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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:06:33 GMT
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Endorses 'Sham' Zanu-PF Elections
[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has endorsed the ruling party's internal election results without any changes to preliminary results announced earlier, despite the polls having been marred by violence and allegations of ri...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:44:05 GMT
Zimbabwe: Cricketers Flock to UK Clubs
[The Herald] Zimbabwe national cricket team players Donald Tiripano and Ainsley Ndlovu have joined the growing number of cricketers flocking to the United Kingdom for club cricket this year.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:57:12 GMT
South Africa: Clover Workers Call for Nationalisation
[New Frame] Striking workers fear that corporate changes at the dairy giant will lead to reduced local production and increased imports of Israeli products.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:07:59 GMT
South Africa: Young Cyclists From Gauteng Township Show Their Mettle
[New Frame] The Soweto Cycling Academy was started to get children on bikes. Now its young members are beginning to compete in South Africa's top races, with an eye on a busy 2022 calendar.

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:41:17 GMT
South Africa: Call to Beef Up Legislation to Protect Whistleblowers
[SAnews.gov.za] The State Capture Inquiry report has recommended that government introduce or amend existing legislation to strengthen the protection of any person disclosing information to reveal corruption, fraud or undue influence in public procur...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:26:28 GMT
South Africa: Zondo Report Recommends New Anti-Corruption Agency
[SAnews.gov.za] The first part of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture has recommended the establishment of a single, multifunctional, properly resourced and independent anti-corruption authority by gover...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:41:48 GMT
Mozambique: Top Politicians Look Set to Escape Justice
[ISS] The hidden debt scandal trial won't boost governance if those who designed and concealed the scheme are not prosecuted.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:47:27 GMT
Zimbabwe: No Winners or Losers in Zanu-PF - President
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa yesterday urged party cadres, who did not make it in the recently held provincial elections to avail themselves, their experiences, skills and competencies towards building the revolutionary party as it prepares for n...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:06:46 GMT
South Africa: Analyst - Release of Corruption Report a First Step in Repairing South Africa's Democracy
[VOA] Johannesburg -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says a scathing report by an inquiry into state graft marks "the end of an era" of corruption. But analysts say it's only the beginning of efforts needed to restore public trust in South A...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:51:22 GMT
South Africa: Lamola Condemns Attack On Constitutional Court
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Justice and Correctional Service, Ronald Lamola, has strongly condemned the attack on the Constitutional Court buildings on Wednesday morning.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:42:51 GMT
South Africa: Over R30m Needed to Rebuild Homes Affected By Nw Rains
[SAnews.gov.za] Over R30 million is needed to rebuild and repair the homes destroyed by the recent heavy rains across the North West province.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:31:10 GMT
South Africa: SA Records 11,106 New Covid-19 Cases and 110 Deaths
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa recorded 11 106 new COVID-19 cases and 110 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Wednesday.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:21:40 GMT
Southern Africa: SADC Extraordinary Summit to Review Mozambique Progress
[Daily News] THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) will tomorrow hold a virtual Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to review the progress and mandate of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:13:22 GMT
Zimbabwe: Mavima Pushes for Fair Salaries
[New Zimbabwe] LABOUR, Public Service and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima says he is committed to pushing for the payments of fair salaries across the productive sectors by harnessing the economic gains through strong collaborative ties with othe...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:07:09 GMT
Zimbabwe: Palestinian Embassy Condemns Israel's Administrative Detention Policy
[New Zimbabwe] THE embassy of the State of Palestine in Zimbabwe has slammed the Israeli government over its continued detention without trial of thousands of Palestinians in the middle east country.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:04:13 GMT
Zimbabwe: Experts Advocate for Covid Booster Jab
[New Zimbabwe] MEDICAL experts say there has to be a huge uptake of the Covid-19 booster jab to effectively fend off the variant.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:16:47 GMT
Malawi: Mozambican Refugees Start Flooding Mangochi
[Nyasa Times] About 17 Mozambicans have sought refuge in a village of Chief Bwananyambi's area in Mangochi District after they fled from their Lichinga Province in that country on December 21, 2021 following Al- Shabaab insurgency.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:35:11 GMT
South Africa: For Water for Life New Episode - Water and Security
[Daily Maverick] Water is a complex topic worldwide, but particularly in a water-scarce and unequal country like South Africa. Our towns and cities are facing increasingly severe water shortages. While some of these problems relate to ageing infrastr...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:02:23 GMT
South Africa: How Corruption and Security Failures Opened the Doors (And Smashed the Windows) of SA's State Buildings to Criminals
[Daily Maverick] The fire that ravaged Parliament raises critical questions about the security of state institutions and is exceptionally worrying when viewed with other incidents, including burglaries at high-level police and judicial offices, the S...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:48:46 GMT
Zambia: Ruling Party Supporters Raid Zambia's Mpika FM Radio, Halt Show Featuring Opposition
[CPJ] At around 8 p.m. on December 1, 2021, approximately 20 people who identified themselves as supporters of Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) forcibly entered Mpika FM, a community radio station in the northeastern town ...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:43:51 GMT
South Africa: Tutu's Exemplary Life Illuminated the Path Our Leaders Must Follow If SA Is to Reset Its Moral Compass
[Daily Maverick] Prof Tshilidzi Marwala is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg, a member of the Namibia 4IR task Force and the author of 'Leadership Lessons From the Books I Have Read'. He is on Twitter at @txm1971.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:43:25 GMT
South Africa: Capital Market Bonanza for South Africa
[Daily Maverick] Dr Roelof Botha is economic adviser to the Optimum Investment Group.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:42:18 GMT
South Africa: Politicians Insist Government Should Be Business-As-Usual Despite Parliament Fire
[RFI] On New Year's Day they absorbed the emotional body blow of the funeral in Cape Town's St George's Cathedral of anti-apartheid activist cleric Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The next morning South Africans woke to the shocking sight of their ...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:41:37 GMT
South Africa: Fires, Robberies, Lawlessness - the ANC's Dystopian South Africa
[Daily Maverick] Thamsanqa D Malinga is a writer, columnist and author of 'Blame Me on Apartheid'.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:39:33 GMT
South Africa: Workers Must Unite to Support the Zondo Commission Report, Even in the Face of a Backlash From the Corrupt
[Daily Maverick] Zwelinzima Vavi is the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu)

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:39:15 GMT
South Africa: Vandalisation of Constitutional Court Is an Attack On Democracy - Justice Minister Lamola
[Daily Maverick] The actions of a man who went on the rampage and damaged the Constitutional Court building with a hammer have been widely condemned.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:38:46 GMT
South Africa: ConCourt Gets Hammered - Has Zondo's First Report Triggered the Start of a New Insurrection Attempt?
[Daily Maverick] Questions are being raised after the Constitutional Court was attacked by a hammer-wielding man just days after fire destroyed much of the parliamentary precinct.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:35:45 GMT
South Africa: How Jacob Zuma and His Dodgy Friends Captured the SA Revenue Service
[Daily Maverick] Former president Jacob Zuma took a special interest in breaking SARS, the Zondo Commission found. He colluded with his henchman Tom Moyane and foreign consulting firm Bain & Company to subvert and realign the revenue service for thei...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:28:48 GMT
Southern Africa: Things Continue to Fall Apart in Mozambique Ahead of SADC Extraordinary Meeting
[Nyasa Times] The situation in Mozambique is continuously becoming abysmal ahead of an Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Malawi is expected to virtually host on January 7, 2...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:28:46 GMT
Malawi: Apm Dodges Public Appearance By Announcing Won't Attend Late Annie Muluzi's Funeral
[Nyasa Times] Former President Peter Mutharika says he would not be able to travel to Lilongwe to attend the funeral of former First Lady Anne Muluzi on Thursday.



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