- Nigeria: The Achebe I knew
- Address by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Dlamini Zuma
- Eritrea: The Hard Reality Mr Yemane Gebreab cannot cover-up
- Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda
- Obama - coming to Africa
- Nigeria: Mujaheed Adebolaja, Nigerian Suspect in London Terrorist Attack
- Eritrea still collecting money in Canada for military regime: Documents
- Is the African Union equipped to serve Africa's people for another 50 years?
- Africa at 50: Redefining African Solidarity
- Which Way Ethiopia: Revolution, Civil War, or National Reconciliation?
- Eritrea: little to smile about, 20 years from freedom
- Africa: The Birth of the OAU
- Woman Seeks Asylum: King of Swaziland want to make me his 14th virgin bride
- Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos
- Chinua Achebe as Metaphor
- Israel and the Arab Gulf States: An Undeclared Alliance
- The United Nations’ Hezbollah Protection Force
- Sustain Gains. Invest in Malaria. Save Three Million Children's Lives in the Next 1000 Days
- World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands
- Excusing Jihad In Boston
- Lessons from Boston and Chechnya
- Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Apartheid?
- Somalia: Frail Leadership, Federalism Frenzy, and the Fragile Peace
- Factors of Change and Transformation in Ethiopia
- How the West is seeking to usurp Africa’s struggle for freedom and democracy
- Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal of the Diaspora Organized Groups Opposed to the Regime in Ethiopia
Tag Archives: Southern Africa
Africa at 50: Redefining African Solidarity
On May 25, Africa celebrates its Golden Jubilee! The mortar which has been binding the several countries’ slates on the political map of the African continent has been the solidarity established by founding fathers against colonialism. It is the solidarity … read more
Margaret Thatcher’s warm words for now-disgraced Robert Mugabe and Jimmy Savile revealed
Lady Thatcher praised the Zimbabwean leader when Prime Minister for his “friendly and open manner” Margaret Thatcher sang the praises of Robert Mugabe after attending a 1982 lunch held in his honour. The Zimbabwean leader has since been widely condemned … read more
Posted in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
Tagged Chequers, Jimmy Savile, Lady Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe, Southern Africa, Stoke Mandeville, Zimbabwe
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Zimbabweans in Diaspora: What’s Left For Us?
By Gracian W. Masiyiwa, zimeye.org The case of Zimbabweans in the diaspora is a sad one. It’s like a coach putting his best players on the bench. This bunch of Zimbabweans outside the borders of Zimbabwe is depended on, but … read more
Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (II): Southern Africa
To preserve Southern Africa’s relative peace in the face of rising challenges and threats, Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states must collectively reinforce its peace and security architecture. Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (II): Southern Africa, the latest International … read more
Southern African Implications of The Marikana Lonmin Mineworkers Shooting Tragedy
by Takura Zhangazha The tragic and fatal shooting of 34 mineworkers in South Africa has sadly brought back memories of the violence of the apartheid years. And because memories of apartheid are not only limited to South Africa, the killing … read more
King Mswati III of Swaziland lambasts West for “regime change” hopes
King Mswati III of Swaziland taunted the West and his domestic political opponents on Monday, saying their dreams of a popular uprising in Africa’s last absolute monarchy would not be realised. “Some from the Western world have been waiting patiently … read more
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Swaziland
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Zimbabwe-Zambia not landlocked – Mugabe
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe feels that Zambia and his country should move away from looking at their ‘land-locked’ geographical position as a curse and quickly turn it into an opportunity. Mugabe has suggested a new approach and term of looking … read more
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Mugabe death wish, as Canada cuts crucial aid to Zimbabwe
As Canada withdrew vital aid to Zimbabwe and announced it this week, a top journalist wrote to claim that aid or no aid will mean nothing to Zimbabwe; that visible political change recognised by the North American region will materialise … read more
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zimbabwe
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, breaking news, Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Mugabe, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, Southern Africa, Toronto Sun, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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Pan-African University starts recruiting students in three countries
The Pan African-University, or PAU, has started recruiting its first batch of postgraduate students, who are expected to start this year – the strongest signal yet that the international institution is taking off after years of planning and sometimes fraught … read more
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Safari: Before You Travel To Africa
A trip to Africa is on a lot of bucket lists. For many of us in the United States, the continent seems majestic and mysterious yet dangerous and uncharted. Much of what we know about Africa is what we see … read more
ANC’s Rumble in the Jungle II: Same rules, same mistakes
“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results,” said American writer Frank Herbert. When it comes to the ANC succession battle, it’s not so much insanity as it is desperation that makes President Jacob Zuma do to his … read more
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Tagged Arab League, breaking news, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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Ruling on Zimbabwe prosecutions expected
Johannesburg – Judgment on whether South Africa is required to prosecute high-level Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity is expected in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. High-ranking Zimbabwean officials reportedly raided the headquarters of the Movement for … read more
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
Tagged afria travel, Crime against humanity, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, Movement for Democratic Change (prior to 2005), news, Pretoria, prosecutor, South Africa, South African Press Association, Southern Africa, travel to africa, Zimbabwe
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Water and reconstruction in Africa: an agenda for transformation
Horace Campbell The unification of the water resources of Africa is one of the primary bases for African unity, with a system of canals linking rivers and lakes in the kind of infrastructure planning that ensures that all will have … read more
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Mutharika burial set for 23 April
Lilongwe – Malawi’s late president Bingu wa Mutharika will be buried on 23 April at his sprawling farm outside the nation’s commercial hub Blantyre, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday. Mutharika’s remains are set to return on Thursday from … read more
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Tagged Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mutharika, Mzuzu, South Africa, Southern Africa
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South Africa’s Malema asks to stay in ANC: paper
Julius Malema has asked to stay on as a member of the ruling African National Congress despite being expelled from the party earlier this week, a South African newspaper reported on Sunday. Speaking at a gathering of the ANC’s women’s … read more
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African, African History, African Maps, African National Congress, African news, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cape Town, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Helen Zille, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, voting, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema expelled from the ANC
Johannesburg – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been expelled from the ANC. This comes after the party’s prosecutors argued successfully for his five-year suspension to be aggravated, while Malema pleaded for mitigation. This brings Malema’s eventful political career … read more
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Malema ‘is not sorry’
Johannesburg – The prosecution in ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema’s mitigation hearing have argued that he should be expelled from the party, reported the Sunday Times. The prosecution was reported to have stated on Thursday that Malema should … read more
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African National Congress, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cape Town, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Helen Zille, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, voting, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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S.Africa: Malema mitigation hearing over
Johannesburg – The mitigation hearing for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and two other league members has ended, an ANC spokesperson said on Friday. “The hearing finished around midnight last night [Thursday],” spokesperson Keith Khoza said. “All arguments were … read more
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged crime, Democratic Alliance, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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Final countdown for Julius Malema
Pretoria – Julius Malema’s opening address to the league’s three-day lekgotla will be used against him when his mitigation process with the ANC national disciplinary committee starts on Monday. Malema will face the disciplinary committee in a bid to have … read more
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged crime, Democratic Alliance, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimbabwe news
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We’ve met the enemy and he is us. By Yilma Bekele
‘…. he was feared far beyond his might and respected far beyond his support, both which in the end proved meager. … would play one official off of another, promoting sons above their fathers, pitting the members of too-powerful families … read more
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Tagged Ali Farzat, Assad, Atlantic, Bashar Al-Assad, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Max Fisher, Southern Africa, Syria, United States
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Mozambique: Foreign mining companies criticized
Johannesburg – Australian and Brazilian mining giants are moving villagers to land insufficient for farming and far from jobs to make way for coal projects in central Mozambique, and then sidelining local entrepreneurs as they exploit the region’s natural resources, … read more
Zuma will speak for me: Malema
Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Friday he was unperturbed by not being given a chance to speak at the ruling party’s centenary celebrations in Bloemfontein at the weekend. “I am not here to speak… President Zuma … read more
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, National Congress, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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Zimbabwe says no immediate raw platinum export ban
Zimbabwe is considering a ban on raw platinum exports in a bid to force miners to set up refineries in the country, but this move will not take place “overnight”, a government official said on Wednesday. The southern African country … read more
S.Africa ANC must rule for eternity: Motshekga
Polokwane – The ANC has a responsibility to rule Limpopo and the whole country “until Jesus pays another visit”, ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga said on Tuesday. Speaking on the last day of the Limpopo ANC’s elective conference in Polokwane, … read more
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African National Congress, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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16 days of activism against gender violence
Lusaka, 24 November: It’s 5am on the eve of the International Day of No Violence Against Women that kicks off the Sixteen Days of Activism campaign. My alarm rings barely six hours after I arrive in the Zambian capital and … read more
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Tagged Gauteng, Gender equality, Gender mainstreaming, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, South Africa, Southern Africa, violence against women, Zambia
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Female ‘Ritual Rapists’ on Trial in Zimbabwe
A nationwide syndicate of suspected witches is operating in Zimbabwe, kidnapping men and raping them to use their semen in magic rituals—or at least that’s what the Zimbabwe police apparently believe, reports the BBC. After a year-long investigation, three women … read more
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Tagged breaking news, East Africa, Harare, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Rape, Ritual, Semen, Sexual assault, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police
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The truth about sex addiction
Valerie realized that sex was wrecking her life right around the time her second marriage disintegrated. At 30, and employed as a human-resources administrator in Phoenix, she had serially cheated on both her husbands—often with their subordinates and co-workers—logging anonymous … read more
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationship, Women
Tagged breaking news, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, East Africa, In flagrante delicto, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Marriage, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Sexual addiction, Sexuality, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, Southern Africa, Tiger Woods, Valerie, West Africa
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Moroccan opposition warns of silent majority
Morocco’s parliamentary election shows most people are not interested in King Mohammed’s reforms, the main opposition group said, vowing to push ahead with protests to press for a constitutional monarchy and an end to corruption. Final results from Friday’s vote, … read more
Posted in Election, Morocco, News, North Africa
Tagged Arab World, breaking news, East Africa, Hassan II of Morocco, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, King Mohammed, Makhzen, Morocco, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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