Newsflashes

7 June, 2013
Regional mediators have postponed a special SADC summit to assess Zimbabwe's readiness for general elections
7 June, 2013
GALZ says assailants have used hammers to force entry into offices, where they locked employees in a room and then ransacked the premises
4 June, 2013
Zambia’s DATF and the NZP+ have expressed worry at the mushrooming of NGOs that have invaded Mufulira, making it difficult to monitor HIV activities in the district
4 June, 2013
It is an ambitious plan to circumcise the majority of men in Swaziland
4 June, 2013
Three Rome-based UN agencies have called for food security and nutrition to be placed at the core of the international agenda for African development
4 June, 2013
The SARW says that the Kimberley Process must implement urgent and substantial reforms if it hopes to remain relevant
4 June, 2013
Disabled children are at greater risk of being poor, are least likely to receive an education and healthcare, according to the State of the World's Children 2013
4 June, 2013
Environmental conservationists do not have much faith in any of the solutions recently proposed to help curb rhino poaching in South Africa
4 June, 2013
Both local and international residents of Diepsloot denies claims that xenophobia is behind the recent violence in the township
4 June, 2013
Sections of the Sexual Offences Act that say teenagers should be prosecuted for having consensual sex violates several children's rights, NGOs argue
4 June, 2013
CASAC describes the NPA’s decision to review suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach as ‘immature and emotional response’
4 June, 2013
NGOs advocating for the rights of South Africans in foreign prisons says drug lords operating in the country should be brought to book
4 June, 2013
It is unacceptable that photographers and journalists find themselves in the line of fire so often, says SANEF
29 May, 2013
The TAC warns that the e-tolling will result in increases in the cost of medication, and will also impact on the delivery of treatment to health facilities
29 May, 2013
The Gauteng MEC for Agriculture, Rural and Social Development employs fewer than 750 social workers