Trip notes from WEF Africa 2013 in Cape Town

South Africa's ruling African National Congress wants the identity of party donors to remain secret amid calls for more disclosure ahead of next year's vote. "No party should be compelled to divulge the name of its funders," Zweli Mkhize, the ANC's ...

The Southern Kings may still have plenty of detractors, but they are taking heart from the fact that Super Rugby's most successful team, the Crusaders, finished stone last in their debut season.Matt Sexton, a founding member of the seven-time ...

Cape Town - Twelve South African pilots who were detained in Namibia are considering suing the country's government for unlawful arrest, it was reported on Tuesday. "The group believe the harsh and vindictive treatment experienced over several days ...

The Cape Town-based Stormers have been fined a total of $25,000 by southern hemisphere rugby body SANZAR after club members were found to have abused a match official during their Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes last month. Fiery clash ...

The Coface Group, a worldwide leader in credit insurance, has released its latest report on South African growth prospects, taking into account the mining and export slumps. Overall, economic activity remains generally sluggish while upside risks to ...

Apparently, South Africa is about to re-enter the "terrorist" domain, and this time it will be Al-Qaeda, according to Cwele. I refer to the Times Live article : Terrorism threat in Africa significant: Cwele ...

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Graham Soko, a shopkeeper whose business straddles the railway line south of Lusaka station in Zambia's capital, says he's hoping to reap profits from the government's plans to rejuvenate the dilapidated railway system. We need ...

A north Queensland Indigenous leader says federal Environment Minister Tony Burke should consider the southern Gulf of Carpentaria for World Heritage listing. Mr Burke has been negotiating with traditional owners in Cape York about a possible ...

THE heads of state and governments of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have welcomed deployment of the Intervention Brigade (IB) in the Eastern DRC under the auspices of MONUSCO. A Communique of the meeting held in Cape Town, South ...