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Apr 29
Zimbabwe: 'A Hard Sell'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
To make up for the loss of western exhibitors, the ZITF has moved its focus
to the 19 members of the Common Market of East and Southern Africa
(COMESA).
Southern Africa: Ag to Tackle SADC Tribunal in Land Case
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The case in which white former commercial farmers are seeking to halt
compulsory land acquisition in Zimbabwe is set to resume in Namibia next
month with ...
Southern Africa: SADC Finalising Gender Protocol
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
SADC ministers responsible for Gender and Women Affairs will meet this week
in Windhoek to prepare the way forward for the adoption of the SADC draft
...
East Africa: Why is EAC Quiet About Zimbabwe?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
In Dar es Salaam, the East Africa Law Society (EALS) in partnership with
the Open Society of Eastern Africa and their Southern Africa
counterparts...
Countries Move Fast On Produce Exchange
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Mid this month, the team designing the work programme for the Alliance for
Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) met in
Zambia under the ...
Uganda: Nine Citizens Among 65 Top Idols
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
And indeed some can actually sing, although many still need prayers -
thanks to the Celtel-sponsored Idols East and Southern Africa for
showcasing their ...
Kaunda says Brown sanctions call not helping in Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe.com - Zimbabwe
Mwanawasa last week called on southern Africa states not to allow a
Chinese ship with arms destined for Zimbabwe to unload its cargo amid fears
that the ...
Jaw breaker
Science News - USA
Earlier dental studies indicated that P. robustus, which lived from 2
million to 1.5 million years ago in southern Africa , also resorted
to eating hard and ...
Apr 28
ESF Conferences to cooperate with Africa
innovations report - Bad Homburg, Germany
Yet progress in Africa depends on its position in basic
science as well." Each conference will focus on a jointly
selected topic that is of key significance ...
Australia sweet for chocolate
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... the Melbourne-based chocolate-making company associated with
Horizon Science, bean production here is better than in West
Africa.
Beijing's links to Africa under the gun
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... says Stephen Brown, a professor of political science at
University of Ottawa. "But there's a lot of hypocrisy in
criticizing China's presence in Africa.
Namibia: Top International Meeting in Windhoek
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa;
Dr Ham-Mukasa Mulira, Minister of Information and Communications
Technology, Uganda; Dr Noah Wekesa...
Nigeria: Recognising The Role of Gender in Workplace Unleashe ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Armed with a first class honour degree in Computer Science from the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ms Oteh further beefed up her credentials
with a masters ...
Africa-IPS News
African Path - Minneapolis, MN, USA
How authorities in Kenya -- and elsewhere in Africa -- meet the
challenge of producing skilled extension workers and enabling those already
in the field to ...
Paul Vallely: If we prevent Africa feeding itself, no wonder ...
Independent - London, England, UK
All this is not rocket science. There is enough grain in the world
to provide every single person with the required 2500 calories a day, and
for each to ...
Africa: Epidemic outpacing response says UNAIDS
Aidsmap - UK
Based on a review of the reports from Eastern and Southern Africa,
the regions worst affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis, experts from UNAIDS have
already ...
Apr 27
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA ON THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service - Jamaica
Jamaica was at the forefront of the international campaign against
apartheid, injustice and oppression in Southern Africa which
eventually led to...
Global Southern Africa dialogue begins in Lusaka
Afrique en ligne - Angers, France
Lusaka, Zambia - The Global Southern Africa International Dialogue
will be launched here Saturday, the Zambian State House confirmed Friday.
...
Southern Africa: Enough Talking - Levy
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
President Mwanawasa has said it is now time for the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) to shift from a 'talking shop' theory
and adopt a more ...
Apr 26
Report Attributes Death Rise to Nutrition Neglect
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
According to scientists of the International Council for Science,
ICSU, that did the research, at least 50 percent of the population in
Sub-Sahara Africa ...
Morgan won the elections
The Zimbabwean - Harare, Africa
The United States has also taken an active interest, dispatching its top
Africa envoy Jendayi Frazer to neighbouring South Africa on
Thursday for a round of ...
Assessing agricultural science and technology
Manila Times - Philippines
This month, the 90 governments that make up IAASTD will meet in
Johannesburg, South Africa to consider a synthesis report and the
Global Summary for ...
Back to Africa debuts in PHC
The Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Mr. Orlu, a graduate of Architecture from Rivers State University of
Science and Technology (RSUST) said he went into music because it is
a childhood talent ...
Dry spell almost killed off race
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
... Africa had lasted just a little longer, or been a little
worse, we would not be here today. There would be no humans, no cities, no
art and no science.
Face of Ethiopia is uglier than one seen by Houston
Houston Chronicle - United States
By DULA ABDU The Houston International Festival and the Lucy exhibition at
the Museum of Natural Science highlight the positive aspects of the
African ...
Employer: ITN MARK EDUCATION
guardian.co.uk - UK
An expanding and improving school in Ramsgate, Kent requires a teacher of
Science to start on 1st July or 1st September. The school has
transferred into a ...
Padlocks useless against scavenging baboons
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
We recently took a holiday to Africa which involved more adventures
than you might experience on your usual week in the sun in Mexico.
...
Minister tasks scientists on bio-informatics
The Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Mrs Grace Ekpiwhre, the Minister of Science and Technology, has
urged African scientists to explore the potential of bio-informatics for
effective health ...
WHO malaria envoy spreads nets over southern Africa
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
... April 25 (Reuters) - A Belgian princess and WHO malaria envoy,
launching an initiative to distribute 135 million mosquito nets in
southern Africa...
Prince Harry to tackle Aids in southern Africa
Thaindian.com - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
However, this time the young British royal will be tackling a different
kind of battle that of Aids in southern Africa . Fresh from the
frontline in ...
Humans almost became two species
BBC News - UK
This could have been caused by arid conditions driving a wedge between
humans in eastern and southern Africa. Details have been published
in the American ...
Mugabe postpones regional meeting as crisis rages on
Daily Nation - Nairobi, Kenya
... of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa)
where the country's deepening post election crisis was expected to
dominate proceedings.
Africa urged to step up malaria funding
AFP -
The event was attended by health ministers from southern Africa.
"Donors can only respond to country demands and priorities,"
Coll-Seck said.
East Africa: Civil Society Calls for Broader Panel On Zim Crisis
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The meeting was organised by the East Africa Law Society, Open Society
Initiative for East Africa, and the Open Society Initiative for Southern
Africa.
Zimbabwe arms ship to return to China
Shipping Times - UK
The ITF, which has helped mobilise workers across Southern Africa to
block the An Yue Jiang's cargo of arms, has given a cautious welcome to
indications by ...
Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Poverty ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have reaffirmed their
commitment to poverty eradication in the region at their summit on poverty
and ...
Apr 24
South Africa: Telescope Project to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"As the department, we view the SKA as part of the broad knowledge of
the economy and a quest to bring cutting-edge science to
Africa," he said.
SA eyes super scope site
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
Department of Science and Technology science platforms
manager Dr Tsepho Seekoe said the seven-dish prototype array, which will
have 12m-wide diameter ...
Navy's New Africa Strategy: Breaking the Carriers' Hold
Wired News - USA
The Pentagon calls the vessel's mix of training, diplomacy,
science and humanitarian assistance the "Africa
Partnership Station," and aims to make it a ...
> Fifa accredits first Med Centre in Africa
SA2010 Government Website - Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
"It is important to note that Fifa has accepted this centre as the first
of its kind in Africa, the Centre for Exercise Science and
Sports Medicine will ...
SMSes of the Day : Thursday
Namibian - Windhoek, Namibia
The Grade 10 Physical Science pupils never receive any exercise in
the first term and did not even write a test in the first three months of
the year.
South Africa: Kagiso Trust Scholarship Benefits Rural Students
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... (COO) Themba Mola told BuaNews that the programme was set up
with the vision of creating a viable, vibrant network of business and
science by 2019.
South Africa: Local Solutions to Halt Country's Sure Slide Into Chaos
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It is the logical conclusion of a deeply failed education system unable to
compete in maths, science and technology with other African
countries...
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 10=9622 April 2008
SciDev.net - UK
Researchers, writing in the African Journal of Plant Science, say
the enriched decomposed manure performed as well as inorganic fertilisers
in improving ...
Gambia: New Unesco Education Project
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
For his part, Crispin Grey Johnson, Secretary of State for Higher
Education, Research Science and Technology, expressed delight that
such an important ...
Apr 23
Ghana to host third e-Learning Africa Conference
Joy Online - Accra, Ghana
The conference would be held under the auspices of the Ministries of
Education, Science and Sports; Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation
and NEPAD and ...
Africa: 'Africa Needs Technology Development Fund'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Africa will not develop unless the political leaders give priority
to the development of science and technology, the chairman of the
Ghana Council of ...
South Africa: Indigenous Knowledge Systems Body Launched
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on IKS was conceived to support the
National IKS Office (NIKSO) which is responsible for advising
Science and Technology ...
South Africa: Over R40m Injection for WC Rural Schools
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... allocation in the education budget and will primarily be used to
provide the poorest schools with libraries, science labs, halls and
extra classes.
China slammed for arming Zimbabwe's Mugabe
Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA, USA
The ship had docked first at South Africa's main port, Durban,
where South African dock workers refused to offload the nearly 3 million
rounds of AK-47 ...
Brazil Shares Technology With Continent
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for
Development (IAASTD), Paulo Galerani, technical coordinator of EMBRAPA in
Africa, told IPS.
Africa's first elected female president to be Dartmouth ...
Dartmouth News - Hanover, NH, USA
Keller's research focuses on the history and philosophy of modern
biology and on gender and science. She is the author of several
books, including A Feeling ...
Southern Africa: Be Ready to Act On Zim Says Observer Mission
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Namibian Government's Election Observer Mission to Zimbabwe has
recommended to President Hifikepunye Pohamba that the Southern African
Development ...
Zimbabwe: New Food Security Tool First for the Region
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Zimbabwe will be the first country in Southern Africa to adopt a new
food security analysis tool, developed in Somalia in 2004. The Integrated
Food Security ...
Telkom's 99.99% promise
MyADSL - Melville, South Africa
Opening the 28th SATA (Southern Africa Telecommunications
Association) Conference, today, its Chairman and Telkom's Chief of Global
Operations and ...
Apr 22
The Fight to Feed Africa
Truth about Trade & Technology - Des Moines, IA, USA
US bilateral assistance to agricultural science in Africa has
actually fallen by 75 percent since the 1980s. World Bank lending for
agriculture has dropped ...
Nigeria: Icase Regional Conference to Halt Marginalisation
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Nigeria is billed to host the first ever International Council of
Associations for Science Education regional conference in
Africa by May next year.
Namibia: Unam Chancellor Urges Cooperation
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A female in the Faculty of Science, Lupanga, scooped this year's
merit award. This year only two students attained Doctorates in Philosophy
(PhD) - in ...
Tickets to benefit Africa wells
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Visitors to the Science Museum Oklahoma movie theater today will
help build water wells at schools in Africa. MacGillivray Freeman
Films will donate $1 of ...
Microsoft Announces New Partnership in Africa
PC World - USA
Microsoft has formed a partnership with the government of Angola and plans
closer collaboration with the European Union to accelerate
Africa's social and ...
Pakistani nuclear missile launch may shake up make-up of ...
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
... in South Africa and flying straight to Pakistan. "We
won't have to bring in new players, the players can travel direct, that
is the science behind it.
South Africa: Univen to Represent Country at World Wheelchair ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Ms Montjane, who is regarded as the strongest woman on the South African
wheelchair tennis sport, is a third year Bachelor of Science student
in Recreation ...
Ghana, Brazil Sign Pact On Energy, Agric
Modern Ghana - Ghana
Brazil, he said, has excelled in agriculture and science and
technology to increase food production which has helped them to convert
food into Bio-fuel.
Southern Africa: THE Southern African Region, One of The Most ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A region that has vast resources of oil reserves, diamonds, gold, copper
and other economically important minerals besides the abundant water
resources and ...
Southern Africa: 'Chumbwe Irresponsible'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
President Mwanawasa has said it is irresponsible for Lusaka provincial MMD
chairman, Geoffrey Chumbwe to issue a statement that Zimbabwean President,
...
Ruvuma bridge set to boost trade
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
... exports to Mozambique by half and the cost by 25 percent, the
US-backed Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub reports in its
April newsletter.
Zambia: Govt to Sign Nepad Pact to Boost Farming in Africa
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The purpose of the CAADP roundtable, to be hosted by the Zambian government
and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is to reach
consensus ...
Moxico - Africa Malaria Day Celebrations in Moxico Province
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Early this month, Upper Zambezi (Moxico) district hosted the launch of the
"Roll Back Malaria" expedition in the Southern Africa
Development Community ...
Apr 21
Southern Africa: Poverty Levels in SADC Countries Are Unacceptable
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It is unacceptable for the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
member countries to experience high levels of poverty when the region has
abundant ...
Southern Africa: Poverty Reduction Depends On Economic Growth - ADB
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Southern African countries can eliminate poverty but only if their
economies "can grow sustainably over several years", declared the
President of the ...
Southern Africa: Growth 'Must Reach the Poor And Vulnerable'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Economic growth in the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region
must be "inclusive", so that it "reaches the poor and the
vulnerable"...
Southern Africa: Sharma to SADC - Poverty is the Persistent ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on 20 April 2008 addressed a
special summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC),
...
Southern Africa: SADC Summit Not Organised By Britain
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Contrary to claims made in the Zimbabwean government-controlled media, last
week's emergency summit of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC)...
Southern Africa: No Agreement On Final Statement At SADC Conference
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The SADC (Southern African Development Community) Consultative Conference
on Development and Poverty will go into an unscheduled third day after
failing to ...
Southern Africa Discusses Poverty
Prensa Latina - Havana, Cuba
Luanda, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The Community for the Development of
Southern Africa (SADC) opened a summit at the Mauritius Islands to
discuss poverty and ...
Celebrating the Bard
Dispatch Online - South Africa
The Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa (SSOSA) was inaugurated
in Grahamstown in 1984, with the aim of encouraging and stimulating the
appreciation of ...
Apr 20
Southern Africa: Foreign Aid to SADC "Woefully Inadequate"
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, Rama Sithanen, on Friday painted a
bleak picture of the current levels of poverty in the SADC (Southern
African ...
First World Malaria Day to put eradication on agenda
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Over the past two months the Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition has been
travelling the length of the Zambezi River in southern Africa to
highlight the ...
Bob's Mad Scramble For Weapons
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng, South Africa
Yesterday, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa said the
ship had reportedly taken off with its transponder switched off so that it
could not be ...
Apr 19
Youth urged to embrace science and technology
SABC News - Johannesburg, South Africa
He made the appeal at the opening the annual Sci-Fest Africa in
Grahamstown. Mangena says countries which are not able to take advantage of
science and ...
SciFest's dazzling show enthrals young scientists
Dispatch Online - South Africa
Employed by the Western Cape Education Department to turn kids onto
science, Basel has spent the past six years attending SciFest
Africa with his sponsored ...
African Examples Africa's pioneer media scholar">
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
He was among the first students of Communication (Behavioural
Science) at Michigan State University, where he graduated with a
doctorate degree in 1969.
Food, land crisis linked to environmental degradation, UNCCD says
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
... on combating land degradation and drought impacts in areas
affected by this emerging global crisis," as Mr. Gnacadja told Africa
Science News Service.
FROM THE FAR EAST - Rising food prices a threat to world peace
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
As 15-year olds, fuelled by heady promises that we were the leaders of
tomorrow, we engaged in heated exchanges over whether Africa should
opt for socialism ...
Lots of food, lots of hunger: it'sa market thing
Sunday Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
We also need to stop trying to protect the peasant farmers of Africa
when their only hope - as in "realistic hope" - is industrialised
factory production ...
Southern Africa: SADC Civil Society Skeptical of Neo-Liberal Economics
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... on poor people in southern Africa, and demanded that
government should publicly disclose the contents of the interim EPAs that
have already been signed.
Rotarian leads trip to Africa
Peterborough Examiner - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Local Rotarian Lloyd Graham is leading a one-month group study exchange
program sponsored by Rotary International to R/I District 9210 in
southern Africa.
Zimbabwe opposition in Kenya to raise profile of election crisis
Africasia - London, UK
... on Friday with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in a bid to
seek support in the political crisis bedevilling the impoverished
southern Africa nation.
Zim behind the scenes
Thought Leader - Johannesburg, South Africa
But now I've sniffed a very foul smell wafting from much further than
Zimbabwe or Southern Africa, it comes all the way from across the
ocean.
The rules of engagement
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng, South Africa
Enterprise 2.0 technologies supplied by The Virtual Works are said to have
helped Deloitte Southern Africa to overcome the obstacles that
typically ...
SA to ensure Zimbabwe fair recount - Pahad
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
... and the presidential election would start on Saturday, Pahad
said six Southern Africa Development Community observers would be
sent to Harare.
Apr 18
Inside SA's new R200m, high-tech Marion Island science hub
Creamer Media's Engineering News - Garden View, South Africa
Today, both these islands belong to South Africa, which annexed them
in 1948, owing to their strategic position in terms of defence and
navigation...
Water shortages threaten Africa
AfricaNews - Netherlands
The report, the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and
Technology for Development (IAASTD), underscores the urgency of findings
from last ...
Mandela, Koonin to be recognized at MSU commencement for global ...
MSU Today - East Lansing, MI, USA
Koonin will receive an honorary doctor of science at this ceremony.
Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will be the main
speaker.
The changing face of hunger
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
Photo: AP NIGEL Tricks has spent 15 years conjuring more from less --
mostly in Africa, these days in Asia. His task, as an international
aid worker...
Cloning alternative may help save white rhino
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor A novel kind of test tube
reproduction is to be used to help save one of the world's rarest
animals - the northern white ...
SciFest goes provincial as DoE steps in
Dispatch Online - South Africa
... equipped rural and township schools in the Eastern Cape are
being given a free one-day snapshot of the marvels of science at the
annual SciFest Africa .
South Africa: Bottom of The Class in Saving Mothers and Babies
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Other panelists side-stepped the question, including Richard Horton,
Editor-in-Chief of science journal, The Lancet. The Lancet ran a
special edition ...
'Food crisis can create law, order situation'
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan
Professor Dr Said Wahab at the Food Science and Technology
Department of the University said that easy access of the population to
food was necessary and ...
Southern Africa: Britain Behind Lusaka SADC Summit - Zanu-PF
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
ZANU-PF says the letter written by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai offering to assist him effect illegal regime
change ...
Calls for "urgent and decisive action" on Zimbabwe
Joy Online - Accra,Ghana
... people but to the people of Southern Africa as a whole if
the right thing was not done and the will of the people of that country was
subverted.
10000 km through Africa for the Climate10,000 km through Africa ...
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
A team of two youths from Germany are set to go on a cycle tour across
Eastern and Southern Africa beginning today to highlight on the
dangers Africa faces ...
Apr 17
South Africa: Give Us Thinkers, Not Technicians
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"The Academy of Science of SA (ASSAf) is about to approve an
inquiry into this question," says Wieland Gevers, the academy's
executive officer.
Bugs bows out after making science fun
Dispatch Online - South Africa
"South Africa owes a great deal to Brian Wilmot," he said.
Wilmot said one of the highlights of his tenure was making science
more exciting and accessible ...
South Africa: Mbeki to Bestow National Orders to Nation's Heroes
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... peace and security; journalism, literature, arts, culture and
music; business and the economy; science, medicine and technological
innovation.
Southern Africa: Summit Highlights SADC's Impotence
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
One does not need rocket science to figure out that the
controversial aftermath of the elections involving the challenging of the
results by ZANU-PF before ...
Zimbabwe: Students Riot At Bulawayo's Nust University
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Students at the National University of Science and Technology in
Bulawayo rioted on campus Wednesday, demanding that Robert Mugabe step down
as Chancellor ...
Report warns of low food output
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
The document also says Africa needs to exploit its potential in
agricultural knowledge, science and technology to reduce runaway
poverty and hunger rates.
Zimbabwe: Zim - the 'Crisis' That Never Was
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
President Mbeki did not employ supernatural or genius science to
discover that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe and neither did he say
something that ...
Flu viruses come in waves each year from East and Southeast Asia ...
The Canadian Press -
The scientific papers, released simultaneously by the heavy-hitting
journals Science and Nature, suggest viruses that circulate during a
North American or ...
Apr 16
South Africa: Angola, Country to Promote Co-Operation Between ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena
visited Angolan Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, on
Tuesday...
South Africa: Indigenous Knowledge Systems Body to Be Unveiled
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... to be launched next week in Pretoria, will take South
Africa's objective to promote indigenous knowledge to another
level, the Department of Science and ...
South Africa's Zuma at a crossroads
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
"He's certainly in trouble," said Dirk Kotze, professor of
political science at the University of South Africa.
"There's a strong case against him.
UN Panel Urges Changes to Feed Poor While Saving Environment
New York Times - United States
Three years in the making, the report — known as the International
Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development
— says that modern ...
The cost of green tinkering is in famine and starvation
Guardian - UK
Africa, says Collier, has less commercial agriculture than it did at
the end of the age of empire, half a century ago. While antagonism to
science merely ...
Nigeria: Fifty Years of Technology Transfer in Country - the ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Indeed, as a nation, our science and technology knowledge
contribution to the global body of knowledge in this regard is very low,
compared to what other ...
Global marketing officer council launches chapter in Africa
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town, South Africa
“Often marketing is considered by many as a wooly art form and not a
science. CMO Council's strong quantitative research programme
into issues such as ...
Southern Africa: SADC Leaders to Discuss Poverty
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) are gathering in Mauritius this weekend for a regional conference on
...
Botswana: Woman to Head UCCSA
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It has been 27 years since a woman headed the United Congregational Church
of Southern Africa (UCCSA) Synod of Botswana. But come this Sunday,
another woman ...
Zimbabwe: It's a Decisive Week As Court Set to Rule Amid Recount Order
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Already there is speculation the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF),
once regarded as Southern Africa's biggest trade showcase due to
start later this ...
Zimbabwean freelance journalist arrested: lawyer
Africasia - London, UK
The Media Institute of Southern Africa in Zimbabwe said in a
statement it was "greatly concerned about this turn of events and
demands that the police make ...
Apr 14
UN scientists say industrial agriculture has failed
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
The report, titled The International Assessment of Agricultural
Science and Technology for Development, decries the current tendency
to emphasise ...
UN biofuel warning, call for return to traditional farming
African Energy News Review - Cape Town, South Africa
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) says that the International Assessment of Agricultural
Science and Technology ...
Dr. Baezi's book on Africa launched
Modern Ghana - Ghana
By GNA Professor Dominic Fobi, Minister for Education, Science and
Sports on Friday called on educational institutions and the public to adopt
and acquire ...
Colgate hosts fundraiser for S. Africa
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY, USA
Naef ran the idea of getting involved by Anne Pitcher, political
science professor, who referred the idea to Colgate’s Center for
Outreach, Volunteerism and ...
Foreign minister to represent Mugabe at SADC summit
The Zimbabwean - Harare, Africa
... Mugabe can give their sides of the story over the impasse in
Zimbabwe,” said Eldred Masunungure, a University of Zimbabwe political
science lecturer.
SWAG unhappy with NSC/MOESS rift
Joy Online - Accra,Ghana
"Coming just weeks after the highly successful MTN Africa Cup
of Nations, it is the expectation of Ghanaians that the authorities would
rather put their ...
Southern Africa: Pande Urges Zim Leaders to Respect SADC Resolutions
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Kabinga Pande , said the resolution terms agreed
upon by Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and
...
China Nonferrous to mine more in southern Africa
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
China Nonferrous would look mainly at the Middle East, especially Iran; at
central and north Asia, especially Kazakhstan; and at central and
southern Africa ...
Africa Consulting: Frontier Advisory partnering with Continents ...
openPR - Hamburg,Germany
... of Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd. The partnership supports
companies from the german speaking countries with their market entry in
Southern Africa.
Gold will bust $1000 again
Mining MX - Sandton, South Africa
[miningmx.com] -- China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering
and Construction company is eyeing possible mining resources in Southern
Africa...
Southern Africa: Khama Asks SADC to Act on Zimbabwe
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Leader of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan
Tsvangirai is in Gaborone to ask for the intervention of Botswana and the
Southern Africa ...
Apr 13
Foreign Minister Rejects SADC Interference Insinuation in Zimbabwe ...
AngolaPress - Angola
Speaking to journalists, the Angolan diplomat explained that it is the
Southern Africa procedure to settle problems facing member
countries.
Southern Africa: Mwanawasa Calls Emergency SADC Summit
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa will host an emergency summit of southern
African leaders at the weekend on the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe,
...
'Soft skills' training company to set up in Malta
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta
It's easier to get to northern Africa through Malta than it is from
southern Africa. This could create endless opportunities in
countries still to be ...
Apr 12
Madagascar Critters, Martian Moon, a Cool Brown Dwarf
New York Times - United States
... off the east coast of Africa, and nowhere else in the
world. In a new conservation plan introduced in the journal Science,
conservation biologists map ...
Wither Zimbabwe
ZimDaily - London, UK
Zimbabwe is pregnant with a situation that calls for a tough stance from
the international community particularly South Africa but as l have
pointed out we ...
The death that mobilised a nation
The Times - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
He knew how to die — a good death, like the death of a seed as observed
in natural science, when in its wake follows the birth of something
new...
Angola/South Africa: Parliament Speaker in Cape Town
AngolaPress - Angola
Cape Town, 04/12 – Angola’s National Assembly (Parliament), Roberto de
Almeida, is since Friday evening in Cape Town, South Africa, to
attend the 118th ...
St. Mary's School Samplings
Morris Sun Tribune - Morris, MN, USA
The new unit in science is about what covers the Earth. In social we
are learning about needs and wants and how we obtain them. Grade 2: The
second graders ...
IST-Africa 2008 Conference & Exhibition
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiques de presse) - Lausanne, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
... Minister for Communications, Science and Technology,
Tanzania; Honourable Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and
Technology, South Africa; ...
Southern Africa: Govt, Allies Attack Zambian President
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
As southern African heads of state gathered in Lusaka to discuss
Zimbabwe's political crisis on Saturday, the Harare government and its
allies launched an ...
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Offers SADC a Real Test
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The International Monetary Fund reports that Zimbabwe's economy will
shrink by 6.6 percent this year and perform even worse next year.
...
In Namibia, Episcopal Relief and Development ...
Episcopal News Service - New York, NY, USA
[ERD] Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is providing emergency
assistance to communities in Namibia affected by devastating floods.
...
WCC welcomes summit on Zimbabwe crisis
Journal Chretien - Paris,France
The World Council of Churches welcomes the initiative of convening an
emergency summit of the Southern Africa Development Community to
address the growing ...
Time to go! Mzee Bob
Daily Nation - Nairobi, Kenya
Some 28 years after independence, Mzee Bob had turned Zimbabwe from a
breadbasket of southern Africa to a basket-case, the Zim dollar is
almost worthless. ...
Africa: USTR Lauds Progress by Comesa on Regional Economic Integration
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
At a meeting today with a delegation from the Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA), Deputy US Trade Representative John K.
Veroneau ...
Apr 11
Kenya: 'Standard' Science Writer Awarded
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Still a Far Cry in Africa' appearing in The Saturday
Standard of January 12, which was one of the best. Ayoki is a
science writer, who substantially ...
Scientists map how to protect freaks of nature
Gather.com - Boston, MA, USA
... on the cover of the journal Science - one that maps which
habitat is most worth protecting. The study focused on a single island -
Africa's Madagascar ...
South African RuLing Party Reportedly Drops Support for Zimbabwe ...
Voice of America - USA
Susan Booysen is a political science professor at South
Africa’s University of Witwatersrand. From Johannesburg, she spoke
to VOA English to Africa Service ...
Africa: Journalists to Give Greater Voice to Environment
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Asian and African journalists agree that they must shift their focus
away from politics and give a greater voice to environmental issues to
encourage their ...
US military expands role in West Africa
Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA, USA
Brightly painted tattoos snake down Sgt. Joe
Palko's outstretched ...
'We develop them and they go' - Chamber of Mines president
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Garden View, South Africa
Many describe Exxaro – South Africa’s largest black-controlled
mining company, the country’s largest coal producer and a major supplier
to Eskom – as an ...
African medical research and training receives Wellcome boost
EurekAlert - Washington,DC, USA
"The future for science in Africa depends on providing
the best training opportunities for the brightest young African
scientists," says Dr Mark Walport...
Parliament Speaker At IPU Meeting In South Africa
AngolaPress - Angola
... international peace and security, sustainable development, human
rights, gender equality, international trade and education, science
and culture.
Southern Africa: SADC Meet Backlash
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has called on the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) summit scheduled for Lusaka this weekend to
...
Zimbabwe Rivals May Come Face to Face
New York Times - United States
... the opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, will attend an
emergency weekend meeting of southern Africa’s heads of state to
address the political crisis ...
‘Crime against humanity’ warning to Zanu-PF forces
Legalbrief (subscription) - Durban, South Africa
As credible reports come to light of planned attacks on Zimbabwe’s rural
communities by Zanu-PF aligned forces, the Southern Africa
Litigation Centre (SALC) ...
Apr 10
South Africa: Country Gets a Ticking Off
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Typically, SA's Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena
did not venture a defence , but rather criticised Nsambu for speaking out
in public. ...
Natural Science Museum in Aiud
Artline - Bucharest,Romania
Apart from the items collected from Romania or Europe, the museum also
features some rare examples from Africa, America, Austria, New
Zeeland, Brasil...
India-Africa summit concluded in New Delhi
Xinhua - China
African Union Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare said infrastructure,
health, education, science and food security were areas where it
wanted Indian know-how. ...
Mugabe's Best Friend
Forbes - NY, USA
... ignored the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa at the cost
of millions of lives of his countrymen. To him, orthodox science
"portrayed black people . ...
Vote results delayed for fear of violence, Zimbabwe says
Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA, USA
The United Nations, European Union, Australia, and Jacob Zuma, the leader
of South Africa's ruling party, all issued calls for the release
of election ...
Pitch leaves teams uneasy
Hindustan Times - India
After a sleeping beauty in Chennai and a sporting pitch in Ahmedabad, and
the result going rather emphatically in South Africa's favour,
it was always ...
AU and ECA Hold Joint Annual Ministers Conference
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The theme for the Conference was “Meeting Africa’s New
Challenges in the 21st Century”. This unique event is a result of the
proposal endorsed by the 12th ...
Southern Africa: Secretariat Powers SACU to New Heights
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The executive secretary of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Tswelelopele Moremi has said the organisation has achieved a lot since the
...
Southern Africa: 'Zim Prepared to Appraise SADC of Political ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Zimbabwe is prepared to appraise Sadc of political developments on the
ground if need be as it has excellent relations and co-operation with its
neighbours...
A Guide To The Reptiles Of Southern Africa - Graham Alexander and ...
Tonight - Johannesburg, South Africa
By Peter Sullivan This splendidly illustrated book is about the 151 snakes,
338 lizards, 27 tortoises and one crocodile of our subregion. ...
Tsvangirai accuses Mugabe of 'de facto military coup'
ABC Online - Australia
Eleven days after votes were cast there has still been no official result
and Mr Tsvangirai is touring southern Africa, urging leaders to
prevent Zimbabwe ...
Neighbors of Zimbabwe meet to discuss crisis
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Michael Wines With the threat of political violence looming in Zimbabwe,
southern Africa's heads of state were summoned to an
"extraordinary" meeting of ...
The 15th New York African Film Festival: More Than Forty Films ...
City Guide Magazine - New York, NY, USA
Cuba: An African Odyssey and Brothers in Arms both directly link liberation
movements in Southern Africa to the history of the Diaspora,
...
Apr 9
A Meteorological Community Project in South Africa
RedOrbit - Dallas, TX, USA
Muwanga-Zake, JWF, 2001: Is science education in a crisis? Some of
the problems in South Africa. Science in Africa, No.
2. [Available online at www. ...
South Africa: Uganda Knocks Local Telecoms Policy
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Nsambu was sharing a stage with SA's science and technology
minister, Mosibudi Mangena, at the Satcom Africa conference in
Johannesburg yesterday when he ...
India announces measures for Africa, By Ousseynou Gueye, PANA ...
Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
... his intention to reinforce local competencies by creating
regional and Pan-African higher education institutions, especially
in the spheres of science...
"A Collective Ignorance About How Agriculture Interacts With ...
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
... South Africa, to review the findings of the three-year
International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for
Development (IAASTD). ...
Little Pressure on Zimbabwe's Leader
The Associated Press -
... current chairman of the African Union. John Makumbe, a
political science professor at the University of Zimbabwe, said
opposition officials told him ...
Africa-India Framework for cooperation adopted
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
The Framework for Cooperation covers agreed areas of cooperation in many
sectors including education, science and technology, agricultural
productivity...
U of C doctor digging Africa
Canoe.ca - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
... bulk of artifacts unearthed in Africa are removed from
their countries of origin and displayed in western museums. "The idea
is not just doing science...
UK DOCTORS WARN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
British Satellite News - London, UK
SOT: (English Speech) super: Vivienne Nathanson, BMA Head of Science
and Ethics 5. People being treated for malaria in Africa (file
August 2006, Africa) 6. ...
Southern Africa: Regional Expansion Can Enhance a Local Offering
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
DOCUMENT management and storage company Metrofile is looking to establish a
presence in another three countries after opening an operation in
Mozambique in ...
Court hears Zimbabwe poll bid as opposition cries for help
AFP -
Once the breadbasket of southern Africa, the country is now facing
six-digit inflation and an unemployment rate of 80 percent. Even basics
such as bread and ...
Trade policy blunder
Business Day - Johannesburg, South Africa
Research undertaken by the Trade Law Centre of Southern Africa shows
that retailers have, to a large extent, merely switched to alternative
sources of ...
Apr 7
Ghana to host 2008 Africa eLearning conference
The Statesman Online - Accra, Ghana
A statement signed by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Education,
Science and Sports, Ato Essuman said the ministry is organising a
country-wide ...
VP in New Delhi for Africa-India Summit
Business Day - Nigeria
The eight key areas of focus included political, economic science
and technology, infrastructure, energy and the environment. Other areas on
the agenda are ...
The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa Announces ...
CSRwire.com (press release) - USA
The core component of Spring Alive is a science web-based project
that will be implemented in most European countries. Children and families
are encouraged ...
E. Ike Udogu
Appalachian State University - Boone, NC, USA
Chair: Knowledge, Health and Utilities in Colonial and Post-colonial
Africa, European Social Science/History Conference, Feb.
26-March 1, Lisbon, Portugal. ...
Namibia: N$1 Million Up for Grabs
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Jet Community Awards, Southern Africa's popular grassroots
community awards programme, is open for entries once again to those
extraordinary ...
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Health
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"The science is clear," warns the WHO. "The earth is
warming, the warming is accelerating, and human actions are responsible. If
current warming trends ...
Foreign teachers for SA
Sowetan - Soweto, South Africa
Reports indicate that South Africa needs almost 1500 maths and
science teachers and the number is expected to rise. At the moment
there are 1300 foreign ...
South Africa: Proteomic And Genomic Research Centre Opens
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Science and Technology Minister, Mosibudi Mangena unveiled the
Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) at the University of Cape
Town's medical ...
Southern Africa: Benin President Expected Monday
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The head of State of Benin, Boni Yayi, is due to visit Angola as from April
07, at the invitation of his Southern African country's counterpart,
...
Why is AIDS so widespread in Africa?
Earth & Sky - Austin, TX, USA
Peter Piot: Why is the biggest epidemic in the world in Southern
Africa? That’s not by coincidence. That’s Peter Piot –
Under-Secretary General of the ...
MISA Criticises Khama’s Comments on Media
SANGONeT - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in Botswana says it is
concerned about new president Ian Khama’s comments on the media during
his inauguration ...
Apr 6
Towards a New and Improved Green Revolution
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
Paarlberg, who did not participate in the IAASTD, recently published a book
titled 'Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out
of Africa'. ...
Aiming for the skies
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
Among them will be scientists from Britain, the US and South Africa.
What makes them so unusual is this: instead of coming to the Government cap
in hand...
Editorial: Adopt lessons from India
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi, Kenya
April 7, 2008: President Kibaki is expected to leave for New Delhi this
morning to attend the inaugural the India/Africa Heads of State
Summit. ...
Tindall in the driving seat
The Times - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Formerly the CE of Hertz Southern Africa, the 47-year-old law
graduate was a board member of Dimension Data SA, and has owned several
successful businesses. ...
Botswana's smooth transfer
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg, South Africa
While most eyes in Southern Africa were glued to the unfolding drama
in Zimbabwe this week, Botswana remained true to its reputation as
Africa's most stable ...
Namibia: Politics of Labour And the Neo-Liberal Project
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
IS the labour movement in Southern Africa stupid? Don't get me
wrong, I'm not referring to labouring workers here but the collective
called leadership. ...
Apr 5
Where is Africa Going Wrong?
Modern Ghana - Ghana
Al-Khwarizmi taught in an institution of learning called the House of
Wisdom, which was the center of new ideas during Islam’s golden age of
science.
CARLSBAD: City picks African novel for community reading program
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
A year earlier, the book was "Fahrenheit 451" ---- science
fiction author Ray Bradbury's exploration of censorship and
book-burning issues.
Photo: Sun News Publishing
Daily Sun - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Hence, she abandoned the programme and went to the Eastern Connecticut
State University where she studied Communication and Political
Science and graduated ...
Tindall in the driving seat
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Formerly the CE of Hertz Southern Africa, the 47-year-old law
graduate was a board member of Dimension Data SA, and has owned several
successful businesses.
Botswana's smooth transfer
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
While most eyes in Southern Africa were glued to the unfolding drama
in Zimbabwe this week, Botswana remained true to its reputation as
Africa's most stable ...
Namibia: Politics of Labour And the Neo-Liberal Project
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
IS the labour movement in Southern Africa stupid? Don't get me
wrong, I'm not referring to labouring workers here but the collective
called leadership.
Apr 4
In vitro fertilization technology set to revolutionise African ...
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
“ Its implementation will enhance hybrid vigour and efficient type of
breeds” McClintock told Africa Science News Service. The
initiative is meant to ...
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
"The science doesn't seem to support" the policy, Farr
said. He added that testing for donated blood has improved since the policy
was implemented and that ...
Holbrook woman reaches new heights She realizes a dream and climbs ...
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy,MA,USA
A few weeks ago, Lashley realized a dream that began in 2002 while she was
setting up lighting for a Museum of Science exhibit that accompanied
an IMAX film ...
Increased need for SA, India ties
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
... with a number of African countries in respect of
political, economic, security, science and technology, social and
cultural issues," said Mamoepa.
What Would Dr. King Think of America Today?
ABC News - USA
There is a definable black middle class – African-Americans
excelling in every profession from the arts to science – and there
are many more minority ...
Harmful algae 'thriving on global warming'
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
It grows on key bodies of water across the world, including Lake Victoria
in Africa, the Baltic Sea and Lake Erie. Writing in the journal
Science...
Take a plane, not a drug
What Doctors Don't Tell You - London,UK
... a medically-qualified doctor who now practises in his native
South Africa. In it, he compares the science employed by
NASA, the American Department of ...
Sierra Leone: Country to Host Richest West African
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
By Bhoyy Jalloh State House Thursday disclosed that President Ernest Koroma
will be hosting West Africa's richest man from April 6-7, 2008.
...
Southern Africa: Mozambique to Represent SADC At ILO
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Mozambique has been chosen to represent the SADC (Southern African
Development Community) region at the Governing Body of the Geneva-based
International ...
Living Landscapes: Southern Africa - David Rogers
Tonight - Johannesburg,South Africa
By Peter Sullivan Coffee-table books are easy to review … and seldom
read. But read this: a fount of information, succinctly written, filled
with statistics ...
Apr 3
'Prepare kids for hi-tech future'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... to deal with the technological demands they will face later at
university or in the workplace, says Paul Wilton, South Africa's
top science teacher.
Mercy in media megaphoning
Media Channel - New York,NY,USA
But the outlets, notably the New York Times and the impressively
Africa-savvy Christian Science Monitor, stuck to their paper
guns.
Real Economy Report
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Garden View,South Africa
Nuclear physicist and State scientific advisor to Cuba, professor Fidel
Castro Diaz-Balart, visited South Africa to extend science
and technology.
The jiggle factor
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Dr Dion O'Cuinneagain of the Sports Science Orthopaedic Clinic
at the Sport Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA) is an
advocate for a healthy eating ...
South Africa: Too Soon to Judge Zuma Vs Mbeki
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
His conjecture that the future under Zuma would be horrible could still
turn out to be true, but science has not yet made it possible for us
to say that ...
Would White Farmers Return to a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe?
Voice of America - USA
Zimbabwe was once considered a breadbasket for Southern Africa.
Annabel Hughes is the former executive director of the Zimbabwe Democracy
Trust...
IUCN advises African states how to manage wild elephant populations
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
Overall, southern Africa’s populations grew significantly from
1994 to 2002. Where elephant populations are growing through natural
recruitment or ...
Zimbabwe: Regional Churches Appeal for Peace as Anxiety Mounts
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
On the fourth day of waiting for results of the much-watched Zimbabwean
elections, church leaders from Southern Africa appealed for peace,
amidst growing ...
Apr 2
Cuba-South Africa for Scientific Exchange
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Diaz-Balart offered a master conference on nuclear energy before a numerous
audience, with the presence of officials of the South African
Science and ...
Science Fiction Technology for Quiksilver Pro Durban
Global Surf News - USA
Surfing South Africa aims to develop and implement Transformation
and Development in Surfing in South Africa by focusing on the
normalisation of the sport ...
Natural magic, learning at this year‘s SciFest Africa
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
... well as Africa‘s harsh climate and pest threats.
Professor Bob Friedhoffer, a science educator who is also a
world-class magician, tackles superpowers...
Darfur peace talks in 'serious trouble'
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"You hear nothing from them anymore," said Sudanese political
analyst Safwat Fanous, head of University of Khartoum's political
science department...
Zimbabwe’s Opposition Accuses Israeli Companies, Mossad of ...
Forward - New York,NY,USA
Giving it in that form is a clear attempt to hide information,” said
David Lubinsky, a computer science expert who consulted for South
Africa’s electoral ...
Southern Africa: SADC Praises Zim Electoral Process
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has issued a statement
saying they are encouraged by the peaceful electoral process in Zimbabwe
and ...
Southern Africa-Based NGO Supports Cross Border Traders
Voice of America - USA
The group is also proposing an introduction of a regional passport that
will make movement easy within the Southern Africa Development
Community (SADC.
Africa: US Representative Smith's Floor Statement on Pepfar ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Researchers increasingly attribute the resilience of HIV in Botswana –
and in southern Africa generally – to the high incidence of
multiple sexual ...
Zimbabwe: Churches Protest At Exclusion From Observing Elections
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Churches in Southern Africa have expressed their "frustrations
and disappointment" at the decision by the government of Zimbabwe to
exclude them from ...
Apr 1
Africa: FIFA Endorses Africa's First Medical Sports Centre
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (CESSM) at the
University of Witwatersrand received the FIFA Medical Assessment and
Research Centre ...
Castro tells SA of energy revolution
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom said there
was "something familiar" about their guest's face, to which
the crowd laughed.
Botswana: As I See It - Thobela Morena!
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Secondly, born in the democratic Batswana tradition, raised under the
banner of a daring lurch towards a democratic Africa, genetically
and instinctively...
Africa: PHR Positions on the Current Pepfar Reauthorization Bills
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
PHR opposes injecting ideology into decisions about which groups should
receive funding; these decisions should be based on science and
sound public health ...
Sports medical centre impresses Fifa
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The organisation said that the Centre for Exercise Science and
Sports Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg was
the first Fifa ...
Southern Africa: Gondwana Card Goes SADC
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Initially the card, which cost N$100 and N$50 for adults and children
between six and 14 years respectively, was valid for one year.
UN: Floods, Cyclones, Rain Affect Nearly a Million People in ...
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
By newsdesk - Posted on April 1st, 2008 United Nations relief officials say
nearly a million people across Southern Africa have suffered
damaging effects ...
Charcoal fuels the economy and deforestation of Mozambique
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
By Stephanie Hanes | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Reporter Stephanie Hanes talks about charcoal production in southern
Africa.
Zimbabwe: OSI and OSISA Statement on Elections
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and the Open Society
Institute are dismayed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's delay in
announcing the ...
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