Newsflashes

19 March, 2013
The SABC board members blame Communications Minister for their decision to resign
19 March, 2013
Angola presents the country’s report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Human, Civil and Political Rights
19 March, 2013
Civil society groups and churches are once again uniting behind a boycott of TopTV as it seeks permission from the ICASA to broadcast three porn channels
19 March, 2013
The Democratic Left urges Anglo Platinum workers to fight their planned retrenchment
18 March, 2013
The Zimbabwean police arrest the country’s most prominent lawyer and four senior MDC officials
18 March, 2013
SADC hands the constitutional referendum a clean bill of health despite isolated incidents of violence ahead of the vote
14 March, 2013
Zimbabwe says it will not abide by an ACHPR recommendation to accommodate citizens living abroad to vote in the upcoming referendum
14 March, 2013
Pule promises to work on finding solutions to the leadership problems plaguing the SABC
14 March, 2013
At least 200 magistrates will undergo a two-day training workshop on the Sexual Offences Act and the Child Justice Act, says Mogoeng
13 March, 2013
Rights groups have reacted with outrage to the comments by an Eastern Cape MEC that children do not have any rights
13 March, 2013
There is an increasing number of brothels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s city of Goma, and a rise in the number of underage girls working in them, writes Mabulana
13 March, 2013
Zimbabwean activists threaten to boycott monitoring of voting in a referendum on a new constitution unless the state election commission withdraws bans on activists
13 March, 2013
The IEC hosts a two-day seminar on electronic voting and counting technologies
12 March, 2013
NGO employees flee their workplaces amid fears of an increased crack down on civic organisations by state security agents in Zimbabwe
12 March, 2013
As women across the world celebrate Women's Day, a number of women in the Global South spend it queuing for water away from their home or scavenging for food to feed their families, writes Makamu