Shout-Africa News – The lobby group AfriForum will meet with a senior legal team this week to decide on legal steps against the South African government in response to the latter’s neglect to protect the lives and property of South Africans in Zimbabwe. On 9 June 2010, AfriForum served a lawyer’s letter to the Department of Trade and Industry to demand that the South African government should intervene urgently to protect citizens in Zimbabwe. There was no response to AfriForum’s letter to the Department was given time to midnight, 15 June 2010. This step followed after several South Africans farming... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – ACCRA – Police in Ghana have impounded a Chinese ship and arrested three crew members after three Ivorians are alleged to have been thrown overboard. One of the stowaways is believed to have drowned; the other two survived. Djiba Kamara, 18, was rescued by a navy patrol on Sunday after he said he had been treading water for seven hours. Stowaways are protected under the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are the responsibility of a ship’s crew if found. The BBC’s David Amanor in Ghana’s capital, Accra, says they are also entitled to be fed.... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – HARARE, — PAC has called for the release from detention of human rights activist, Farai Maguwu, and the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Kimberley Process A new PAC report about Zimbabwe’s contested diamond fields is about many things: smuggling and frontier hucksterism; a scramble fuelled by raw economic desperation and unfathomable greed; and heart-wrenching cases of government-sponsored repression and human rights violations. It’s a story about political intrigue, ambition and a complete disregard for decency or the rule of law. It is also a story of how the Kimberley Process – the international initiative created to ensure... Continue Reading
By Gretchen L. Wilson -NEW YORK – While South Africa celebrates the World Cup Friday, a rumor is sweeping the country: When the soccer ends, a war on foreigners and the poor will begin. When the first whistle blows in the opening match of the World Cup Friday, think of Abdirahman Nuur Jilley, who will be watching at a friend’s house, wearing the yellow jersey of Bafana Bafana, the national team of his adopted country. Jilley was born in Somalia 22 years ago, but fled the war-torn country as a teenager to settle in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Jilley calls... Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT ON PARTY LAUNCH – 11 June 2010 The MDC 99 party has been inundated by calls from the media Zimbabwe masses and the international community over the issue of the party launch status. This follows statements made by our legal counsel in a court of law in defense of MDC 99 leaders. Please note that this was only a legal jugular meant to shrug off a ‘case’ of political victimization against MDC 99 officials by Mugabe and Zanu PF. The legal jugular worked well for the party as all our leaders were set free. Therefore the official POSITION... Continue Reading
