South Africa: 'Queen of Xhosa Music'
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Plainly dressed and sitting in the Wimpy, Madosini Mpahleni doesn’t seem queenly.
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South Africa: Memoir Misses the Mark
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Fred Khumalo writes one of the country’s more entertaining and lively newspaper columns, but sadly the prose in his memoir Touch My Blood translates uncomfortably from page to stage.
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Supports Mugabe's Govt Role
All Africa (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he differs with President Robert Mugabe on tactics and strategy but will defend the veteran leader's place in the transitional government to save the country from total collapse.
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South Africa: Festival Expected to Provide Gateway for World Cup
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The 2009 National Arts Festival is expected to provide a gateway to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, to be hosted by South Africa, which has placed international focus on the country.
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South Africa: A Tale of Sexual Violence and Manipulation
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
In this reworked version of her own work as well as manifestations in opera and dance of this 1845 French classic, Dada Masilo takes a generally politely veiled tale of sexual violence and manipulation, and splits its seams wide.
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South Africa: Comedian Gives Crash Course in Marriage
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Whether you are married, engaged or even thinking of getting married, you won’t want to get behind the wheel or the pram until you have participated in Taylor’s crash course.
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Africa: ICC Judge Denies 'Targeting' Continent
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is "targeting" Africa, and is in the service of Western interests, are the result of disinformation, according a Brazilian ICC judge, Sylvia Steiner, interviewed in Friday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
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Mozambique: Emergency Repairs to Sena Line Concluded
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
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Namibia: No Coerced Sterilisation of HIV+ Women - Kamwi
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
HEALTH Minister Dr Richard Kamwi has categorically denied that HIV-positive women are "systematically coerced" to be sterilised at State hospitals.
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South Africa: 'A Real Man Does Provide Care'
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Sonwabo Qathula puts on his apron and starts peeling a pile of butternuts, while a pot of rice boils on the stove next to him. The 50-year-old is preparing lunch for poor and orphaned children who attend a rural school in the Eastern Cape.
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Africa: Good Governance Drive Makes Progress
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports emerging from those who attended threw up few surprises and some lingering concerns.
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Zimbabwe: President Meets Top U.S. Official
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday met United States Under-Secretary of State for African Affairs Mr Johnnie Carson and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on the sidelines of the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union General Assembly here.
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Mozambique: IMF Approves U.S. $176 Million Loan
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)on Wednesday approved a loan of 176 million US dollars for Mozambique over the next year to counter the effects of the world economic crisis.
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Mozambique: Census Definitive Results - Tete
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The population of the western Mozambican province of Tete grew by 56 per cent between the censuses of 1997 and 2007, or at an average annual rate of 5.6 per cent.
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Angola: Police Collect Over 56,000 Weapons Countrywide
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The National Commission for Disarmament of citizens illegally owning fire-arms collected throughout the country 56,655 weapons, over 36,000 bullets magazines and 202.771 ammunitions, in the ambit of the process of disarming the civil population.
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