Namibia suspends govt. officer over limousines
A Ministry of Works and Transport employee suspected of allegedly leaking information about the new N$10 million Presidential motorcade exposed in Informanté has been suspended.
The Siege of Manono, A Zimbabwean Sacrifice
It was November 23 1998, only three months after President Laurent Kabila’s one time allies had waged a full scale war to topple his new government, and they were threatening to overrun government forces and take over Kinshasa.
PROFILE: Botswana, A Cut Above The Rest
PICKING diamonds in the dirt has become a pipedream for many African nations, but Botswana, a landlocked nation mainly made up of the Kalahari desert, has continued to pick diamonds in the fray of socio-economical and political chanllenges facing other African countries today.
100s of Zimbabweans illegally enter SA daily
100s of Zimbabweans illegally enter SA daily From Tawanda Kanhema in Beitbridge INTENSIFIED patrols on Zimbabwe’s border with South Africa are failing to deter border jumping and smuggling along the Limpopo River, with illegal crossings facilitated by well organized syndicates taking place right under the nose of Zimbabwean law enforcement agents manning the old Limpopo [...]
US warned against attacking Iran
A group of nuclear physicists, military experts and diplomats has warned the United States and its military allies against launching an Iraq-style pre-emptive war on Iran to cripple its purported nuclear arms programme, saying such an attack would escalate the global risk of a nuclear holocaust.
Is Africa Ready for Nuclear Energy?
Africa is facing region-wide energy shortages as climatic changes intermittently turn off the switch on hydro-electricity generation and oil prices remain exorbitantly high. As regional energy powerhouse, South Africa, ponders uranium enrichment…