Des africains à Rome en Italie sont en grève de la faim

Ouattara Gaoussou. Il vit à Rome et dirige le Mouvement des Africains, il a organisé la commémoration du 20eme anniversaire de l’assassinat de Thomas SANKARA à Rome en 2007. Vous pouvez manifester votre solidarité et faire en sorte que la presse dans vos pays en parlent. APPEL Amis, Chers frères et soeurs Nous sommes arrivés […]

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Author & Activist

The Imam and the Pastor – 39-min Documentary

Africa 2009 – Climate Change

MINISTER PLEDGES TO PROTECT CORRUPTION WHISTLEBLOWERS

‘All whistleblowers will be protected. Let us be bold for one day. You will fear no one, instead they will fear you.”  This was the assurance of Richard Baloyi, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, in Pretoria. He was reacting to questions on the safety of whistleblowers, especially within Government Departments.  “We are ready […]

2010 TICKET TO FOLLOW BAFANA

Soccer supporters can now apply for tickets to follow Bafana Bafana throughout all of their matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Applications for tickets to follow Bafana Bafana can now be lodged via Safa’s ticketing website, launched on December 6 at the same time as the other member association ticketing websites. […]

CONTAINERS STUCK AS BAN IS ENFORCED

The transportation of containers by road has been thrown into chaos by the Department of Transport enforcing legislation that bans truck trailers commonly used in South Africa from carrying international standard “high cube” containers. These containers account for more than 50 percent of all containers transported. The Road Freight Association (RFA) said at least 80 […]

South Africa: NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX ROADS

There is not enough money to fix roads, so more toll gates will probably have to be built on national roads, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said in a report on Thursday. He said it would cost more than R35 billion to fix the 4 100km of national roads needing repairs before 2014 but his department […]

CHILDREN INVOLVED IN MANY SEX CRIMES

The National Prosecuting Authority’s sexual offences unit has revealed that a quarter of the criminal cases on court rolls involve sex-related charges Of those cases, more than half involve children. Speaking at the tenth anniversary celebrations of the NPA’s sexual offences and community affairs unit in Johannesburg on Thursday, the unit’s Deputy Director, Pierre Smith, […]

MUSHWANA CLAIMS FIRST HRC CASUALTY

South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) chief executive Tseliso Thipanyane has resigned after being stripped of key powers by the new chairperson of the Commission, controversial former Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana. The Commission has been keeping Thipanyane’s resignation secret since he submitted it on 30 November. He will leave at the end of this month. […]