News & Info From Southern Africa Links open in a second window powered by FreeFind | General | Business | Sports | Health | Arts & Entertainment News |   Regional & Specific News Feeds       GENERAL NEWS   Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Pledges Participation in Run-off off. Speaking to journalists at the end of the audience, Morgan Tsvangirai said he and his party were optimistic about winning the election as, he added, this had happened in the first voting. Should he win the election, he further stated, the outgoing president would be granted a ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: Over fifty Zim activists arrested - lawyer Zimbabwean police have arrested 56 opposition activists in the farming town of Shamva on charges of public violence, an opposition lawyer said on Sunday. "Police in Shamva arrested 56 MDC activists on Thursday," lawyer Alec Muchadehama said. "Although they were arrested in Shamva, they are being detained at ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF rejects MDC run-off election demands In a development set to compound Zimbabwe's political stalemate, the ruling Zanu-PF says conditions demanded by Movement for Democratic Change leader (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai for the run-off presidential election, will not be considered. This comes as the ruling party launched a direct attack on Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa for ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: US urges monitors to watch runoff in Zimbabwe The White House yesterday urged the presence of election and human rights monitors at a runoff vote in Zimbabwe between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The country has been in a stalemate since the March 29 election when official results showed Mugabe's party lost its parliamentary ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: No one benefits from Zimbabwean violence - SA South Afrcia's Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says none of the political parties in Zimbabwe will benefit if there is violence ahead of the presidential run-off elections. She says in its role as mediator, South Africa had sent a delegation to that country to ensure that peace prevails in the ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai returns to face Nemesis Zimbabwe's opposition leader looked set on Sunday to return home from South Africa to face Robert Mugabe in a presidential run-off poll despite a risk of "more violence, more gloom, more betrayal." Morgan Tsvangirai had previously refused to say whether he would take part in the run-off - even ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Mozambique: Mozambique's corruption, red tape hinder growth Corruption and red tape are main challenges to Mozambique's economic development, a senior European Commission official said in Maputo today. Glauco Calzuola, the head of the European Commission in Mozambique told AFP in an interview that while the government needed to do much to curb practices of crooked government officials. ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: President Meets Mbeki PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday held talks with his South African counterpart, President Thabo Mbeki, at State House in Harare. It could not be established what the two leaders discussed as they did not field questions from journalists. A number of Cabinet ministers, among them Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: ZEC likely to extend run-off date The presidential run-off pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not be held in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published on Sunday. Tsvangirai had announced over the weekend that he would participate in ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Zimbabwe: Zim run-off likely to be delayed Zimbabwe's presidential run-off cannot take place in the time set by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published on Sunday. "It was ambitious for the legislature to think 21 days would be enough," George Chiweshe was quoted as saying in the state-run Sunday Mail. ... Read at IndependentOnline - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] Powered by AfricaNewsSearch             African News - Index   Southern Africa   Northern Africa   Eastern Africa   Western Africa   The Great Lakes Region   The Horn of Africa   World News           BUSINESS NEWS           Angola: Huambo: Meeting Recommends Major Investment In Agricultural Firms Participants to a round-table meeting on Poverty in Rural Areas, held on Saturday in Huambo City, were unanimous in saying that the fight against hunger and misery in Angola has necessarily to go through a reinforced and specialised investment in agricultural family firms. According to them agricultural family firms ... Read at AngolaPress - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Panel reviews consumer credit insurance A panel of enquiry into consumer credit insurance in South Africa has revealed several problems in the furniture and motor industries. Retailers often don't disclose costs and charges when selling products. The panel has investigated how to close loopholes and raise consumer awareness. Retailers often require consumers to take ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Samwu protests food prices in Groblersdal The SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) held a protest march in Groblersdal today over rising food prices and poor service delivery in the Sekhukhune district municipality, the union said. Local Samwu secretary Elias Mampane said the march started at the Groblersdal stadium and ended in Voortrekker Street at the ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Tripartite alliance, Sanco to hold summit tomorrow The table is set for fierce debate when the tripartite alliance and South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) summit gets underway in Midrand tomorrow. More tough talks are expected over the next three days. One of the main issues that could see sparks fly is Cosatu's call for an ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Denel appoints acting group CEO Talib Sadik has been appointed to the position of acting group chief executive officer of Denel, the board said today. The appointment would take effect from June 1 this year. Sadik is currently the group's financial director and an executive member of the board. Sadik would succeed Shaun Liebenberg ... Read at SABCNews - More Africa news - Have your Say - [Save Story] South Africa: Sars commissioner new Chair of Europe tax forum By Frank Nxumalo Pravin Gordhan, the Commissioner of South African Revenue Services (SARS) has been appointed as the new Chair of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD was founded as an economic cooperation and development think-tank for ... 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