The village of Korosigna in northern Central African Republic is barely recognisable to those who once lived there. Every house is either demolished, abandoned or burned to the ground. Weeds and bushes have taken hold. Many homes are barely visible as the forest has moved in and engulfed the ruins.
In an unprecedented shake-up of its parliamentary structures, the ANC has reshuffled the chairpersons of nine committees, including some of the legislature’s most high profile, and appointed former Jo’burg mayor Isaac Mogase to the vacant post of chief whip.
In this 2007 interview with the M&G, Davis spoke about the repressive function of prisons and lessons for post-apartheid South Africa from the US.
Crispin Mutamba fled exhausting bread and fuel queues in Zimbabwe for wealthy South Africa, only to find himself stuck in another one for three months outside Home Affairs in Pretoria hoping to get permission to stay. The chances are slim. Mutamba can’t find a job or a home, and, like many Zimbabweans, he feels like a pariah.
A new economic scourge is stalking markets internationally. It has helped force up interest rates in South Africa already and is likely to bring more rate increases. The scourge is runÂaway mealie prices. Store-bought mealie-meal in metropolitan areas is up 22% since last year, according to the National Agriculture Marketing Council.
The Johannesburg High Court has ordered the Sunday Times to return Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical records and copies thereof to the Cape Town Medi-Clinic. However, Judge Mahomed Jaj-bhay ruled on Thursday that personal notes of Sunday Times journalists are not affected by his order and the newspaper can continue to comment on the matter.
”From the outset the UDM opposed the concept in a proportional representation electoral system because there are no wards that public representatives could return to and face by-elections to consult the voters about their proposed defection,” says UDM leader Bantu Holomisa about the partye’s opposition to floor crossing.
As the bell summons delegates to the Polokwane rendezvous, is the ANC inspiring confidence as a leader capable of taking the country into a new age? This question assumes currency not only because we are dealing with South Africa’s strongest political party. Supporter, critic and opponent alike concur that, historically, by ably advancing the synthesis of a common humanity, the ANC has been the glue that has held this country together.
As any veteran of African National Congress conferences will tell you: delegates tend to back the leading horse. So, perceptions of which candidate has a nose in front when December comes are going to be crucial to the outcome of the leadership race.
Massive flooding in south-eastern Sudan could lead to the outbreak of water-borne diseases such as cholera, health authorities are warning. Sudan has been experiencing some of the worst floods in its history, with 3,5-million people affected and at risk of disease, the UN says. In Saraf Saeed three of the village’s five natural wells have been contaminated by flood waters in recent weeks.