Tag Archive for "Southern Africa"

South Africa: Confidentiality Vs Transparency in the Refugee Act

Africa News Cloud
May 15, 2013 6:25 am

[OSISA]The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will make submissions today to the Constitutional Court in a landmark case related to th...

Southern Africa: Strategic Plan of SADC’s Defence Organ to Serve As Guide

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Africa News Cloud
May 14, 2013 3:24 pm

[ANGOP]Luanda -The Angolan Defence minister, Cândido Pereira Van-Dúnem, said last Monday, in Luanda, that the Strategic Steering Plan of t...

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Namibia Map and basic facts

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May 14, 2013 12:37 pm

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First grey whale spotted south of the Equator

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Philip Hoare
May 14, 2013 12:00 pm

Namibia sighting suggests much-hunted whales are regaining ancient migratory routes, or may be down to climate disruptionAstonishing news fr...

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Southern Africa: SADC Executive Secretary in Luanda to Attend Sipo Inauguration

Africa News Cloud
May 13, 2013 3:21 pm

[ANGOP]Luanda -The executive secretary of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Tomas Augusto Salomão, arrived Saturday evening...

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Zimbabwe: Harare arts festival offers upbeat image of a country in turmoil

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David Smith
May 9, 2013 3:00 pm

Musicians mingle with poets and authors in Zimbabwe's capital for event dubbed the 'Glastonbury of southern Africa'Nigerian guitarist Kunle ...

GE to build locomotives for Mozambique in SA

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 9, 2013 9:04 am

General Electric (GE), the Chicago-based transport, healthcare and industrial conglomerate, plans to build locomotives for Angola and Mozamb...

Free trade alliance to put Africa on map

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 9, 2013 9:03 am

The integration of three of Africa’s economic communities — the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eas...

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The move towards an African Cloud services market

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 9, 2013 9:03 am

The small to medium sized market is predicted to be one of the fastest and most active adopters of Cloud computing services going forward.Th...

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Zimbabwe: Solomon Madzore denies calling Robert Mugabe ‘limping donkey’

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David Smith
May 8, 2013 3:02 pm

Incarceration of opposition party's youth president is sign of president's desperation, says Movement for Democratic ChangeAn opposition you...

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Africa: EU Urges Region to Open Up Its Markets

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Africa News Cloud
May 6, 2013 12:05 pm

[Deutsche Welle]The European Parliament has set a deadline of early 2014 for countries in southern Africa to open up their markets. Failure ...

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Kenya Reinsurance Company eyes Southern African expansion

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 6, 2013 9:03 am

Kenya Reinsurance Company has decided to open new wings in Southern Africa following a successful West African expansion last year.East Afri...

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Kenyan Mau Mau victims in talks with UK government over legal settlement

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May 5, 2013 6:01 pm

Payments to thousands who were tortured during 1950s insurgency could open door for other victims of British colonial ruleThe British govern...

Kenyan Mau Mau victims in talks with UK government over settlement

Ian Cobain, Jessica Hatcher
May 5, 2013 3:00 pm

Payments to thousands who were tortured during 1950s insurgency could open door for other victims of British colonial ruleThe British govern...

‘I hate South Africans’

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Africa News Cloud
May 2, 2013 12:21 pm

South Africans are very backward in terms of historical development and were the cause of much trouble in Southern Africa, Zambia's vice-pre...

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Why Britain is wrong to cut aid to South Africa

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Africa News Cloud
May 2, 2013 12:00 pm

This slap in the face represents a failure to recognise that the UK is partly to blame for ongoing inequality and poverty in the regionSouth...

Zambia: Chamanga – Brazil Our Next Target

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Africa News Cloud
April 29, 2013 6:11 am

[CAF]As fans from Zambia have come to celebrate, they now boast a team more than capable of making history. The Chipolopolo, under French co...

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BP to invest in infrastructure

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 26, 2013 9:06 am

BP Southern Africa plans to invest more than R5 billion in new and existing infrastructure projects in South Africa and Mozambique over the ...

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Mokoomba: Zimbabwe’s new sound

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Robin Denselow
April 25, 2013 3:23 pm

The country's music scene was decimated by Aids, but now fusion band Mokoomba have won a best newcomer world music gong. Is this the beginni...

Tariff hike of only 1% increases mining costs to R100 million per year, says industry expert

Andrea Ayemoba
April 24, 2013 12:03 pm

An electricity tariff rise of only 1% has a devastating impact on the mining industry as it amounts to an increased expenditure of R100 mill...

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Mobile laboratory inaugurated in Namibia

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 20, 2013 9:03 am

The Namibia Business Innovation Center (NBIC) inaugurated its mobile laboratory this week to celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week....

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Namibia: Mobile Makes Opportunities

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Africa News Cloud
April 20, 2013 9:02 am

[Namibia Economist]To celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week, the Namibia Business Innovation Center (NBIC) inaugurated its mobile l...

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“Africa is blessed with challenges” – Microsoft

Charlie Fripp
April 20, 2013 6:02 am

During the closing keynote address at Microsoft’s bi-annual Tech Ed conference in Durban, South Africa, Louis Otieno, the former General...

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Getrude Matshe: Vogue Africa : The Work of a Visionary Light Years Ahead of His Time

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Getrude Matshe
April 20, 2013 12:03 am

I remember growing up as a little girl in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, and having no access to books or magazines that portrayed and highlight...

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South Africa’s mobile money industry remains innovative and diverse

Andrea Ayemoba
April 19, 2013 12:04 pm

South Africa remains one of the most diverse regions in Africa for its proliferation of successful mobile money business models being champi...

Major Trade Deal Between EU and Southern Africa Expected

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John Fraser
April 19, 2013 12:03 pm

There is growing optimism that the countries of Southern Africa are within months of concluding negotiations with the European Union on a ma...

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Southern Africa: Major Trade Deal Between EU and Region Expected

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Africa News Cloud
April 19, 2013 9:23 am

[IPS]Johannesburg -There is growing optimism that the countries of Southern Africa are within months of concluding negotiations with the Eur...

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SADC risks isolation on Digital Migration

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 18, 2013 9:07 am

The entire region in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) could be isolated from global broadcasting should broadcasters to m...

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KCB Bank spread their wings

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 17, 2013 9:04 am

It took Kenyan lender KCB Group , less than a year to break even after opening in tiny Burundi, a country better known for explosive violenc...

Pamoja heads to East Africa, launches in Kenya

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 17, 2013 9:03 am

Further to its plan to establishing a premier Cloud Services marketplace for Africa, Seacom’s Pamoja cloud services business has been offi...

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Rwanda’s ICT Bill in Final Stages

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 16, 2013 9:07 am

The draft Information Communication Technology Bill is set to be tabled before the plenary session for deliberation and possible approval, a...

Aggreko and Shanduka Recognized for Delivering Africa’s Best Fast Track Power Project

Andrea Ayemoba
April 15, 2013 12:04 pm

The power project has been awarded at the Africa Energy Awards The Aggreko Shanduka cross-border power project, located at Ressano Garcia i...

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