Southern Africa » Page 68 of 73 » Africa Global Village

Zimbabwe’s MDC considers protests against Mugabe landslide

August 2, 2013 Global Authorelections, mugabe, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe

Tsvangirai calls Zimbabwe election “huge farce” (01:30) By Ed Cropley HARARE | Fri Aug 2, 2013 10:49am EDT (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change said on Friday it could take to the streets to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s victory in elections it rejects as a farce and which face skepticism from the West. No results of the presidential vote on July 31… Read More

Malawi’s mining sector has no regulatory laws and policies

July 25, 2013 Global Author

BLANTYRE (MaraPost)—Malawi urgently needs laws that will govern its mining sector if the country is to fully reap the benefits of the industry, a UK based Mineral Law and Policy expert Professor Peter Cameron of the University of Dundee in Scotland has recommended. Professor Cameron and other experts from France and UK are in the country to help Malawi put... Read More

Insults to President Joyce Banda merit a fine and conviction

July 25, 2013 Global Authordictator, Joyce Banda, Malawi

Blantyre, Malawi, july 24 (Raphael Tenthani/MaraviPost) _ A court in the northern Malawi city of Mzuzu has convicted a 37-year-old man for calling President Joyce Banda "stupid" and a "failure". Japhet Chirwa, who was arrested on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to the single charge of 'conduct likely to cause breach of the peace', a misdemeanour under Section 182 of the Penal... Read More

MALAWI PRES JOYCE BANDA CHALLENGES CRITICS TO PROBE HER

July 3, 2013 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Malawi, Marvipost

Written by YAMIKANI SIMUTOWE Joyce Banda BLANTYRE (MaraPost)—Malawi President Joyce Banda says she ascended to presidency not to enrich herself but serve the interests of all Malawians regardless of their political affiliation. President Banda has since challenged her critics to probe her should they think she is accumulating wealth from the public confers. Banda was speaking in… Read More

Namibia: Victory for San Rights as Police order stop to Land Invasion in Tsumkwe

June 12, 2013 Global Author

Johannesburg, 11 June - Sometimes it pays for communities to cry out in desperation. It has certainly paid off for the !Kung San living in the N≠a Jaqna Conservancy in Namibia’s western Tsumkwe region, who issued a desperate plea last week for the authorities to tackle the illegal land invasions that were threatening their future. . Read More

Malawi Coup presiding judge Ivy Kamanga getting death threats

March 25, 2013 Global Author

BLANTYRE—Malawi High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga, who is presiding over treason case involving former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top officials including its acting president Peter Mutharika has gone into hiding following anonymous death threats she has been receiving relating to the case. Kamanga, according to acting registrar of the High Court Michael Tembo, has been receiving anonymous death threats... Read More

President Bingu WA Mutharika’s sudden death and the accused 12 coup plotters

March 17, 2013 Global AuthorBingu Mutharika, Death Of Bingu, Malawi, Maravipost.com, Peter Mutharika, Raphael Tenthani

The Muckraker toyed around with the idea of titling this entry ‘The Vandals and Villains of April 5’ because he intended to discuss the people who wanted to push this country to the precipice during those “three mad days in April”. The chosen title however should serve the purpose. Bingu died when nobody thought he would. Almost everybody, except those... Read More

Malawi coup plotter suspect Goodall Gondwe resigns as economic planning minister

March 16, 2013 Global Author

Dr Goodall Gondwe, who is still recuperating from high blood pressure he suffered Monday after being arrested for allegedly trying to block President Banda’s ascendency to the Office of President last April has finally resigned as economic planning and development effective Friday. . Read More

Zambian Manganese Miners linked to Government behave just as badly as foreign mining companies

December 10, 2012 Global Author

LUSAKA, 10 December 2012 – While foreign mining companies are routinely criticised for abusive behaviour and damaging practices in Zambia, researchers have found that Zambian-owned manganese companies in Luapula province are just as exploitative – plundering the area’s mineral reserves without any consideration for the people or the environment. . Read More

Huge Boost for Women’s Rights in Botswana as high court strikes down discriminatory customary law

October 12, 2012 Global Author

GABORONE – The Botswana High Court today provided a huge boost to the struggle for gender equality in Botswana by striking down a discriminatory customary law that only allowed men to inherit the family home. The High Court ruled that the customary law discriminated against women and so was unconstitutional. Critically, the Court made it clear that discrimination cannot be... Read More

TRENDS

Category: Southern Africa