Concern for South Africans in foreign jails
As the festive season approaches, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu expresses serious concern for the more than 800 South African detains abroad. She says every effort is made to ensure they have consular access. A fifth of the South Africans in foreign jails have been convicted of drug offences in South American […]
Environmentalists furious at approval of plan to dam river in Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve
Environmentalists are outraged at Tanzanian President John Magafuli signing a deal to dam a river in the middle of one the country’s major game reserves to generate hydro-electric power. He says the dam will double electricity production in a country where a third of the people have no power. The Selous game reserve is a […]