Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has insisted that he will press ahead with organising demonstrations against the results of the 28 October general elections, which Renamo regards as fraudulent.
A senior United Nations official today begins a three-day mission to Zimbabwe to assess the humanitarian situation and meet with Government officials, aid workers and donors to map out how the UN can support humanitarian and early recovery activities in the Southern African country over the next year.
South African health care professionals are endangering the health of the country's large foreign population by routinely denying health care and treatment to thousands of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. South Africa's foreign-born residents, who are particularly vulnerable to disease and injury, face xenophobic violence as well as ...
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is optimistic that Zambia will soon become the economic hub of the continent because of the extensive investment in the education and construction sectors.
THE next National Assembly to be inaugurated next year will be robbed of many years of parliamentary experience, with some long-serving MPs both in the ruling party and the opposition not making it back to the House.
If there's a World Cup naysayer left in South Africa it is doubtful they would dare raise their hand after the overwhelming success of Friday's Final Draw party in Cape Town.
SA's role as the gateway for foreign investment into Africa is not guaranteed, and even though it has an excellent platform it must not become complacent about its gateway status, global management consultancy Monitor Group has warned.
Negotiators to the Global Political Agreement and the Sadc team appointed by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma are preparing a report for the bloc's Troika chairman President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique on the progress made by the inclusive Government.
Negotiators from ZANU PF and the MDC were expected to present a detailed report on the current state of talks between the parties to their principals on Monday.
BOTSWANA has been at the forefront of giving an African voice to anti-Zimbabwe rhetoric from the United States and European Union going to the extent of citing Zimbabwe, even in its state of the nation address.
Mozambique's Constitutional Council, the body that has the final word in electoral disputes, has rejected the appeal against the results of the 28 October general and provincial elections submitted by the country's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo.
The agitation for a comprehensive constitutional review that has thus far dominated the 10th Parliament is informed more by concerns of self-preservation on the part of the Barata-phathi faction of the BDP than by the national interest, argues SIKI JOHANNES MOKIRI
The Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Ethel Motsumi, has hit the nail on the head when she publicly voiced concern about the embarrassing indebtedness of public servants.
DISAGREEMENTS between the three main parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) threaten the vital work being carried out by non-governmental organisations (NGOs). NGOs are engaged in an exercise to ensure critical agricultural inputs such as fertiliser and seed reach nearly three quarters of a million villagers throughout the country to avoid reliance on food aid.
Power outages started rocking all parts of Botswana on Tuesday, but the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) says the problem has nothing to do with a planned 100MW supply reduction from South Africa.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed King Goodwill Zwelithini's announcement this weekend that he supports medical male circumcision and will encourage his followers to undergo the procedure which could prevent up to 60% of men acquiring HIV.
THE Government has increased the Supreme Court establishment from nine to 12 judges and the number of High Court judges has been increased from 30 to 50 to pave way for the establishment of full time high courts in provincial centres, President Rupiah Banda has said.
THE 24-member AU Observer Mission has declared that despite "minor logistical problems as well as irregularities here and there", Namibia's presidential and National Assembly elections were "free, fair, transparent, peaceful and credible".
The aftermath of the Final draw has seen a sudden global surge in ticket applications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the third ticketing phase. The third phase kicked off on Saturday 1pm, and since then 219,162 ticketing requests have been received via FIFA.com.
THE judiciary in democratic governments such as Zambia is considered as the arbiter of the last resort by factions that could have differed.
AS official election results keep trickling in slowly and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is doing several recounts of verified results, opposition parties have cried foul over discrepancies.
President Jacob Zuma has accepted the invitation from the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr Lars Løkke Rasmussen, to attend the Heads of State and Government Segment of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change, (UNFCCC) and the 5th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP-5) to the Kyoto ...
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NATIONAL soccer team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has urged his charges to prove a point to World Cup rivals France, Mexico and Uruguay after the coaches of the three nations hinted that they viewed Bafana Bafana as the weakest side in Group A.
A snapshot of horrific classroom conditions across the country -- including attempted murder, possession of knives and illegal firearms, drug abuse and assault of both pupils and teachers -- has emerged from expulsion statistics provided by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
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