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Zimbabwe tops Africa’s literacy rate as Malawi trails at position 28

January 17, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica News, kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

BLANTYRE--Malawi has been ranked 28 on the literacy rate record in Africa whereas Zimbabwe has for the third consecutive time been ranked at the apex of the list, the latest list by the African Economist Magazine reveals. Malawi is on position 28 with 62.7 percent, 30 percent behind Zimbabwe which has 90.7 percent. Education activists in the country have attributed... Read More

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa: Alvarez and Ranger storm the sand

January 16, 2014 Global AuthorDakar Rally, Ford Racing, Lucio Alvarez, Ronnie Graue, South Africa

ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE, 15 January 2014 – Lucio Alvarez and Ronnie Graue powered their Ford Ranger to ninth place in today’s 10th stage of the Dakar Rally from Iquique to Antofagasta in Chile.The Team Ford Racing duo were as high as fifth this morning as the test twisted and turned through their favoured sand dunes near the Pacific Ocean coastline. It provided... Read More

“In a time of Universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”-Orwell

January 13, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergJames Kabarebe, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Louise Mushikiwabo, murder, Patrick Karegeya, prayer breakfast, Rwanda, South Africa, Theogene Rudasingwa

By: Jennifer Fierberg Kigali working hard to divide and confuse the opposition The murder of Patrick Karegyea of the Rwandan National Congress (RNC) has left the political opposition as well as Rwandans in the diaspora who support them raw yet determined. His murder continues to be investigated by the South African Police who have refused to comment on an open… Read More

Ghana Black Stars set for CHAN opener with Congo

January 8, 2014 Global AuthorAfica Cup, Black Stars, congo, Ghana, Maxwell Konadu, South Africa

Maxwell Konadu says he is pleased with Ghana's preparations ahead of the start of the African Nations Championship in South Africa. Ghana will kick off in Group C against Congo on Monday in the tournament reserved for only home-based players of member nations. Konadu is confident his side will up for the challenge as the home-based national team make their... Read More

Arrest of Rwanda’s Director General of National Security Service

January 7, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKarenzi Karake, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa

By: Jennifer Fierberg The Director General of the National Security Service in Rwanda, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake has been placed under arrest in an undisclosed facility in Rwanda. Sources held in Rwanda state he was arrested due to frequent and high volume of unexplained phone traffic between him the slain Patrick Karegeya. Lieutenant General Karenzi Karake joined the RPF in the… Read More

President Jacob Zuma’s 2014 New Year message

December 31, 2013 Global AuthorJACOB ZUMA, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, South Africa

Fellow South Africans,The year 2013 has come to an end. It has been a momentous year, filled with both successes and challenges, as we continued to work together to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. We will tomorrow, on 1 January, begin an important year, during which the country will celebrate 20 years of freedom and democracy... Read More

Mandela, Godfather of Neo-Apartheid South Africa

December 24, 2013 Global AuthorMandela, South Africa

As Nelson Mandela lies on his death bed, his legacy as the godfather of neo-Apartheid South Africa has been firmly established. Today in South Africa, life for many if not most is nearly as precarious and undignified as when Mandela was first inaugurated as president some 20 years ago. So the best way to describe “modern” South Africa is it... Read More

Numsa cuts political ties with ANC

December 20, 2013 Global AuthorANC, Numsa, South Africa, Zuma

(Photo: file, Sapa) Johannesburg – Numsa, South Africa’s biggest union, will not support the ruling ANC in elections next year, its general secretary, Irvin Jim said on Friday, in a blow to President Jacob Zuma, whose political support with the working class is fast eroding. The salvo from the 330 000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is also another sign… Read More

How Madiba influenced the arts

December 16, 2013 Global AuthorDeath Of Mandela, Johannesburg, Madiba, Malawi, Mandela, Maravipost, Qunu, Raphael Tenthani, South Africa

BLANTYRE(MaraPost)--There could hardly be any other contemporary icon from the arts to politics that every author, sculptor, film producer or musician wants to do something about than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela who died aged 95 on December 5 in the leafy Houghton suburb of Johannesburg and is scheduled to be interred in his homeland on Qunu in the Eastern Cape Sunday.... Read More

Malawi Pres. Joyce Banda’s eulogy at Mandela’s burial in Qunu

December 16, 2013 Global AuthorEulogy, Joyce Banda, Madiba, Malawi, Mandela, Nelson mandela Dies, Rohlihlahla, South Africa

I stand before you today to join you, the people of South Africa, and the world, to mourn the loss of a great leader: Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela. I join you, the people of this rainbow nation, to celebrate a life of one of Africa’s unique leaders who gallantly fought for freedom and peace for this great country and the world. Read More

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