Southern Africa
Sun, 15 May 2022 07:59:13 GMTZambia: BoZ Sounds Alarm On Cyber Security Threat
[Times of Zambia] THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has issued an alert to the financial sector urging it to be vigilant on cyber security threat after it experienced a partial disruption to some of its Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications.
Sat, 14 May 2022 20:06:38 GMTMozambique: Covid-19 - No Reason for Alarm, Says Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Friday said that the recent rise in the number of new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease is no cause for alarm.
Sat, 14 May 2022 20:00:58 GMTSouth Africa: Minister Promises Land to People Living On Railway Track
[GroundUp] Fikile Mbalula tells community leaders he'll be back in two weeks to show them the land
Sat, 14 May 2022 19:58:37 GMTZimbabwe: Mugabe Exhumation Saga Rages
[New Zimbabwe] CHILDREN of the late Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, have been granted authority to be part of proceedings in a matter involving the exhumation of their father by the High Court.
Fri, 13 May 2022 12:35:50 GMTAfrica: African Faith Leaders Urges Global Covid-19 Summit to 'Make Bold Commitments'
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- An African religious leader has urged a global coronavirus summit to give low- and middle-income countries more control over the supply of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments.
Sat, 14 May 2022 16:25:11 GMTSouth Africa: Was Nation's Corruption Commission Worth Four Years of Work?
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's judicial commission into state capture, known as the Zondo Commission, recently handed over the fourth part of its voluminous and scathing findings to President Cyril Ramaphosa. As a fact-finding commission, i...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:02:59 GMTSouth Africa: What's Happening In South African News - May 13, 2022
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Sat, 14 May 2022 14:21:25 GMTSouth Africa: Political Killings Plague Nation's Public Life
[New Frame] Political killings have become an all too common tool of control in South Africa. It is essential that this grim reality is recognised and opposed.
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:17:43 GMTSouth Africa: Digital Switch Will Leave Millions Without TV
[New Frame] The analogue television signal will be turned off on 30 June in a move that will bar impoverished households from access and sink community television stations.
Fri, 13 May 2022 12:11:40 GMTZimbabwe: Mnangagwa Challenger, Musengezi to Spend Night in Police Custody
[New Zimbabwe] A Zanu PF member, who is challenging Emmerson Mnangagwa's position as Zanu PF first secretary, is going to spend another night in police custody, pending finalisation of his bail hearing.
Fri, 13 May 2022 11:56:51 GMTNamibia: Police Open Rioting Case Against Amushelelo
[Namibian] Namibian Police commissioner Ismael Basson said a case of riotous assemblies has been opened against Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) economic commissar Michael Amushelelo.
Fri, 13 May 2022 11:54:57 GMTZimbabwe: Top Lawyer Mtetwa Ordered to Stop Disposing of Controversial U.S.$57,000 Cash
[New Zimbabwe] Mtetwa and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners have been ordered by the High Court to stop disbursing US$57 000 cash that was found in one of their strong rooms during an investigations into a trust funds theft case involving US$32 million.
Fri, 13 May 2022 11:53:21 GMTZimbabwe: Extortionists Who Swindled Top Bureaucrat Granted Bail
[New Zimbabwe] THREE of the suspects who got arrested on allegations of extorting US$200 from Ministry of Information and Communications Technology director, Beulah Chirume, have been granted ZW$30 000 bail each by the High Court.
Fri, 13 May 2022 10:37:51 GMTZimbabwe: New Zanu-PF Youth League Boss Warns Against Infighting
[New Zimbabwe] NEWLY elected Zanu PF youth league deputy national secretary, John Paradza, has virtually confirmed the heavy infighting among the ruling party' Young Turks.
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:03:42 GMTZimbabwe: Blanket Records 40pc Jump in Gold Output
[The Herald] Blanket Mine's parent company, a Gwanda-based gold miner owned by Caledonia Mining Corporation, registered a 40 percent jump in gold production in the first quarter to March 31, 2022, compared to the same period last year.
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:00:24 GMTNamibia: Athletics Stars' Recovery On Track
[Namibian] BEATRICE Masilingi and Christine Mboma are on the mend, their coach, Henk Botha, says. Both stars experienced mid-race injury misfortune on the international scene within the space of a week.
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:00:10 GMTZimbabwe: Bulawayo CSOs Engage Registrar General's Office Over National Identity Documents
[New Zimbabwe] A GROUP of Bulawayo-based civil society organisations (CSOs) coalescing under the Ekhaya Vote 2023 banner have reached an agreement with the registrar general's office which will see more people in Matabeleland regions getting identity...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:59:03 GMTNamibia: Nobody Is Bigger Than Football - Motsepe
[Namibian] THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe says nobody in Namibia is bigger than football.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:58:38 GMTZimbabwe: Mtuli Ncube Disputes Mnangagwa Economic Hitmen Conspiracy
[New Zimbabwe] FINANCE minister Mtuli Ncube has said the current economic crisis rocking the country is a result of global upheavals, effectively disputing his principal, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that the calamity was a result of efforts ...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:56:37 GMTZimbabwe: 'West Using Economic Disparities to Fuel Xenophobia'
[The Herald] Western countries have been accused of using the economic disparities between South Africa and other African countries to divide black people and fuel xenophobic tendencies among Africans.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:56:37 GMTZimbabwe: Robbers Get Away With U.S.$384 000
[The Herald] Seven armed robbers raided a company in Southerton, Harare, last week and got away with US$384 880, over $11 000 and Mozambican road toll books valued at US$55 000.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:56:35 GMTZimbabwe: Border Jumping Chief Fined $40k
[The Herald] Thupeyo Muleya -- Beitbridge Bureau
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:24:38 GMTSouth Africa: Workers At Arcelormittal Refuse to Budge Over Wages
[New Frame] The steel manufacturer's decision to seek an interdict preventing some of its employees from taking part in the national strike has aggravated Numsa, which says it won't back down from its demands.
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:23:50 GMTSouth Africa: Slain Ekhenana Activist Nokuthula Mabaso Remembered
[New Frame] A leader of the commune's food sovereignty projects, the fearless Mabaso had given most of her adult life to improving the socioeconomic circumstances of her fellow residents.
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:16:25 GMTUganda/South Africa: David Obua's South African Legacy
[New Frame] The Ugandan footballer paved the way for his countrymen when his skills on the pitch got Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates vying to sign him in the mid-2000s.
Fri, 13 May 2022 14:23:00 GMTSouth Africa: Mopani Worms Stake a Claim On the Global Stage
[Daily Maverick] Insects. They are what we're told we'll all soon be eating if we care about the planet. For Wendy Vesela-Ntimbani, born in Limpopo, the mopani worm has been a culinary favourite since she was a kid. Now she is sharing them with the w...
Fri, 13 May 2022 14:22:28 GMTSouth Africa: Eat and Drink the City's Best, All in One Parkwood Block
[Daily Maverick] Jozi is big, taking up twice the area of New York City. And it's spread out. People from other South African cities don't always get that there are such enormously good food and drink places up here, but they are not all in one spot ...
Fri, 13 May 2022 13:51:19 GMTSouth Africa: Five Years and Two Building Contractors, but These Houses Are Still Not Finished
[GroundUp] "The contractor left my house without a roof, windows and doors" says Fort Beaufort resident
Fri, 13 May 2022 13:47:18 GMTSouth Africa: Judge Makes Landmark Ruling On Divorce Act
[GroundUp] Gauteng High Court finds part of the Act discriminates against women and is unconstitutional
Fri, 13 May 2022 13:31:41 GMTSouth Africa: SA Records 8,920 New Covid-19 Cases
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa on Thursday recorded 8 920 new COVID-19, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).