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Sat, 11 Dec 2021 12:18:07 GMT
Seychelles: Top Figures Charged as Govt Tries to Clean Up Nation's Reputation
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- One of the Seychelles' wealthiest and most powerful men, his wife and former senior government officials face charges of laundering U.S. $50 million as a new government, elected last year, attempts to clean up the nation's re...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:03:34 GMT
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Infections Continue to Rise
[The Herald] Covid-19 infections continue to rise, with 6 181 recorded yesterday.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:11:16 GMT
Zimbabwe: We Don't Need Diaspora Vote - Zanu-PF
[New Zimbabwe] A ZANU PF Masvingo youth league leader has rubbished the continuous calls by the MDC Alliance to have Zimbabweans living and working in the Diaspora to vote in the 2023 elections, saying the ruling party is content with the local votes...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:11:35 GMT
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa's New Laws Rile Allies, Opposition
[East African] Zimbabwe's President Emerson Mnangagwa is a man under siege following revolt within ruling Zanu-PF and pressure from opposition as he attempts to change laws.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 15:38:10 GMT
Zimbabwe: Fuel Queues Resurface, Govt Claims Due to Maintenace Work in Mozambique
[New Zimbabwe] Fuel shortages have re-emerged in Harare with long winding queues resurfacing at the few fuel stations that had the basic commodity.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:11:17 GMT
Zimbabwe: Mutsvangwa Eyeing VP's Post - Mliswa
[New Zimbabwe] The newly-appointed Zanu PF spokesperson, Chris Mutsvangwa is reported to be very ambitious and is eyeing the vice president, Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has said.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:11:13 GMT
Zimbabwe: Over 50 Zanu-PF Mash West Members Fall Sick With Suspect Covid
[New Zimbabwe] A ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting scheduled for Saturday was postponed indefinitely after over 50 members sent apologies they could not attend after exhibiting flu-like symptoms, which are suspe...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:11:10 GMT
Zimbabwe: Manicaland Records 10 Rights Violations in November - Report
[New Zimbabwe] Manicaland  province recorded a total of 10 human rights violations last November, NewZimbabwe.com can report.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:11:08 GMT
Zimbabwe: ZINARA, VID, ZRP Most Corrupt State Depts - ZACC
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA), Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) are among the most corrupt state departments, and some of the officers were pocketing at least US$200 a day...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:04:50 GMT
Southern Africa: Regional Parliament Backs SADC Model Law On Gender-Based Violence
[New Times] MP Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson of the East African Legislative Assembly's Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution, on Saturday, December 11, delivered a solidarity statement during the "special occasion" of the adoption of ...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:04:44 GMT
South Africa: Liquor and Lockdown - the Great Booze Heist
[Daily Maverick] With booze ban fears driving up prices of alcohol, armed syndicates target liquor depots and delivery trucks.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:03:42 GMT
Zimbabwe: Zim Covid-19 Rate Surges By 42%
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE's Covid-19 infections surged by 42% Friday with 6 181 new cases being recorded, the latest update from the Health Ministry has reported.

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:03:22 GMT
Zimbabwe: Petrol Situation to Normalise By Tuesday
[The Herald] There should be a marked improvement in the supply and availability of petrol from today after the scheduled maintenance at Beira has been completed.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:42:57 GMT
South Africa: 'Improve Broadcast Codes to Help Strengthen Gender Equality in Media'
[allAfrica.com] Johannesburg -- The media has power to influence, spreads information and messages across countries and across the entire world, it is the most powerful sector that serves to inform, to influence and to entertain. As the world conclud...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:58:43 GMT
Angola: U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on Former Govt Officials Nascimento and Dias Junior
[allAfrica] Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury:

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:08:32 GMT
Zimbabwe: Country's Rights Situation Much Worse Than Before - Report
[263Chat] The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says it has recorded an increasing desire by those in power to entrench themselves using state institutions to suppress citizen's rights as outlined in the country's constitution.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:57:44 GMT
South Africa: Women Carry Water Buckets for Kilometres, While Water Workers Go Unpaid
[GroundUp] Villagers in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality have been walking at least a kilometre to fetch dirty water from a spring. Meanwhile the municipality is among several in the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape where water operators ...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:03:15 GMT
Namibia: Keetmanshoop Correctional Facility Donates to Vulnerable Family
[Namibian] The Keetmanshoop Correctional Facility on Friday donated clothing and food items to a vulnerable family at the town.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:32:48 GMT
Zimbabwe: Chief Throws 63 Evicted Families Under the Bus
[New Zimbabwe] Chief Chundu has maintained the 63 families evicted from a farm in Hurungwe should retrace their ancestral roots and set homes there, rather than contest their eviction.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:32:43 GMT
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe the Worst Country On UN Trade Openness
[New Zimbabwe] The United Nations (UN) has ranked Zimbabwe as the worst country in the world in terms of trade openness.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:49:19 GMT
South Africa: President Ramaphosa to Address State Memorial Service in Honour of Former Deputy President FW De Klerk
[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday, 12 December 2021, deliver the eulogy at the State Memorial Service for the late Former Deputy President, Mr Frederik Willem de Klerk.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:07:08 GMT
South Africa: Early Data Suggest Omicron Is More Transmissible but Less Severe
[The Conversation Africa] Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa's nine provinces but home to a quarter of the country's population. It is also the country's economic power house. These factors have contributed to it becoming the epicentre of the CO...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:06:59 GMT
South Africa: What South Africa Needs to Do to Exit the Pandemic State of Disaster
[The Conversation Africa] The global COVID pandemic not only heightened interest in the field of disaster risk management, but in several instances required the use and implementation of emergency laws. South Africa was no exception.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:06:50 GMT
Lesotho: Lesotho Govt Paralysed By in-Fighting
[ISS] The Southern African Development Community's six-year-old reform process is in jeopardy.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:59:22 GMT
South Africa: Will Red Tape Hold Back Mix-and-Match Vaccine Boosting in SA?
[spotlight] The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) this week gave the green light to a third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to people who had received their second dose of the same vaccine six or more months earlier. No su...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:55:04 GMT
South Africa: Continued Pursuance of Constitutional Goals a Must
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, says government and society must remain unapologetic in the pursuance and protection of the ideals laid out in the Constitution.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:54:35 GMT
South Africa: Rollout of Second Pfizer Jab to Children Off to a Good Start
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health said the rolling out of the second dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to children got off to a good start on Thursday.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:23:48 GMT
Namibia: 14 Die in Crash
[Namibian] NAMIBIA has been left reeling after 14 people perished in a crash that took place on the road to Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region early on Friday morning.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:27:37 GMT
Angola: U.S. Sanctions Angolan Billionaire Isabel dos Santos for Corruption
[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] ICIJ's 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation revealed how decades of inside deals turned dos Santos, the daughter of Angola's longtime former ruler, into Africa's richest woman.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:19:21 GMT
Zimbabwe: New Twist to Chadcombe Shooting: Police Claim Robbers Targetted Wrong House
[New Zimbabwe] In a new twist to the Chadcombe shootout in Harare, the police have revealed the former CID Homicide detective, Joseph Nemaisa's residence was wrongly targeted by the suspected armed robbers.



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