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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:24:56 GMT
South Africa: New Stringent Rules for Raw Meat Products -South African News Briefs - August 31, 2022
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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:37:57 GMT
Mozambique: Cabo Delgado War - Insurgency Continues in 8 Districts
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Fighting continued in July and August with attacks in Palma and Mocimboa da Praia districts, near the district towns, in the gas zone which is supposed to be safe. Between 18 and 21 August, multiple incidents w...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:02:08 GMT
Malawi: Police Service Welcomes Country's First Albino Officers
[VOA] Blantyre -- Malawi's police service has welcomed two officers with albinism into its ranks, the first people with the rare genetic pigment disorder in Malawi's state security organization. Rights groups say the hirings should help efforts to cr...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:38:52 GMT
Angola: CASA-CE Coalition Rejects Election Results
[ANGOP] Luanda -- CASA-CE coalition Tuesday (30) rejected the final results of the general elections conducted on 24 August, released Monday by the National Electoral Commission (CNE).

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:14:47 GMT
South Africa: Ramaphosa Delays Answering Forex Farm Theft Questions in Unfinished Parliamentary Session
[Daily Maverick] Having said he was ready to account -- just not quite yet in Parliament -- for the Phala Phala farm forex theft, President Cyril Ramaphosa thought he was done. However, the opposition insisted on a proper answer and the Speaker ultim...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:48:56 GMT
Namibia: 'LGBTQI+ Members Victimised When Seeking Services'
[Namibian] OUTRIGHT Namibia director Agapitus Haufiku says despite significant improvement many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) community members still face stigma and discrimination.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:34:58 GMT
Mozambique: Reserve Commander - Army Gives Jobs to Frelimo Instead of Creating Soldiers
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "The army must recruit in order to wage war. But what happens today is that we recruit in order to give people jobs. I recruit my son because I can't educate him, so I send him into the army or the police. Then...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:32:22 GMT
Mozambique: Raising Questions at the Top; Free Market Hurts Small Farmers
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Raising questions at the top Nyusi 1 - the high cost of economic liberalisation

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:14:22 GMT
South Africa: Young Inventor Shares Vision for Water Secure SA
[SAnews.gov.za] Close friends and classmates, Unam Halam and Faith Claasen's invention, the Drop Saver, is making waves at the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:50:15 GMT
Namibia: Community Rakes in N$129 000 From Devil's Claw
[Namibian] A TOTAL of 186 community members of the Mpungu constituency in the Kavango East region has generated over N$129 000 from selling devil's claw, a plant native to southern Africa, which has historically been used to treat pain, liver and kid...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:34:39 GMT
Mozambique: Journalist Gil Namelo Assaulted, Forced to Delete Photographs By Port Official
[CPJ] Around noon on August 13, 2022, Agostinho Conde da Silva, an official with Mozambique's state-owned port and railway authority, assaulted journalist Gil Namelo in the port city of Quelimane, according to news reports, a statement by the Mozambi...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:45:18 GMT
South Africa: Corruption in South Africa - New Book Sets Out How Ruling ANC Lost the Battle
[The Conversation Africa] One of the greatest benefits of South Africa's democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela's book, The Enemy Within, is the latest in a cascade of publications over the last decade that record corrupti...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:45:54 GMT
Namibia: Five Die in Zambezi Plane Crash
[Namibian] FIVE people have reportedly died after an aeroplane they were travelling in crashed into the Zambezi River at Impalila Island in the Zambezi region earlier today.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:45:54 GMT
Namibia: Cabinet Approves Business-Rescue Advice
[Namibian] THE Cabinet last week approved the recommendations of Namibia's business-rescue task force, which includes the establishment of a fund and financing capital projects through public-private partnerships (PPPs).

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:45:54 GMT
Namibia: Natau Wants Transnamib Forensic Report Released
[Namibian] THE Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau) has called for the release of an Ernst & Young (EY) forensic investigation report on TransNamib, claiming it contains proof of misconduct by management.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:45:53 GMT
Namibia: I Am the Solution to Your Future - Itula
[Namibian] INDEPENDENT Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Panduleni Itula says he and his party are the biggest solution for Namibians' future.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:45:51 GMT
Namibia: Namibia Unveils Carbon Market Project
[Namibian] EFFORTS are underway to establish carbon markets in Namibia - a trading system in which carbon credits are sold and bought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the impact of climate change.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:56:48 GMT
Malawi: Four Fined for Illegal Possession of Foreign Currency
[Nyasa Times] The Mwanza Third Grade Magistrate Court, on Monday convicted and fined Robert Baibulo, Esther Chitsulo, Mustapher John Kabichi and Zelina Ibrahim for offences of illegal possession of foreign currency, attempting to illegally transfer f...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:45:49 GMT
South Africa: Migrants in South Africa Have Access to Healthcare - Why It's Kicking Up a Storm
[The Conversation Africa] A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province - which borders Zimbabwe - berating a Zimbabwean woman who was seeking healthcare. Responses have be...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:53:07 GMT
Mozambique: Parliamentarians - Mega-Projects Should Serve to Develop the Country
[AIM] Maputo -- The chairperson of the Planning and Budget Commission (CPO) of the Mozambican Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, António Niquice, argued on Monday that the revenue from mega-projects must serve to fight regional inequalities a...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:51:02 GMT
Namibia: Namibia Unveils Carbon Market Project #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Namibian] EFFORTS are underway to establish carbon markets in Namibia - a trading system in which carbon credits are sold and bought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the impact of climate change.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:17:00 GMT
Zimbabwe: Latest - Late Music Icon Zex Manatsa's Widow, Stella, Dies
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Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:00:13 GMT
Angola: Angola Elections
[State Department] The United States notes the broad participation of Angolans in the August 24 elections.  We look forward to working together on a path toward a safer, more secure, and prosperous Angola for all.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:17:50 GMT
Namibia: Namibia Bans Beef Imports From Botswana
[The Patriot] Namibia has suspended imports of cloven-hoofed animals and their products including other potentially infectious materials from Botswana following suspicion of a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, officials said Monday.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:55:14 GMT
Angola: Girabola - Faf Approves Tundavala Stadium
[ANGOP] Lubango -- Technical Council of the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) approved Tuesday in Lubango, southern Huila province, the physical conditions of Tundavala Stadium to host games of the first division of the National Football Championship...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:41:47 GMT
Lesotho: Preparing Lesotho Political Parties for Strategic Election Monitoring
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Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:49:21 GMT
South Africa: Turn Sea Point Plot Into Social Housing, Say Activists
[GroundUp] Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land "in the public interest".

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:15:46 GMT
South Africa: Ramaphosa Faces Grilling at Parliament - South African News Briefs - August 30, 2022
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Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:50:30 GMT
Zimbabwe: We Travel to Harare With Returning Zimbabweans
[GroundUp] It's an unhappy journey marked by xenophobia and an uncertain future

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:49:43 GMT
South Africa: Treasury Tables Bill to Tackle Money Laundering
[SAnews.gov.za] Reiterating government's commitment to nip illicit money flows, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled in Parliament the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill.



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