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Southern Africa faces severe food shortageFood shortages in Southern Africa are expected to increase during the 2007/08 season.
Source : Iol | 03-Jul-2007 01:04
Businesses accused of toppling Mugabe
Zimbabwe threatened to close businesses defying its order to halve prices.
Source : Iol | 02-Jul-2007 19:07
Cuban doctors in Angola to reinforce links
Cuba has sent 60 doctors to Angola to reinforce the African nation's crumbling health system and strengthen ties between the two Cold War allies, Angola's state-run news agency said.
Source : Iol | 02-Jul-2007 18:52
Number of battered men in Mozambique rises
Alcohol abuse and infidelity have been blamed for the increase in spousal violence against Mozambican men.
Source : Iol | 02-Jul-2007 18:37
Zim senator arrested for defying state
A Zimbabwean senator has been arrested for flouting a government-imposed ceiling on basic commodity prices, say news reports.
Source : Iol | 01-Jul-2007 19:06
SA still sitting on peer review report
South Africa has been blasted for delaying the release of its peer review report, which is to be presented by President Thabo Mbeki to the AU summit.
Source : Iol | 01-Jul-2007 13:02
Zim currency: It is the reality of the rot
With hyperinflation calculated by private economists to have surpassed 12 000 percent, the Zimbabwean currency has become so worthless that nobody wants it.
Source : Iol | 01-Jul-2007 12:47
Ex-Zambian minister faces graft charges
A former Zambian minister has been arrested and charged with corruption and abuse of office involving the allocation of land.
Source : Iol | 01-Jul-2007 12:32
SA-Mozambique border open till midnight
Mozambique's main border with South Africa will remain open until midnight from Sunday.
Source : Iol | 30-Jun-2007 19:39
Solidier's remains sent back home
The body of a South African soldier has been found after he went missing while helping the Mozambique government clean up the site of a munitions depot blast.
Source : Iol | 29-Jun-2007 19:13
Zim lifts ban on Harare rallies
The Zimbabwean government has lifted a ban on political rallies and protests in Harare which the opposition had likened to a state of emergency, but held on to one condition.
Source : Iol | 29-Jun-2007 18:58
Soldiers, police enforce Zim price freeze
The Zimbabwean government has decided to impose a blanket freeze on price increases on just about everything.
Source : Iol | 29-Jun-2007 18:43
Madagascar bans child marriages
Madagascar has passed a law to ban child marriages.
Source : Iol | 29-Jun-2007 01:04
Angolan plane crashes
At least five people were killed when an Angolan plane crashed in the northern part of the country.
Source : Iol | 29-Jun-2007 00:49
DRC's Kabila due to arrive in Zambia
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila are scheduled to hold bilateral talks.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 19:09
Mugabe taking risks with Zim economy
President Mugabe's new push to get tough on the economy may bring short-term benefits, but it's likely to leave Zimbabwe in even worse straits as its economic infrastructure collapses.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 18:54
Zim widens state-imposed price controls
Zimbabwe has ordered a blanket freeze on the prices of all goods and services.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 18:39
Zim reporters charged with soliciting
Two reporters from Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald have appeared in court on extortion and bribery charges.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 13:12
SA solider missing after Mozambique blast
A South African soldier - helping the Mozambique government clean up the site of a munitions depot explosion - is missing after another blast at the site.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 12:57
Laura Bush meets with Zambian president
US First Lady Laura Bush has landed in Zambia to tour an Aids treatment centre and launch an anti-malaria campaign.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 12:42
Grant Mugabe amnesty, urges advocate
A prominent South Africa advocate has called on all Zimbabweans to grant President Robert Mugabe a comprehensive amnesty.
Source : Iol | 28-Jun-2007 12:27
Lesotho journalist's arrest condemned
The arrest of a Lesotho journalist for alleged subversion has been blasted by the Media Institute of South Africa.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 19:15
Mugabe has message for Blair supporters
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says his opponents have nowhere to run now that their mentor Tony Blair has resigned as British prime minister.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 19:00
Mozambique soldiers killed in accident
About twelve army recruits have been killed and 25 others injured in a minibus accident in northern Mozambique.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 18:45
'It's like living in hell'
Some landlords in Zimbabwe's poor townships are now charging their tenants groceries in order to cushion themselves against galloping inflation.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 18:30
Firms' 'dirty tricks' angers Mugabe
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize foreign companies, including mines, he accused of economic sabotage.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 18:15
There's no supplies, say Zim shops
Basic commodities had all but disappeared from some shop shelves in Zimbabwe, a day after authorities ordered a drastic price slash.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 13:03
Zambian MP expelled from parliament
A Zambian government minister is set to lose his seat in parliament after being found guilty of bribing voters.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 12:48
Laura Bush touches down in Maputo
US First Lady Laura Bush has arrived in Mozambique on the second leg of her four-nation Africa tour.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 12:33
Mugabe's critics take to the stage
With street protests banned, dissident theatre productions are becoming an increasingly popular outlet to vent frustration in Zimbabwe.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 12:18
Mozambique, Zim to ease visa rules
Mozambique and Zimbabwe plan to abolish stringent visa requirements for their citizens by the end of the year.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 12:03
Court confirms new Comoros presidents
Mohamed Abdouloihabi and Mohamed Ali Said have been confirmed as presidents of the Comoros's Grande Comore and Moheli respectively.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 01:07
Lesotho journalist arrested
A journalist in Lesotho has been arrested on charges of subversion.
Source : Iol | 27-Jun-2007 00:52
UN appeals for more aid to Zim children
The United Nations has asked donors to set aside their reservations about Zimbabwe's governance and provide funds to help increasingly desperate children.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 19:02
Lara Bush to highlight Mozambique's plight
US First Lady Laura Bush is expected to visit Mozambique in the coming week.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 18:47
Mozambique incinerates illegal drugs
Mozambique has stepped up its campaign against drug abuse, as the increase in cases of drug and alcohol dependency contributed to the high rate of HIV and Aids.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 18:32
Foreign firms not exempt from Zim bill
Zimbabwe will transfer control of all companies, including foreign-owned banks, to locals if a planned empowerment bill is passed.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 18:17
Drought-ravaged Lesotho holding on
Another year of drought and failed harvests has left the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho on a knife's edge.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 13:05
Zim tries to bring order to economy
The Zimbabwean government has ordered the prices of basic goods to be slashed by around 50 percent, say reports.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 12:50
Zambia not delivering on execution ban
Zambian anti-death penalty activists are expressing anxiety over the fragility of the country's current moratorium on executions.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 12:35
Two Comoros islands get new presidents
Second round run-off elections have been completed in the Comoros islands of Grande Comore and Moheli.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 01:02
Mozambique to spend R2,7bn on power upgrade
Mozambique has unveiled plans to upgrade its electricity system.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 00:47
Zim moves on business takeover
Government has published proposed legislation providing for Zimbabweans to take control of a 51 percent stake in the nation's businesses and companies.
Source : Iol | 26-Jun-2007 00:32
Kobi extradition hearing postponed
The start of an extradition hearing for a businessman wanted in the US in a multimillion dollar fraud case has been postponed.
Source : Iol | 25-Jun-2007 19:10
US software fugitive case postponed - again
A Namibian court has again postponed an extradition hearing for fugitive US millionaire Jacob "Kobi" Alexander.
Source : Iol | 25-Jun-2007 13:08
Zim tables bill to localise company ownership
President Robert Mugabe's government is seeking to transfer majority control of "public companies and any other business" to black Zimbabweans.
Source : Iol | 25-Jun-2007 12:53