THE DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo has authorised two radio stations and one television network to resume broadcasts after banning them two weeks ago for breaking media laws. Radio Elikya, Radio Kintwadi and Television Antenne A had ”regularised their files” and resumed operations with immediate effect. Another seven stations remain banned for alleged irregularities ranging […]
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela is among the first winners of the new Pan-African Broadcast Heritage.
REUTERS AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday THE World Bank is to formally classify Zimbabwe as one of the world’s worst economic pariahs as its inflation rate nears 120%, with potentially damaging consequences for South Africa and the entire sub-continent. Zimbabwe will be accorded “non-accrual status” for failing to make any payment on its debt […]
Ilda Jacobs, Washington DC | Monday THE only South African pie shop in America is up for sale to anyone who likes to network and wants to keep a finger on the pulse of South African gossip in the US. Hal Hofmeyr, 70, and his wife, Deirdre, opened “Meal-In-A-Pie” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1996 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday SOUTH Africa’s mediocre performance in two authoritative reports on risk and economic performance in emerging markets could cost it dearly, as large international portfolio managers channel investments elsewhere in preference to the South African market. In the first report, international brokering giant Merrill Lynch says South Africa’s recent macro-momentum was […]
THE opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has lashed the government’s decision to release another 7_ 000 prisoners as either a misguided crime-prevention strategy or no strategy at all by government to reduce crime. The DA said the additional release was in effect eroding the independent judicial decision of magistrates and judges. Their reaction follows the Department […]
REUTERS AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday SOUTH African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has cautioned against over dependence on the government to increase the participation of the majority black population in the mainstream economy. “If we think that the state is going to drive this process we are making a mistake,” Mboweni told delegates […]
AFP AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday ZIMBABWE’S ruling party has warned that it will respond to any attempt to forcibly oust President Robert Mugabe from power with “violence” following opposition calls to remove him. Nathan Shamuyarira of the governing Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) told state television that his party and government […]
AFP AND OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Monday NAMIBIA’S controversial home affairs minister Jerry Ekandjo has launched an astonishing attack on gays and lesbians in his country, urging a group of new police constables to “eliminate them from the face of Namibia.” Ekandjo told 700 newly graduated policemen and women at the police training college at […]