Plan to tackle scourge of piracy

iol Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:45:00 AM CET | info

The chief of the SA navy says he is discussing with the Defence Ministry the possibility of placing security forces on commercial vessels to combat piracy, which is costing the global economy up to R100 billion a year. With piracy dominating the third day of the 18th meeting of the standing maritime.......

Angola reaffirms position as fundamental international partner

angolapress-en Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:06:00 AM CET | info

Visit , Luanda - The Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, said last Friday in London that Angola has to be considered a fundamental economic partner by the international community, having into account its potential, both in economic terms and in natural resources....

Tsvangirai calls on UN to intervene in Zimbabwe to stop civil war

insiderzim Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:05:00 AM CET | info

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai in October 2002 appealed to United States President George Bush to appeal to the United Nations Security Council to intervene in Zimbabwe to stop a bloodbath bath in Zimbabwe. Read more......

Swazi budget aims to boost reserves, with surplus forecast

iol Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:17:00 AM CET | info

Sandile Lukhele Swaziland’s 2012 government budget presented to parliament this week is aimed at boosting the country’s reserves to stabilise its currency, the lilangeni. Finance Minister Majozi Sithole’s R11.5 billion budget is to be paid for by revenues and grants predicted to be R12.23bn....

History will judge ageing Mugabe as people's oppressor

thetimes-za Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:30:00 AM CET | info

The Times Editorial: President Robert Mugabe turned 88 yesterday, and it is clear he is in no hurry to exit the centre stage of Zimbabwean politics....

SADC sees the light at last

insiderzim Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:43:00 PM CET | info

The Daily News applauded the Southern African Development Community’s decision to block President Robert Mugabe from the SADC chairmanship saying the regional organisation had seen the light at last. Read more......

Britain says it will create 125 000 jobs in Zimbabwe

insiderzim Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:40:00 PM CET | info

British Foreign Minister William Hague yesterday said his country would create 125 000 new jobs in Zimbabwe over the next four years but said sanctions will continue because political reforms remain slow and politically motivated looting, violence and intimidation continue. Read more......

Military attaches pleased with organisational system of National Police

angolapress-en Monday, February 20, 2012 7:21:00 PM CET | info

Angola, Luanda - The Defence Attachés accredited to Angola were pleased Monday with the organisational level of the Angolan police, specially at training school, the High Institute of Police Science (IMCP). The praise was expressed at the end of a visit to the premises of the High Institute of.......

Mugabe threatens to reject Zuma as mediator

thetimes-za Monday, February 20, 2012 10:53:00 AM CET | info

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe threatened on Monday to reject South African counterpart Jacob Zuma as facilitator for the tense power-sharing government formed to stop Zimbabwe's political meltdown....

Tsvangirai says Gono is still an issue

insiderzim Sunday, February 19, 2012 9:54:00 AM CET | info

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said the appointment of central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney-general Johannes Tomana had to be rescinded before the MDC could join a government with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. Read more......

Ghana, Africa and the World Powers Part II

ghanaweb Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:11:00 AM CET | info

– Beijing and Washington Consensuses By John Amponsah In Part I of this series, I pointed out that economic and military strength are the two wings with which the Dragon (China) and the Eagle (US) fly on the global stage. Together with economic and military power, technological, social and cultural.......

Gono for vice-president of World Bank!

insiderzim Saturday, February 18, 2012 1:27:00 PM CET | info

"Just as I was being dragged to the UN Security Council to be put on the sanctions list, I was offered a job by the World Bank as senior vice president with the full blessings of none other than George Bush himself". Read more......

Gono’s policy flip-flopping

insiderzim Friday, February 17, 2012 11:05:00 PM CET | info

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono reinstated the real time gross settlement scheme barely a month after suspending it against technical advice from his advisers. Read more......

Zuma says S’Africa still determined to win top AU chair

guardiannewsngr Friday, February 17, 2012 1:31:00 AM CET | info

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma yesterday insisted that South Africa is still gunning for its former foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take the African Union’s (AU) top job despite the recent deadlock in the continental bloc. “We are indeed determined to change the leadership of the African Union.......

Tsvangirai says Mugabe is determined to take Zimbabwe down with him

insiderzim Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:29:00 AM CET | info

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told United States President George Bush that Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe was determined to take Zimbabwe down with him as he tottered “towards the sunset of his biological and political life”. Read more......

SADC: Madagascar victims need help

iol Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:24:00 PM CET | info

Madagascar should put politics aside in dealing with the destruction caused by cyclone Giovanna, SADC said on Wednesday....

Zimbabwe could have referendum between June and September - British Minister

insiderzim Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:29:00 PM CET | info

Britain’s Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Lord Howell of Guildford told the House of Lords on Monday that Zimbabwe could have its referendum in June or September this year. Read more......

SA stance on Syria “welcome”: Hague

iol Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:07:00 PM CET | info

South Africa had taken a “welcome” principled stance in voting for UN resolution on the unrest in Syria....

Is South Africa a security risk for the continent? iLIVE

thetimes-za Monday, February 13, 2012 12:53:00 AM CET | info

There are instances where South Africa's role is perceived as unsupportive, if not siding with the West....

SADC to push for Dlamini-Zuma at AU

thetimes-za Monday, February 13, 2012 12:53:00 AM CET | info

Southern African countries have vowed to lobby hard for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be elected African Union chief after a recent poll deadlock....

King clings to power despite empty vaults

iol Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:35:00 PM CET | info

King Mswati III is gambling Customs Union receipts that have kept his government afloat for two decades will again buttress his rule, sparing him having to pledge democratic reform in exchange for loans....

Southern Africa to push for Dlamini-Zuma as AU chief

thetimes-za Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:04:00 PM CET | info

Southern African countries meeting Sunday in Cape Town have vowed to lobby hard for South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be elected new African Union chief in fresh polls after a recent deadlock....

African diplomats felt MDC was not qualified to take over

insiderzim Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:25:00 PM CET | info

African diplomats felt that the Movement for Democratic Change was not qualified to take over the reins of power in the run-up to the 2002 presidential elections despite the political hankerings of the Zimbabwean people. Read more......

Tanzania backs plan for use of GMOs

EastAfrican Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:21:00 PM CET | info

TANZANIA IS backing a plan to start research on genetically modified crops (GMO) in its territory, in a move Agriculture Minister Jumanne Maghembe says is meant to keep up with new technology and will modernise agriculture for rural communities and promote balanced economic growth....

Mudenge tells EU Zimbabwe will not be bullied

insiderzim Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:51:00 PM CET | info

Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge told the European Union that Zimbabwe was not happy with the arbitrary and unilateral manner in which it was making demands rather than seeking mutual consultations with Harare because this was a violation of the spirit of the partnership envisaged under the Cotonou Agreement....

Mangoma says Zimbabweans must rely on themselves

insiderzim Friday, February 10, 2012 10:35:00 AM CET | info

Former Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma said Zimbabweans must rely on themselves to find a solution to problems in the country because the Southern African Development Community was largely ineffective. Read more......

Angolan diplomat meets SADC ambassadors in Italy

angolapress-en Friday, February 10, 2012 10:05:00 AM CET | info

Angola, Rome The Angolan ambassador to Italy, Florêncio de Almeida, organised on Thursday a working lunch for his SADC counterparts in Italy and UN Agencies of FAO, IFAD and WFP based in Rome. During the meeting, the Angolan diplomat announced that this is the first meeting out of other ones, as.......

Biti will fail if he tries to take over from Tsvangirai- researcher

insiderzim Friday, February 10, 2012 9:49:00 AM CET | info

Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who is also the secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change, will fail just like Welshman Ncube, if he tries to take over the leadership of the party from Morgan Tsvangirai, a senior researcher with the Institute of Security Studies Takawira Musavengana told diplomats in Pretoria....