[Business]
South Africa: Tripartite alliance, Sanco to hold summit tomorrow
| The table is set for fierce debate when the tripartite alliance and South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) summit gets underway in Midrand tomorrow. More tough talks are expected over the next three days. One of the main issues that could see sparks fly is Cosatu's call for an ... |
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South Africa: SA workers demand tougher safety laws
Workers are calling for tougher safety laws to protect them from death and injury in the workplace. South Africa's celebration of World Health and Safety Day in Port Elizabeth was marred by the all-too recent memory of the 14 miners who died over just two days in the past two ...
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South Africa: Denel appoints acting group CEO
South Africa: Sars commissioner new Chair of Europe tax forum
South Africa: 'SABC suspensions bad for salary negotiations'
South Africa: Tripartite alliance meets to iron out issues
Angola: Luanda: Transports Minister Meets Airliner Board
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[Sports]
South Africa: Soweto derby to be dictated by midfield battle
| Soweto's fallen giants, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, will be hoping their midfield maestros, Teko Modise and David Mathebula, string passes for their marksmen to gain victory tomorrow. Amakhosi need Kaizer Junior and Shaun Bartlett to score in the absence of suspended Mabhuti Khanyeza. The Buccaneers will be hoping ... |
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Ethiopia: SA’s van Zyl wins in Qatar
LJ van Zyl, fresh from his victory in the African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa a week ago, recorded another fine win in the Qatar Super Grand Prix in Doha tonight. His winning time was 49.03 seconds in a race that included the leading two Jamaican stars. ...
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South Africa: ICC warns Indian board over 'poor' pitch in Kanpur
South Africa: Springbok assistant coaches named
South Africa: Bulls continue winning streak
South Africa: Santana expected in SA on Monday
Zimbabwe: Football/Cosafa: National Squad Qualify For Final
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[Health]
Zambia: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia’s Southern Province, recalls with bitterness the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season and the harsh consequences they had for his life. A prominent farmer who owns more than 3,000 head of cattle, Mwenda found that the floodwaters jeopardised his livelihood by ...
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Mozambique: Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow
More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe -- which hit ...
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Africa: EU Embarks on EPA Charm Offensive
Uganda: Smaller Families, Manlier Men
: U.N. Aims For an AIDS-Free Generation
: EU 'Half-Hearted' in Backing Gender Equality
Uganda: Exposing ''The African Green Revolution''
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[Arts & Entertainment]
Angola: Cult: Angolan Painter At Lisbon Art/2008
24 November, in Portugal, where various artists of the world will be present. In an interview to ANGOP, Hildebrando de Melo confirms that everything is ready for his pictures to be exhibited in the expressionism style at the international event. According to HM, Freedom of Choice is a constant fight ...
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Angola: Huíla: Dj Callas, Zone 5 Group Perform In Lubango
western Namibe Province. The producer reminded that the event is also aimed at saluting peace and consolidating the name of the promoters in those provinces, through entertainment. Trixú Productions is a promoter of parties since 2004, not only in the country but also in London, Lisbon and Brussels....
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South Africa: Struggling Durban artists given a boost
Angola: Huila/Cult: Lubango Hosts `Step Road Blue` Show
Angola: Cult: Weaving Art Barely Visible In Angola
Angola: Music: Konde Performs Tonight In Casa70’
Angola: Govt Studies Institutionalisation Of Arts International Festival
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[North Africa]
Egypt: Egypt blocks Islamist from seeking parliament
Egyptian authorities have blocked the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from submitting papers to contest a parliament seat left vacant due to the death of a Brotherhood politician, the Islamist group said on Wednesday. Mustafa Diab, who was hoping to compete for the seat, said he had tried twice to register ...
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Egypt: Egypt blocks Islamist from seeking parliament
Egyptian authorities have blocked the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from submitting papers to contest a parliament seat left vacant due to the death of a Brotherhood politician, the Islamist group said on Wednesday. Mustafa Diab, who was hoping to compete for the seat, said he had tried twice to register ...
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Egypt: Police kill migrant at Israel border
Egypt: Egypt activists to go on strike
Algeria: Once-feisty Algerian press grows tamer
Egypt: Tourists die in Egypt coach inferno
Morocco: Moroccan human rights body links unidentified bodies to uprising
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[South Africa]
Zimbabwe: Mbeki holds talks with Mugabe on poll crisis
| Mediator and South African leader Thabo Mbeki held talks with President Robert Mugabe today on Zimbabwe's disputed election, officials said, ahead of a possible run-off that has raised concerns of further violence. Mbeki, whose "quiet diplomacy" approach towards Zimbabwe's crisis has drawn criticism at home and abroad, met with ... |
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Mozambique: Africa to have free primary schooling
Jonathan Lungu, Mozambique School fees at primary level are to be abolished in all African countries. This is a resolution taken at a conference attended by African Ministers of Education in Maputo, Mozambique. The resolution is seen as a mechanism to develop education on the continent. The focus ...
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Zimbabwe: MDC to announce run-off strategy
Zimbabwe: Zim brutality, torture soars - doctors
Zimbabwe: MDC says will not meet Mbeki
Malawi: Malawi suspends parliament : govt, opposition meet
Zimbabwe: Mbeki in Zimbabwe for talks with leaders
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[East Africa]
Kenya: Online Edition | Kibaki rewards Tuju, Kibwana
Kibaki rewards Tuju, Kibwana Published on May 10, 2008, 12:00 am By Gakuu Mathenge Buried in December elections former Cabinet ministers Mr Raphael Tuju and Prof Kivutha Kibwana are now working at Harambee House as the President’s "special advisers". The appointments have another common streak — Tuju ...
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Kenya: Online Edition | Kisumu ecstatic over Raila’s first visit as PM
Kisumu ecstatic over Raila’s first visit as PM Published on May 10, 2008, 12:00 am By John Oywa A new era dawns on Nyanza politics today when Prime Minister Raila Odinga brings home a rich harvest that has eluded the community for decades. For a community that ...
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Uganda: Uganda journos deny sedition charges
Sudan: Attacks on aid staff slow work in south Sudan
Kenya: Online Edition | MPs escape death in plane mishaps
Kenya: Online Edition | KCB’s Sh5b rights issue approved
Kenya: Online Edition | Sh114m facelift for Lokichogio airport
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[West Africa]
Nigeria: Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Three Chinese construction workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. "On May 6, three workers from a Chinese construction firm were kidnapped in Cross River state," Qing Gang said in a statement. "Currently, the Chinese embassy and consulate in Nigeria are ...
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Niger: Militants List Conditions for Niger Delta Summit
Militants in the Niger Delta say they would only participate in the proposed Niger Delta summit if the Federal Government promises to implement its outcome. In an online statement issued yesterday under the aegis of the Joint Revolutionary Council and signed by its spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, they wondered why government ...
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Ghana: Ye ko yenim v Sankofa. Election 2008 first salvoes!NPP fires back
Nigeria: PDP: Review Panel Faults BoT’s Composition
Nigeria: NLC Storms N’Assembly
Ghana: EC should not be under funded - Asiedu Nketiah
Ghana: Call to ActionGood news for expectant mothers
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[Great Lakes]
Congo (DRC): Cops open fire on student demonstrators
Police opened fire to disperse hundreds of demonstrating students at Kinshasa University on Friday wounding two people, a university official said. The students were protesting against a strike by teachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and had stoned teachers' cars before police intervened. A university official said ...
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Burundi: Fifty killed` in Burundi clashes
Burundi`s army says it has killed 50 rebel fighters in the latest clashes near the capital, Bujumbura. Spokesman Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza said the army responded after its patrol was ambushed. He said two soldiers were also killed. This is the heaviest fighting since clashes resumed last month. Meanwhile, rebel ...
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Congo (DRC): Cops open fire on student demonstrators
Burundi: Burundi army says 50 rebels killed in clashes
Burundi: Burundi, FNL to hold new talks - SA mediator
Burundi: Burundi army, rebels clash
Burundi: Burundi army and rebels clash, 52 killed
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[Horn of Africa]
Somalia: Six die in continued clashes in Mogadishu
Fighting in Mogadishu killed six more people today, including four orphans, a day after Islamist rebels firing grenades briefly seized a major police base in the heart of Somalia's capital. At least 25 people have died in two days of fierce battles between the insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops ...
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Eritrea: Eritrea denies Djibouti war claim
Eritrea has denied that it has any problems with Djibouti, which accuses it of amassing troops on their border. Earlier this week, Djibouti appealed to the UN Security Council to intervene in order to prevent a conflict over the border village of Doumeira. In a letter to the UN, ...
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Somalia: Bomb blast 'damage' Somalia
Somalia: 'Central Somalia fighting kills 23'
Ethiopia: AU demands free, transparent Zim run-off
Somalia: Roadside bomb kills 8 troops in Somalia
Ethiopia: Ethiopia accuses Amnesty of smear campaign
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