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LABOUR Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has called representatives of striking construction workers and employers to an urgent meeting this morning in bid to resolve a strike that has targeted strategic projects related to next year's Soccer World Cup.
ZIMBABWE's constitutional reform committee has postponed a crucial conference that was due to open today to draft a new constitution amid infighting among parties in the fragile power-sharing government.
The giant textile factory Texlom, in the southern Mozambican city of Matola, paralysed for the past decade, will resume production in the near future, according to the Minister of Industry and Trade, Antonio Fernando.
A confidential memo by the head of a delegation of the Kimberley Process, which recently wrapped up an investigation into the reports of violence and killings in Marange, has detailed the 'horrific violence' used by the army against civilians there.
Diamond-rich Botswana with one Africa's strongest economies has entered a recession, provisional figures from the government Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicate.
APPEAL judges should show more courtesy to lower court judges whose rulings they criticised, a judicial conference has resolved.
THE African continent is trailing behind with projects aimed at fighting climate change as provided under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
CIVIL society is rallying behind Government in its decision to take on the European Commission (EC), lobbying for support not to sign the interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) until the EC puts agreed trade concessions on infant industry protection, food security, export taxes and free goods flow in writing.
The MDC MP for Chipinge South, Meki Makuyana, was on Thursday convicted on 'trumped up charges' of kidnapping. Magistrate Samuel Zuze sentenced Makuyana to 18 months in prison with hard labour - 6 months were suspended. This means the MP will serve an effective 12 months in prison. This brings to 4 the number of MDC MP's, all from Manicaland Province, who have been convicted and sentenced to jail ...
Zimbabwe's political leaders have been issued an ultimatum by the power sharing Cabinet, to resolve a number of issues still straining the already fragile relationship between the two MDC formations and ZANU PF.
Amnesty International has called on the unity government to put in place an impartial and independent police 'oversight' body, after four women from pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were assaulted by police members last month.
A two day international investment conference opened in Harare on Thursday, where the three political leaders to the Global Political Agreement sought to promote the country as an investment destination.
Namibia's cereal harvest improved slightly in the 2008/09 season but is still woefully short of the national requirement, making many of its 1.8 million people highly vulnerable to any food price increases.
WORLD soccer governing body Fifa have amended some of the laws of the game and moved to end some of the confusion that has often followed the interpretation of the rules.
The role that financial institutions play in any economy can hardly be overestimated. The pulse of any economy is determined by the state of its banks, hence their conduct defines the economy.
Former South Africa director-general in the Office of the President Reverend Frank Chikane has blasted the West for meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs and dictating to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai conditions for aid.
Divisions emerged this week between the two MDC factions, over how to deal with the controversial appointment of Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana.
IT must be refreshing for thousands of peasant and small-scale farmers around the countryside to learn that Government will soon be releasing K20 billion as part of funds for the purchase of their produce.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said MMD members are free to challenge him for the position of party president and that he has never requested to be declared the sole MMD candidate.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has challenged people with information on alleged corrupt officials in his Government to report such acts to the investigative wings for action instead of making unsubstantiated statements.
THE sessions of the National Assembly have been extended for two weeks to debate on the long-awaited amendments to the Electoral Act, which will be tabled by Local and Regional Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo today.
THE Congress of the People (COPE) may not be unravelling, but resignations this week by two of its leaders certainly reinforce the impression that all is not well with the eight-month-old party.
LATEST figures from the Reserve Bank on gold and foreign exchange reserves have caused confusion in the market because they seem to suggest that when it comes to the rand exchange rate, the Bank is talking one game, but playing another.
The global financial crisis has brought severe damage to the less-developed countries and Africa is the biggest victim, says President Jacob Zuma.
GRINAKER LTA and Kentz have won the contract to execute national oil and gas company PetroSA's refinery shutdown in October.
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