Newspaper editor Davison Maruziva says there’s plenty of freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. The problem is, ”there is no freedom after expression”.
President Robert Mugabe’s party says the MDC is putting Zimbabwe’s troubled power-sharing talks at risk by speaking publicly about the negotiations.
A top Pentagon official insisted on Wednesday that no country in Africa had been asked to host the new US military command for Africa (Africom).
In its bleakest forecast in years, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday the world economy was set for a major downturn.
Zambia and the Pan-African PTA Bank have agreed a ,2-billion deal to import 1,5-million tonnes of crude oil over two years.
Kenya said on Wednesday it will send its navy to help break a two-week-old stand-off with Somali pirates holding an arms shipment.
The ANC will continue to ”engage” with former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota and other members who have grievances, the party said on Wednesday.
SA’s factory output growth slowed to 0,4% year-on-year in August and shrank 2,1% on a monthly basis, pointing to pressure from higher interest rates.
At least 11 people were killed in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria before dawn on Wednesday when a four-storey apartment block collapsed.
The fact that broad-based black economic empowerment might have only benefited a few is due to the nature of the SA economic system, said Jacob Zuma.