South Africa
Zimbabwe Too Broke to Hold Elections
South Africa | 08.28.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Zimbabwe’s electoral commission will not be able to draw up a clean voter’s roll and organize elections next year because of a lack of money, according to a state-run daily newspaper.
Former Madagascar Leader Sentenced in Absentia
South Africa | 08.28.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
A Madagascar court sentenced deposed leader Marc Ravalomanana in absentia on Saturday to forced labor for the deaths of dozens of protesters during a march on the presidential palace last year.
Diplomats Refuse To Apologize To Mugabe
South Africa | 08.05.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
European and United States diplomats have refused to apologize for walking out of Sunday’s funeral for the sister of Robert Mugabe after Zimbabwe’s president made remarks attacking the West.
Tsvangirai Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead of Planned Elections
South Africa | 06.23.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai axed ministers from his MDC party from the cabinet on Wednesday, but retained his finance minister in a reshuffle that was not expected to have a major influence on policy.
Zimbabwe To Adjust Rules on Foreign Takeovers
South Africa | 06.22.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Zimbabwe is to implement revised regulations requiring foreign firms to transfer majority control to local blacks, with varying shareholding thresholds being set for different sectors of the economy, a minister said on Tuesday.
S.Africa’s Zuma Facing New Marital Scandal?
South Africa | 06.07.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Polygamous South African President Jacob Zuma is battling another scandal concerning his private life, this time involving newspaper reports his second wife is pregnant after an affair with her bodyguard.
Malawi Gay Couple Released After Presidential Pardon
South Africa | 05.30.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
A gay Malawian couple sentenced to 14 years in prison were released from jail late on Saturday after a presidential pardon, according to SAPA news agency.
Madagascar Reshuffles Cabinet
South Africa | 05.24.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Madagascar’s leader Andry Rajoelina has named 10 new ministers, including five military officials, in a cabinet reshuffle the opposition says falls way short of creating a neutral government.
Zimbabwe: Miners To Compromise On Ownership Law
South Africa | 05.19.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Zimbabwe’s Chamber of Mines on Wednesday proposed a compromise in the government’s drive to force foreign firms to give 51 percent stakes to locals, saying 15 percent local shareholding for mines was enough.
Malawi Finds Gay Couple Guilty
South Africa | 05.18.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
In a landmark case which could set an unwanted precedent, a gay couple in Malawi was found guilty Tuesday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of the southern African country’s colonial-era laws on homosexuality.
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