Angola have successfully defended their Afrobasket Women title by beating host Mozambique 61-64 in final yesterday in Maputo in front the cheering but disappointed home crowds. The female Palancas Negras are crowned champions of Africa for the second time consecutive, and will participate at the 2014 Basket-ball World Championships alongside losing finalists Mozambique and Senegal. […]
Lionel Messi (26), the calm and innocent-looking Barcelona talented player, does not only know how to score goals and win titles, but he is also good at evading tax to make his fortune go higher and higher. Reports from Spain suggest that Messi owes a whopping US$5 million (4.15 million euros) in unpaid taxes. The […]
Title holders Angola have defeated brave Senegal 46-43 on Saturday in Maputo to set up a thrilling Afrobasket Women final against tournament surprise Mozambique on Sunday. Earlier on, the home team (Mozambique) sent Cameroon packing 61-57 in a game that saw the Mozambicans reversing the Central Africans’ domination and pushing them out of the final […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is incensed by the neglect of human rights worldwide, and continues to be baffled by the United Nations’ ‘omission’ of human rights from its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda. Consequently, the overall impact of development efforts has been diminished by the neglect of human rights despite progress in recent years, , […]
Internews is pleased to announce the release of founder and President Emeritus David Hoffman’s book, Citizens Rising: Independent Media and the Spread of Democracy. From the Arab Spring to Afghanistan, the media takes centre stage in a new book reflecting decades of experience at the frontlines of social change, from the perspective of independent journalists […]
A South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) investigative journalist, Hazel Friedman, has won the Vodacom Western Cape TV Journalist of the Year Award for her programme on Special Assignment on the Cape of Wars, the Auckland Park-based public broadcaster announced today. The two-part programme, which was aired on SABC3 in August 2012, is a chilling account […]
ANALYSIS: Polygamy, a ‘cultural’ practice which allows an African man to marry more than one wife, continues to rear its ugly head deep into the 21st century, even though some of the reasons used to justify it have since waned over time. Modern-day polygamists rely, among others, on the following theories to advance their cause: […]
Hordes of frustrated residents evicted from buildings and land they have been occupying illegally, mushrooming of squatter camps (slums) on the outskirts of cities, middle-aged men and women sleeping rough at bus and train stations, four or five entire families squeezed in one room or one-bedroom flat, rent increasing every three months as demand outstrips […]
South Africa might be Africa’s biggest economy, and might be seen ‘superficially’ as having the best infrastructure in Africa, in reality however, its infrastructure is ‘pathetic’ and not good enough to help it compete with the rest of the developed and highly industrialised nations. This was demonstrated at the recently released 2013/2014 World Economic Forum’s […]
East London is said to be buzzing in anticipation of the South African Traditional Music Achievement (SATMA) Awards due to be held at the Buffalo Cricket Stadium on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October 2013. The buzz seemed to have gained momentum over the past few days after the country’s public broadcaster SABC announced that […]
