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| [SW Radio]The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations constitutionally required. |
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| [IRIN]Mbabane -Mounds of food aid intended for Swaziland's food insecure were recently found rotting in the government's main storage warehouses at the Matsapha Industrial Estate, about 25km east of the capital, Mbabane. |
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| [IPS]Johannesburg -The lack of economic diversification throughout sub-Saharan Africa means that despite South Africa's pledges to help Nigeria make the automotive sector the West African nation's flagship industrial target, it may be difficult to do so, experts say. |
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| [IRIN]Niassa -A multi-million dollar "ethical" plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the divisions between foreign benefa... |
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| [Times of Zambia]AFTER spending millions of dollars on exploratory drilling, Brazilian oil and gas exploration company, High Resolution Technology (HRT) and local businessperson, Knowledge Katti have struck oil in neighbouring Namibia. |
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| [SW Radio]The dysfunctional Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has approached parliament in a bid to get funding for its operations, a few months before the end of its tenure. |
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| [SW Radio]A rights activist, who is living with HIV, filed a test case in the newly constituted Constitutional Court on Thursday to highlight the challenges and ill treatment facing people living with the virus in the country's prisons. |
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| [Pambazuka]The events of 2008 in Zimbabwe led to bloodshed and the present-day Government of National Unity. ZANU PF has exposed its cast-iron willpower to thwart the implementation of any meaningful reforms and the prognosis for the 2013 elections appears bleak |
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| [IPS]Cape Town -Nokuzola Bulana has a problem with leaks. The water that drips from the pipes of the toilet outside her home in Khayelitsha, a large semi-informal township on the fringes of Cape Town, South Africa goes to waste and drives up her water bill. |
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| [Swazi Media]Percy Simelane, the Swaziland Government's official spokesperson, misled people when he told media, 'Everyone is free to speak about the elections and [they can do it] anywhere.' |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -The regional meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Non-Government Organisations wants the authority of the SADC Secretariat to be strengthened to make it more responsive and decisive in its actions. |
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| [New Era]Keetmanshoop -The Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development wants the Keetmanshoop Town Council to resolve its problems or face possible dissolution. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -Former African Stars lightning fast winger and dribbling wizard Juku Tjazuko has come out with guns blazing in the aftermath of the Reds' botched attempt to topple reigning Namibian champions Black Africa from the pedestal. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -The decentralisation of De Beers' rough-diamond sorting and trading from London to Namibia, under the Namibian Diamond and Trading Company, and Botswana under Diamond Trading Company Botswana, put a dent on the overall trade figures between Namibia and the United Kingdom. Previous... |
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| [Times of Zambia]PRESIDENT Michael Sata is expected to arrive here today to join other Heads of State and government at the 21st Africa Union (AU) summit. |
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| [Times of Zambia]THE Zambia Small-Scale Farmers Network (ZSSFN) says the removal of the subsidy on maize is based on reality and that the Government has to be firm in the implementation process. |
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| [Times of Zambia]THE decision to remove subsidies on fuel and maize has raised a debate in Zambia with some sections of society calling on the Government to rescind its decision. |
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| [HRW]Maputo -Many of the 1,429 households resettled to make way for Vale and Rio Tinto’s international coal mining operations in Tete province, Mozambique have faced serious disruptions in their access to food, water, and work, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Mozambican gov... |
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| [Parliament of South Africa]A political situation is needed to stabilise the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rather than using military intervention. This was the view of MPs from the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation when the Department of Internatio... |
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| [SW Radio]Two more judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court bench in line with the country's new constitution which was gazetted this week. |
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| [Times of Zambia]THE current site which sits the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola is a time bomb with the explosive potential to detonate anytime. |
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| [Namibian]THE third mining exposition and conference, whose theme is ‘Growing the cake for socio-economic prosperity' kicked off in the capital yesterday. |
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| [Namibian]DESPITE skepticism about the latest oil discovery announcement, Namibia's Petroleum Commissioner, Immanuel Mulunga says the announcement by HRT on the non-commercial oil is the beginning of “good things for Namibia”. |
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| [New Era]Windhoek -Swapo Party Member of Parliament Evelyn Nawases-Taeyele has been elected as second vice-president of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) caucus on youth. |
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| [New Era]Walvis Bay -Some commercial and communal farmers in the Omaruru district have started to sell some of their livestock as the drought tightens its grip across the country. |
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| [Times of Zambia]FOUR people, among them a two-year-old baby, drowned when the canoe they were paddling capsized on Valley Dam in Mufulira. |
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| [SAPA]Johannesburg -‘We note with interest the Government's report into the failures of governance that led to the landing of the Gupta family's aircraft at Waterkloof Air Force base. |
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| [The Herald]President Mugabe yesterday swore in two High Court judges to the Supreme Court at a ceremony held at State House. |
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| [DA]The final Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster Report of the Landing of a Chartered Commercial Aircraft at Air Force Base Waterkloof reinforces the need for an independent investigation into "Guptagate". |
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| [Zambia Reports]President Michael Sata held a swearing-in ceremony at State House today to appoint two close allies as state counsel and high commissioner to Malawi. |
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