South Africa: Rate Cut is Not a Done Deal, Marcus Implies
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - INFLATION was lower now than the Reserve Bank had expected, but it would take a "forward-looking" approach when it decides on interest rates next week, the Bank's governor, (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Tense Maputo Counts Cost of Violent Price Riots
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Nastasya TayMaputo - Mozambique’s government refused yesterday to reverse this week’s price hikes that have hit the poorest, sparking the country’s worst riots in two years.Moza (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Assore's Earnings Halve as Recession Hits Mineral Prices
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - MINING holding company Assore 's headline earnings for the year to June more than halved to R1,49bn from R3,27bn because of a major decline in earnings from its prin (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Lessons from my Work - Even the Weathy don't get good service...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: I saw an announcement on a company email this morning of a woman I know who was promoted to run a specialised unit to be housed in the same building I work in. Her job will be to give service to the m (By Jan)... |
Liberia: First U.S. Direct Flights in 20 Years Begin
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Notwithstanding the current infrastructurally cramped conditions of Roberts International Airport (RIA), Liberia in the days of old was the epic center of international air traffic in West Africa, wit (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Rioting Continues for Second Day
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - Rioting against price rises continued for a second day on Thursday, in parts of Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola.The motorway from Maputo to South Africa was again obstructed with i (By News Poster)... |
Namibia: Import Penalties Irk Firms
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichImport penalties slapped on Namibian companies for grain, fruit and vegetables from South Africa by a private SA company are being investigated by Government.Agri Inspec, an SA com (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Country Close to Joining BRIC Group
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Pretoria - South Africa is confident that it could become the newest member of BRIC, a powerful economic coalition of the four largest developing nations in the world - Brazil, Russia, India and China (By News Poster)... |
Mozambique: Police Deny Calling Army to Deal With Unrest
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - Police spokesperson Pedro Cossa on Thursday denied rumours that the army has been called on to restore public order.According to Cossa "the army was called on to carry out the clean-up in the (By News Poster)... | Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Nastasya TayMaputo - September in Mozambique's capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Foreign Visitors Surge in 2010
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Foreign visitors to South Africa had risen by more than 350 000 for the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2009, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said. (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: A Black Co-Worker tells me another Black guy hung himself...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [I mentioned to a black co-worker of mine the black guy I heard who hung himself on wednesday. She then sent me a note containing this... she also knows another black guy who hung himself.
Funny... (By Jan)... |
"Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (03-09-2010)
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Howzit
Foreign currency mid-rates updated.
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Please be aware that this Sunday there will be no posting as I have our regular local Royal British Legion meeting.
Thanks for understandi (By The BeardedMan)... | USA: & S.Africa: History: Military lessons the ANC learned from Vietnam
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [Here are some interesting facts from history. Jan]
By 1974 the ANC realized that it’s armed struggle was ineffective against the Apartheid state. At this time they suffered a reduction in f (By Jan)... |
The black capitalists - lessons from Zimbabwe - Black man: S.Africa will go the same way...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [Liberals might be destroying the very things they want to protect. This is a brilliant article by a black guy, and it goes deeper than you think. This black man is ignoring the base ideology of Zanu (By Jan)... | Mozambique: IMPORTANT: Riots in Frelimo, communist area... spread by Cell phones...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: My friend with business interests reported that there were food riots in Maputo. The communists in Mozambique control the south of the country... and this is where the capital, Maputo is. This is the (By Jan)... |
S.Africa: People are TAKING STRAIN... Whites friends are suicidal... Black man hangs himself...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Let me tell you, that people are TAKING STRAIN... especially whites... but not only whites.
I went to a doctor some time back for a rash I had, and he said it was stress and I needed more exercise. (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Warriors Ready - Mapeza
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - Warriors caretaker coach Norman Mapeza believes his charges are ready for their opening African Cup of Nations qualifying assignment against Liberia and has expressed satisfa (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Teaching Health Communication
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Khopotso BodibeIn a special partnership the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication and the Wits School of Public Health, have launched a post-graduate degree programme aimed a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Nation-Wide Strike Hits Public Services Hard
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Over a million teachers, nurses and other government workers have downed tools across South Africa, suspending public education and healthcare while their demands for better pay go head-to-head with g (By News Poster)... |
Mozambique: Tensions Soar As Food Riots Move Into Second Day
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Orfeo LisboaMaputo - Tensions are running high in Mozambique, on the second day of riots caused by soaring food prices.The government has deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital, as angr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Minister Speaks Out on Madagascar
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - INTERNATIONAL Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane yesterday questioned the judicial process that sentenced Madagascar's former president, Marc Ra (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Keaton to Raise R200 Million in Debt to Fund Coal Project for Eskom
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Allan SeccombeJohannesburg - KEATON Energy plans to raise up to R200m in debt to fund a 200 000-tons-a-month coal project to supply Eskom with coal, CEO Paul Miller said yesterday.Keaton will bring (By News Poster)... | Madagascar: South Africa Criticizes Ravalomanana Trial
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Pretoria - The sentencing of Madagascar's former President Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life may prove to be one more obstacle in the island's attempts to emerge from its current political cri (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Changes to 'Secrecy Bill' Not Ruled Out
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - The government is prepared to entertain changes to the controversial Protection of Information Bill but has warned that this can be done only as far as "is practicable an (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Price Increases 'Irreversible'
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - A volley of price increases in basic commodities and services has sparked two days of rioting and looting in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, but the government is refusing to rescind them."Th (By News Poster)... |
Police Confirm Four Deaths in Maputo Riots
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police have confirmed that four people died and 27 were wounded during rioting that took place in Maputo and Matola on Wednesday. Police made 142 arrests, according to prelimin (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Photovoltaic Firm Opens its First Power Facility
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - CONCENTRATED photovoltaic firm Concentrix Solar has begun preparations to build a 50MW solar plant in the Western Cape, CEO Hansjorg Lerchenmuller said yesterday.Mr Ler (By News Poster)... |
Absa Told to Revise Its Bid
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Felix NjiniWindhoek - Namibia's central bank would consider a reconfigured bid by South Africa's Absa Bank to take up rather a minority equity in Namibia's second largest commercial bank, Bank Wind (By News Poster)... | Botswana: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Country
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or coun (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Punitive Laws Do Little to Stem the HIV Tide
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Priti PatelJohannesburg - SEX, drugs, rock 'n' roll with a reality show thrown in: sounds like the perfect cocktail for a media extravaganza. Well it was, just not in the way you may imagine. All o (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Govt Withdraws Special Policy for Zimbabweans
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa will no longer receive special treatment following Cabinet's decision to withdraw the special dispensation policy for Zimbabweans.Cu (By News Poster)... |
Car Makers Committed to Local Industry
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Beth ShirleyJohannesburg - DESPITE the numerous challenges facing major car makers in SA, they remain committed to investing in the motor industry, viewing SA as rich in opportunities and strategic (By News Poster)... | South Africa's Poor 'Have No Friends'
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Allister SparksFinance Minister Pravin Gordhan's warning last week that we need to achieve a sustained 7% growth rate for the next 20 to 30 years if we are to meet the social and economic needs of (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Diamond Output to Surge
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's diamond output from Marange fields could reach 40 million carats within the next three years, realising about US$2 billion per year, a Belgian diamond expert has said.Mbada Diamond (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (02-09-2010)
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Howzit
This posting is/was late as I had a doctor's appointment earlier this morning, and then, at about 1030hrs, the internet, cable television and the telephone all died... Then, in ill-timed fit (By The BeardedMan)... |
Africa: Funding Begins Flowing for Agriculture
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Claire NgozoWindhoek - The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made (By News Poster)... | Africa: Development of Agricultural Projects Attracting Investors
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - THERE has been a large positive shift in global investment perceptions towards agriculture in Africa, driven by the global race for resources and food.In addition, many Af (By News Poster)... |
Strike Set to Drag on as Labour Federation Digs in its Heels (news)
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Wilson Johwa and Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - THE state's revised wage offer to public servants hit new obstacles yesterday, with unions at odds over whether to end their strike and the Congress (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Hospice Conference
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Kerry CullinanSevere overcrowding in KwaZulu-Natal's prisons is contributing to the spread of HIV and tuberculosis and driving the high death toll in prisons."Our prisons are 140 percent full. In a (By News Poster)... |