly returning to normal in the Dar es Salaam suburb that was rocked by explosions at a military barracks on Wednesday night that killed 23 people and left hundred (By News Poster)...South Africa: No SURPRISE HERE - ANCYL dismisses Mbeki's Tunisia prophecy
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League on Friday dismissed predictions by political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki that South Africa is heading for Tunisia-like protests in 2020, aimed at toppling the ANC govern (By Bommer)...Zimbabwe: Biti's Diamond Order in the Country's Interests
Friday 18-Feb-2011: RECENTLY there was a spate of contradictory statements from government on the wherewithal to fund civil servants' salaries. President Robert Mugabe claimed diamond sales revenue would be used to pay g (By News Poster)...Nigeria: '109 Killed in Borno'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Dauda Mbaya, Maiduguri And Achor AbimajeJos - Not less than 109 lives might have been lost to extrajudicial killings in Borno State, the chief judge, Justice Kashim Zannah has revealed.This is even (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Sanctions on Spouses of Ruling Party Officials Lifted
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Lance GumaThe European Union on Tuesday lifted targeted sanctions on 35 members of the Mugabe regime, who are the subject of travel restrictions and a freeze on assets.A total of 163 people and 31 (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bank Chiefs Lament Continued Activities of Debtors on Economy
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Kingsley IghomwenghianLike a recurring decimal, senior operators in the nation's banking industry, on Monday lamented the fast returning trend of debtors who rather than negotiate their facilities (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Power Outages Damage Economy
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Dar es Salaam - A Sh3 billion loss that Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) suffers monthly as a result of power outage is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Confederation of Tanzani (By News Poster)...West Africa: Food Crisis Imminent in West Africa, Warns Oxfam
Monday 14-Feb-2011: As the Sahel region of West Africa is just coming out of what seems like a biting food crisis, Oxfam America points out that unfair product prices, climate change and outmoded agricultural practices c (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Hundreds in Illegal Bid to Settle On Farms
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Elita ChikwatiHundreds of people have tried to illegally move onto three farms in Seke district along Beatrice Road in as yet unclear circumstances.The people do not have formal ownership documents (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Inflation Rate Now 12.1 Percent - NBS
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Amaka Ifeakandu And Gloria EzeiruLagos/Abuja - Nigeria's inflationary rate has increased from 11.8 per cent in December 2010 to 12.1 per cent in January 2011, according to figures released by the N (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Jomic Sets Up Committees to Quell Political Violence
Friday 18-Feb-2011: The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee has set up inter-party committees from district to cell level to quell politically motivated violence in and around Harare.This follows a spate of vio (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Condemns Strike Violence
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Disgruntled workers who embark on violent strike action to voice their demands, can expect severe punishment from government, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned."Striking workers fro (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Rice is 'Becoming a Luxury'
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Antananarivo - The price of rice, the staple food in Madagascar, has doubled in the past two years, forcing residents in the capital, Antananarivo, to halve their consumption. "At almost 2,000 ariary (By News Poster)...Libya: 'Help Us' Plea Pro-Democracy Activists Who Say Mercenaries Attacking Them
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Libyan pro-democracy protesters both inside and outside the country are using social media to spread the word of what they say are brutal crackdowns by the Libyan regime. They cite numerous accounts o (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Experts Discuss Counter-Terrorism Strategies
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Edwin MusoniSecurity experts, policy makers, members of the diplomatic community and the civil society met in Kigali on Tuesday to brainstorm on the best strategies to combat terrorism.The meeting (By News Poster)...South Africa: Strike violence in Johannesburg CBD
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Four freight workers were injured after police fired rubber bullets in a protest that turned violent in the Johannesburg city centre on Monday afternoon. The trouble started at midda (By Bommer)...Uganda: Efforts to Demobilise Rebel Group Not Enough - Report
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Andrea LuntNew York - The rebel group that terrorised Ugandan civilians for more than two decades, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), could continue to haunt the people of Central Africa if the Ugan (By News Poster)...Uganda: Army Steps Up Role Ahead of Polls
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Gaaki KigamboKampala - The army will be more involved in this Friday's general elections than previously anticipated, The Observer can reliably report.In fact, they have taken over coordination of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sanusi Elected West African Central Bank Governors' Chairman
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Idris AhmedThe Central of Nigeria (CBN) would continue to pursue low interest rate and monetary stability in ensuring steady economic growth, its governor has said.Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who was yes (By News Poster)...South Africa: AK-47 found at terror suspect's home
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Police found an AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition at the home of a terror suspect accused of threatening to spread foot-and-mouth disease in the US and Britain, prosecutors said at a b (By Bommer)...South Africa: Govt Warns Against Ravalomanana's Plans
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Pretoria - South Africa has cautioned against "unilateral measures" taken prior to the Southern African Development Community's report on the political crisis in Madagascar.Reacting to an announcement (By News Poster)...Kenya: Saitoti Accused of Shielding the 'Real' Drug Traffickers
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Caroline WafulaNairobi - The House was treated to an emotional spectacle of the drug trafficking debate as four MPs alleged to be involved in the syndicate accused Internal Security Minister Prof G (By News Poster)...Suid Africa: Vrou kry pa se lyk: 'Hy is soos 'n dier geslag'
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Number 3 for a no appearance in the English media (Grazy) Jody Nel “Hy het dit nie verdien nie. Hulle het hom soos ’n dier geslag.” So sê me. Jessica Daniels (28), wat die naweek op die lyk (By Grazy)...Namibia: Opposition Parties Lose Poll Challenge Dismissed
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Werner MengesNamibia's National Assembly election in late 2009 has survived the legal challenge through which nine opposition parties tried to force a fresh election or a recount of votes.The oppos (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Britain Hails Health Sector's Success
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaDESPITE limiting donor funding and imposing illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe, Britain has acknowledged that Zimbabwe has been one of the most successful countries in arresting H (By News Poster)...East Africa: Africa Could Feed Itself, Says Development Expert
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Mi?o Tatalovi?Africa could feed itself within a generation through the application of science-based techniques to agricultural production, according to the editor of a report on how to do this, whi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man stabbed to death in ANC dispute
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Pretoria - A man was stabbed to death when African National Congress supporters clashed in Pretoria, over nomination lists for candidates to take part in the upcoming municipal elections. Police sp (By Grazy)...Biti Can't Probe Other Ministries - Official
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Finance Minister Tendai Biti has no authority to order an investigation into any other ministry and should instead focus on paying civil servants meaningful salaries, senior Government officials have (By News Poster)...Libya: Death toll in Protests Reaches 24, Rights Group Says
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Security forces have killed at least 24 people in a violent crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in Libya, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.The New York-based rights group, citing witne (By News Poster)...South Africa: Winnie highway clash - cops suspended
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Two policemen involved in an altercation with ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her bodyguards have been suspended, a police spokesperson said on Monday. Colonel Neville Malila s (By Grazy)...Tanzania: Kikwete Calls Meeting to Discuss Explosions
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Florence MugarulaThe National Peace and Security Committee met under President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday evening to discuss and take appropriate action following bomb blasts which killed at least 20 (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: SADC Should Replace Jomic As GPA Monitor Centred
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: SADC must urgently establish a select committee to replace Zimbabwe's internal Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) which has dismally failed to discharge its mandate to monitor the e (By News Poster)...Industrialisation Gone Wrong
Friday 18-Feb-2011: FOR the last few months there has been recurrent media reference to the collapse of the manufacturing sector, notwithstanding that surveys by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry in 2009 and 2010 sh (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Cocoa Ban Latest Worry for Growers
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Abidjan - An embargo on the export of cocoa beans in Côte d'Ivoire is curbing income for the country's 900,000 growers, the latest to be caught in the crossfire of the political fallout.Presiden (By News Poster)...South Africa: Early Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Could Be Best
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Ayanda MkhwanaziSharing a child's HIV status with them can be a difficult for a caregiver, but according to the Wits Institute for Health HIV and Related Diseases, disclosure has incredible benefit (By News Poster)...Kenya: 'I Need to Know Who Killed My Family'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Kendu Bay - Bernard Ndege lost all 11 members of his immediate family when his home in the lakeside town of Naivasha was torched during the orchestrated violence that swept across much of Kenya after (By News Poster)...Gambia: Finance Permanent Secretary II Testifies Before Lands Commission
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By lamin SanyangPermanent Secretary II at the Ministry of Finance, Mr Sereign Cham, appeared at the High Court premises in Banjul to testify about his role in the Lands Sale Committee before the Lands (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma Calls for Partnership in Job Creation
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Chris BathembuCape Town - President Jacob Zuma has conceded that government alone will not be in a position to provide the much needed jobs for South Africa and has called on the country's private (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Five Injured as MASSOB, Police Clash
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Alphonsus NwezeOnitsha - AT least five members of the Movement for the Actualization of Soverign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) were Wednesday injured following a clash between police in Onitsha and MAS (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Massive Coal Exports Dependent On Logistics
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Paul FauvetMaputo - Tete (Mozambique), 11 Feb (AIM) - The Australian mining company Riversdale has acquired its own locomotives and wagons to move coal from its open cast mine at Benga, in the west (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zanu Pf Violence Courts Sanctions' Extension
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: THE extension of targeted sanctions against political leaders and corporate bodies has become an annual ritual on Zimbabwe's political calendar. The script to the drama has generally stayed the same. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Port Harcourt Stampede - Victims Tell Their Stories
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Jimitota Ono-Yume, Port HarcourtNONE of the victims saw it coming that sunny afternoon. The Liberation Stadium, venue of the Peoples Democratic Party's presidential campaign rally for the South Sou (By News Poster)...Reward Offered in Muti Murder Case
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Eric MashabaGiyani - Limpopo police are offering R100 000 to anyone with information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the muti murder of Mphephu Grace Baloyi, 45.The (By News Poster)...Mozambique: IFDC and Government Partner to Improve Food Security
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: IFDC and the government of Mozambique have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize their joint commitment to improve agricultural productivity through sound and sustainable soil nutrie (By News Poster)...Tweeting Gender Justice in Africa
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Saeanna ChingamukaJohannesburg - A few weeks ago there was a revolution in Tunisia. Some sources say the revolution was not televised, but rather twitterised. On 14 January, Tunisian President Zine (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: India Targets Diamonds
Monday 14-Feb-2011: INDIA's diamond market is hoping to import about six million carats of Zimbabwe's diamond stockpile to alleviate a shortage of rough diamonds, reports from India indicated.The move could intensify com (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Drivers Held Over Siren
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: By Kitsepile NyathiZimbabwean police have arrested premier Morgan Tsvangirai's two drivers and seized his cars after they were found with beacon lights and sirens. The drivers, who were arrested on Fr (By News Poster)...South Africa: (previously posted in Afrikaans) Coloured workers face the axe - report
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Nearly a million of all economically active coloured South Africans in the Western Cape will have to earn a living in another province if proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Ac (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Alaibe Raises Alarm Over Planned Arrest
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Mr Timi Alaibe, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Bayelsa State has raised alarm on plans to arrest and try him over the attacks in his country home, Opokuma, Bayelsa State, on Ja (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Johannesburg: The crime WAR raging in my suburb & neighbouring suburbs - helicopters, wild car chases...
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: I was telling some friends that in recent months the crime war in my suburb and the neighbouring suburbs is getting wilder. I live in Montgomery Park (named after that most mediocre British Genera (By Jan)...Liberia: Déjà Vu at the Charles Taylor Trial
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Alpha SesayIn an unexpected moment of symmetry last week, on Tuesday, February 8, the defense lawyer for former Liberian president Charles Taylor walked out of court. At a break, Taylor himself lef (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bloody Eid-El Maulud in Jos as 12 Are Killed
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Seriki AdinoyiIt was indeed another bloody day for residents of Jos, Plateau State, at the eid-el maulud celebration Tuesday as 12 persons, including a riot policeman around whom the killings revol (By News Poster)...Uganda: Opposition's Besigye Enters Museveni Territory
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Eriasa Mukiibi SserunjogiKampala - President Yoweri Museveni's traditional political stronghold, western Uganda looks like the wrong place for an opposition candidate to spend two precious weeks at (By News Poster)...Libya: Protesters Clash With Police in Benghazi
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Several hundred demonstrators clashed with policemen in the Libyan town of Benghazi overnight on Tuesday, witnesses say. Fourteen people were injured in the unrest, a Libyan newspaper said on Wednesda (By News Poster)...Africa: The World is Heading for Oil Drought, Says Shell
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: THE global appetite for energy is likely to swell far more rapidly than available supply in coming decades as oil production hits a plateau and emerging markets see rampant economic growth, Royal Dutc (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Farmers Need Partnerships - Vice President
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Kuda BwititiVICE-President Joice Mujuru has implored the corporate sector to foster joint synergies with farmers as such partnerships spur economic development.Speaking at a field day hosted by Mr (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Asylum Seekers Languish in SA Detention
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Brian ChitembaHUNDREDS of Zimbabwean asylum seekers are languishing in unlawful detention centres in South Africa regardless of court rulings stating that it was illegal to arrest and imprison refu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PHCN Privatisation - BPE Extends Deadline for EOI
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Clara NwachukwuThe Federal Government has approved extension, by three weeks, of the deadline for the submission of Expressions of Interest, EOIs, for the successor companies created out of the Pow (By News Poster)...Kenya's Urban Farmers Use Waste
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Bob KoigiDomestic and industrial effluent combined with domestic wastes in the urban watercourses of Nairobi are widely perceived as the causes of stench and disease, but not so for the thousands o (By News Poster)...South Africa: Early Disclosure to Children Could Be Best
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Ayanda MkhwanaziDisclosing your child's HIV status to them can be a difficult thing to do for a caregiver, but it's probably the best thing you would have done for them. According to the Wits Insti (By News Poster)...Egypt: A New Tomorrow Dawns
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: By Eva HarounEva Haroun, who was in Tahrir Square on January 25 and on February 11 to witness both the start and the climax of Egypt’s popular uprising, reports from Cairo on the euphoria of the (By News Poster)...Africa: UN Chief Calls on Leaders To Co-operate With African Presidents
Friday 18-Feb-2011: With a high-level African Union (AU) panel due to visit Côte d'Ivoire soon to try to resolve the political crisis arising from former president Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down despite his (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: UK Faces Criticism Over £100 Million 'Reward'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Alex BellThe UK government is this week facing criticism for plans to increase its aid to Zimbabwe to more than a £100 million a year, as a 'reward' for democratic reform, despite renewed pol (By News Poster)...Sudan: Farming the Future in the South
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Yei - With independence only months away, Southern Sudan will need to invest in infrastructure to feed and employ its people, while seeking alternatives to its economic dependency on oil, say analysts (By News Poster)...Opposition Loses
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Toivo NdjebelaWindhoek - Lack of supportive evidence to back claims of alleged irregularities and vote rigging in the 2009 general election yesterday proved too costly to nine opposition parties wh (By News Poster)...Nigeria: JTF Fault Dutch Legislator Over Alleged Oil Theft Connivance
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Samuel OyadonghaYenagoa - The Joint Task Force has described as untrue claim by some politicians including a member of the Dutch parliament that its personnel were involved in crude oil theft in th (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Bloodless Male Circumcision to Boost HIV Prevention
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Nairobi - The Rwandan government plans to expand its national voluntary male circumcision programme using a new device, the PrePex system, which officials say saves both time and money.The PrePex syst (By News Poster)...Chad: Use of Child Soldiers an Ongoing Problem - UN Chief
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: The recruitment and use of children by armed forces and other armed groups in Chad persists, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report, while noting that reduced tensions last year enabled ma (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Peacekeepers Will Use Force if Attacked, Says UN
Monday 14-Feb-2011: United Nations peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire, where former president Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down despite his electoral defeat, are crucial to preventing a possible resumption of civil wa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Dad Kills Son in Ritual Murder
Monday 14-Feb-2011: A Karoi man who fatally struck his nine-year-old son with an iron bar before selling one of the boy's ears and blood to strangers for ritual purposes has been convicted of murder.Bigknows Wairosi of M (By News Poster)...South Africa: Toll road fat cats
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Adriaan Basson and Moffet Mofokeng, City Press Johannesburg - Eighty-five cents out of every R1 profit made from constructing and operating Gauteng’s controversial open road tolling system could land (By Grazy)...Murder Suspect Commits Suicide With Police Gun
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Adam HartmanShortly after a security guard at Uis was arrested for stabbing a crystal seller to death, he shot himself with a pistol that he had grabbed from a Police officer.The incident started y (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Food Poison Scare in Ibadan (1)
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Oladele OgunsolaIbadan - Last Thursday food poison scare in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, caught everybody unawares and still reverberates across the length and breadth of the state.From nowhere, (By News Poster)...Tsvangirai Threatens Election Boycott
Friday 18-Feb-2011: MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has indicated that he is unlikely to take part in elections that are due to be held later this year.In a meeting with a business delegation from Germany yesterday, Mr (By News Poster)...Uganda: Where the Election Will be Won and Lost
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By James Eriku, Pauline Kairu, David Mafabi And Felix WaromGulu/Jinja/Mbale/Arua - Tomorrow's election is historic for at least two reasons. It has been the most expensive in history with the ruling N (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Criticises Zanu-PF After Car Impounded
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Ryan TruscottZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he over-estimated President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party's sincerity and honesty. Tsvangirai was speaking after police impounded his c (By News Poster)...Africa: The Perfect Storm is Coming, Are You Ready?
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By John GithongoA seismic shift is underway in the Middle East that started in Tunisia, then Egypt and has then spread like a "contagion," as Syrian President Basher el Assad is reported to have descr (By News Poster)...Uganda: Aronda, Kayihura Issue Poll Warning
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Risdel KasasiraKampala - The Chief of Defence forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima and the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura have warned they will deal with any militia that may be dep (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Threatens Boycott of 'Rushed' Election
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Lance GumaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has threatened to boycott a rushed election this year, arguing it was important to create conditions for a free and fair election first.He said pre-requis (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: From Bad to Worse
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Abidjan - With the world's attention focusing on mass mobilization and historic shifts of power in Tunis and Cairo, the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire has faded into the background but remains complete (By News Poster)...Namibia: Influx of Chinese Businesses Gets Mixed Reaction
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Francis XoagubOshakati - The continuing influx of Chinese businesses into Namibia since independence is evoking mixed reactions from institutions, local business enterprises and consumers, all of w (By News Poster)...South Africa: Angry Protesters Blockade District
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Nthambeleni GabaraPretoria - Angry protesters have again begun blockading all the entrances to the Wesselton township near Ermelo, Mpumalanga police said on Wednesday morning.Protests broke out in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Boyfriend killed with toilet acid
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Ginisile Ndovela, The Witness Durban - A woman sat and watched TV with her boyfriend’s family while waiting for him to return home, before allegedly throwing lethal toilet acid over the unsuspecting (By Grazy)...A Roadmap for Peace in Darfur (document)
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: In the aftermath of a successful referendum process in South Sudan which will likely lead to the emergence of two new states – North and South Sudan – from one, and against the backdrop of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 12 Killed in Jos
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Seriki AdinoyiIt was indeed another bloody day for residents of Jos, Plateau State, at Eid-el maulud celebration Tuesday as 12 persons, including a riot policeman around whom the killings revolved, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sack Fever Grips Oceanic Bank Staff
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - Sack fever has gripped Oceanic Bank staff following the removal of another group of workers by its management over the threat of picketing the bank by the Nigeria Labour Cong (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Striking Truckers
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Johannesburg police fired rubber bullets Monday at truck drivers who were striking for the second day, calling for a salary increase. Police said they fired bullets to disperse crowds after protesters (By News Poster)...South Africa: No end to violent trucker strike
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - If the demands of the four striking freight unions were not met at a meeting with employers on Tuesday, the nationwide strike would continue, the Professional Transport Workers Union (P (By Grazy)...East Africa: Cyber Thieves Now Turn to Smart Phones
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Michael OumaNairobi - In a major shift in cybercrime trends, scammers are now moving their focus from Microsoft's Windows-based computers to other operating systems and platforms including smart ph (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Oil Leak - NNPC Evacuates 450,000 Litres of Petrol
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuNigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) has said over 450,000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) have been drained from an oil leak site at Isheri Olofin, a Lagos sub (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Jonathan Suspends Campaign After Stampede Claims 11 Lives
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Kunle AkogunLast Saturday's stampede at the launch of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential campaign rally of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt (By News Poster)...Sudan: Calm Returns to Abyei After Market Shooting
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Khartoum - Authorities from the oil-producing region of Abyei say that calm has returned to the area following a shooting, which occurred when an armed soldier from a joint (North-South) unit of the S (By News Poster)...Kenya: To Stop Starvation, Nation Must Stop Fire-Fighting Approach to Food Security
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Catherine NjugunaNairobi - How can Kenya feed its future doubled population, given its fire-fighting approach to food security?The flames of famine are flaring in the usual suspect districts in Ken (By News Poster)...South Africa: Schools HIV Testing Campaign Coming Soon - Living With Aids
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Khopotso BodibeIn a decisive move to encourage as many South Africans as possible to know their HIV status, the Health Department is now taking its HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign to you (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Namibia Slams EU Stance On Sanctions
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: NAMIBIA has condemned the European Union's extension of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe saying the embargo was impeding regional development.The illegal sanctions are hurting the ordinary people (By News Poster)...South Africa: Afrikaners must find their own Nkandla - Zuma
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Uhhmmmm, and so they say with a smile on the face and the knive held behind the back. Remember Piet Retief. No Mr Prez, You will not fool me to vote ANC. (Grazy) Pieter du Toit and Lizel Steenkamp, (By Grazy)...Uganda: Pushing HIV on to Presidential Candidates' Agenda
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Kampala - Civil society activists say Uganda's presidential candidates have not placed sufficient emphasis on how they plan to tackle the epidemic should they come into office, despite rising HIV prev (By News Poster)...Sanctions Split EU, Says Germany
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: GERMANY yesterday acknowledged divisions within the European Union over the continuation of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe.This came out as the EU announced it had extended the existence of the widely (By News Poster)...Gukurahundi Monument for Bhalagwe (news)
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Nqobani NdlovuBulawayo - A group representing victims of political violence has written to the Matobo rural council in Matabeleland South seeking authority to erect a monument in memory of civilian (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Loss Adjusters' Biggest Challenge is the Non Payment of Charges-Mgbojikwe
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: The loss adjusting profession:The adjuster is the insurance person who specializes in claims handling. This is the simplest way to describe an adjuster. First of all you have to be an insurance person (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Re-Opening Time Bank Seeks to Reassure Clients
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: TIME Bank managing-director Chris Takura Tande says the bank will break new ground in investment banking by introducing tailor-made products.The bank is set to re-open its doors to the public next mon (By News Poster)...Uganda: Lending Rates Could Rise As TBs Yield Jumps
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Ibrahim KasitaBANK lending rates may rise following increases in treasury bond yields since the beginning of the year, the Central Bank has said.Although commercial banks peg their lending rates on (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Man in Possession of Weapons and Ammunition Arrested
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Chidi NkwoparaOwerri - Imo State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Chidi Benjamin for being in possession of 138 fully loaded magazines.Other deadly items recovered from the suspect's Toyota Camr (By News Poster)...Mugabe Frustrating New Finance Law - Biti
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Paidamoyo Muzulu and Tendai ZhanjeMINISTER of Finance Tendai Biti this week accused President Robert Mugabe of deliberately frustrating the gazetting of the Public Finance Management Act, which see (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'Anti-Graft Officers Were Offered Stands'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Bernard MpofuA REAL estate company, Assetfin, has claimed in the High Court that some Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officers were offered residential stands to block a criminal probe against for (By News Poster)...Tanzania: At Least 150 Children Lost, Say Relief Bodies
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Rosemary MirondoAt least 150 children were separated from their families as people scampered for safety during Wednesday night's explosions at a military base at Gongo la Mboto.Thousands of people, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Islamic Banking - Issues And Challenges
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Jerry UwahThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has gone a long way in laying the groundwork for the commencement of Islamic Banking in Nigeria. At a recent workshop in Bauchi State, the Special Advise (By News Poster)...Libya: At Least Four Die in Anti-Regime Protests
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: At least four people have been killed in clashes with Libyan security forces ahead of a nationwide "day of anger", opposition websites and NGOs said on Thursday.The websites and a Libyan rights group (By News Poster)...Sudan: Darfur Peacekeepers Set Up Quick Reaction Force
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has significantly stepped up its patrols in the strife-torn region of Sudan where there was a recent resurgence of violence and (By News Poster)...Namibia: Fuel, Inflation Increase
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Jo-Maré DuddyConsumers got a double dose of bad news yesterday: the fuel price will jump by another 35 cents per litre tomorrow and the annual inflation rate increased to 3,5 per cent.Mines and Ene (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Oromo Rebels Claim Killing of Ethiopian Intelligence Agent
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Addis Ababa - The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), the armed wing of the OLF rebel group has claimed it has killed the head of a government intelligence group in the country's Oromoya region.According to (By News Poster)...Namibia: Windhoek Plot Prices Kept Artificially High
Monday 14-Feb-2011: THE Windhoek Municipality appears to be directly to blame for the cost of land escalating at an alarming rate in the city.Many residents blame the municipality for a slow and ineffective land delivery (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: The Tragedy of Johane Marange's Child Brides
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Roselyne SachitiAT the tender age of 14, Nyarai has been betrothed to a senior member of the apostolic sect as the eighth wife.The marriage was arranged outside her knowledge and she found herself (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bric Membership a Milestone for Africa - Zuma
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Cape Town - South Africa's return to the powerful UN Security Council and the country's invitation to join the economic coalition that includes Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will go a long wa (By News Poster)...Namibia: Outjo Forum Hunts Down Stock Thieves
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Denver KistingJohnny Horaseb, the vice chairperson of the Outjo Crime Prevention Forum, a community-based crime watchdog, yesterday said stock thieves need to know that they will be hunted down.Hor (By News Poster)...South Africa: Justice for HIV-Positive Man
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Ayanda MkhwanaziA Gauteng man who won a case of discrimination and unfair dismissal against his former employers in the Labour Court, in Johannesburg, says he hopes the ruling will encourage other (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Looting Suspects' Trial Date Set
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: The trial of 17 people accused of attacking police officers and security guards who tried to stop them from looting sugar from a haulage truck that had been involved in an accident has been set for Ap (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man murdered, robbed after car crash
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Kimberley - Three people have been arrested in connection with the robbery and murder of a Kimberley man after he was involved in a road accident, police said on Monday. Koos Van Schalkwyk, of Riet (By Grazy)...Suid Afrika: Jong meisie (11) het Jansen amper in trane
Monday 14-Feb-2011: André Damons ’n Jong 11-jarige beursskenker van Kimberley het prof. Jonathan Jansen, rektor van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) só beïndruk dat hy gesukkel het om sy emosies in toom te h (By Grazy)...Zimbabwe: Agriculture Stakeholders Hit Out at Commodity Exchange
Monday 14-Feb-2011: THE recently established Commodity Exchange could have serious implications on food security and drive farmers away from farming, agriculture sector stakeholders argue.Sources said once food crops are (By News Poster)...Ghana: Women-Charming Juju Man Arrested in Accra
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Nathaniel Y. Yankson and Dora Akyaa AsareA NATIVE of Tevi in neighbouring Togo, Kwadzo Zombo Amenyikpo, 34, is in police custody at the Old Fadama police station, for allegedly harassing female tra (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Arms - 'Accused Person Had Criminal Record'
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Davidson IriekpenThe trial of two persons, an Iranian, Azim Aghajani and a Nigerian, Alli Abass Jega, for illegal arms shipment from Iran to Nigeria continued Thursday with a shocking revelation th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Tackling Debit Card Fraud
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: There have been widespread complaints by customers about the failure by many commercial banks in the country to resolve disputes arising from transactions made through cash dispensers, or Automated Te (By News Poster)...Nigeria: NCC's Fresh Plans to Deploy Fibre Across Country
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Prince OsuagwuThe Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, with a team of officials including the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, Mr (By News Poster)...Nigeria: JTF Debunks Allegations of Crude Oil Theft
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Samuel OyadonghaThe Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger Delta, has described as untrue, claims by some politicians including a member of the Dutch parliament that its personnel were involved in cru (By News Poster)...Mugabe's Poor Health Crippling Government Business
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Lance GumaMounting health problems for ZANU PF's 87 year old leader, Robert Mugabe, have limited the number of times the country's cabinet has met to discuss important national issues. On Sunday th (By News Poster)...MECs, Mayors to Play Key Role in New Growth Path - Minister
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Cape Town - Improved planning and co-ordination between national and provincial governments and municipalities will be central to the New Growth Path, the Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Pat (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Arusha, Kilimanjaro Top in Banking
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: 'You can bank on the north.' At every sunrise there seems to be a bank or related financial institution being established in either Arusha or Moshi towns.At the moment you probably cannot throw a coin (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: HIV/Aids - Telling It Like It is
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Is it such a disrespectful thing for someone who is HIV-negative to declare that they never wish to become infected with the virus?This question might sound absurd but it has been swirling in my mind (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Shareholders Optimistic of Better Days for Rescued Banks
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Festus AkanbiAs the Central Bank of Nigeria puts finishing touches to its plan to unveil prospective investors eyeing some of the eight rescued banks, there were indications last week that sharehol (By News Poster)...South Africa: Students Take Part in HIV Testing Campaign
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - In continuing with the fight against HIV and Aids, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HIV testing campaign targeting first year students at universities across the coun (By News Poster)...South Africa: Four Million Access Govt Services Centres
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Cape Town - More than four million South Africans have accessed Thusong Services Centres, which offer government information and services, since April last year, the Minister of Home Affairs Nkosazana (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PHCN - Ripples Over Deadline for Expression of Interest
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuFebruary 18 deadline given by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) for Expression of Interest (EoI) in the power generating and distribution companies unbundled from the Powe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mpumalanga cop shot dead
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A police constable has been shot dead at his home in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga police said on Thursday. The 34-year-old Constable Patrick Sibanyoni and a friend were in his home at 21:4 (By Grazy)...Namibia: Bomb-Scare Officer Awaits PG Decision
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Werner MengesTHE Police officer facing charges over the alleged planting of a fake bomb at Hosea Kutako International Airport in November last year could hear in early April where his case will go (By News Poster)...Mozambique: No South African Frigate in Country, Says Minister
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Maputo - The Mozambican Fisheries Minister, Victor Borges, has denied that the South African government has sent a frigate to Mozambique to help combat the growing threat of piracy in the waters of th (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Darkies': Nzimande should go, says DA
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Cape Town - The DA on Wednesday called for Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande to resign because of a statement he made in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Nzimande said: "If the (By Grazy)...Nigeria: Can CBN Instigate Removal of Oil Subsidy?
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Stan OkenwaRecent statement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Sanusi lamido Sanusi at 74th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at which the committee raised its polic (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Customers Lament as NLC Pickets Union Bank
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Sylvester Enoghase,Innocent Oweh,Harris-Okon Emmanuel,Segun Adeleye,Gbenga Abegunrin , Baba Negedu And Patience OgbodoLagos/Abuja/Warri/Abeokuta/Ibadan/kaduna - Customers of Union Bank, North and S (By News Poster)...Angola: Country Turns 35 Years As African Union Member
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Luanda - Angola celebrated the 35th anniversary on February 12 since joining the African Union (AU), then called Organisation of African Unity (OAU), as its 46th member.After independence, on November (By News Poster)...South Africa: Three held for Free State farm murder
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Briliant!!!! (Grazy) Johannesburg - A 66-year-old man was shot dead during a robbery at his farm in Frankfort, Free State police said on Sunday. Two men went to the farm on Saturday and found t (By Grazy)...Mozambique: Community Court Reintroduces Death Penalty
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Maputo - Although the death penalty was abolished in Mozambique in 1990, a Community Court in the central province of Manica sentenced a man to be beaten to death for the alleged theft of an ox-cart.T (By News Poster)...South Africa: Busa calls for toll tariff meeting
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Business Unity SA (Busa) wants an urgent meeting with Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele to discuss the implications on business of the new toll road tariffs in Gauteng. The organis (By Bommer)...South Africa: Afrikaners joining ANC - Mbalula
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A recent count showed the ruling ANC had more than 820 000 members – and many of them Afrikaners, officials said on Thursday. “The ANC is indestructible... in particular, Afrikaners (By Bommer)...Pap And Milk 'Kill' Three Villagers
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Denver KistingThree Kavango Region villagers who died over the weekend after eating porridge with cow milk may have been poisoned.Kavango regional Police commander Commissioner Olavi Auanga yesterd (By News Poster)...I Read Books On Warfare - Mandela
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Yemi AdebisiLagos - One of the greatest African leaders that touch the world with his ardent belief in justice is the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. When the story of his "death" (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: U.S.$10 Million Set Aside for Winter Wheat
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Elita ChikwatiGovernment has set aside US$10 million to finance this year's winter wheat crop.This follows negotiations between Ministers Joseph Made (Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Deve (By News Poster)...Low Rates Lure Borrowers Back
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Overall credit growth for 2010 was "quite robust", coming in at 14,1 per cent compared to 13,6 per cent in 2009, Bank Windhoek economist John Steytler said yesterday."The robust credit conditions over (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Police Attack Security Workers
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Maputo - The Mozambican police attacked a march by private security workers on Tuesday, in the central city of Quelimane, according to a report in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique".The work (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Govt Warns Ravalomanana Not to Return
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Authorities in Madagascar said Wednesday that ousted President Marc Ravalomanana will be arrested if he enters the country.His aides announced Tuesday that Ravalomanana plans to return home on Saturda (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Food Prices Soar in Kigali
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Saul ButeraPrice of some foodstuffs like tomatoes and potatoes increased in most markets around Kigali, a mini-survey carried out by Business Times can reveal. Prices of other products like beans, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Security - Oil Firms Support FG With U.S.$200 Million in Niger Delta
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Ejiofor AlikeThe oil and gas industry operators in the country have supported the Federal Government with an annual budget of $200million for the security of oil and gas installations in the Niger (By News Poster)...Gambia: Former Principal Surveyor Explains How Land is Allocated Promises to Submit Inspection Reports
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By lamin SanyangThe former Principal Surveyor at the Department of Lands and Survey, Mr. Ousman S Jarjusey, on Thursday, 10th February 2011 at the Lands Commission in Banjul, made revelations and prom (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Cocoa Ban Latest Worry for Growers
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Abidjan - An embargo on the export of cocoa beans in Côte d'Ivoire is curbing income for the country's 900,000 growers, the latest to be caught in the crossfire of the political fallout.Presiden (By News Poster)...Kenya: HIV-Positive Forest Evictees Struggle to Access ARVs
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Mau Forest - Wesley Kipkoech*, 21, may be illiterate and speak only his native Ndorobo tongue, but he understands all too well that if he does not have regular access to his HIV medication, he is like (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Take Decisive Steps to Avert Bomb Tragedies
Friday 18-Feb-2011: As the country mourns the 20 people killed on Wednesday night following explosions at a munitions dump in Dar es Salaam, the palpable public anger is justifiable. This is the second such incident in j (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: South Africa Takes Neutral Stance on Crisis
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Cape Town - South Africa believes that dwelling on the "inconclusive" elections in Ivory Coast will not help in negotiating an end to the political crisis in that country, International Relations Mini (By News Poster)...Suid Africa: Pa van vyfjarige in huis vermoor
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Another one that never got to the English media. (Grazy) Riata Nel ’n Ma moes gister die nuus aan haar vyfjarige seuntjie oordra dat sy pa dood is nadat hy in sy huis vermoor is. Diahn Alberts (By Grazy)...Nigeria: PDP - Jonathan Bribed Delegates With U.S.$7000 - Atiku
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of using financial inducement of $7000 to each delegate to the recent national convention of the Peoples Democratic P (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Union Bank Workers to go on Indefinite Strike
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Kingsley IghomwenghianWorkers of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, on Tuesday reneged on their previous "agreement" not to join the ongoing picketing exercise embarked upon to protest alleged high handedn (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Commercial Banks Decry Rampant Loan Defaults
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Abduel ElinazaLoan defaulters are increasingly eating up the profits of commercial banks and potential government revenues due to what industry sources attribute to the absence of credit reference (By News Poster)...South Africa: SAA crew member arrested in Brazil
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: To hide 5Kg of coke on her body effectively, she must have a lot of folds. They say SA onley order wide body aircraft so the flight attendants can have wide passages to fit in, with one row of seats (By Grazy)...New Anxieties Over Trade Talks
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Ravi Kanth DeverakondaGeneva - South Africa has expressed sharp concern over concerted attempts by leading industrialised countries, particularly the U.S. and the European Union (EU), to extract on (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Cops Recover Guns
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Police have arrested four poachers who last month escaped from National Parks rangers who were trailing them at Matopo National Park.They have recovered two AK-47 rifles, three magazines and 113 round (By News Poster)...Sudan: Islamic Institution Called on to Provide Security for Exports
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Khartoum - The Minister of Finance and National Economy, Ali Mahmoud, has called on the Islamic Investment Insurance and Export Credit to provide collateral for the security of the Sudanese exports an (By News Poster)...Kenya: Launch of Transition to Low Sulphur Diesel
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Nairobi - The transition to low sulphur diesel officially takes place on Friday, a move aimed at improving air quality and reducing harmful vehicle emissions.The event takes place at the United Nation (By News Poster)...East Africa: Catalyst Partners Raises Sh5.6 Billion for Regional Investments
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Geoffrey IrunguPrivate equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has raised Sh5.6 billion ($70 million) for investment in various sectors of the economies in eastern Africa.The amount is part of a Sh (By News Poster)...Nigeria: JTF Denies Stealing Oil in Niger Delta
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Harris-Okon EmmanuelWarri - Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed 'Operations Restore Hope' on Tuesday refuted allegations that its personnel were engaging in oil theft in the Niger Delta region.The all (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG Condemns Oil Majors' Dependence on Importation of Facilities
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Adeola YusufLagos - The federal government has declared hatred for oil majors' preference for importing goods and services used by the industry, stressing that this is impoverishing Nigerians and s (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Senate Passes Anti-Terrorism Bill
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Folashade Adetutu-Koyi and Abel OrukpeLagos - Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan wrote to the Senate begging the lawmakers to pass the Anti-Terrorism Bill, the Upper Chamber on Thurs (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PHCN Workers Shut Olorunsogo Power Plant
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungOgun - THE Olorunsogo power plant in Ogun State, that was handed over to Chinese by the Federal Government on Tuesday (a public holiday), has been shut down by aggrieved workers (By News Poster)...U.S. Court Jails Somali Pirate
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: A Somali pirate captured in 2009 was sentenced on Wednesday to almost 34 years in prison, despite calls for leniency.A New York federal judge hopes the sentencing will deter future maritime crimes.Abd (By News Poster)...Namibia: No Resettlement for High-Income Earners
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Catherine SasmanLANDS Minister Alpheus !Naruseb has asked regional governors to review the criteria for land resettlement, particularly the provision dealing with the exclusion of applicants whose (By News Poster)...South Africa: Manhunt for Cullinan lodge robbers
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Pretoria - Police launched a manhunt on Wednesday for four men who cut a 66-year-old man's ear and also shot another during a robbery at a lodge in Cullinan. "They haven't been arrested yet but we (By Grazy)...Tanzania: Power Woes Won't End Soon, Ngeleja Cautions
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Lucas LigangaThe power crisis is not likely to end this year, the government said yesterday, and as it announced a number of measures to address the recurrent problem.Energy and Minerals minister W (By News Poster)...Malawi: Civil Society Warns of More Fuel Crisis Protests
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Sethekele Ncube and John AllenCape Town - Organisers of demonstrations against Malawi's chronic fuel crisis have vowed to continue their protests despite being stopped by police on Monday, report (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Lending to Private Sector Increases Further
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Sebastian MrindokoCommercial banks lending to private sector has continued to improve, reflecting recovered confidence on the economy after the global financial crisis.According to Bank of Tanzania (By News Poster)...Kenya: No Evidence to Nail Suspected Drug Lords
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Nairobi - The naming in Kenya's Parliament of four MPs and a businessman suspected of dealing in narcotic drugs compromised police investigations, says a report by the team assigned to probe the matte (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe/Zambia: Mighty Warriors Beat Zambia
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Grace ChingomaMIGHTY WARRIORS' goalkeeper Onai Chingawo put up a brilliant performance with some blinding saves, including a penalty, which helped Zimbabwe to victory over a fired-up Zambia in the (By News Poster)...Africa: Coffee Prices Up Amid Rising Global Demand
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Rawlings OtiniCoffee prices rose to new highs last week, cranking up returns for marketers and cushioning farmers against a drop in supply.The average price of various grades at the coffee auction (By News Poster)...[Video] WARNING GRAPHIC Bahrain royal family orders army to open fire on innocent people - Oh really? Mass Action ANC style?
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: [I found this item which is doing the rounds currently. The heading says that the royal family ordered the army to open fire on "innocent people". Well, what you will see is a a crowd of people be (By Jan)...South Africa: Court Rules Against Firing of HIV-Positive Man
Friday 18-Feb-2011: By Alex Duval SmithIn a landmark South African court judgement, a horse-riding instructor who was sacked from his job for being HIV-positive has won his case.The Johannesburg Labour Court on Wednesday (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN to Review Criteria for Appointment of Bank Directors
Friday 18-Feb-2011: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that it is currently reviewing the whole essence of fit and proper persons to be appointed to sensitive senior positions, including the board of banks.As pa (By News Poster)...Sudan: Govt Expels French Aid Group From South Darfur
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Khartoum - State authorities in the troubled South Darfur expelled Monday a French aid group from the accusing them of supporting rebels from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abel Wahid Al-N (By News Poster)...Uganda: Use Police for Money Escort
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Police has recovered part of the sh800m Stanbic bank cash that was stolen from a bullion van in Bulambuli last week by G4S security guards.This is not the first time security guards entrusted with esc (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Sleeping in Darkness Yet Meeting Escalating Power Bill!
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Makwaia wa KuhengaAs I am penning this perspective, a Kiswahili adage has immediately come to mind. It is 'kufa, kufaana'. It translates simply that one's death or funeral may as well mean good tid (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Harare Hospital Junior Doctors Strike
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaJunior doctors at Harare Central Hospital yesterday went on strike, demanding an upward variation of on-call allowances.They say they get 33 US cents per hour and want this increa (By News Poster)...Africa: Shell Makes Cautious Retreat From Africa
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: By Justus OndariNairobi - Shell is cautiously exiting the African continent by retaining shareholding in two joint ventures created after its Sh80 billion ($1 billion) deal with Vitol and Helios Inves (By News Poster)...British Foreign Secretary Condemns Attacks on Demonstrators (document)
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed the UK government's concern on continuing reports overnight of unacceptable violence used against protesters in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen . In a state (By News Poster)...Suid Africa: Dankie, Steve! / Thanks, Steve! MEDIA RELEASE / MEDIAVERKLARING
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Dankie, Steve! TLU SA het vanoggend persoonlik ’n boodskap van dank aan sanger en akteur Steve Hoffmeyr oorgedra oor sy inisiatief om die probleem van plaasmoorde onder die aandag van die breë publ (By Grazy)...Sierra Leone: African University to Train 12 Petroleum Engineers
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Pasco G. TempleFreetown - Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA) has informed the government of Sierra Leone that Nigeria's minister of State Foreign Affairs, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong, has (By News Poster)...Somalia: Four Killed, 11 Injured in Mogadishu Shootout
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Mogadishu - At least 4 people were killed and more that 11 others injured after Somali government forces shot demonstrators supporting the transitional government, officials said on Tuesday.Shabelle r (By News Poster)...Sudan: South Rules Out Sharing Oil Revenue With North
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Juba - The new state of South Sudan that is expected to officially become the world's newest state next July, has no intention of continuing to split the proceeds from oil revenue, an official in the (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Dozens of Somali Migrants Die in Shipwreck
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: 51 Somali migrants died after a vessel transporting them sank off the coast of Mozambique 10 days ago, police say.The Tanzanian-owned boat was carrying more than one hundred illegal immigrants from So (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Okays Wema Bank for Regional Banking
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Babajide KomolafeLagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has confirmed that Wema Bank has met the minimum capital requirement for regional banking license.Wema Bank had applied for license as a r (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tobacco Selling Season Kicks Off
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Elita ChikwatiALL is set for the 2011 tobacco selling season, which opens tomorrow with individual sales, raising hopes of fresh capital inflows into the country.Contract sales are expected to begi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Biti Blocks Funding for Mugabe Scholarship Scheme
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Lance GumaA faction of the Zimbabwe National Students Union has praised Finance Minister Tendai Biti for delivering a 'classic Valentine's Day victory,' by blocking Treasury from funding the contro (By News Poster)...Zambia: Bulk Fuel Storage to Increase
Monday 14-Feb-2011: ZAMBIA will in the next five years raise the national bulk fuel storage capacity to one month from the present 15 days in order to maintain steady fuel prices and supply.According to the Sixth Nationa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Arvs - Side Effects Under Probe
Monday 14-Feb-2011: THERE are some people who have been on ART for sometime now and had been doing well.However, they do not understand why they are all of a sudden ill, yet the same drugs had seen them getting back on t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: My Father Thought Me to Protest With Music - Femi Kuti
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Femi Anikulapo - Kuti needs no introduction. First son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Femi, who is turning out to be a splitting image of his late father, was a delightful person to interview.Frank and to th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Media Statement in Response to Former Malagasy President, Marc Ravalomanana's Press Briefing on February 17 2011
Friday 18-Feb-2011: The South African Government notes the statement made by the former President of Madagascar, Mr Marc Ravalomanana stating his intent to return to Madagascar on 19 February 2011. The South African Gov (By News Poster)...Uganda: Tullow, CNOOC, Total Deal Soon
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Joe PowellFred Kabagambe-Kaliisa is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development which is responsible for the oil exploration and production sector in Uganda. The Independent (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dewani Copycat Accused Tries for Plea Bargain
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: By Yugendree NaidooLawyers representing a London-based asset manager who was arrested in Cape Town last month on suspicion of petrol-bombing the Clifton home of top businessman Philip Rhind, have appr (By News Poster)...Ghana: Fishermen Divided Over Ban On Light Fishing, as Sekondi Group Petitions CHRAJ, Parliament
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Zambaga Rufai SaminuTHE decision by the government to ban the use of lights in fishing has divided the leadership front of fishermen in the country. Whilst some of the fishing communities in the Ce (By News Poster)...Ghana: Making Judicious Use of the Oil Revenue
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Last Thursday, just as this paper prepared to go to bed, news filtered through of an additional new oil field discovery. Tullow Oil Plc announced significant oil and gas finds at a location not very f (By News Poster)...Victims of Violence Plan for Gukurahundi Monument (news)
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: An organisation representing victims of political violence is planning to erect a monument, to commemorate the thousands killed during the Gukurahundi era in Matabeleland South. They want the structur (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Former Telecoms CEO's Future May Not Be Prison
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: By Eden SahleTesfaye and 23 executives of what is now Ethio-Telecom were arrested, in 2008, on charges of corruption over the awarding of a contract for the installation of a mobile network. On Januar (By News Poster)...Mozambique: 50 Somali Migrants Die in Shipwreck
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Maputo - A boat carrying 129 illegal Somali and Ethiopian migrants sank last week off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, killing 51 of those on board.Speaking to reporters (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Mulls New Tax to Punish Water Polluters
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Chris BathembuCape Town - The South African government has hinted at the introduction of a new environmental tax in an effort to address future eruptions of acid mine drainage (AMD) in a country wh (By News Poster)...Tanzania: NBC Customer Deposits Hit Record 1.2 Trillion/-
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) has maintained healthy capital position despite the recently global financial crisis that impacted negatively on its loan portfolio.The crisis had compelled the ban (By News Poster)...Meet Harare's Mysterious Crowd-Puller
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Roselyne SachitiIT is 7am prompt and one could easily mistake this place for the Passport Offices in Harare, famed for their notoriously long queues but this is a different place altogether.The gra (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Militia Chase Residents From Homes
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: By Jennifer Dube and Indiana ChiraraHarare - SUPPORTERS of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who are being hounded out of their homes by militia aligned (By News Poster)...Africa: Is It Easy to Grow What is Good for You?
Monday 14-Feb-2011: New Delhi - The debates at the three-day International Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health in New Delhi were peppered with phrases like "think multi-sectorally", "i (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Cut the Supply Chain to Fight Drug Abuse
Monday 14-Feb-2011: This week has seen an intense nationwide campaign against drug abuse, with illicit drugs and alcohol worth millions of Rwandan Francs torched in public, across the country.Drugs and alcohol related of (By News Poster)...West Africa: We Have Not Taken Decision to Invade Cote d' Ivoire -ECOWAS
Monday 14-Feb-2011: By Jude OparaAbuja - Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS Commission has stated it has not taken any decision to invade Cote d' Ivoire following the refusal of the out-going president, Laurent Gb (By News Poster)...Zambia: Police Nab Truck Driver for Killing Six People
Monday 14-Feb-2011: POLICE in Luanshya have arrested and charged a truck driver for causing the death of six people in a road traffic accident that happened on Wednesday morning on Luanshya-Fisenge Road.And one of the tw (By News Poster)...South Africa: King Zuma's mines
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Jacques Dommisse, City Press Johannesburg - The state’s new mining company – heralded by some as a triumph for those pushing for nationalising South Africa’s mines – is bidding for no fewer than 128 (By Grazy)...South Africa: 'Vampire killer' appears in court
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Pietermaritzburg - Murder accused Njabulo Gwala, 22, dubbed the "vampire killer" for allegedly drinking the blood of one of his victims, abandoned his application for bail in the Pietermaritzburg magi (By Grazy)...South Africa: Dead baby found at Oprah school
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The body of a new-born baby was found at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls after a 17-year-old gave birth to it on Wednesday, Gauteng police said. Police could not confi (By Grazy)...South Africa: Shoot-out at shopping centre
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A 35-year-old man was arrested in Vosloorus on Friday for attempted business robbery, attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, Gauteng police said. "T (By Bommer)...[2 Graphs] Stock Markets: My Technical Indicator... Oops! Is it time to dive back into Gold - TODAY?
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: As of yesterday, Gold crossed the red line of my technical indicator. I am very surprised actually because I really thought we would be out of gold for much longer. The P&F Charts indicate that Gold i (By Jan)...South Africa: Vereeniging family held up, robbed
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Four robbers held up a Vereeniging family, bound them with wire and robbed them on Tuesday morning, police said. Warrant Officer Happy Nape said Longthason Pillay was attacked while (By Grazy)...Blast from the Past: [Photo] S.Africa: Several Dead as Cape Flats Gang war flares up again
Friday 18-Feb-2011: [Here is another old article which someone found recently and loved. Jan] Click here:- [Photo] S.Africa: Several Dead as Cape Flats Gang war flares up again (By Jan)...South Africa: Steve hitchhikes to see U2 in CT
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - After his big Bono saga, Steve Hofmeyr and a radio DJ from Ofm have decided to hitchhike from Bloemfontein to Cape Town on Friday in an effort to raise money to combat farm murders. (By Grazy)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (16-02-2011)
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Roy Bennett is an appointed minister in Zimbabwe's unity government. But it is a government so divided that he lives in self-imposed exile, (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: Robbers hit runner with getaway car
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A runner taking part in a race in Bedfordview, south of Johannesburg, at the weekend was seriously injured after a gang of robbers hit him with their getaway car, The Star newspaper rep (By Grazy)...South Africa: Fight breaks out at ANC meeting
Monday 14-Feb-2011: East London - An ANC regional council meeting in the Eastern Cape had to be cancelled at the weekend after a fight broke out between rival factions, the Daily Dispatch reported on Monday. Police sp (By Grazy)...USA: Stock Markets - My Technical Indicator - Is it time to get back into Gold? Will Oil be a loss this time? Shell Oil scare tactics?
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: I noticed on the stock charts that Gold has risen up to just barely cross my Technical Indicator. It appears the time may be approaching when we can get back into gold again. If so, then tomorrow I sh (By Jan)...South Africa: Gods bless ANC conference - Motlanthe
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Molaole Montsho Rustenburg - The Gods have blessed the ANC provincial elective conference in the North-West, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Saturday. "The Gods are happy for this con (By Bommer)...South Africa: E Cape ANC protests at Luthuli House
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - Disgruntled Eastern Cape ANC members sang and danced outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Monday demanding to speak to secretary general Gwede Mantashe. The group is protesting o (By Bommer)...USA: Stock Markets: Capitalism to the rescue - What they don't tell you about the Gulf Oil spill that caused such a panic...
Friday 18-Feb-2011: [Take a look at the news below. The US Govt is allowing drilling permits to drill for oil in the Gulf again. Look at the new rules which force drilling companies to have containment procedures in plac (By Jan)...[Pic] Humor: S.Africa: Blacks shoot themselves up the bum - Ek is 'n Groot Kaffer... I am a big NIGGER...
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [This reminds me of something I saw in Portland, Oregon, when I was in the USA last year. I took some photos and will post them. Sometimes blacks are actually not as outraged by the names whites calle (By Jan)...South Africa: Charges laid against Johannesburg mayor
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A group of residents has laid criminal charges against City of Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo amid the billing crisis that has left many without electricity, The Star newspaper reporte (By Grazy)...S.Africa: Johannesburg - The Crime WAR in my suburb - Hijacking last night, helicopters...
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [Here is a note I got from the man who heads the CPF in Montgomery Park area where I live. We are organizing more and more to monitor anything suspicious and to go after criminals. A post I di (By Jan)...South Africa: More than 100 have died in the floods so far
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - At least 103 people died in natural disasters since mid-December last year, the ministry for co-operative governance said on Monday evening. Most of the fatalities were in KwaZulu-Na (By Bommer)...Fluoride depletes iodine in the body, causing hypothyroidism and immune deficiency
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Fluoride is getting a lot of bad press these days, and for good reason: it is a toxic molecule that wreaks extensive, often irreversible, havoc on the body. The thyroid is particularly affected by flu...South Africa: Weduwee (62) wreed aangerand/ Woman (62) viciously attaced.
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Jana van der Merwe ZASTRON.– 'n Bejaarde vrou (62) van dié dorp is Sondag deur twee mans in haar huis aangeval. Haar bediende was die eerste een wat haar vanoggend vir die eerste keer gesien het. (By Grazy)...South Africa: Hurled brick narrowly misses driver
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Bongani Hans, The Witness Durban - A Pinetown motorist was lucky to escape a potentially dangerous situation when a brick thrown into his moving vehicle narrowly missed him, but shattered the rear wi (By Grazy)...South Africa: Man arrested with lock-jamming device
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: Eric Mashaba Polokwane - A Limpopo man has been arrested after being caught using a device that is used to prevent cars from locking. The 22-year-old was caught using the device in a parking lot i (By Grazy)...South Africa: Hijacked Gauteng man critical
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - A man is in critical condition after being hijacked at Ekangala, Bronkhorstspruit police said on Thursday. The 31-year-old man was accosted by three men - one of whom had a handgun - (By Grazy)...South Africa: Meshoe: Repent for blasphemy, Zuma
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Cape Town - Say you're sorry for your blasphemy, African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) leader Kenneth Meshoe told President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday. Speaking during debate in the National Assem (By Bommer)...South Africa: UDM dismayed by more Zuma business ties
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - United Democratic Movement president Bantu Holomisa says he is "dismayed" by a new report that President Jacob Zuma’s family is benefiting from business deals involving the government. (By Grazy)...South Africa: Toll fees to include discounts: Sanral
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Johannesburg - The fee structure for the Gauteng freeway network will include discounts for off-peak travel, e-tag users, frequent users and public transport operators, the South African National Road (By Bommer)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (14-02-2011)
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- I was deeply saddened this weekend to learn of the death of Jessie Nesbitt, wife of Lowveld farmer and businessman, Digby Nesbitt. Those (By The BeardedMan)...S.Africa: Economy - My Analysis - A change in the Rand/Dollar exchange rate...
Friday 18-Feb-2011: I have mentioned that I am watching trends and will use my own insights and analysis to indicate when the Rand is going to strengthen or weaken. At this time, it looks as if the Rand has stopped fa (By Jan)...[Cartoon] Zapiro's take on Gun raids... The Police are more irresponsible with Military weapons than Civilians are...
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: [A friend sent me this Zapiro cartoon with these comments. Our Police “lose” weapons. The Govt wants us to believe that civilians who own firearms need to be registered and controlled because we can’t (By Jan)...Global Stock Exchanges Are Headed for Major Consolidation
Monday 14-Feb-2011: Preparing For The One World Economy - Global Stock Exchanges Are Headed for Major Consolidation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...Blast from the Past: [Pic] Africa: The Painful Realities of Hyena Sex
Friday 18-Feb-2011: [Sometimes I spot old articles which people have found and voted on and liked. Here is a very weird scientific article from back in 2006 which someone liked. Jan] Check this out:- [Pic] Africa: Th (By Jan)...South Africa: Local elections before end May
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Cape Town - The local government elections will take place before the end of May, and preparations for the poll were well underway, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "The country will hold the (By Bommer)...USA: Stock Markets: Is Silver going nuts? Comex about to default?
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: [Silver is taking off, but what does this really mean or imply? Personally, I’m somewhat skeptical. I have been viewing and monitoring Silver and I think silver is due to fall back. It has had its (By Jan)...USA: Rumsfeld blasts Obama's world image
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: [Its nice hearing the truth. Obama has done nothing but apologise everywhere for America. Jan] Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld disputes the notion that President Barack Obama has made Amer (By Jan)...South Africa: Truck driver hit with 50kg rock
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Pietermaritzburg - A truck driver was hospitalised after being hit by a rock thrown from a bridge on the N3 near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said on Thursday. “It is believed that th (By Grazy)...USA: Stock Markets - My Technical Indicator... Back into Oil...
Tuesday 15-Feb-2011: Today the ETF, DIG exploded upwards. DIG is leveraged to move twice the normal amount that the oil price moves. Today, DIG exploded upwards with a vengeance and it crossed My Technical Indicator, (By Jan)...What is Jan Lamprecht up to now? Our new Online Shop and much more...
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Some of you might be wondering why I am a little scarce. It is because I am working frantically on a rewrite of our online store. I originally did the online store back in 2006 as an experiment and I (By Jan)...[Pic] Gore: What happened to a friend of mine's hand in the U.S.
Monday 14-Feb-2011: [I could not believe my eyes when Vernon sent the attached photo to me. I have known him for about 10 years. He lives in the USA. Something hideous happened to him. He is actually a retired old man. I (By Jan)...America: Is this the Original Real Thing? Coca Cola recipe
Saturday 19-Feb-2011: You just have to read and watch this great article. Has Coca Cola's closely guarded secret finaly been revealed, Judge for yourself or even better make it yourself. (By Bommer)...USA: Stock Markets - Jason Kelly on how much Wall St will rise before the next correction
Sunday 20-Feb-2011: Last week Jason Kelly sent a note to his readers issuing a sell order with a stop loss of 2% on a certain index because he wanted readers to sell out immediately on a fall. He noted that Wall St w (By Jan)...Joke: Humor: Earings on men
Wednesday 16-Feb-2011: [This is a brilliant joke. Pretty original. Jan] WHY Men Wear Earrings Did you ever wonder why earrings became so popular with men? A man is at work one day when he notices that his co-wo (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (18-02-2011)
Friday 18-Feb-2011: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- If you missed it, and are resident in the United Kingdom, then the interview Roy Bennett gave to the BBC on their programme HardTalk is her (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (17-02-2011)
Thursday 17-Feb-2011: Howzit This posting was started last afternoon and won't be very long as I have a meeting to attend elsewhere at midday... You may recall that yesterday I commented on the targetted sanctions li (By The BeardedMan)...
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Posts
