Zambia/Sudan: Chipolopolo Stride Into Afcon Semi-Finals
[allAfrica.com]
Bata -
Zambia strode into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with a one-sided 3-0 win over Sudan to book a last four place for the first time in 16 years.
South Africa: Ruling Party Youth Leaders to Appeal Suspensions
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
Convictions handed down by the National Disciplinary Committee to ANC Youth League leaders were upheld by an appeals committee on Saturday.
Zambia/Sudan: Copper Bullets Humble 10-Man Sudan to Reach Last Four
[CAF]
The Chipolopolos of Zambia sealed a historic place at the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Sudan 3-0 in their quarter final clash on Saturday in Bata.
Africa: Zambia Through to Semifinals At African Cup
[GFA]
Zambia was the first team through to the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a clinical 3-0 win over struggling 10-man Sudan on Saturday.
Zimbabwe: Mugabe, Tsvangirai Stall Vote on New Constitution
[Financial Gazette]
Harare -
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have stalled the crafting of a referendum law due to haggling on whether or not the diaspora vote should be included in the constitutional plebiscite.
Zimbabwe: Civil Society's African Union Bid Flops
[Financial Gazette]
ZIMBABWE'S vocal civil society which shadowed the just-ended African Union Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, returned empty handed from its mission early this week.
Zimbabwe: Improved Aids Levy Collections Fill Part of Funding Gap
[PlusNews]
Harare -
With global funding for on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.
South Africa: Implats Fires 13,000 Workers
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
Impala Platinum has fired 13,000 miners who went on an illegal strike at its Rustenburg operation, the company said on Thursday.
South Africa: Dalai Lama Application Dismissed With Costs
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
An application on whether it was constitutional for the government not to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama last year, was dismissed in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.
South Africa: Lesbian Murder Sentence a Message for Africa
[SAPA]
Cape Town -
Human rights activists have welcomed the sentencing of four men who were found guilty of stabbing and stoning a 19-year-old lesbian to death in 2006.
South Africa: Fighting Poverty - the NDP, ANC and a Political Big Beast
[African Arguments]
Over the years, the South African government has released a plethora of strategies and initiatives in its post-apartheid policy reforms. Many of these recommendations and programmes have evidenced middling success, and even outright failure. The latest such proposal is the National Development Plan, issued by the National Planning Commission of South Africa, an advisory body in the Office of the Presidency with a 5 year mandate.
Namibia: Livestock Owners Embrace New Methods
[State Department]
Washington -
New land management and marketing techniques taking hold in Namibia with U.S. help mean a stronger economic future for Namibian livestock owners -- and a better life for their families and communities.
Zambia: Critiquing the Critique On China in Zambia
[Fahamu]
In December, Pambazuka News carried an article that critiqued a Human Rights Watch report that had exposed labour abuses in Chinese state-owned copper mines in Zambia. Here, Human Rights Watch responds to that critique.
Zimbabwe: Gono Warns of Economic Slowdown
[Financial Gazette]
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono, has warned that the country's economic recovery may slow down on the back of knock-on effects from the Eurozone debt crisis and the continuing economic turmoil in the United States.
Angola: CNN Accepts Ads From Corrupt Regime
[Fahamu]
The company contracted to market Angola overseas is owned by the president's children. While two-thirds of the population survives on less than $2 a day, the president and his protégés plunder the country.
Mozambique: UN Agency Begins Food Distribution to Flood Victims
[UN News]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing rations in Mozambique, where an estimated 70,000 people are in urgent need of assistance after the country was pounded by two tropical storms.
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Hits Harare
[RNW Africa]
Zimbabwe -
Since last October, when the disease broke out, some 1,500 people in Zimbabwe's capital Harare have fallen victim to typhoid. The authorities blame restaurants and food vendors; the citizens blame the authorities.
Zimbabwe: Inquest Deepens Mujuru Mystery
[Zimbabwe Independent]
THE inquest into former army commander General Solomon Mujuru's death has entered its third week at Harare Magistrates' Court and Zimbabweans are still puzzled as to the cause of the fire which burnt one of the most decorated liberation war heroes to ashes.
Zimbabwe: 'Zanu-PF Strategy to Frustrate MDC-T Working'
[Zimbabwe Independent]
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's frustration over the failure to implement provisions of the GPA is a clear indication that Zanu PF's strategy of wearing down its opponents by stifling reforms may be yielding results.
Zimbabwe: 'Inflammables Can't Be Ruled Out'
[Zimbabwe Independent]
A SOUTH African police forensic analyst said it could be possible that accelerants or inflammable materials were present at the fire which gutted the late General Solomon Mujuru's farmhouse in Beatrice last year.
Zimbabwe: RFHL Board Restructuring 'Null and Void'
[Zimbabwe Independent]
RESERVE Bank chief Gideon Gono has dismissed the recent reconstitution of ReNaissance Financial Holdings Ltd's board as null and void.
Zimbabwe: 'No Foul Play in Manyika Death'
[Zimbabwe Independent]
A PROBE into the accident which claimed the life of former Zanu PF national commissar Elliot Manyika (pictured) in 2008 has concluded that there was no foul play in his death.
South Africa: E.TV Fined R35,000 for Gaddafi Images
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
Television channel e.tv has been fined R35,000 for airing violent footage of the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Namibia: Govt to Take a Stand On Reparations
[New Era]
Windhoek -
Prime Minister Nahas Angula says the Namibian government will at its own time and pace pronounce itself on the issue of reparations that the affected communities of Namas and Ovaherero, the descendants of the victims of the German war of extermination of 1904-1908, are demanding.
Zambia/Sudan: Chipolopolo Seek to Banish Ghosts of Past
[allAfrica.com]
Zambia are seeking to banish the ghosts of the last 16 years by reaching the African Nations Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1996.
Malawi: Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
[IPS]
Lilongwe -
The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market.
Zimbabwe: Media Commission Wants Foreign Papers Banned
[The Herald]
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission wants The Sunday Times of South Africa and other foreign based publications barred from being sold in Zimbabwe until they comply with the law.
Zambia/Sudan: Renard - 'It's the Most Important Game of My Career'
[CAF]
Zambia coach Herve Renard says a semi final berth will mark "the most important game of my career" and is looking forward to that.
Africa: Quarter-Finals Begin
[Nation]
After eight days of action-packed football, we are now left eight teams as the quarter-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations beckon.
Zambia/Sudan: Zambia Face Crocodiles in Mouthwatering Quarters Fixture
[Nation]
Libreville -
Two of Africa's footballing giants have awoken after years spent in a slumber and on Saturday (7pm Kenyan time), they will meet for a place in the semi-finals of the African showpiece.
