Zimbabwe: On the Border of Real Transformation
Wednesday 08-Sep-2010: By Thupeyo MuleyaHarare - Soon after independence, the Government undertook to develop all areas that were previously viewed as remote by successive settler regimes.Very few people would remember when (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: UK Firm Hails Economic Prospects
Tuesday 07-Sep-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - London-based Amstel Securities NV says Zimbabwe's economy is "the final frontier market in Africa" and very attractive.Zimbabwe with the potential to grow its GDP to US$12 bil (By News Poster)... |
"Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (07-09-2010)
Tuesday 07-Sep-2010: Howzit
Postings could be disrupted over the next 48 hours as we are supposed to have the decorators in. I say 'supposed' as they were meant to do the job two weeks ago and no one pitched up the ent (By The BeardedMan)... | Zimbabwe: Controversy Surrounds Gaddafi's Son's Visit
Monday 06-Sep-2010: By Caiphas ChimheteHarare - Son of long time Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Al-Saadi, nearly caused diplomatic fallout between Harare and Tripoli recently when he turned up at the airport with a delega (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Foreign Visitors Surge in 2010
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Foreign visitors to South Africa had risen by more than 350 000 for the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2009, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said. (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: IMPORTANT: Riots in Frelimo, communist area... spread by Cell phones...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: My friend with business interests reported that there were food riots in Maputo. The communists in Mozambique control the south of the country... and this is where the capital, Maputo is. This is the (By Jan)... |
Mozambique: Tensions Soar As Food Riots Move Into Second Day
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Orfeo LisboaMaputo - Tensions are running high in Mozambique, on the second day of riots caused by soaring food prices.The government has deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital, as angr (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Photovoltaic Firm Opens its First Power Facility
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - CONCENTRATED photovoltaic firm Concentrix Solar has begun preparations to build a 50MW solar plant in the Western Cape, CEO Hansjorg Lerchenmuller said yesterday.Mr Ler (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: 'Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point'
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Kim CloeteCape Town - "Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive," says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense.He paces up and down the central Cape Tow (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Broaden COMESA Free Trade Area - President
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Tumeliso MakhuraneHarare - PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa to broaden its Free Trade Area to take on board other regional blocs and move away from expor (By News Poster)... |
Sierra Leone: Fighting for Citizenship Right - Ayoub Threatens Hungry Strike
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By Moses A. KargboFreetown - Just few days after calling on the Sierra Leonean authorities to shrug-off what he referred to as nationality prejudice and grant full citizenship right to all individuals (By News Poster)... | South Africa: World Cup Legacy - What's in Store for Country?
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By JP van der MerweWith the end of the FIFA 2010 World Cup just over a month ago, South Africa can be proud of pulling off an amazing event, which in many ways showed off the best that the country has (By News Poster)... |
Tanzania: Determined to Put Biotechnology to Use
Monday 30-Aug-2010: By Jaffar MjasiriDar Es Salaam - LEARNING to use biotechnology did not begin recently, but dates back to when the first human beings realized that they could plant crops and keep animals. Finding that (By News Poster)... | Gambia: 'Women's Day' at President Jammeh's Farms
Monday 30-Aug-2010: By Hatab FaderaThousands of women from across the country over the weekend converged on the various farms belonging to President Jammeh in Kanilai and environs for a 'solidarity work'. The three -day (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Half of the Population Wants to Leave the Country
Monday 30-Aug-2010: By Dumisani NdlelaHarare - Ever wondered why Zimbabwe has lost the battle to bring back professionals and skilled personnel in the Diaspora? Or why Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was booed when he s (By News Poster)... | RTG's 2010 World Cup Heartbreak
Monday 30-Aug-2010: By Shame MakoshoriHarare - If there is one thing Zimbabwe does not lack, it is reading material on economic related issues.Year after year government ministries, especially economic related ones, and (By News Poster)... |
"Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (30-08-2010)
Monday 30-Aug-2010: Howzit
Foreign currency mid-rates updated.
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Today is the August bank holiday in England. The weather isn't bad, although there is a chilly breeze blowing. I am unsure whether the holida (By The BeardedMan)... | Zimbabwe: Iran - - a Friend Indeed
Monday 30-Aug-2010: By Tichaona ZindogaIT was quite easy to view the recent meeting between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the Iranian ambassador here as one depicting the former as making an ironic "U-turn" four m (By News Poster)... |
Sudan: Bashir Defies Arrest Warrants Again
Saturday 28-Aug-2010: By Walter MenyaNairobi - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Friday made a surprise appearance at the Uhuru Park celebrations, defying International Criminal Court arrest warrants against him.The Suda (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Recovering, But Still Fragile
Friday 27-Aug-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of Namibia (BoN) on Wednesday said domestic economic recovery remains on track, but warned that shaky global recovery poses a risk to (By News Poster)... |
Nigeria: How Amnesty Doused Political Tension in Niger Delta
Friday 27-Aug-2010: By Charles AjunwaLagos - Charles Ajunwa reports that the post-amnesty programme of the Federal Government may have helped to stabilise security and douse tension in the Niger Delta region.Ahead of the (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Tourism Rakes in U.S. $350 Million
Friday 27-Aug-2010: By Tendai MugabeHarare - THE tourism sector has raked in over US$350 million in the first half of the year and is projected to surpass the target of three million tourist arrivals before year-end.Tour (By News Poster)... |
Nigeria: Soboma George in the Eyes of History
Friday 27-Aug-2010: By Jimitota OnoyumePort Harcourt - No death has generated more serious attention in Rivers State in the last five years than that of the former Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Ni (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (26-08-2010)
Thursday 26-Aug-2010: Howzit
I will bet that Marufu will be declared a national hero - by virtue of his sister being Mugabe's wife - but no such consideration was given to Gibson Sibanda...
"President Robert Mugabe’s (By The BeardedMan)... |
Zimbabwe: Military Chief to Manage Business Takeovers
Thursday 26-Aug-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaA group of military chefs and Mugabe cronies were this week named to the committees that are to manage business takeovers, under the guise of the indigenisation Program.The law (By News Poster)... | Most Companies Fail to Recapitalise Operations
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: Harare - Rainbow Tourism Group, Afre Corporation and RioZim Limited last week released interims for the period ended June 2010 with the trio posting dull results.This is an indication that companies f (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Mining Letdown Tarnishes Growth Outlook
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - MINING output falls offsetting a trade boost from the World Cup, official data showed yesterday.THE growth rate slowed more sharply than expected to 3,2% in the second quar (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Tourism to Contribute 15 Percent to GDP
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: Harare - The tourism sector is on course to contribute 15 percent towards the national Gross Domestic Product by 2014, the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said.Deputy director of the (By News Poster)... |
Nigeria: Ex-Militants' Reform - a Roadmap to Brighter Future
Wednesday 25-Aug-2010: By Mary EkahLagos - As the rehabilitation of ex-militants continues at the Obubra camp, in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State, indications are that trades, entrepreneurial training and (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Zuma Hopes to Tame Beijing Trade
Monday 23-Aug-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - CHINA this week welcomes President Jacob Zuma for a two- day official visit in what analysts believe is an attempt by SA to force China's hand to concede to more favour (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Indigenisation Moves Gear Up
Monday 23-Aug-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - GOVERNMENT has now set up 13 sectoral committees to facilitate the development of implementation modalities for the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.Announcing the (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Invasion of the Killer Weed From South America
Monday 23-Aug-2010: By Rupi MangatNairobi - It looks nondescript. A plant with tiny white flowers. Yet the plant, parthenium, has the potential to create a pandemic that can destroy Kenya's agricultural yields by up to 4 (By News Poster)... |
DNA Links Suspects to Tourist's Murder
Friday 20-Aug-2010: By Werner MengesDNA tests done in Canada are linking both suspects accused of robbing and murdering a German tourist in the Khomas Hochland about three years ago to scenes connected to their alleged c (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Employment Crisis Worsens
Friday 20-Aug-2010: By Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - NATIONAL Economic Management Team, NEMT, and the World Bank, yesterday, endorsed a pact with stakeholders in the public and private sector to stem youth unemployment in (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Police Work 'Hand-in-Glove' With South Africa
Friday 20-Aug-2010: Harare - South African police will continue working with their Zimbabwean counterparts to combat crime in both countries, Pretoria's top cop said yesterday.Visiting Commissioner of South African Polic (By News Poster)... | Businesses Uncertain of the Next Six Months
Thursday 19-Aug-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - It is the second quarter of the year, going on to the third, and the business sector is no longer oozing confidence.Business people are uncertain of what the future holds, wit (By News Poster)... |
Kenya: Govt Appoints Firm to Guide Power Utility's Share Sale
Thursday 19-Aug-2010: By Allan OdhiamboThe government has picked consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to guide the sale of the main electricity generator KenGen, giving impetus to a process that had attracted 14 c (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: What Expectations After African Minerals Agreement?
Thursday 19-Aug-2010: By With John MomohFreetown - The African Minerals Limited (AML), one of the new-comers on the Sierra Leonean mining scene, has finally transformed itself from exploration of minerals activities to the (By News Poster)... |
Kenya: House Finds Cattle Rustling Among Multiple Conflict Causes in Region
Wednesday 18-Aug-2010: By Caroline WafulaNairobi - Cattle rustling is no longer the sole cause of conflicts in Samburu and Isiolo, investigations have revealed.A parliamentary committee which visited the areas says other ov (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Mining group eyes winelands
Wednesday 18-Aug-2010: [Thanks for this Cynic. I know you sent it in February, but I am catching up. Jan]
Wine farmers and land owners are upset about a government-controlled mining company applying for prospecting righ (By Jan)... |