Newsflashes

13 November, 2012
Environmental activists marches in cities around South Africa against the government’s nuclear expansion plans
13 November, 2012
SANEF welcomes a High Court ruling that the refusal by three companies to give City Press newspaper access to its share registers was criminal
13 November, 2012
The SAIRR says the Marikana shooting may force the African National Congress to abandon failing policies
13 November, 2012
A complaint by the FXI against the SABC over the blacklisting of commentators has been withdrawn
13 November, 2012
A court order has halted the demolition of houses in Lenasia illegally erected on land owned by the City of Johannesburg, according to the SAHRC
13 November, 2012
Sexwale says that finding ways of developing the SMMEs sector is an important factor in its ‘inward look’ in search of sustainable solutions for the country’s economy
13 November, 2012
Uganda to pass an anti-homosexual bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation
12 November, 2012
A senior AU official says the continental body looks forward to deepening relations with Washington following Barack Obama’s re-election
12 November, 2012
Civil society coalitions in Zimbabwe have raised concerns over the spate of recent police arrests targeting dissenting voices
12 November, 2012
A decision by Malawi authorities to suspend anti-homosexual laws in the predominantly religious southern African nation of 13 million sparks heated debate
12 November, 2012
Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of three workers of the Zimbabwean NGO, Counselling Services Unit
12 November, 2012
Youth entrepreneurs in Cape Town join like-minded young people from around the world in the Global Entrepreneurship Week programme
12 November, 2012
The African Union's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, has done her best to address the continued harassment of journalists in the Gambia, writes Kwenda
12 November, 2012
IFAD to provide a US$68.4 million grant to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to improve the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers
12 November, 2012
A UN says that helping developing countries build their citizens' access to the Internet is akin to giving them a tool that boosts their chances of achieving sustainable economic growth