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Inflation upsurge in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Barely a month ago, Zimbabwe made history by printing 10 million zimbabwean dollar notes to ease its cash crises. Bagfuls of cash were needed...
ANC rejects calls for dissolution of Parliament
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) Wednesday rejected calls by opposition parties - the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Independent Democrats (ID) - for...
ANC rejects calls for dissolution of Parliament
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) Wednesday rejected calls by opposition parties - the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Independent Democrats (ID) - for...
FIFA, Ericsson sign multimedia deal
Ericsson and the world’s soccer governing body FIFA Tues day signed an agreement which will enable FIFA use Ericsson’s content and servi c e...
South Africa’s Foreign Minister visits Russia
South African Foreign Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Monday arrived in Moscow, where she will hold discussions with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri...
Mbeki apologises for power cuts
South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki on Friday sought to reassure international and domestic businesspeople over the fall out from the country’s power crisis insisting...
Thabo Mbeki commended by Poverty Alliance
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance across Africa have welcomed the prioritization of poverty reduction in South African President...
Kenya: South Africa slams Kenya over peace talks hitch
The South African government has slammed Kenya after South African negotiator Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to quit the ongoing peace talks in Kenya. Deputy...
South African mediator pulls out of Kenyan peace talks
The mediation process to end post-election political standoff in Kenya suffered a major setback after mediator Cyril Matemela Ramaphos a of South Africa announced...
AU’s Agenda on Industrialisation on track
Reports from the AU summit which begun on Thursday in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, have described the encouraging reactions from both president Thabo...
CAN 2008 first round narrowly misses all-time goal scoring record
The 70 goals scored in the first round of the 26th Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana are one goal less than the highest...
CAN 2008 : Tunisia and Angola end in a draw and qualify
Tunisia and Angola encounter Cameroun and Egypt, next Sunday, in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations. The two group D leaders...
ZIMBABWE: Vote first, talk later
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has condemned the proclamation of a March election date by President Robert Mugabe, and is considering boycotting...
South African MPs want prostitution legalised at 2010 world cup
South African MPs want prostitution legalised at 2010 world cup
A member of the ruling ANC in South Africa wan ts prostitution to be legalised...
CAN 2008: Top scorer battle in full swing
CAN 2008: Top scorer battle in full swing
The contest for the top scorer award at the ongoing Af rica Cup of Nations in Ghana...
CAN 2008 : Senegal’s coach resigns
The coach of Senegal's national team, Henri Kasperczak has given up his job after the humiliating game they lost against Angola on Sunday afternoon...
Southern Africa: Mines Close as Energy Crises Spread
South Africa and Zambia have been registering heavy losses in their Mining sector. With fears of miners getting trapped in the mines following ESKOM’s...
South Africa is making headlines in the international press again as powercuts increase
Power cuts in Hospitals, traffic jams clogging cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town , as traffic lights stopped working, the torching of six trains...
This week in South Africa
The South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, has denied accusations of sabotage from the ANC youth leader claiming that the public broadcaster « tampered »...
South African tourist detained for assault in Mozambique
The Mozambican police have detained a South African tourist, Pierre Daniel Van Tonder, for a brutal assault against a 22-year-old mozambican in the tourist...
South Africa : Miners ask for more security
South African miners went on strike last Thursday to ask for better security measures in the country’s mines. The negligence in this sector has...
South Africa: DDT finds favour in fight against malaria
After years of resistance, people living in the rural areas of South Africa are beginning to embrace the use of DDT as an effective...
Tutu named into board of Nigerian University
South African Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has been named into the Board of Trustees of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), a statement from...
Vaccine failure a setback for anti-AIDS efforts
News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention...