Reitz hostel, at the centre of a racist video controversy, on Wednesday apologised unconditionally to all students and other hostels. Reitz house father and head of hostel Christo Dippenaar said the whole hostel and its house committee had discussed the video and had decided to offer an unconditional apology for the video.
The Kenyan government sanctioned violence following last December’s disputed presidential elections, the BBC alleged on Wednesday, but Nairobi strongly denied the claims. The BBC quoted sources alleging that meetings were held at the official residence of President Mwai Kibaki between a banned militia group and high-ranking government figures.
It has been an uplifting week. The women who took back the taxi ranks in marches last Friday and on Monday this week deserve a bow from all of us. What they have done is not only to assert that the miniskirt is women’s to wear as we will, but also that public spaces are there for the public.
On a wall outside a crumbling school in rural Gokwe, central Zimbabwe, a battle is being fought. A youth is pasting a Morgan Tsvangirai poster over graffiti, written in bright orange paint, proclaiming: "Good morning Makoni." A few years ago, this would have been a job done under cover of darkness, and hurriedly.
So there’s no need for a further rate hike? The latest economic data show that consumers are suffering and a further rate hike would just be flogging a dead horse while having a negative impact on a corporate sector already dealing with power shocks, reports Maya Fisher-French.
Rural areas are seen as a disaster. Every time there is a need to motivate for more money, more support and additional resources, the poor rural areas are dragged in to justify whatever is needed. Sadly, after the funding is allocated, often very little ends up actually improving the situation in rural areas.
Short of his falling out of an SUV speeding the wrong way down Moscow’s traffic-congested roads, there was never any doubt that Dmitry Medvedev would be elected Russia’s next president. The out-going president, Vladimir Putin, picked Medvedev as his successor and no challenger had a chance of beating the Kremlin’s choice.
”We worked together in the past in a coalition government. If Nelson Mandela could work with FW de Klerk, I don’t see why Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki cannot work in a government.” Stephanie Wolters spoke to the Kenyan Orange Democratic Movement’s Raila Odinga about the challenges that lie ahead.
Long considered the oil capital of Norway, the small south-western town of Stavanger has begun hunting for a new image that will keep the money flowing in even after the oil wells dry up. In recent years, Norway, which once ranked third among oil exporters, has slipped to fifth place.
Mishehe Kalohua opens his asylum-seeker permit tenderly. The tattered page, held together by sticky-tape, has been opened and refolded so often that it has become as flimsy as cheap toilet paper. He has been waiting for well over a year for a response to his application for refugee status in the country.