Zelda la Grange lands in racial storm
She tweets that she’s sick of Jacob Zuma’s constantly criticising white South Africans for his shortcomings. She adds that potential investors from the US or Europe should be told they’re not wanted in South Africa. Tsietsie Mashinini, who was a leader of the 1976 black youth uprising, is among hundreds who’ve expressed their anger at […]
Four candidates in Zambian presidential election
Zambians go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president following the death in office last October of Michael Sata. There’s been considerable jostling among contenders within the ruling party but members insist the Patriotic Front now presents a united front. Michael Sata is the second Zambian president to die in office. Levy Mwanawasa […]
Boko Haram kidnaps children in Cameroon
Boko Haram is breaking out of its stronghold in north eastern Nigeria and threastening neighbouring countries. Four people have died trying to prevent the kidnapping of at least 80 people – most of them children – in Cameroon. Chad, which is another country bordering Nigeria, has deployed soldiers to help Cameroon in the fight […]