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Africa foots the bill for illicit financial transfers
Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and South Africa lead the list of African countries that made the most illegal financial transfers between 1970 and 2008....
Payback time for Mugabe and cronies as White farmers grab properties
It’s pay back time for Robert Mugabe’s government in Zimbabwe.
A group of white commercial farmers who watched in despair as Mugabe regime grabbed their...
Zuma defends two wanted Rwandans and lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
South African president Jacob Zuma has defended his country over hosting two wanted army officers from Rwanda, and called on the United Nations to...
Uganda: Zuma urges Africans to support SA 2010 World Cup
South African president Jacob Zuma who is on a three day state visit in Uganda has requested Uganda and other African countries to support...
South Africa: Killings by Police on the rise
A total of 556 South African’s have been shot dead by police since the controversial "shoot to kill" statements were made two years ago.
The...
SA Police head warns officers to lose weight or get the sack
The head of South Africa Police, Bheki Cele has told his men to shed the weight or risk being booted out of the force....
Zimbabwe: Zuma’s tough negotiations with Zanu-Pf and MDC emerge
Finer details of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma mediation trip to Zimbabwe are starting to emerge. Last week, Zuma spent two days in...
Oprah Winfrey: What changed the trajectory of her life
When Oprah Winfrey was 3 years old, her grandmother taught her to read. When Winfrey walked into a radio station at age 16, she...
Zimbabwe: Zuma’s closed door negotiations to lead to early elections?
South African President Jacob Zuma left Harare Thursday night after claiming that he made tremendous progress in his first trip to Zimbabwe as chief...
South Africa: Sasol Limited: Appointment of Mr Gregory Arthur Lewin as Non-Executive Director of Sasol
Sasol is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Gregory Arthur (Greg) Lewin as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.
Between 2003...
International Conference on Multi-Grade Education will develop policy and strategy to address teacher shortages and improve teaching and learning in rural and hard-to reach areas
In Africa and large parts of the developing world, about 50% of primary school children are in rural areas. These millions of rural...
European Investment Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa to fund programme to improve infrastructure project preparation and implementation
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) today agreed to set up a joint technical assistance programme to...
National Treasury and European Investment Bank to strengthen relations for infrastructure and private sector projects across South Africa
Today, South Africa and the European Investment Bank (EIB) reaffirmed their mutual commitment to a continued close partnership and cooperation. This came following a...
In Zimbabwe Zuma’s visit inspires little hope
South African President Jacob Zuma is in Harare for a two-day visit aimed at resolving the disputes that have hobbled the country's power-sharing government...
From South Africa to The United States: Freedom is indivisible
It is not possible to have liberty for some and not for others in the same country. Whilst blacks were being oppressed by...
Parreira takes Bafana to Brazil
After hand-picking 29 mostly local-based players, among whom he hopes to clinch his final World Cup squad, South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and...
Ex-wife lashes out bitterly at Nelson Mandela
South Africa's controversial ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, Winnie has rebuked him for neglecting the poor and coming out of prison a changed...
Impossible shoes to fill: Zuma and South Africa’s post-Mandela leadership crisis
In 1996 Nelson Mandela, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa, paid a state visit to Britain. People lined the streets to catch a...
SA World Cup to help heal global advertising wounds
The global advertising market will grow between 0 and 1 per cent this year, thanks to events such as the South Africa, 2010 FIFA...
Africa registers disasterous World Cup friendlies
Carlos Alberto Parreira should have had a sleepless night Wednesday after his charges dug deep to salvage an undeserved one-all draw with minnows Namibia...
Zuma hits back at The British as state-visit begins
South African President, Jacob Zuma has lashed out at British tabloid newspapers for derogatory comments about him and his personal life. The Daily Mail...
Football: 2010 World Cup trials begin
The countdown is on! It is 99 days to the D-day, and the six African teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010 are...
World Cup 2010: 100 days to go and Bafana Bafana yet to be fit
Its only 100 days left before the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa and the national team’s success rests with their opening...
Africa Policy Experts and International Think-Tanks Challenge Labour Debt Relief Bill
ACCRA – A group of experts from leading international and African-based public policy organizations today issued a challenge to controversial proposed legislation backed by...
South Africa Football: Mokoena and Pienaar out for Namibia clash
Carlos Alberto Parreira, South Africa national team coach today announced a mixed squad to play lowly Namibia in Durban next week.
The friendly match to...
Harking back to the ghosts of District Six
On the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela Stefan Simanowitz reports on the opening of a new theatre rising from the ashes...
South Africa hotels investigated over World Cup price rise claims
South Africa is to investigate allegations that hotels have raised prices to unreasonable levels in a bid to exploit visiting fans during the 2010...
Juju man to decide World Cup?
Traditional medicines and witch doctors could be allowed in South Africa for the 2010 Word Cup of football, according to FIFA's third International Football...
Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw
Africa's prestigious football tournament's 2012 draw conducted last Saturday in DR Congo southern city of Lubumbashi has drawn interesting reactions.
The 2012 Africa Cup of...
South African Airways Congratulates Winners of South African Tourism World Cup ‘Diski’ Dance Competition
SAA will fly Virginia's U-12, "97 Fusion" Soccer Team to South Africa for 8-Day, 7-Night Trip of a Lifetime! Second Phase of Contest to...