Post funeral row over Jackie Selebi continues
The national prosecution authority in South Africa insists there was nothing malicious in bringing to book former police commissioner Jackie Selibi. The former diplomat, who was jailed for corruption in…. died last month while on medical parole. Jackie Selebi was the point man as ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on South Africa’s scrapping […]
Ramaphosa confident about Lesotho election
Wearing his hat as regional mediator in Lesotho Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he’s confident that preparations for the holding of a free and fair elections in the mountain kingdom remain on course and continue unabated. He was speaking after a weekend shooting outside the Royal Palace in Maseru left a private security guard dead […]
Fresh violence in Lesotho
There are fears of violence gripping Lesotho’s elections at the end of this month. The mountain kingdom’s military rejects government’s blame for Sunday’s shootout that killed a bystander and wounded two of the prime minister’s bodyguards. Lesotho’s army says the bodyguards refused to stop and fired first at the checkpoint in the capital Maseru. However […]
Egypt about to deport Mohammed Fahmy
Mohamed Fahmy, one of three Al Jazeera jouralists jailed for supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood has renounced his Egyptian citizenship and will be released shortly. This from Canadian officials waiting to take him to the country where he has joint citizenship. Mohammed Fahmy will be deported from Egypt like his Australian colleague Peter Greste. The […]
Botswana outlines privatisation plans
Fearful of the effects of falling revenue from its backbone diamond wealth, Botswan’s preparing to privatise its state-owned telecommunications corporation this year. Delivering his Budget, Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo outlined his government privatisation policy to improve the efficiency of the public sector. Botswana’s privatisation will include the outright sale of public assets and outsourcing non-core […]