January 09, 2008
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 »
December 17, 2007
South Africa: ANC Engages in Damage Control
Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on how the ANC embarked on damage control after the exuberant behavior of presidential challenger Jacob Zuma's supporters at the ANC conference on… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki is All Head, Zuma Heart
Standing out from today's local coverage of what most journalists saw as the humiliation of South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki at the ANC's conference on Sunday, was a piece in… Read more »
South Africa: Two ANCs Emerge Amid Unprecedented Tensions
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who reports on the ANC conference principally for National Public Radio in the United States, continues her personal reflections on the process. Read more »
December 16, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Defends Record, Condemns 'Lies,' Confronts Divisions
The president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki, defended the party's record under his leadership, condemned some practices in the party and… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Displays Growing Pains of Democracy
Award-winning South African journalist Zubeida Jaffer, who has chronicled South Africa's struggle for liberation from the inside, sums up the first day of the ANC's five-yearly… Read more »
South Africa: Key ANC Conference Sees Partisan Responses
Charlayne Hunter-Gault continues her reflection from the floor of the ANC conference in Polokwane, in South Africa's northern Limpopo province. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Conference Starts on Raucous Note
The leading American public broadcast journalist, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, blogs for allAfrica live from the floor – literally – of the ANC conference during President… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Admits Mistakes, Plans Fightback
South Africans woke on Sunday morning to read what appeared to be President Thabo Mbeki's strategy for a fightback to try, against the odds, to secure his re-election as leader of… Read more »
December 15, 2007
South Africa: Presidential Hopefuls Speak for Themselves
IF YOU LISTEN to the detractors of the two principal protagonists in this week's African National Congress leadership election, you will hear that the choice is between a ruthless,… Read more »
South Africa: Tension Underlies Backslapping at ANC Meeting
One of America's most renowned public broadcast journalists, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, is blogging for allAfrica from the University of Limpopo which, situated near the city of… Read more »
December 14, 2007
Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief
A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »
December 11, 2007
Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »
December 10, 2007
Africa: Our Tradition Upholds Free Speech, Democracy
To suggest that Africans do not care about free speech, electoral fairness or misappropriation of public funds is to misread African traditional culture, write Kwaku Asante-Darko… Read more »
December 08, 2007
South Africa: 2nd test message on allafrica blog
well, today's conference proceedings were much more exciting than yesterday;s. Read more »