Category: South African

Strivers gymnasts collect blankets for Swaziland

Earning a top place on the medal stand next Saturday isn’t the only thing on the minds of the kids who make up the Strivers, the YMCA’s Gymnastic Team. The teammates also hope to see an outpouring of blanket donations for Patty Tebon’s passionate ministry to Swaziland as well. The Strivers are collecting fleece blankets [...]

February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Premier Foods Expands Into Swaziland

Major South African staple foods manufacturer Premier Foods has acquired a controlling stake in two Swaziland-based bread and confectionary businesses, Mr Bread and Swaziland United Bakeries, for R85-million. The acquisition will give the Premier Foods, which is known for brands such as Iwisa maize meal, Snowflake flour and Blue Ribbon bread a major foothold in [...]

February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse

Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse

Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]

February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman

Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman

 I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream  MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]

February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals

Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]

February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Swazi meltdown ‘imminent’

Swazi meltdown ‘imminent’

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Swaziland’s fiscal crisis has reached a critical point and there is a high risk that the kingdom will be unable to pay its civil servants’ wages for the next few months. The report also says that Swaziland’s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 2% during 2012 and, [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Upped border control to curb crime, poaching

The government is intensifying efforts to improve border management in an attempt to deal with cross-border crime syndicates and to curb poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday “In that regard we will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April 2012 bringing the total [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More

South Africa’s Kruger wins Avantha Masters

GURGAON (India): Jbe Kruger of South Africa clinched his maiden European Tour title when he held his nerve in a tight finish to win the $2.4 million Avantha Masters golf in India on Sunday. On a dramatic last day when hot contender Peter Whiteford of Scotland was disqualified for a moved ball in the third [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More

More soldiers to fight S. Africa rhino poaching

(AFP) – 2 hours ago  PRETORIA — South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday. “We will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Kingpins of unity state in spotlight

Robert Mugabe has undoubtedly used the GNU to strengthen his position As clashes mount in Zimbabwe’s troubled government and disagreements flare up between the three principals in the coalition – President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, little willpower is being shown by the leaders to salvage the failing [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More