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AllAfrica.com
March 24, 2018
Malawi is world's best investment destination, billionaire president of Shepherd Bushiri Investments (SBI) Dr Shepherd Bushiri has told Japanese investors. Dr Bushiri made the statement Thursday afternoon in Johanesburg, South Africa, during the Japan-Malawi Investment Forum. He was invited by theÃâà...
Citizen
March 24, 2018
The United Nations last October gave the DRC its highest disaster classification, on a par with Syria and Yemen, with which it vies in a dismal league of global catastrophes. The toppling of Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe and events in Angola may have created a glimmer of hope for long-sufferingÃâà...
Anglicannews
March 23, 2018
The Primate of Southern Africa, the Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has written to the bishops of the province asking them to establish diocesan advisory teams to handle allegations of abuse. He is also “urgently consulting more widely on how the Church can not only act more effectively, but beÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 18, 2018
Mineral beneficiation remains an important ambition on SADC's agenda and the SADC Protocol on Mining states that the industry is one of strategic importance in Southern Africa. Roughly half of the world's vanadium, platinum and diamonds originates in the region, along with 36 percent of its gold and 20Ãâà...
Reliefweb
March 18, 2018
Several countries in the region have been affected by the drought conditions experienced between December 2017 and January 2018. Cropping activities and crop conditions have been adversely affected, indicating reduced prospects for 2018 seasonal production in Zimbabwe, Mozambique,Ãâà...
Quartz
March 18, 2018
The ruins of ancients cities are more common in North Africa. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh). Share. Written by. Karim Sadr, University of the Witwatersrand. March 17, 2018 Quartz africa. There are lost cities all over the world. Some, like the remains of Mayan cities hidden beneath a thick canopy ofÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 16, 2018
MICROSOFT and Zensar are set to make inroads in the growth areas of cloud, digital, big data, analytics, cyber-security and ecommerce in Southern Africa. This follows Zensar's extension of its managed partner relationship with Microsoft in South Africa in the Global Systems Integrator (GSI) market.
Slow food
March 16, 2018
Whenever we buy processed food, we are putting our faith in a long production line that we normally know very little about. How exactly are the ingredients in a supermarket hot dog sourced and treated? Many people would rather not know! Yet this trust which we all place in the providers of our food is aÃâà...
The Africa Report
March 16, 2018
Namibia's personable deputy prime minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, will be in pole position to become the country's next head of state following her expected election as vice-president of the ruling SWAPO party in November 2017. Every party vice-president has gone on to be SWAPO candidate forÃâà...
Bizcommunity.com
March 15, 2018
The winds of change blowing across parts of Southern Africa have also held promise for the mining industry. Better commodity prices, an improved political outlook for South Africa and Zimbabwe and a greater appetite for investment has prompted new leads and partnerships since the Investing in AfricanÃâà...
Bizcommunity.com
March 15, 2018
The winds of change blowing across parts of Southern Africa have also held promise for the mining industry. Better commodity prices, an improved political outlook for South Africa and Zimbabwe and a greater appetite for investment has prompted new leads and partnerships since the Investing in AfricanÃâà...
Creamer Media's Engineering News
March 14, 2018
State-owned pharmaceutical company Ketlaphela Pharmaceutical has released an expression of interest through which it is “seeking suitable experienced pharmaceutical companies or consortiums to partner with in order to supply essential medicines to South Africa and the region at large.” The partnerÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 14, 2018
Bird flu outbreaks have far-reaching negative impacts on commercial poultry production in Southern Africa, as the sector has grown significantly in recent years, employing hundreds of thousands of people. In the SADC Region, Avian Influenza has so far hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, SouthÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 13, 2018
Maize is the main staple and cereal crop. Maize crop failures in the region have historically had significant impact on food security. Erratic rainfall, high temperatures and persistent Fall Armyworm infestation lower cereal crop production prospects for 2018 in Southern Africa. In the absence of consistentÃâà...
The Africa Report
March 9, 2018
Khoza dedicated her life to the African National Congress (ANC), believing it was the only party to bring about change in a divided country. But she lost faith in the ANC and was one of Jacob Zuma's most vocal critics inside the party and parliament. In August she defied the ANC line and publicly called onÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 8, 2018
More than 8,459 cholera / AWD cases and 150 deaths (Case Fatality Rate, 1.8%) have been reported in 10 of 21 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) since the beginning of 2018. These countries include; Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda,Ãâà...
The Africa Report
March 8, 2018
12118.HR On the steps of Cape Town City Hall on 11 February to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in Paarl, African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa promised “a new beginning” for the party and the country under his watch. But RamaphosaÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 2, 2018
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in southern Africa carries out humanitarian activities in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 2017, the ICRC assisted vulnerable migrants to contact their relatives. Our teamsÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 1, 2018
PRETORIA - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) warns that food insecurity is set to rise again in southern Africa as dry weather conditions and high temperatures reduce harvests. Malawi and Zimbabwe will be the hardest hit. The FAO says poor rains and hot temperaturesÃâà...
Mining Review
March 1, 2018
Cummins Southern Africa announced a positive outlook for 2018 in the Southern African region. Indicators are consolidating for the company's key markets where an increase in mining activity, equipment rebuilds, the appreciation of the oil price and the progress of major infrastructure and power projectsÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 27, 2018
The annual floods and cyclone season in Southern Africa (October - May) has already impacted some 234,200 people. In Madagascar, Tropical Cyclone Ava, which made landfall on 5 January 2018, caused fatalities, displacement of people, damage to infrastructure and flooding of thousands of hectaresÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 27, 2018
26 February 2018, Rome - Poor rains and hot temperatures triggered water stress and adversely affected crop development in several areas of Southern Africa, FAO said today. While cereal stocks in the region are ample, the spell of dry weather and erratic rains earlier in the season signals multiple risks toÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
February 23, 2018
Cape Town has become the latest poster child of drought in the Southern African region. The dramatic declaration of Day Zero—the date on which the taps are turned off—has caught the attention of the world. Indeed, in light of this looming deadline, now set for July 7 of this year, the city is facing theÃâà...
eNCA
February 22, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - Across Southern Africa, courageous people and activists refused to give in to government repression and took to the streets to claim their human rights under difficult circumstances, Amnesty International said on Thursday. “2017 was a terrible year for human rights in Southern Africa.
Anglicannews
December 31, 1999
The Green Anglicans network in southern Africa is partnering with a number of ecumenical bodies to create a Creation Care movement in the region. Some 28 Anglicans from eight countries attended a Creation Care and the Gospel Workshop in South Africa recently, organised by Lausanne / WorldÃâà...
Quartz
December 31, 1999
Black Panther director and scriptwriter Ryan Coogler was determined to make the film's fictional setting of Wakanda a positive image of Africa. African audiences have rewarded this vision by making it the highest grossing film in southern, East and West Africa ever. The hype surrounding the film wasÃâà...
Reliefweb
December 31, 1999
They were lively and lovely, and they moved me close to tears. The Angolan teenaged girls I met told me about their dreams and the barriers they face to achieving what is simply normal elsewhere – finishing primary school, graduating from high school, protecting themselves from unplanned pregnancyÃâà...
Creamer Media's Engineering News
December 31, 1999
The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the Southern African region to improve to 2% in 2018 and then to 2.4% in 2019. The'Southern Africa Economic Outlook Report 2018', released by the AfDB, in Pretoria, on Monday, states that there is cautiousÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
A gatsby is a South African sandwich sold as a foot-long sandwich sliced into two, four or eight pieces. Polony is one of the key ingredients in a gatsby, but it can also contain viennas, steak, fish or chicken. By Staff Reporter. ZIMBABWE will keep imports of processed meat from South Africa despite aÃâà...
