Shout-Africa is proud to bring you the CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI MEMORIAL LECTURE BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA AT INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DURBAN ; 24 November 2010 Members of the Luthuli Family, Honourable Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize; Hon Minister of Arts and Culture Mr Paul Mashatile; His Majesty King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, isilo Samabandla, Judge President of the province, Justice Qeda Msimang, His Worship Mayor Obed Mlaba; Hon leader of the IFP, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi; Fellow South Africans, Sanibonani, Dumelang, Namaste! We have come together on this special evening to celebrate the service to humanity of a man... Continue Reading
Promise Zalakata Kamanga – Lilongwe, Malawi: The European Union (EU) has disbursed Euros 19 million (MK4 billion) to help the country fight effects of global economic downturn. European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs and Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Ken Kandodo signed the financing agreement. Speaking to journalists later, the EU Commissioner said apart from helping the country fight effects of economic crisis, the financial support will also assist Malawi recover from its current foreign exchange position. The just signed support becomes EU’s second Vulnerability-Flex Mechanism disbursement to Malawi having disbursed Euros 25 million in March, 2009. “Malawi has shown that... Continue Reading
Promise Zalakata Kamanga – Lilongwe, Malawi: The issue of whether Malawi’s free primary education should become compulsory or not, dominated the civil society’s meeting in Lilongwe on Tuesday. Eye of the Child, a child focused human rights organization, engaged the local civil society organizations to look at the observations made at the United Nations committee on the Children’s Rights Convention (CRC). Making a presentation on whether the country was legally obliged to provide compulsory education, a University of Malawi Law expert, Chikosa Banda said as a signatory to the international instruments, Malawi was supposed to take a positive measure. He... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Addis Ababa – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide in the western Sudanese region of Darfur arrived on Monday evening in the Ethiopian capital for a summit on Sudan and Somalia, an AFP journalist reported. Bashir, arrived at the Sheraton hotel, the venue for the conference, surrounded by a large delegation. He was indicted in March 2009 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, and in July 2010 on charges of genocide, relating to atrocities committed by Khartoum’s forces in Darfur. However, the Intergovernmental Authority on... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG – This year’s Jozi Book Fair held at the MuseumAfrica, in Newtown, South Africa attracted some hard-hitting writers. Among them is the now Pretoria-based Zimbabwean politician-turned writer, Ruyedzo Mutizwa, who launched his latest book, GUKURAHUNDI IDEOLOGY; WHY ZIMBABWE IS IN CRISIS ISBN 978.O.60.406178 His book launch in Johannesburg came on the heels of the banning of art paintings by another Zimbabwean artist, the Bulawayo-based Owen Maseko whose Gukurahundi Exhibition stirred a hornet’s. Gukurahundi which means removal of chuff was a notorious operation by Zimbabwe’s 5th Brigade in the Matebeleland. The massacres by the North Korea-trained... Continue Reading
