Life and Death Choices as South Africans Ration Dialysis Care
By Sheri Fink, Special to ProPublica Dec. 15, 2010, 3:18 p.m. Late last August, 41-year-old Amos Phillips arrived by ambulance at Tygerberg Academic Hospital near Cape Town, South Africa. His kidneys had failed. He was confused, struggling to breathe, and desperate enough to ask doctors to end his life. The same month, a 43-year-old widow [...]
Amazon First In Line to Profit From WikiLeaks Cables Despite Booting Site Off Servers
Despite having taken a hostile stance and denying WikiLeaks hosting service in compliance with demands from the U.S. government, Amazon has become the first company to openly and directly profit from the content of the leaked cables.
Namibia’s Unemployment Rate Heavily Exaggerated
WHILE Namibia’s official unemployment rate is 51.2 percent, new estimates put it at a much lower 37.6 percent. For the first time information has emerged indicating that over 60,000 people living in nurses homes and doctors’ quarters; military barracks and prisons staff quarters were completely left out during the Namibia Labour Survey of 2008, a Windhoek Observer investigation has revealed.
Over 20 Families Left in the Cold As Zimbabwe Government Orders Destruction of Homes
Members of the evicted families sat hopelessly in the open fields close to their burnt homes. Rubble from destroyed huts and granaries was scattered around the yard. Blankets, pots, cups and clothes were packed in plastic bags on the ground while at some homes, abandoned donkeys, goats, chickens and guinea fowls strolled around the yard.
Nigeria Seizes $9,9m Worth of Heroin From Iran
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA Friday reportedly seized $9.9 million worth of heroin hidden in auto parts shipped from Iran. The West African country had recently reported Tehran to the U.N. over an illegal arms seizure.
Suspected Bomb Found on German Airline in Namibia
A package suspected to contain explosives was seized by Namibian Police from a Munich bound German airliner at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
HIV Positive Teacher Accused of Intoxicating, Raping 15 Girls in Namibia
A Namibian school teacher alleged to be HIV positive reportedly went on a sex rampage a few weeks ago and raped 15 teenage girls after giving them alcohol at Klein Aub School near Rehoboth, 60 miles south of the capital, Windhoek.
Families Evicted From Zimbabwe’s Diamond Fields Forced to Live In Barns
FAMILIES forcibly relocated from Marange have been dumped in an abandoned farm house 60 km from the diamond rich fields whose early proceeds netted government and its private partners US$72 million.
Gabon Parties Sue Transparency International
Five associations in Gabon on Monday filed a suit against Transparency International (TI), accusing the watchdog group of defamation against the late president Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died in 2009.
Zimbabwe Minister Chombo, Wife, Agree On Asset Sharing, As Questions Arise Over How He Acquired Empire
Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and is estranged wife Marian have narrowed their dispute over how to divide their property on divorce and only five properties now remain for a judge to decide on.
Namibian Journalist Max Hamata Faces Threats From Government Agents
The Media Institute of Southern Africa, based in Namibia, has issued a statement over the threats made by unidentified people in several sectors of the Namibian government to investigative journalist Max Hamata and his immediate family.
With Tales of Glue Addictions, Stabbings, The Homeless Live One Day at a Time in Jo’burg
Joseph learned to read the Bible at home, and possibly during stints in jail. He regularly sniffs glue. He also likes to clown around with passers-by, which sometimes gets him in trouble. After a woman thought he was attacking her, security guards beat him, leaving him bleeding.