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Tag Archives: South Africa

Asad

South Africa’s Somali refugee child stars fly to the Oscars

February 23, 2013 1 comment
22 February 2013 - After narrowly winning a race against time to get extended refugee status, passports and visas, brothers Harun and Ali Mohammed are flying from Cape Town to Hollywood today for Sun...
Brenda Fassie - A true queen of African music

Brenda Fassie – The irreplaceable queen of African music

January 6, 2013 2 comments
Not too often has the talent of an African Female singer have such an impact on world music as the late Brenda Fassie has. The South African born singer epitomised everything sensational, pure and ri...
President Jacob Zuma - Living in style - Photo credit - Daily Mail

Britain’s Daily Mail reports – Jacob Zuma spends £17.5mill...

November 25, 2012 2 comments
One of Britain’s respected and popular newspapers, the Daily Mail, is reporting that South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, has spent £17.5million on his home town palace as his country is ...
Malawi

Near tragedy as plane carrying over 100 Malawian illegals is engulfed ...

November 13, 2012 no comments
Blantyre, Malawi, Nov. 13 (Newstime Africa) – A near tragedy was averted Tuesday when a chartered plane carrying some 127 Malawians caught fire minutes after taking off from South Africa’...
A South African Polieman fires at protesting miners

Justice seems to be a long way off for dead miners in South Africa

September 15, 2012 no comments
JOHANNESBURG, Siyabulela Debedu - (IPS) - The South African Police Service members who were involved in a bloodbath with striking workers at the Marikana mine in North West Province could face murder...
Reckless - President Jacob Zuma

President Jacob Zuma should resign – As 270 miners are charged w...

August 30, 2012 1 comment
After sending his reckless police force, some of them remnants of the apartheid era, to force miners to work, by shooting and gunning them down, killing 34 innocent miners who were legitimately prote...
Swaziland

South African union gives support to striking Swazi teachers

August 7, 2012 no comments
The South African Public Servants Association (PSA), that represents over 200.000 South African public servants, is calling “for a speedy resolution of the on-going public service unrest in neighbori...
South Africa - Children in poverty

South Africa’s inequality and marginalization still persistent

July 30, 2012 no comments
Last week saw the release of World Bank’s sobering assessment report which revealed that a child’s chance to make it in life as a successful person would be pre-determined by his/her ethnicity at bir...
ANC - Malema

Winnie Madikizela–Mandela castigates ANC as she endorses Julius Malema...

July 20, 2012 1 comment
The former wife of the anti-apartheid legend; Winnie Madikizela- Mandela has come out and publicly gave an endorsement to Julius Malema. Julius who had earlier on this year got himself expelled from ...
Angela Dlamini - Photo by Veli Nhlapo

The sixth wife of Swaziland’s King Mswati III has fled to South ...

July 20, 2012 2 comments
  SundayWorld – A close family source says Angela Dlamini, known as LaGija, sought refuge with South African family members in the upmarket Sun City tourist resort in North West after leav...
Rita Dominic - Outstanding

As Rita Dominic wins Best Actress How 2 Steal 2 Million is named Afric...

April 23, 2012 no comments
South African Charlie Vundla scooped Best Director and his debut, film noir thriller How 2 Steal 2 Million, was named Best Film at the eight Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), held last night, 22 Ap...
President Mutharika

Malawian in South Africa says government and DPP officials distanced t...

April 19, 2012 4 comments
Lilongwe – A Malawian staying in South Africa has expressed disappointment with the behaviour of the country’s embassy staff and Democratic Progressive Party (DDP) top officials who were sent b...
AMAA - Movie awards

Nigeria tops nominations for Africa’s most prestigious movie awa...

March 19, 2012 5 comments
Most nominated films include South Africa’s Otelo Burning and How to 2 Steal 2 Million; Nigeria’s Adesuwa; Ghana’s Somewhere in Africa; The Nigerian-South African co-production Man on Ground; and Ken...
Africa Economic Forum

Shaping Africa’s Future – 6th Africa Economic Forum 2012, Cape T...

February 7, 2012 no comments
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa – Global Pacific & Partners (http://www.glopac-partners.com) announce the Program for the 6th Africa Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 March 2012. Dr...
President Ernest Bai Koroma and President Paul Kagame - Two of Africa's outstanding leaders

Africa takes steps towards achieving food security after significant p...

January 21, 2012 no comments
NAIROBI, (IPS) – A growing number of African countries are making significant progress towards eradicating extreme hunger and poverty. Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa ar...
Railway line to link South Africa and Swaziland - Oxyman - Wikicommons

New railway line set to boost economies of Swaziland and South Africa

January 18, 2012 no comments
MBABANE, (IPS) – The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries. Swazi traders, who import m...
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  • An outstanding man of God - John Hagee stands out as a true and important spiritual leader of our times

    Date: May 16, 2013

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  • AfDB approves a USD 20 million trade finance line of credit for UT Bank Ghana to support SMEs and Local Corporates

    Date: May 23, 2013

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  • UNAMID delivers medical supplies to North Darfur population

    Date: May 23, 2013

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  • Old bank notes cease to be legal in Malawi

    Date: May 23, 2013

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  • Amnesty report condemns “excessive force” in Western Sahara

    Date: May 23, 2013

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  • ECOWAS Peace Ambassador urges greater empowerment of the youth

    Date: May 22, 2013

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    Date: May 22, 2013

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    Date: May 22, 2013

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