South Africa: Julius Malema loses appeal
By Sarah | February 6, 2012
BBC, 6 February 2012
Julius Malema has lost an appeal against a decision by South Africa’s ruling party to suspend him.
He was suspended from the African National Congress (ANC) for five years for sowing division in the party.
The charge has been upheld, but Mr Malema is to be heard in 14 days’ time over the length of the suspension. Read the rest of this entry »
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African Union left in limbo following leadership vote impasse
By Sarah | January 31, 2012
Guardian, 30 January 2012
A high-profile race for the post of chairman of the African Union (AU) commission entered deadlock on Monday, splitting the organisation into anglophone and francophone blocs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Launch of Corruption Watch in South Africa, General Secretary of COSATU
By Sarah | January 30, 2012
COSATU, 26 January 2012
In this historic year when we celebrate the centenary of the oldest liberation movement in Africa, in the 18th year of our democracy and after 26 years of COSATU’s existence, we gather at this historic Constitutional Court – a court which is vested with the responsibility to ensure that our Constitution is upheld at all times and that all South Africans benefit from the rights enshrined in it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mozambique and SA’s Kruger park hit by deadly floods
By Sarah | January 19, 2012
BBC News, 19 January 2012
Four people have died and more than 4,000 others are without shelter after torrential rains in Mozambique.
Three days of storms and high winds have hit water and power supplies and destroyed farm animals and cash crops. Read the rest of this entry »
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South Africa and Swaziland to build $2 bln rail line
By Sarah | January 12, 2012
Reuters Africa, 12 January 2012
“That should take our capacity on the coal line beyond 91 million tonnes, closer to 100 million tonnes,” he said.
Construction of South Africa’s first new rail line in several decades and upgrades will begin next year and are expected to be completed by 2016.
A large portion of the costs, up to 12 billion rand, would be covered by South Africa and the remainder by Swaziland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nelson Mandela mini-series planned for TV
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
BBC, 9 January 2012
A mini-series based on the life of Nelson Mandela is in the pipeline, with producers including the former South African president’s grandson.
Writers attached to the project include Nigel Williams, who wrote the 2005 Helen Mirren mini-series, Elizabeth I. Read the rest of this entry »
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Floods leave Angolan returnees stranded
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
IRIN News, 6 January 2012
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
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ANC Centenary
By Tony | January 8, 2012
As the ANC celebrates the 100th anniversary of it’s founding, ACTSA’s director Tony Dykes takes a look at the history of the party and the celebrations that will take place throughout 2012.
Today the African National Congress (ANC), Africa’s oldest liberation movement, celebrates its centenary.
Events are being held in Mangaung (previously known as Bloemfontein) where the ANC was founded a 100 years ago. It was initially called the South Africa Native National Congress until 1923 when it became the African National Congress. Read the rest of this entry »
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Southern Africa – prospects for 2012
By Tony | January 4, 2012
ACTSA’s director, Tony Dykes, considers what will be happening in southern Africa in 2012.
Parliamentary Elections are due to be held in Angola by the end of year. In Lesotho and the Seychelles elections for their National Assembly are due to take place and in the DRC following the disputed parliamentary and presidential elections of 2011 provincial elections are due on 25 February 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
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Climate Change: did Durban achieve breakthrough or postpone key decisions?
By Sarah | December 13, 2011
UNFCCC Press Release, 11 December 2011
Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, have delivered a breakthrough on the future of the international community.s response to climate change, whilst recognizing the urgent need to raise their collective level of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep the average global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius. Read the rest of this entry »
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