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Read More... South Africa: Rhino poachers from Mozambique jailed for 25 yearsWed, 01 Feb 2012 13:52:52 -0800
A record 450 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2011, more than half of them in Kruger, according to the national park service and wildlife conservationists. read more
Read More... Zambia maize eases southern Africa supply crunchThu, 19 Jan 2012 03:43:29 -0800
JOHANNESBURG/LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has robust maize stocks and sees little risk in using them to partly fill a regional gap as a supply crunch looms in southern Africa, pushing up futures prices for the staple and accelerating food inflation. South Africa is now importing maize to make up for deficits due to export commitments, while Malawi, which recorded a series of bumper crops helped by ...
Read More... South Africa: Ruling Party to Debate Sweeping Changes to Mining IndustryFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:26:11 -0800
[SAR] The 600-page State Intervention in the Minerals Sector (Sims) report submitted to African National Congress (ANC) leaders in Johannesburg on Friday (3 February 2012) is not about nationalising South Africa's mines.
Read More... Electricity, railways and economic declineThu, 09 Feb 2012 07:25:28 -0800
Botswana needs a modern heavy gauge railway to transport 70 - 90 million tonnes of coal to the sea and on to India and China.Whether the route it takes goes to Mozambique or Namibia is less important than having the independent national rail capacity because Cecil Rhodes' narrow gauge from Cape to Bulawayo is no longer fit for the purpose and cannot provide competition to South Africa's planned ...
Read More... SA escalates regional rail warsFri, 27 Jan 2012 08:40:56 -0800
South Africa has sent a clear message to the SADC region that it will protect its dominant position in the regional logistics' industry by extending its rail link reach through Swaziland.
Read More... Mozambicans get 25 years in S.Africa for rhino poachingThu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:47 -0800
Three young Mozambican poachers will spend 25 years behind bars after they were found with two fresh rhino horns in South Africa's Kruger Park, the national parks agency said Wednesday.
Read More... Political tug-of-war and electoral violenceThu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:34 -0800
"Undemocratic leaders and post-electoral violence:Can the story change in Southern Africa?" Asks author *MAVIS MATENGE
Read More... SABMiller to build Uganda breweryThu, 09 Feb 2012 01:21:54 -0800
Brewing giant SABMiller plc (SAB) will invest US$80m in a new brewery at its Ugandan subsidiary, Nile Breweries (NBL), doubling the company's design capacity to 3.6m hectolitres by 2013.
Read More... Senegal: Day of Reckoning - It's the Economy Stupid!Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:41 -0800
[African Arguments] The Senegalese people are extremely disillusioned. In 2000, they enthusiastically went to the polls to elect Abdoulaye Wade as their president. Wade had campaigned as an agent of change, but change never came to Senegal throughout his decade in power. Now the only change he wants to make is to the constitution, so that he can retain his hold on power.
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