South Africa: No claims for Vaal burnt body
Wednesday 18-Nov-2009: The police were on Wednesday still searching for relatives of a woman whose burnt body was found next to a road in the Vaal, a spokesman said."The post mortem report will only be finalised by tomorrow (By News Poster)... | Zimbabweans Fear New Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa
Wednesday 18-Nov-2009: Johannesburg - Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Afr (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Mugabe & 60 Officials in Rome for UN Food Summit
Tuesday 17-Nov-2009: By Lance GumaRobert Mugabe arrived in the Italian capital Rome on Saturday, for a United Nations food summit. Despite European Union targeted sanctions that restrict his travel Mugabe is allowed to tr (By News Poster)... | Young 'Born Frees' Have Issues With Politicians
Friday 13-Nov-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia's Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, an (By News Poster)... |
More Farm murders in South Africa in 2009 than soldiers deaths in Afghanistan
Friday 13-Nov-2009: [A good friend of mine sent me his thoughts below. He refers to a top notch Afrikaans newspaper, DIE BEELD. They not only murder white farmers but also the blacks who work for them. In Zimbabwe, Mugab (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Terrifying Gamble
Friday 13-Nov-2009: By Mary NdlovuA season of fear has returned to Zimbabwe and it is unlikely that the patchwork performed on the fraying coalition government will reverse its impact, at least not in the short run.Unlaw (By News Poster)... |
"Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (12-11-2009)
Thursday 12-Nov-2009: Howzit
Please be aware that there will be no posting tomorrow...
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The situation in Zimbabwe doesn't ever seem to change. Each day we read of abuses, arrests, abductions and then we hear (By The BeardedMan)... | South Africa: Farm attacks claim more lives than Afghan war
Thursday 12-Nov-2009: Farm attacks in South Africa this year have claimed more lives than the war in Afghanistan, an agricultural organisation said in a report on Thursday.A total of 91 British soldiers died this year in t (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: 'Racist' DA must shut up: ANCYL
Tuesday 10-Nov-2009: The ANC Youth League on Tuesday called on the DA to "shut up", claiming the party's complaints about security for its president Julius Malema were rooted in racism."The statements released by right wi (By News Poster)... | [Afrikaans] Die nuwe Suid-Afrika (deel 3/3)
Monday 09-Nov-2009: Bly of gly? SA se toekoms lyk donker
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Al die streke van die ANC-regering in die verlede, insluitende Thabo Mbeki se rassepolitiek, begin vaal en onskuldig lyk teen die hu (By JanOlifant)... |
[Afrikaans] Die nuwe Suid-Afrika (deel 2)
Monday 09-Nov-2009: Die wit newels van waansin
Deur Heinrich B Zaayman
Terwyl die Polisie om jou rondskarrel om leidrade te probeer vind, sit jy op die stoep in die son, op ‘n snikhete Desember-oggend onder ‘n ko (By JanOlifant)... | [Afrikaans] Die nuwe Suid-Afrika (deel 1)
Monday 09-Nov-2009: Hierdie blog poog om 'n kroniek te wees van die ekstreme geweld en geheime volksmoord wat gepleeg word teen die blanke minderheidsgroep van Suid-Afrika. Tien duisende blankes is alreeds vermoor sedert (By JanOlifant)... |
IMPORTANT: S.Africa: Govt Crackdown on Afrikaners websites & blogs - Genocide suppression - Orania - The Springbok Club
Sunday 08-Nov-2009: I've been a bit ill the last few days, I think from overwork and too little sleep. I think I need to pay a visit to the doctor tomorrow.
I saw yesterday with great interest THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE r (By Jan)... | South Africa: Bloggers arrest sets blog rumour mill abuzz
Sunday 08-Nov-2009: By Eleanor MombergThe blogger-sphere was buzzing this week with claims that the South African police were clamping down on people critical of the government and crime. This came after the arrest on We (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: 'Malema is a VIP whose life is in danger'
Saturday 07-Nov-2009: By Xolani MbanjwaThe South African Police Service considers Julius Malema a VIP whose life is in danger. Now it will cost taxpayers anything up to R300 000 a month to ensure no harm comes to him.Oppos (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Black Racist propaganda machine says: Tsvangirai Driving Rhodesian Agenda
Friday 06-Nov-2009: [It should be quite evident that nothing scares Mugabe more than the word RHODESIA. Mugabe seems to have no fear whatsoever of the MDC, but he fears the presence of even a single white. Nothing makes (By News Poster)... |
ANC Cracking Down On Political Dissent?
Thursday 05-Nov-2009: The arrest of conservative South African blogger Uhuru Guru points to a larger campaign by the country’s ruling ANC Party on political dissidents before the upcoming World Cup Games next year.
Th (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))... | Zimbabwe: Which GPA Obligation Has MDC-T Met?
Wednesday 04-Nov-2009: By Bhekizulu SibandaHarare - MDC-T's presumptuous disengagement resolution is meant to taint their partner Zanu-PF as strange bedfellows, with no moral principles.Already the MDC has described Zanu-PF (By News Poster)... |
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Calls for Probe Into Killings of Civilians
Tuesday 03-Nov-2009: The head of United Nations peacekeeping has called for a joint investigation into the targeted killing this year of dozens of civilians in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Watchdog Groups Urge Ban On Diamond Exports
Tuesday 03-Nov-2009: By Eli CliftonWashington - The past week brought new scrutiny of Zimbabwe's human rights record with the deportation of a senior U.N. official sent to investigate torture there, and demands by a coali (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Singer's sex charge trial in open court
Tuesday 03-Nov-2009: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterAfrikaans singer Jurie Els on Monday seemed delighted that his accuser, fellow singer Robbie Klay, would on Monday take the stand to testify about his alleged sexual (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (03-11-2009)
Tuesday 03-Nov-2009: Howzit
If ever we wanted to upset Mugabe, then all we need is a court case to go against ZANU PF, and also for one of his 'victories' to be quashed by a foreign government. Today this has happened. (By The BeardedMan)... |
Africa: MDC part worker allegedly tortured
Tuesday 03-Nov-2009: Harare - Efforts were underway on Monday to secure freedom for a worker from Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's arm of the country's coalition government, with his lawyers saying he needed (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe, South Africa, the West & the Future of Our Lives - What History has taught me...
Sunday 01-Nov-2009: I recently wrote a piece about what a complete waste of time the Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe was. You will recall that I and every one of my friends, including Capt Joseph Smith, the Amer (By Jan)... |
Zimbabwe: UN Envoy's Bid to Gatecrash Foiled
Saturday 31-Oct-2009: By Sydney Kawadza and Takunda MaodzaHarare - THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture Mr Mafred Nowack last night tried to gatecrash into the country as the Sadc Troika arrived to review the G (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: Kabila Mounts Rescue Mission to Zimbabwe
Friday 30-Oct-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, who is also Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairman, was expected in Harare last night in a bid to (By Jan)... |
Africa: UN rights expert deported from Zim
Thursday 29-Oct-2009: Harare - United Nations human rights expert Manfred Nowak was deported from Zimbabwe on Thursday after being detained by security officials on arrival overnight, a U.N. official said."We are boarding (By Jan)... | Africa: Final Message of Africa Synod - 'The Blessings of God are Still Abundant'
Wednesday 28-Oct-2009: Nairobi - The Second Synod for Africa ended on Sunday October 25 with much to hope for as the Synod fathers presented the draft of the final message in the Vatican.The final message contains 43 points (By Jan)... |
S.Africa: Our rotten hospitals: Coloured baby dies from Black incompetance... Complain when you can...
Tuesday 27-Oct-2009: I am not going to discuss the finer details of my mother's death because I am still thinking of the best way of going about this and escalating it - even though nothing much can be done.
There is (By Jan)... | Eyewitness Testifies About Hunter's Gunshot Death
Monday 26-Oct-2009: By Werner MengesTHE prosecution this week closed its case against the five remaining suspects on trial in the High Court in Windhoek in connection with the alleged murder of professional hunter Daniel (By Jan)... |
South Africa: Name changes spark outcry
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana's announcement in the Government Gazette that she approved the changing of 42 place names caused an outcry from opposition parties and organisations on Wednesda (By Jan)... | World: Organ traffickers exploit poor Jordanians
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009: Ali, a 30-year-old Jordanian father of three, was without a job and desperate. A friend convinced him that selling one of his kidneys could improve conditions for his family and also save someone's li (By Jan)... |
Africa: UN condemns rape 'madness' in DR Congo
Tuesday 20-Oct-2009: The United Nations on Tuesday launched a cry of alarm over the "madness" behind a growing wave of rapes committed by the warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo."Once again we're c (By Jan)... | Uganda: Kampala Summit Puts Spotlight on IDP's
Monday 19-Oct-2009: Kampala - FORTY years after African leaders adopted the 1969 Refugee Convention under the auspices of the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, the continent's leaders will meet in Kam (By Jan)... |
South Africa: Afrikaans here to stay - UFS principal
Saturday 17-Oct-2009: Inaugural Lecture of the 13th Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Free StateFor such a time as thisJonathan D JansenIn Honour of Adv. Bram Fischer PreliminariesWelcome, welcome, wel (By Jan)... | Africa: Shining the Spotlight On the Displaced
Friday 16-Oct-2009: Nairobi - Forty years after the rights of Africa's refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention, the continent's leaders are due to make legal history again by adopting a new instrument to assist (By Jan)... |
Congo-Kinshasa: Human Rights Expert Calls Joint UN-Congolese Army Action 'Catastrophic'
Friday 16-Oct-2009: Government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have killed, raped or mutilated scores of civilians this year in the context of "catastrophic" joint military operations with United Nations (By Jan)... | Africa: Congo soldiers killed refugees - UN worker
Friday 16-Oct-2009: By Joe BavierKinshasa - Congolese government soldiers killed at least 50 Rwandan civilian refugees during United Nations-backed operations against rebels in the east earlier this year, a UN investigat (By Jan)... |
Africa: Shining the Spotlight on the Displaced
Thursday 15-Oct-2009: Nairobi - Forty years after the rights of Africa's refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention, the continent's leaders are due to make legal history again by adopting a new instrument to assist (By Jan)... | South Africa: The new face of poverty
Thursday 15-Oct-2009: By Omeshnie Naidoo'If you are white and you're poor in this country, you must be stupid," comedian Mark Banks joked recently, referring to the opportunities created specifically for all white South Af (By Jan)... |