By Own Correspondent – Twenty three months have now elapsed since the signing of the Zimbabwean Global Political Agreement (GPA) but there is little real progress to show for the effort, the resources and the livelihoods that have been consumed in the ongoing political stalemate in Zimbabwe. Once again we have looked to find the origins of the chaos by analysis of the facts to hand. Over the month of August, seventy-six news articles from the internet media were captured and catalogued through the month of August. Each article is a unique record of a breach of the terms of... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG, 16 September 2010 (IRIN) – South Africa is to resume the deportation of Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, on the basis that conditions in their home country have improved sufficiently, while those with valid documents will be issued with permits to stay. This is a welcome promise, activists say, but hard to implement and irrelevant to most expatriates. In April 2009 South Africa placed a moratorium on deportations, introduced a 90-day visa on demand for Zimbabwean passport holders, and was on the cusp of issuing a special permit allowing them to work and reside in South Africa for up... Continue Reading
By Susan Anyangu-Amu –NAIROBI (IPS) – When a doctor instructs a patient to take one tablet three times a day, she often has no way to ensure the instructions are followed. Many stop taking their medication once they feel they have regained their strength – specially when the course of treatment lasts for months. When the medicine is for a highly infectious disease like tuberculosis, defaulting on treatment can have serious consequences. Daniel Ngetich and Patrick Kipngetich are presently cooling their heels in a government of Kenya prison; unless a court orders otherwise, they will remain there for eight months... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala – (CPJ)–A Ugandan freelance journalist Paul Kiggundu was on Saturday evening beaten to death by Motorcycle taxi drivers , local journalists told CPJ. The drivers accused Kiggundu of working for the police, even though he had identified himself as a journalist, and attacked him while filming some of them demolishing a house of another driver, Frank Kagayi, who they accused of committing murder and robbery, a bystander told the Ugandan Human Rights Journalist Network Kiggundu received treatment at Kalisizo Government Hospital but later died of internal bleeding and was buried Sunday in a town outside... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Human trafficking remains as much of a problem in South Africa as it ever was, even though the spotlight is no longer on the issue following the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup. That’s the word from Victor Edozien, CEO of Cintron Africa, a company that is striving to draw attention to the plight of the victims of human trafficking as part of its corporate social responsibility drive. He said that organisation is disturbed by the fact that reports are starting to circulate that the problem of human trafficking is being overstated, when independent research indicates... Continue Reading
