March 07, 2008
Africa: Continent Needs World Trade Deal, Says WTO Chief
The first international trade negotiations which proclaim as one of their objectives reducing discrimination against developing countries in the global trading system are entering… Read more »
March 06, 2008
Southern Africa: European Trade Deal Challenges Unity
Trade talks between the European Union and southern African countries have opened up serious differences between Europe and South Africa, and between South Africa and her… Read more »
March 03, 2008
South Africa: Parliament Embraces France - For An Afternoon
AllAfrica staffer Verna Rainers blogs from South Africa's parliament on the unusual experience of a high-level French visit to the country. Read more »
Africa: France Promotes New Relationship With Continent
After a brief stop in Chad last week, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France went on to visit a country not traditionally part of the French area of influence in Africa – South… Read more »
February 28, 2008
Africa: France to Review, Publish Military Agreements
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced in the South African parliament that France will overhaul and publish full details of all its military agreements with African… Read more »
February 13, 2008
Sudan: South African Minister Confident on Darfur Helicopters
South Africa's defence minister said today he was confident that countries outside Africa would provide the helicopters and other military equipment needed by UNAMID, the hybrid… Read more »
February 11, 2008
South Africa: Nation Looks Beyond Mbeki to Zuma
South African political commentator Zubeida Jaffer reflects from Parliament in Cape Town on the challenges facing the ruling African National Congress as its recent changes in… Read more »
January 31, 2008
South Africa: Central Bank Bows to Global Pressure
Bowing to the "uncertain and volatile" world economic climate, South Africa's central bank today resisted pressure to increase interest rates to bring down inflation. Read more »
January 28, 2008
Africa: Frontrunners Emerge in Group D
In Group D, Angola and Tunisia emerged as the clear frontrunners to qualify for the quarterfinals by defeating Senegal and South Africa respectively. Read more »
January 25, 2008
South Africa: Govt Declares Electricity Emergency
At the end of a week of unprecedented power cuts across southern Africa, South Africa's Cabinet has declared a "national electricity emergency" and announced… Read more »
January 17, 2008
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Talks Reach Crunch Point
The Southern African Development Community's point person on Zimbabwe, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, flew to Harare on Thursday amid indications that talks to resolve the… Read more »
January 13, 2008
South Africa: Police Chief Suspended, Quits Interpol
South Africa's national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been suspended from duty and has resigned his post as president of the international police agency, Interpol. Read more »
January 12, 2008
South Africa: Interpol Watching Police Chief's Case
The international police liaison agency, Interpol, says it is "carefully monitoring" the position of its president, South African national police commissioner Jackie… Read more »
January 09, 2008
South Africa: Cabbages Beneath the Power Lines
It is hard to believe that just over 10 years ago the Siyazama garden, in the township of Khayelitsha, was no more than a sandy wasteland over which forbidding power lines loomed. Read more »
South Africa: Sprinklers Salute Summer Food
Alfred Ngcizela, a member of Hlumani ("growing bigger") Garden in Khayelitsha, stands between beds of spinach, sprinklers whooshing around him in peaceful salute to… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Goes Organic
The market for organic vegetables in Cape Town has increased massively over the last few years, locals in the industry agree. Read more »
South Africa: A Revolution Fuelled By Organic Vegetables
A quiet revolution is pulsing through the huge residential areas spread out on the edges of Cape Town. Read more »
December 20, 2007
South Africa: Which ANC Do People Vote For?
Zubeida Jaffer writes of her pride in being South African at seeing how the African National Congress handled its leadership transition. But, she adds, the splitting of the… Read more »
December 19, 2007
South Africa: Pushed Around by the ANC
Pushed around, literally, by security guards at the national conference of the African National Congress, Charlayne Hunter-Gault reflects on whether the ANC understands the needs… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki's Exit Points Way For Jacob Zuma
Cyril Madlala , editor of KwaZulu-Natal's UmAfrika newspaper, hopes that the new ANC president with a warm heart and time to listen has learned lessons from his predecessor's… Read more »
December 18, 2007
South Africa: Ebullient Bedlam Greets Zuma Victory
Charlayne Hunter-Gault describes the scene for allAfrica readers from the floor of the ANC's national conference. To comment, click on the box at top right [free sign-up]. Read more »
South Africa: Zuma 6 - Mbeki 0 As ANC Votes
Jacob Zuma, the deputy leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), inflicted a severe defeat on South Africa's national leader, President Thabo Mbeki, at the ruling… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Wins Presidency of Ruling ANC
Jacob Zuma, the deputy leader of the African National Congress, inflicted a severe defeat on South Africa's national leader, President Thabo Mbeki, at the ruling party's national… Read more »
South Africa: Revealed - Why Mbeki Camp Believes It Can Win ANC Race
Zubeida Jaffer reveals the thinking behind the belief of President Thabo Mbeki's supporters that they can still prevail in the race for the party presidency now under way in South… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Business Leader Fears 'Calamity'
Today's South African websites aren't reporting much that isn't reported in one way or another by allAfrica's news partners or bloggers - except perhaps for the Mail &… Read more »