World famous scientist Stephen Hawking met former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Thursday. Said Hawking: "I admire how you managed to find a peaceful solution to a situation that seemed doomed to disaster. It was one of the great

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Thursday reiterated its call for media houses to refrain from accepting any advertising from the City of Tshwane metropolitain council. The ASA said it had come to its attention that media houses were accepting

Reports from around the country indicate that the army is at the forefront of the violence against innocent civilians and opposition officials.

Justice Ben Hlatshwayo of the High Court judge has deferred until Monday the bail ruling on the case involving the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leaders.

The MDC have called for an urgent SADC 'extraordinary summit' to make firm resolutions on the crisis in Zimbabwe.

The brutal murder of MDC activist Beta Chokururama in Murehwa on Sunday and the abduction of Tonderai Ndira from Mabvuku on Wednesday highlight the country's spiralling crisis of political killings and kidnappings.

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Malawi's tobacco industry has been in turmoil after wildly fluctuating prices led protesting farmers to force the closure of the auction floors.

In a bid to actively reconnect with international donors, the Zimbabwean government last month paid part of its arrears to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.

With an electoral crisis, world-record inflation and a collapsing economy blighted by a brain drain and a generally restive population, Zimbabwe could prove to be southern Africa's "problem child" as the region seeks to link its economies in a new

Amnesty International today warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels, and revealed that "war veterans" are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the opposition MDC (Movement for Democratic Change).

Absa is not the only bank with its eyes fixed on Namibia's banking industry.

The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday complained bitterly that it does not have enough money, that deputies' working conditions are inadequate, and that the institution is poorly managed.

The International Conference on State Budget Controlling Systems that closed Wednesday in Luanda, recommended a stricter control over the State Budget in all its stages as a means to guaranteeing transparency.

THE electricity supply crisis in southern Africa, caused by dwindling surplus capacity of South Africa's power utility Eskom over the past year, might cause even more headaches for consumers if Eskom is granted a massive 60 per cent tariff hike

THE Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) and its sponsor, the First National Bank of Namibia (FNB), are presenting the opera 'Cinderella' at the National Theatre in Windhoek on June 20 and 21.

STANDARD Bank Namibia renewed its commitment to the development of cricket in Namibia when it made a grant of N$100 000 as well as cricket equipment to the Namibian Cricket Board in Windhoek yesterday.

THE City of Windhoek is to open an Information Technology (IT) Training Centre at the Oshetu Community Market, formerly Single Quarters, in Katutura.

A NUMBER of Swapo MPs in the National Council claim that money paid to orphans from State grants is not reaching these children and is misused by their guardians.

Angolan deputy minister of Public Works, Armindo Copingo, Wednesday in Kuito, central Bie province, expressed satisfaction at the pace of the works of rehabilitation of the local Joaquim Kapango airport.