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Sofia Coppola has brought Marie Antoinette to the big screen, using rock music in a sumptuous portrayal of a misunderstood young queen, but some viewers at the Cannes film festival were less than impressed. Kirsten Dunst plays the title role as an amiable and naive teenager who is lost ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The South African Football Association (Safa) technical committee, under the chairmanship of Sturu Pasiya, has finally interviewed Jomo Sono and Gordon Igesund, the only two viable local candidates for the position of Bafana Bafana coach, yesterday. Media reports says the likes of Carlos Alberto Parreira, Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Zico, ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Shaun Bartlett, the former South Africa striker, is being released by Charlton Athletic, the English Premier League club said today. Bartlett, South Africa's most capped player, made 139 appearances for the London club after joining from FC Zurich in 2001 following a loan spell. He scored 26 goals for ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 By Andrew Teyie and Ayub Savula Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leaders yesterday told President Mwai Kibaki and his predecessor, former President Daniel Moi to come clean on their Thursday State House talks. Even as Kanu Secretary General, William Ruto, refused to comment on the meeting, ODM team leader Mutula Kilonzo, ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 Britain and the World Bank announced new aid of $446.8 million to Ethiopia today, but said the cash would again circumvent the federal government because of concerns about human rights and governance. Both donors stopped direct budget aid there in January after two deadly rounds of post-election violence and ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Fifty-four people were killed and dozens injured when a petrol tanker in Benin caught fire and exploded as they were siphoning petrol, police and hospital sources said.Police told IRIN that the toll on Friday had risen from 39 to 54, and hospital sources said 10 people remained in critical condition.Earlier ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 President Thabo Mbeki welcomed Chinese investment into Africa but expressed concern about its cheap products squeezing out local industry on the world's poorest continent. In an interview published in Britain's Financial Times today, Mbeki said he was "very glad" China was paying attention to the continent. "It is clear ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, sparked by a failed coup in 2002, is further disrupting the registration of children born in areas under rebel control. This West African country has been divided in two since the attempted takeover, with the rebel-held north separated from the government-controlled south ... Read Africa News at IPS Africa Archived: 2006-05-26 Mutambo Kabunjee, the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) main opposition, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party says coup allegations are a strategy by the administration of Joseph Kabila, the DRC president, to divert attention from the country's upcoming elections. Nineteen South African passport ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Mogadishu residents carried wounded Somalis on wheelbarrows as bullets flew over the battered capital yesterday in a new flare-up of violence between rival militia that killed up to 50 people. Firing mortars, grenades and anti-aircraft guns, Islamist militia linked to Islamic courts squared off with gunmen from a coalition ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The Congress of SA Trade Unions is to intensify its pro-jobs and anti-poverty campaign, the trade union federation said. Its national office bearers and the general secretaries of its affiliates would meet on Monday to intensify the programme of action after last week's one-day general strike. They would ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 A police clampdown on criminal activities at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe is bearing fruit, Harare's Herald newspaper reported today. Its website quoted Andrew Dzaramba, the Beitbridge police chief, as saying that scores of touts had been arrested and the police would continue to weed ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Former Zimbabwean MP Roy Bennett has been denied asylum in South Africa, where he fled earlier this year, saying he feared for his life. The Zimbabwe police had said he was wanted in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Robert Mugabe. He is allowed to appeal against ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 Reuel Khoza, a member of the Black Management Forum (BMF) and prominent business person, says corporate business executives and the black intelligentsia have a moral obligation to influence public debates on who should be the country's next president. This follows criticism by the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Harare, Zimbabwe - As impoverished Zimbabweans hunkered down for a biting winter, business tycoon Philip Chiyangwa unveiled his latest acquisition - a car that rolls off the assembly line at nearly $200 000 (about R1,3-million). A blaze of publicity surrounded the car this week in a country where public ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 Zimbabwe has dismissed South Africa's suggestion of UN intervention to end its long crisis, hinting that an invitation to Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, was no longer valid, state media reported yesterday. "Zimbabwe is not a UN issue," the state-owned Herald quoted George Charamba, Mugabe's spokesperson, as saying. He ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has ruled out chances that the men arrested and identified as foreign mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were plotting a coup or planning to destabilise the country ahead of 30 July elections. Security agents in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Nigeria has fired two top aviation officials for helping drug traffickers evade security at its international airport. The pair were dismissed after closed-circuit television showed staff allowing traffickers to pass through secure doors at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, says Babalola Borishade, the aviation minister. Borishade says Balarabe ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Thirty-nine people were killed and 64 injured when a petrol tanker in Benin caught fire and exploded as they were siphoning petrol, hospital sources said.Boniface Sambieni, director of the Saint Jean de Dieu de Tanguieta hospital, told IRIN that a third of the injured were in critical condition suffering from ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 West African petroleum producer Equatorial Guinea has signed a deal with Zimbabwe to supply oil to the fuel-starved southern African state, state media said on Friday. State-run radio and TV reported an "oil supply agreement" was signed on Thursday in Malabo by Equatorial Guinea's Mines and Energy Minister Atanasio ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 By Standard Team The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elections took off to a troubled start yesterday as villages and locations picked delegates who will take part in branch elections today. Violence, protest, confusion, rain and court injunctions were some of the problems that rocked the elections that were mainly conducted ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 The South African under-23 national soccer team Amaglug-glug drew one-all against the Super Eagles, their Nigerian counterparts, in an international friendly played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace last night. The South Africans are preparing themselves for the qualifications of the All Africa Games in Algiers next year and the ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is unhappy that the ANC is more sympathetic towards business than to the working class. Addressing the media, Zwelinzima Vavi, the Cosatu secretary-general, accused the ANC of becoming an instrument of capitalists. Vavi says the ANC's National Executive Committee ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Ex-mineworkers, who were evicted from the Pretoria City Hall this week, are being registered for food parcels. The Tshwane Metro Council, the Eastern Cape social development department and the National House of Traditional Leaders are all helping with the registration at the Schubart Park flats in Pretoria. This ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Despite its often prophesised collapse, Zimbabwe is still standing - but experts have warned that planning for economic recovery by the international community is now critical.Presenting a paper on the economic, political and security situation in Zimbabwe, Tony Hawkins, professor at the Graduate School of Management of the University of ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Interparty squabbles and conflict between Malawi's two top officials have paralysed the government's ability to function at some levels, according to a conflict "barometer". The monthly report, compiled by the Forum for Dialogue and Peace, a programme run by the German Development Agency's technical arm, GTZ, was published as President ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Zimbabwe's parallel market has taken a sharp knock in the last 72 hours. Crumbling from Z$215 000 for one US$1 to $300 000 for one US dollar yesterday. Market watchers say things could get worse if the stock market remains closed and investment rates remain depressed at around 100% in ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 President Thabo Mbeki says a dialogue between Britain and Zimbabwe could help in resolving the Zimbabwean crisis which has dented relations with the West as a whole. Mbeki said after meeting Tony Blair, the British prime minister, that he made this proposal in the past, but will now wait for ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Terrified Mogadishu residents locked themselves in their homes as sporadic gunshots echoed over the tense and shattered capital today in the wake of the worst militia violence in over a decade. Some shops closed and Mogadishu's bullet-scarred streets remained empty after an intense artillery duel between Islamist militia and ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 A police clampdown on criminal activities at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe is bearing fruit, Harare's Herald newspaper reported on Friday. Its website quoted Beitbridge police chief Andrew Dzaramba as saying that scores of touts had been arrested and the police would continue to weed ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 Satawu says none of its members have been arrested in connection with the spate of train violence in Gauteng over recent months. This week, police arrested eight suspects in Pretoria and on the West Rand following intensive investigations into the violence. The suspects have been charged with attempted ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was quiet but tense on Friday, following two days of heavy fighting between militia allied to the city's Islamic courts and those loyal to a group of faction leaders, residents said."Today, the situation is calm, but there are no [ceasefire] negotiations going on," said Abdullahi Ali Hassan, ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 A beheaded body of a newly born boy was found yesterday on a street in Embalenhle near Secunda. Superintendent Abie Khoabane said members of the public saw a dog fiddling with a body at 10.30am and immediately called the police. "It is a very shocking and barbaric incident ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 Thousands of civilians are fleeing the Somali capital, Mogadishu after Thursday's gun battle left at least 48 people dead. A BBC correspondent in the city says people are packing into minibuses bound for surrounding regions, while militiamen pour into the battle zones. Our correspondent says there is only ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 Resources group Anglo American plc and Shell Gas & Power International B.V. announced the formation of an alliance in the field of coal conversion to clean energy. Â The two leading companies aim to maximise the benefits from the emerging field of clean coal energy by taking selective equity positions ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 MONACO - Michael Schumacher admitted that his first day of practice at the Monaco Grand Prix had not gone as he had hoped here yesterday, even though his poor lap time was partly the result of him only using one set of tyres. The seven-time world champion ended the day ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 The first colloquy on the participation of women in the electoral process promoted by the ruling party`s women wing (OMA), was opened in Namibe city by the provincial secretary of the referred organisation, Josefa de Assunção Miguel. According to the official, the event is an opportunity for women of all ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 No case of cholera internment has been recorded over the last four days in the main hospital of Ndalatando, capital city of Angola`s northern Kwanza-Norte province, while no death has occurred in 38 days, a local health source has announced. The hospital general manager, Caetano Miguel, who said so to ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 Unchecked civilian abuses in Ivory Coast by security forces and rebels could put in doubt elections due this October, a human rights body warns. Human Rights Watch said police extort bribes at checkpoints and beat and kill people without fear of prosecution. Rebels also sought bribes in the north ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 Pravin Gordhan, the South African Revenue Commissioner (SARS) says the government is making positive use of the revenue collected by SARS. He points out that 10 million children throughout the country are able to access grants. Gordhan was addressing delegates from small businesses and the taxi industry at ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Trade union Solidarity and Sasol, the South African petro-chemical giant, have reached an agreement for compensation to be paid to families of the workers killed and injured in the 2004 blast at Sasol's Secunda plant. Solodarity says Sasol has established a compensation trust fund. The families of the ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Baidoa, where Somalia's transitional government is based, may be out of earshot of the gunfire in the capital, Mogadishu, but the effects of the escalating violence are being intensely felt. Becoming a gunman is one of the quickest ways to earn money in ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 Former Zimbabwean MP Roy Bennett has been denied asylum in South Africa, where he fled earlier this year, saying he feared for his life. The Zimbabwe police had said he was wanted in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Robert Mugabe. He is allowed to appeal ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 Mozambique's football federation has called on the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to represent the continent 'fairly' when naming hosts for the African Cup of Nations. On 14 May, Mozambique was one of four countries, along with Namibia, Senegal and Zimbabwe, which failed to make Caf's shortlist to ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 Two of South Africa's foremost constitutional lawyers will appear in Zimbabwe's Supreme Court to mount a constitutional challenge against the continued incarceration of former opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Member of Parliament Roy Bennett. Due to appear before Zimbabwe's highest court in Harare on Bennett's behalf are ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 Police on Friday confirmed a probe into a theft from a police safe in Benoni but would not say whether this involved the theft of heist money from the Johannesburg International Airport robbery in March. Superintendent Eugene Opperman said a burglary took place on Wednesday night at the Serious ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 By Larry Claasen SA's cellular operators are in the spotlight again. The tariffs they charge have come under scrutiny by their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). Following complaints by the public, Icasa wants to know why the operators charge what they do and whether they are justified ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 An operation launched in December 2005 by Democratic Republic of Congo troops against Ugandan rebels in the northeast of DRC's North Kivu Province displaced tens of thousands of people who now say that if they were to return home they would face greater persecution by their own army than by ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 By Dave James PARIS - Roger Federer has gained an early psychological edge in his eagerly awaited French Open duel against Rafael Nadal when he enjoyed the lion's share of fortune in the draw. The world number one, bidding to become the first man in 37 years to hold all ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 As Cannes prepares for a final fling of glitz and glamour on Sunday with the award ceremony, Spanish veteran Pedro Almodovar's film Volver leads the pack in the race for the coveted "Palme d'Or" prize. The ceremony will bring to an end 12 hectic days of films, parties and ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 A petrol tanker exploded after running off the road in Benin yesterday, killing 39 people and injuring around 80 more who had rushed to collect fuel pouring from the damaged vehicle. Doctors say the death toll is sure to rise, with around a dozen people believed too badly injured to ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 South Africa's rugby bosses today formally adopted a transformation charter designed to significantly increase the number of black people involved in the sport. Oregan Hoskens, the SA Rugby Union (Saru) president, told a media briefing in Cape Town that Saru's President's Council had given its blessing to the "scientifically-based" seven-page ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 A joint United Nations-African Union assessment team will head to Sudan’s troubled Darfur region to determine how to strengthen the current AU mission in Sudan (AMIS) and to lay the groundwork for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping force, a UN diplomat said.UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and Assistant ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Oil held gains above $71 after a roller coaster week as investors balanced ample US gasoline supplies and inflationary fears against strong economic growth and concern over possible supply disruption. US crude rose 5 cents to $71.37 a barrel, after yesterday's $1.46, or two percent, rally. London Brent ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The gas source found off Hondeklip Bay in the Northern Cape has left the residents in despair after failing to clinch the project for themselves. The pipeline, estimated to the tune of R300 million, will go to Saldanah Bay in the Western Cape. The economy of Hondeklip Bay ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Mkwasa has led Moro United to Sunday's final Tanzania's Moro United stunned APR of Rwanda 3-0 on Friday to set up a Cecafa Club Cup final against Police FC of Uganda on Sunday. Police qualified for the final after beating Kenyan side Ulinzi 2-0 ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officials have toned down talks of a foiled coup plot, said Sisa Ngombane, the South African ambassador to the DRC. Ngombane said it seemed that some of the men might be freed and others would simply be charged with offences such as working ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 South Africa owes the African continent a huge debt and it's time to pay up, according to Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. He also urged the West to give back what it had plundered from Africa. "There is no doubt that apart from the fact that we ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 At least 39 people have been killed in renewed fighting in the Somali capital that sent thousands of frightened civilians running from their homes. According to reports collected from the Somali capital's main hospitals, at least 30 people were killed when Islamic militias and their secular rivals intensified fighting ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 Senzeni Zokwana, the president of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), has denied concerns from some members that the constitution of the union is being used to suppress others from occupying national leadership positions. This follows the dramatic resignation of Archie Palane, the deputy-general secretary of the union. Pilane ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The main hospital of Angola`s northern Uije province has run out of essential medicine stocks, on Friday warned its general manager, Anastacio de Matos. According to him, the hospital has not restored its stocks of drugs as it is still to paid outstanding debts to the supplying firm. "We ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 Supporters of Zambian opposition leader Anderson Mazoka, who died this week, have attacked the information minister when he went to pay his respects. Vernon Mwaanga said he and his driver were badly bruised and stones were thrown at his car. "They accused me of being part of the ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 South Africa has refused asylum to white Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett who fled his country two months ago amid fears for his life, the home affairs department said on Friday. Bennett, a former member of parliament for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had requested asylum in ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 By Donwald Pressly Ruling African National Congress (ANC) Members of Parliament on Friday heckled the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) when it put a motion to the National Assembly expressing dismay at South Africa's refusal this week to grant former Zimbabwean opposition Member of Parliament Roy Bennett asylum. Â Earlier ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Feliciano Pedro Zacarias, arrives on Saturday for four-day work visit to Angola, in which he will sign a co-operation protocol with the Angolan Government. According to a note made available to ANGOP, during his stay the Mozambican Minister will visit the main Cement Factory ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has asked UN peacekeepers to help the government take control of two rubber plantations occupied by former rebel fighters who have been illegally tapping latex.Agriculture Minister Chris Toe on Thursday said the move followed a joint government/UN report stating that illegal occupation of the plantations threatened the ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Mdantsane fighter Sizwe Sinyabi is confident of upsetting the odds stacked against him in his SA junior flyweight title challenge against Mavhuso Nedzanani at Nasrec Arena in Johannesburg tonight. The interest in the eagerly-anticipated clash has been heightened by the dangling of the WBC International title to the winner by ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 Terrified Mogadishu residents locked themselves in their homes as sporadic gunshots echoed over the tense and shattered capital on Friday in the wake of the worst militia violence in over a decade. Some shops closed and Mogadishu's bullet-scarred streets remained empty after an intense artillery duel between Islamist militia ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 South Africa has decided against granting asylum to white Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett who fled his country two months ago amid fears for his life, his lawyers said on Friday. Bennett, a former member of parliament for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), sought asylum in South ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Don Yamamoto began talks on Friday with senior officials from Africa's Great Lakes region on plans to arrest and extradite leaders of "negative forces" operating in the troubled region."This process is an affirmation of the efforts and commitment by these countries ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 JS Kabylie have won the Algerian title by a single point after an emphatic 5-0 win over already-relegated US Biskra. Hamid Berguiga scored twice on Thursday, allowing Kabylie to finish one point ahead of USM Alger. Last season's champions won their final league match of the season ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 by Noel Wandera Celtel Kenya yesterday announced that it had successfully switched its mobile operating platform in Kenya to a 3G (Third Generation) network. At a press conference to announce the change over, Celtel Kenya also announced it had made changes to its access codes, to conform with international standards. ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 African business says the continent is still hampered by red-tape and corruption after four decades of trading amongst each other. African government's representatives and business people met in Gallagher Estate in Midrand to celebrate Africa Day today. Despite four decades of intra Africa trade, an important indicator of ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 A crop of African leaders changing constitutional rules to cling to power, from Uganda to Chad and perhaps also Nigeria, shows democracy is still struggling to take root in many parts of the world's poorest continent. As multi-party politics sprung up across Africa in the 1990s, in the wake ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 By Donwald Pressly Refuelling of Koeberg unit 2 had begun and by August this year this process would be completed and the situation at the nuclear power station will "return to normal", Minerals and Energy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks said. "The assistance of the French Government in supplying the rotor ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 South Africa's utilisation of production capacity by large enterprises in the manufacturing industry decreased from 87.4% in November 2005 to 84.9% in February 2006, Statistics South Africa said. The decrease was mainly due to a lower demand for products at the beginning of the year, it said. The ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 Over the past 25 years, some 18,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have made their home in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Some left their country more than 20 years ago to escape persecution during the administration of the late Congolese president, Mobutu Sese Seko; others fled ... Read Africa News at IRINNews Archived: 2006-05-26 MUNICH - German champions Bayern Munich have issued an ultimatum to relegated FC Cologne saying they want a decision on German international Lukas Podolski's future before the World Cup begins on June 9. Cologne want 10 million euros for shooting star Podolski but Bayern refuse to up their bid of ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 THE Ghana Hoteliers Association has appealed to the out-going western regional minister, Hon. Joseph Boahene-Aidoo, to mention in his handing-over note the need for government to give financial assistance to hotels in the region, pending the CAN 2008 tournament. This, according to the association, would help attract the refurbishment ... Read Africa News at The Ghanian Chronicle Archived: 2006-05-26 By Francis Openda Uhuru Kenyatta threatened to resign as Kanu Chairman at last week’s National Executive Committee meeting had the party elected to stick in the Orange Democratic Movement. "People have said Kanu can’t win alone. If as chairman I believe this is so, then honest to God, I’d rather ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 A new funding model would be sought for State-owned company Sentech that took into account its public and commercial functions, said Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, the communications minister. Discussions to finalise the funding model would be accelerated, she told MPs in the National Assembly during her department's budget debate. Matsepe-Casaburri ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 The South African Parliament has joined millions of people all over the continent in celebrating Africa Day. The two houses held a joint sitting to debate the achievements and challenges of the continent. Most political parties agreed that the continent has made important strides forward. Baleka Mbete, the ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Zwelinzima Vavi, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) general-secretary, has been permanently banned from Zimbabwe. Vavi told journalists the decision would be fought at the highest level. "It sets a dangerous precedent that could be used by right-wing governments around the world to prevent trade unionists from meeting ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Speaking after talks with President Thabo Mbeki, Tony Blair, the British prime minister, has thrown his weight behind a bid by Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, to resolve an economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe. Mbeki told a news conference yesterday that the initiative should be left to run ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 South African Airways (SAA) has been voted the Best Airline Based in Africa at the Official Airline of the Year Awards held in the UK. This is the sixth consecutive time that SAA has taken this award. Other awards presented to SAA this year include Best African Airline and Best ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 Cellphone operator Vodacom criticised draft interception legislation today for placing an onerous and expensive burden on the industry and clients. "This proposed Act needs more careful thought in terms of its unintended consequences before becoming law," Alan Knott-Craig, the Vodacom chief executive officer, said in a statement. The proposed ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Eight people have been arrested in connection with the death of several people on trains in Gauteng recently, the police and Metrorail said today. The group was arrested on the West Rand and in Pretoria and would face charges of attempted murder, said Mary Martins-Engelbrecht, a senior superintendent, in a ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Professor Albert Adu Boahen, academician, politician and human rights activist has died. He died on Thursday evening coincidentally on his 74th birthday. The Professor has been unwell for sometime now and was hospitalized for months at the 37 Military Hospital. Generations of history students in West Africa and beyond were ... Read Africa News at The Accra Daily Mail Archived: 2006-05-26 By John Oyuke CFC Bank Ltd has announced plans to raise Sh135.5 million additional capital million through floatation of a corporate bond. The debt instrument would be listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) this year, but subject to approval by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). The bank’s chairman, Charles ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 Cosatu is to investigate the link, if any, between security sector employers and ANC leaders. Zwelinzima Vavi, the Cosatu general secretary, said such a link, if found, "may help explain the apparent indifference of political leaders to the plight of security workers". Vavi says this in contrast ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 Dakar, Senegal - A human rights group called on Friday for the United States to investigate the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for torture and war crimes during his father's administration. Charles McArthur Emmanuel - a US citizen who was born in Boston to a girlfriend of ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 By Elizabeth Mwai The Government has so far injected over Sh100 million capital to rehabilitate the Kenya Meat Commission. Livestock and Fisheries minister, Joseph Munyao, yesterday said that 98 per cent of the restoration work is complete and that the facility will be ready for opening next month. "We are ... Read Africa News at The Standard Archived: 2006-05-26 Year-on-year producer price inflation (PPI) rose to 5.5% last month from 5.4% in March, Statistics SA reported today. It says contributors to the latest figure included the cost of agricultural products, of food at manufacturing, and of electricity. The PPI for locally produced commodities came in at 5.5% ... Read Africa News at SABCNews Archived: 2006-05-26 By Ian Fife Act positively to bring significant property ownership to black people, or social turmoil will achieve it negatively, Cyril Ramaphosa warned the 2000 SA Property Owners Association (Sapoa) congress. Fellow businessman Saki Macozoma said the same at the 2003 congress. Last week, at Sapoa's 40th birthday congress, held ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 PARIS - Former French Open champion Mary Pierce has joined the Roland Garros casualty list when she withdrew from this year's tournament with a foot injury. The 31-year-old Frenchwoman, the 2000 winner and 2005 runner-up, has been off the tour since February and has played just two tournaments all year. ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 Eskom's "power alert" messages will be broadcast on SABC TV from Thursday night, the electricity utility said in a statement. The alerts, which will show as a series of on-screen coloured bars, are meant to help regulate electricity use in the blackout-threatened Western Cape. Eskom said the alert, in which ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 With captain John Smit likely to miss the Springbok season opener against the World XV in Johannesburg next week, the task of leading the team will probably fall on the shoulders of Victor Matfield or Schalk Burger. The match will not count as an official test, so the captain for ... Read Africa News at Sunday Times Archived: 2006-05-26 You put your questions on aid for Africa to the UK development minister. Read Hilary Benn's overview and answers below. Hilary Benn: Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone for the challenging questions. The interest in Africa - and the issues it is facing - has been overwhelming. 2005 was ... Read Africa News at BBC News Archived: 2006-05-26 Beitbridge border post is fraught with problems, an inter-departmental committee found in a visit to the port of entry from Zimbabwe on Tuesday. Apart from "phenomenal" traffic congestion, there was little signage, too few toilets and immigration staff lacked commitment, dedication and discipline, found the Border Control Co-ordinating Committee ... Read Africa News at IndependentOnline Archived: 2006-05-26 Zimbabwe`s government has denied suggestions that the United Nations might play a key role in ending the economic and political crises. Spokesman George Charamba was reacting to remarks by South African President Thabo Mbeki. A senior UN official said it would be "premature" to talk of UN intervention. ... Read Africa News at AngolaPress Archived: 2006-05-26 Click for list of daily articles |
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