Lesotho

South Africa: Zimbabweans 'Not Chess Pawns'

Breede Municipality mayor Charles Ntsomi wants displaced Zimbabweans to be reintegrated into the volatile De Doorns community within the next week. But an organisation fighting for refugee rights says he is "dreaming" if he...

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Botswana: Medupe to Officiate At Cosafa Under-20 Tourney

Gaborone — Assistant referee, Meshack Medupe is the only Botswana match official chosen to handle this year's COSAFA Under-20 tournament in Bloemfontein, South Africa from December 6-15. Medupe is among eight assistant referees...

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Diamond price rises lift Petra

Africa’s moribund diamond industry is beginning to sparkle again. Petra Diamonds, one of the biggest independent miners, rose 6¼p to 72¼p yesterday after saying that prices were continuing to recover as it confirmed plans to...

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Lesotho: Cash-grants pilot programme aims to ensure vulnerable children's rights

LEBAKENG, Lesotho, 18 November 2009 – Mapalesa Sebatanyane, 73, is the primary caregiver for her four grandchildren, but she struggles to feed them with the small income she earns raising chickens in this remote village.

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Labour dept urged to investigate wage dispute at De Doorns

A non-governmental refugee organisation has called on the Department of Labour to prove allegations that foreigners are being paid lower wages than South Africans at farms at De Doorns in the Boland. The call comes after the...

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Weather Warnings As Cold Snap Hits Country

The SA Weather Service has warned that heavy falls of rain are possible over the southern Free State, Lesotho, the extreme south-eastern part of Northern Cape, the northern interior of Eastern Cape, spreading to the Wild Coast...

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China spanking Obama is health care's only cure

When the World Health Organization did a survey in 2005, China ranked 136th in medical-care spending for its citizens. That was much worse than such where-the-hell-are-they nations like Tongo, Togo, Benin and Lesotho. Cuba,...

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Sub-Saharan Africa

An estimated 1.9 [1,6–2,1] million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2007, bringing to 22 [20,5–23,6] million the number of people living with HIV. Adult national HIV prevalence is below 2% in several...

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SA braces for cold, snow

Fanie van Rooyen Johannesburg - Summer has not quite arrived yet. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) said on Sunday another strong cold front, which would bring cold conditions and possible snow to the Drakensberg and...

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Africa: Governance Reviews Gather Pace But Face Challenges

Seven years after it was established at the inaugural African Union (AU) Summit in Durban in July 2002, how has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent’s voluntary home-grown governance monitoring tool – fared?...

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