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So while climate change delegates haggle over deadlines, binding targets and finance, some of the world’s poorest states are warning that rising sea levels and storms will sweep them away unless the world agrees to tackle global warning. “We will … read more »
Nigerians are applauding the resuscitation of an anti-homosexual bill which began back in 2006, yet they remains quiet about this week’s COP17 negotiations. Why isn’t there more outrage on the blogosphere about ‘the real, and not imaginary danger’ of climate … read more »
Patrick Bond and Michael Dorsey Africa is being cooked by climate change, and those causing the crisis should compensate the victims. This is probably the only hope for any top-down action at the Durban COP17 this week, with the Green … read more »
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Tagged CDM, Clean Development Mechanism, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations, United States, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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There is a tiny remaining hope for COP17, but only if we soon see a 1999 Seattle-style move by African delegates who know their constituents will be fried if the rich countries and South Africa have their way,’ cautions Patrick … read more »
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Tagged Durban, European Union, European Union Emission Trading Scheme, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, KyotoProtocol, Todd Stern, United States
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Durban – A controversial song about suspended ANCYL president Julius Malema is flying off the shelves in Durban music stores, Isolezwe reported on Thursday. “The first batch of CDs that we ordered was sold out unexpectedly in less than three … read more »
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isolezwe, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Malema
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:00 AMDURBAN, South Africa, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Todd Stern Special Envoy for Climate Change Durban, South Africa December 7, 2011 MR. STERN: Thanks, I have very brief remarks at th … read more »
Only a binding global accord on cutting greenhouse gases will spare Africa, the world’s poorest continent, more devastating floods, droughts and famine, a senior African climate change official said on Tuesday. Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu said legal force was the only way … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, China, Durban, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, KyotoProtocol, Todd Stern, United States
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The world’s three biggest polluters China, the United States and India refused to move towards a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions on Tuesday, increasing the risk that climate talks will fail to clinch a meaningful deal this … read more »
by Kristin Palitza (durban, south africa) Sunday, December 04, 2011 Inter Press Service Chanting loudly, thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets to the venue of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference to demand that their voices be heard … read more »
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Tagged ActionAid, Climate change, Durban, Greenpeace, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kumi Naidoo, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States
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December 2, 2011 by benim
In downtown Durban, the climate negotiators have settled into their beachfront hotels, ready for the official UN climate negotiations starting Monday. Already, voices speculate about cracks in the existing negotiating blocs. Will the developing countries hold together all the way? … read more »
November 22, 2011 by benim
Durban – President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward asked his father a tough question about corruption at a business breakfast in Durban on Monday. Edward Zuma said a probe into corruption at the eThekwini Municipality had been going on for more … read more »
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November 21, 2011 by benim
Africa is leading the push for clean energy policy-making as climate change turns millions of its people into “food refugees”, the head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner said. “On the African continent, there is sometimes more leadership … read more »
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October 17, 2011 by benim
Pietermaritzburg – President Jacob Zuma has revealed there was a plot to have him assassinated when he was still the deputy president, but said the plot was thwarted due to the loyalty of some of his bodyguards who refused to … read more »
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Johannesburg – ANCYL president Julius Malema has come under fire from suspended KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Mthandeni Dlungwane over his leadership style. “He [Malema] can’t be allowed to run the organisation as if he is running his family trust,” Dlungwane said on … read more »
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September 19, 2011 by benim
Africa National Congress members who considered themselves “untouchables” and did not toe the party line should leave, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize said. According to The Times newspaper on Monday, Mkhize — who is also an ANC national executive committee member … read more »
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, Botswana, Durban, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, National Executive Committee (African National Congress)
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September 13, 2011 by benim
THE MAN who lured a Joburg model to Durban three weeks ago, and then raped and stabbed her in an Umhlanga Rocks lodge, is believed to have attempted the crime again last week – this time luring a teenage model … read more »
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Durban – Julius Malema is being isolated because he advocates economic freedom for black people and nationalisation of mines, the ANC Youth League’s KwaZulu-Natal chairperson said on Saturday. “All these investigations are not coincidental. He is isolated so that he … read more »
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A South African racehorse owner was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting President Jacob Zuma after he spilled whisky on the leader at a horse race last year. Daryl Peense admitted in Durban Magistrate’s Court that he spilled his drink as … read more »
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Durban – The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is shocked and saddened by the death of eThekwini regional secretary Sbu Sibiya, it said on Tuesday. “The ANC has lost a dedicated, committed and nurtured leader,” the ANC’s provincial executive committee said. “His … read more »
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An albino boy who went missing on his way home from school may have been snatched for a tribal sacrifice in South Africa, it was reported today. The disappearance of Sibisuso Nhatave, 14, prompted a police search in the eastern … read more »
South Africa is optimistic about the United Nations climate change conference which will be held in Durban later this year, the country’s deputy minister for environmental affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday. According to the South African Press Association (SAPA), … read more »
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Johannesburg – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s Durban-based chief bodyguard is accused of conspiring to commit a cash-in-transit robbery and is standing trial, the Citizen reported on Saturday. Captain Shane Smith from Durban’s organised crime unit said Adriaan Snyman … read more »
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Johannesburg – A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped and her throat was slit before her killer allegedly bathed the body in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, Beeld reported on Monday. Suzette Barnard found the body of her daughter, Chantelle, in a … read more »
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Tagged Beeld, Chantelle, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSoccer, IndepthWorld, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, South Africa, Star
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Five newspapers line a vendor’s makeshift table built from cardboard and sticks but most customers go straight for Isolezwe, one of South Africa’s growing Zulu-language dailies. “I guess people feel comfortable reading in their language,” says Blessings Kupe from his … read more »
A former professional rugby player has appeared in court in South Africa over the murders of three men in a random axe attack. Joseph Ntshongwana, 33, who played for the Blue Bulls Super 15 side, is accused of a rampage … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Blue Bulls, breaking news, Durban, Eastern Cape, Embassies and Consulates, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, KFC, Murder, South Africa, Umlazi, World news
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DURBAN, South Africa – South African police say they will charge a man with murder for slaying three people with an ax in a weeklong rampage. Brigadier Phindile Radebe said Wednesday a 34-year-old man was arrested late Monday at his … read more »
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Chairs flew and ANC provincial executive committee member Lydia Johnson had to dive for cover on Sunday when an ANC meeting at the KwaQanda community hall in Pietermaritzburg turned ugly. Johnson, the provincial MEC for public works, had been sent … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, African tribes, ANC, breaking news, Candidate, Cape Town, Durban, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Julius Malema, News local news, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, World news
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The fraudster jailed for 15 years for his corrupt relationship with the SA’s current president was re-arrested yesterday. Schabir Shaik is now back in “B” Section of Durban Westville Prison (motto: “The place of new beginnings”), and will stay there … read more »
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Durban – The Nongoma Regional Court handed a life sentence to a 25-year-old woman on Monday for raping a 5-year-old boy she was hired to look after, police said. Lieutenant Colonel Thembeka Luthuli-Mbele said the woman was arrested in January … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Children & Youth, Crime & Corruption, Miscellaneous, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, Pretoria News, Rape, South Africa, United States
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February 27, 2011 by benim
Four Top Durban surgeons were scapegoats forced to take the fall for Netcare and surgeons in Joburg and Cape Town who also allegedly performed more than 200 “illegal” kidney transplant operations in an international organ scandal that rocked Netcare’s St … read more »
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Tagged Cape Town, Durban, Groote Schuur, Groote Schuur Hospital, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johannesburg, Johannesburg General Hospital, South Africa
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