South Africa had a "persisting inability" to deal with the legacy of inferior health, education and other social infrastructure for working-class communities, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday.
The police in South Africa arrested about 50 Zimbabwean protestors who were outside the Chinese Embassy in Pretoria on Friday, attempting to hand over a petition to Zhong Jianhua, the Chinese Ambassador to South Africa.
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission yesterday released seven more House of Assembly results from the ongoing poll recounts with Zanu-PF retaining two seats, MDC-T four and MDC one.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will monitor investigations into the cause of the deaths of nearly 80 Eastern Cape babies, the body announced on Friday. Earlier this week, reports emerged that 78 children from the Eastern Cape had
A man who admitted to taking nine Pretoria News advertising staff hostage on April 25 last year was acquitted on Friday on a charge of attempted murder. Lionel George, of Danville, west of Pretoria, earlier pleaded guilty in the city's
Measures to stem the looming food price crisis in South Africa will be put before the Cabinet next week, the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) said on Friday. A short-term solution is likely to involve more funds for the government's
Suspended National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss, Vusi Pikoli, will not "at this stage" make public his submissions to the Ginwala commission. "Mr Pikoli remains committed to doing so at the appropriate time," said Deneys Reitz, attorneys acting on behalf of
For some years I have been wondering why we see an annual property inflation rate of around 20% but does not reflect in headline inflation. When headline inflation was running between 4% and 6%, property inflation was outstripping all other
There was trouble brewing this week at Rössing uranium mine in Arandis when unionised workers staged a two-day go slow demanding that the company change its salary structure.
The Development Bank of Namibia plans to set up a Private Equity Fund with one of the local financial services group, CEO David Nuyoma has disclosed to the Economist. "This has already been approved by the board and we are
Zimbabwean civic groups have submitted a dossier to the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) detailing alleged State-sponsored violence against opposition supporters since the disputed March 29 elections.
GOVERNMENT has dismissed statements by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer claiming that Morgan Tsvangirai won an outright victory in the March 29 harmonised elections.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today condemned the brutal actions of the Zimbabwe government and called on it to accept the results of the March 29 elections.
The Angolan government informed that the cargo-boat, An Yne Jiang, of China Ocean Shipping Company, a Chinese maritime transportation company, was authorised to moor at the Luanda's port, only to offload goods designed for the country.
POLICE yesterday arrested 215 people after raiding MDC-T's Harvest House headquarters in central Harare on allegations of committing acts of political violence countrywide and going into hiding.
Taiwan's cabinet will soon lose one of its more colourful members who was notorious for sleeping in parliament, shouting at legislators, picking his nose in public and shoving a journalist. Tu Cheng-sheng, education minister since 2004, will step down next
Please allow me to draw your attention to the issue that Raj Meetarbhan has raised in his editorial "Chère Roupie".He says that "l'Etat ne dispose pas de moyen d'action pour alléger la pression sur la roupie" . While other economies
Donor agencies and European countries who participated in the conference expressed their concern regarding the Zimbabwe situation (Zimbabwe is a full-fledged member of the SADC) and none too subtly pressed the SADC to take a stand on Zimbabwe saying it
The food crisis is spreading like wildfire. Every day brings fresh reports of food riots in the world's poor countries. Yesterday, Brazil joined the growing club of countries, which have halted rice exports to ensure their domestic supply. The five-time
