Message to SAA: hang in there
by Jean-Jacques Cornish There’s a message for flat-broke South African Airways: hang in there! It runs in parallel with Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan’s warning that the airline must clean out corruption if it hopes to survive. And it supersedes the call by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni that that company, which has not made a profit […]
US warns travelers against official homophobia in Tanzania
Washington’s issued a travel advisory to US citizens traveling in Tanzania about an official crackdown on homosexuals. The European Union’s withdrawn its ambassador to Dar es Salaam citing a deterioration of human rights in Tanzania because of that crackdown. The US warning says thousands of people are living in fear in Tanzania. The Tanzanian authorities […]
South Africa officially steps in to secure release of detained activist journalist in Tanzania
South Africa’s officially intervened to secure the released of an activist journalist working to protect her colleagues in distress who was briefly detained by Tanzanian authorities. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu has instructed her ambassador in Dar es Salaam to find out exactly what happened Angela Quintal, the Africa Programme Coordiantor […]
Nearly 500 buffalo drown in Chobe river
Local villagers along the Chobe River that divides Botswana and Namibia are butchering the carcasses of almost 500 buffalo that drown on Tuesday. The beasts are believed to have stampeded into the river to escape a pride of lion. Mass drownings of buffalo are not uncommon in Botswana – but never on this scale. Previous […]
Counting underway after Madagascar election
Votes are being counted after yesterday’s election in Madagascar. It’s vital for the result of the poll to be accepted in the impoverished island state striving to grow out of years of political instability. The European Union’s observer mission in Madagascar reports no anomalies in the election. But party workers for many of the 36 […]