Tag Archives: South Africa

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 – 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...

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 ...

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’...

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...

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...

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’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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...